Chapter 34 part 7

The people far away in the monitoring room had no idea what was happening to Wang Tianba, but its behavior still caused a commotion. After all, nighttime was when it was active, but at this moment it was clearly very quiet.

However, Kong Bi did not ask for help because of this. Out of trust in her, the others could only suppress their anxiety and watch everything unfold.

Until the bright moon shifted westward and the morning light leaped from the east.

Wang Tianba’s dark brown feathers were gently swaying in the breeze, and a layer of hazy light draped over its body. However, at this time of revival for all things, the aura of death lingering on Wang Tianba grew stronger. The layer of skin covering its bones clung tightly to them, as if it had returned to its initial thin layer, even thinner. It was no exaggeration to describe it as emaciated.

Thump thump… thump… thump… thump…

The heartbeat began to stagnate, and everything seemed to fall silent. Blood no longer flowed, cells were no longer active, and even the feathers began to dim.

Finally…

As everything came to an end, everything was being pushed to its limit, and then suddenly erupted.

A strong wind swept through.

Wang Tianba suddenly opened its eyes, raised its head, and let out a long cry, announcing its rebirth to the world.

“Gu——”

The morning light shone brilliantly upon it, and the gentle breeze lingered around it.

What a feeling it was! It was as if all things in the world were celebrating her new life, filled with joy, love, gentleness, and warmth, all congratulating her for seeing the vastness of the heavens and the earth, the greatness of the world.

Having lived a muddled half-life without knowing the sky, today I finally know who I am!

Wang Tianba flapped her wings and joyfully flew towards the sky.

“Don’t—”

Kong Bi belatedly called out, but it was still a step too late. She watched helplessly as Wang Tianba crashed into the roof, and with a “duang,” it bounced back down.

“Coo!”

Wang Tianba aggrievedly raised a wing to cover its head.

Kong Bi chuckled and reached out to rub its head. This kind of soft woven netting was extremely common in bird-raising environments, designed to minimize the damage when birds flew into it. Ordinary birds wouldn’t even get hurt, let alone a demon.

However, it would still feel pain.

“Alright, alright, are you hungry? Come eat.” Kong Bi led the rabbit over.

“Goo-oo!”

Wang Tianba was indeed hungry. Even her fluffy feathers couldn’t hide how thin her body had become. In the past, demons broke through using the natural energy of the world, with little personal loss. But the current generation of demons had inherent deficiencies and could only squeeze the power from within themselves. So the appearance after the breakthrough is not very good.

It raised a claw to hold the head down, and tore off a piece of meat directly with a pull. However, it didn’t rush to eat it, looking at the bloodstains on the rabbit with a bewildered expression.

From the smell, Wang Tianba could tell it was blood, but… wasn’t blood green?

Owls are well-known for being colorblind, and Wang Tianba was no exception. The images they saw were similar to what one sees through night vision goggles, because night vision technology was originally inspired by nocturnal creatures like owls, and the principles were similar.

So, for Wang Tianba at this moment, it finally belatedly realized that the scene its eyes were seeing seemed a bit strange. Why wasn’t everything green anymore?

It flusteredly turned its head to look at Kong Bi and quickly pounced into her arms, “Boss, my eyes are broken!”

“Don’t worry, don’t worry, tell me slowly.” Kong Bi’s eyebrows twitched slightly, feeling like she had guessed the truth.

Under Kong Bi’s questioning, Wang Tianba gradually calmed down. It looked around curiously, as if it were seeing the world for the first time.

However, even so, the world it saw was still different from the world seen by humans. It seemed to have gained a thermal imaging ability similar to that of a snowy owl ^[1]TL note: There’s no evidence that snowy owls have thermal imaging abilities, but they do have excellent vision and thick feathers that insulate their bodies., able to see the energy within each living being and distinguish whether it was vibrant or not, using this to judge the strength of others.

However, despite such obvious changes in the eyes, Wang Tianba’s eyes did not become lighter, like the golden color of the snowy owls and other diurnal owls, but returned to their original brown color, so dark that it was almost the same as black.

In addition, during their first encounter, Wang Tianba’s eyes had turned blood-red. That was Wang Tianba’s innate magical ability, which Kong Bi called Berserk Mode. Now, this ability had also been enhanced after the breakthrough. In Wang Tianba’s own words, after activating it, she could beat up several of her former selves with ease.

However, she couldn’t specify exactly how many Wang Tianbas that would be, as she had never been to school, so how could she count?

Having calmed down again, Wang Tianba went back to feast. Unlike before, when she ate ravenously but the feeling of hunger always lingered, while her body felt like she would die if she ate any more, this time, everything Wang Tianba ate was immediately converted into stored energy. She ate faster and faster, devouring the food in a whirlwind, before bouncing happily towards Kong Bi.

This feeling of satisfaction, for Wang Tianba, was even greater than the joy of breaking through. After all, she didn’t understand the meaning of a breakthrough, only that she could see the world more clearly, as if invisible restraints around her had disappeared, and her body naturally felt lighter. But what use was that? It didn’t fill her belly!

Wang Tianba’s thoughts were so simple and unpretentious.

Its body didn’t grow larger after the breakthrough either. After all, physical changes also require energy supply. It’s extremely rare for someone like Kong Bi to reach their peak immediately after a breakthrough, even in ancient times when the world was full of natural energy. That would require a wealthy background where elders had prepared all sorts of rare treasures and even divine pills beforehand.

