bookandnovel Chapter 2: Pre-ordered Pet: Ground Mushroom
Chapter 2: Pre-ordered Pet: Ground Mushroom
Five seconds of rapid brain activity.
Lin Yi finally understood the role of this "unscientific evolutionary construction".
"Combined with the 'Beast Taming Evolution Theory' of this world, it is not difficult to understand that the so-called evolution construction is the multiple evolutionary routes that beast tamers organize for the research, development and planning of beast pets."
"For example, Puji has its own evolutionary structure, which is based on the different species of the pet and sets up a corresponding evolutionary direction."
"There are patterns to follow. For example, a mushroom cannot evolve into a [Tyrannosaurus Rex]. Evolutionary construction cannot proceed in that direction, otherwise it will only backfire."
Raising a pet involves feeding it, but what truly influences its growth trajectory is the evolutionary path, or growth blueprint, constructed by the tamer.
Only when this framework is instilled into the pet's understanding will it subconsciously explore along the blueprint, thus evolving infinitely and awakening its own species' skills.
Lin Yi's unscientific evolutionary construction... is a bit unscientific.
In short, he's cheating. He can plan the evolution blueprint for his pets and build evolution models and directions. This is an ability that every beast tamer has, and it's nothing special.
What's truly unscientific is that Lin Yi's evolutionary framework and blueprint are not limited by species.
"In other words, I can construct the evolutionary history of a pet across species, creating the evolutionary path I want, and thus obtaining the evolutionary result?"
"If my pet is a Puji, and I establish an evolutionary path for it, instilling in it the understanding that it belongs to another species, will its evolutionary path follow that setting?"
"For example, if I lied to it and said it wasn't a puji, but actually a dragon, wouldn't it evolve according to this pre-designed model and eventually actually evolve into a dragon?"
Logically speaking, that's how it should be; this is the information Lin Yi deciphered.
However, there are limitations to this kind of cross-species construction.
1. The initial stage of evolution and construction cannot be too outrageous. A Puji is a Puji and cannot directly transform into a dragon.
2. Beastmasters can only construct evolution blueprints, that is, the direction of evolution, and cannot interfere with the evolution results of their pets.
3. Evolution includes constructing an evolutionary direction and awakening pseudo-native skills (fake, all fake, not actually native skills). However, since species cognition is fictional, pseudo-native skills can only be taught by beast tamers and cannot be actively awakened.
4. The method of awakening pseudo-native skills is the copying and indoctrination mode. All the skills of the beast pet that the beast tamer comes into contact with can be copied and indoctrinated to the beast pet, thus making it indistinguishable from the real thing.
5. A single pet can only have a maximum of ten evolutionary paths at the same time, but pseudo-species skills are unlimited. As long as the pet recognizes that it is a cross-species existence, the skills can be stacked infinitely.
6,……
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The restrictions seem numerous.
However, Lin Yi's heart was already churning. The ability to evolve across species, to replicate, instill, and teach pseudo-native skills—wasn't this the direction of beast taming evolution that the whole world was exploring but couldn't find?
The Department of Spirit Plant Cultivation and Research, to which he belongs, mainly focuses on the cross-species evolution of spirit plant-type pets, trying to find new evolutionary directions for spirit plant-type pets and striving to move closer to combat-type pets.
This century-old problem has actually been solved long ago, but due to the difficulty of cross-species evolution, not many evolutionary methods have been found so far, although there have been quite a few cases.
Is this century-old problem about to be so easily and completely solved by ourselves?
Suppressing his inner excitement, Lin Yi knew he needed to stay calm at this moment.
Everyone understands the principle of not flaunting wealth, otherwise the consequences will be severe, and being caught cheating will only make things worse.
"Pseudo-native-race skills, those are not easy to obtain."
So-called pseudo-native skills are actually racial skills of different races, most of which are researched, discovered, and taught by beast tamers.
The beast taming industry in this world has developed to the point that beast pets of the same species have at least eight hundred, if not a thousand, racial skills.
