Your classmates haven't taken the college entrance examination yet, but you are carrying bricks

Gu Ci's eyes flashed with a cunning light. He lowered his voice with a hint of mystery in his tone: "Lingxi, what do you think would happen if I brought those monster species, that is, those that are not very strong, to the hunting competition?"

Ling Xi was slightly stunned, and her transparent body seemed to shake, obviously shocked by Gu Ci's bold idea.

"Master, do you mean... to release the monsters into the hunting competition?"

There was a hint of disbelief in Lingxi's voice.

"But, demon beasts are not ordinary monsters. Their power..."

"I know, I know," Gu Ci waved his hand impatiently, interrupting Ling Xi's words, "Don't those children of aristocratic families and royal nobles all claim to be geniuses and arrogant? I want to see if they can still maintain that high and mighty face in front of real monsters!"

Ling Xi was silent for a moment, as if evaluating the feasibility of this plan.

"Master, it's not impossible to do this, but the monsters disappeared in the war a hundred years ago. The remaining species are either sealed or extinct... Even if there are rare species, they are not accessible to ordinary people!"

Ling Xi's voice was filled with worry. "Even I cannot fully control the power of those monsters. Once they get out of control, the consequences will be disastrous."

"Then, aren't there any slightly weaker monsters?"

Gu Ci looked at Ling Xi: "I just need a weaker monster, one that won't hurt people!"

"A weaker monster?"

Ling Xi's transparent body flickered slightly, as if she was quickly searching the database. "Master, what is the standard for defining 'weak'? Is it the level of strength, or..."

"The kind that can be bullied by those children of aristocratic families, but not die!"

Gu Ci rolled his eyes and said unhappily, "It would be best if it was the kind that looks ferocious but is actually harmless, and can be pinned to the ground and rubbed! But not killed by rubbing!"

Gu Ci looked at Ling Xi deeply: "Maybe my requirements are a bit too much, but I don't know much about Warcraft myself. If there is such a thing, can you get it?"

Hearing this, Lingxi stopped talking.

Seeing Ling Xi suddenly shut up, Gu Ci felt a little excited. This was enough to prove that there was such a possibility!

As expected, after thinking for a while, Ling Xi said, "If there is such a thing, it is a silicon-based little monster!"

"Silicon-based little monster?"

A hint of doubt flashed across Gu Ci's eyes. Why did this name sound like some kind of pet?

"Yes, Master." Ling Xi explained, "Silicon-based life is a form of life that uses silicon as the basis of organic matter. Unlike carbon-based life, they do not need to breathe oxygen or eat, they only need to absorb energy to survive. Silicon-based monsters are a type of silicon-based life. They are small in size and docile in character, but have a certain amount of attack power. Most importantly, their thirst for energy will drive them to attack all creatures that contain energy."

"Attack all creatures that contain energy? Doesn't that mean..."

Gu Ci suddenly thought of something and smiled evilly, "Those children from noble families are practicing advanced skills and have abundant energy in their bodies, isn't that..."

"That's right," Ling Xi seemed to have guessed Gu Ci's thoughts and added, "The silicon-based little monsters are very sensitive to energy, especially the spiritual power in the bodies of those practitioners. As long as they are placed in the hunting competition, those children of noble families will become their best 'power banks'."

Gu Ci couldn't help but laugh out loud. This silicon-based little monster was tailor-made for the hunting competition! It looked harmless, but in fact it could suck all those self-proclaimed genius children from aristocratic families dry!

"Okay! Let's do it!"

Gu Ci slapped his thigh and said excitedly, "Lingxi, quickly get me some silicon-based monsters. I want to let those children of the noble families have a good taste of what it feels like to be sucked dry!"

Upon hearing this, Lingxi was in trouble!

"But..." Ling Xi's electronic synthesized voice revealed a hint of something difficult to say, "The little silicon-based monster, it...it has actually always been by your side..."

Gu Ci was stunned and asked in confusion: "What do you mean?"

Ling Xi's transparent body flashed, and she seemed to be organizing her words. It took her a long time to say, "The main element that makes up the silicon-based monsters is silicon... and silicon is one of the most basic elements that make up rocks and sand. In short, a stone or a pile of sand around you may contain a silicon-based monster."

Gu Ci was stunned. He pointed at a piece of gravel at his feet and stuttered: "You mean... this thing... is alive? You said these sand and stones are monsters?"

Gu Ci stood there in a daze, Ling Xi's words in his mind were like thunder, tearing a huge crack in his original worldview.

He looked down at the inconspicuous piece of gravel at his feet in disbelief, as if it were some kind of monstrous beast.

"You mean... this thing... is alive?"

Gu Ci swallowed hard, his fingers trembling as he pointed at the gravel, "You said these sand and stones are all monsters?"

Ling Xi's transparent body flickered, and she seemed a little helpless about Gu Ci's reaction: "In theory, yes. Silicon-based monsters come in a variety of forms, such as stone, sand, or even dust. They are everywhere, but they are extremely difficult to find."

Gu Ci felt his scalp tingling. From childhood to adulthood, he had moved at least 800 bricks, if not a thousand. If these bricks were alive, then wouldn't he be...

"Then I'm dealing with monsters every day, right?"

Gu Ci's voice was a little out of tune.

"In theory, yes, but there is still one step to go!"

Gu Ci felt that his worldview was collapsing.

He pointed at the rubble with a trembling finger, his voice as dry as a traveler in the desert: "You mean... the bricks I work so hard to move every day are actually... monsters?"

Ling Xi's light flashed with a pale blue light, as if she was thinking about how to explain to Gu Ci, a "native", "You can think of it this way. Silicon-based monsters are energy predators. They will instinctively search for energy sources around them and try to absorb them. The spiritual power in the body of a cultivator is as dazzling as a firefly in the dark night to them."

Gu Ci swallowed hard, he recalled that he once carried a big bag of cement, he was exhausted and his back ached, but that bag of cement turned out to be a "living thing"?

He couldn't help but swear: "This is too outrageous! Why don't they attack me?"