Beast Tamer: I'm invincible because I can see the evolution path!

Chapter 125 Everyone is questioning their existence! You're telling me Qiao Bai is still a newcomer?!

Once he regained his senses, he realized that something was wrong.

Isn't that a bit too arrogant?

"I did it on purpose," Old Master Huo said with a smile as he looked at Qiao Bai.

Qiao Bai's eyes widened for a moment. He touched his nose and smiled somewhat embarrassedly, saying, "Grandpa Huo, you really... there's really no need for this. As long as you and Longya are back, this news will spread sooner or later."

"That's different!" Old Master Huo waved his hand.

The scene has to be big!

That's what makes a difference!

A bewildered Huo Xiaotian: "?"

"Am I the only idiot here? Otherwise, why can't I understand anything?"

Grandpa Huo glanced at his grandson, then at Qiao Bai standing next to Huo Xiaotian, and finally let out a long sigh.

Hey.

The two young men were clearly about the same age.

He looks about handsome too.

But the differences between people... well, Old Master Huo refused to think about it any further, as it would only needlessly ruin his hard-won good mood.

"By the way," Huo Xiaotian said, having finished his emotional exchange with the evolved Altera, he hugged it and turned to Grandpa Huo with a curious expression, "How did you manage to challenge three Dragon Kings in a row, and none of them actually killed you and your dragon father?!"

Old Master Huo: "..."

Yargen Dragon King: "..."

Both the man and the dragon glanced at Huo Xiaotian simultaneously, thinking to themselves: What a nuisance!

"What's wrong? You're still unhappy?" Old Master Huo glanced at Huo Xiaotian, who was full of curiosity, and said irritably.

Huo Xiaotian chuckled: "I'm just curious! Really curious!"

"Me too," Qiao Bai said with a smile. "The Flame Dragon King should be easy to talk to, but the Bone Dragon King and that Polycrystalline Black Dragon King, do they show mercy when fighting humans?"

"Haha... Well, there's an element of luck involved." Faced with Huo Xiaotian's curiosity, Old Master Huo launched a powerful attack; but when faced with Qiao Bai's questions, Old Master Huo patiently explained one by one.

Huo Xiaotian pursed his lips, about to say something, when he met Old Master Huo's murderous gaze.

Huo Xiaotian: "..."

Quiet as a chicken.

That's the handsome Huo Xiaotian!

Seeing that his grandson had finally shut up, Grandpa Huo continued to tell Qiao Bai what had happened.

"My initial decision to challenge the Flame Dragon King stemmed from the belief that it was the easiest to deal with." Old Master Huo openly shared his thought process: "After all, it was once a human's pet, so communicating with the Flame Dragon King would be easier for me."

"And that is indeed the case."

"After learning of my purpose, the Flame Dragon King no longer intended to kill me and Longya. Instead, he agreed to give us a chance to challenge it every day until we truly defeated it."

Qiao Bai and Huo Xiaotian both nodded.

If that's the case, then the Flame Dragon King is really too easy to talk to!

"Fighting the Flame Dragon King was really difficult... but the progress was also rapid." Old Master Huo recalled the first half month of fighting the Flame Dragon King, his expression still quite emotional.

not easy.

Even now, looking back, it was incredibly difficult.

"From being afraid of the Dragon King at the beginning, to gradually becoming familiar with and accustomed to the pressure brought by the Dragon King, and finally being able to exert one's own advantages even under the Dragon King's aura."

"After finally defeating the Flame Dragon King, although Longya did not evolve immediately, I could feel that the aura and presence emanating from Longya instantly changed."

Old Master Huo thought for a long time but couldn't find a suitable adjective. In the end, he could only say simply, "It's like... I can feel that Longya has a bit more of the aura similar to the Flame Dragon King. It's not the aura that can be brought by the King attribute, but another kind of... Dragon King aura brought by the Dragon Domain."

Huo Xiaotian's eyes lit up with admiration as he listened.

