"Yip——"
After a yipping sound from a fox, the idle wild animals in the Qinling Mountain Range instinctively formed ground patrols, starting to scout their territories in an attempt to find the strange creature as described by Master Fuli.
Master Fuli was a benevolent lord; regardless of success or failure, he would always treat the fellows to a good meal.
To most wild animals, Master Fuli's "yip" was virtually equivalent to "a grand feast."
With one "yip," the animals in Qinling responded to the call, flipping over the hills.
"Moo——"
Upon hearing this, the yak in the ecological protection base turned and said to Master Fuli, "Sir! The helicopter is coming."
"Good!"
Sitting grandly in the base, sipping on ice-cold cola, Master Fuli looked up, acknowledged the message, and turned back to the screen of his phone.
It was the WeChat chat interface.
Ansheng sent a message to Unos, inquiring if their laboratory ever produced during their research any artificial chimera Spirit Beasts that could cause human mutation—white, with six wings, and a pointed head.
Ansheng was waiting for Unos to reply, but whether it was because Old Li ruined it or Unos was busy with something else, there was no response for a long time. Ansheng even thought about whether to make a call.
"Buzz buzz buzz..."
As Master Fuli pondered, the phone on the table vibrated with a ringtone—Unos replied.
Unos: [White, gold Spirit Beasts from our research process are artificial colorings, belonging to the Heaven Envoy series transgenic genes.]
Unos: [Your description is too vague for me to determine which gene series it belongs to, but contact with the Heaven series in Xia Country is probably an overseas version...]
In the Longevity Club's laboratory, during the research of new transgenic genes, they always followed a hierarchical order.
The items for members not only required outstanding performance and expandability but also urged the Longevity Research Institute to make artificial modifications to appearance.
If Master Fuli can confirm that the transgenic gene carrier he encountered was indeed a product of the Longevity Club Research Institute, then white and gold would be exclusive colors for the [Heaven Envoy] series.
The [Hell Envoy] series, artificially dyed black or chaotic colors, had to be either random or intentionally made to look ugly and flawed in appearance.
Otherwise, the hierarchy wouldn't be clear, and it would reflect the superiority of senior members.
And the pointy-headed characteristic, to be honest, is quite common in the Heaven Envoy series.
The so-called pointy head might be an expansion to increase certain traits in the brain area, or perhaps for heat dissipation.
Unos needs to see the specific appearance to answer Master Fuli about what series the thing belongs to, which local proprietor sells it, and what capabilities it has.
The Longevity Club is responsible for basic research, with some strange traits and abilities being extensions and developments of new blueprints based on the foundation of the Longevity Research Institute after local proprietors set up biological laboratories.
"What a hassle..."
After reading Unos's reply, Master Fuli deliberately chose not to reply and headed towards the search team's helicopter.
"Alright, let's go! The chubby cats will stay at the ecological base to help filter the ground unit information for me."
Master Fuli, seated in the helicopter, looked somewhat helplessly at Wang Qiqi and said.
"I deeply sympathize with Master Fuli's plight, but it's not a big deal. Our Security Bureau can handle it. We can subdue her and give two injections to treat it."
Wang Qiqi smiled and shook her head, feeling a mix of surprise and speechlessness over what happened to Momo, but not particularly worried.
Momo was vetted before enrollment, and there are no confidentiality risks with the Xinxing Agricultural Science College.
Excluding special factors, the sudden events happening to Momo aren't genuinely significant. The Security Bureau has a comprehensive handling protocol and corresponding suppression techniques for Beast Warriors and transgenic gene carriers.
Currently, all that's needed is to capture her.
......
During the search process, as the sky darkened, the autumn night fell over the forest of the Qinling Mountain Range.
Wang Qiqi talked to Master Fuli about some details regarding the excavation process at Mawang Village. The scientific team had arrived, and according to the data analysis pointed out by the Treasure Tree ants, the excavation could begin as soon as tomorrow night.
Fully excavating it would take two to three days, and by then, Master Fuli might need to go there once.
"Hmm?"
While discussing the Treasure Tree chase matters, Master Fuli's fox ears suddenly twitched as he faintly heard waves of beast roars, all speaking of the same thing.
"Twenty kilometers to the northwest, what area does that belong to?"
