Please be my partner.

Seeing Mellen staring at the stone tablet, a young security guard standing guard at the entrance smiled and said, "This is the motto of Star Soul Academy. It is said to have been spoken by the dean who founded Star Soul Academy."

"You must be one of the applicants this year, right? How did the exam go? Did you receive your admission notice? Even if you didn't, don't be discouraged. Take the exam a few more times, and you'll have a chance eventually."

Mellen touched his face, somewhat speechless, feeling that he didn't look young enough to be mistaken for a student.

This is normal, though. In the universe of beasts, only adults can cultivate beast taming skills and open their own beast taming space. If one wants to become a beast tamer, the teenage years are mainly spent learning theoretical knowledge.

Therefore, it is normal for people to enter the Beast Taming Academy at the age of eighteen or nineteen. Even if someone is exceptionally talented, they should be at least sixteen years old.

Incidentally, it's worth mentioning that each Beast Tamer has their own Beast Taming Space, where they can store their contracted pets. In the Beast Taming Space, pets can receive significant bonuses whether they are resting or recovering.

Furthermore, powerful beast tamers can actively modify their beast taming space to better suit their pets, allowing them to grow faster within it.

This is much better than the Starry Universe. When Mellen became the Wolf Tamer, he didn't have such convenient abilities. He had to take his dogs with him wherever he went.

However, this is unavoidable. The [Wolf Tamer] class has become compatible with many things after absorbing the rules of the Starry Universe, but it has to give up some things because it lost the support of the Myriad Beasts Universe.

Mellen smiled at the security guard and casually said, "I'm not a test taker, I'm here to find someone."

With that, Mellen walked into the academy.

The security guard hesitated for a moment, then quickly said, "Hey! Wait a minute! Outsiders need to register before entering the academy... wait a minute... you..."

Mellen ignored him, simply waving his hand slightly as his figure slowly faded and disappeared, leaving the dedicated security guard bewildered in the wind.

As the security guard hurriedly reported to his superiors, Mellen had already arrived outside the dean's office and gently knocked on the door.

A calm voice came from inside the dean's office: "Come in."

Mellen chuckled softly and pushed open the door to enter.

Just as Mellen was scrutinizing the dean, the dean also sensed something was wrong, looked up at Mellen, frowned, and said, "Who are you? You're not from Star Soul Academy?"

Mellen casually closed the door, then sat down on the sofa next to him as if they were old friends, and said, "I am indeed not from Star Soul Academy. I came here to have a chat with Dean Chen."

Chen Rusong's brows relaxed slightly. While secretly contacting the pet beasts in the academy, he asked, "May I ask who you are? And what do you wish to discuss with me?"

Ignoring Chen Rusong's actions, Mellen went straight to the point: "I wonder if Dean Chen knows about the Council of Beasts?"

"The Council of Beasts?" Chen Rusong thought for a moment and said, "I have never heard of it."

Mellen was naturally able to discern the truthfulness of Chen Rusong's words; he had seen through the latter completely the moment he entered the room.

Chen Rusong's own strength was naturally insignificant, but among the pet beasts he contracted, several had reached the legendary level.

According to the current classification method of the Myriad Beasts Universe, Beast Tamers are divided into ten levels, which can basically correspond to the fourth-tier legendary level and below in the Starry Universe. Chen Rusong is an eighth-level Beast Tamer.

Only by forming a contract or raising a king-level pet beast can one be called a legendary beast tamer, a stage that corresponds to a saint in the starry universe.

Ordinary, Elite, Extraordinary, Commander, Monarch, Overlord, Emperor: These are the ranks of pets and monsters. Each level represents a new evolution.

Although Chen Rusong is the dean of Xinghun Academy, he is only a fourth-tier cannon fodder after all, and his knowledge of secrets is limited. It is normal that he has never heard of the Council of Ten Thousand Beasts.

"Who is the highest-ranking person you can contact?" asked Murren.

Chen Rusong stared at Mellen without answering, and said instead, "You haven't introduced yourself yet, isn't that a bit impolite?"