Yes, yes.

I made a note of it beforehand.

In the future, when his baby dragon evolves into an Altera and he plans to evolve further towards becoming a Dragon King, he will first challenge the Flame Dragon King!

"With this momentum, things will go much more smoothly when we challenge the Bone Dragon King and the Polycrystalline Black Dragon King later." Old Master Huo was unaware of Huo Xiaotian's thoughts. He touched the tip of the drooping wing of the Yargen Dragon King, squinted his eyes, and continued, "Well... there is indeed competition between Dragon Kings, but as long as it doesn't involve fighting for territory, the war will only end with serious injuries. They won't easily fight to the point of death."

Upon hearing this, Qiao Bai stroked his chin.

That's understandable.

The war between Dragon Kings... even if it doesn't turn the world upside down and the stars shift, it's not guaranteed to have a satisfactory outcome.

Serious injury is fine.

The Altron that successfully defeated the Flame Dragon King had an aura similar to that of the Dragon King. The Bone Dragon King and the Polycrystalline Black Dragon King might find this strange, but they still regarded the Altron, who was stuck on the edge of evolution, as a member of their "Dragon King Group".

fight?

OK!

Kill him?

Forget it, it's too much trouble.

For Altron, who possesses a Beastmaster, all injuries can be healed, repaired, and reversed, as long as he is not dead.

It is known that combat is not fatal.

Then just keep pushing!

Rush rush rush—

Rush to challenge all three Dragon Kings.

For Altera, losing a hundred times doesn't matter; it only needs to win once to prove that it has the strength to defeat the Dragon King, and that will be enough.

It was the accumulation of many factors that finally led to this final result.

Listening to Qiao Bai's subsequent additions, Old Master Huo smiled and nodded: "Professor Qiao Bai truly lives up to his title as the professor of pet evolution. He's right, just as you guessed."

"I never thought I would actually see the Dragon Fang evolve." As he spoke, Old Master Huo's voice became more and more emotional.

Suspended.

That's too risky.

For Mr. Huo, the past three months have been like walking on a knife's edge.

Especially when we first challenged the Flame Dragon King.

Putting aside whether there was any tacit understanding between them as beast tamers and their pets... every now and then, Old Master Huo would even feel Altron casting a sizing and threatening gaze at him.

Old Master Huo's feelings were incredibly complicated.

Fortunately, Grandpa Huo knew it wasn't intentional; it was just that it was difficult to control the negative effects that his body inherently possessed.

Old Master Huo could only continue to walk in this precarious situation, where he was "besieged by wolves in front and tigers behind" and "walking on thin ice." One wrong step and he would fall to the bottom and never recover.

The aura of death is ever-present, and one wrong step can lead to the other side.

Old Master Huo did have his doubts along the way.

But after defeating a dragon king, Old Master Huo could clearly and intuitively sense, through the contract he had with Altron, that Altron had become a little stronger, and that the dragon's subtle threatening gaze towards him had diminished.

And finally, defeating the Polycrystalline Black Dragon King...

It was all worth it!

All of this is thanks to Qiao Bai!

Otherwise, Old Master Huo really couldn't imagine what would have happened between him and Altron if it weren't for Qiao Bai.

Qiao Bai, the great benefactor of the Huo family!

He and Altron were both his great benefactors!

Grandpa Huo told Qiao Bai everything he could and should say, including the most important things. Seeing that Qiao Bai seemed to have other things to do, and since this was a school, he didn't want to bother Qiao Bai too much.

After exchanging a few more pleasantries with Qiao Bai and expressing his deepest respect and gratitude, Old Master Huo took his leave.

There are still many other things waiting for Mr. Huo to resolve.

For example... first go to the Academic Affairs Office of Qingniao University.

cough cough.

While the evolution of Altera into Dragon King is certainly good news, it's no excuse to just barge into someone else's school.

There has to be some explanation for doing this.

