Esper X Family – Chapter 695 – Don’t You Think Monster Girls Are Charming?

As the group hurried to the vicinity of Serpent Heart Lake.

The Dragon Transformation Ceremony officially began!

Ye Yao casually shielded everyone from the wind and rain, preventing anyone from getting drenched.

The surface of the lake began to tremble, as if some massive creature was churning violently beneath the water.

The high-level Espers used their mental power to perceive the details.

Meanwhile, the other staff observed the situation through underwater monitors installed in the lake in advance, capturing every change with crystal clarity!

“What a fast molting!”

“Over a dozen times in just a few minutes!”

“What is it turning into?”

Snake One’s body was rapidly expanding, its flesh glowing with blinding light, as if brand-new components were growing out.

“Claws?”

“I see scales!”

“Holy crap! I think I know what it’s evolving into!”

“It’s actually dragon?!”

Faced with this scene of mythology intruding upon reality, everyone was utterly dumbfounded.

Although it still looked like a flood dragon, at least it was a creature connected to the mythical dragons of legend!

How could anyone not feel thrilled to witness a creature that symbolizes national culture?

They had thought that such beings only existed in humanity’s historical imagination, yet “Tong Yao” had actually recreated it!

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Even if humanity eventually ventured into space, this would still be a historic moment!

It was far from meaningless!

By now, Snake One had already taken on the embryonic form of a flood dragon, having completely shed its “Snake” classification and earned its own separate entry as “Dragon”!

Modern biologists would certainly have to create a new category for it.

Even if it had evolved from an ordinary fat snake, it probably no longer had much to do with snakes anymore.

In short, evolutionary theory had been thoroughly trampled underfoot. Even Darwin himself would have to shine Ye Yao’s shoes if he showed up.

Ye Yao nodded in satisfaction.

“Not bad. Pretty cool. S-rank mental power is just the starting point. If its mental power gets higher in the future, it might even evolve into a true dragon.”

In her vision, the flood dragon wasn’t the final destination.

There had to be something to look forward to. Otherwise, one would just slack off and laze around.

As Ye Yao sighed with contentment, the flood dragon finally burst out of the lake, arching its body and floating through the air. Gone was the coldness of a serpent; only awe and majesty remained!

Although its overall color was a cool, dark blue, the feeling it gave off was completely transformed.

An S-rank flood dragon!

Perhaps the only non-human native species in the world to reach S-rank as an individual.

If this had happened before, it might have easily stirred unease among people. The saying “If they’re not our kind, their hearts must differ” was once mainstream thinking.

Whenever a different race produced a powerful figure, it often spelled trouble for the locals.

Even if an animal at the zoo had broken through to S-rank on its own, the staff would have been prepared for battle.

After all, animals had only recently gained sentience, and the full implications weren’t yet understood.

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One couldn’t just treat old records as absolute truth.

Caution was always good.

Yet today, not a single person present felt any dread or fear.

It wasn’t because Li Tang, a genuine S-rank Esper, was there to reassure them.

If you asked who gave them that confidence, it was the girl who was “traveling incognito” and “patrolling her territory”!

Since the snake’s transformation into a dragon was Ye Yao’s doing, there was nothing to fear.

If it dared to so much as hiss aggressively, even a dragon could be crushed with one hand.

Totem faith wouldn’t save it here. If it did evil, it would only end up as “Weilong” jerky ¹ 卫龙 translates to “guardian dragon”. !

Ye Yao watched the reborn fat snake with great interest.

Actually, it should be “fat dragon” now.

“Not bad. Much better looking now. Keep working hard. One day, you’ll roam the vast skies, and maybe even become the first Dragon Celestial Emperor to swim freely through outer space. Take your time, I have high hopes for you.”

In the past, Ye Yao would’ve included some small animals that had gained sentience into her family category, possibly even granting her attribute points.

She had already thought of a category name:

“Animal Friends”!

Things like horses, kittens, dogs, and the big fat dragon could all be considered.

Perhaps she could even find a fluffy snow leopard.

It could be Fang Tang’s playmate, and others could pet it when bored.

But with version updates, attribute points had turned into rolling logs.

As a World Administrator, Ye Yao no longer needed to rack her brain for upgrades, nor did she need to expand her family reserves.

These “Animal Friends” would just have to be something casual.

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Ye Yao gazed at the majestic flood dragon and rubbed her chin thoughtfully.

“Now that I think about it, my worldview’s already become a big mishmash. Should I add another setting?”

“What setting do you want to add, Sister?” Luo Jianhua asked curiously.

“Shapeshifting, of course!”

Ye Yao replied with great enthusiasm, her eyes sparkling.

“Think about it. Since super-animals can gain sentience, why not open a backdoor for them? For example, once their mental power reaches a certain level, they could learn to shapeshift. We might see lots of adorable monster girls!”

For Ye Yao, this was child’s play.

All living beings are tied to mental power, and Ye Yao is the master of mental power. Making a small tweak to the underlying code and running it properly would be no problem at all!

Don’t you think dragon girls and beast-eared girls are charming?

Although Ye Yao could also have Xing Lan satisfy that side of her desires, there was something about the naturally grown kind that felt better.

After all, once sentience reaches a high enough level, they would be pretty much the same as humans.

Low-level animals wouldn’t qualify for shapeshifting anyway.

Humans wouldn’t need to worry about resource shortages, and a few extra sapient species wouldn’t matter.

As long as the human gene pool wasn’t polluted, monster girls could freely enjoy certain rights.

And if anything went wrong, Ye Yao would handle it.

Luo Jianhua looked at the somewhat excited Ye Yao and blinked.

“As long as you’re happy, Sister.”

She had thought that after becoming all-powerful, Ye Yao might gradually lose interest in things.

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But it seemed that it wasn’t a problem yet. Many little shenanigans could still pop up from time to time.

Decisions that could reshape the structure of human society were made on a whim.

That was Ye Yao for you.

With her abilities, she could indeed do whatever she wanted.

Heavenly Dao was truly that capricious!

The wind and rain had stopped.

The flood dragon descended back to the bottom of the lake, as if obediently continuing its cultivation.

As for the enclosure that confined it… since Ye Yao had told it to stay there, it wasn’t a cage, but its nest.

It would make its home here!

“Mm, so well-behaved. I’ll come see you again when I have time.”

Ye Yao nodded in satisfaction.

Just then, she spotted a familiar figure descending from the sky.

It was Lou Wei, who had come upon hearing the news!

Although he already knew about Ye Yao’s movements, when he learned that a “dragon” had appeared, he still decided to come and verify it himself.

“Eh? The old man is here!”

Author Note

Wow! I just discovered today that you can add illustrations to the main text when updating on the webpage! Kids, let me have someone generate a character illustration to test this out.

Text: Haymaker!