Please be my partner.

In the outer universe, Melen saw the Void Dog still in a state of dormant evolution, checked on Garuru and the Golden Retriever's progress, and finally greeted Little Glass and Nasus, confirming that they did not need to change shifts, before heading towards the nearby Beast Universe.

As he approached the Universe of Beasts, Mellen increasingly sensed a familiar aura, a response stemming from the wolf-shaped pendant and Mellen's extraordinary nature as a [Wolf Tamer] class.

After all, when it comes to the real source of Mellen's extraordinary abilities, it is not the starry universe, but this universe of beasts!

Outside the universe of beasts, Melen paused for a moment before stepping directly into it.

Strangeness, rejection, inclusion, acceptance.

Mellen felt that some of the rules within her body were being suppressed, but others were being liberated.

When Mellen came to his senses, he found himself at the foot of a giant mountain.

Looking up the giant mountain, Melen could sense a powerful aura lurking at the summit, no weaker than that of a mythical powerhouse.

Continuing to scan his surroundings, Mellen felt a sense of primitiveness and wildness about the place.

According to the information obtained from the dragon, the Universe of Myriad Beasts is not composed of countless dimensions, spaces, voids, worlds, realms, etc., like the Universe of Stars. The entire Universe of Myriad Beasts is a continent of unimaginable size, on which countless life forms live and reproduce.

The so-called Council of Ten Thousand Beasts is led by the three superior divine beast clans of Heavenly Dragon, Black Phoenix, and Nether Tiger, with the support of nine other divine beast clans: Lion, Ox, Ape, Bear, Eagle, Cat, Snake, Elephant, and Wolf. This forms the main framework of the Council of Ten Thousand Beasts, which also includes many other clans, forming a community of shared interests.

It can be said that the entire Beast Universe is under the rule of the Beast Council. Even if there are enemies and conflicts between different groups, they must fight within the scope permitted by the Council.

Of course, the Council of Beasts cannot be all-encompassing. Even if someone occasionally breaks the rules, the Council of Beasts will not intervene unless they are caught red-handed.

The entire Council of Beasts is clearly hierarchical, with the three upper-ranking members forming one layer, the nine lower-ranking members forming another layer, and other races at the very bottom.

But even the lowest-ranking ethnic groups are superior to those who don't even qualify to join parliament.

Even within the same group, there are different species. Take 'wolves' as an example, which can be further subdivided into Moon Shadow Wolves, Blood Fiend Wolves, Windwalking Ghost Wolves, Thunder Demon Wolves, Soul-Devouring Mad Wolves, Demon Shadow Illusion Wolves, and so on.

The word 'wolf' itself represents a large pack.

However, under the rule of the Council of Beasts, through repeated integration, all wolf clans were united, which led to the title of one of the nine lower-level divine beasts and its status in the Council of Beasts.

All wolf packs share a common ruler, the king who possesses a wolf-shaped pendant, known as... the Wolf Lord!

Other ethnic groups are in similar situations.

In the universe of beasts, there are naturally many individuals who have undergone mutations or completed super-standard evolutions for various reasons. Some of them do not belong to any group, while others prefer to work alone. These beings usually join the Council of Beasts as individuals.

Of course, the Council of Beasts will not order these powerful individuals around at will. As long as they abide by the rules set by the Council of Beasts, they will be fine. Even if they do not join the Council of Beasts, as long as they do not cause trouble, the Council of Beasts will usually turn a blind eye.

The entire Council of Beasts is like a large gathering of tribes.

The above describes the situation in the Universe of Myriad Beasts a million years ago.

After millions of years of development and changes, even the dragon cannot be certain what the current universe of beasts looks like.

After recalling all this information, Mellen also understood the effects of the suppression he had been experiencing.

In short, all of Mellen's own supernatural abilities were suppressed, not rendered unusable, but weakened to a certain extent. However, the dogs' supernatural abilities were not suppressed, but rather enhanced.

This is actually related to the rules of the Beast Universe. In the Beast Universe, humans are not born with extraordinary abilities, but they have unique innate qualities that allow them to sign contracts with other races to help their contracted pets grow quickly, thereby receiving support in the process.

However, in the initial stage, the feedback is quite small. At most, it can improve a person's physique, increase their strength, and speed. Only by cultivating a mythical pet can one break through the shackles of their own origin, undergo a transformation, and embark on the true path of transcendence.

