Beast Taming Begins with the Inner Circle of Pets

Chapter 128 Negotiating Conditions

The escape plan hadn't even begun, yet the difficulty was already increasing with each new level. Lin Manman suppressed her inner frustration and followed behind Fan Chengye.

Just now, inside the elevator, I looked down into the dimly lit area below. I could only see a few patches of dark ground emitting a faint green glow.

Upon closer inspection, one discovers rows of petri dishes, in which some of the spirit beasts are either asleep or twitching slightly.

The convulsing spirit beasts showed visible changes in their appearance.

A tiger-shaped spirit beast, something is constantly growing outwards from its back, the fur on its back is already pushed up high, but it has not completely broken through.

There was also a giant lizard-like spirit beast with large bulges under its scales, some of which had ruptured and sprouted hideous bone spurs.

A giant python that has begun to grow a second head, a rhinoceros covered in venomous venomous sacs, and a wolf spider with sharp barbs on its limbs.

Some of the spirit beasts even mutated in bizarre ways, which terrified Lin Manman.

The liquid in these petri dishes must have contained a drug that could put the spirit beasts to sleep; even though the spirit beasts were convulsing in pain, their eyes were only half-open.

There were more than just one or two of these spirit beasts; looking around, it seemed as if they stretched as far as the eye could see.

Lin Manman became increasingly alarmed as she looked, because she was not only observing these spirit beasts with her naked eyes, but also using the system to determine their level.

Without exception, all the spirit beasts in these petri dishes were high-level spirit beasts, with the lowest being level seven.

If so many high-level spirit beasts were to escape, it would inevitably cause a beast tide-level disaster.

As expected, Fan Chengye and his group's goal was far more than just researching and improving spirit beasts; they probably wanted to control the beast tide in order to dominate other forces.

Fan Chengye led her past rows of petri dishes and then to an area of ​​animal cages covered by black cloth.

Although the black cloth obscured her view, Lin Manman could only imagine from the heavy breathing around her that the room was filled with spirit beasts.

The reason for covering them with black cloth is likely because these spirit beasts are too aggressive and may have even lost their autonomy.

After passing through this area, Lin Manman finally saw a large number of spirit beasts kept in cages, which appeared to have not yet been used for experiments.

She glanced around and found that the quality of these spirit beasts varied greatly. A small number of them looked well-maintained, as if they had been purchased from a legitimate spirit beast shop.

However, most of the spirit beasts were filthy and covered in wounds, likely wild spirit beasts that had been captured.

She also saw several men in gray work clothes scattered throughout the area, pulling carts full of spirit beast food to feed the spirit beasts.

"Take a look around here and see if there are any that meet your criteria," Fan Chengye said, pointing to the nearby animal cages for Lin Manman to choose from.

In fact, Lin Manman had already discovered two spirit beasts that met the requirements when she first scanned the area.

One was a mid-level silver-grade venomous porcupine with one eye blind, and the other was a low-level silver-grade flame-tailed wolf with a missing ear.

She also took a look at the cages around her that appeared to be for wild spirit beasts, and she found that the probability of these wild spirit beasts meeting the awakening conditions was actually quite high.

Of course, she wouldn't tell Fan Chengye about this discovery, as strengthening their power would not benefit her at all.

After looking around, she decided to choose the first venomous porcupine and the flame-tailed wolf she had found to complete today's task.

As she approached the porcupine's cage, before she could even speak to Fan Chengye, she was bumped by a man who was feeding the spirit beast with his back to her, causing her to stumble and almost fall.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to. Are you alright?"

The man bumped into someone and hurriedly turned around to apologize. Seeing Lin Manman staggering and about to fall, he quickly grabbed her hand.

The moment the other person grabbed her hand, Lin Manman glanced at him quickly.

"It's alright, it's alright." She quickly withdrew her hand and waved it casually.

Seeing that Fan Chengye's attention had been drawn to her, she quickly pointed to the Poisonous Hyena Boar and the Flame-Tailed Wolf and said, "Mr. Fan, these two spirit beasts meet the conditions for upgrading, but I still need some materials to help them awaken and upgrade."

Upon hearing her words, Fan Chengye's attention was immediately drawn to the Poisonous Hyena Boar and the Flame-Tailed Wolf. He turned his head and carefully examined the two to see how they differed from the other spirit beasts.

After looking at it for a while without figuring it out, he turned to Lin Manman and asked, "Does a spirit beast that meets the conditions have a 100% chance of successfully awakening?"

Lin Manman nodded. "Yes, as long as my talent assessment meets the improvement conditions, the quality will be improved 100%. However, the improvement in grade varies and is not fixed; it depends on the spirit beast itself."

In order to increase her importance in Fan Chengye's eyes, she would evolve these two spirit beasts to a higher level of awakening.

As for the future, she can awaken at a lower level if possible, since he can't judge how much her talent can improve the spirit beast anyway.

After receiving Lin Manman's affirmative reply, Fan Chengye smiled again. "Tell me what materials you need now, and I'll have someone prepare them for you."

Lin Manman knew he wanted to see for himself how she enhanced the spirit beast, and she was happy to give him a demonstration.

So she listed all the materials needed to awaken the bloodlines of the two spirit beasts, and Fan Chengye immediately sent them to his assistant to have the materials prepared.

"There are still many spirit beasts here, would you like to take another look?" After giving instructions, Fan Chengye wanted Lin Manman to continue choosing.

Lin Manman twitched the corner of her mouth. "I'm already in Mr. Fan's hands. I'm trapped here with nowhere to go. Are you worried I'll run away? There'll be plenty of time to do these things later."

"However, if I successfully improve the quality of these two spirit beasts today, I hope Mr. Fan can grant me a request."

Fan Chengye raised an eyebrow slightly, seemingly surprised that a young girl like her had fallen to such a state and still dared to bargain with him.

"It's a very small request, which should be a piece of cake for Mr. Fan." Lin Manman looked directly into his eyes, her expression determined.

Tell me about it.

"If I successfully improve the quality of these two spirit beasts, I hope Mr. Fan... can let my family know that I am safe and sound."

Thinking of Lin's mother, who might be running around anxiously searching for her, she lowered her eyes, suppressing the soreness welling up in her eyes.

At least let Lin's mother know that she is still alive and not in immediate danger.

Fan Chengye looked surprised. It was indeed a trivial request, something that could be resolved with just a word to him.

"It seems Miss Lin has a good relationship with her family. I promise you, as long as you complete this task successfully, I can grant you this request."

"If the relationship is good, that would be even better," Fan Chengye said with a meaningful smile.

Lin Manman naturally understood his implied meaning, and a fleeting hint of murderous intent flashed in her lowered eyes.

I hate myself for being so naive and foolish before, actually thinking of just drifting through life like a salted fish.

When she was at the mercy of others, facing an enemy far stronger than herself, she could only grit her teeth and endure.

Unfortunately, her emotions didn't attract Fan Chengye's attention at all. In his eyes, Lin Manman was just an important tool. She was sensible and cooperative, so naturally he wouldn't deliberately make things difficult for her.

If she's not thinking clearly and resists stubbornly, he has plenty of ways to make her obey.

(End of this chapter)