Esper X Family – Chapter 694 – Is Someone About to Undergo a Tribulation?

The massive fat snake at the bottom of the lake was several times larger than an adult anaconda.

Although its living conditions were far less stressful than those of wild fat snakes in the rainforest, the zoo hadn’t skimped on nutrition in order to closely observe the evolutionary progress of these new-era animals.

After observing that the size of snakes increased with the growth of their mental power, some biologists wanted to determine the endpoint of this evolutionary path.

Thus, they provided a lake as a habitat for the new-era giant python and regularly fed it food rich in mental power to accelerate its internal mental energy growth.

They had invested heavily in this endeavor. As a precaution, the zoo even had an S-rank Esper with extensive knowledge of super-animals on standby, just in case something unexpected happened.

Since Ye Yao had never brought up these matters in the biological field, the animal researchers had to explore on their own.

Some even speculated that perhaps even “Tong Yao” herself was unaware of these animals’ ultimate forms.

In any case, this was an extremely important research topic!

To this day, the zoo’s chosen observation target, codenamed “Snake One”, had yet to show any signs of a phased transformation.

Its size just kept increasing, easily breaking the world record for anaconda size and surpassing all previously recorded snakes in history.

Even the largest snakes from ancient times likely couldn’t compare.

If it weren’t for the mysterious power of mental energy, biologists wouldn’t have dared to believe that such a massive snake could exist.

After being fed for a while, Snake One had been lying low for a long time. Apart from feeding times, it never surfaced, making the lake appear perfectly ordinary.

Even during the zoo’s peak tourist season, few visitors lingered here, since there was nothing to see.

But now.

A group of tiny visitors had gathered around the lake.

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“Strong A-rank mental power? Not bad. With another year or so of accumulation, it might start showing dragon traits… but that’s way too slow.”

Ye Yao’s figure appeared in the center of the lake, her toes lightly skimming the water’s surface, sending out faint ripples.

At this moment, the silver-haired girl looked like a fairy in the lake, albeit a slightly younger one. Except for Wu Mi and the others, no one could observe this scene.

The creature beneath the lake seemed to sense something. Its mental power roiled within, and as a being that had already developed intelligence, it could feel that an inconceivable presence had descended upon its territory!

If someone looked down from above, they would see a massive shadow beneath the calm lake water, as if some colossal being was hidden within.

Anyone faint of heart would surely be terrified by the sight.

But Ye Yao showed no fear at all.

Before gaining abilities, she might have kept her distance from such slippery creatures.

But after transcending the Heavenly Dao, all animals, no matter how unappealing its modeling is, were nothing more than a pure life form in her eyes.

Anyway, once the fat snake turned into a dragon, its modeling would receive a significant upgrade.

Ye Yao seemed to be talking to herself.

“Hmm, I guess your instincts told you that you still have massive room for improvement, so you’ve been working hard in that direction. At least I didn’t waste my time adding that outrageous evolution path for you.”

Snake One didn’t surface. Instead, it kept its entire body submerged, conveying a will of submission.

“Good. Since I’m in a good mood today and also want to witness the dragon transformation, let me give you a push and make this the world’s first case.”

Ye Yao soon sensed Snake One’s gratitude.

By now, many super-animals were likely intelligent beings.

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For creatures with high mental power, barrier-free communication was no problem at all.

The next moment.

Ye Yao stopped speaking. The water beneath her feet quickly began to glow, as if infused with highly concentrated mental energy, supplying Snake One with the power to upgrade and evolve.

Beneath the surface, Snake One rapidly absorbed this mental energy, showing no concern about unstable foundations or self-destruction.

With Ye Yao around, everything would proceed smoothly.

And indeed, under Ye Yao’s blessing, Snake One’s mental power surged upward. In just a few breaths, it broke past the 4,000 mark and charged straight toward the S-rank threshold!

Under Ye Yao’s gaze, Snake One’s size exploded, already meeting the standard of a dragon’s physique, just one step away from a complete metamorphosis!

By the lake, Wu Mi watched the scene with curiosity.

“A snake transforming into a dragon? Come to think of it, my ability does have some connection to snakes.”

For instance, Wu Mi’s own power of Cycle was called the “Ouroboros Cycle”, carrying the meanings of “infinity” and “cycle” with it.

“I wonder if there will ever be a mythical creature similar to the Ouroboros.”

However, “infinity” and “cycle” were already overpowered mechanics. Without Ye Yao’s permission, no creature would likely ever obtain such power.

Just as Wu Mi was letting her mind wander, Snake One’s mental power had already broken through the S-rank barrier without encountering any resistance at all!

A slight smile curled at the corner of Ye Yao’s mouth, as if she were about to witness a great show unfold.

“Here it comes!”

Ye Yao pulled away from the center of the lake and returned to Wu Mi and the others’ side, watching the scene with anticipation.

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The weather began to change rapidly. The once clear, cloudless sky turned overcast in the blink of an eye, as if a torrential downpour were imminent.

Xia Lian blinked and gasped.

“There’s actually a celestial phenomenon? So grand? White Catty, did you do this?”

Ye Yao shook her head.

“No. According to my understanding, this is part of the dragon transformation process. In my cognition, dragons inherently possess the ability to ride clouds and summon the wind and rain. Even horses have special abilities, so the dragons in my understanding should also have been granted related innate talents.”

Simply put.

Once a snake transforms into a dragon, it gains the “ability” to summon wind and rain!

In human terms, it would be like having two abilities:【Mount the Clouds and Ride the Mist】and【Call the Wind and Summon the Rain】.

It was the will of heaven, unable to be defied.

And Snake One’s S-rank breakthrough phenomenon was precisely the manifestation of its racial ability!

Localized rainfall was a simple occurrence.

BOOM!

In an instant, lightning flashed and thunder roared.

The tourists in the zoo were utterly confused.

Hadn’t the weather been beautiful just a moment ago? Why was it about to pour suddenly?

“What’s with this weather? Is someone about to undergo a tribulation?”

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Only the zoo staff sensed something off.

They quickly pinpointed the problem!

“There’s a massive mental energy reaction near Serpent Heart Lake! The mental power reading is S-rank!”

“What the hell? Didn’t Snake One just have a little over 3,000 mental power? How did it suddenly hit S-rank? Is this some kind of tribulation?”

“Where am I right now? This isn’t some cultivation world… How is there a tribulation—”

Upon hearing the news, Li Tang quickly guessed what was happening.

“Did she do this?”

Li Tang had just learned that Ye Yao was touring the zoo with her friends.

The flying tiger’s special performance was Ye Yao’s doing, as was the flying horse galloping through the air. The anomaly at Serpent Heart Lake needed no guesswork, and it was easy to guess who was behind it.

Li Tang wasn’t worried about any chaos breaking out.

With Ye Yao around, everything would be much ado about nothing.

“Hurry! Gather the biologists and head to the scene immediately! We absolutely can’t miss this!”

Author Note

?! Weakling ?!

Text: Don’t wanna move anymore