Beast Taming: I can evolve indefinitely

Chapter 273 Are pet beasts all this curled up?

Necromancers.

A small-scale battleground in the lecture hall.

Li Xin stared blankly at the steel skull covered in armor in front of him, still unable to accept it.

Just now, he was brutally beaten by a skeleton soldier that had only temporarily evolved and was only equipped with some mechanical armor. Although it wasn't his main pet, it still caused him considerable damage.

If they can surpass the pets they painstakingly bred with just a few modifications, then what is the point of all their hard work?

"Cough cough..."

Seeing that the atmosphere had been built up enough, Bai Qi coughed twice to draw everyone's attention to himself.

"I think everyone has the same question in their mind now, and I can understand that because I had the same thought back then."

Bai Qi paused for a moment, then summoned Alpha. Its cool appearance, combined with the powerful aura of a monarch-level life form, immediately attracted the attention of everyone present.

"Those who know me should know very well that my pet Alpha also rose through the ranks from servant level. Can anyone see even a trace of mechanical artifact on Alpha?"

Everyone shook their heads. Although they could clearly sense the aura of different elements on Alpha, the most important thing was the dense shadow power, and they couldn't see any mechanical things at all.

"But in the early days of my life as a Beastmaster, Alpha was able to stand out among many pets and get to where it is today thanks to proper mechanical modifications."

"The beast tamers in Gusu City should all have heard of this."

Upon hearing Bai Qi's words, many students from Gusu City nodded in agreement.

Many of them had witnessed Alpha's battles within the Beastmaster Association. It was indeed mechanically modified, but this became less frequent as Alpha grew stronger.

"Of course, I'm not advocating that everyone study mechanical engineering. I'm just providing you with an idea. Runes and mechanics are just, and can only be, secondary auxiliary methods to help you get through the initial stage relatively easily."

At this point, Bai Qi paused and said, "My teacher, the legendary undead master 'Minghuang', once told me that death and darkness are the main themes of the undead, but adding some appropriate embellishments can also have a significant effect."

Upon hearing Bai Qi's words, both Li Xin on the stage and everyone else in the audience were completely convinced of Bai Qi's sincerity, while also developing some other thoughts.

Perhaps they can also try some pranks?

"Phew~ I finally managed to fool them, but I wonder if I'll get beaten to death by the teacher later."

Bai Qi quietly wiped the sweat from his forehead. The first half of the last sentence was indeed Ming Huang's original words, but the second half was purely his own addition.

However, since he had already brought up Andromon, one more sentence wouldn't make a difference, especially since he managed to salvage the situation in the end.

"Teacher Bai, thank you for your guidance. I was too arrogant before."

Li Xin remained silent for a moment, then suddenly stood up and bowed deeply to Bai Qi. His eyes no longer held any of the doubts he had shown before, but instead were filled with boundless admiration.

No wonder Bai Chuanqi made an exception to accept a disciple. Bai Qi is indeed qualified and capable. In comparison, he, who has always considered himself a genius, is no different from a firefly.

"Your insistence is not wrong. Shadow power is indeed the core power of undead creatures, but you shouldn't be so rigid about it."

"I see!"

Li Xin responded loudly and returned to his seat with a satisfied expression, while Bai Qi quickly left under the watchful eyes of the crowd.

The mission is complete; staying here would only cause trouble.

"It seems you're adapting well to this new role, but your comments just now could easily draw criticism from some senior colleagues."

Just as Bai Qi was about to take a stroll around the Mecha Academy, Duan Meng suddenly appeared behind him like a ghost.

"Master Duan, you're here too?"

Upon seeing Duan Meng suddenly appear, Bai Qi's heart skipped a beat. He asked, "Where's Teacher? He's not here either, is he?"

Duan Meng nodded and said, "Of course it is."

That's it, I'm doomed.

Bai Qi suddenly felt a wave of dizziness. If Bai Heguang hadn't been there, he could have managed to smooth things over later, but now, he was probably doomed.

"However, Bai Chuanqi had to leave halfway through the conversation."

Upon hearing Duan Meng's words, Bai Qi immediately regained his vitality, while looking at Duan Meng with a resentful expression.

Dude, could you please not breathe so heavily next time you speak? It's really scary.

Seeing Bai Qi's expression, Duan Meng, who always had a deadpan face, also smiled and said, "Actually, what you said makes sense. If the Necromancer system wants to get rid of its former infamous reputation as the Necromancer Calamity, integrating with other systems is indeed a very good way."

At this point, a dangerous glint flashed in Duan Meng's eyes as he said, "But Bai Qi, do you have some issues with the Undead type? The second stage of evolution doesn't involve the Undead type at all."

Um, I remember you were also a member of the task force, right? Why are you trying to shift the blame onto me?