"I'm just a passerby," Mellen said. "You don't need to know me. Answer my question."

Chen Rusong's eyes suddenly became unfocused, and he unconsciously said, "My mentor, Yuan Chen, is a professor in the combat department of Xinghuan Academy. He is an epic-level beast tamer."

"Star Ring Academy?" asked Murren in confusion.

Soon, Mellen understood the reason from Chen Rusong: Star Ring Academy was one of the official members of the Academy Alliance, while Star Soul Academy could only be considered an affiliated academy of Star Ring Academy.

Originally, Mellen thought that these colleges were only of different levels and that they should all have the same name.

Mellen said, "Then, please help me contact your mentor, Yuan Chen."

A look of struggle flashed across Chen Rusong's face, as if he was extremely resistant to the suggestion, which surprised Mellen somewhat.

However, even if Mellen did it casually, Chen Rusong could not resist. His eyes became dazed again. He got up and went to the bookshelf. After fiddling with it for a while, a hidden compartment popped out. Inside the compartment was a box. Then, Chen Rusong slowly deactivated the mechanism on the box.

After opening the box, there were two thumb-sized rhombus-shaped crystals inside. Judging from the groove in the box, there should have been three of these rhombus-shaped crystals originally, so it seems that one has already been used.

Chen Rusong picked up a crystal, which immediately released a wave of energy to verify his soul aura. At the same time, he uttered a command to activate the crystal.

The crystal floated in the air, constantly shimmering with a faint light. In short, the call had been connected and was waiting for a response.

Before long, the 'phone' was connected, and a virtual image of an old man was projected onto the crystal.

Yuan Chen asked, "What happened that you need to contact me via emergency communications?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Yuan Chen noticed that Chen Rusong was acting strangely, and at the same time he saw Mellen.

Mellen greeted him, "Hello, I wanted to gather some intelligence, so I asked Dean Chen to contact the highest-ranking person he knows. And that's how the 'phone' ended up going to you."

Yuan Chen asked in a deep voice, "Who are you?"

Mellen curled his lip and said, "You two really are teacher and student, asking the same questions. But then again, given my entrance, any normal person would ask me something, right?"

"Okay, I'll explain right away."

"Explain it in person."

As soon as Mellen finished speaking, Yuan Chen instinctively sensed something was wrong and immediately tried to cut off the contact.

But it was too late!

Suddenly, the virtual screen in front of Yuan Chen emitted a hazy glow. While the other scenes remained illusory, the scene belonging to Mellen began to come alive, gradually moving from illusion to reality.

Yuan Chen's expression changed drastically. He immediately activated all the protective measures in the laboratory and issued an alarm to the outside world.

In an instant, a piercing shriek echoed throughout the experimental area of ​​the Star Ring Academy.

Powerful auras surged into the sky, heading towards the direction from which the alarm had been issued.

Chapter 746 'Goodwill' and Communication

"What's going on? Why did the alarm trigger? And why is it in the experimental area?!"

"Exactly! What about imaginary space? What about the vacuum domain? How did the enemy manage to penetrate all those defenses and attack the academy's interior?!"

"Could it be an invasion by an external enemy? Or is there a problem with that professor's lab? Like... the monsters he's raising have broken free of their restraints?"

"Impossible! The alarm that's going off now is Level One. This kind of alarm is only triggered when the academy faces a powerful enemy invasion. There are only a few senior professors, vice deans, and the dean in the entire academy who can sound the Level One alarm. Their judgment is infallible."

"..."

Soon, Yuan Chen's laboratory was surrounded by figures. Among them, three figures exuded the most powerful auras. The first was a strange life form flying high in the sky, whose body was composed of starlight and light. The second was a pitch-black sphere floating in mid-air, which looked only the size of a fist, but constantly exuded a terrifying pressure. The third was a giant tiger with its feet on the ground and its body burning with black flames.

Although many powerful individuals had gathered, none of them dared to advance rashly, because Yuan Chen's laboratory was now shrouded in a hazy illusion, as if that area had detached from the real world and transformed into some kind of strange realm.

