When Ye Bai was treating Big Gray, he realized the incredible power of the Eye of Insight; it could even identify the information of Tier Five treasures.
He finally understood why the Flame Country Alliance highly valued this talent.
This talent not only allowed one to see the evolutionary path of pet beasts but also to view related information about items.
This greatly aided the research efforts of the Flame Country Alliance.
It could even facilitate deep research into the evolution of the Flame Country's pet beasts.
Ye Bai, being just a Tier One Karami, was extraordinarily lucky to identify the Tier Five Life Seed.
If it weren't for the Life Seed feeding Life Essence Qi back to him, Ye Bai might have gone blind.
Of course, not all information about the Life Seed was displayed, as a significant portion was obscured by gray mist, which would become clear only when Ye Bai's power increased.
Previously, Big Gray couldn't be identified for the same reason: its strength was too high and was afflicted by the Life Curse, thus Ye Bai couldn't see Big Gray's data.
Moreover, Ye Bai discovered that using the Eye of Insight to identify items seemingly caused a part of the item's essence to flow into his eyes.
To verify this, he specifically took out a Tier One Thunder Stone from the resource box.
His eyes turned blood-red as he gazed at the Thunder Stone.
He saw a layer of gray mist enveloping the Thunder Stone, and with a thought, the mist vanished, revealing the Thunder Stone's information in his vision.
A refreshing sensation then entered his pupils, replenishing his spent pupil power.
His pupil power was instantly replenished, overflowing to the extent that his vision was as clear as if washed by water, able to see far-off leaves and even the veins on those leaves were crystal clear.
Then he took out the Tier Two Insect Stone that He Qingyuan lost to him in a bet, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't break through the mist surrounding the Insect Stone.
Conversely, due to excessive pupil power consumption, his eyes began to sting unbearably.
"It seems for now I can only easily identify Tier One items."
"Tier Two is still somewhat challenging, and if the identification fails, the spent pupil power won't be replenished."
"Earlier, I could see the Life Seed's information probably because the treasure had a spirit and voluntarily revealed its information."
"Otherwise, how could I, with Tier One power, possibly see the essence of Big Gray and the Life Seed?"
Ye Bai had self-awareness regarding his capabilities.
As for the black crystal stone with the skull, Ye Bai could see the gray mist covering it was much denser than on the Insect Stone, indicating it was also a treasure.
Sea City, a secret research facility.
A group of lab-coated individuals busily conducted experiments.
Behind them was a row of culture dishes.
Gray Night Totoro beasts were imprisoned inside.
They were tightly chained within the dishes, even moving slightly was arduous.
They injected carefully concocted reagents into the Gray Night Totoro's body.
Their eyes would widen, bodies dramatically swell.
Bright lights emerged from their fur, then with a bang, they exploded into countless pieces.
The culture dishes were robust, so the shock wave from the self-destruction merely splattered flesh onto the dish walls; everyone sighed deeply and pressed the dish's cleaning button.
Rushing water streams shot out, cleaning the flesh off the dish walls.
A man stood at the center of the lab, leaning heavily on a massive cane, flipping through recent experimental data.
His face showed anger; it's been three whole years without a single successful experiment.
The man slammed the experiment notes onto the table with a bang.
This loud noise halted all the busy researchers.
"How long have we studied this?"
"We still haven't discovered the Gray Night Totoro's evolutionary path?"
"And the only successful experimental leader Gray Night Totoro managed to escape!"
"Now it's nowhere to be found."
"I'll give you all three more months; if there's still no progress, don't blame me for being harsh."
The man said angrily, ignoring the researchers' explanations, he stormed out with his cane.
He gazed out the corridor window at the glorious stars.
Sighed heavily.
The Gray Night Totoro's evolutionary path was a project he personally initiated.
Based on his research, the Gray Night Totoro had a large physique and great strength; if it could evolve, it would surely become powerful.
If he could create an unbeatable army, he could enter the Secret Realm and bring back his pet beast.
His gaze rested on the stars, lost in deep recollection.
The man regretted countless times the scene from that day.
He was crushing the Tier Five treasure Thunder Crystal, making into Thunder Origin, injecting the liquid Thunder Origin into Gray Night Totoro's heart through a large needle.
Violent currents burst forth from Gray Night Totoro, shattering all culture dishes in the lab.
It transformed into a three-meter tall Thunder Giant and rampaged through the lab.
The man could only summon his pet beast, Hell Death God, to try stopping its actions.
Hell Death God wielded a worn-out sickle, surrounded by dark mist, countless souls wailed wrapped around its black cloak.
Through the cloak one couldn't see its face, only two rays of red light.
The Gray Night Totoro fought increasingly ferociously, its body was struck by Hell Death God's sickle, yet it continued to frantically attack.
Even when the sickle gouged a deep wound on its belly, it kept on fighting.
Helplessly, the man had Hell Death God curse it using its own Death Origin as a cost, dropping a rank.
The Death Curse barely fell upon it when it smashed through the ceiling and escaped.
That night, it rained torrentially, the speed was phenomenal, quickly disappearing into the rainy night.
His Hell Death God sustained severe injuries, he sent many to search for its whereabouts, but even after three years, found nothing.
He personally sought it several times, but never sensed a trace.
It seemed like the Thunder Origin inside was contesting the Death Curse, finally concealing its tracks.
Not until recently did his Hell Death God return to its original rank, sensing the Death Curse's complete disappearance, hence his anger.
"Time isn't on my side, I must hurry with research."
A strand of white emerged in his jet-black hair, his Life Force being counteracted by Hell Death God.