I formed the El Cat Investigation Team in Pirates.

"Yeah, I also saw those natives you mentioned here, meow."

After contacting the indigenous people of the village under Sharmi's guidance, Xie Wen wisely contacted Huibara Meowth who was still in the palace after collecting information.

It is worth mentioning that in order not to arouse Xie Wen's disgust, Shi Ji took the initiative to withdraw the surveillance Den Den Mushi that were patrolling here after discovering that Xie Wen and his companions had arrived at the village.

However, even if he did not withdraw, the impact would not be significant. Xie Wen and his men simply distributed some food to this group of skinny and pale natives, and other than that they did not mention any intention of falling out.

"The feathers in their hands, or wings to be exact, should be some kind of evolution that has not yet been completed after consuming IQ."

On the other end of the Den Den Mushi, Haibara analyzed with reason, "The effect of the IQ plant is actually to make organisms evolve in the direction of their own needs. To be more precise, it is an accelerator, shortening the evolution that originally took thousands or tens of thousands of years to a few hundred or even decades."

"According to the indigenous people, this island was the top of a cylindrical mountain, so the indigenous people must have wanted to go down the mountain to take a look, and naturally they wanted to fly like birds. Several indigenous maids here have said things like 'want to fly' and 'want to become birds'."

"However, compared to those animals that actively devour IQ, these humans have never used IQ as a common food. They only use it as an antidote to Daft-Green. This has caused their evolution to be much slower than those animals. Now that these IQs have been collected by Ski, their evolution has become even more difficult, meow."

"So... as long as we give them enough IQ, we can speed up their evolution?"

Xie Wen rubbed his chin, feeling that something was not right.

Since IQ is monopolized by Shi Ji, how can these aboriginals complete their collective evolution in two years? Even if they can occasionally find one or two fish that slip through the net, it is impossible for everyone to benefit, right?

"Of course it's not that simple, meow."

The kitten on the other end of the Den Den Mushi shook its head. "Crabs evolved shells to prevent themselves from being eaten. Fish evolved limbs to become amphibians because water was no longer enough for them to survive... Evolution is not like buying things. If you have enough money, you can get the goods. If you want them to complete their evolution, you need an opportunity, or... you have to force them to evolve in some way."

"Indigo put these animals in different environments and used drugs to increase their aggressiveness for this reason. Only by ensuring their survival and reproduction can their evolution be truly promoted."

After Haibara-nyan’s explanation, the situation in the movie became reasonable.

These natives had lived here for who knows how many years before being captured by Shiji, so their IQ should have been enough. What they really need is a sense of urgency that threatens their lives.

Of course, it has to be consistent with the urgency of their evolutionary direction. For example, like the sudden collapse of the island in the movie, if it were a fire or flood, they would not be able to immediately develop heat-resistant skin or gills even though they have already evolved wings.

In other words... I don't have to worry about them at all. After killing Shiqi, these people will naturally learn to fly?

Xie Wen rubbed his chin again. Being a steady person by nature, he always felt that this plan was not so reliable.

He did have the idea of ​​catching a native and throwing him off the island to see if he could fly, but he quickly suppressed the thought.

This kind of inhumane operation is fine, whether it's a prank on a friend or an experiment on an enemy, but it's a bit too much to use it on a stranger, even if it's done "for your own good."

that……

Tell the natives here about Graybara Cat's speculation, and then find a few volunteers to cooperate with your experiment?

Xie Wen looked at the old, weak and sick people in the village and decisively gave up the idea.

As for going to look for those young and strong natives captured by Shiji, it is not impossible, but in this way, Shiji will definitely know about it, and there will be a risk of being exposed.

He was not afraid of his true purpose being exposed, but if that happened, with Shiji's cunning and cruelty, he would probably attack those innocent natives directly, which would be unnecessary.

Well, the natives here are just ordinary people anyway, so even if they can’t evolve the ability to fly, it doesn’t seem to be a big deal.

After much consideration, Xie Wen decided to follow his original plan.

So he ended the call with Graybara Meowth, left some food for these natives, and left with Robin and the cats.

……

In the next few days, Xie Wen and his companions did not return to Shiqi's palace at all. Instead, after visiting the main island, they took the Dudu to several other islands. Even for those water islands completely surrounded by sea water, Xie Wen had the Dudu switch to the sea dragon form and swim in them.

In fact, if Sanji hadn't picked out an animal from time to time to show off his skills to everyone, if Robin hadn't occasionally inspected the ruins on the island, and if Haibara and Meowth hadn't been given enough time to research, Xie Wen and the others would have been able to visit all the islands on the first day.

But there are also advantages to being slow...

Xie Wen has seen all the animals on these islands.

There are six-legged tigers, octopuses that live on land and never go into the water, crocodiles with flat bodies that look like Formula One cars, giant bears with super long arms and black and white stripes, green giraffes, fire-breathing beetles, and so on.

The monster encyclopedia in the Hunter's Manual has undergone a long-awaited major update.

Moreover, it is slightly different from what Xie Wen had guessed before. Although there are indeed many cases where only the maximum size has been updated, there are also many "subspecies", "rare species", "special individuals", and even "overlords" with independent illustrations, and there are also some animals that have completely new illustrations.

According to Graybara, these animals either have a large evolutionary span or a fast iteration speed, and have evolved into completely different creatures.

It's like dogs and wolves have the same ancestor, but there is no such thing as dogs being a subspecies of wolves, or wolves being a special individual of dogs.

In biology, this is called divergent evolution or divergent evolution.

Well, when Haibara Cat said these words to him, Xie Wen could imagine the little kitten wearing gold-rimmed glasses and acting pretentiously on the other end of the Den Den Mushi.

I don't know if it was because of the poisonous tongue Dr. Indigo that some strange switch was turned on. After that day, this little black-bellied girl became more and more like a teacher. Every time I call her, she always has to chatter a lot...

He didn't consider at all whether Blue Star's poor level of knowledge and brain that hovered around the average level could understand these complicated things.

But no matter whether it is divergent evolution or convergent evolution, or MEGA evolution or ultimate evolution, in short, because the animals on these islands evolve in different directions, the monster encyclopedia in the Monster Hunter Manual has increased by nearly one-tenth of its content.

With so many newly added illustrated books, summoning ticket fragments from the ordinary pool of monster illustrated books are naturally indispensable, and two of them came at once. Not only can Xie Wen summon new Felyne, but he also has an extra fragment.

I feel that if I can't get the source of fragments in the future, I can learn from Shi Ji, find a few uninhabited islands, use IQ to promote the evolution of animals on the island, and maybe I can get a lot of fragments.

Of course, this is all for the future. Now the map has been completed, the atlas has been opened, the fragments have been obtained, and the research of Huiyuan Miaoya and Miaoerya is almost done...

It's time to get back to trouble with Ski!