Traveling to the era of universal beast control

Mercury

Huanan Province, Qingyu City

Huanan Middle School

It was the annual coming-of-age ceremony for the Dragon Kingdom on Mercury; all students in the Dragon Kingdom who turned 18 this year and possessed Beastmaster attributes were required to attend.

The attribute testing had taken place a month ago.

Today was the coming-of-age ceremony—to awaken one's Beastmaster talent, open the Yu Beast Space, and simultaneously summon a companion beast of the same rank.

"Xiao Yue, are you nervous?"

A girl with her hair in a bun spoke to the girl beside her while taking deep breaths, "I'm so nervous. Whew—"

Gu Xiaoyue lowered her gaze. Nervous?

She had already been beaten down into the dust; what was there to be nervous about?

The worst-case scenario was just a Human Level talent.

Ye Wanrou seemed to see through Gu Xiaoyue's thoughts, "Xiao Yue, don't be discouraged. Although having twelve attributes is indeed not very good, who knows, we might still awaken a high-level talent!"

Twelve attributes is not very good?

Gu Xiaoyue chuckled softly. That was the worst in the history of Beastmastery on Mercury—ever!

One could even call it trash!

It could be said there was no one before her, and she didn't know if there would be anyone after.

In this era of universal Beastmastery, one's Beastmaster attributes determined what type of pet beasts one could contract.

Beastmaster talent determined the growth and development of pet beasts and the initial level of contracted pet beasts; most importantly, it generated a companion beast of the same rank upon awakening.

The companion beast was an entity formed from the comprehensive conditions of the Beastmaster's talent, attributes, and willpower.

The more attributes one had, the more it seemed one could contract various pet beasts, but the relative upper limit was not high.

During the Beastmaster attribute test a month ago, Gu Xiaoyue had tested for twelve attributes—all attributes: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Lightning, Ice, Light, Dark, and even Mental Power and Space attributes.

The teacher conducting the test had their jaw drop; they couldn't believe there was actually a student who could be this bad.

Even if she awakened a Profound Level talent, this child's upper limit wouldn't be very high.

Ye Wanrou pulled Gu Xiaoyue's hand toward the location for talent awakening, "So many people."

"Our school has over 1,800 students participating in the attribute test this year, and over 700 were weeded out. There are just too many people!"

Ye Wanrou looked at the sea of people gathered in front and hopped up and down to see how many awakening arrays there were.

"Let's go get our numbers." Gu Xiaoyue saw the student council handing out number plates not far away.

"Five arrays, over 200 people per array, three minutes per person. Oh my god! Hurry, Xiao Yue, if we're late, we won't be able to eat a big feast tonight!"

Ye Wanrou was the daughter of the Ye family. Although not born of the main wife, as long as she could awaken a decent talent today, she would celebrate properly. After all, she had tested for three attributes a month ago.

Single-attribute Beastmasters could only contract pet beasts of one attribute, while multi-attribute Beastmasters had very low upper limits; conversely, three or four-attribute Beastmasters were the most sought after.

Therefore, even if Ye Wanrou's companion beast wasn't strong, her family could prepare a very good one for her.

Ye Wanrou dragged Gu Xiaoyue in front of the boy handing out number plates, "Chen Yixuan, hurry, quickly give us two plates!"

Chen Yixuan looked up and revealed a gentle smile: "Mm, alright, 707 and 708. Wait a moment while I register you. You will need to register again at the array side after the awakening finishes."

Gu Xiaoyue nodded slightly and said nothing, but Ye Wanrou bristled.

"What? We're already past 700?! No, Chen Yixuan, you and Xiao Yue are childhood sweethearts, can't you use the back door and give us an earlier number?"

"Miss Ye, we are doing this in order; the earlier numbers have all been handed out."

Chen Yixuan had a bitter smile. In fact, he had secretly asked Gu Xiaoyue earlier if she wanted him to save a number for her, but she had refused.

"Ye Wanrou, don't make things difficult for him. If people find out, it will be hard for Chen Yixuan too." Gu Xiaoyue said indifferently.

Ye Wanrou and Chen Yixuan both frowned at the same time.

Ye Wanrou thought Gu Xiaoyue was thick-headed for refusing to take a shortcut and insisting on waiting in a long line.

Chen Yixuan felt that Gu Xiaoyue had become much more distant from him.

They had grown up as childhood sweethearts. Gu Xiaoyue had always called him Yixuan, and sometimes she would act spoiled and call him Brother Yixuan.

When did Gu Xiaoyue start becoming distant from him?

A month ago. Yes! It was a month ago!

Ever since the day Xiao Yue tested for all attributes, she had become distant from him. Could it be that she was unhappy because he was a four-attribute Beastmaster?

He knew that Gu Xiaoyue had tested for twelve attributes. Was she sad because of this the whole time?

Chen Yixuan shook his head. Xiao Yue had always been gentle and kind. He was currently the best four-attribute Beastmaster, so Xiao Yue would only be happy for him. But what was this sense of distance about?

A few more students came to get their number plates from him, so he didn't think about it anymore and continued to be busy handing out numbers and registering.

Why did Gu Xiaoyue change?

Because the current Gu Xiaoyue was not the original Gu Xiaoyue at all!

A month ago, on the day of the attribute test, Gu Xiaoyue had been tested as an all-attribute good-for-nothing.

In fact, she originally didn't have much high or eager longing for Beastmastery.

It was just that having the worst attributes in history still made her feel lost.

On that day after the attribute test, it happened to be Gu Xiaoyue's turn to clean the school restroom.

The faucet in the restroom was leaking water all over the floor. At this time, even if she reported it to the teacher, it was unlikely that any plumber would come to fix the pipe.

Gu Xiaoyue cleaned the restroom silently by herself.

She thought, would she have to be like her mom and dad in the future, be an ordinary person, and live a plain life?

It didn't seem like such a bad thing.

Compared to the running around, toil, and life-and-death struggles with ferocious beasts that Beastmasters faced, given Gu Xiaoyue's personality, she actually yearned more for an ordinary life.

It was just that Chen Yixuan—her childhood sweetheart—might only be able to remain a friend for life.

Gu Xiaoyue's thoughts drifted far away. A moment of distraction combined with the water all over the floor caused her to slip. Her temple slammed into the toilet's water tank.

"Ah—"

Accompanied by her scream, blood gushed from Gu Xiaoyue's head, and she immediately lost consciousness.

After a long time, the Gu Xiaoyue who had been lying on the ground suddenly sat up.

She held her forehead; the blood on her head had already coagulated, and she felt dizzy and in pain.

She remembered that she had clearly been fighting zombies, trying to wipe out a zombie gathering place.

But she had fought until she was exhausted, and she didn't want to become a meal for the zombies.

In desperation, she had no choice but to detonate the bomb she had prepared beforehand.

Gu Xiaoyue moved her hands and feet. At this moment, her head hurt even more, and the memories of the original Gu Xiaoyue came rushing toward her like a mountain and a sea.

"Hiss—" Where on earth was she?