Why isn't what I command considered a beast?

[Collection confirmed.]

Estimated time: 50 minutes

Do you need this much?

Fortunately, she didn't know beforehand, otherwise she probably wouldn't have been willing to give it up, since it's not easy to earn some reward time with gold ingots.

Moreover, she used the reward time without permission from Jin Yuanbao.

I need to apologize to it sincerely.

Mingxi could clearly feel that her pet space had detached from her sea of ​​consciousness and was shrinking to the size of a little finger, hovering in front of her brow.

[Please get as close as possible to the center of the pool bottom. A meteorite energy stone has been detected there, which is the source of the special energy overflowing from this place.]

It turned out to be the case.

Although Mingxi didn't know what the Heavenly Meteor Thunder Energy Stone was, she could roughly guess from the name that it was related to the formation of the Thunder Pool.

She vaguely remembered that this No. 13 Thunder Pool seemed to be exactly the python's vital spot.

The meteorite energy stone is the inner core or heart of the thunder-absorbing water python.

This guess is both quite plausible and quite fantastical.

But who cares?

Mingxi did not hesitate.

He took a deep breath, plunged headfirst into the water, ignoring the excruciating pain all over his body, and used all his strength to dive to the bottom.

"Lei Lei".

Jin Yuanbao stared at this scene, completely bewildered.

What happened to our beast tamer? Why did he swim into the water?

Isn't she upset?

After some hesitation, it still felt uneasy, flapped its wings, and finally decided to follow.

It just wanted to see what kind of trouble she was up to.

It's not because I'm worried about her!

The underwater world has been completely transformed.

Although the scene before me was still an eerie purple, the color was not as rich and deep as it had appeared from above.

The underwater visibility was good enough that Mingxi wouldn't be completely blind.

Enduring unimaginable pain and resisting the buoyancy of the pool water, Mingxi struggled to move her trembling limbs and resolutely plunged deeper into the water.

Unbeknownst to her, as she continued to descend, more and more purple energy gathered around her, gradually forming a viscous, gel-like substance that enveloped her body layer by layer and quickly penetrated her skin.

pain.

But Mingxi had no time to worry about that.

She could feel the pet space in front of her brow spinning rapidly, with purple energy being drawn into it like a hurricane.

Fortunately, the pool wasn't so deep that Mingxi couldn't swim it even after holding her breath for four minutes.

She successfully touched the bottom in less than a minute.

"Guangguang, are you sure this is the meteorite energy stone you were talking about?"

Mingxi strained to open her eyes wide, peering through the surging energy vortex at the ordinary stone embedded in a patch of enchanting water plants.

It's really ordinary.

It looked exactly like the pressure stone her grandmother used to pickle vegetables—plain, unremarkable, and without any special features. Normally, if you saw it, you'd just want to throw it into the latrine.

The Realm of Time is currently in a state of descent, so she can happily communicate with Light in her mind.

Guangguang replied: 【Yes.】

Mingxi sighed.

This is probably what they mean by a treasure concealing itself.

If it weren't so ordinary, it might have been moved away long ago. How could it still be sleeping so peacefully at the bottom of the pool?

Mingxi wondered if she should be more respectful when she saw roadside flowers, plants, and scrap metal in the future.

Who knows what kind of magical flowers and herbs, or precious swords and artifacts they might be?

With her brain circuits shattered by the lightning energy, Mingxi's thoughts began to wander, wondering if she should choose an auspicious day to propose to her crush.

Heaven knows where she got her male god from; he's a purebred dog who's only fit to eat dog food for two lifetimes.

"Thunder... Pfft..."

Jin Yuanbao, a bird-like pet, finally arrived at Mingxi's side despite suffering immense damage.

Seeing his own beast tamer looking blank and dazed, as if he were mentally challenged.

In its haste, it forgot that it couldn't speak freely underwater, and with a single open mouth, it swallowed a bellyful of water from the Thunder Pool.

Well, that's great, they've also soaked their internal organs in the Thunder Pool.

Mingxi then noticed that her pet animal had also come along.

I was in such a hurry to find the Meteorite Energy Stone that I forgot to tell Jin Yuanbao.

Seeing that it was about to drown, she quickly supported its body and swam upwards.

Coming down was incredibly difficult, but swimming up was effortless.

Within seconds, the owner and pet were both sprawled on the water's surface.

have a break.

Mingxi finally had the strength to speak: "Jin Yuanbao, I've discovered that underwater body training is more effective, so I'll have to go down again later."

Although the Time Realm can still collect the overflowing energy without getting close to the Meteorite, this will infinitely prolong the time consumed.

It wasn't that she was reluctant to give up the reward time.

It's because she only bought one hour of time to soak in the Thunder Pool. What will she do when the time is up but she hasn't finished collecting everything?

Just to be on the safe side, we should complete the collection task as soon as possible.

So she has to go down again later.

"You're a bird, so it's not convenient for you to hold your breath underwater. You should stay here and absorb energy, or try to awaken a thunderstorm."

It wasn't that Mingxi didn't want to tell Jin Yuanbao about the Time Realm collecting energy, but Zhong Zhongling was still standing by the Thunder Pool, and she couldn't be sure if there were any surveillance cameras nearby.

Therefore, it's safer to discuss some things after entering the Time Realm.

"Lei Lei".

Jin Yuanbao looked at her suspiciously, wondering why she was hiding something from him.

The energy in this Thunder Pool is so vast and boundless that even a lightning-type extraordinary creature like myself is finding it difficult to cope.

She's just an average human being; staying up there is already her limit. Why would she bother to dive down?

Is there something good hidden at the bottom of the Thunder Pool?

Despite its many doubts, the gold ingot wisely refrained from asking.

It's normal for humans to be a little cunning.

Mingxi rested for only a few minutes, said goodbye to Jin Yuanbao, and then swam back to the bottom of the pool.

As time went by, even Mingxi herself lost count of how many times she had swum down and surfaced.

Leaving aside the pain of being tempered and refined by the lightning energy, the sheer difficulty of repeatedly resisting the buoyancy of the pool and swimming downwards was enough to push her to the limit.

Mingxi had lost track of how much time had passed.

She could feel her body transforming.

Skin becomes more elastic, muscles become more resilient, bones become stronger...

There seemed to be an unstoppable force within her, like a volcano about to erupt.

During this process, her consciousness became clearer and clearer, and she seemed to be able to feel every cell in her body being active.

"Buzz!"

[Special energy collection complete, totaling 39 minutes and 44 seconds of reward time.]

Thanks to Mingxi's efforts, the time required was much less than expected.

[Master, new rules are being established in the Realm of Time, requiring us to close for one day. You will have two chances to spin the wheel the following day.]

As Guangguang's voice rang out, the Time Realm floating in front of Mingxi's brow lit up with a blinding white light.

It has returned to the pyramid shape of the pet space, but the original white light is rapidly turning into red light.

In the center of the space, a familiar key quickly focused light.