My cells devour all worlds.

Jill's venue.

The athletes' rest area.

Inside one of the rooms.

"It still doesn't work..."

Lu Sheng opened his eyes, a hint of disappointment flashing in them.

He failed again.

Whether it's autonomous super evolution or the matter of a soul contract, it always feels like something is missing, something that just can't be achieved.

It should have been perfectly appropriate in his deduction.

On the contrary, he has become increasingly adept at severing the connection between the beast tamer and the beast, and at breaking the contract.

It's so weird.

This is completely different from what he expected; how come it's getting further and further as he keeps pointing?

Lu Sheng was completely baffled.

"What do you mean, 'no'?"

Zhuang Jinyao leaned closer, lifted Lu Sheng up, and moved him to the bed.

"It's nothing."

Lu Sheng shook his head, still pondering in his mind whether there was anything he hadn't considered.

Try again. If that doesn't work, try signing a contract.

Lu Sheng was even considering giving up.

"Saying strange things again..."

Zhuang Jinyao muttered something to herself, but didn't pay it any mind.

She laid Lu Shengping out and began searching his belly, her hands groping around but unable to find his pockets.

"Um?"

Zhuang Jinyao leaned closer for a closer look, lifted the fur and rubbed it, then asked疑惑地问道, "Where are your pockets? Where did they go? Did they grow rot from not being used for so long?"

She wanted to put all the things she bought in there, including many of her and Zhuang Shang's belongings.

Could it be...?

Zhuang Jinyao's gaze slowly moved downwards, and she reached out her hand.

"Go away, just tell me if you need to put anything away."

Lu Sheng snapped out of his daze, kicked away Zhuang Jinyao's hand that was about to reach elsewhere, and then swung his claw.

All the bags and packages that Zhuang Jinyao had placed to the side disappeared.

"Don't you need a pocket? Then why was there a pocket before?" Zhuang Jinyao asked, puzzled.

"It doesn't matter whether it's there or not."

"So, can we take out everything that's been put in?"

Don't worry.

"That's good. Let's go then, let's head to Siwon City!"

Zhuang Jinyao felt relieved and put all of Er Gouzi's beasts into her beast taming space, then checked again to make sure she hadn't missed anything.

After everything was ready, Zhuang Jinyao excitedly led Lu Sheng out of the room, intending to meet up with Zhuang Shang first, and then head to Shiyuan City.

The next match will be held in Siwon City, the ancient city where the league headquarters is located, in three days.

They had plenty of time; they could easily go and explore the city first, experiencing its unique charm.

Arriving at the agreed-upon location with Zhuang Shang.

Zhuang Shang was already waiting there, but to Zhuang Jinyao's surprise, there was another person there.

Jiang Ya was also nearby.

Seeing Zhuang Jinyao approach, Jiang Ya's eyes lit up, and her gaze almost instantly locked onto Lu Sheng as she waved and drew closer.

"Hey~ You guys are going to Siwon City too, right? Why don't we go together?"

Players like them, especially those who made it to the later rounds, received tickets to watch the finals from the league.

Upon hearing this, Zhuang Jinyao instantly became alert, like a mother hen protecting her chicks, hugging Lu Sheng even tighter, as if afraid that Jiang Ya would snatch him away.

She asked suspiciously, "Why are you coming with us?"

Zhuang Jinyao became increasingly suspicious that Jiang Ya was after Lu Sheng.

"Isn't this where I met the two of you?"

Seeing that Zhuang Jinyao still looked tense, Jiang Ya had no choice but to tell the truth.

"Okay, that's actually only the first reason. Also, as you saw last time, I come from the Dongling region, and my beasts are all rock-type beasts like Explosion Rock, they're all rock hard."

"I can't resist your fluffy tamed beasts at all. They're so cute and feel so nice to touch. I really love them."

Jiang Ya became more and more excited as she spoke, and couldn't help but walk up to Zhuang Jinyao and plead, "Zhuang Jinyao, please let me hug Xiao Lu too, please."

As she spoke, she stretched out her hand.

Although she sensed genuine affection from Jiang Ya, Zhuang Jinyao still didn't believe it. There was no other reason than disbelief.

"no."

Zhuang Jinyao turned to the side and refused without hesitation.

"Xiao Shang, let's go."