It is precisely because of this characteristic that humankind has been able to coexist with all other races.

Mellen's profession of "Wolf Tamer" was baptized by the starry universe from the very beginning, which made it different in nature. It can be said that Mellen stepped into the ranks of the extraordinary from the very start.

This is why the new version of the [Wolf Tamer] appears somewhat out of place in the Beast Universe.

But that's all. Mellen can still unleash most of his strength, and with just a little time to adjust, he can return to his peak condition.

Mellen finally understood why Dragon Lord preferred to ride dragons into battle, while he himself rarely took action; it was most likely a habit he had developed in the Beast Universe.

The Universe of Myriad Beasts is a universe of beast taming.

Mellen's visit to the Beast Universe was driven by his own interests, but the specifics are still unclear, and he needs to gather more intelligence.

With a wolf-shaped pendant in hand, theoretically, Melen should be the overlord of all wolf packs, but after all, millions of years have passed. Even if the wolf packs of yesteryear were once united, they are probably not so now...

Mellen snapped out of his reverie and, following a gut feeling, randomly chose a direction to move forward.

After Mellen left, a huge golden bird head cautiously peeked out from the mountaintop. It looked in the direction Mellen had gone, with a hint of fear still lingering in its eyes.

Instead of rushing, Mellen traveled at a leisurely pace, enjoying the unique scenery and ecology of the Beast Universe, where all kinds of life seemed quite interesting.

Occasionally, Mellen would also try out some creatures that looked appealing.

After walking for several days, Mellen could clearly feel that the life levels of the creatures around him were gradually decreasing. The giant mountain where Mellen first descended was the territory of a mythical giant bird, but now he had not encountered any legendary creatures for some time, and all he could see were below the third level.

For Mellen now, life forms below the third rank are hardly food; they are soft and weak, lacking any chewiness, let alone providing any energy boost.

Just as Mellen was considering whether to go back and catch a few large ones as a reserve of food, he caught some commotion in the distance.

After sensing it for a moment, a smile appeared on Mellen's lips.

Hundreds of miles away, a small team was carefully making its way through the mountains and forests, accompanied by some pet animals.

"The South Sand Ridge is just ahead. There are academy instructors stationed at the edge of the South Sand Ridge to keep it clean, so there are no high-level monsters here. It is one of the most suitable places for us to train."

The group was dressed in uniform, with stars on their chests. However, the person who spoke and the indifferent young man at the back of the group had three stars, while the others had two.

One of them asked, "Senior Wei, are there any rare monsters in Nansha Ridge?"

Upon hearing this, Wei Chenliang smiled and said, "Of course there are, and quite a few. The entire Nansha Ridge is a complex ecological cluster, inhabited by a large number of high-quality monsters, all of which are good choices for contracts."

"For example, the Silent Butterfly Bird has the ability to release Silent Dust, which is a good choice whether in special environments or simply as a medicinal resource."

"Take the two-tailed leopard for example. It is a monster with a high degree of agility. Some individuals also have the ability to sneak in the shadows, and can enter a stealthy state at night or in dark areas."

“The Spirit Swallow Phoenix is ​​also a very good choice. Its flight ability is outstanding, and there is a certain probability that a rare mutant will be born in the Spirit Swallow Phoenix group... The Blue Flame Phoenix can release a blue flame with amazing destructive power.”

"..."

Wei Chenliang talked on and on, describing several kinds of rare and precious monsters. The younger students listened with shining eyes, wishing they could immediately find a pet to form a contract with.

The aloof young man at the back of the group frowned and couldn't help but interrupt, "Chen Liang, you'd better not give them any hope. The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment."

Wei Chenliang paused, and the younger students looked blank, not understanding the meaning of his words.

Wei Chenliang shook his head and said, "Indeed, even if we encounter these rare monsters, we cannot make contracts on our own."

The junior student asked, puzzled, "Why?"

Wei Chenliang said, "The entire Nansha Ridge belongs to Xinghun Academy, and all the monsters there are raised by the academy, so they naturally belong to the academy as well."

"The number of monsters that are absorbed is limited. The academy will only reward qualified students with these rewards. And these so-called 'qualifications' are naturally those who rank at the top in the annual exams and bring glory to the academy in the academy competitions. They are basically the exclusive domain of the academy's most prominent figures."

