2: Back to old business
Even in another world, he still couldn't escape the torment of knowledge, but not having to deal with English anymore was truly wonderful, Li Wen couldn't help but sigh.
However, with this system, choosing a pet beast that suited his talent became very simple.
What he needed now was a pet beast with as mixed genes as possible, to best utilize his abilities.
After all, more genes also meant more choices, even allowing him to create an existence like Arceus.
But all of this still had to be based on the pet beast's data.
Because unique doesn't mean powerful.
Beastmastery is more important in the early stages. According to his current understanding, the pet beast with the most known evolution routes is the Little Green Worm.
There are five known routes:
Little Green Worm — Colorful Butterfly — Hundred Flower Butterfly
Little Green Worm — Strong Worm — Steel Worm
Little Green Worm — Rain Butterfly — Narcissus Butterfly
Little Green Worm — Fire Fluff Worm — Volcarona
Little Green Worm — Thunder Cocoon — Thunder Blade Mantis
This proves that this pet beast has at least five or more genes, which absolutely meets Li Wen's requirements for gene quantity.
"You guys wait here, I'm going to check out the Little Green Worms."
After instructing them, Li Wen left alone.
Hearing that Li Wen was going to look at Little Green Worms, they all thought he was joking. The battle power of that kind of pet beast in the early stage was pitifully low; its only advantage was that it was relatively easy to evolve.
Even if he didn't want to contract those popular pet beasts at the entrance to save money, there was no need to choose that kind of pet beast. They all assumed Li Wen just wanted to pick a pet beast by himself.
Arriving at the Little Green Worm area, Li Wen saw that there were an astonishing number of them, and it was no wonder people would say:
It doesn't matter if you can't afford a young pet, you can buy a pet beast egg. It doesn't matter if you can't afford a pet beast egg, you can still buy a Little Green Worm.
There's a reason why Little Green Worms are cheaper than pet beast eggs, and with such numbers, it's no surprise.
After sighing for a while, Li Wen began to check the information of these Little Green Worms.
[Little Green Worm]
[① Hundred Flower Gene 15%]
[② Steel Gene 15%]
[③ Versatile Gene 70%]
...After a quick scan, most only had three genes, and those with four or five were pitifully few. And like the Crystal Worm, they also possessed the Versatile Gene, meaning that theoretically, Little Green Worms could have six genes, but now he hadn't seen a single one.
As Li Wen was feeling a bit disappointed, an attendant from the park walked over and spoke to him.
"You must be here to purchase a Sprout Beast, right?"
"The leaves that Little Green Worms eat are the shed leaves of Sprout Beasts."
"Sprout Beasts are also the only pet beast that fears Little Green Worms."
"Currently, there's a special offer: buy one Sprout Beast, get one Little Green Worm free."
Li Wen was about to refuse, but his gaze followed the direction of the attendant's hand, and he saw a Little Green Worm in the park looking at the Sprout Beast in the attendant's hand, its eyes filled with longing.
[Little Green Worm]
[① Hundred Flower Gene 10%]
[② Steel Gene 10%]
[③ Rain Butterfly Gene 10%]
[④ Fire Moth Gene 10%]
[⑤ Lightning Gene 10%]
[⑥ Light Blessing Gene 10%]
[⑦ Shadow Gene 10%]
[⑧ Illusion Butterfly Gene 10%]
[⑨ Versatile Gene 20%]
...[Knowledge Point + 3]
[...]
This was it, this was the Little Green Worm Li Wen wanted.
Not only that, but this Little Green Worm's mental power stats were also twice that of its species.
Li Wen subtly glanced at the Sprout Beast in the attendant's hand; it was a small quadrupedal beast with two tender leaves on its head, walking on four short legs.
He also checked its data, and like the popular pet beasts outside, it had two relatively stable genes.
[Sprout Beast]
[① Bud Gene 60%]
[② Ancient Tree Gene 40%]
Although it didn't seem to have any special abilities from its genes, its appearance was particularly docile, especially its bright eyes.
Next, the words that suddenly appeared on the panel further solidified his decision.
[This pet beast has maxed out comprehension and may possess unique characteristics]
"This Sprout Beast is good, I'll take it."
He then pretended to casually search and pointed at the Little Green Worm in the park.
"And that Little Green Worm, how much in total?"
"This package is 199,999 yuan in total, and we'll also give you a month's supply of jade powder for the Sprout Beast for free. Sir, will you be paying by card or cash?"
Li Wen paid with a pang of pain, and the attendant called a professional staff member to retrieve the Little Green Worm from inside, then took Li Wen to complete the contract ceremony.
According to regulations, fresh graduates must contract on the spot when purchasing, to prevent people from reselling with the fresh graduate discount, and to prevent ill-intentioned individuals from coercing fresh graduates into making proxy purchases.
After contracting the Sprout Beast, Li Wen took the Sprout Beast and the Little Green Worm, which was in a glass container, to find Huang Yi and returned home with them.
Arriving home with his desired Little Green Worm, he was met with Lis Father's gaze. Li Wen secretly thought, "Not good, something bad is going to happen."
"Why did you still contract a Little Green Worm?"
Lis Father's tone was clearly a bit angry. He had explicitly told Li Wen not to, but now seeing Li Wen bring a Little Green Worm back, it was impossible for him not to feel a bit upset.
Seeing that things were indeed developing as he had anticipated, Li Wen decisively summoned his already contracted Sprout Beast.
And explained to his father how this worm came about.
