Chapter 328 — Birth of the Mechanical Phantom Beast

The little mechanical Tyrannosaurus raised its head. A hatchling it might be, but it truly was unlike a newborn — after all, it had Basic Intelligence, and its wits were already no less than those of a child of a few years.

"Roar!!! (I am the Overlord of the Earth!!!)"

That obsession was not purified in the slightest!!! Shi Jin turned to Lin!!

Lin: "Mm... indeed. Relying on it alone, our results definitely won't be enough to secure first place. So I'll continue my research on ancient mechanical phantom beasts and strive for the most perfect result — otherwise, research into mythical phantom beasts will be even harder to begin."

Shi Jin nodded. True enough — reviving the T-rex had already cost it everything but a single skill. Fuse in the Qilin Phantom and leave it with one skill again, every vital skill stripped away, and what would the revival have been for? Nothing at all!

It had to be perfected!

"As things stand, a mechanical phantom beast can only be revived successfully with Chongchong and Shen Baobao pooling their strength."

"If you mean to take first place at the Mechanical Conference, there are two research paths. The first: raise the mechanical T-rex's racial rank until it reaches overlord species."

"The second path: make mechanical phantom beasts universal and replicable."

Mechanical Lin said, "Develop a Fossil Phantom Revival Device capable of restoring the dream-phantoms locked inside a fossil, and we'll no longer need Chongchong's power."

"Then develop a stable breeding channel for the Soul Heart Fruit, so it can be obtained through artificial cultivation, and we'll no longer need Shen Baobao and the rest."

"Achieve those two things, and we can carve out an entirely new system within the mechanical field."

Shi Jin sank into thought.

Best to have it all!

"A little over two months left. Can it be done?"

"I'll give it everything I have!" Mechanical Lin's eyes blazed with determination. "But it will take more research funding."

"Spend it — spend all of it!" "If we pull this off, I'm marching straight to the Fourth Bureau to apply for a legendary-tier mechanical resource!!!"

...

Modu.

In no time at all, Shi Jin arrived there aboard a Cloud-Piercing Arrow.

It was his second time in Modu.

By the time he landed, Shi Ying's excitement still had not worn off — he had spent ages teasing the little T-rex. It was alive! Alive!

Still, business came first... he would leave that side of things to Lin.

He pulled out his phone, meaning to call Director Li of the Archaeology Department at Gudu University — to say that he too would be joining the exchange event, and that he would very much like a thorough exchange with the legendary beast tamer, Ms. Katavi.

But before Shi Jin could even find the number, a push notification about a surging trending topic stopped him cold.

He glanced at it and said nothing for a long while.

Because it seemed... there was no need for any backroom dealings with the legendary Katavi after all.

He had found a far simpler and cruder method.

[Preparatory contestants of the Minghua Ancient Kingdom's World Tournament challenge the top fifty beast tamers of the Sequence Contest! The combat exchange event opens in one day!]

The gist of the report was that five young top-tier beast-taming masters from the Minghua Ancient Kingdom delegation would be at the Modu Arena one day hence, inviting Donghuang's geniuses to a friendly exchange of blows.

Figures such as Zou Tianwang of the Dark Club had already answered the call.

What drew Shi Jin's attention was that the report also gave brief basic profiles of those five Minghua geniuses — and one of them seized his eye.

Emirei, female, twenty-eight, a top-tier master of the Minghua Ancient Kingdom, disciple of the legendary beast tamer Katavi. Signature battle beast: the Golden Phoenix Dragon Sparrow! The same as her master's!

"So that means — as long as I turn up at this combat exchange event too, and Crimson Eye possesses me, and I walk up and give them a punch, the skill gets copied just like that?"