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

The assessment on the top floor is indeed different.

Qin Ming looked around and saw that the vast space was empty except for him and the soft ball of light hanging in the center.

He came to the bright spot, and the moment he stepped on it, the platform automatically recognized the access token hanging on his waist. A light curtain fell from above, enveloping his entire body.

A low, resonant notification sounded, and the surrounding light screen began to change, displaying text.

"On your adventure, you have entered a mysterious realm with an xx attribute, where you have encountered danger and need to utilize resources on the spot to overcome the predicament. Please select your attribute."

Context selection?

Qin Ming stroked his chin.

Generally speaking, you should choose what you are good at, as this is both what you need and the option with the highest success rate.

The so-called solution to a dilemma is whether one's understanding of formations can be adapted flexibly.

But since the attributes are selectable...

Qin Ming's gaze fell on the options that could be scrolled down, his finger hovering in the air, his heart suddenly racing.

He started scrolling down frantically.

Metal, wood, water, fire, earth; wind, thunder, light, darkness, ice—one after another, they swept past before my eyes.

He didn't even glance at the previous attributes, scrolling straight to the bottom.

As expected, among the increasingly rare attributes, the final one is—time!

Qin Ming's eyes lit up!

Resources with time attributes!?

Why would you need a bicycle? It's a time-related item; even if you fail the assessment, taking this resource back is still a profit.

Without hesitation, he clicked frantically.

A notification popped up on the screen—

"The resources provided for this assessment are valuable. If you pass, they will be given to you free of charge; if you fail, you will need to pay the difference."

Qin Ming paused for a moment. He continued to open the details page.

Points can be used to offset the shortfall, using all of his current points to make up for the difference, or he can use the same resources to make up for it.

There's definitely no chance of getting the same resources, but points... it's worth it to try your luck after eating dirt for a few weeks, right?

And he won't be starving; Little Fatty must have some savings!

With his heart racing and his blood boiling, Qin Ming no longer hesitated. This was it!

He slammed the confirmation button, his heart pounding like a gambler's.

Where Qin Ming couldn't see, the two proctors were observing.

The observation room on the top floor is located at the highest point of the array tower. One entire wall is transparent, offering a panoramic view of the entire examination hall. Two elderly men sit in large armchairs, with a psionic screen in front of them displaying everything inside the examination hall in real time.

The speaker was none other than Xian Lao, the proctor from Qin Ming's previous exam, and also the culprit behind the change of exam venue downstairs.

He sat with his legs crossed, holding a cup of tea, looking smug as if he had brought a treasure with him.

"Old Zhen, this kid just created a high-level formation with both light and dark attributes!"

He took a sip of tea, smacked his lips, and said, "Let me tell you, when that formation was set up, the entire examination hall was constantly shifting between light and darkness. Truly, these young people are formidable!"

Elder Zhen sat upright in another chair, his back ramrod straight. Hearing this, he nodded slightly: "Then I'll have to look forward to it. Creating dual attributes of light and darkness is certainly bold. I wonder which attribute he's best at?"

The two old men stroked their long beards, smiled at each other, and simultaneously turned their gazes to the psionic screen, waiting to see Qin Ming's choice.

The next second, the smile froze.

"……time?"

The old man's smile froze on his face, his teacup hanging in mid-air, forgotten to be put down.

Old Zhen's expression wasn't much better; his hand, which was stroking his beard, froze halfway, as if he had been acupunctured.

"He's good at this!?"

Old Xian stared wide-eyed at the large word "Time" on the screen, wondering if his eyesight was failing.

The two old men looked at each other in bewilderment.

While suspecting the other party had made a mistake, they also noticed Qin Ming's serious expression.

The child stared at the screen, his brows slightly furrowed, his lips tightly pressed together, looking deep in thought, not like someone who was there to cause trouble.

With Lao Xian's praise already in place, Elder Zhen dared not draw a conclusion hastily. He pondered for a moment, then lowered his voice and asked, "Are you sure he has that ability?"

"I'm sure of nothing!" Old Xian slammed his teacup on the table, his mustache bristling. "I just saw him downstairs! He's certainly got some skills when it comes to light and dark arrays, but time attributes... how can those be the same?"

Old Zhen fell silent.

However, if there are awakened individuals with this attribute, it is impossible for them, the top circles in the education field, not to know about it!

Spirit beasts with time attributes, formations with time attributes, and anything else with time attributes are extremely rare.

Every appearance of his causes a sensation within the circle. Was he so engrossed in his research recently that he was unaware of the changes that had taken place in the outside world?

Old Xian's lips twitched, as if he had suddenly realized something: "...I bet this slippery kid's gotten carried away and has no idea how difficult this is. He's probably going to fail!"

The more he thought about it, the more sense it made.

That kid just chose the rare attribute downstairs, and it actually worked! Now he's in high spirits, and when he saw that there was a time attribute to choose from, he impulsively clicked on it.

"Oh, what a waste of my time taking leave downstairs to come up and watch the show!" Old Xian leaned back in his chair, his face full of disappointment.

"Watching the show?" Old Zhen glanced sideways and grasped the key point.

Realizing he had let something slip, the old man coughed twice and looked away.

Qin Ming is still making a choice.

After he filled in the attributes, the text on the screen changed.

"You sensed the flow of energy ahead, went to investigate, and discovered—"

The next part is a blank input box.

Even if you know that a certain type of resource is abundant in a secret realm, it doesn't mean you'll definitely find it just by going there.

The assessment was designed with this in mind, requiring participants to infer possible resources based on the environmental characteristics of the secret realm and to propose a reasonable collection plan.

But since it was a fill-in-the-blank exercise... Qin Ming started filling it in frantically.

He filled in all the time-related resources he knew.

Sands of time, dews of years, leaves of eternity, fragments of time, crystallizations of seasons, petals of reincarnation...

Each item is followed by precautions for collecting it, information on possible protective spirit beasts, and solutions.

After all, it wasn't said there would only be one type. What if there are byproducts? What if this secret realm produces several types at the same time?

If you fill in too little, they won't give it to you, and then you'll lose out.

He wrote more and more smoothly and effortlessly.

He had always been attentive to time-related resources and had accumulated a lot of them, but he never expected them to come in handy today.

"What's going on? Why hasn't it gotten better yet?" After a long wait, Xian Lao was puzzled.

He thought Qin Ming would start the assessment soon, but the kid spent almost an incense stick's time just filling out the forms.

Elder Zhen stared at the psionic screen, then suddenly realized something, his expression changing slightly: "He wouldn't be planning to write down all the time-related resources, would he?"

The moment the words left his mouth, the psionic screen flashed.

A light shone, and the token vibrated.

Elder Zhen took out the token and looked at it—

"Due to the overwhelming number of responses, this will be transferred to a human operator. Please respond as soon as possible."

Elder Zhen: "..."

Old Xian paused for a second, then burst into laughter, doubled over with mirth: "Pfft! Hahahaha!"

He patted the handrail, laughing until tears streamed down his face: "Overloaded with questions! This is the first time I've ever seen an overloaded exam in all my years of proctoring!"

Zhen's face darkened: "Stop laughing!"

"Hahahaha—"

"Stop laughing!" Old Zhen slammed his hand on the table, making the teacup jump. "Everyone gets a share! Come on, the kids are waiting!"

The old man's laughter stopped abruptly.