These racial skills are often presented by Beastmasters in the form of papers, which contain a complete system of skill indoctrination methods, teaching methods, execution process, enhancement paths, etc. As long as the Beastmaster's talent is not too bad and their basic knowledge is solid enough, they can use them almost immediately.
Lin Yi's advantage lies in the fact that if he can obtain those papers on native skills, then teaching pseudo-native skills will not be difficult.
He doesn't need to understand those complex and obscure reasoning theories and research and teaching processes. He only needs to read it once and memorize it to complete the copy. He can then present and instill it into his pet in the most perfect understanding mode.
"This is not education; it's just copying other people's research findings."
"However, it doesn't require much brainpower, which suits me quite well."
Lin Yi was never the type of person who liked to use his brain.
The reason why pseudo-native skills are not easy to obtain is quite simple.
If you want the results of someone else's research, you have to pay money, and the price is not cheap.
As far as Lin Yi knew, even the worst skills of a spirit plant-type beast pet, even the worst ones, cost tens of thousands of Yuanzi, and it also depended on whether the beast tamer was willing to sell them.
After checking his phone balance, Lin Yi remained clear-headed and wasn't overwhelmed by the arrival of the cheat system.
"Thinking about these things now is too far away for me."
"The most urgent task is to first contract a beast pet of my own..."
As a spirit plant-type beast tamer, he can only contract spirit plant-type beast pets, a fact that his cheat ability cannot change.
Thinking to myself.
Lin Yi turned his gaze to the spiritual plant cultivation base.
"The spirit plant-type beast pets in the cultivation base are still in their infancy, having only undergone first-level evolution."
"Contracting a beast pet requires nurturing it to its second-level form, which is not worth the effort. My already meager wallet can't afford such a hassle."
"Even with a contracted level two beast pet, and even with the school's subsidies... my savings don't seem to be enough."
"Even the cheapest level 2 spirit plant type pet costs at least 50,000 to 60,000."
"Once you have a pet, you'll need to keep up with the evolution fluids you need in the early stages, which is a huge investment. I'd conservatively estimate it at 70,000 to 80,000, and that's just the initial investment."
With all his savings from his previous life, he only had a little over 36,000 yuan in his pocket.
Far from enough.
But this is no challenge for a qualified time traveler.
"As long as we don't lose heart, there are always more solutions than problems."
"Beast Taming Loans: Absolutely not to be touched."
These things are silent as soon as you touch them.
Fortunately, he also knew a helpful senior student...
However, Lin Yi was not in a hurry. He had always been a dutiful and responsible worker, and doing his job well was the way of life.
By the time all the spirit plants and pets had been fed, it was already noon.
Lin Yi specially prepared an extra meal for himself as a way of celebrating the awakening of his cheat ability.
"Auntie, one serving of sweet and sour pork ribs, the usual, no bones."
"Add a side of hot and sour shredded potatoes."
"Pair it with a bowl of steaming hot and fragrant rice, and two soft and delicate steamed buns that are bouncy and firm when you squeeze them."
This was Lin Yi's lunch today. He ate with gusto, his mouth greasy, while Lao Bai, who was only eating hot and sour shredded potatoes, kept swallowing hard.
When leaving the cafeteria.
The two unexpectedly ran into their homeroom teacher, Tang Xinyi, whom they had met three times in the past six months.
"Hey? Excuse me, what's your name again?"
Tang Xinyi sized up Lin Yi.
She vaguely remembered the young man in front of her.
handsome.
But they were very poor.
His talent for beast taming was also extremely average.
But I just can't remember the other person's name.
It seems he's working part-time at the spiritual plant cultivation base?
"Teacher, my name is Lin Yi, Lin as in Black Forest, and Yi as in peaceful and comfortable."
Lin Yi gave a forced smile.
I've been enrolled for half a year now, teacher, can't you be a little more polite?
"Oh right, Lin Yi."
Tang Xinyi suddenly realized, a hint of embarrassment on her face: "Lin Yi, have you contracted a beast pet yet?"
"I'm planning to contract one," Lin Yi said with a smile.
