Beast Taming: I have unique beast-collecting skills

Chapter 529 Are you teammates?

As they drew closer to the beam of light, three orbs of light flew in from outside the cave, landing in front of Lin Su, Ali, and Tu Zhiyi respectively.

Could it be that everyone or every pet that successfully completes a stage of the test will receive a resource reward? If so, wouldn't she be able to earn up to five rewards?

Just as Lin Su was about to reach out, a naive and childlike voice suddenly rang out in the passage: "Are you teammates?"

Lin Su's hand paused.

"Congratulations on passing the first round of challenges! Each team can choose one resource as a reward for passing the test!"

"You can also summon all your pets," the childish voice sincerely suggested. "The Beastmaster and each pet can form a separate team, and they can also receive rewards for clearing the level. These rewards are all very good stuff."

The light from the orb dimmed slightly, allowing the two people and one beast present to clearly see the contents of the reward:

Blue Amber Grass, an essential material for making Grade A Body Tempering Potions;

Shouguang flower can eliminate chronic physical ailments, prolong life, and help improve meditation efficiency.

Candle Tears: A rare resource that increases a pet's trait level without any side effects.

"As long as you hold the ball of light and pass through the light barrier alone, you can immediately get the real object!" The childish voice happily introduced, and the sunlight shining in from the cave entrance also turned into a layer of light barrier, blocking the passage.

If they hadn't known that their teammate's intervention could open a temporary passage, and had so easily passed the first round of trials, many high-level beast tamers would have split themselves and their pets into two or three teams. — Lin Su and Tu Zhiyi exchanged a glance and asked, "Can the teams be merged later?"

"No, that won't work~ The teams can only split up, not merge, throughout the entire test," the childish voice replied cutely.

"Is it an intelligent pet that's in charge of management?" Lin Su continued to ask.

No one answered.

"Can pets that are in a separate team be retrieved from the encyclopedia?" Lin Su continued to probe.

A childish voice selectively ignored: "Sixty seconds left! Teams must separate. One team must finish before the next. Pets must be summoned to be considered part of the same team. As for the rewards, I'll take back any extras you don't want!"

The ball of light flew away from the two people and the beast, landing side by side in front of the light screen, where they waited for a choice as the countdown began.

The current situation is not exactly the same as what the information gave, but it's completely unrelated—Lin Su hesitated for a moment, then turned to Tu Zhiyi and asked, "Do you want to be in a separate team?"

She and her pet beast cannot be separated. If they are split into two teams, what if, after the sacrifice, the non-teammates cannot follow her?

What to do? She can't take that risk.

"No need, you choose the resources." Tu Zhiyi said without hesitation.

The purpose of this voice's announcement is to ensure that all beast tamers and their pets form individual teams. If he goes alone, he probably won't even be able to save his life, and those resources would be useless to him.

With a consensus reached, Lin Su decisively said, "Ah Li, the one on the far right, the Candle Tears."

Candle Tears are the most valuable of the three resources, and they do not restrict the attributes of the pets used, making them easy to distribute within a team.

"Huanhuan".

Ahri floated to the side of Zhuxi Lei, and waited for her own beast tamer to grab the ball of light. Then, she carried the two people on her back and floated through the light curtain.

The ball of light, like a small light bulb in the palm of my hand, instantly transformed into crystals.

Lin Su, clutching the candle flame, looked back and saw that the light screen flickered twice after they passed through, then disappeared along with the opening at the top of the passage.

"When we clear the game again next time, we can summon all our pets, so we'll have more options."

This selection mechanism is well-designed and she likes it very much.

Tu Zhiyi suddenly realized: "If several beast tamers are traveling together, besides how to group them, choosing rewards can also easily cause conflicts."

The problem is not scarcity, but inequality.

These rewards vary in value. Among the companions, the stronger ones can completely disregard the allocation and snatch others' rewards. Even if the rewards are allocated in front of the light screen, they can still snatch them after receiving the physical items through the light screen. Coupled with psychological suggestion from who knows where, over time, the probability of the temporary team falling apart will greatly increase.

Lin Su considered having more options for her pets first. What if two rare resources she needed appeared at the same time? If it were another team, would there be a situation where the weaker members were forced to split into multiple teams?

From this perspective, the rumor that younger people are safer doesn't hold water. Character has nothing to do with age. For those with overly pure hearts, danger may not come from the River of the Dead, but from their fellow travelers.

Lin Su casually hummed in agreement, stored the resources she had acquired into her spatial storage, and rubbed Ahri's nape: "Let's keep moving forward and see what this test is like."

Her biggest worry was encountering attacks from wild pets. But not a single wild pet has appeared yet, and the level completion prompts are designed like a mini-game. To be honest, if the whole process consists of these kinds of challenges, it will be much simpler than she imagined.

In the pitch-black passage, Ahri ran wildly along the riverbank.

Lin Su continued to act as a timekeeper, exchanging a few words with Ali in her mind every now and then to check on its condition, until Tu Zhiyi could no longer bear it and shiveringly took out a thick coat from the spatial closure, only then did he realize that the test was not only about the gravity field near the ground, but also about the low temperature.

Neither she nor Ahri were sensitive to low temperatures. Coupled with their high speed, the strong winds, and the fact that they had already discovered the gravity issue, they failed to notice the temperature changes.

While pausing to let Tu Zhiyi put on his clothes, Ah Li, under the instructions of her beast tamer, shrunk her size and tested the degree of increase in gravity at different heights.

"Huanhuan".

Ahri only cried out when she floated to a height of nearly 3.5 meters, indicating that gravity was normal above this position.

"Only pets within two meters in size can remain completely unaffected above the passage."

Although it wasn't cold, Lin Su still wrapped herself in the heated cloak. "The applied gravity value should be the same in the rest of the area, currently about twice as strong."

This level is manageable for her and Ahri; they don't feel much of a difference. They just don't know if the gravity will increase further later.

The temperature is getting lower and lower —

"Let the trade wind magpie fly for a while, and then switch it back after dinner," Tu Zhiyi suggested, already fully armed.

Intermediate flying-type pets aren't fast enough, and unless they happen to be ice-type, they'll have a hard time resisting extremely low temperatures. He might not be able to help in the latter half.

"OK."

Anyway, it wouldn't be long, so Lin Su didn't refuse anymore and hugged the miniature Ahri and took a couple of deep breaths.

【You've worked hard~】

【Huanhuan~】

Ahri placed her two paws on her beast tamer's shoulders and rubbed against her neck.

A pink star array lit up the passageway.

Lin Su then waved her hand to put Ahri back into the encyclopedia, quickly formed hand seals, and the next second, Xiao Ying appeared in the orange star array, looking energetic.

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