Fortunately, the former president and other mentors of Qingniao University were very understanding. The evolution of Altera into Dragon King was a great thing for the whole of China, not to mention that the first appearance of the evolved Altera was at their Qingniao University.

Suddenly, an invisible bond was formed between the two.

……

"That Alter Dragon King..." Zhou Xinran looked at Qiao Bai, who had come to his office to report for duty, and Huo Xiaotian, who followed closely behind Qiao Bai. His gaze was mainly on Qiao Bai.

Although at first glance Huo Xiaotian is the grandson of Old Master Huo, he should know more about the whole story.

But after all, Qiao Bai was her student.

Furthermore, the fact that Elder Huo will take Altron to challenge the Dragon King can be seen from the overwhelming rumors of the past few months, indicating that it has a deep and inextricable connection with Qiao Bai.

"The Dragon King of Yargen," Qiao Bai said calmly.

Yes.

During their conversation with Grandpa Huo, they casually changed the name of the evolved Altera to Argen Dragon King.

Zhou Xinran nodded, not having much of an opinion on the title, only finding it slightly odd—the other three Dragon Kings, after evolving, simply had "King" added to the end of their names as their titles.

However, this is not a big problem.

The name, combined with the new form of Altera after its evolution, sounds quite imposing.

"King Yargen... no, what were you thinking back then, letting Grandpa Huo take the Alt Dragon to challenge the three Dragon Kings, and Grandpa Huo actually believed your nonsense?" Zhou Xinran had been holding this question in for three months.

Really.

I'm so curious.

I didn't ask before because I was afraid of hurting Qiao Bai's feelings or touching on his pride, among other reasons.

But things are different now.

Alteras really evolved!

The shock that everyone felt three months ago is now only amplified.

Who could have imagined that?

What seemed like a silly, nonsensical act actually led to tremendous success!

If it weren't for the fact that Alteras aren't so easy to contract as pets, and that only a handful of beast tamers in the entire Chinese world have contracted baby dragons and haven't evolved to the level of Alteras yet, they definitely wouldn't sit still and would rush out to do the same thing as Old Master Huo.

Mr. Huo is capable.

They can too!

At this point, Zhou Xinran's expression became even more complicated: "There aren't many beast tamers who have contracted with Altera, but there are always some who have contracted with other dragon-type pets. In the circles I've come into contact with, I've heard of no fewer than three seventh-tier beast tamers who have fully-formed dragon-type pets and want to take their pets to fight the Dragon King."

Qiao Bai: "..."

Huo Xiaotian, who knew part of the truth: "..."

Both of them had the same indescribable and complicated expression.

"...No, there really are people who would dare to go and die in such an incomprehensible situation?" Huo Xiaotian seemed to choke on his words.

Seeing Huo Xiaotian's expression, Zhou Xinran knew that evolving into a Dragon King by challenging the Dragon King was not a universal route for all dragon-attribute extraordinary creatures.

Now that Grandpa Huo's Altera has successfully evolved, Qiao Bai has no reason to keep it a secret any longer.

In just a few words, Qiao Bai explained what had happened back then.

"That's how it is." Qiao Bai helplessly spread his hands: "I have to explain—I really don't know how to use witchcraft, and it was only out of necessity that Grandpa Huo agreed to my method."

"If we hadn't done that, Altron would have been dead for sure."

After listening, Zhou Xinran's expression gradually became complicated.

"Yes... Rather than waiting to die meaninglessly, we might as well take a gamble and go all out." Zhou Xinran crossed her arms and glanced at Huo Xiaotian beside her, increasingly understanding why Old Master Huo would do such a thing.

Try anything, even if it seems hopeless.

However, by eliminating some wrong options for future generations, we can prevent them from repeating the same mistakes as much as possible.

To exchange death for new life.

It seems like a good decision?

Zhou Xinran parted her red lips slightly and exhaled softly: "Fortunately, the final result was good."

