Beast Taming Begins with Inheriting a Legacy.

Chapter 61 Mutation

After confirming his identity, the man put away his phone, his voice laced with a hint of laziness: "It's too early to call me senior now. You can call me that when you get into Shanghai University."

"Then... Uncle?" Gu Ling called out hesitantly.

The man reacted like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, instantly bristling: "What do you mean, 'older man'?! I'm only 28! 28! That's practically 20!"

Um... is this how you use rounding up?

Gu Ling couldn't help but raise the bar and say, "Oh, I'm 16 years old, a minor high school student."

They're 12 years apart, so it's perfectly reasonable for her to call him "uncle," right?

However, considering that the man might be there to save her life, Gu Ling didn't reveal her true feelings.

Upon hearing this, the man curled his lip: "Hmph, as if everyone's been 16 before!"

Kids these days are so unlovable; they're bullying him because he's old!

Seeing that the other person seemed quite bothered by the question, Gu Ling had no choice but to concede and instead asked, "So, Senior Ye, what's your full name?"

They won't let me call them "senior" or "uncle."

Surely you can just call me by my name?

"Um... then just call me senior."

Thinking that there were many people around and he didn't want to reveal his identity, Ye Wuyan regained his composure and leaned back in his chair: "I'll just take a loss and temporarily lower my seniority."

This wasn't a good place to start a conversation, so the two added each other on WeChat face-to-face and then communicated directly by typing on WeChat.

More concerned about the two pet poachers than Ye Wuyan's name was Gu Ling: "Senior Ye, what should we do now? I just sent photos of those two to Teacher Zhou, and she confirmed that they are the pet poachers who stole the pet eggs."

Ye Wuyan: [Let's wait until we get to the next stop.]

Ye Wuyan: [Even if we're going to arrest someone, we have to wait for the train to stop. Otherwise, if this high-speed train gets caught in the crossfire of the pets' fight, we'll both be dead.]

Gu Ling looked up at the person opposite her.

This senior student typed "die," but didn't show a trace of fear on his face.

Gu Ling had mixed feelings.

Is this Senior Ye reliable or not?

But then I thought, since it was introduced by Teacher Zhou, it should probably be reliable, right?

"Bang!"

Suddenly, a beam of light shot from a distance, instantly destroying an overpass near the high-speed train!

Gravel flew everywhere! Dust billowed!

In the distance, a dark shadow seemed to be hurtling towards the high-speed train!

The passengers inside the car noticed this and looked out the window.

"What is that...?"

"What's that black dot in the sky, and it's getting closer?!"

"Mommy, what a huge dragon..."

"..."

Gu Ling and Xian Jiu simultaneously peered out the window, watching a shadow rapidly approaching in the distant sky.

The shadow drew closer and closer, gradually becoming clearer.

Its enormous wings, like a blood moon, seemed to blot out the sky. The black scales covering its entire body formed a cold and hard suit of armor, and its strong and powerful dragon claws exuded a chilling aura.

Its blood-red dragon eyes stood upright, exuding a chilling killing intent; a single glance from afar was enough to send shivers down one's spine.

"It's a Wyvern, the second evolution of a Blastoise. It can't be..." Gu Ling suddenly realized something and turned to look at Ye Wuyan.

Amidst the panicked cries of the surrounding passengers, Ye Wuyan across from him casually whistled, "Oh ho~ the child's mother is here."

Gu Ling turned her head and looked at it carefully several more times, but she couldn't see anything different.

When Gu Ling was researching information about the Longfeng Cave Nature Reserve, she saw pictures of the Viper Blade Wyvern. These pets of the same species all looked like they were carved from the same template from a distance.

"Senior Ye, is she the mother of those pet beast eggs?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Wuyan pondered for two seconds before speaking with a serious expression: "It could also be my father, or my grandparents."

Gu Ling: "..."

Ye Wuyan began to explain to Gu Ling: "Some dragon-type pets with high racial aptitude can sense the whereabouts of their offspring through the pull of their direct bloodline. The stronger the bloodline, the stronger the sensing ability. This Tyrannosaurus Rex probably flew out of the protected area after its pet egg was stolen and tracked it all the way here. It attacked the train after sensing the pet egg."

"This is one of the reasons why the dragon-type pet eggs in the Longfeng Cave Nature Reserve are so difficult to steal."

"Because few pet poachers dare to face the relentless pursuit of lord-level... or even monarch-level pets."

Gu Ling blinked.

Is that true?

"Didn't you teach this in your high school curriculum?"

