Light Spring Murmur
Chapter 37: Strange Creature
This guy was so weak. The Ice Armor Beast couldn't even withstand a single blow from Eleven before. What was he doing, joining the fun?
"What about me? Not only me, most of our classmates are here. The teacher even encouraged us. Did you know that after we left that day, the statue in the park exploded that night? So exciting!"
You think that's exciting?
Shi Yu scratched his cheek. What could he say? He couldn't exactly say that he was the one who talked it into exploding, including the secret realm relic.
"By the way, your training method is quite effective. My Ice Armor Beast is already at level seven."
Chen Kai thanked Shi Yu. After putting in some effort, he realized how much potential he and his Ice Armor Beast had.
He had wanted to thank Shi Yu for a while now. He had a feeling that Shi Yu would definitely come to this experience assessment, so he paid attention to his surroundings in advance. He didn't expect to actually run into him.
In short, he had a very fulfilling week.
"I advise you to restrain yourself." Shi Yu said with a dark expression.
Your story has spread throughout the pharmacies in Pingcheng. Stop it!
He didn't want to be the culprit for ruining the flowers of the nation.
"I will, I have it under control."
Chen Kai looked up at the sky. In any case, he would show his skills in this experience assessment.
To find Shi Yu, Chen Kai deliberately didn't go with his classmates who were participating in the experience. On the way to the experience base with Shi Yu, Chen Kai said, "I heard that each experience site has 100 applicants per batch. Teacher Zhang revealed that only the top 20 in the assessment at each experience base will have the opportunity to enter the relic."
"To be honest, I'm not really confident..."
"A one-fifth ratio? That's not low." Shi Yu walked beside him and said, "Don't worry, you're an excellent student."
If it was a level six Ice Armor Beast, it might be doubtful, but Shi Yu didn't expect that Chen Kai had actually broken through by taking drugs.
The current environment was too competitive.
Chen Kai's face turned red. Mmp, what excellent student?
After witnessing Shi Yu's strength, he knew that he could only be impressive at school. He couldn't compare to beast tamers outside.
However, although he said he wasn't confident, Chen Kai still had a little bit of confidence.
Although his Ice Armor Beast was only at level seven, its strength was not weak.
Wasn't Shi Yu's Iron-Eating Beast's growth level even lower? But its strength was just as outrageous.
The growth level of a pet in the Awakening stage didn't mean anything at all. A level ten Azure Silk Worm's silk, without training, might not even be as strong as a local dog!
This growth level was just a reference at most. The combat power test still depended on the beast tamer's training of the pet in all aspects. Otherwise, there would be no need to organize any actual combat assessments. Everyone could just compare levels directly.
"By the way, have you participated in similar activities before?" Shi Yu asked again.
"The school has organized one before, but the scale definitely can't compare to this one." Chen Kai shook his head. "What about you?"
"First time."
"That's right, you're a breeder, so you definitely haven't participated before..."
Shi Yu nodded. After transmigrating, it was indeed his first time coming to such a relatively dangerous place. At this moment, even his cells were unconsciously excited.
Sigh... he really was an restless person.
A moment later, the two arrived at the interior of the experience base. There were already about fifty or more beast tamers who had arrived.
Currently, these trainee beast tamers with backpacks were chatting in small groups.
In the distance, there were also five beast tamers wearing green camouflage uniforms who were communicating with each other. They seemed to be the people in charge of this experience.
The surrounding environment was becoming more and more noisy. Eleven, who was sleeping soundly in the Beast Taming Space to conserve energy for a big battle, was fine. It couldn't feel anything. However, the Azure Silk Worm in Shi Yu's backpack unconsciously woke up from its sleep and quickly took a breath from the gap in the backpack.
"Did those two girls come?" Shi Yu looked around and asked Chen Kai, referring to Zhuang Yue and Yu Jingjing.
