Beast Taming: Starting from Transmigration and Starting with a Cheat Code

The spirit beasts under his command devoted themselves to training, while Qin Ming, in addition to studying formations, would often go out for walks.

After all, the consumption of cultivation resources is increasing day by day, while the recent sources of income are somewhat tight.

Although relying on Little Fatty to sell fish and shrimp would be enough to cover expenses, this idea itself is not feasible and can only remain a hypothetical scenario.

Fortunately, Qin Ming never stopped participating in the academy's "Creation Spirit" research project, which provided him with a stable and considerable source of income.

Meeting Xiao Bao here was purely by chance, but Qin Ming owed the project team a favor for ultimately bringing this treasure-hunting mouse out of the laboratory.

As a living sample in an important experimental project, Qin Ming could apply for temporary removal, but to adopt him permanently without a legitimate reason would be almost impossible.

According to the academy's regulations, after an experimental subject transforms into a spirit beast, project team members, especially the first discoverer, do have priority in contracting the beast, but they must submit detailed information such as a complete spirit beast testing report, evolution process record, and training log.

Faced with a rare and precious spirit beast like the Treasure-Seeking Rat, which is a once-in-a-millennium occurrence, Qin Ming naturally dared not report the truth, especially since the existence of the Fire Scale was also involved.

But if he fabricated data to deceive them, he couldn't be sure what the academy's sophisticated testing equipment would say. After all, he didn't yet have the ability to collude with the cold, unfeeling instruments to give a false testimony.

What's even more embarrassing is that when Huo Lin participated in the experiment, he confidently claimed that he could solve the monitoring problem.

Qin Ming agreed without thinking it over, but Huo Lin had done a very thorough job of "solving" the problem—he had completely destroyed all the surveillance equipment in the entire experimental building without anyone noticing, and without triggering any alarm systems.

The project team did not react on the spot, but in the following period they went into full lockdown.

Qin Ming, who entered and exited the laboratory during that period, was the first to face severe questioning.

Logically speaking, given Qin Ming's qualifications at the time, he shouldn't have caused too much of a stir in the project team. However, it just so happened that he successfully evolved Xiao Bao during the period when the monitoring failed.

Even if they didn't know that Xiao Bao's true identity was a treasure-hunting rat, this rare event of an ordinary creature transforming into a spirit was already quite remarkable.

At first, everyone simply praised Qin Ming's youthful talent, but as his performance report became vague, suspicion gradually crept into their eyes, and rumors began to circulate in the shadows.

Later, Qin Ming even suspected that his research privileges were being controlled, because he had to go through extremely strict checks every time he entered or left the laboratory.

Just as Qin Ming was hesitating about whether he should continue with the project, Elder Yan, who had been in seclusion participating in a national-level project, heard about it.

Despite his busy schedule, this highly respected elder personally visited the project team. When he saw Xiao Bao perched on Qin Ming's shoulder, he immediately dismissed everyone around him.

Just as Qin Ming was feeling uneasy and on high alert, the old man simply gazed at the treasure-hunting rat with a deep look for a long time. In the end, he didn't ask any questions, but simply patted Qin Ming's shoulder and encouraged him meaningfully, "Take good care of it."

From then on, all the criticisms vanished.

Qin Ming's privileges were not only fully restored, but he also received an unexpected upgrade, with the entire project team and core database opening their doors to him.

Thanks to this special access, in addition to Xiao Bao, Qin Ming recently discovered another exceptionally talented individual in the project team—a swallowtail butterfly with an entirely black body.

Qin Ming's extensive search plan finally yielded results on his talent panel. The talent indicator showed that the target needed to consume nine kinds of spiritual flower nectar, but progress was at 0.

When Qin Ming first encountered this requirement, he was quite surprised: given the butterfly's innate instinct to collect nectar, why has it been unable to trigger this evolutionary condition so far?

It wasn't until he took care of it himself that he discovered this butterfly was an extremely picky one!

It has a particular fondness for black flowers, and even more surprisingly, it prefers salty nectar!

Honey comes in salty and sweet varieties? That's truly heresy!

This information was something Qin Ming had been staring at the panel for a long time, so it was guaranteed to be true, but he was still speechless about it.

As everyone knows, black is the rarest color in nature, and the Lingwu Continent is no exception. Who can fathom the true needs of a butterfly that shows no interest in even eating?

And before that, even it didn't know what it liked! Translator Keda felt nothing but heartache about this.

Qin Ming, still defying expectations, used project funds to purchase nearly a hundred different kinds of flowers. After repeated trials and errors, he unexpectedly figured out Black Butterfly's true preferences.

If his authority hadn't been elevated, the funds he could mobilize would have been far insufficient to support such a large-scale screening!

Therefore, Qin Ming named this unconventional butterfly "Black Hole".

Although the direction of evolution is clear, it is really difficult to find nine kinds of black salty nectar.

It wasn't until recently, when Tianze Sacred Deer and Cangxuan joined forces to transform the dormitory's ecosystem, that Qin Ming saw hope for artificial cultivation.

"Qin Ming, here to submit another report?" his project team colleagues greeted him familiarly.

Qin Ming's various performances during this period have made him, an ordinary researcher, the focus of everyone's attention in the shortest time, with people constantly watching his every move.

However, the entire warehouse of fresh flowers he had previously purchased not only kept the project team surrounded by bees and butterflies all day long, but also made everyone feel nauseous at the sight of flower cakes.

The auditor forced himself to read through the newly submitted application—thankfully, this time it wasn't about purchasing flowers...wait, an application to bring in live samples?

The format of this report, combined with Qin Ming's previous actions, gives off a strangely familiar feeling.

But hopefully, things won't repeat themselves...

Under the watchful eyes of countless inquiring gazes, the black butterfly, number 1089, gently fluttered its wings in a specially made container, its jet-black wings shimmering with a faint luster under the laboratory lights.

Despite everyone's repeated scrutiny, they still couldn't discern anything special about this seemingly ordinary swallowtail butterfly.

most……

Have you gained a little weight?

Some people adopted a cautious scientific approach, comparing the data with that from the previous few days.

However, all the bees and butterflies in the project team have gained weight recently, so its size increase is not surprising.