In fact, the bodies of demons that break through their infancy stage will continue to grow during this period until they reach their limit, which indicates they can begin to break through to the next realm.

However, reaching the body’s limit is actually just the most basic requirement for a breakthrough. If one were to break through directly like that, they would most likely not escape death.

Wang Tianba was still far from needing to consider such problems. It swaggered out following Kong Bi, eager to find Hua Jiao and have a fight.

After the breakthrough, Wang Tianba instinctively felt that although she had never practiced, her reaction seemed to be faster. If she quarreled with Huajiao again, it would definitely not be blocked and speechless this time.

However, after looking at Kong Bi, Wang Tianba temporarily suppressed her impulse.

Kong Bi took Wang Tianba directly to the infirmary and took out the scale: “Come, go up and take a look.”

6 kg!

It was 0.4 kg lighter than before.

Although this weight is still overweight for an owl, considering that Wang Tianba is larger than an ordinary owl, this weight is still appropriate.

“Director! I’m here!”

Relying on her youth and strength, Wang Ling arrived faster than the group of experts. “Let me examine it!”

“Gu!”

After the breakthrough, Wang Tianba seemed to look down on people even more. It immediately spread her wings and flapped them. Her sharp claws did not seem to be for show. Obviously, if Wang Ling dared to approach her, she would immediately launch an attack.

Kong Bi reached out and picked it up like a chicken: “It just ate, so it can’t be examined, right?”

“Although it is impossible for the instrument to have no effect at all, but boss, I am a Chinese veterinarian! I can feel the pulse!”

Of course, “taking a pulse” was a joke. Although animals also have acupoints, ancient Chinese veterinary medicine mostly treated livestock like cattle and horses, and now people are more familiar with cats and dogs. In any case, there’s very little understanding of owls, let alone taking their pulse. It would be a miracle if anyone could figure it out.

Kong Bi thought for a moment and pressed Wang Tianba’s head against her chest. “Just look at it like this.”

“Okay!” Wang Ling rubbed her hands excitedly.

Apart from the day it arrived when Wang Tianba was thoroughly touched and examined, even applying medicine afterwards was done by Kong Bi. So, Wang Ling was naturally excited at this moment.

“Goo-oo!”

Wang Tianba turned its head, its large face directly in Kong Bi’s palm. After thinking about it, Kong Bi spread her fingers slightly.

Wang Ling’s pressure increased immediately. The other party’s sharp eyes seemed to say that it was watching her every move. If she did something that made it unhappy, she would suffer the consequences!

“We all have the surname Wang. We were one family eight hundred years ago. You can’t peck me…”

Wang Ling was talkative when she was nervous. She couldn’t help but mutter. Then she put on No. 6 disposable latex gloves and carefully reached out to hold Wang Tianba’s wings.

Wang Tianba immediately lowered its head and poked its head out from under Kong Bi’s palm. The limited view through the gap between her fingers was barely enough for its eyes, which couldn’t rotate.

Wang Ling immediately stopped her movements and only continued after seeing that Wang Tianba didn’t seem angry.

“Director! You didn’t notify me again!” Li Da walked into the room with a camera stabilizer, surprisingly not having been overtaken by Wang Ling.

Kong Bi didn’t have the awareness of a professional online celebrity and always forgot to record videos to accumulate content. She glanced at Li Da with a resigned expression.

Anyway, I’m the boss, what can you do to me.jpg

“Goo-oo!”

Wang Ling’s hand seemed to have touched its chest, and Wang Tianba let out a dissatisfied cry.

Just like a person’s throat moves up and down when they speak, the feathers on an owl’s neck also slightly puff out when it makes a sound. Wang Ling exclaimed in surprise, “Tianba’s voice sounds good, full of energy!”

Li Da was astonished. “You can even tell that?”

“Of course I can tell! When Tianba called out before, the ending sound was shorter, like this… Goo~oo! But now it’s like this: Goo! Oo~!” Wang Ling imitated it vividly. “Can you hear the difference? Its way of vocalizing has changed a bit. Before, it was like a middle-aged person who refuses to admit they’re old and tries hard to maintain their dignity by pretending they can still go all night. Now, it’s like an eighteen-year-old who can play on the court all day and still have the energy to exercise all night when they get home.”

She made a peculiar analogy that stunned Li Da. He cleared his throat. “Tianba is a female bird, right?”

Wang Ling: “I was talking about playing seven rounds of King of Glory. What were you talking about?”

Li Da was silent for a moment, then awkwardly changed the subject. “How’s Tianba doing?”

“It looks great!” Wang Ling’s eyes sparkled with a strange light. “It’s very strong! Its wings have a lot of tendon and bone strength, and its keel bone is particularly perfect and sexy. I’ve touched five hundred and sixty-six birds, and Tianba’s keel bone is definitely the most perfect among them!”

Li Da: “…I mean, did you figure out why it didn’t eat yesterday?”

“No,” Wang Ling replied immediately. “Physically, Tianba’s heart is beating very healthily and vigorously, and the ‘qi’ in its body isn’t weak either. Maybe my master would be able to see some problems, but my skills are inferior. Let’s wait for those senior experts to come and see if the instruments can detect anything.”

“Then your master?…” Li Da couldn’t help but ask.

“My master is no longer with us,” Wang Ling shook her head. “Otherwise, the moment I saw Wang Tianba, I would have asked the director if my master could come.”