Tang Xinyi pushed up her glasses as she listened to the voice: "Get the contract signed as soon as possible. We can't delay any longer. You're the only one in our class without a contract. We can't fall too far behind."
Old Bai: "Teacher, I haven't signed a contract yet either."
Tang Xinyi: "Oh right, and this student with dark skin, I'm sorry, I didn't really notice you just now."
Lao Bai: Teacher, thank you.
Tang Xinyi continued looking at Lin Yi: "Lin Yi, what kind of beast pet are you planning to contract?"
"I haven't decided yet," Lin Yi replied.
Although he said he hadn't decided yet, he already had the answer in his heart: it had to be the ground mushroom.
I want to emphasize here that my choice of free-range mushrooms is not because they are the cheapest and easiest to grow, but because I am quite familiar with this type of spiritual plant pet.
Moreover, I already have an astonishing evolutionary framework in my mind.
"It's alright, but we do need to think about it carefully. The choice of spirit plant-type pets is related to your future, so we can't be too casual about it."
After giving them a few words of advice, Tang Xinyi said goodbye to the two of them: "Keep it up, I have high hopes for you. If you need anything, just contact me. I'll do my best to help you."
"Once you've chosen the type of beast you want to contract, come to the teacher's office to complete the school subsidy procedures. It can be quite a substantial subsidy."
"Okay, thank you, teacher. Goodbye, teacher."
The two said goodbye to Tang Xinyi.
Looking at the energetic Teacher Tang, Lao Bai exclaimed with admiration, "Teacher Tang is such a kind person..."
Lin Yi: ? ? ?
"How so?"
"It's so beautiful."
Hmm... You win. If you like it, then watch it more.
"Lin Yi, don't be fooled by the fact that Teacher Tang is our homeroom teacher. She's actually not much older than us, and she's practically our senior. She just graduated from our school not long ago, and this is her first time teaching the Beast Taming class."
Old Bai's eyes lit up: "It's said that Teacher Tang's beast-taming mentor is also the leader of our Spirit Plant Cultivation and Research Department. Outstanding people are outstanding wherever they go."
Upon hearing this, Lin Yi's eyes immediately cleared: "You mean, her mentor is the head of the Spirit Plant Cultivation Research Department? That's a powerful connection?"
……
Farewell, Bai Deheng.
Lin Yi returned to his dormitory and, after a hearty meal and drinks, began to think about his senior.
He took the initiative to contact the other party.
Lin Yi had heard about the senior's family background; it was clean and worth getting to know better.
It is said that her family is in the business of breeding pets. They have more than a dozen of their own pet breeding bases in Tiannan Province, which are hundreds of times larger than those of Tiannan University.
Perhaps influenced by her parents, the senior student also opened a pet specialty store at Tiannan University, and the business is booming.
"Although Tiannan University also has its own pet breeding base, it is generally only used for research and is not involved in buying and selling."
Therefore, Lin Yi contacted this senior student with the intention of buying a free-range mushroom from her.
Unfortunately, the senior was not at school, so the two could only agree to meet in the grove on Saturday.
My senior's pet store is located in a small grove of trees, which is naturally beneficial for pets.
Having finalized the order for the ground mushroom, Lin Yi began designing the evolution path and appearance of his future pet. He casually picked up an A4 sheet of paper and started writing and drawing on it.
Soon... a preliminary evolutionary framework emerged on the paper. Below the densely packed small characters was an image of a troop of mushrooms wearing a cape, carrying mushroom swords on its back, and standing on a mountaintop with short legs.
Looking at his masterpiece, Lin Yi was very satisfied.
The day when the universally acknowledged weakest ground-shroom reigns supreme will surely be a sensation, right?
The beast tamer behind him will surely become a legendary figure.
But soon.
Lin Yi's fantasy was immediately dashed.
The next morning.
Inside Tang Xinyi's private office.
She looked at the boy who came to process the school subsidy application with a face full of question marks, and even some incomprehension.
"Lin Yi, are you sure you're not joking with me?"
"The beast you want to contract... is it... a mushroom?"
Tang Xinyi's beautiful eyes were filled with the look that seemed to say, "Are you kidding me?"