Old Master Huo is alright.

Alteras successfully and smoothly evolved into the Dragon King.

However... replicating Altera's evolution would be a little difficult.

A tiny fraction.

It's really only a tiny fraction.

"This has happened before. Let me look into it and I'll give you an answer." Zhou Xinran stroked her chin with one hand, and after thinking for a long time, she gave Qiao Bai a definite answer: "Your contribution deserves every single bit of credit!"

"Not to mention how long you've been talked about because of Old Master Huo."

"Although the final result is good, I still feel bad for you after all those discussions. This wave can't just pass by like this!" As she finished speaking, it seemed as if a raging fire was burning deep in Zhou Xinran's beautiful eyes.

What they knew was that Zhou Xinran wanted to help Qiao Bai gain more fame.

Anyone who didn't know better would think Zhou Xinran was about to roll up her sleeves and get into a fight.

Of course, whether they can win is another matter.

"Is there anything I can do?" Qiao Bai smiled as he looked at Zhou Xinran's spirited appearance. It felt good to be cared for, and since Zhou Xinran was genuinely looking out for him, Qiao Bai naturally wouldn't refuse.

"Same as always, let's write a paper." Zhou Xinran waved her hand: "Write about Altera, pile on the data, include the results, and even the original evolutionary path of Altera. Let's see who dares to say anything then!"

Zhou Xinran was a little annoyed by Shi Lei in class today.

Shi Lei also reminded her of many people who didn't think highly of Qiao Bai, who openly or secretly slandered Qiao Bai in front of her, and who thought that Qiao Bai was ruining his future by letting Old Master Huo challenge the Dragon King.

There are more than just one or two such people.

Every time Zhou Xinran encountered this, she would respond with sarcastic remarks.

Before the news broke that Altera had evolved into Argen Dragon King, all Zhou Xinran could do was confront them directly. She couldn't do anything about the discussions and dark thoughts behind their backs.

Things are different now!

Publicity.

Extensive publicity.

It must be publicized.

Let's see who else dares to say such nonsense in front of her in the future!

Qiao Bai made an OK sign.

"That's right, Brother Qiao, I support you too! These people are just too gossipy!" Huo Xiaotian, who was standing to the side, was initially startled by Zhou Xinran's outburst of anger and resentment, but after hearing what Zhou Xinran said, he couldn't agree more.

That's it!

Who is Brother Qiao?

Brother Qiao is a benefactor to the Huo family!

My benefactor!

Just like how Old Master Huo couldn't imagine the scene of losing his partner.

Huo Xiaotian was even more panicked and terrified after learning about the original evolution of Altera – he didn’t want to see his dragon father get into trouble, and he couldn’t accept his grandfather getting into trouble either!

Grandpa Huo and Altron are among the most important relatives in Huo Xiaotian's life.

They all held a heavy weight in Huo Xiaotian's heart.

Qiao Bai's suggestion was already the best suggestion he could make.

But there were still people who spoke ill of Qiao Bai in front of him?

Huo Xiaotian: I'll tear that mouth apart!

Qiao Bai didn't know.

Huo Xiaotian appears somewhat silly and adorable in front of him, but in front of others, he exudes a domineering aura and is a man of his word.

After personally beating up several people who spoke ill of Qiao Bai, no one dared to say anything bad about Qiao Bai in front of Huo Xiaotian.

At most, they would discuss it privately—Qiao Bai's skill in using Gu poison is amazing!

of course.

Seeing the evolved Altera, even more people envied Mr. Huo.

hateful!

Why can't we give them a chance to evolve their dragon-type pets into dragon kings?

Dragon King!

That's the Dragon King!

……

The news of Mr. Huo's return with the evolved Altera spread throughout China in just one day.

One reason is that many beast tamers were already concerned about Old Master Huo's affairs.

on the other hand……

It's because Mr. Huo was on the list of those publicly criticized by Qingniao University.

