At this Friendship Evolution Conference, the most outstanding achievement was undoubtedly the proof experiment for the Emotion attribute.
However, before the conference had even begun, Jiang Xing had already announced that his own research results would not participate in the final award evaluation.
As a result, after deliberation by the judging panel, the final Achievement Award was presented to Dr. Xu's "Friendship Evolution Beyond Limits."
Dr. Amru's "Life-and-Death Friendship Evolution" was ranked second.
In truth, both doctors' research results were equally exceptional. Whether in importance or influence, it was difficult to determine a clear winner between them.
Dr. Xu mainly won because of the direction of his research.
Compared to the heavily controversial field of life and death...
Pursuing the ultimate bond between humans and Pet Beasts and excavating the power of emotions was clearly more in line with modern Beast Taming philosophy and far easier for people to accept.
Dr. Amru did not care about this in the slightest.
The undead field being discriminated against was nothing new.
He had long since grown accustomed to how people viewed death.
Besides, Dr. Amru highly approved of Dr. Xu's research topic. Losing to him did not lessen the value of his own research results, so he openly applauded without the slightest hesitation.
Meanwhile, Jiang Xing represented the conference judges and presented Dr. Xu with the Friendship Trophy, designed using a "heart" motif, along with the official rewards.
At the same time, he handed over the personal reward he had prepared in advance—a full box of Auspicious Cloud Qilin fur.
Honestly, it was a little awkward.
When Jiang Xing first announced the conference, he had thought it through quite well. He planned to take out part of the premium materials left over from making props and give them to the champion...
After all, they were valuable, contained emotional energy, and perfectly suited the theme of Friendship rewards!
Who would have thought that the final champion would actually be his own teacher?
From his teacher's perspective, wasn't this basically just "cat fur" produced on Jiang Xing's own balcony?
It did feel a tiny bit stingy.
Fortunately, Dr. Xu did not care about the rewards. He had joined this Evolution Conference partly to support his student, and partly to find a place to share his research results—
After all, Jiang Xing frequently visited the Xu Hai Research Institute to hang around and mooch resources.
Dr. Xu knew perfectly well how many "melons and dates" Jiang Xing had on hand.
The moment the conference ended, Dr. Xu immediately stuffed the rewards back into Jiang Xing's arms.
"Teacher? What are you…"
Seeing Jiang Xing's confusion, Dr. Xu explained, "I have plenty of projects on hand. I'm not lacking this little bit of resources. Keep them yourself and continue working hard. Strive for even more research results—discovering a new attribute only confirms the existence of a new field. You still need deeper research before you can become a true authority in this field."
"Don't let someone else get there first and become the Emotion-Type Doctor before you do."
As Dr. Xu spoke, he shook the trophy in his hand and smiled.
"Of course, I won't refuse the trophy."
"This is the very first trophy in the Friendship field—and also the Emotion attribute. It carries tremendous commemorative value."
There was another sentence Dr. Xu kept to himself—
This was also the first trophy he had ever received from the hands of his own student.
"I understand!"
Jiang Xing nodded vigorously and put everything away.
Dr. Xu was not only his teacher, but also like a father to him.
Since his master had already said so much, continuing to refuse would only make things feel overly distant.
After Jiang Xing stored away the resources, Dr. Xu asked, "A discovery and proof of an entirely new attribute... an achievement of this level hasn't appeared even at the World Beast Taming Summit for many years."
"If it had been presented there, it could very likely have secured the top research crown of that summit and claimed the highest honor in the Beast Taming field..."
"And yet, you didn't even win the crown of this Friendship Evolution Conference."
"Do you feel any regret?"
Regret?
Under normal circumstances, Jiang Xing probably would have felt that way.
After all, as the highest-level academic conference in the Beast Taming world, the awards at the Beast Taming Summit represented far more than glory.
They also came with all kinds of top-tier resources, and even ownership rights to certain rare Secret Realms.
In a sense, it was the process through which top scholars "divided the cake."
Whoever produced the most outstanding and most shocking research results would claim the largest slice of the cake.
Losing an opportunity like that was obviously quite regrettable.
