Chapter 28: An Evolution Path For Everything
Minutes later, Jethro was led down the corridors of the facility once again by two troopers. He cradled his Red Lizard gently against his chest, the creature’s tiny claws gripping the fabric of his clinic shirt.
Jethro couldn’t stop thinking about what the mechvet had said. The bloodline hidden inside his mechbeast’s core signature, but could only be awakened if his Gutterling had been one or two ranks higher. The Valaksyrian Bloodline.
But even more than that, Jethro couldn’t stop thinking about what the screen had shown him moments after that.
It highlighted that his Red Lizard could actually evolve. Jethro’s mind raced with the desire to explore that, but the mechvet had called his attention once again. He gave him a small container of nutrient paste and sternly reminded him to keep the bandage dry for at least a day.
After leaving the mechveterinary, he was suddenly unable to summon the particular information screen from earlier. The reason became instantly clear as he walked. Jethro’s focus was splintered.
As they walked out of the facility, he had started to notice that it wasn’t just workers and lights that filled this place, there were mechbeasts too. Worker-types hauling cargo, pet-types trotting beside handlers, and compact assistance-types performing intricate tasks.
Each time his eyes caught one, his mind would stir with information instantly, and the screen would mirror his thoughts and present the knowledge to him.
Like the sleek, six-legged chrome hound that padded past, pulling a trolley of tools behind its wagging tail. As Jethro watched it walk past them, the screen instantly appeared, offering detailed information of the mechbeast in crimson colors that only he could see.
[Mechbeast: Utility Hound]
[Rank: Bronze]
[Grade: E]