The second volume is called "One Heart" Chapter 14 Catalysis
I opened my eyes and faced the concerned and nervous looks of Afeng and the others. I couldn't help but smile bitterly in my heart. Ever since I got Taotao, I have been hoping that Taotao could evolve earlier and become my right-hand man. Now that he has finally started to evolve, I really can't be happy. This is such a bad timing. I just came up with a plan with great hope of success, but suddenly I lost the most important mental strength. Isn't this a waste of everyone's joy? And I don't know how long this situation will last. We only have seven days left, and many things need to be arranged in advance. If he can't recover in time, the mission will definitely not be completed without me.
I sighed, words on the tip of my tongue, but I really didn't know how to start. Ah Feng was anxiously jumping up and down, "Hey, Ah Dai, have you found the reason? Tell me now!"
Things have come to this point, I could only tell the truth helplessly, and at the same time lower my head, afraid to see everyone's lost eyes. I gave them hope, but I shattered this hope with my own hands. Even I think it is too cruel.
No one spoke for a long while, everyone was digesting the news. I lowered my head even more. Although it was not my fault, it was caused by me after all, so I couldn't help feeling a little guilty.
"It's nothing. In fact, we should congratulate Ah Dai. If his pet evolves successfully, its strength will be further enhanced, which is good for both him and us. The task of killing the three-headed flame wolf still takes seven days, so there's no rush. Maybe Tao Tao will be able to complete the evolution soon, so it won't have much of an impact." Xue Wuxia was duty-bound as the captain, and he quickly stepped forward to stabilize people's hearts.
"In fact, we also need time to prepare. We have to enter the Dark Forest and ambush at the designated location first. We don't need to use our mental power for the time being. Besides, since the evolution of pets requires constant absorption of the owner's mental power, and Ah Dai happens to have the 'Touch of Death' in his hand, he can constantly absorb mental power from us to supplement the needs of the pets, to speed up the evolution of the pets. This can also buy time, and the situation will not be too bad ." Yun Wuying's words were reasonable, and even I looked up unconsciously, moved by her.
If we can continuously get spiritual energy from them, it will definitely speed up Taotao's evolution. It won't take a few hours to summon six or seven hundred zombies. As long as we can set up an ambush and nothing , one day will be enough to kill the three-headed flame wolf. There is really no need to worry too much. The most important thing now is to try to hatch Taotao as soon as possible and restore him to his normal state.
Everyone's worries were relieved a little, and they put their hearts and minds aside for the time being. They began to congratulate me one after another. Taotao is an evolving and rideable pet. Its strength will surely increase a lot after this evolution, and I should be able to ride it. Especially Afeng and Guardian of the Heart, the two genuine knights, they didn't have mounts yet, but were snatched away by an undead wizard like me. There was a sourness in their words. There was no way. Comparing yourself with others will only make you angry. I am just lucky, brother. I can't envy others.
Little Chili was only here to see us because she had to go to school, and she was about to go offline, so her mental power naturally couldn't be wasted, so I sucked it all up. Of course, I couldn't let go of other people's mental power either, leaving only 10% of each person's mental power to deal with emergencies, and the rest was donated to me, sent to Taotao, the glutton, who usually feeds me with good food and drink, and paid such a high price. If the ability after this evolution doesn't satisfy me, I'm really going to die, and I must go and complain to the dead old man for defrauding players!
However, it is not an easy task to successfully enter the dark forest and reach the designated ambush location. I have lost all my mental strength and have become extremely clumsy. I feel uncomfortable all over. I am used to using the "One-horse-out-of-the-dust" technique to save my life and escape, but the psychological powerlessness torments me deeply. It seems that everywhere I look is full of traps. Although I am walking in the middle of the team and am surrounded and protected by Afeng and the others, I don't feel safe at all. I like to become stronger and don't want to rely entirely on others to survive. I didn't want to do that before and I won't want to do that in the future.
The attack of the monster was strange and sudden. The camouflage of the intermediate level 6 chameleon lizard was so clever that even a skilled person like Yun Wuying could not detect its existence when passing by. It suddenly attacked, bit me with its big mouth, and swung its long tail. Nan Feiyan, who was protecting the left wing, had no time to react and had already returned to the "Resurrection Corridor". It moved quickly and rushed to my side before others came to help. I tried my best to dodge without any self-protection ability, but my feet were like lead. I was willing but unable to do anything. I could only helplessly watch the sharp lizard teeth getting closer and closer, and closed my eyes and waited for death. Are these monsters all intelligent? Can they see who is weaker? Otherwise, why would they ignore the others around them and rush in to kill me first? There is no order at all.
Fortunately, even if we successfully arrived, there was nothing to do for the time being. We still had to wait for Taotao to be born, so it wouldn't delay anything. I found Taotao who was hatching by telepathy. Everything was just as I saw at that time. What appeared in front of me was a black and red cocoon with a diameter of about two meters and billowing crimson flames. The closer I got, the more I could feel the familiar and friendly atmosphere. The old zombie was also very conscientious. I told him to take good care of Taotao, and he led my 700 zombies and his own private army of more than 500 people to guard around the cocoon and protect Taotao. As expected of a thousand-year corpse king, he had some experience. He knew that Taotao couldn't stand being disturbed now, so he was so cautious.
After a brief exchange with the old zombie, I roughly figured out what happened. It was pretty much what I guessed. After Taotao absorbed the energy of a zombie, a cloud of black and red smoke suddenly appeared all over his body. After it dissipated, it became what I saw before me. The old zombie felt based on his experience that it might be evolving and couldn't be disturbed, so he quickly dispatched troops to protect it. I couldn't help but admire my wise decision to subdue the old zombie that day. How could those stupid low-level zombies have such an effect and consciously help me solve problems?
The rest of the things are easy. The old zombie has to take on the responsibility of guarding, so its mental power cannot be absorbed, so as not to affect its combat effectiveness. We have to start with its younger brothers. Anyway, only a part of each zombie is absorbed, which will not threaten their lives. With so many zombies rotating, there is no need to worry about shortages, and Taotao can be continuously supplied with what he needs.
Six hours passed in the "Dead Soul Space". After transferring so much spiritual energy, Taotao still did not change at all, and he did not know when it would end. He told the old zombie to carefully protect Taotao, and then came to the human world to revive.
In the last operation, no one could hold out to the end, and all of them failed one after another. After everyone was resurrected, they gathered together again and embarked on the journey again. Failure cannot stop us, success is our only pursuit.
The result this time was better. Xue Wuxia, Wuyin and Afeng finally arrived at the designated location. Yun Wuying had a chance, but he sacrificed himself to protect Wuyin. Whether it was catalyzing Taotao or summoning zombies, only magicians could have relatively more mental power for me to absorb, so the three magicians had to be in place as early as possible, and Yun Wuying was responsible for exploring the way, so she was indispensable in every team. As for me, although they had tried their best to protect me, the attacks of the monsters were hard to defend against, and my own alertness and evasion ability were really not good, so I just had to sacrifice the protection of my heart to be buried with me.