Some of the younger students sighed in disappointment, feeling that they were destined to never encounter those rare monsters; others were full of confidence, believing that they could become prominent figures in the academy in the future.

Wei Chenliang observed their performance discreetly and identified several targets with whom he could continue to cultivate good relations. He clapped his hands to draw everyone's attention and said with a smile, "Alright, our mission this time is just simple combat training, so we will only operate on the outskirts of Nansha Ridge. We'll let you experience a little bit of the battle between Beastmasters and wild monsters, which is completely different from what you usually do in the arena."

"Mao Lan, your stone monster has a basic affinity for earth. Make it aware of ground tremors..."

"Xu Jing, have your spirit bird keep watch within a 30-meter range of our formation. Be careful not to let it fly too high. Although the spirit bird has excellent eyesight, it can't compare to those eagle-like monsters that are born with sharp eyesight..."

"Wu Huihui, have your dandelions prepare a soothing song..."

"..."

Wei Chenliang has a wealth of theoretical knowledge, and he easily arranged what the junior students' pets should do next. This tense atmosphere also helped the junior students quickly get into the zone and understand their position.

Hidden in mid-air, Mellen watched these young men and women, quickly collecting their language and also gleaning more information from their unconsciously scattered thoughts.

Mellen looked in a certain direction. About ten miles away, there was a stronghold established by the Star Soul Academy. If you continued to travel several dozen miles in that direction, you would see a giant city, where the Star Soul Academy was located.

Ignoring the students who were out on training, Mellen headed straight for the giant city.

Yunmancheng is the largest city within a thousand miles of Yangming Lake.

The entire city of Yunman is protected by a 30-meter-high metal wall. From the mottled marks on the metal wall and the strict guards on it, it can be seen that this world is not as peaceful as it seems.

The metal city walls have huge metal gates, but these gates are rarely opened. To enter or leave the city, one only needs to pass through a series of smaller gates below.

Although it is described as 'small', it is already quite large for humans.

As for pets, there are regulations in Yunman City that prohibit the summoning of pets larger than medium size in the city. Generally, large-sized pets can only be kept in the pet space.

In addition, identity verification is required to enter and exit Yunmancheng, but it does not take too long. There are intelligent scanning functions inside and outside the gate. As long as you scan your face, the registered information can be read out. It seems to be a high level of technology.

Mellen naturally had no official status, but with his abilities, infiltrating Yunman City would be a piece of cake.

However, as soon as he entered the city, Mellen showed a look of surprise. He discovered that there were surveillance cameras everywhere in the city, and there were almost no blind spots on the streets outside.

Moreover, these surveillance cameras gave Mellen the feeling that they were alive, as if they were not controlled by humans, but by some kind of... intelligent life?

Chapter 745 Beast Taming Academy, Following the Clues

With Mellen's abilities, he could certainly render Yunmancheng's omnipresent surveillance blind, but such trouble was not of great necessity to him.

Mellen called softly, "Little Silver."

A ball of silver light interfered with real matter and appeared out of thin air next to Mellen.

Silver was originally a highly promising intelligent machine life form. After Melen invested a lot of resources and underwent many cosmic trials, its current level of evolution has reached an unimaginable level.

It can be said that if Melen completely lifted the restrictions on Little Silver and allowed it to develop freely in the Starry Universe, it would only take a very short time for it to reach, or even surpass, the peak stage of the Alpha Civilization, and it would not be a problem for it to sweep across the entire Starry Universe.

Xiao Yin's database contains a complete technology system. Legendary, saintly, and demigod-level combat machines can be mass-produced as long as there are enough basic resources. Even mechanical creations with mythical combat power can be mass-produced with just some rarer resources.

Only creations comparable to the Dominator will be significantly more difficult to create. Even so, there are more than ten blueprints in Xiao Yin's database. As long as you obtain some of the key resources, you can possess the power of the Dominator in a short period of time.

Of course, while Little Silver's lower limit is extremely high, its upper limit is also locked. Being a Dominator-level creation is its current limit. If it wants to rise to the Supreme level, given Little Silver's current research speed, it will probably take millions of years.

However, it would be a waste of Little Silver's talents to deal with the tiny AI in Yunmancheng; it could easily create a separate version of it.

