79: Energy fluctuations

In the laboratory, Xu Yan took out the youming marrow that Mo Yi had previously given him from the storage device. At this time, the youming marrow in the bottle looked vastly different from when he had seen it in Mo Yi's office.

What was originally a viscous black liquid shimmering with tiny specks of light now presented a state of mutual equilibrium: one half was a viscous black liquid with light specks, and the other half was a colorless, pure liquid with black specks.

Looking at the two elements in the bottle, divided yet mutually permeating and attempting to contaminate each other, Xu Yan fell into deep thought.

As for why Xu Yan, who had just decided to research the Wind Flame Lion King first, was now researching the youming marrow, which clearly belonged to Zhu Yan as an evolution item, the reason was simple.

It was naturally because Xu Yan had gained some inspiration from the youming marrow.

Previously, even with the discovery that the Wind Flame Lion King could change its form through potions, Xu Yan was still somewhat unsure from which angle to proceed with the next step of research.

However, when he heard Mo Yi describe the characteristics of the youming marrow in the office, a thought suddenly popped into Xu Yan's mind.

If the Wind Flame Lion King could freely convert its two elemental attributes like the youming marrow, even if the conversion wasn't lossless like the youming marrow, any loss that wasn't too great would be acceptable.

And this special energy conversion might be the key to breaking through the research bottleneck of the Wind Flame Lion King. Looking at the youming marrow before him, a hint of excitement flashed in Xu Yan's eyes.

Thinking this, Xu Yan got up and walked to the experimental bench, placing the youming marrow on a detection instrument nearby, preparing to deeply analyze the mystery of the two elements' mutual equilibrium and conversion.

As the instrument started, various data points continuously flickered across the screen. Xu Yan closely watched the data while quickly recording some key values.

Just then, he noticed that whenever the light specks were assimilated by the black liquid, the energy fluctuations in the surrounding space would undergo subtle changes. Similarly, when the black specks were purified by the surrounding clear liquid, the energy fluctuations in the surrounding space would also produce similar changes.

This phenomenon stirred Xu Yan's heart; he guessed that this energy fluctuation might be related to the transformation between light and dark elements.

So, would a similar situation occur when the Wind Flame Lion King evolves and transforms its form?

If he could confirm this, he might be able to simulate similar conditions to prompt the Wind Flame Lion King to achieve more stable and efficient energy conversion, thereby researching a method that would allow the Wind Flame Lion King to change its form on its own.

Thinking this, Xu Yan took a deep breath, found two Wind Flame Lions that met the evolution criteria, placed them on the detection instrument, and adjusted the instrument's parameters.

Because the two attributes of the Wind Flame Lion King itself were not mutually restraining like those of the youming marrow, Xu Yan speculated that even if a similar situation existed, it would likely be much more subtle, meaning it would be harder to detect than with the youming marrow.

Therefore, when adjusting the instrument parameters, Xu Yan specifically had Wuxiang reside within the detection instrument, maximizing its various sensitivities. After completing all this, he then fed them each a bottle of evolution potion for different forms.

As the Light of Evolution shone, the forms of the two Wind Flame Lion Kings changed.

Unfortunately, from the start of the evolution until the appearance of the two Wind Flame Lion Kings in different forms, the detection instrument with Wuxiang residing in it did not detect anything special, let alone obvious energy fluctuations like with the youming marrow.

Xu Yan wasn't too disappointed by this. After waiting for a while, once the two Wind Flame Lion Kings had stabilized, he fed them each a form-conversion potion.

As the form-conversion potions took effect, the various values of the two Wind Flame Lion Kings on the instrument began to change rapidly. Xu Yan focused intently on recording and analyzing, and fine beads of sweat gradually appeared on his forehead.

Finally, when the Wind Flame Lion King's primary and secondary attributes reached the same intensity, a 50/50 split, the instrument detected an extremely subtle abnormal fluctuation, which quickly disappeared as the balance of elemental energy within the Wind Flame Lion King changed.

If he hadn't specifically set a target to look for this situation and had Wuxiang reside within to enhance the instrument's precision, the standard detector in the laboratory likely wouldn't have been able to detect such a faint abnormal fluctuation.

Seeing the abnormal fluctuation displayed on the instrument, Xu Yan's eyes lit up. Although the fluctuation was tiny, it was enough to prove that his hypothesis was correct.

Afterward, Xu Yan found several other Wind Flame Lion Kings, had them step onto the detection instrument one by one, and fed them form-conversion potions.

The results greatly surprised Xu Yan: every Wind Flame Lion King that completed a form conversion using the form-conversion potion exhibited a special abnormal energy fluctuation when the two elemental energies within its body reached a 50/50 balance.

Moreover, this abnormal energy only existed when the two energies reached a 50/50 balance; even a slight change would cause this fluctuation to disappear immediately.

Xu Yan recorded the data one by one, and after sending the Wind Flame Lion Kings back, he brought Wuxiang to the computer. Wuxiang retrieved information from the computer's database, while Xu Yan flipped through the two breeding experience notebooks in his hand, trying to find some clues.

Suddenly, Xu Yan seemed to have thought of something. He picked up the data and materials placed aside and began to carefully compare them, his brows sometimes furrowed, sometimes relaxed.

Then, he picked up a pen and began to quickly calculate on a notebook, using the data he had previously recorded.

After some calculations, he found that according to this energy fluctuation pattern, the Wind Flame Lion King's elemental energy began its form conversion the moment the 50/50 balance was broken, continuing until the energy ratio within the Wind Flame Lion King reached that of the other form, at which point the form conversion was completely finished.

And what triggered the Wind Flame Lion King's form change was not the energy fluctuation produced during the 50/50 balance, but rather some special effect generated when this energy fluctuation disappeared after the 50/50 balance was broken.

However, regardless of which situation caused the Wind Flame Lion King to change its form, what Xu Yan needed to do was to figure out what this abnormal fluctuation actually was and what role it played during the Wind Flame Lion King's form transformation.