Goo-goo, goo-goo...
Gromos's tentacles writhed desperately, trying to break free from Zhang Chen's restraint.
Unfortunately, this guy was a ranged energy attacker, and its progress was too weak.
Earlier, Zhang Chen had easily severed five of its tentacles in close combat.
So, when it came to a direct confrontation of strength with Zhang Chen, it gained no advantage whatsoever.
Buzz!
Gromos began to absorb the bio-energy flow within Zhang Chen's body.
However, the moment the white energy flow within Zhang Chen's body touched the blue energy flow within Gromos's body.
A powerful suction force directly pulled Gromos's energy into Zhang Chen's body.
Low energy is absorbed by high energy; this is the fundamental principle of bio-energy flow.
The meteorite core within Zhang Chen's body was the culprit behind the mutation of the entire world.
In retrospect, even if all the energy from all mutated creatures and survivors in the world were gathered together, it might not be a match for the energy of the meteorite core.
Let alone a mere Gromos.
Sensing that something was wrong, Gromos quickly stopped absorbing energy.
Even so, some energy had already been absorbed into Zhang Chen's body.
Ding! You absorbed energy from Gromos and obtained [Energy Gathering Crystal Core] *10!
Hiss... This actually works?
A sharp tool for fleecing!
Zhang Chen immediately thought of a series of good methods for getting rich and leveling up quickly.
Now, Gromos is a mutated V-class creature, and what Zhang Chen absorbed was [Energy Gathering Crystal Core].
If he were to kill it and upgrade its strength to a mutated VI-class creature, would Zhang Chen then be able to absorb [Super Energy Gathering Crystal Core]?
Good heavens, one monster could continuously supply Zhang Chen with upgrades until the very end!
This is definitely top-tier!
If there's an opportunity in the future, he should capture a few more to keep, it would be infinitely beneficial!
But for now...
[Energy Gathering Crystal Core] is no longer of much use to Zhang Chen. It's better to let it quickly charge the [Spider Queen's Egg].
Zhang Chen's right fist struck Gromos's body heavily.
Thump!
This punch carried considerable force.
Zhang Chen could see the energy waves throughout Gromos's body tremble.
Then, a beam of pure blue energy began to gather from the center of its large eye.
Buzz!
Gromos furiously fired its fatal pure energy beam!
However, before this energy beam could even leave its large eye, it was all sucked into the dark red folds of the Spider Queen's Egg.
Ding! Spider Queen's Egg, this charge: 10%, current incubation progress: 58%!
"It worked! It really works!"
Zhang Chen punched Gromos again with a bang.
Buzz!
An energy wave shot out!
Ding! Spider Queen's Egg, this charge: 10%, current incubation progress: 68%!
"Very good, a few more times and it will successfully hatch!"
Zhang Chen was full of excitement.
Then he slammed Gromos again.
Thump!
Fist met Gromos's body with a dull thud.
However... Gromos did not fire an energy beam this time!
It turned out that the previous two energy beams were entirely due to Gromos's stress response.
When attacked, it instinctively retaliated.
But as a being that could evolve to its ultimate form in the apocalypse, Gromos also possessed a certain level of intelligence.
It realized that as long as it fired an energy beam, Zhang Chen would punch it.
If this continued, not only would it expend its energy without gaining any benefit, but it would also get beaten.
This transaction was not worthwhile by any calculation.
Therefore, it endured the pain and adamantly refused to fire any more energy beams.
"This guy is quite spirited!"
Zhang Chen frowned and thought for a moment, then tried to say:
"Brother Octopus, I don't know if you can understand me, but how about we adopt a win-win approach."
"I'll give you some energy, and you'll be responsible for firing energy beams, what do you say?"
Fortunately, there was no one else present.
Otherwise, if someone saw Zhang Chen talking to Gromos, they would definitely think he had gone mad.
To Zhang Chen's surprise, after he finished speaking.
Whether Gromos understood or not, it stopped struggling.
Zhang Chen's left hand and both feet clearly felt the struggle from Gromos weakening, and it even stopped struggling altogether.
It only retained a little strength to support its large eye in mid-air, preventing it from falling to the ground.
"Then... I'll assume you understood. Let's cooperate for mutual benefit!"
Zhang Chen actively sent a portion of his energy into a acupoint on Gromos's back.
This acupoint was also discovered by Bai Hanlin. On the backs of most survivors and mutated creatures, sending energy through here could help survivors who were exhausted from battle to quickly recover their combat strength.
In essence, it was using one's own energy to supplement the other's energy deficit.
The white energy quickly fused with Gromos's internal blue energy, and the latter's energy lines immediately surged considerably.
Pure energy began to continuously gather at the pupil of Gromos's eye.
Buzz!
An energy beam significantly more powerful than usual shot out.
Ding! Spider Queen's Egg, this charge: 15%, current incubation progress: 83%!
"Success!"
Regardless of whether Gromos accepted this deal or whether its body could not digest too much meteorite energy.
In any case, the result was good.
"Again!"
Zhang Chen followed suit, pouring a tiny bit of white energy into Gromos's body again.
Soon, Gromos's body began to undergo changes.
Its originally fragile and soft tentacles became tough and powerful.
Its size also seemed to have increased slightly compared to before.
At the same time, a line of prompts slowly emerged from Gromos's side:
[Enhanced · Gromos, after absorbing meteorite energy, has become an advanced version of Gromos, its strength is more powerful than other Gromos of the same level.]
[Gromos accepted Zhang Chen's feeding, its loyalty has increased. Due to Zhang Chen possessing the passive skill: Beast Affinity, Gromos's loyalty has greatly increased, changing from Hatred -100 to Neutral 0!]
Uh...
Zhang Chen was stunned. So Gromos was also a glutton like Er Pang?
He had easily conquered Er Pang by feeding it several meals of steak and canned meat.
It's just that Zhang Chen couldn't see its loyalty back then.
But judging by Er Pang's voluntary appearance from the corner to Zhang Chen, it was at least not repulsed by Zhang Chen, and its initial loyalty might have been at Neutral or above.
So, the taming process was completely without difficulty.
Could it be that Gromos could also be tamed through feeding?
Getting an ultimate-form mutated beast as a pet?
That sounds pretty good!