You call this beast taming?

"Dr. Xiao, thank you so much," Wen Zhixu said sincerely.

"No need," Dr. Xiao waved his hand. "If it's convenient for you, you can cooperate with me on a research project when you have time."

"Research?"

Dr. Xiao looked at the purple-embryonic star worm on the screen and said, "The life detector failed to detect it. There may be some problems with our instrument, or some shortcomings. Therefore, it may be necessary to use it to adjust the parameters."

Original origin...

"If the instrument parameters are significantly off, we may have missed many extraordinary life forms from the universe in the past few years," Dr. Xiao said with regret.

"No problem, but I'll be busy these next few days..."

"It's okay, I'll contact you again to arrange a time after your college entrance exam."

"OK."

After discussing some more about the purple-embryonic star worm, the two ended the video call.

"Ugh..."

Erliang gently stirred the purple-embryonic star worm that had already lay flat.

"Two ounces, it...it'll explode."

"Huh?! Σ(ﾟдﾟlll)"

The claws stopped abruptly in mid-air, and the creature staggered back two steps, swallowing hard.

Will it explode?

Wen Zhixu almost burst out laughing. He hadn't told Erliang that this was a skill of the Purple Embryo Star-Splitting Insect, but the one lying flat in front of him probably hadn't learned it yet.

He looked at the information Dr. Xiao had sent about the diet and culture of the purple-embryonic star worm, and his brows slowly furrowed.

difficult.

They are indeed difficult to cultivate.

The best food for the purple-embryonic star worm is actually meteorites?!

Where is he supposed to get that?

Furthermore, the Erliang race is at the mid-level extraordinary rank, and the Purple Embryo Star-Splitting Insect is also at the mid-level extraordinary rank...

The higher the level of a Beast Tamer's Beast Taming Space, the more likely they are to tame pets of higher species levels.

There is no beast tamer who wouldn't do this.

Theoretically speaking, a level 1 Beast Taming Space can accommodate two pets whose strength does not exceed the Mutation Stage and whose race level does not exceed the Medium Transcendent Stage.

but....

"It doesn't feel like it's worth it..." Wen Zhixu murmured.

But the thought that this jelly-like little thing might be able to be cultivated into a dragon in the future makes me feel a little bit... like a gambler's impulse.

"never mind."

After thinking for a while, Wen Zhixu decided not to consider such long-term issues for the time being.

First of all, with his current resources, it is indeed difficult for him to fully dedicate himself to raising two pet beasts.

Secondly, the Purple Embryo Star-Splitter has clearly only just been born and is not even in the early stages of mutation. If we want to form a contract, we'll have to wait until it reaches the early stages of mutation.

at last....

Perhaps because of Erliang's teasing, the purple-embryonic star cricket felt that it could not rest even lying flat, or perhaps it was out of some kind of instinct.

It wriggled its chubby body, climbed up Wen Zhixu's arm to his collar, twisted a few times, and found a relatively comfortable position to sleep—no, to lie flat again.

Lying at Wen Zhixu's collar, it conveyed a sense of... peace of mind, a feeling of continuing to slack off.

Wen Zhixu smiled and picked up the little thing, placing it back on the table.

The purple-embryo-splitting star worm, back on the table, peeked left and right with its antennae, seemingly somewhat bewildered.

But it quickly found its way again, climbing onto Wen Zhixu's arm and then toward his collar.

After two or three such visits, the purple-embryonic star worm seemed to have become attached to it.

"Waaah..."

Ah Xu, it's trying to extort money from you, it's clinging to you...

Wen Zhixu shrugged.

The information provided by Dr. Xiao also stated that, precisely because of their low intelligence, the Purple Embryo Star Worm often develops a strong dependence on the first creature that can communicate with it.

Therefore, there's no need to consider whether or not to tame this little creature; the focus should be on how to prevent it from starving.

Let's keep it for now, consider it... as a way to train my waveguide.

Looking at the meteorite fragments on the ground, Wen Zhixu took out a brush and carefully collected them all.

Then I picked up a small piece and placed it next to the purple-embryonic star beetle.

Soon, the rustling sounds of gnawing could be heard.

Given its appetite, the meteorite fragments it sheds would probably be enough to feed it for a while.

Just then.

The system suddenly beeped.

Main Quest Two:

[Mission Completed: Capture your second Pokémon!]

[Reward: Dragon Scale (White) x1]

[Incomplete: Evolve one Pokémon!]

[No reward obtained: TM1 Flare Blitz]

Ok?

He had almost forgotten about this main quest.

Does that mean they've been subdued?

Upon closer reflection...

During the first main quest, before he and Erliang formed a contract, the system also determined that he had completed the quest.

Indeed, it is precisely because there are so many strange and unusual ways of judging that he is able to exploit loopholes more effectively.

Of course, it was precisely because he was so good at exploiting loopholes that the system seemed to have anticipated it, and the rewards were all very "ordinary".

"Dragon Scales" of white quality.

【Dragon Scales】: Hard and sturdy scales containing a certain amount of dragon-attribute energy.

"Dragon attribute..."

What a coincidence!

Who knows, there might actually be a chance to breed it with dragon attributes?

Go back to bed.

"Ugh..."

Erliang was still immersed in the "sorrow" of being able to see but not eat.

Wen Zhixu then grabbed the purple-embryonic star cricket from his collar and put it aside.

To avoid accidentally giving it a "bursting" experience when you turn over in bed at night.

But as soon as you put it aside, it wriggles its chubby body and tries to climb back in.

At this moment, Wen Zhixu took out a palm-sized scale and covered the Purple Embryo Star-Splitter Insect with it.

"Hmm?" Erliang sniffed curiously.

Ah Xu, where did you get such a big fish scale? It doesn't taste fishy at all, isn't it delicious?

Wen Zhixu chuckled lightly and teased, "Okay, I'll take you there to eat sometime."

"Waaaaah!!"

Yay!

Indeed, it was "youthful ignorance".

the other side.

After being covered by "Dragon Scales", the Purple Embryo Star-Splitter didn't try to get closer to Wen Zhixu, but the emotions it conveyed made Wen Zhixu both amused and exasperated.

Purple-embryo-splitting Sipuncula: [The text abruptly ends here, likely due to an incomplete translation or a formatting error.]

(:3[▓▓]

With his hands behind his head, Wen Zhixu was still immersed in the scene he had just witnessed, his thoughts gradually drifting away.

"Purple-embryonic star worm, star worm, sky worm...."

They all come from outer space, and they all like to eat meteorites...

From now on, I'll call you "Kong".

The purple-embryo split star worm remained unmoved, simply lying flat.

Wen Zhixu smiled and didn't seem to mind.

Just as he was drifting off to sleep, his nervous system suddenly reacted again.

[A signal received from the universe, a distress signal! Signal analysis complete!]

Side Quest 2: The Visitor from the Rift!

[Mission Reward: Special Ability Capsule!]

Isn't this the same task we did before?

However, last time they didn't even announce what the mission rewards were.

This time, the mission rewards were announced, but the mission details and how to complete the mission were not revealed at all.

Damn system, now it's pretending to be the "Riddler"?

But it must be said that Wen Zhixu was indeed intrigued.

The reward is a "Speciality Capsule," which can change one's special ability, but the problem is... do extraordinary beings even have special abilities?

We can't really create a "threatening" feature, can we?