I Start with a Mysterious Island

Chapter 406: Chapter 296: The Bizarre Jade Talisman Spiritual Artifact, an Adept Confrontation

"Why is this Mutant Beast missing a leg?" asked the junior researcher in charge of receiving this strange, mushroom-sprouting type of Mutant Beast. He was speaking to the delivery guy.

"I don’t know either. It was like this when I received the shipment..." the delivery guy said.

"Oh." The junior researcher nodded, not pursuing the topic any further.

Then, he and his colleague used an electric handcart to deliver the two-ton, yellow ox Mutant Beast to one of the labs.

"Old Zhao, a new one of those strange, red-mushroom-growing Mutant Beasts just came in."

After pushing the electric handcart into the lab, the two junior researchers greeted a senior researcher who was examining some data in his hand.

Zhao Tianfu looked up, his gaze falling on the one-legged yellow ox Mutant Beast on the electric handcart.

He didn’t ask why the yellow ox Mutant Beast was missing a leg. Instead, he started walking toward a massive metal platform in the center of the lab as he spoke.

"Perfect timing. Let’s hurry and extract the unknown substance contained within this Mutant Beast."

After speaking, Zhao Tianfu and his two colleagues moved the one-legged yellow ox Mutant Beast from the electric handcart onto the massive metal platform.

Then, through a series of procedures, Zhao Tianfu and his two colleagues extracted the unknown substance from within the yellow ox Mutant Beast.

A bespectacled junior researcher stared at the special glass container in Zhao Tianfu’s hand, which held nearly half a vial of red liquid, and said in astonishment,

"Impressive! The concentration of the unknown substance in this yellow ox Mutant Beast is quite high. We actually managed to extract nearly half a vial."

Zhao Tianfu smiled and nodded. "It is! This is a lot more of the unknown substance than we extracted from the last few Mutant Beasts that were sent over."

Afterward, the three of them left the lab, taking the newly extracted unknown substance with them.

They needed to use this unknown substance for other experiments.

Once the lab was empty, a faint golden Spiritual Light suddenly appeared on the surface of the unassuming Jade Token sitting under a glass case in the corner—the one that could control the weather.

HUMMM...

The Jade Token had just begun to emit a soft hum when, not far away, a faint red glow appeared on the body of the yellow ox Mutant Beast on the central metal platform—the one from which the unknown substance had just been extracted.

If the researchers who had just left had seen this faint red glow, they would have been utterly shocked.

This was because their extraction process required multiple instruments just to induce this phenomenon.

The appearance of this faint red glow was a precursor to extracting the unknown substance.

For the faint red glow to appear on the yellow ox Mutant Beast again meant that there was still some of that unknown substance left inside it.

The researchers at the Spiritual Energy Research Institute had to use multiple instruments to extract the unknown substance from the yellow ox Mutant Beast’s body.

And yet, this unassuming Jade Token was now effortlessly achieving what the researchers had to expend considerable effort to accomplish.

HUMMM...

The Jade Token’s vibrations began to subside, yet the faint golden Spiritual Light on its surface grew increasingly intense.

As time passed, the color of the Spiritual Light gradually shifted from a faint gold to a pure gold.

As this transformation occurred, the faint red glow on the yellow ox Mutant Beast, lying on the central metal platform, also became a brilliant, crimson red.

A little over ten seconds later, a red mist began to rise from the body of the yellow ox Mutant Beast, which lay quietly on the metal platform, still emitting its red glow.

This red mist converged in the air, beginning to transform from a gas into a liquid.

This red liquid was the same unknown substance that Zhao Tianfu and his team had extracted earlier.

Once the extraction of this unknown substance was complete, it began to fly toward the Jade Token’s location.

HUMMM...

Just as the unassuming, humming Jade Token was about to ramp up its power and pull the extracted unknown substance toward itself at a greater speed, golden threads suddenly materialized across its surface.

These golden threads were the very same restraining measure Zhao Tianfu had previously applied using his Superpower.

The purpose was to restrain the Jade Token, which had a habit of activating on its own, and prevent any unforeseen consequences the next time it did so.

Zhao Tianfu’s restraining measure was quite effective. The golden threads binding the Jade Token continuously suppressed the Spiritual Energy Waves it emitted, attempting to force it back into its dormant state.

HUMMM...

The humming from the self-activated Jade Token ceased. Then, the pure golden Spiritual Light on its surface faded back to a faint gold, the dimming trend growing more and more obvious...

Just as the Jade Token was about to return to its quiescent state, the pigeon-egg-sized glob of the unknown substance flying toward it hit the glass case with a SPLAT. It instantly reverted from a liquid back into a gas.

The gaseous unknown substance was about to dissipate into the air. But right at that moment, the Jade Token, on the verge of going dormant, seemed to make one final struggle. It suddenly erupted, and the Spiritual Light on its surface pulsed violently once.

After the Jade Token’s final burst, the golden threads wrapped around it also increased their restrictive power, completely suppressing its Spiritual Energy Waves and forcing it back to its original, quiet state.

However, the outcome was actually favorable for the Jade Token, because after its sudden burst...