After a moment of silence, Star Life said, "We can't let this unknown entity do as it pleases, and Old Yuan is still inside. You two stay behind to cover for me, and I'll go and test the waters."

As soon as he finished speaking, the star life form shone brightly, and beams of starlight flowed and converged on its body, transforming into a power strong enough to melt through stars and shooting towards Yuan Chen's laboratory.

"Buzz!~"

The powerful starlight fell upon the eerie illusion, but was swallowed up without causing any ripples, only adding a few more rays of brilliance to the hazy atmosphere.

Undeterred, Star Life began to rapidly increase the intensity of its power output.

The black flame tiger roared, "I'll come too!"

Black flames swept across, transforming into a storm that rushed towards the illusory realm.

Under the impact of the two powerful attacks, the illusory realm began to shrink.

Just as the dark sphere was eager to join the attack, Mellen's helpless voice slowly drifted out: "Really, I just wanted to exchange some information. Is it really necessary to start fighting before we've even met?"

"Although my entrance may not have looked very friendly, please believe me, I meant no harm."

The Star Ring Academy members ignored Mellen's words and intensified their attacks.

Fortunately, after this short delay, Mellen had already traversed numerous spaces and completed his descent; otherwise, the illusory power he received through the communication crystal might not have been able to hold out for much longer.

When Mellen fully materialized, despair and resolve flashed in Yuan Chen's bound eyes, as if he were about to unleash some kind of attack at any moment.

Mellen sighed, snapped his fingers lightly, and the soul power contained in the sound directly shocked Yuan Chen into a state of dizziness.

A few seconds later, Yuan Chen recovered slightly, but his brain was still spinning, his thinking was sluggish, and he couldn't use any strength.

After waiting a moment, Mellen calmly said, "As I just said, my purpose in coming here is to exchange some information. The reason I used this method is simply because it is the most convenient, nothing more."

“I have no ill intentions toward Star Ring Academy, but if you continue to attack me, the consequences will be something you do not want to see.”

Mellen's words were addressed not only to Yuan Chen, but also to the powerful figures of the Star Ring Academy outside.

Star Lifeform and Black Flame Giant Tiger stopped their attack. Star Lifeform said, "Sir, we would naturally welcome your normal visit to Star Ring Academy, but I can't see any 'friendliness' in your current manner."

Throughout, Mellen remained calm as he said, "The fact that an elephant would deliberately go around an ant's nest is itself a form of 'goodwill'."

Mellen was not the kind of person who would deliberately wait for someone to offend him before showing off and slapping them in the face. As he spoke, he also released a deep and terrifying aura. The Star Ring Academy experts outside felt as if they were naked and had entered icy water in the dead of winter, chilled to the bone from the inside out.

After a flurry of activity, Mellen was led to a reception room, where only four other people remained.

One of them was Yuan Chen, and the other three were the Beastmasters of Star Life, Black Flame Giant Tiger, and Pitch Black Sphere. The latter three were also the three vice deans of Star Ring Academy.

After introducing themselves, the group began to talk.

Yu Ziyue, the Beast Tamer of Star Life, said apologetically, "Your Excellency Mellen, the Dean is not currently at the academy, but we have already informed him that he will need some time to return. Please allow us to receive him in the meantime."

Mellen nodded slightly and said, "I am a traveler and would like to gain some knowledge about history and geography from your esteemed academy. In addition, I have some questions I would like to ask."

The group exchanged glances, and Yu Ziyue said, "No problem, we can open the academy library to His Excellency Mellen. As long as the books do not involve Star Ring Academy's secrets, you are free to read them."

Mellen said, "Thank you very much. My question is, have you ever heard of the Council of Beasts?"

"The Council of Beasts?" Upon hearing this, the group pondered for a moment, then shook their heads in unison, indicating they did not know.

Yu Ziyue said softly, "I'm sorry, Your Excellency Mellen, we have never heard of an organization called the Council of Beasts. However, our Dean is very knowledgeable, and he may be able to give you the answer."

