"It’s for me!" Qiao Sang heard the noise, turned around, and when she saw it was the courier, she quickly put down her book and picked up the recommendation letter to come to the window.
"Xun Xun?"
Xiao Xunbao stared at the letter and curiously chirped.
What is this?
"A recommendation letter from a top-tier academy," Qiao Sang replied as she handed over the letter to the bird Pet Beast dressed in a green courier uniform.
The bird Pet Beast casually placed the letter in its slanted green bag, then flapped its wings and flew away.
At that moment, the cell phone on the desk started to vibrate.
Qiao Sang walked over and saw it was the vice principal calling.
Could there be new progress in the research... Qiao Sang answered the phone.
She knew the vice principal well enough to know that he wouldn’t call without something very important.
As soon as she answered, an excited voice came through the speaker:
"We did it! We’ve succeeded! We’ve figured out how the Fire-Toothed Dog can evolve into the Flame Listening Dog!"
Qiao Sang was first startled, then her face lit up with excitement as she asked, "What is it?"
She had considered the possibility of some progress, but she hadn’t expected outright success!
"Age! It’s all about the age!" Liu Yao said excitedly:
"But not about three months old or so, rather a Fire-Toothed Dog that’s less than one year old, plus what I mentioned before about needing sufficient emotional attachment to a Beast Tamer to suppress the initial evolution!"
"Combine these three factors, and the Fire-Toothed Dog can evolve into the Flame Listening Dog!"
Damn, the offhand idea I had last time turned out to be the key to evolution... Qiao Sang’s eyes "swooshed" with brightness, and a wave of inexplicable confidence surged in her heart.
Could she really have the potential to be a researcher?
While Qiao Sang was lost in thought, Liu Yao continued:
"Talking about age, we could also say it’s the high-talented Fire-Toothed Dogs, because initially when you brought up age, we couldn’t find any Fire-Toothed Dogs capable of evolving at around three months old. Later, we realized that none of the Fire-Toothed Dogs under one year old had participated in the experiments, so we expanded the age range a bit."
"Although the number of Fire-Toothed Dogs ready to evolve before one year of age was still small, we were lucky to have considerable government support, and plenty of resources to speed up the evolution of Fire-Toothed Dogs, so quite quickly, the first eleven-month-old one successfully evolved."
"Then we began looking for young, high-talented Fire-Toothed Dogs and, sure enough, those that were deeply attached to their Beast Tamers generally evolved successfully into Flame Listening Dogs."
"That’s really great," Qiao Sang said sincerely.
Once these research findings are published, my mom’s Pet Beast Breeding Shop is definitely going to be booming for a good while!
Liu Yao suddenly expressed regret:
"This research couldn’t have become a success without you, and of course, you are meant to join the celebration banquet we’re going to have, but it’s a pity you are now on Chao Su Star and can’t make it back in a short time."
"It’s okay," said Qiao Sang, "just go ahead and enjoy, most of the research was done by you guys, and I feel like aside from giving one last suggestion, I really didn’t do much."
"How can you say that?" Liu Yao laughed. "You were the first one to identify a new evolutionary path for the Fire-Toothed Dog. Without you, this entire research project may not even have existed, and the suggestion you made saved us a lot of time."
Feeling embarrassed from the praise, Qiao Sang gave a shy "hehe" laugh.
Liu Yao continued:
"Since we’ve figured out how to evolve a Fire-Toothed Dog into a Flame Listening Dog, next we need to work on how a Flame Listening Dog can evolve into a Liaoxing Dog. You’re the first Beast Tamer with a Liaoxing Dog, so your cooperation is still needed for this research."
Then he seemed to recall something and asked, "Will you come back after the college entrance exam ends?"
After thinking for a moment, Qiao Sang said:
"Probably not, I still have to be an exchange student on Chao Su Star for half a year after the exams, going back and forth would waste over two months just on travel."
After pondering for a moment, Liu Yao said:
"Then I will come to Chao Su Star to find you after your exams are over, I need to understand some data about the Liaoxing Dog in person."
"No problem," Qiao Sang agreed immediately.
"How’s everything going over there?" After discussing official matters, Liu Yao began making casual conversation.
"Pretty good," Qiao Sang replied cheerfully: "My class teacher even gave me a recommendation letter for Yuliandun University today."
Liu Yao was silent for a long time before he hesitantly confirmed:
"A recommendation letter, for Yuliandun University?"
"Right," Qiao Sang admitted somewhat sheepishly:
"I was also surprised. I was confused when my teacher gave me the recommendation letter today."
Liu Yao fell silent for a good while again.
So long that Qiao Sang began to wonder if the signal was bad, Liu Yao finally asked:
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