Ye Wuyan had a matter-of-fact expression on his face, but halfway through his sentence, he suddenly realized something and quietly changed his words: "Hmm... this seems to be a university course, it's normal that you don't know it..."

"Forget about parents, if we don't stop it now, everyone on the bus will be in danger."

Gu Ling, who was a little out of sync with Ye Wuyan's train of thought, thought, "..." I haven't said anything yet.

Ye Wuyan stood up and looked around, asking, "Where can I open the windows and doors on this car again?"

Gu Ling pointed a finger at the hammer on the wall: "Senior Ye, that's fine." Just smash the window.

"Wow, that's way too violent..."

Ye Wuyan shook his head repeatedly, then earnestly lectured Gu Ling: "Besides, how much money do you have to pay for breaking this window? You'd have to work a lot of temporary jobs to earn enough..."

At this moment, the closer one gets to the high-speed train, the stronger the sensory force within the bloodline of the Wyvern becomes. This discovery makes the Wyvern both excited and furious.

Enraged, the Wyvern roared to the sky!

"roar--"

Like the wrath of the Thunder God! The end times have arrived!

boom! boom! boom!

All the windows on the high-speed train were shattered by the sound waves.

Fortunately, the special glass of the high-speed train blocked most of the sound wave attack, and the passengers inside were in relatively good condition, except for some ringing in their ears and cuts from the glass.

Gu Ling was also covering her ears, her face contorted in pain, but she still couldn't get rid of the ringing in her ears.

"Mwah~" Xian Jiu looked at Gu Ling with worry in her eyes.

"If the Wyvern unleashes its Dragon Sonic Wave again, about a third of the people on this bus will have to wear hearing aids from now on."

Ye Wuyan's expression changed slightly. He took a few steps to the nearest window with broken glass, then stretched out his right hand, pointing one finger outwards in a shrill manner.

A summoning circle the size of an egg condensed from his fingertip, and then with a "whoosh," it flew towards the direction of the Wyvern.

In mid-air, the summoning circle, glowing with a faint blue light, continued to expand!

The surrounding air seemed to condense into tiny ice crystals, and a snowbird, its entire body ice-white and crystal clear, flew out from the summoning circle.

A snowbird let out a soft cry, its ethereal and melodious voice echoing throughout the land.

Under the blazing sun, snowflakes actually condensed in the air and fell to the ground.

The Wyvern, which was in a state of rage, gradually dimmed the luster of its blood-red dragon eyes, and looked at the suddenly appearing snowbird with a wary and cautious gaze.

After the snowbirds appeared, the passengers on the bus who had been covering their ears suddenly felt a refreshing coolness that greatly relieved the pain in their ears.

At this moment, Gu Ling removed her hands from her ears and stared intently at the gradually dissipating blue summoning circle: "Blue...this is a six-star summoning circle..."

In the sky, the two pet beasts gradually began to fight.

The pet summoned by Ye Wuyan has attracted the attention of the Wyvern and is gradually leading it away from the high-speed train.

"Please note that this train will make an emergency stop at the next station, Henghu, in two minutes. Passengers, please remain calm and return to your seats..."

The announcement came over the loudspeaker that passengers would be able to get off in two minutes, and they quickly grabbed their luggage, ready to disembark at any moment.

"The Wyvern outside is temporarily held back. We'll be at the next stop in two minutes. Once we arrive, the crew will definitely evacuate all the passengers. I'll go and catch those two pet poachers."

Ye Wuyan turned to Gu Ling and said, "Little classmate, I'm giving you a task now. When the battle starts, keep an eye on where those dragon-type pet eggs go. Don't be fooled by their loss; they're worth a 50 yuan bounty. Whether you can get them or not depends on you."

"Okay." Gu Ling nodded, then sent Ye Wuyan photos of the two pet poachers and told him the location of their carriage.

In that life-or-death moment, the passengers on the bus were terrified and felt that the short two minutes were incredibly long and agonizing.

Fortunately, Salamence was constantly restrained by Frostbird, which has the Ice type, making it doubly effective against Salamence's Flying and Dragon types.

"Attention passengers, we have arrived at Henghu Station. Please disembark in an orderly manner..."

Two minutes later, the bullet train stopped at Henghu Station. As soon as the doors opened, the passengers rushed off the train, looking relieved to have survived.

The staff at Henghu Station had received advance notice and had already evacuated the passengers who were waiting inside the station, and had also reported the incident to the police.

Gu Ling followed the flow of people into Henghu Station. Unlike the other passengers who continued to evacuate the station, Gu Ling stood in a corner with Xian Jiu in her arms, searching among the passengers.