With that, Zhuang Jinyao walked past Jiang Ya and took the lead in walking forward.

Zhuang Shangchao nodded slightly to Jiang Ya and quickly followed.

"Wait, wait for me! How about I trade you some explosive rocks for a bit?" Jiang Ya chased after them relentlessly.

Zhuang Jinyao walked even faster, whispering in Lu Sheng's ear with concern.

"That Jiang Ya doesn't seem like a good person. She might be just like Shen Feifei. Lu Sheng, you absolutely mustn't be fooled by her sweet talk..."

Lu Sheng nodded in agreement and peeked at Jiang Ya, who had caught up with them.

Let him see just how evil Jiang Ya is... ugh, how evil she really is...

In the end, Zhuang Jinyao couldn't resist Jiang Ya's persistence and summoned Fatty Tiger so that Jiang Ya could have a good pat on the head.

They were traveling on flying beasts arranged by the Alliance, so there was nothing to worry about.

Moreover, while she said that, Jiang Ya's information is actually quite clear: she is the daughter of a high-ranking dojo master in the Dongling area, and it's unlikely that she has the same problems as Shen Feifei.

Zhuang Jinyao wasn't worried that Jiang Ya was a bad person, but she was worried that Jiang Ya would deceive Lu Sheng away.

……

Siwon City.

This is one of the world's oldest cities, and it still retains the ancient city walls that people used to defend against the mischief of mythical beasts.

Although much has been modernized, many places still retain traces of their past history.

On the wide avenue.

Before the competition started, Zhuang Jinyao and Zhuang Shang rode Xiong Er and Xiong Da, respectively, around the streets.

This was Xiong Er's own request; carrying the big guy around the streets was a form of exercise.

When Xiong Da found out, he refused to admit defeat and insisted on carrying Zhuang Shang on his back as well.

As time went on, it lost more and more times, but it was still not convinced and was working hard to catch up, determined to reclaim the dignity that belonged to its elder brother.

Of course, there was also Jiang Ya, who shamelessly followed along and happily rolled around on Xiong Er's back, making the Explosive Rock nearby almost explode on the spot.

It took Jiang Ya a while to calm her down.

"Phew~ I'll have to be a little sneakier next time, but pandas are so cute, I really want to have one too."

Jiang Ya finally managed to persuade the Explosive Rock to return to the Beast Taming Space, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Jiang Ya sat on Xiong Er's neck and angrily rubbed Xiong Er's head.

Xiong Er cooperated well after eating the bamboo shoots fed to him by Jiang Ya.

Zhuang Jinyao, who was behind her, secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Jiang Ya's attention was now drawn to Xiong Er, so there was no need to worry about Lu Sheng being deceived.

"Hey, Lu Sheng, don't stand on my shoulder. Xiong Er's back is so broad, why don't you stand on it?"

Zhuang Jinyao took Lu Sheng off her shoulder and put him on Xiong Er's back.

For some reason, Xiong Er suddenly shivered and felt a chill inexplicably.

It must be my imagination.

Walking along the road, the two bears stopped at a red light.

The roadside was too narrow, so they were using the motorized beast lane.

Xiong Er refused to miss any opportunity to train, even while waiting at a red light.

"Aww~"

Xiong Er immediately started doing push-ups on the spot, one, two, three...

Seeing this, Xiong Er followed suit, neither willing to concede to the other.

The two bears just stared at each other, doing push-ups on the road as if no one else was around, getting faster and faster, attracting a crowd of onlookers.

Passersby took out their phones and even helped count, "...15...16...17...45..."

"The brown-and-white giant panda only uses one finger, that's amazing..."

"Go, black and white panda! You're the best..."

There were even people in the crowd cheering for Xiong Da and Xiong Er. Even the people waiting behind stopped in a hurry and started to peek and cheer loudly, not caring about the excitement at all.

Zhuang Jinyao's face turned slightly red, and she covered her face with her hands, too ashamed to look.

The farce ended when the traffic police from the alliance arrived. As expected, Zhuang Jinyao and Zhuang Shang received two tickets and were also given a lecture.

"Bear Two, you're not allowed to do push-ups in the street next time..."

After the traffic police left, Zhuang Jinyao gave Xiong Er some more instructions, but suddenly stopped halfway through her sentence and stared straight to one side.