The reason for the public reprimand was "unjustifiably damaging the campus environment".

A dragon king, tens of meters in size...

cough cough.

The photo of Mr. Huo and the evolved Altera is still on the official website of Qingniao University, and it's being publicized by name.

Upon hearing the news, students from various universities flocked to the event and participated in a check-in activity on the official website's message board.

"Hahaha! Is this the newly evolved Dragon King of China? So cool! It looks absolutely amazing!"

"So imposing! I really want to touch those black and white dragon scales! And the armor on its body is so cool!"

"Your Qingniao University doesn't even have a Qingniao logo on your official website, but what's the point of putting a dragon here? This picture is clearly more suitable for our Yulong University's official website! (doge.jpg)"

"The person upstairs is hilarious! If you want to be featured on Yulong's official website, you'd have to ask Old Master Huo if he'd even agree!"

"Actually, we swans could also do that. Swans and dragons are a good match, aren't they?"

"Go away! Jade Dragon and Swan are no match! This photo belongs to our Bluebird! Who told you all to be without Qiao Bai! Proudly puffed out.jpg"

Students from Qingniao University exit the stage.

That effectively ended the game.

What?

Want to see a new Dragon King?

Whoops!

It's no big deal!

Many of their students from Qingniao witnessed it yesterday.

Hey.

Why is it that Qiao Bai is at their school?

The fact that Grandpa Huo and Altera were able to evolve and reach their current state is deeply related to Qiao Bai.

Other schools?

Just be envious!

Yulong and Honghu University: "..."

After seeing the news, the leaders of Yulong and Honghu University looked at each other in bewilderment, and finally let out a long sigh of relief.

"This is truly... one wrong step leads to another!" A senior school leader from Yulong said with a rather helpless tone.

"Indeed, who could have imagined this would happen a year ago?" Another high-ranking school leader from Honghu didn't look much better either: "I remember, it was around this time that the alliance headquarters asked us which school was willing to issue a recommendation letter to this student."

"If you don't do it, I won't do it either, but Qingniao happily took them in. I remember some people were even mocking Qingniao back then, right?"

After he finished speaking, he looked around at his colleagues.

Oh.

It seems some of them have brought this up as a topic of discussion.

and then?

One year.

In just one year, the whole situation has completely reversed.

Even if they wanted to beg Qiao Bai to come now, he might not be willing to!

School leaders: "..."

sigh.

I still sighed.

"Is this some kind of super prodigy? Such genius... it really can't be explained by just a few words as genius. It can only be said that Professor Qiao Bai was born for the rise and prosperity of this era."

"There might not be another genius like this in five hundred or a thousand years."

If Qiao Bai's previous achievements were just something they thought were acceptable...

I think Qiao Bai is just a true genius.

The fact that Altera evolved into Argen Dragon King under Qiao Bai's command and assistance... is enough to prove Qiao Bai's revolutionary and heaven-defying nature.

"By the way, you all probably know... Qingniao University submitted Qiao Bai's name to the shortlist for this year's 'Dai's Extraordinary Biological Evolution Professor Award,' right?" A teacher from Yulong University suddenly said.

Yulong's school leaders: "?"

The school leaders at Honghu: "?"

Both sides looked shocked.

When the school leaders of Yulong realized that not only were the school leaders shocked, but even their teachers knew nothing, they immediately relaxed.

Yep.

It seems that Yulong's information network is more efficient.

Although he, as the school leader, didn't know, some of his subordinates did!

That's enough!

The school leaders at Honghu: "..."

hateful!

He could see right through what the other person was thinking, but he really couldn't do anything about it.

Both sides are leaders with similar status and class. They often fight over resources for their respective schools, so there's no question of who's afraid of whom or who's superior.

In the end, this ambitious school leader could only glare at his own school's teachers with resentment and a sense of inadequacy.

His eyes were full of disappointment and frustration.

Look at the other side!

Look at you again!