Seeing that Li Wen had still listened to him, his attitude immediately changed.
"Welcome to our big family."
He had instantly transformed into a doting father, teasing the Little Green Worm inside the glass through the pane.
Little Green Worm: Ah! You didn't say that just now.
Li Wen didn't have time to bother with it. He opened his panel... [Talent: Creation Evolution]
[Contracted Pet Beasts]
[① Sprout Beast]
[attribute: Wood]
[Species Level: Agile Intermediate]
[trait: Self-Healing]
[Possesses excellent self-healing ability, able to recover quickly when leaves fall or when injured]
[Skill ①: Ram]
[Charges forward in a straight line]
[Skill ②: Leaf Blade]
[Fires the leaves on its head]
Since he had already contracted the Sprout Beast first, the immediate priority was to enhance the Sprout Beast's strength. The Little Green Worm would temporarily be kept as a pet.
However, its life wouldn't be too luxurious. Since it ate the Sprout Beast's leaves, it had to be responsible for the Sprout Beast's food.
While thinking, he fed the Sprout Beast in his arms the jade powder given by the park.
Speaking of which, the contract was already complete, but he hadn't given the Sprout Beast a name yet.
Looking at the Sprout Beast obediently eating the jade powder, shaking the only two leaves on its head, looking utterly adorable, Li Wen, who was terrible at naming, finally decided on a name.
Let's call it Ya Bao. It's much better than those fleeting ideas like Ya Tiandi or Xiao Ya that crossed his mind.
"Ya Bao"
"Will you be called this name from now on?"
Li Wen tried to get his pet beast to accept the name.
And Ya Bao cooperated very well.
It responded to Li Wen's suggestion with "Ya~Ya~".
Turning to look at the Little Green Worm, Li Wen, whose brain cells had already died out, immediately gave up and stated that he would definitely come up with a good name after contracting it.
With two precious babies at home waiting to be fed, Li Wen, who didn't know how to train pet beasts, could only seek help online.
He browsed many posts, but they were either about spending money or hiring a Breeder to help, offering unhelpful answers. Well, it made sense; people with real knowledge wouldn't be wasting time on these types of posts.
A single exploration for them cost at least six figures, and even a single performance was worth a fortune.
That's right, a Breeder. Since he couldn't afford one, he would just become one himself.
Searching online for the outline of a low-level Breeder, Li Wen sighed, people in this world were truly blessed. The questions on it were as simple as a final exam outline given by a university professor.
For him, it was practically a piece of cake.
It was nothing more than memorization.
"Distinguished from the growth levels of Beginner, Junior, Intermediate, Advanced, Commander, Monarch, Overlord, and Saint Rank."
"Pet beast species levels are divided into Enlightenment, Agile, Elite, Monarch, Overlord, Legend, and Myth."
"Enlightenment is generally only considered to barely qualify as a pet beast, and it was only with the emergence of the Mechanical attribute that this level became widely recognized."
"So Ya Bao is currently at the lowest, first tier, then."
"It seems I still have a long way to go."
But it didn't matter, his talent could assist pet beasts in evolving. Evolving to the third tier was still no problem.
Let me see, what species is Ya Bao's third tier?
"Elite Advanced, it seems... not too high."
Li Wen could only comfort himself that Ya Bao still had an unknown evolution path, which was to follow the direction given by the golden finger all the way to the end.
As he was looking, Li Wen clicked into a historical link.
This planet has experienced several eras. Human Beastmasters have wandered and drifted through various eras. But the human race's fortune is prosperous, and there have been leaders in every era.
Elemental Era — Yuan Emperor
Beast King Era — War Emperor
Plant Era — Emperor Sen
Legendary Era — You Emperor
Dragon Era — Dragon Emperor
Until now, with the emergence of the Mechanical attribute, Eastern Splendor can threaten Legendary-level Beast Kings with mechanical strength, as well as the mechanical leaders, Shi Daizhi and Kong, three Crown-level figures. Now, humanity is fully capable of contending with those Beast King kingdoms.
Each of these emperors was exceptionally brilliant, a person who led an era, and worthy of everyone's respect.
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— Gudu University, Archaeology Department
No, he had clicked on an advertisement.
Anyway, he had finished browsing the basic training methods for Sprout Beasts, and there was no need to continue, so he simply closed the computer.
Unexpectedly, when he turned around, he saw the Little Green Worm in the glass staring at Ya Bao like a hooligan looking at a beautiful woman, while Ya Bao was terrified, hiding and dodging, afraid that the Little Green Worm would see him.
Li Wen, who had been online all day, felt like the sky was falling when he saw this scene.
Apparently, his free gift was coveting his two hundred thousand, and that two hundred thousand was afraid of the free gift.
As an agriculture student, how could Li Wen allow pests to eat his carefully cultivated crops?
Seeing Ya Bao so afraid of the Little Green Worm, it must be because of insufficient resistance, so he thought of doing seedling detoxification for Ya Bao.
At this moment, the golden finger, which had been dormant for a while, reappeared on its own.
[Contracted Pet Beast: Ya Bao (Named)]
...[Pseudo-Evolution Ritual ①]: High-Temperature Detoxification
[Required Materials: Level 2 Fire attribute Beast Core × 1, Warm Water Reed × 5, Silicon Crystal Rock × 2]
[Ritual Arrangement: ...]
Li Wen frowned slightly. After reviewing the low-level Breeder materials, he knew that the other materials weren't too expensive, but this Level 2 Fire attribute Beast Core was not cheap, costing at least fifty thousand.