Chen Kai said, "That Yu Jingjing had ideas, but her parents dissuaded her. As for Zhuang Yue, her Iron-Eating Beast has trouble catching a mouse, let alone participating in an experience..."
Those who dared to sign up to participate in the field experience were actually considered brave people. After all, this experience was not completely without danger. Therefore, looking around, the proportion of girls was indeed not high. After all, even without those dangerous creatures, ordinary animals like worms and snakes could dissuade a large number of people.
"Chen Kai, come over here, what are you doing over there!"
As soon as Chen Kai finished speaking, several people in the distance suddenly called out to him. Chen Kai quickly said to Shi Yu, "Those are my classmates. I'll go over there first. See you later."
"Go ahead." Shi Yu nodded.
Then, Chen Kai trotted over. Shi Yu continued to look around at the environment.
He mainly observed the beast tamers in camouflage uniforms, curious about their identities.
Were they beast tamers hired from a security company, or were they transferred from the Beast Taming Corps?
The former were just working people, while the latter were more like soldiers on Earth.
In fact, for ordinary people from poor families who wanted to become beast tamers, joining the Beast Taming Corps of the Beast Taming Association was also a good choice.
After passing various audits and entering the boot camp, the authorities would uniformly distribute pet cubs, and then conduct closed training for the beast tamers and pets.
During this period, all expenses were provided by the association.
After the training, the authorities could also assign work, such as guarding the city walls or cleaning up the wilderness.
This method had both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage was that it could fulfill the dreams of some people who could not have become beast tamers, and the disadvantage was that they might lose some freedom and had to obey orders as their first duty, and the pets did not completely belong to them.
The predecessor had also considered this path at the time, but it was difficult for ordinary people to withstand such harsh training, so Shi Yu eventually gave up.
"Toot——!"
"Everyone, be quiet——!!!"
While Shi Yu was observing the surroundings, in the distance, a middle-aged man with a square face took out a whistle and blew it hard. The loud noise immediately attracted the attention of all the trainee beast tamers present.
"Time's up. Everyone present, keep quiet now, immediately line up in an orderly manner, and come to sign the safety responsibility letter!"
"During this process, listen to my explanation of the precautions for this experience assessment."
"First of all, I am the overall person in charge of this Tianmang Mountain experience assessment, Zhou Wanshan. Along with me, there are four other professional beast tamers and a group of security personnel responsible for your experience assessment."
"I won't waste any time on unnecessary words. Next, after you sign the safety responsibility letter, we will issue a brochure to each of you."
"There are a large number of fierce beasts and rare resources in Tianmang Mountain. Their types are all recorded in this brochure and have corresponding points. Hunting fierce beasts and collecting rare resources is the way you get points and improve your assessment ranking!"
"In addition, before you enter, we will issue a location distress device. There are a large number of safety points we have set up inside Tianmang Mountain. Security personnel will be stationed there. If you encounter danger and want to give up the assessment, you can choose to call for help."
"At the same time, your spoils can also be transferred to the security personnel at the safety points midway. They will be responsible for recording and registering your scores."
"What you need to do is to get as many points as possible within three days. Finally, the top 20 beast tamers in terms of points will be granted permission to enter the relic!"
The instructor named Zhou Wanshan shouted at the top of his lungs, making sure that every trainee beast tamer heard the key points clearly.
Behind him, the other four professional instructors looked at the group of rookie newcomers with smiling expressions, recalling their first time participating in an experience.
"The average age is not high, and some of them look chubby. Are they really okay?"
"Alas, I also want to go back to the trainee level. This relic is so坑爹that high-level beasts are not allowed to enter."
The instructors cursed. Otherwise, how could such a good opportunity be given to this group of pampered rookies?
"Stop talking nonsense. Don't slack off. Do our job well and don't let any casualties occur during this experience."
Five professional beast tamers, along with a bunch of security personnel and technicians, were the entire team responsible for this experience assessment.