How come we have one less source of information than the other side?

A teacher from Honghu University: "..."

The pressure is immense.

"The Dai's Extraordinary Biological Evolution Professor Award... well, if we nominate Qiao Bai, wouldn't that be a bit... a bit..." The teacher from Honghu University felt that changing the subject was unfair to the other professors of pet evolution.

Before he could finish speaking, he realized something was wrong—

What's unfair about it?

Qiao Bai is just a newbie professor of pet evolution!

The new version can no longer be updated!

Qiao Bai has only been in this industry for a little over a year.

The "Dai's Extraordinary Biological Evolution Professor Award" is given to professors who have been in the field for one to three years, hold at least a Level 5 researcher title, and have made significant achievements before December of the year of the award—achievements that must be recognized by everyone.

Qiao Bai joined the industry last September.

The concept of "favorability" was first proposed.

Unfortunately, it wasn't very eye-catching at the time.

It was only after Wu Qingshan discovered this that everyone truly realized the value inherent in the concept of "favorability".

Followed by.

Qiao Bai then produced a series of other achievements.

And after obtaining the title of Level 5 Researcher in a short period of time, he was promoted to Level 4 Researcher in less than half a year.

Now, with the added credit of Altera evolving into the Dragon King...

Qiao Bai is just one application away from becoming a Level 3 Researcher, right?

They came to compete with the new pet professors for the "Dai's Extraordinary Biological Evolution Professor Award"...

They don't know what others are thinking.

Anyway, their feelings were a bit complicated... well, not just a bit, but very complicated.

You're asking a Level 3 researcher to compete with professors who have only been in the field for one to three years for this title?

That sounds a bit too outrageous.

But what if this Level 3 Researcher is just a newcomer who has held the title for less than a year?

Speechless.

Speechless.

To deal with...

Okay, I can't continue.

In short, it's outrageous.

The school leaders of Yulong University rubbed their foreheads, their faces showing an indescribable weariness: "I don't know why... I know that Qiao Bai has only been in the industry for a short time, and is even just a student, a freshman, but I just feel that putting Qiao Bai in this situation is really too unkind to the others."

Not to mention Yulong's teachers, even the school leaders and teachers of Honghu on the other side nodded frantically after hearing this.

Yeah.

It is this feeling.

They're killing everything in sight!

It feels like throwing Qiao Bai onto this list is like dropping a giant torpedo into a beginner's fishing pond.

In an instant, corpses littered the field, and not a blade of grass grew!

All the fish, big and small, turned belly up together.

Revolt?

They couldn't resist at all.

"We can't stop it... we can't stop it now." The university leader of Honghu University wiped his face deeply and sighed, "Whatever! What can we do now besides be envious?"

"So, what else can we do?"

I can't do anything!

Everyone can only sit here and stare blankly!

Yulong's school leaders and teachers: "..."

Hey.

Questioning life.

Facing life.

Accept life.

The brightest and most dazzling stars of this era have already emerged and are shining brightly. What else can they do?

Live peacefully under the starlight.

To contribute as much as possible to the starlight.

In the end, they will still be able to share in the brilliance of the starlight, won't they?

……

Star City.

Beast Taming Alliance Headquarters.

The silver-white building gleamed under the light.

The people inside the building were also busy non-stop, with smoke rising from their feet.

Eighteen floors.

A number that sounds very unfriendly.

This floor is one of the busiest floors in the entire Beast Taming Alliance.

Because—the assessment of beast tamers' strength in various regions, the verification of breeders' achievements, the verification of pet evolution professors' achievements, and the judgment and verification of awards of all sizes within the alliance, all need to be checked and screened one by one by the [Special Verification Department] on the 18th floor.

The entire floor was the territory of the "Special Verification Department".

Everywhere you look, you see all sorts of documents and people buried in their work.

Pink, round, and chubby, like a balloon filled with air, but with two small triangular ears like cats on its head, these pets float in mid-air. They have very cute expressions on their faces, as if they have eaten and drunk their fill.

