Peninsula: My pet is my idol

Late winter, 21, Seoul, early morning.

A massage therapist, who had worked hard all night, walked home with her backpack on her back.

Tang Xin, who is not tall and not particularly good-looking, was just an ordinary passerby walking down the street in a black down jacket.

"Sigh, I have to work at my shabby little Chinese medicine coffee shop during the day, and at night I have to work as a masseuse, going door-to-door to give traditional Chinese medicine massages to a bunch of old ladies..."

Occasionally, I also have to attend classes or participate in academic exchanges...

I'm 21 this year, which is 23 according to the Korean age system.

Eating pickled vegetable ramen in Korea every day... ah... I want to go home... My stomach is practically adding a 200% tariff to Korean food...

When will this ever end...?

Wearing a mask, Tang Xin walked along, muttering complaints in Chinese.

Strictly speaking, he is still a college student, majoring in Traditional Chinese Medicine acupuncture and massage.

The modern TCM industry still retains some of the ancient tradition of "master-disciple inheritance," so Tang Xin became a disciple as soon as she entered university.

My master was coming to a university in Seoul, South Korea for a long-term exchange program, so he brought him along as well.

Tang Xin didn't want to come, but his mentor got him a place as an exchange student at Seoul National University, so he would have an extra title for overseas exchange when he returned to China.

Therefore, Tang Xin had no choice but to stay in Seoul.

After returning to the ground floor of her residence, Tang Xin, who had been walking with her head down, suddenly noticed a slightly trembling dark figure in a corner amidst the falling snow.

Rats? In the dead of winter, all the rats have frozen to death on the street?

Tang Xin glanced at it, but didn't care, and turned to go upstairs.

A moment later, a figure returned, cursing and swearing:

"Doctors have the heart of parents, doctors have the heart of parents! I'll just take a look! If it's a rat, I'll kick it to death!"

He reached out and nudged the trembling little figure, turning it over to get a clear look.

"Little Mimi! Oh ho~ Kitten~ Hehehehehehe, I've found a cat family! Hakimi, I'm like a green bean from the North and South~"

No sooner said than done.

Tang Xin picked up the kitten and headed to the nearest veterinary hospital.

There was no way around it; he wasn't a veterinarian. His specialty was internal medicine and acupuncture and massage in traditional Chinese medicine. It's like being in a completely different world when you're not in the same field.

However, on his way to the pet hospital, a burst of exciting music suddenly popped into his head.

"Ikuso! Pukiam!!!!"

Eh~ Eh~ Eh~ Eh~ Ikusoo~ Eh~ Eh~ Eh~ Eh~ Pukiamu~

Eh~ Eh~ Super Electric Mouse~ Hah~~~~

A water-spraying turtle, a talking cat, plop!

Tang Xin: ? ? ?

Even though I'm not from the South, I think I heard someone attack me! Who? Who the hell is singing that?

Tang Xin looked around, but the voice didn't seem to come from beside her at all; it sounded more like it was echoing in her mind.

After the rousing music ended, Tang Xin heard a very neutral voice begin to speak:

"The [Pukiaum Master System] produced by the [Beast Taming Sect] has been activated. Please capture various mythical beasts to enhance your strength and become the 'Pukiaum Master' who can capture beasts all over the world!"

Tang Xin was about to complain when she was interrupted by the system's voice:

"Huh, host, what kind of garbage world is this? Why is there no spiritual energy? Holy crap, what kind of crappy place is this?"

I'm outta here, bye-bye.

I'll leave you some good stuff, don't tell anyone, just pretend I was never here.

A book remained in Tang Xin's mind so vividly that he could recall every word on every page.

Five years of beast taming, three years of playing with mummies.

Tang Xin: ? ? ?

What is this thing?

Never mind, saving the cat is the priority, otherwise I'll be cyberbullied online.

An hour later, Tang Xin left the kitten at the vet hospital to be cared for by the doctor. She would come back to pick it up in a few days once it had recovered.

After returning to his cramped living quarters, he first took a shower before sitting on the sofa to begin reading the book "May 3rd" that only existed in his mind.

The first page after turning to the next page contained only one sentence:

"My new book is out, 'A Guide to Judging Interspecies Girls.' Do you still like catgirls as much as before? If so... then we're best friends!"

Tang Xin: ?

Who the hell wrote this?! How could a normal person write something like this?!

Damn it, author! What kind of Beast Taming Sect did you join? You didn't just join to create exotic female characters from other races, did you?!

"What exactly is this thing? Is it dangerous?" Tang Xin muttered to himself, glancing at the cramped and confined environment of his dwelling. "Fine, I'll train then. Let the world be destroyed!"

After flipping through the table of contents of "53", Tang Xin began to "read" the first chapter with great concentration.

However, upon seeing this, he was stunned once again.

The first sentence of the first chapter of the book reads: "Please take off once, cultivator, because I also took off when I was writing this book. You have to accompany me once to unlock the content of this page."

"Damn it, what a piece of junk! This is a piece of trash system from my mother, and this is a piece of trash from the 'Fairy Board Five-Three' (a popular Chinese textbook for college entrance exams)! Damn it!"

Three minutes later.

The training of an ace pilot begins.

Just like the song "Loving the Wrong Person" says: I never thought I would end up like this~ Where did I take off from, and where will I land~

……

Tang Xin, who was cultivating, was unaware that it was precisely because he began to cultivate this technique that did not belong to this world that the world he lived in underwent a tiny, insignificant change.

The technique began to extend from his body, forming something like a line of destiny.

The "line," ignoring the obstruction of the wall, went straight toward the kitten he had just rescued.

After successfully connecting Tang Xin and the kitten, the "thread" drifted away into the distance as if carried by the wind.

The orientation theory has been around for many years, especially popular in East Asia.

In daily life, many people occasionally notice that others retain "animal characteristics" of a specific animal, and then feel in their hearts that the other person is very much like a certain animal.

Kittens, bunnies, puppies, and so on.

This involves the concept of the six realms of reincarnation, and many people were not actually human in their previous life, but rather animals.

Naturally, this life will retain some characteristics or aura of the previous life. It's as if the appearance of the previous life has been scrambled and reassembled as raw material to shape the current life.

The "thread" extending from Tang Xin's body connects to the rescued kitten, and its next step is to connect to a person with a strong "cat scent"...

……

In an apartment building on the banks of the Han River in Seoul.

Jin Zhiyuan, who was staying in a single room, slept sprawled out on his back.

She belongs to the rookie group IVE, which just debuted on the 1st of this month.

Jang Won-young and Ahn Yoo-jin are very popular in the group, so the other four members are under a lot of pressure.

The massive exposure has led former IZ*ONE fans to constantly scrutinize the four new teammates accompanying Zhang An and his partner.

Kim Ji-won has to participate in music show promotions during this period, and he gets less than three hours of sleep each day after returning to the group's dormitory.

Such high-intensity work has a significant impact on people's physical and mental health.

She was sleeping soundly.

A single "thread" came through the wall.

Silently, it invaded the space between the eyebrows.

An invisible "line" spans half the distance of Seoul.

Two people were connected by a cat.