While they were evaluating this batch of examinees, Shi Yu had already signed the safety responsibility letter and received a location distress device like a wristband, as well as a brochure.
The function of the wristband was very simple. Shi Yu casually wore it on his hand after understanding it. His focus was on the brochure.
Shi Yu opened the first page of the brochure, which recorded an old friend, the Earth Walking Rat.
Hunting one of these things would earn 20 points.
He continued to flip through it, and it seemed that the lowest score was 20 points. This Earth Walking Rat really had no prestige.
However, it was true that besides the Earth Walking Rat, other creatures such as the Red-Crowned Snake, the Great Sword Mantis, the Man-Eating Plant, and the Thorn Monster had only slightly higher hunting points, but their names sounded several times more dangerous than the Earth Walking Rat.
As Shi Yu flipped through the last few pages of the fierce beast directory, he found that the fierce beasts that appeared were becoming more and more outrageous.
[Name]: Mad Python
[Attribute]: Water
[Growth Level]: Awakening Level Ten
[Race Level]: Mid-level Transcendent
[Race Skills]: Berserk, Torrential Tail
[Introduction]: Inhabits Greenwater Lake and Xiaomang Lake on the map, with a population of two. Extremely dangerous and not recommended for hunting.
[Points]: 4000
Shi Yu: "?"
You give 4000 points for something that's not recommended for hunting? That's equivalent to 200 Earth Walking Rats...
Complaints aside, Shi Yu of course understood that this was not recommending that weak beast tamers hunt it.
Specifically marking it out was for beast tamers who were confident in their strength.
Shi Yu continued to flip through a few pages and found several Boss-type prey like the Mad Python marked in the brochure.
Honestly, the Mad Python's Berserk skill was not bad. It could comprehensively increase strength and speed after use. The disadvantage was losing rationality.
But if it was trained to perfect proficiency, it should be able to overcome the shortcomings, right?
A berserker Iron-Eating Beast?
The experience base was all about being wild. He couldn't find this kind of skill at the Icefield City Breeding Base.
"Huh?" Shi Yu, who was continuing to read the brochure, suddenly stopped.
He saw a strange creature.
[Name]: Electric Slime
[Attribute]: Lightning
[Growth Level]: Awakening Level Ten
[Race Level]: Mid-level Transcendent
[Race Skills]: Multiplication, Discharge
[Introduction]: Inhabits the Magnetic Mountain area on the map, with a population of three. Extremely dangerous and not recommended for hunting.
[Points]: 4000
"Slime?"
Shi Yu felt that the experience base was really good at playing. Just like how the Iron-Eating Beast was a Dong Huang characteristic creature, Slime was a characteristic creature of other countries. There were no native ones in Dong Huang.
Was the experience base catching this thing to be a Boss in order to give the beast tamers a broader perspective?
"Wait, this Multiplication...!" Shi Yu was suddenly attracted to the Slime's skill again.
If he remembered correctly, this Multiplication was a skill that could freely control the size of the body.
It could shrink and could enlarge.
In the shrunk state, it could maximize the preservation of physical energy and increase the speed of energy recovery. Gigantification was a state of extreme energy consumption, sacrificing speed in exchange for greater power!
"This skill seems to be very suitable for Eleven? I just don't know if it can learn it..."
The Iron-Eating Beast's size was still too small. Even when it grew up, it was only two meters tall. It was okay now, but if it faced those giant beasts that were tens of meters tall, it would be a bit lacking...
On the other hand, if it could learn this Multiplication, Shi Yu immediately imagined a scene of a giant Iron-Eating Beast tearing a giant dragon apart with its bare hands, and then in the blink of an eye, a scene of a small Iron-Eating Beast cub being held in his hand. This skill was equivalent to allowing a pet to have three forms: a shrunk state that preserved physical energy and accelerated energy recovery, a normal state that combined power and speed, and a giantified state that maximized strength!