Beast Taming: I can evolve indefinitely

Chapter 203 Successful Contract

Seeing Bai Qi's excited expression, Bai Qiucha was exasperated. She pushed the Spirit Orb back and said, "Let's forget it. This isn't suitable for me."

Although he was very interested in contracting another pet, he chose to remain faithful to the Bone Dragon rather than utter such a shameful slogan.

"Ahem, then just throw it out."

Bai Qi scratched his head and said, "Wouldn't shouting a slogan make it seem more imposing?"

Hearing Bai Qi's words, Bai Qiucha reluctantly accepted the Spirit Orb. Looking at the button on the red and white border of the orb, which was covered with runes, she asked, "Is this where I inject my spiritual power?"

Bai Qi nodded and said, "Mental energy can't be stored for long. You'd better wait until you find a ferocious beast you like before injecting it."

Bai Qiucha nodded upon hearing this and tried to inject his spiritual power into it. The runes on the Spirit Control Ball immediately lit up with complex runes, storing his spiritual power inside.

"You actually developed a mechanical device to store mental energy?"

Bai Qiucha looked at Bai Qi in surprise and said, "I've only ever heard of Noble Phantasms having this function. Can mechanical ones do it too?"

Bai Qi shrugged and explained, "Actually, from a certain perspective, treasures are just ancient mechanical systems. The general principles are similar, and with that necklace as a reference, what I'm doing is at most a copy."

Copy? There are so many mechanics, how come I've never seen anyone copy anything?

Bai Qiucha looked at Bai Qi with a wry smile. Sure enough, following Bai Qi always brought some unexpected things. Even if the extra contract that Bai Qi mentioned failed, this mental energy storage device alone was enough to shock people.

Moreover, Bai Qiucha always felt that this Spirit Control Ball that Bai Qi had been messing around with could not possibly succeed.

Fearing another encounter with the ferocious beasts of the Black Python Tribe, Bai Qi and Bai Qiucha deliberately chose to travel in opposite directions. They encountered many ferocious beasts along the way, but Bai Qiucha did not make a move against them.

"Acha, this is just an experiment, why don't we just pick one at random?"

Bai Qi looked helplessly at Bai Qiucha, who was constantly observing the ferocious beasts that appeared on both sides. He used to think that this guy was a bit rigid, but now he realized that this was not rigid at all, but clearly a severe case of indecisiveness.

"No, what if I succeed but it's not something I like? That would be terrible. I have to choose carefully."

Bai Qiucha rejected Bai Qi's suggestion with a serious expression and began selecting items again.

"How about we wait until we get back to headquarters and try it out at Granny Fan's place? After all, this is just a first version, and there are still a lot of things that need to be revised."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Bai Qi heard a thunderous boom from ahead, and an orange Thunder Rat appeared in front of the two of them.

【Name】：Thunder Rat

[Attribute]: Lightning

[Bloodline Level]: Mid-Elite

[Introduction]: As its name suggests, the rat is very small in size but has a very bad temper. It will attack its companions with electricity from time to time. Some beast tamers once suspected that this was the way the Thunder Rat clan showed affection.

"It's him I've decided on!"

Upon seeing the Thunder Rat appear, Bai Qiucha's eyes lit up immediately. She filled the Spirit Ball with her spiritual power and hurled it at the Thunder Rat.

Then, unsurprisingly, it missed.

thunder!!!

Seeing that Bai Qiucha was throwing things at it without any explanation, the Thunder Rat was immediately surrounded by lightning, clearly indicating that it was angry.

"Brother, you should at least have caught it before throwing it away."

Seeing this, Bai Qi sighed helplessly, while Bai Qiucha realized her mistake and immediately entered Bone Armor Mode, dispersing the lightning on the Thunder Rat's body and holding it in her hand.

"Then what do I do?"

Bai Qi paused for a moment, then said, "Just inject your spiritual energy, and then tap the Thunder Rat with the Spirit Orb."

Bai Qiucha did as instructed, picked up the Spirit Orb and gently tapped it on the Thunder Rat. The Spirit Orb immediately opened from the middle, projecting a rune array onto the Thunder Rat.

Thunder! Thunder!

As soon as the rune array covered it, the Thunder Rat instinctively sensed something was wrong and began to struggle desperately. The rune array also shook constantly as the Thunder Rat struggled.

Soon, the spiritual energy within the Spirit Orb was completely exhausted and it closed up, while the rune array also disappeared completely.

"That's it?"

Bai Qiucha looked at the Thunder Rat that was still struggling in front of her, and sensed it again, but found no signs that she had formed a contract with the Thunder Rat.

Upon hearing this, Bai Qi took the Spirit Orb from Bai Qiucha's hand and examined it.

The structure was perfect, and the projected rune array was correct. However, the Thunder Rat resisted too much, causing it to consume too much mental energy and making it unable to sustain itself until the contract was signed.

"As expected, there's a reason why in my past life's games I would beat up the spirit before forming a contract with it."

Bai Qi sighed, looking at the Thunder Rat that was struggling despite being unable to break free, and told Bai Qiucha his thoughts.

"Try again after it's rendered unable to fight?"