After handing the matter over to Xiao Yin, Mellen stopped paying attention to it.

Little Silver moved quickly; it only took a few steps for Mellen to take care of the intelligent life in Cloud City.

From Mellen's perspective, the silver orb flashed, and then a palm-sized virtual figure with two pairs of semi-transparent wings on its back, resembling a fairy from a fairy tale, fell in front of Mellen.

Xiao Yin said, "It is the main consciousness of that intelligent life form... Butterfly Dance."

Mellen looked at the little fairy Butterfly Dance. Noticing Mellen's gaze, Butterfly Dance, who was still a little confused, immediately started trembling with fear.

Mellen turned her gaze to Little Silver, who continued, "The level of intelligence in Cloud City is quite good. Butterfly Dance is the intelligent hub that controls everything. It is the pet beast of the city council chairman. Relying on it, the city council and that chairman have enormous power in Cloud City, enough to rival the city lord and Star Soul Academy."

"Since it's the Speaker's pet, they must have a close relationship, right? Is it alright to just bring it here like this?" Mellen asked.

Little Silver said, "Don't worry, Master. I've already done my research. Although intelligent life-type pets can maintain a mysterious connection with their Master after being contracted, they still need to abide by the limitations of intelligent life forms."

“I set up a logic maze outside the core data of Butterfly Dance. Before it can get out of this maze, it cannot break through the restrictions I set. Judging from its current computing power, it will probably take 129,400 years to break through my logic maze.”

Mellen nodded slightly, not particularly concerned. He began to use Butterfly Dance's access privileges to browse the data stored in Cloud City.

Soon, Mellen found something that interested him.

Yunman City was not established for long, less than three hundred years, and the oldest recorded history can only be traced back a few thousand years. It only includes a few nearby areas, including Yangming Lake. The total area of ​​these areas is only the size of a small world, just an insignificant corner of the vast universe of myriad beasts.

These materials were brought over from Xianglong Ancient City by the Liu family, the city lords.

Mellen couldn't find any mention of the Council of Beasts among them.

If Mellen wants to continue tracing back, there are two directions: one is the Ancient City of Soaring Dragons, and the other is the Star Soul Academy.

Xianglong Ancient City is an ancient city that has stood for thousands of years. It is a place where hidden talents reside. The Liu family of Yunman City is the main branch of the Liu family from Xianglong Ancient City.

Of course, after so many years of development, the Liu family of Yunman City today may not be weaker than the main branch of the Liu family from Xianglong Ancient City in terms of strength alone.

The origin of Star Soul Academy is somewhat special. It was assigned by the Academy Alliance after Cloud City had developed to a certain extent.

This academy alliance is an organization formed by a large number of beast-taming academies, with the goal of cultivating more beast tamers. Although combat-type beast tamers are the main force, they are by no means the only ones.

Trainers, breeders, pharmacists... and so on, beast tamers can do almost everything in life.

The Star Soul Academy in Yunman City is only the lowest-level branch academy; there are several levels above it. Even the main Star Soul Academy is only at a mid-level in the Academy Alliance.

It can be said that as long as one has enough talent, one can rise all the way up by following the academic path.

For Mellen, that was basically all the useful information he had. Because intelligent life existed in the Beast Universe, all factions physically isolated their internal confidential information.

After a moment's thought, Mellen decided to meet with the higher-ups at Star Soul Academy to probe the academy alliance's true intentions.

Walking slowly through Cloud City, Mellen felt that this place was completely different from ordinary cities. It was more like a military fortress, and almost everyone seemed to be busy.

After all, Yunman City is a pioneering city. Even though it has stood for three hundred years, monster attacks still occur from time to time. This is the fundamental reason why Yunman City is covered with surveillance cameras.

I simply found a barbecue restaurant and ate some local specialties. The food was quite good, especially the unique sauce, which suited Mellen's taste perfectly.

Yunman City is full of high-rise buildings over ten stories high, with no bungalows and very few villas, which shows that the city's area is actually very limited. Even so, Xinghun Academy occupies a vast area, taking up a corner of the entire city, which shows its status in Yunman City.

In front of the gate of Star Soul Academy stands a huge stone tablet with a line of large, flowing characters engraved on it... step by step, though the imitation is somewhat craftsman-like due to the skill of the copyist, one can still glimpse the spirit contained within.