Master Fuli looked at Wang Qiqi and said, "Just now, the guys on the ground said they saw a strange-looking creature land in the village in that direction..."
"Twenty kilometers northwest?" Wang Qiqi opened the intercom to ask the pilot for specific coordinates.
"Wupan Mountain, formerly Bajia Valley, now belongs to a luxury retreat owned by Yongxin Realty Group, currently in a stalled construction status."
After receiving the pilot's response, Wang Qiqi looked at Master Fuli and said.
"Crash in, Momo might be there!" Master Fuli's expression was somewhat odd, but he still gave the order.
Wupan Mountain... Where does that come from?
I don't think I've ever been there with Momo, what is she doing in that mountain valley...
The helicopter changed its course, flying directly towards Wupan Mountain, hovering above the stalled luxury retreat. Under the military-grade thermal imaging scanner, the heat sources within the sprawling hundreds of acres retreat were fully visible.
There are a dozen heat sources, and one at the southwest corner looks particularly strange.
Behind it is a large mass of heat source, evidently muscular tissue clumping together to generate heat, with something sharp on top.
The helicopter gradually lowered its altitude.
Master Fuli opened the cabin door, directly spreading his arms from high above, gliding down beside the villa.
"Sssa, sssa, sssa..."
Just as Master Fuli landed, a sound reminiscent of Doggy digging in the sand reached his ears.
Master Fuli veered around the villa district, looking towards the suspected backyard direction, and within the framework of a sunroom, or rather a tool room location, he saw an indescribably peculiar and strange creature.
It had white wings on its back, its lower body resembling the hind legs of a German Shepherd dog, spotless and unblemished, but not flesh and skin, rather resembling the exoskeleton of an insect.
Its body was narrow and long, seen from the side like a cheetah, with a half-moon arc extending from the forehead, one glance and Ansheng almost thought he saw a white-albino alien.
Its forelimbs with three fingers, particularly robust, one hand propping the cement ground of the tool room, while the other hand was digging into the ground, clearly excited.
"Crack..."
Perhaps Master Fuli's gaze caught Momo's attention as she dug into the sand, she gradually turned around, looking towards the small White Fox at the corner.
Momo crouched on all fours, crawling out from the tool room and landing in the backyard, slowly rising to her feet, lifting the half-moon shaped head high like a coronet.
Her limbs were exceedingly robust, covered with insect exoskeleton, but her chest and abdomen areas were covered with a layer of pale bone, even decorated with patterns, obviously denser than the limb exoskeleton.
"Whoa..."
Momo's entire face was covered by exoskeleton, its structure smooth like a mirror, reflecting humans. She unfolded six white wings behind her, lifting the two arms instinctively placed on her chest, pointing forcefully towards the door.
Though she didn't speak, Momo's body language clearly conveyed her meaning.
You leave! This is my turf, you are not allowed in.
"Snap..."
Amidst being dumbstruck, Master Fuli didn't forget to raise his flashlight-equipped phone, snapping a photo to send to Unos over WeChat for inquiry:
[What do you say... which model does this belong to?]
Unos: [... From the chest and abdomen's distinctive female contour, it should be the "Heaven Envoy·Aphrodite Gene," a type of Spirit Beast targeting female billionaires, designed to enhance female allure, but the strange skeleton on her is evidently not our product...]
[Or perhaps she has undergone other genetic modifications or edits, resulting in a hybrid effect.]
[The Aphrodite Gene's lethality isn't significant, primarily focusing on wrinkle repair and collagen genetic specialization, allowing female billionaires to consistently maintain youthful beauty, even making surgically enhanced faces look naturally born under the Aphrodite Gene's blessing without any maintenance...]
Unos types extremely fast, sending out information almost instantaneously, leaving no time for reaction.
Momo's spiritualization mutation on her body is partially recognizable by Unos, but part of it he cannot identify.
Aphrodite Gene, belonging to self-healing specialized genes.
Combat ability is mediocre, mainly focusing on the self-healing and repair gene telomere activity, thus consistently retaining beauty.
Therefore, this gene is named after the goddess of beauty ["Aphrodite"].
Yet the white insect exoskeleton on Momo touches Unos' knowledge blind spot.
Neither a Longevity Club product nor a third-party landlord's export-type Aphrodite includes insect exoskeleton genes...