Make me leave the team? My beast girl and I can win easily.

Treasure-hunting Golden Light Mouse.

This name is practically a legend among the hunters.

According to the revised edition of the "Rare Monster Compendium" issued by the school:

The Treasure-Seeking Golden Light Rat contains a trace of the bloodline of the mythical beast "Pixiu," giving it an innate and extraordinary ability to perceive the treasures of heaven and earth.

There must be unclaimed treasures near the area where they live.

This is their source of energy for survival.

Even more amazing is that once you tame a treasure-hunting golden rat as a pet, it will become a "living radar".

Whenever an unclaimed treasure appears within a certain radius, it will automatically emit a dazzling golden light as a notification.

It might even excitedly spin around in place, eager to take its owner to dig for treasure immediately.

For professionals who spend years roaming the wilderness, this means a steady stream of rewards!

While others are still searching desperately, "Mouse" can save you decades of detours!

But precisely because of this, the difficulty of catching the Treasure-Seeking Golden Mouse is ridiculously high.

Their senses are extremely sharp.

Even with advanced stealth or stealth skills, it can sense something is "wrong" from hundreds of meters away and immediately run away.

Moreover, their detection range is extremely large, far exceeding the attack range of most control skills.

It ran away before it even entered the spell's range.

Its speed is also outrageous.

Once disturbed, their striking golden light will instantly disappear, and they will enter "camouflage mode".

Then he fled the scene with lightning speed—

The speed was so fast that it was almost invisible.

Moreover, it will not return to this area for several years afterward.

The illustrated guide also records a classic case:

Ten years ago, a hunting team set their sights on a treasure-hunting golden rat.

They prepared for three whole years—

They customized ultra-long-range tranquilizer guns, studied rodent habits, and even simulated seventeen capture scenarios.

The results of it?

After searching for ten years, I haven't even found a single mouse hair.

Until one time, when they went on another mission, they forgot to bring their tranquilizer guns.

During that mission, a golden rat swaggered past them from a distance of several hundred meters away and even stopped to look at them curiously.

That squad almost went crazy on the spot—

I waited thirteen years for this moment, but there was no tranquilizer gun.

They decided to go ahead with it.

The five men split into three groups, attempting to flank the enemy from different directions.

As a result of their haste, the two groups stumbled into the territory of the "Ironback Wolf Pack" while taking a detour, and became their dinner on the spot.

The remaining group tried to go straight in, but at their speed, they didn't even smell the "rat's" exhaust fumes.

This incident became a laughing stock in the wilderness community, and it also taught everyone a lesson:

Catching the Golden Rat doesn't rely on equipment or planning, but on luck.

And right now, there's one right in front of Lin Yu.

Its golden hair shimmered in the sunlight, and the tuft of hair on its head had a particularly eye-catching swirling starlight at its tip.

It was perched on a low branch, its two little paws holding a pine cone, its little mouth crunching away happily.

Completely unaware that he had been targeted by five "two-legged beasts".

"Master, is that the Treasure-Hunting Golden Light Rat?" Lin Duo asked softly, her eyes full of curiosity. "It looks...so cute."

"They are indeed quite cute." After observing for a while, Lin Yu already had a plan in mind. "If you like them, I'll catch one and keep it at home."

"I like it~" Lin Duo immediately hugged Lin Yu's arm.

"Okay, let's get started then," Lin Yu said in a low voice.

"Huh? Just like that?" Lin Duo was taken aback. "The book says—"

"Books are for ordinary people," Lin Yu interrupted her. "We have our own methods."

"Okay, okay!"

The five of them swaggered off toward the woods where the golden rats were.

This unusual behavior immediately alerted the golden rat.

It stopped munching on the pine cone, its little ears stood straight up, and its small black eyes warily surveyed its surroundings.

Its nose twitched, as if sensing the unusual atmosphere in the air.

"squeak?"

