I woke up to find myself transmigrated into a disabled child.

Chapter 146 Mutation and Evolution

"Alright, I understand." Lei Xiu thought about it with his hair and knew that it was definitely not something Mao Qiu could do to accelerate the growth of such a large explosive flower and make it mutate to such a high yield.

However, Lezhi, who was directly involved, was indeed completely bewildered and did not know exactly what had happened, so Lei Xiu made a quick decision to deal with the current situation first.

With the help of the fur ball and the two of them working together, they quickly collected the scattered cola fruits in the house. Lei Xiu kept an eye on things and roughly calculated that there were more than 800 fruits. Compared to the less than 100 wild ones, the degree of mutation and evolution of this explosive flower was astonishing.

When Lei Xiu moved the explosive flower, he became even more certain that this artificially matured explosive flower had broken through its limits and completed its evolution. Compared to its wild counterparts, it was now a higher-level plant.

Without making a sound, Lei Xiu moved the explosive flower to an empty room inside the house that was used as a storage room. He checked the time; it was almost dawn. If he went back to sleep, Le Zhi could probably sleep for another two or three hours before Le You and Le Ting arrived.

However, Lezhi was now fully awake. He had no intention of going back to sleep. Instead, he walked into the kitchen with unusual energy and found the large pot that he had been using to boil cola for the past two days.

"Since we have some time now, let's try to see how this artificially grown kola nut differs from the wild ones."

"Tweet~"

What can a guardian do when their little one doesn't want to sleep? So, Maoqiu (the cat) follows Lezhi around, joining in his fuss. Lei Xiu, left speechless in the living room for a long time, finally sighed and went into the kitchen to help the enthusiastic Lezhi open fruit shells.

With a crisp "snap," Lei Xiu felt the shell opening differently than before and said, "The shell has become thinner."

"Huh? What?" Lezhi, who was observing the boiling water in the pot, didn't hear clearly and asked subconsciously.

“I said, the shell of this kola nut has become thinner, making it much easier to open than before.”

"Huh, is that so?"

Upon hearing Lei Xiu's conclusion, Le Zhi adjusted his attack and curiously went forward to investigate.

"Then I'll try it too."

Seeing that Lezhi was interested, Lei Xiu, perhaps unsure whether to offer him some space, made room for Lezhi to do as he pleased.

With a swift movement of Lezhi's knife, another series of crisp "snap snaps" rang out, and the cola fruit was opened, revealing its plump, fragrant pulp.

"Wow, it really is!" Lezhi's eyes widened in surprise. When he opened the wild cola fruit before, his hand holding the knife was sore from the shock, and even so, he couldn't open it. Now, he just used a little force and easily opened the shell of the cola fruit. How could Lezhi not be overjoyed?

Seeing Lezhi's surprised expression, Lei Xiu raised an eyebrow and tried to guide her, "So, what were you thinking when you were accelerating the growth of the Explosion Flower? It's probably because of your thoughts that the fruit produced by this Explosion Flower became so unique."

"Huh?" Startled from her reverie by Lei Xiu's words, Le Zhi thought for a moment, "Well, I didn't think too much about it at the time, but I did have the thought that the shell of the cola fruit was so hard to open, and it would be great if it could be made less hard so that someone like me could open it easily. But when I was ripening it, I didn't think about that at all. I was just thinking about how to make it grow successfully, and I failed."

Nodding in understanding, Lei Xiu continued to guess, following Le Zhi's words: "So, have you been worried these past two days about not being able to collect enough Cola Fruits, afraid that you won't have enough?"

"Of course! We've asked so many people to help us collect them, but we haven't heard anything. How can I not be anxious? Luckily, this one tree has produced quite a few fruits, enough for us to use for a while." Lezhi happily shook his head.

Cut open the two already opened kola nuts, remove the seeds and set them aside. Once the water in the pot boils, put the kernels into the nuts and cook.

This time, the fruit pulp reacted even more intensely with the boiling water, and the foam that instantly appeared almost overflowed the pot. Fortunately, Lei Xiu reacted quickly and removed the pot from the heat source.

Watching the abundant foam slowly dissipate, Lezhi quickly adjusted the temperature of the flint to the lowest setting. "Alright, now you can put it on."

"Okay, stay away." Lei Xiu responded and moved, not forgetting to tell Le Zhi to move away as well.

Lei Xiu didn't let Le Zhi get involved in the work that followed; he handled everything himself, and Le Zhi became the one who assisted him.

However, brewing cola didn't require any special skills, and Lezhi was quite relaxed. Leaning against the workbench, chatting with Lei Xiu, time passed quickly. Two cola fruits had brewed three large barrels of cola, and by then, the sun had already peeked out from behind the clouds.

After they had breakfast, Lei Xiu safely escorted Lezhi and Leyou to their booth, and then headed straight to the command center located in a corner of the trade fair.

Today is the official start of the hunting competition. From early morning, the Windwalker Clan, as the organizer, has already begun preparations. The clansmen are all busy, and Qinglin certainly can't be idle either.

As the leaders of the other two clans, Yu Yan and Le Chu were also dragged into Qing Lin's work to help, determined not to let their rivals have more free time than they did. Therefore, when Lei Xiu arrived, he was able to meet everyone he needed to find.

"Hey, isn't this Lei Xiu? Why aren't you taking care of Le Chu's child? What are you doing here? What, Le Chu isn't done with taking care of the child, she's making you do other things too? That's too much, hit him!" Qing Lin, who loved to stir up trouble, was the first to provoke him.

He and Lei Xiu, a cold-faced god, were not compatible by nature. Although he knew that Lei Xiu was extremely powerful, he could not help but try to provoke him. He was sure that Lei Xiu would not actually fight him over a little quarrel. He was just being cheeky.

Lei Xiu's consistent attitude towards such people is to ignore them. All his emotional fluctuations are only affected by Le Zhi. His naturally cold nature, coupled with the tenacious personality he has developed from fighting against the Shadow Disease for hundreds of years, means that Qing Lin's provocation is simply not worth Lei Xiu's attention.

Lei Xiu nodded to Yu Yan, who was present, and then turned his gaze to Le Chu. "Clan Chief Le Chu, Zhi Zhi has some health problems. I need to talk to you."

Originally, she thought Lei Xiu was coming to reply to her previous request, but when she heard it was related to Le Zhi, Le Chu's originally calm eyes immediately turned cold and stern. "What is it? Is something wrong with Le Zhi? Did you use the Mother Tree sap?"

Not only was Le Chu nervous, but even Qing Lin, who had been nonchalant, and Yu Yan, who had been indifferent, looked nervously at Lei Xiu when they heard that it was about Le Zhi, hoping to get a clear answer from him.

This matter is of great importance, so Lei Xiu didn't keep anyone in suspense and described in detail what Le Zhi had done last night. However, Lei Xiu didn't talk much about the evolution of the Explosion Flower, but instead emphasized the fact that Le Zhi had unconsciously induced the growth of the plant.

"...If I remember correctly, at least throughout the history of our Thunder Clan, every time someone has been able to induce plant growth, it has been a double drain on energy and physical strength. I was worried that Lezhi might unknowingly experience excessive energy consumption, but so far, Lezhi has not shown any abnormalities."

His brows furrowed into a deep frown. Lei Xiu was also uncomfortable exposing Le Zhi's weaknesses to others, but finding the answer on his own was too difficult; he needed more help. "So I wanted to ask you all if any of your clans have encountered any unusual cases..."