If someone reaches out to them, they will obediently fall into the other person's arms and let them roll and knead them.

When Ning Ruxue arrived, this was the scene that greeted her... the ultimate hell of corporate slaves.

She walked through the resentful work area and arrived at the door of a separate office. As soon as she pushed the door open, she saw her friend sprawled on her workstation, rubbing a pink cat in her hands and staring blankly at the ceiling.

"...How long has it been since you left your post?" Looking at the messy bun on her head, her unmade-up face, and the big dark circles under her eyes, Ning Ruxue couldn't help but ask.

"Ah... I don't know either..." Jiang Heng looked like he was half-dead. "Anyway, my sleepiness has probably fed ten pink cats enough..."

Ning Ruxue was shocked.

"Ten dream-eating cats? You really don't want to live anymore!"

Dream-eating cat.

Also known as the Pink Cat, it is a fairy-like, light-attribute extraordinary creature with an adorable appearance. It feeds on the sleepiness of other creatures. If you find yourself unable to sleep in the wild and feeling extremely energetic, you may have encountered the Pink Cat and had your sleepiness devoured by it.

It sounds like a perfect pet for working people, right?

All you need is a Dream Eater Cat to achieve the true meaning of—you don't have to get out of bed as long as you don't sleep!

As long as you don't get out of bed, you can pretend this isn't overtime!

however.

Being consumed by the dream-eating cat isn't without its downsides for humans—when the next wave of sleepiness hits, they'll be doubling their sleep.

The more sleepiness the dream-eating cat consumes, the more sleep time you'll need to make up for when sleepiness strikes again.

Even so, for many working people—especially those in the "special verification department," who are so busy at the end of the year that they wish they could stretch every minute into two—the pink cat is their god!

Without the pink cat, they simply couldn't survive in this cold world!

"You should go to sleep. If you keep working, you'll really die from overwork." Ning Ruxue stepped forward and took the Dream Eater cat, which looked like it had eaten too much, from Jiang Heng's arms. Her gentle voice carried a hint of helplessness.

"It's...it's okay!" Without the soft, cuddly, and easily petted dream-eating cat in her hands, Jiang Heng instantly sobered up. She struggled to sit up straight in her chair, raising her hands. "Xiao Qian, report on the next steps."

"Team Leader Jiang, you now need to verify and select the list of candidates for this year's 'Dai's Extraordinary Biological Evolution Professor Award'," a mechanical voice announced.

Ning Ruxue and Jiang Heng both looked perfectly normal.

Xiao Qian, whose full name is Qian Ji, is only the size of a palm in its true form. It is an extraordinary creature that was initially defined as having an electric attribute, but was later determined to have an electric attribute plus a special attribute.

This is a superhuman being capable of freely traversing within a local area network, possessing power akin to artificial intelligence. When placed within a segment of the local area network, it can act as a virtual, all-powerful steward.

Depending on their strength, the size of the network they can control varies, as does the length of time they can remain within the network.

But it is very practical.

This is especially true for working-class people.

pity.

In the early days before the internet existed, our ancestors could occasionally discover groups with thousands of machines.

However, once humanity truly entered the internet age, the number of discovered machines decreased significantly, even dropping to only a few dozen.

As for how the Thousand Machines reproduce... I'm sorry, we haven't figured it out yet.

Humans today simply cannot fathom how these extraordinary creatures, which resemble web crawlers, carry out their reproductive and mating processes.

Even the headquarters of the Beast Taming Alliance has no more than five Thousand Machines.

Two of them were on the 18th floor.

The question mark means I'm too busy.

If we don't assign them some assistants, the 18th floor will really be littered with corpses.

"We'll conduct an initial screening and compare the data with the alliance headquarters' database. All problematic or potentially unqualified entries will be filtered out," Jiang Heng said methodically.

Although this situation is uncommon, who knows?