"Um, I'll keep trying."

Bai Qi scratched his head and reluctantly agreed.

The discovery of the second stage of rune evolution was an unexpected bonus while researching the General Terracotta Warrior. The difference in form between the Undead and Skeleton types is too great. The first stage of evolution is fine, but the second stage is really a bit difficult for him.

Never mind, let's talk about it when we have time later.

Thinking about the huge number of problems he hadn't solved yet, Bai Qi felt a chill run down his spine and silently put the second stage of evolution of the Undead system last.

Having shaken off Duan Meng, Bai Qi lost interest in wandering around the Mecha Academy and simply returned home.

After a whole night of tinkering, the instruments my parents bought should be almost assembled. Time to go back and familiarize myself with them.

……

Secret base.

As soon as Bai Qigang entered the secret realm, he discovered that a brand new building had appeared next to the original secret realm base.

"This commotion has gotten out of hand..."

Watching the husky directing the six sword servants in their final checks, Bai Qi clicked his tongue, walked over, and asked, "Is this whole building just for storing equipment?"

Shuke nodded and said, "That's right, these instruments are quite complete and have different uses. To avoid confusion, I've divided them into sections."

Bai Qi understood immediately. Since integrating the Mechanical Fire Seed, Shuke's computing power had increased day by day, so this kind of thing was definitely reliable.

"By the way, what's that presentation slide?! Why does it contain Buddhist scriptures?"

Shuke didn't say anything upon hearing this, but merely glanced at Beta, who looked guilty, his meaning clear.

Awoo awoo!

(Humans, you don't understand. The yin energy of the undead is too heavy and can easily harm the body. Learn some Buddhist scriptures to ward off evil!)

boom!

Upon hearing this, Bai Qi's forehead veins bulged, and he punched Beta on the head, saying, "Fine, you 'ward off evil spirits'? Watch out, I might stew you for hot pot one day!"

Awooo!

(Human, I'm so cute, how could you bear to eat me!)

Seeing Beta's funny expression, Bai Qi didn't bother to continue the conversation. He looked at Shuke and said, "Have all the biological knowledge been entered? I'll go check it out first."

Although the equipment was all in place, Bai Qi had almost no background in biology, so he still needed to spend some time learning.

"It's already in the AI. Delta should be looking at it now. Beastmaster, you can go find him."

"Delta?"

Bai Qi was taken aback upon hearing this, clearly somewhat surprised.

"That's right. Delta said he has too many evolutionary forms and needs to learn some biology to fully utilize the abilities of these forms. He started learning last night."

Shuke nodded and said, "Beastmaster, is there anything else? If not, I'll head back now. I still have a few projects to resolve."

"Okay, go ahead and get busy."

Bai Qi nodded somewhat blankly and mechanically walked towards the biology building, but on the way he saw Alpha leading the six sword servants in practicing rune carving.

Bai Qi looked at Alpha and the Six Swordsmen with a somewhat speechless expression, and silently checked Gamma's condition through the contract.

Thankfully, at least there's one that's normal.

Watching Gamma devour his meal as usual, Bai Qi nodded in satisfaction. Just as he was about to withdraw his consciousness, he suddenly noticed that the food Gamma was eating was somewhat different from before.

"When did Gamma start plating his food?"

Bai Qi took out his phone and pulled up the surveillance footage of Gamma's location. He was shocked to find a thick cookbook next to Gamma, and next to the cookbook was a complete set of kitchen utensils.

"This trend was definitely started by Nicholas..."

Bai Qi suddenly understood when he realized that Gamma would spend a long time with Nicholas every time he went to the Green Dragon Secret Realm.

So, she went to learn how to cook.

"These ones... they all look so much like me, a beast tamer! So excellent, just like me!"

A look of satisfaction appeared on Bai Qi's face. He stopped paying attention to the behavior of the four pets and strode into the biology building.

Just as Shuk said, Delta was diligently studying the biological knowledge prepared by Bai Yan and was completely unaware of Bai Qi's arrival.

"Delta, how's it going?"

Bubbling.

(Master, you've arrived. Delta is a little slow and learns rather slowly, but Delta will try her best.)

Bai Qi nodded, then squatted down next to Delta to study together.

To make Bai Qi's learning easier, Bai Yan also added holographic projection lessons, which were almost indistinguishable from live instruction. However, after hearing the content, Bai Qi was somewhat bewildered.

"The number of genes in living organisms is extremely large, but the genes of each individual organism will produce different combinations depending on external conditions, and what we can do is to intervene in these genes..."

These days, is the foundation of biology all starting with genes?

And gene intervention, is that really something beginners should learn?

Bai Qi ran to the AI, opened it, and was shocked to find that Delta was seeing advanced genetics.

Are even pet animals this timid these days?

(End of this chapter)