What does it mean when a pet evolves incorrectly?

"I'm a local from Qiming City, so I know this place pretty well," Yun Chuxiu said familiarly as she helped Lin Chen carry his suitcase upstairs. "If you don't understand anything here, just ask me!"

Lin Chen nodded: "I'm from Qinglan City."

Yun Chuxiu immediately became interested: "Qinglan City? I know it. The Duanshan Mountain Range is located there."

"I've heard that the Broken Mountain Range has abundant pet resources, and I've been wanting to see it for a long time. How about we team up and go on an adventure sometime?"

Duanshan Mountain Range?

An adventure?

Lin Chen's lips twitched slightly.

It's best to avoid that place recently; there's a chance a few Darkfolk might spawn there.

"By the way, which class are you in?" Yun Chuxiu put down her luggage and asked curiously.

"Combat Academy, Class 3"

"What a coincidence! I'm also in Class 3!" Yun Chuxiu clapped her hands, laughing even more happily. "It seems the college will try to group classmates together when assigning dorm rooms. We'll be classmates and roommates from now on—double the luck!"

Lin Chen was taken aback.

Anyone who has ever lived in a dormitory should know about this, so what's so surprising?

Yun Chuxiu took out her phone and opened the group chat interface for [Class 3, Combat Academy]:

"You probably don't have a work overtime group yet, right? I'll add you in."

Lin Chen quickly joined the group chat and glanced at the members. Several familiar names caught his eye—Zhang Xiaoxiao, Su Qingyuan, and Zhou Ming.

Great, we're not just alumni, we're classmates now.

Meanwhile, Zhou Ming, sitting in his dormitory, sent Li Heng a screenshot showing that he and Lin Chen were in the same class group:

"I forgot to tell you, Brother Chen is in the same class as me."

Li Heng: "?"

Li Heng: "You fucking deserve to die."

In the other dormitory room.

"Our class is divided into ten classes in the Combat Academy, with about twenty or thirty students in each class."

Yun Chuxiu, who arrived at the academy first, had clearly figured out the situation here: "Besides the combat academy, there are also research academies, training academies, and so on, but those academies have relatively fewer students."

Lin Chen nodded thoughtfully.

After all, Qiming City is located right next to the border, and its policies encourage and require combat beast tamers, with resources being more concentrated in this area.

As they spoke, Lin Chen had already tidied up his luggage.

Before I knew it, the sky outside the window darkened, and the streetlights on campus lit up one after another, outlining the contours of the buildings.

"It's lunchtime!" Yun Chuxiu stretched. "Want to go eat together?"

Lin Chen nodded.

The two walked on a wide, smooth road. Yun Chuxiu was clearly familiar with the place, and he took the initiative to lead the way, introducing the area as he went:

"Our South Campus mainly consists of residential and living areas, while the teaching and training areas are concentrated in the East and North areas."

"The academy is huge; it would take a very long time to walk around. But it will be much better once classes officially start. The school will offer short-distance rental services for mounts and pets, making it convenient to go anywhere. Of course, if you have your own mount or pet, that will be even more convenient."

Lin Chen remained silent for a moment.

Mounts/pets?

Flameclaw or Squirrel?

Flameclaw Beast is nothing like a mount or pet; even a Pineapple needs to be carried by the user.

We can look forward to the evolved forms of the two little guys. Tyrannomon is huge, and a person can stand on its shoulders.

As for Angewomon... she can hug herself from the other side.

As the two continued their journey, Lin Chen gained a more intuitive understanding of Qiming Academy through Yun Chuxiu's introduction.

This place is not just a school, but more like a fully functional small society, covering almost all the facilities and services needed for a Beastmaster's growth.

Along both sides of the road, in addition to various functional buildings, there are all kinds of shops, restaurants, and even small commercial streets, all brightly lit. Although it is a bit deserted because the senior students have not started school, one can imagine the bustling atmosphere on weekdays.

After finishing their meal, it was completely dark, and the two slowly walked back along the path they had come from.

When he passed an area where bursts of energy explosions and shouts were coming from, Lin Chen stopped.

This is an open-air standard battleground, where two freshmen are currently engaged in a fierce battle.

A dozen or so students gathered around the venue, occasionally letting out exclamations of surprise or cheers.

"Oh, you're practicing already?"

Yun Chuxiu also stopped, arms crossed, watching the battle in the arena with great interest. "It seems everyone is taking the freshman competition in a few days very seriously, warming up and getting into shape in advance."

At this point, he suddenly leaned closer to Lin Chen and lowered his voice: "Speaking of the freshman competition, there are quite a few monsters in our year."

Lin Chen glanced sideways and asked, "A monster?"

Yun Chuxiu nodded seriously: "They are geniuses whose growth rate far exceeds that of other beast tamers of the same age. I call these kinds of people monsters."

He paused deliberately, and only after seeing Lin Chen staring intently at him did he extend two fingers:

"As far as I know, there are currently two such monsters."

"One of them is named Ye Zhenzhen. He used all kinds of top-notch resources to hone his body and mental strength from a young age. In addition, he had extremely high talent in mental strength. He became a junior beast tamer in just fifty-one days."

"While it may not be a record-breaking achievement, this speed is already quite remarkable."

Lin Chen nodded in realization.

Given his early investment in gaming and his high talent, this kind of speed is understandable.

"The other case is a bit special."

Yun Chuxiu slowed her speech, a hint of inquiry flashing in her eyes: "It's a girl named Bai Lu."

"Her constitution is extremely special. She was born with spiritual power, and as she grows older, the speed at which her spiritual power expands far exceeds that of ordinary people. She hardly needs to cultivate; she gets a little stronger every day when she wakes up..."

"Both of them are currently beginner beast tamers, so they will definitely have an advantage over us in the freshman competition."

Lin Chen's eyes flickered slightly.

The first one was a whale (a player who spends a lot of money on in-game purchases) and a talent-based monster, while this one is purely a stat-based monster.

Luckily, I had a cheat code.

After Yun Chuxiu finished her introduction, she looked at Lin Chen's calm profile and asked with a smile, "How is it? Do you feel a lot of pressure after hearing this news?"

Lin Chen glanced at him and asked in return, "And you? You've found out so much, don't you want to compete with them?"

"I?"

Upon hearing this, Yun Chuxiu immediately shook his head vigorously, waving his hand dismissively, his tone relaxed yet slightly teasing:

"Me? I'll pass."

"Fighting and killing is too tiring. I'm a Buddhist-style person. My goal is to graduate smoothly, then go home and find a leisurely job to live a comfortable life."

"Why bother arguing with these perverts? It's too much trouble."

Lin Chen remained noncommittal.

Yun Chuxiu suddenly asked, "By the way, Lin Chen, what kind of pet beast did you contract?"

He paused, then added, "If possible, we can collaborate in the freshman competition."

Lin Chen asked, "Are you asking about the first one or the second one?"

Yun Chuxiu's expression froze for a moment: "Huh?"

Lin Chen said calmly, "If becoming a novice beast tamer is considered a monster, then I should be the third one."