Mellen nodded, but he was quite puzzled.

Logically speaking, the Beast Council should have a dominant influence in the Beast Universe. The three superior divine beast races all have supreme beings, and there are quite a few rulers. Even if the Dragon led most of the Beast Council's power to invade the Starry Universe, even though millions of years have passed, the Beast Universe should not have disappeared.

It should be noted that when the dragon led the invasion of the Starry Universe, the Black Phoenix and the Nether Tiger were not in favor. Therefore, although a large number of their subordinate races followed the dragon in conquering the Starry Universe, the two races themselves did not participate.

With Xuanfeng and Youhu around, the Council of Beasts has no chance of falling.

Unless, something else unexpected happened?

Led by Yuan Chen, Mellen went to the library of Star Ring Academy.

The reason for having Professor Yuan Chen, a senior professor, lead the way was naturally because of the strength that Mellen had demonstrated. With Yuan Chen around, at least some ignorant students could be prevented from offending Mellen.

Along the way, Mellen also had time to take in the Star Ring Academy, only to discover that the entire Star Ring Academy was not built on the ground, but was located high in the sky, more than 200,000 kilometers above the ground.

The experimental area where Mellen is currently located is only a small part of the entire Star Ring Academy. In addition, there are other areas distributed on different small stars, which are intertwined to form a ring.

By this time, Yuan Chen had also adjusted his mindset and began to enthusiastically explain the history of Star Ring Academy to Mellen and introduce the surrounding environment.

Soon, Mellen arrived in front of a huge library, a silver, egg-shaped building that looked very high-tech.

Yuan Chen said, "All technology-related creations in the entire Star Ring Academy are controlled by the central AI Rainbow Light, and the library is no exception. We have already granted Lord Mellen the relevant access, and you are free to browse them."

“Some of the ancient documents in the library exist as physical objects. Although we have made relevant storage records, as you should know, some of the written texts themselves are mysterious and cannot be fully expressed by images.”

Upon entering the library, Mellen discovered that it was completely empty. This was clearly not the normal state of the college library; they must have known he wanted to come to the library to look up information, so they had cleared out the students beforehand.

"I'm not some monster," Mellen said helplessly. "I don't have a bad temper, so there's no need to make things so complicated."

Yuan Chen smiled but did not respond.

Mellen understood that it was still his own way of making an entrance that made Star Ring Academy unable to understand his personality, which was why they went to such great lengths.

Mellen's only hope now is that when he comes out of the library, he won't be caught in a trap.

Just then, a gentle voice came from a tablet: "Welcome, Your Excellency Mellen. I am Rainbow Light, and it is my pleasure to serve you."

Mellen instinctively wanted to retort, "You're getting ahead of yourself," but considering his current tense relationship with Star Ring Academy, he decided it was best to avoid making such a hellish joke.

Next, Hongguang took over the service for Mellen, conjuring a virtual image, while Yuan Chen waited outside.

Mellen summoned Silver and had him receive the information recorded in the library so that he could easily filter and search for it. Meanwhile, guided by the rainbow light, he walked toward the place where the physical books were placed.

Rainbow Light was not surprised by the appearance of Little Silver and cooperated in transmitting data. With their computing efficiency, the process was completed in just a few seconds.

Mellen casually browsed through the information that Xiao Yin had marked for him, and soon arrived inside the library, which was a huge circular space with rows of bookshelves arranged in a staggered manner.

Here you can also see a large number of small mechanical creations, all with the same fist-sized body, extending outwards with varying numbers of mechanical arms for different purposes, performing daily tasks such as sorting, cleaning, and maintenance.

Students don't need to climb up and down stairs to borrow books; they just point, and nearby mechanical creations will take out the books they want and automatically complete the borrowing registration, which is quite convenient.

As they moved forward, the books on the shelves became increasingly strange in appearance. Soon, Mellen arrived in front of a stone slab that was taller than a person and had weathered edges.