Beast Taming: I can evolve indefinitely

Chapter 13 To evolve, you need to pet beasts.

Having learned the source of Alpha's abnormal behavior, Wu Lan and her two companions' interest not only did not diminish, but instead grew even stronger. After obtaining Bai Qi's consent, they immediately got to work.

"Bai Qi, is it really feasible to perform mechanical modifications on non-mechanical beasts?"

Gao Cheng wasn't a student at the Star Machinery Academy, but he knew the difference between mechanical beast taming and traditional beast taming. He was quite surprised to see Bai Qi modifying his own skeleton.

Bai Qi shrugged, swallowed the food in his mouth, and said, "I can't say for sure. After all, I only made some purely mechanical modifications and didn't involve the energy system."

"I see."

Gao Cheng looked thoughtfully at his Fire Armor Scorpion, and some other thoughts began to form in his mind.

"Bai Qi, can you take a look and see if my Fire Armor Scorpion can be modified as well?"

He had failed the professional beast tamer exam three times, and recently his pet's strength had also hit a bottleneck. Now that he saw Alpha as a living example, he naturally didn't want to miss out.

"Um, that probably won't work."

Seeing Gao Cheng's expectant look, Bai Qi couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.

He was able to modify Alpha because of the skeletal beast taming system, especially since the skeletons of low-level skeleton soldiers like Alpha can be freely disassembled and reassembled, so it wasn't difficult.

However, modifying a beast like the Fire Armor Scorpion, which has both insect and fire attributes, is much more troublesome.

At least, Bai Qi didn't think ordinary steel could withstand the high temperatures of the Fire Armor Scorpion.

Gao Cheng's face darkened for a moment, but he quickly regained his composure and said, "That's true. If it were possible, someone would have done it long ago."

"But you're really amazing, senior. You actually thought of mechanically modifying the undead beasts."

Wu Lan seemed to have become a big fan of Bai Qi, and she didn't hold back in praising him. However, she soon revealed her true thoughts.

"If my second tamed beast is also a contracted skeletal type, could you help me modify it too, senior?"

Before Bai Qi could respond, Gao Cheng interjected, "My personal suggestion is that you guys shouldn't pursue cross-departmental studies. After all, a person's energy is limited, and being too distracted is not beneficial."

The claim about Gao Cheng is not unfounded. Most beast tamers in the Federation specialize in training one race, and even the few who do specialize in training other races are mostly auxiliary beast tamers.

For example, the recently much-discussed legendary title "Minghuang" specializes in undead-type pets, and the selection of each pet is the result of careful consideration.

After all, beast tamers have limited energy and resources, and it is impossible for them to take care of every single pet. They basically focus on training one or two main pets.

It's quite irrational for someone like Wu Lan to choose a pet that has nothing to do with her main pet to form a contract simply because she idolizes it.

After Gao Cheng's earnest and earnest admonition, Wu Lan and the others fell into deep thought.

Seeing the way they were doing, Bai Qi didn't know how to interrupt, so he just buried his head in his food and quickly finished his third boxed meal.

"Phew~ I'm finally full."

Bai Qi rubbed his stomach, looked at the sun high in the sky, picked up the bottled water next to him, and took a sip.

"This awful weather, even the water's heated up!"

The water was also provided by the staff, but it got warm from being left outside in the sun for only a short time.

"Senior, are you feeling hot? Would you like my Ice Crystal Toad to help you?"

Upon hearing Bai Qi's complaint, Han Jian immediately summoned his Ice Crystal Toad, instantly cooling the surrounding temperature. Bai Qi, without any hesitation, placed the mineral water on the Ice Crystal Toad.

"Um?"

Bai Qi's hand had just touched the ice crystal toad when he suddenly gasped in surprise. Han Jian was puzzled and asked, "What's wrong, senior? Did you get frostbite?"

Bai Qi shook his head and said, "No, I just think your Ice Crystal Toad is so convenient, it's like it has its own air conditioning."

Han Jian grinned and said, "This ice crystal toad was caught by my parents at Taibing Lake. It's a high-level elite."

"Tch, acting like everyone's pet is an elite."

As soon as Han Jian finished speaking, Wei Ze couldn't help but retort, while Wu Lan immediately put down her lunchbox and began to mediate the argument.

Judging by his proficiency, he must have done this kind of thing quite a lot.

However, Bai Qi had no interest in dealing with these matters.

[Name]: Evolution Egg (5% Black Iron)

Status: Activated

Since its activation, the progress of the Evolution Egg has remained unchanged. Bai Qi was even planning to go to the Hill of the Dead to verify whether it was related to the Undead Beast Taming, but unexpectedly, it changed again today.

What exactly is the reason?

Bai Qi glanced at the ice crystal toad, then pretended to take back the mineral water and touched it again.

The progress remained unchanged, but Bai Qi did not give up and set his sights on other beasts.

"Brother Gao, can I take a look at your Fire Armor Scorpion?"

Gao Cheng was puzzled by what he heard, but he still let the Fire Armor Scorpion crawl in front of Bai Qi.

"What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

Bai Qi said, "It's nothing. I think I got a little cold just now, so I was going to use the Fire Armor Scorpion to warm it up."

"..."

Gao Cheng remained silent upon hearing this, but did not stop Bai Qi's actions.

[Name]: Evolution Egg (10% Black Iron)

Status: Activated

Sure enough, it increased by another five percent!

Bai Qi's eyes lit up as he roughly guessed the upgrade method for the Evolution Egg: he had to personally interact with the pet beast.

However, even after activating his cheat ability, he still frequented Zhuge Chen's place to pet cats and dogs, and the Evolution Egg didn't give him any hints.

Judging from this, it seems that not just any pet will do.

Bai Qi turned his gaze to the remaining two people and casually made up an excuse to get in touch with their pets.

Wu Lan's Charcoal Serpent did not contribute to the progress of the Evolution Egg; only Wei Ze's Emerald Centipede contributed three percent of the progress.

Sure enough, to evolve, you have to pet beasts!

Does a higher race level provide more progress?

Moreover, it seems to be related to racial attributes as well?

Bai Qi pondered for a moment and had a general idea in mind, but soon his headache started again.

To accelerate the evolution of the egg, it must make personal contact with the creature. The simplest way to do this is to contact a beast that has already been contracted.

If he actually did that, he'd probably be locked up in Arkham Institution tomorrow.

As for wild pets, forget about it. Low-level ones are probably useless, and high-level ones are quite intelligent. If you rush in rashly, you will only arouse hostility.

This seems a bit troublesome.

Bai Qi looked at the cracks that had reappeared on the Evolution Egg and sighed helplessly.

Couldn't we have come up with a simpler evolutionary method...?

(End of this chapter)