There will always be some people who are hoping for a lucky break.

I think even if it exceeds the three-year period, it's worth a try.

Or it could be any other irregular operation.

Only things that normal people wouldn't think of.

There's nothing Jiang Heng can't see in the system.

The machines sprang into action.

shhhhh--

In the blink of an eye, Qianji had compared thousands of personnel lists on the computer, and at the same time, less than ten lists were selected separately.

Upon seeing these ten names, Jiang Heng sneered, "Heh, I knew it!"

"This is so annoying! Can't these people have any sense of propriety?! Can't they just reduce my workload a little?" Jiang Heng complained loudly. "If I hadn't shamelessly clung to the president's coattails this year and applied for an extra 'Thousand Machines' assignment to sift through these ten lists, I would have been dead from this!"

Comparing thousands of names with individual achievements in the database, and then filtering out those that don't match or are false—isn't that tantamount to killing her?

"Report! Report all of these people to me!"

"I must put their names on the front page of the Alliance website! So that all Beastmasters and other fellow Beastmasters know what they've done!"

Seeing her friend gesticulating wildly and acting crazy, Ning Ruxue quickly stepped forward, pressed down on her shoulder, and said in a gentle, soothing voice, "Calm down, calm down. You're not in a good mental state right now."

"These people do have problems, but you still have to take a look first," Ning Ruxue said with a helpless sigh.

Jiang Heng sneered, "What are you looking at? I feel great! Absolutely wonderful! I could ascend at any moment!"

Ning Ruxue: "..."

"Xiao Qian, report on these people's situation." Ning Ruxue skipped Jiang Heng's opinion and spoke directly to Qianji on the computer.

"Beep—Identity confirmed. Ning Ruxue, trainee inspector of the inspection team, identity verified. Xiaoqian will soon report the list to you."

"Fang Qing, a Level 5 Researcher, has achievements that do not correspond to those of a Beast Tamer, suggesting the possibility of falsification."

"Level 5 Researcher Zhang Haishan's achievements do not correspond to those of a Beast Tamer, suggesting possible falsification."

……

"Lin Yi, a Level 5 Researcher, has exceeded the required years of service as a Pet Beast Professor, and there are issues with data falsification."

"Qiao Bai, a Level 3 Researcher, has achieved more than the 'Dai's Extraordinary Biological Evolution Professor Award,' which raises the possibility of data falsification and misrepresentation."

When Ning Ruxue heard the first few names, she didn't think much of it.

It seems there really is a problem.

But when Ning Ruxue heard the last name, the look of confusion on her face was so intense it was almost palpable.

Sitting in his chair, Jiang Heng was still muttering to himself, "Level 3 Researcher? Is this Level 3 Researcher out of his mind? To reach the level of Level 3 Researcher, he must have some skills. Doesn't he know how much falsification will affect his future?"

"Speaking of which, this name sounds somewhat familiar..." Jiang Heng muttered to himself.

"Wait? Qiao Bai? That Qiao Bai?" Ning Ruxue didn't have time to think about anything else and quickly asked.

"Xiao Qian is retrieving the basic file of Qiao Bai, a Level 3 Researcher, for Ning Ruxue, an intern inspector. Qiao Bai is a registered Beast Tamer in NY City, 18 years old, and a freshman at Qingniao University..."

"Xiao Qian, stop for a second!" Jiang Heng finally came to his senses.

There was no trace of fatigue in her eyes.

Level 3 Researcher.

Yep

Very normal.

18岁？

Did I hear that right?

A freshman at Bluebird University...?!

Jiang Heng was taken aback.

Jiang Heng was shocked.

Jiang Heng no longer dared to underestimate the seriousness of the matter.

She quickly sat up straight, pulled up the information about Qiao Bai, and carefully read it from beginning to end, her expression changing like a palette of colors.

"Qiao Bai... damn it, it was this Qiao Bai!"

(End of this chapter)