When Gu Ling saw the two pet poachers and Ye Wuyan following behind them, she calmed down.

"Wait..." Gu Ling's expression changed slightly.

Neither of them brought the pet egg with them.

Fifteen pet eggs, even if packed in an inconspicuous duffel bag and carried in large and small bags, are still quite conspicuous.

However, the two were traveling light, and the two large duffel bags containing the pet eggs had disappeared.

"They didn't take it... so they hid it, or gave it to someone else... Could it be that security guard?" So, Gu Ling and Xian Jiu immediately started looking for security personnel in uniform.

……

Ye Wuyan followed the two pet poachers out of Henghu Station and arrived at an open-air parking lot. Because the station had evacuated the crowd in advance, there were not many people around.

"Feed~"

Ye Wuyan, no longer wanting to play dumb with the two in front of him, simply asked directly, "Where are you two headed? How about we go to the Pet Beast Alliance Trial Prison for a cup of tea?"

Ye Wuyan directly exposed their act, and the two, who had already realized they were being followed, simply stopped pretending and turned to look at Ye Wuyan.

The scorpion-tailed man's voice was sinister: "That lord-level Frostbird is your pet?"

Ye Wuyan nodded: "You guessed right. I'll reward each of you with a lifetime prison residency."

"Arrogant!" the bald man roared in fury.

Without further ado, the two pet poachers raised their hands and conjured a summoning array.

As the three summoning arrays lit up, three pets of different shapes emerged from them.

Fighting-type Savage Ape Monster.

Poisonous Bone-Eating Ant King.

Electric-type Big Mouth Bat.

Upon seeing the lineup of three pet beasts, Ye Wuyan was somewhat surprised: "Two lord-level and one warrior-level, that's it? It's weaker than I expected."

"Go! Take him down!"

Upon receiving the command, the three pet beasts swiftly attacked Ye Wuyan's direction.

"Let's finish this quickly, we still have other things to do."

Ye Wuyan raised his right hand and gently tapped the front with his fingertips.

A summoning array opened instantly.

"boom--"

A burst of scorching magma erupted from the summoning circle, instantly causing the surrounding temperature to rise sharply, and water molecules in the air to evaporate into wisps of steam.

Amidst the raging flames, a crimson figure streaked across the sky like a shooting star, delivering a punch to the monstrous ape that had no time to react.

The ape monster was blasted away dozens of meters away!

boom!

The wall surrounding the parking lot was smashed open by the ape monster, leaving it completely collapsed on the ground, too weak to even struggle to its feet.

As the firelight faded, the crimson figure gradually became clearer.

The two bald men's expressions changed drastically!

"A Monarch-level Flamefall Monkey?!"

"..."

……

Inside the station, a man in a security uniform pushed a small cart and stopped at the entrance of the freight elevator.

Two cardboard boxes were pushed on the trolley, tightly sealed, with no obvious markings on the outside.

After the elevator doors opened, the man pushed the trolley inside, and then the elevator doors slowly closed.

As the elevator doors closed completely, a figure emerged from the corner of the wall.

Gu Ling glanced at the floor numbers next to the elevator, which were steadily decreasing. When the elevator reached the second floor, Gu Ling immediately got up, ran quickly to the balcony, and jumped off the balcony with Xian Jiu in her arms.

"Use telekinesis!"

Just as Gu Ling was about to land, Xian Jiu used her telekinesis on Gu Ling, causing the two of them to hover for a moment less than half a meter above the ground before falling down.

As Gu Ling stood up, she rubbed her sore bottom and continued searching for the security guard pushing the cart.

When Gu Ling found the security guard again, he was taking apart the wooden crate on the trolley, taking out two duffel bags containing pet eggs, and then putting them into a black van parked on the side of the road.

"Xian Jiu, sense how many people and pets are in the vehicle." Gu Ling didn't make any rash moves and looked down at Xian Jiu.

This is a unique racial talent of psychic-type pets, which allows them to determine the number and location of other creatures by observing the different mental fluctuations they release.

Xian Jiu closed her cat-like eyes and sensed for several seconds before opening them: "Meow~" There are two two-legged creatures over there~

One security guard and one driver.

The presence of the pet was not detected.

Gu Ling's eyes brightened slightly: "Teacher Zhou once said that beast tamers are the primary targets..."

Just wanted to mention that splitting chapters is really disrupting my train of thought, and I also have to come up with multiple titles. I'm planning to combine them into one chapter. The update frequency won't be less after combining them; I'll still consistently update 4000-6000 words per day.

(End of this chapter)