Bai Qiucha was stunned for a moment, looking at the Thunder Rat in her hand. A burst of dragon might directly struck the Thunder Rat, causing it to immediately roll its eyes and faint.

Then, Bai Qiucha infused her spiritual energy again and repeated the process as before.

This time, the rune array was firmly imprinted on the Thunder Rat's head, quickly forming a complete contract rune.

At the same time, Bai Qiucha felt a special connection between herself and the Thunder Rat, and could sense some of the Thunder Rat's thoughts, but she could not understand them as clearly as she could with the Skeleton Dragon.

However, it is indeed very similar to what happened after the contract!

"Bai Qi, I think I can really sense the Thunder Rat's consciousness now."

Bai Qiucha was overjoyed and immediately deactivated her bone armor form, carefully checking the Thunder Rat's condition.

Although his talent as a psychic allows him to contract creatures like skeletal dragons across two levels and grants him an incredibly fast level of advancement and overwhelming combat power compared to others of the same level, it would be a lie to say he isn't envious of those who can contract multi-headed beasts.

"It worked?"

Bai Qi's eyes lit up. Acha definitely doesn't have a contract slot, not now and not in the future. If she can still successfully form a contract, does that mean the Spirit Orb has really been successfully researched?

He really is a genius!

"However, it seems that there is only a simple connection between me and Thunder Rat. I cannot control it to do anything else, nor can I sense its state."

Bai Qiucha sensed for a long time, but still couldn't check the Thunder Rat's status as easily as He Gulong, let alone give it orders.

"Ahem... Actually, strictly speaking, Thunder Rat didn't form a contract with you, but with this Spirit Ball."

Bai Qi pointed to the Spirit Control Orb in Bai Qiucha's hand and said, "I placed the core of the talisman array on the Spirit Control Orb. All you did was provide spiritual power."

"As for why you can sense the Thunder Rat's consciousness, it's simply because the mental power driving the rune array is yours."

Bai Qiucha was taken aback upon hearing this, and said, "So, if someone else were to activate this Spirit Orb, the Thunder Rat might listen to him."

"That's not the case."

Bai Qi denied it directly, and Bai Qiucha breathed a sigh of relief. But before he could continue speaking, Bai Qi's next sentence almost made him spit blood.

"Because of concerns about potential problems, the structure of this contract is very simple. Even if you form a contract with Thunder Rat, there is still a chance of it rebelling."

After listening to Bai Qi's words, Bai Qiucha sighed silently and said, "It doesn't matter. I'm already very satisfied to be able to contract another pet beast. With proper training, it will eventually become obedient."

"By the way, are there any other questions?"

Bai Qi tilted his head and thought for a moment, then said, "There probably aren't any more... right?"

Bai Qiucha understood and was about to check on the Thunder Rat's condition when the Thunder Rat suddenly woke up and stared blankly at Bai Qiucha, who seemed to have formed some unknown connection with it, without making a move for a long time.

Seeing this, Bai Qiucha's eyes immediately filled with a doting expression. She carefully placed her hand on the Thunder Rat's head, gently patted it, and said softly, "Little guy, from now on you're my pet!"

thunder?

The Thunder Rat clearly didn't understand Bai Qiucha's meaning. Before it could figure it out, it suddenly felt a terrifying consciousness enter its mind through Bai Qiucha's mental power, but it quickly withdrew.

The Thunder Rat was still startled and instinctively released lightning to protect itself, which also covered Bai Qiucha, who was holding it. Her originally flowing black hair was instantly turned into an afro.

Seeing Bai Qiucha spewing black smoke from the electric shock, Bai Qi cautiously poked her and asked, "Um, Acha, are you alright?"

"Cough cough, I'm fine. The Thunder Rat was probably scared by the Bone Dragon, so it lost control a bit."

Ignoring the intense numbness in her body, Bai Qiucha gently patted the Thunder Rat, and the Thunder Rat gradually calmed down after being soothed by Bai Qiucha.

The man and the mouse formed their initial friendship.

"This plot... why does it look so familiar? Is some kind of supernatural being possessing me?"

Bai Qi looked speechlessly at the human and mouse who had become so affectionate, coughed twice to interrupt the heartwarming scene, and said, "Acha, please describe your current feelings in detail. I need to make some specific revisions."

"no problem."

Bai Qiucha nodded repeatedly after finally contracting her second pet beast. She was about to put away the Thunder Rat when she discovered that the Thunder Rat could not be stored in her beast-taming space like the Bone Dragon.

"Bai Qi, how do I store the Thunder Rat? I can't enter the Beast Taming Space without using incantations, right?"

"Put it away?"

Bai Qi was taken aback upon hearing this, and said awkwardly, "Sorry, I haven't figured out a way to capture these pets yet. Why don't you just throw them into your secret realm?"

"...Then why did you make it into this hollow sphere shape?"

Bai Qi shrugged and said, "It looks nice. Are you planning to stuff the Thunder Rat inside this little ball? And then build a two-bedroom apartment?"

"Never mind..."

Bai Qiucha had no rebuttal and could only silently put the Thunder Rat into the secret realm. Afterwards, she exchanged tips on using the Spirit Orb with Bai Qi.

(End of this chapter)