Chapter 39 Four-Winged Jade Devil Mantis (1/2)

If Ma Jian were there, he would have found the scene extremely familiar.

There was a boiling pot of water, and a table next to it lined with chopped materials that looked like ingredients for cooking…

Water hydrates, hence it is able to nourish wood. The materials on the table consisted mostly of wood-type materials, with a few water-type materials mixed within. Devil Mantises had wood-type attributes.

Gao Peng picked up what looked to be a fish's swim bladder in his hands. It was about the size of a fist and transparent. In this air bladder, there was a bit of greyish white liquid.

He took a silver needle and carefully poked a small hole in the air bladder. He drained the liquid out until, finally, a seed came out as well.

This was a Fish Bubble, a type of material that grew from trees. It was extremely resilient, could withstand high temperatures, and was waterproof as well.

Gao Peng blended the other chopped materials together and placed it into the Fish Bubble. Gently flipping the Fish Bubble around, it became a little pocket, wrapping all the materials together. After tying up the opening on the Fish Bubble with a dead knot, the materials were all properly contained within the Fish Bubble.

He repeated these steps until he had filled 10 Fish Bubbles, before putting them all in the boiling water.

This step was really troublesome. He needed to cook the materials in boiling water, but at the same time, he had to prevent the materials from being contaminated by the steam or else the medicinal properties of the wood-attribute materials would be damaged.

Ten minutes later, he fished out all the Fish Bubbles and placed them on a wooden board. Because metal overcomes wood, the medicinal materials could not be allowed to come into contact with metal or else contamination would occur then as well.

Using a glass knife, he gently cut open the fish bubbles. The medicinal materials were stuck together after being cut, blended and cooked. He rolled them into balls before feeding them to the Devil Mantises.

After eating them, the Devil Mantises began to tremble before suddenly collapsing. They lay on the floor with their wings twitching mildly.

The first step was now completed. Only two more steps left. Gao Peng worked without stopping, preparing the next batch of medicinal herbs.

At night, the laboratory lights remained bright.

Gao Peng was the only one in the lab, so all the steps needed to be completed by him alone. All the materials were weighed using high-precision electronic scales to the accuracy of 0.01 grams.

The experiment continued all the way until next morning before finally coming to completion. In the lab were ten Devil Mantises that had fallen into deep comas.

Gao Peng tidied up all the excess materials and tossed them into concentrated sulfuric acid before taking of his mask and gloves.

He opened the laboratory doors. Outside, Liu Senlin, who had waited for a whole night, was awakened by the door opening. He got up from his chair and hurriedly went up to Gao Peng. ”Mr. Gao, the results of the experiment…”

”It should have been successful. They should be able to wake up in the afternoon.” Gao Peng was a little fatigued after working through the night. Right now, all he wanted was to have a good rest.

”That's great, thank you Mr. Gao,” Liu Senlin nodded repeatedly. ”Our company has already arranged for a room. If Mr. Gao requires it, you can head to the room to rest. If you would like to head home instead, we also have a car specially prepared to send you home.”

Gao Peng thought for a moment. ”Please send me directly to my studio then. Sorry for the trouble.”

Entering his studio, Gao Peng lowered the backrest of his chair and adjusted it to a comfortable position for sleeping. Since there were few customers anyway, he could probably sleep with peace of mind.

Gao Peng slept into the afternoon before waking up on his own. As expected, there were no customers throughout the whole morning.

He saw the thank-you text sent by Liu Senlin after he woke up. It said that some of the Devil Mantises had begun to evolve. Gao Peng was not surprised because the Mantises that he had chosen were the best among the lot, and were the most suitable for evolution. Each of them was at level 20. Just a promotion in grade would fulfil the requirements for evolution. It would be surprising if they had not evolved.

At the other side, Liu Senlin's heart was beating fast. A Devil Mantis was beginning to evolve right in front of his eyes. Its body was slowly increasing in length. On its back, its wings raised high. A tearing sound came from its skin as a new, stronger-looking pair of wings emerged from under the skin.

Whoosh~

With a gentle shake, the fluid that was stuck on the wings was blown off.