It let out a soft, questioning cry, leaning its body slightly backward—

This is a sign that they are preparing to escape.

It's now!

Lin Duo took a deep breath, a mysterious light flashing in her eyes.

Following Lin Yu's instructions, she raised her right hand and made a grabbing motion towards the golden light rat—

"The Theft of Time"!

Without a sound, an invisible force crossed space and enveloped the Golden Light Rat.

The golden rat, which was cautiously looking around, suddenly froze.

Its little paws were still holding half a pine cone, and its eyes remained motionless.

Even the starlight at the tip of the ahoge (cowlick) on its head stopped spinning.

Its time has been stolen.

Lin Duo is now level 32, and "Time Steal" can steal 6.4 seconds of time from the target.

During this period, it will become a sculpture, unable to move.

At the same time, Lin Shan raised her hands, and chaotic energy surged, unfolding a shimmering magic circle beneath the feet of the five people.

"Void Travel"!

The next moment, the five figures vanished from their original spot and instantly reappeared inside the forest.

But they are still quite a distance from "the rat".

6.4 seconds is clearly not enough.

Without pausing for a moment, Lin Shan pressed her hands to the ground the instant she landed—

"The trees are lush and abundant!"

"Buzz—!"

A pale green light spread out from her, instantly covering the entire forest.

Ordinary trees seem to have been infused with life, their branches constantly twisting and extending!

The trees around the golden rat came to life, their thick branches suddenly reaching out and precisely wrapping around its stiff body.

In just a few seconds, the golden mouse was bound into a green "zongzi" (rice dumpling), with only its furry little head showing.

Having done all this, Lin Shan's eyes remained calm and undisturbed: "My Lord, the capture is complete."

Lin Yu slowly walked up to the golden rat that was tied up like a rice dumpling.

Take out the Contract Compass and Magic Crystal, and begin to form a beast pet contract.

The whole process went smoothly, and the golden mouse should be very satisfied.

After all, it was tied up so tightly that it had no way to resist.

The contract runes are imprinted deep within its soul, establishing a master-servant relationship.

"Done." Lin Yu put away the compass.

The golden rat blinked, and its golden eyes regained their brilliance.

It looked at Lin Yu, then at itself, and then felt the clear master-servant contract within its soul...

"squeak……"

It let out a cry, and the golden light on its body quickly dimmed. Its entire body seemed to blend into the environment and became translucent.

Immediately afterwards, a gust of wind blew by, and the translucent figure disappeared.

Lin Yu was taken aback.

Ran?

But the next second, through the contract, he sensed the Golden Light Rat's inner thoughts:

"Master is so powerful!"

"I want to offer my treasured possessions to my master!"

"Master will definitely like it!"

Lin Yu: Huh?

This guy wouldn't go and bring over some rare treasures and offer them to me, would he?

Lin Yu never expected that the treasure-hunting golden mouse could be fully automatic.

A few minutes later.

"call out--!"

A dark figure flashed through the woods like lightning and stopped in front of Lin Yu.

All you could see was the little mouse holding a whole bunch of things in its two tiny paws.

There were so many of them that I could barely walk straight.

It laboriously piled the things at Lin Yu's feet, then raised its little head.

Her little eyes sparkled as she looked at him, her tail wagging rapidly, with an expression that said, "Praise me, praise me!"

Lin Yu looked down at the pile of "treasures".

A large handful of plump, round pine nuts, each about the size of a thumb, with a shiny shell.

Lin Yu: ...

He hadn't expected that this golden rat was actually a real rat!

"These are the ones I carefully selected, big and plump, my most treasured possessions." "Mouse" was filled with anticipation, thinking, "My owner will definitely love them!"

Lin Yu remained silent for three seconds.

Then, he squatted down, picked up a pine nut, peeled off the shell, and put the kernel in his mouth.

"Mmm, it smells delicious," he said.

"Squeak!" The golden mouse happily spun around in place, wagging its tail even more enthusiastically.