But then again—
The true sponsor of this Friendship Evolution Conference was System Bro!
Back at the Shanghai Evolution Conference, it had already handed out something as absurdly valuable as the Eternal Energy Stone.
And this time, the conference's influence, research impact, and shock value had all completely hit the maximum.
Wouldn't it have to bleed heavily for this one?
Compared to Dora-System Bro, even the Beast Taming Summit had to wait in line behind it.
Thus, filled with anticipation, Jiang Xing smiled and said, "Of course not!"
"Admittedly, the Emotion attribute is currently my greatest achievement—a mountain on my path of research…"
"But it will never be the highest peak."
"As long as I continue forward, I'll surely climb one towering summit after another, each even greater than this one."
"Winning the World Beast Taming Award is only a matter of time."
Looking at the confident young man brimming with spirit, Dr. Xu once again vaguely saw his younger self reflected in him and could not help but laugh.
If someone else had said these words, it might have sounded like arrogant boasting after getting carried away. And sooner or later, they would realize that time itself was the greatest obstacle...
But when those words came from Jiang Xing...
"I believe you."
…
[You hosted the First Friendship Evolution Conference. Not only did you showcase every currently known Friendship Evolution Pokémon, you also used unbelievable methods to uncover Friendship Evolution Pokémon that should have belonged to "future generations"!]
[You even personally discovered the ??-Generation ?? attribute, completely unveiling the power of ?? and delivering an unprecedented shock to Pokémon Evolutionology!]
[At this moment, the present and the future have converged!]
[Conference Influence (World-Class, slightly inferior to the highest summit): SSS-!]
[Number of Friendship Evolutions: ???]
[Audience Shock Level: SSS+!]
[Overall Evaluation: Unbelievable!!]
[Based on the type of academic achievement, you have obtained a Random Item Blind Box (Supreme)!]
After finishing his conversation with Dr. Xu, Jiang Xing hurried back to the research institute without delay.
The moment he entered the building, the system impatiently jumped out and began settling the conference rewards.
When Jiang Xing saw the system summary, he nearly lost it—
System Bro had actually managed to patch the logic together!
Although more than forty types of Friendship Evolution Pet Beasts had appeared during this Evolution Conference—more than double the amount in the Pokémon world...
The Pokémon world Jiang Xing knew only extended up to Generation Eight.
By the time he transmigrated, both the games and anime were still continuously updating.
It was easy to imagine that the game company would never abandon such a money-printing machine. As time passed, they would absolutely release Generation Nine, Generation Ten, and countless more Pokémon games beyond that.
In other words, the Pokémon world was not fixed. It would continue evolving alongside the era, constantly introducing new things.
If that was the case, then the theory that Friendship Evolutions had a fixed limit clearly did not hold up.
As long as the game company kept updating, even more Friendship Evolutions could appear in the future.
That was the system's logic—
Although it could not understand why Pokémon from "future generations" had appeared so early...
There was no doubt that this was definitely the Pokémon world!
Now give it up for the applause!
'Forget Friendship Evolutions.'
'This time, System Bro directly patched the loophole and fully trapped itself inside its own worldview. Even after seeing a completely new attribute, it can still just call it a future attribute.'
'When it comes to making things up, you really are unbeatable!'
Jiang Xing marveled inwardly and could not help laughing.
Since the system had completed its logic in this way...
Didn't that indirectly prove that Jiang Xing's version was above the system itself?!
This time, overpowering the system and becoming the one leading the version meta could at least be considered worthy of his fellow transmigrator seniors.
'System Bro, you still need more practice.'
Now then, let me see what kind of reward System Bro can produce for an "Unbelievable" evaluation rank.
Jiang Xing opened the blind box, and a deafening voice exploded inside his mind.
[WOW! SUPREME!]
[You obtained the Creator God's Fairy Plate (Supreme)]
[Effect: A plate forged by the Creator God Arceus. It contains Fairy-type power, along with a line of text: "It exists everywhere, yet exists nowhere."]
"Holy shit!" Jiang Xing was stunned.
It actually dropped real loot!
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