The Biological Garden is divided into different areas.
The only section that students can visit is the front tourist area, while the rest, including the breeding area, research area, and special area, are all off-limits.
Shami followed a few staff members into the garden, venturing deep from the tourist area, and saw many creatures from various parts of the Aireland Continent.
The overall breeding model is similar to that of a zoo.
"We currently have about five thousand species of creatures in our Biological Garden. To help them adapt and survive, we’ve crafted different environments according to their living habits."
The staff member, acting as a tour guide, explained to Shami as they walked. The source of this content ɪs noⅴelfire.net
Before long, they entered the research area.
Shami carried the pet box and asked the group,
"What kind of research is required for the slime later on?"
"Don’t worry, it’s all routine checks. Except for basic physical checks, we just need to draw a little slime blood. Our garden has also kept slimes before, but none have succeeded. So we hope to gain breakthrough insights from Edogawa’s slime."
So that’s it, they’re treating this slime as the breakthrough point, huh?
But how could we let you conduct research smoothly?
The Demon Envoy decided to create some confusion to hinder the research.
After a while, Shami pretended to need the bathroom and took Jelly into the men’s restroom.
After ensuring there was no one around, Shami entered a stall in the corner.
He took Jelly out of the pet box, placed it on his thigh, and seriously squeezed Jelly with both hands.
"Jelly, the situation is dire. Humans want to study the slime’s genes to enslave slimes. As the Slime Leader, you must take responsibility."
Slimes are treasures of the demon race, their secrets mustn’t be allowed to fall into human hands.
If humans could breed slimes too, Shami couldn’t imagine what a massive minotaur incident that would be.
Slime blood consists mainly of gum and Water of Life, with some magic power binding them together.
The biological garden also kept slime samples, so drawing Jelly’s blood would usually yield similar results.
But to hinder the research, there must be unexpected findings to derail its course.
Slimes usually consume gum, digest it quickly, and integrate it into their body parts.
If they consume other substances, it can result in impurities and a mottled appearance externally.
"I need you to eat something to alter your blood, so they can’t get normal slime blood."
Shami said seriously.
Jelly glanced around at the environment, then at Shami sitting on the toilet, and again at the toilet, the only source of anything in sight, and immediately showed a face of refusal, trying to back away quickly.
"Don’t worry, I’m not asking you to eat poo."
Shami pressed Jelly down, "Just eat something else."
Jelly remained reluctant.
"What about your species’ grand responsibility? Your demon race’s honor? How are you getting cold feet now?"
Shami questioned Jelly, the Slime Leader.
Jelly still tried to escape reluctantly.
Drinking neutral-smelling water wouldn’t do either and could harm the body’s existenced Mu!
Shami still caught the slime and gave the final ultimatum.
"If you keep being so headstrong, no more cuddling with demon maiden girls later on, don’t think I don’t know you slimes fancy cute girls and thighs..."
Jelly obediently compromised, slowly opening its mouth.
"That’s being obedient."
Shami broke through Jelly’s psychological barrier and began searching for suitable items from the Demon King Ring to feed Jelly.
The priority was liquid since it’s easier for slimes to absorb than solids.
After a moment, Shami found many liquid items in the Demon King Ring.
"Let’s put a little of everything, to make the blood components as complex as possible."
Shami discovered an abundance of kitchen-related liquid items in the Demon King Ring, likely due to often feeding several girls.
He sequentially added sesame oil, soy sauce, peanut butter, spicy sauce, vinegar, oyster sauce, and satay sauce to muddy the slime’s blood components.
"Hehe, even if a slipper was dipped in this sauce, it’d be delicious. —Apologies, I should consider your feelings, won’t ramble on unrelated things again."
Shami continued working.
"Put a little of this too, and no spitting it out, or I’ll smack you."
Shami unscrewed a bottle and poured some cologne used to repel mosquitoes from the villager days into Jelly’s mouth.
"Try drinking some of this too."
One by one, more odd bottles appeared.
A mushroom-shaped cloud with a skull emerged above the innermost stall of the restroom.
The Demon Envoy was concocting never-before-seen blood using the slime’s body.
Soon, Shami casually carried the pet box back to the research area.
The staff, waiting in the lab for a long time, stood up, took the slime, and entered the lab for the examination.