Spirit Plant Masters Sweep Across the Beast Taming Interstellar Space

Chapter 2 System: Can I keep a pet beast?

"Congratulations, host. You have grown to the youth stage and your spiritual awareness has reached 10%, which meets the conditions for system awakening."

"Spiritual Consciousness Space Area: 10 mu"

"Development level of spiritual consciousness space: barren"

Awakened Ability: [Plant Communicator] Proficiency: Beginner (0/100)

"Awakened Ability: [Spirit Plant Cultivation Diagram] Completeness: Beginner Stage (0/100)"

"System Task (Beginner): Please complete the contract with the same type of spiritual plant within 3 days."

"Mission Failure Penalty: Annihilation"

A clear electronic sound was ringing in Ge Bai's mind.

Ge Bai silently lay back on the bed, turning to face the side against the wall. Her trembling fingers, clutching the corner of the blanket, revealed her excitement.

System! A cheat code!

It's been 16 years, and it's finally here.

After calming himself down, Ge Bai asked directly, "System, can I contract a pet beast?"

……

The electronic voice in my head was silent for three seconds, then its volume noticeably increased.

"Hello host, I am Shennong 2.7 System, not the turtle in the wishing well."

Oh? It's an intelligent system.

Ge Bai became interested in chatting.

Is there a reward for successfully completing the contracted spirit plant quest?

"no."

"What does 'erasure' mean as a penalty for mission failure?"

This time, the system provided a very generous explanation.

"Elimination refers to the complete destruction of the host, both physically and mentally."

What does this mean?

While others' systems pave the way to godhood, Ge Bai's system wields the whip of "annihilation" and lashes her back relentlessly.

Well, having a system is better than not having one. Signing up for a spiritual plant is a small matter.

Ge Bai took a deep breath, trying his best to reassure himself, and turned back to continue studying the system.

【Spiritual Plant Communicator】? To talk to spiritual plants?

Ge Bai understood this awakening ability literally.

With a thought, she activated her spirit plant communicator mode, and suddenly a loud snoring sound filled the previously quiet dormitory.

She looked around and quickly located the source of the sound: the hyacinth by the window.

The pale blue petals are densely clustered together, the thick leaves wrap around the pistil, and the round, purplish-red bulb extends out white roots.

How can such a seemingly quiet hyacinth produce such a loud snore?

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Seeing that there wasn't much water left in the transparent vase containing the hyacinth, barely covering the roots at the bottom, Ge Bai got up, picked up the vase, and examined it closely.

The snoring stopped abruptly.

"Hmm?" Hyacinth seemed to wake up, and mumbled a sleepy "hmm".

Ge Bai smiled and playfully shook the vase, causing the huge hyacinth flower column to sway.

"Ah, ah, what are you doing? What are you doing? Stop shaking me, I'm dizzy!"

The hyacinth has fully awakened and is chirping and babbling.

Ge Bai ignored him, quickly changed his water, and put it back on the windowsill.

Seeing this, the hyacinth hummed and fell asleep again, but this time its snoring was much quieter.

Without saying anything to the hyacinth, Ge Bai exited the plant communicator state.

She was not prepared to communicate with the spiritual plants rashly without fully understanding their abilities.

No, that's not right. A spiritual plant?

She suddenly realized that the name of her awakened ability was [Spirit Plant Communicator].

Shouldn't spiritual plants be specially cultivated? Can this ordinary hyacinth by the window be considered a spiritual plant?

Ge Bai raised this question to the system.

"Spirit plants are a general term for plants that possess spiritual power. After the Great Evolution, all plants and animals possess spiritual power, but the degree to which this spiritual power is contained varies."

The system's explanation was completely different from what was taught in the Alliance's general education curriculum. Even the term "Great Evolution" was something Ge Bai had never heard of before.

The Alliance now refers to dozens of plants that can stably form contracts with humans as spirit plants. These spirit plants generally still need to be optimized and cultivated by research institutes, otherwise the contract failure rate is extremely high.

Alliance researchers generally believe that the reason for the contract failure is that the spiritual energy content in the spiritual plant is insufficient.

"So that means I can form a contract with any plant, the kind of spirit plant you're referring to? And the success of the contract has nothing to do with the plant's spiritual energy content?"

"Yes. Whether a contract with a spirit plant can be successfully formed depends mainly on the compatibility between the two parties and their subjective will, and has nothing to do with the level of spiritual power contained in the spirit plant." The system gave an affirmative answer.

Ge Bai's worldview was greatly shaken. If what the system said was true, then what had the Alliance Spirit Plant Research Institute actually researched all these years? It had definitely gone astray!

She plans to go to the botanical garden first thing tomorrow morning to give it a try.

Let's take a look at the [Spirit Plant Cultivation Chart].

"No contract between the host and any spiritual plants has been detected. The spiritual plant cultivation diagram cannot be opened at this time."

When Ge Bai tried to browse the map, the system popped up with this message.

You can't see it without a contract? How am I supposed to know what kind of spiritual plant I'm contracted with?

Although he hadn't yet mastered the system, Ge Bai could clearly sense that the Shennong system's understanding of spiritual plants far surpassed the Alliance's current research level.

The Alliance Spirit Plant Research Institute divides spirit plants into three categories. The first category is fruit-type spirit plants, such as apple trees, peach trees, and grapevines. After cultivation, they can produce different fruits that have significant beneficial effects on pets and humans.

The second category is auxiliary spiritual plants, such as the Flaming Tree Stump that can continuously release flames, the Rain Mushroom that can summon clouds to bring rain, and the Devil Vines that can bind creatures within a certain range. These spiritual plants are rare, difficult to cultivate, expensive, and usually controlled by the military.

The third type, which has emerged in recent years, is called ornamental spiritual plants. To put it simply, these are spiritual plants cultivated by research institutes. They haven't been found to have any special effects; they're just beautiful to look at, and they grow even more beautiful after being contracted. Many idols and celebrities like this type of spiritual plant, since contracting a Rosaceae spiritual plant can bring a buff of blooming flowers and falling petals when you appear.

Ge Bai always felt that the existence of such people and such spiritual plants was just a waste of time.

While racking her brains to recall knowledge about spiritual plants, she also pondered how to extract more information from the system.

"System, which spirit plants have strong attack power and can defeat pets of the same level in a 1v1 battle?"

"Please explore on your own after forming a contract with the spirit plant."

A stingy system.

"Let me rephrase that: Is it possible for a spiritual plant to defeat a pet of the same level?"

"Can."

Become!

Ge Bai's eyes lit up; she knew it!

Every system has bugs that can cause it to lag.

"Do all kinds of spiritual plants, once cultivated, acquire combat abilities?"

"no."

The system is extremely concise.

Ge Bai thought about it and understood.

After all, not all pets are suitable for being trained into combat beasts; individual differences must be accepted.

That means we need to be more careful in choosing spiritual plants.

Ge Bai still wanted to take the special admissions exam for the provincial key school a month later, even though she was destined to become a spirit plant master.

She was truly unwilling to accept this, and the sudden appearance of the system gave her a glimmer of hope.

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Late at night, Teacher Xiaolu was also awake.

She put down her pen, rubbed her temples, and looked at the desk lamp. She glanced at the letter she had just finished writing, carefully folded it, and put it in an envelope.

The mailing address on the envelope was addressed to Researcher Luo Wan of the Alliance Spiritual Plant Research Institute, China Branch.

(End of this chapter)