Beast Taming Begins with the Inner Circle of Pets

Chapter 69 Being too outstanding makes you a target everywhere.

After the female officer left, Lin Manman studied the competition schedule and the signal transmitter in her hand. This transmitter, once distributed, would be used to record the participants' information and bind them to the participants. The transmitter came with a long chain, seemingly for the convenience of the participants carrying it with them.

The competition schedule details the high and low danger levels of different areas within the base and prohibits certain behaviors, such as malicious competition that could lead to the death of a participant.

Lin Manman touched her chin and, seeing that there was still some time, she and Xia Ming found a place to have breakfast.

This place should be a breeding base for spirit beasts. There are usually business dealings here, so there are many shops around.

She was going to be locked up in this base all day, so she prepared some lunch for herself.

After finishing their meal, it was almost time for the base gates to open. Lin Manman wiped her mouth, said goodbye to Xia Ming, and jogged to the gate to assemble.

Two rows of soldiers stood guard at the base entrance, weapons in hand. This was the first time Lin Manman had seen real high-tech weaponry here, and she couldn't help but take a second look.

The uniform white weapons look very cool, giving off a sci-fi movie vibe.

I've heard that the weapons the border guards in the main urban area are equipped with can give ordinary people the fighting power to rival a level six professional.

Lin Manman felt that the people in this world were actually quite remarkable. Although professionals possessed far greater strength than ordinary people, the Professional Alliance was formed not long after the emergence of professionals.

Professionals exercise self-discipline and restraint, refraining from oppressing or exploiting ordinary people. Ordinary people, in turn, strive to research technology, trying their best to bridge the gap between themselves and professionals, preventing the world from losing its balance of power.

Whether you're a professional or an ordinary person, you can make continuous progress in your respective field through your own efforts.

The gate slowly opened, and inside the gate was a gate that required contestants to swipe a signal transmitter to pass through.

As Lin Manman followed the group, she muttered to herself that the scene seemed strangely familiar. It wasn't until the gate displayed her personal information and scanned her entire body that she realized what was happening.

Isn't this similar to the exams I took in my past life? Except back then we used our ID cards...

Upon entering the base, she found the space to be much larger than she had anticipated. It resembled a small mountain peak, with undulating terrain. Although the trees were not particularly dense, their coverage was still considerable.

For most of the participants, this was their first time facing a battle with spirit beasts. Therefore, as they entered the base, no one dared to venture too far in.

Some clever participants have already started to team up in twos and threes before daring to venture into the depths of the forest.

Lin Manman summoned Ah Dai and Honey Badger. In this environment, Ah Dai was simply the best scout.

Just to be on the safe side, she wanted to take Honey Badger and Ah-Dai and find a few more people to explore with. But no matter which direction she went, everyone tacitly avoided her.

After trying this three or four times, she finally realized that she was being isolated.

Lin Manman couldn't help but sigh; it wasn't that she couldn't understand.

After all, since the team competition ended, those young masters and ladies all left at the same time, none of them participating in the individual competition. Having performed too well in the team competition, they will naturally be targeted in the individual competition.

Sure enough, people who are too outstanding will be envied everywhere! Doesn't anyone think about it from a different perspective? Trying to curry favor with her and racking up some points wouldn't be a bad idea!

While shamelessly complaining inwardly, he led Ah-Dai and Ping-Tou-Ge inside.

She's alone, that's fine. With her current combat strength, unless she's surrounded by level-three spirit beasts, she's unlikely to be defeated. Besides, she has the protective gear her senior brother gave her; she should be able to hold out until the rescue team arrives.

Once inside the forest, Lin Manman's vision was obscured by vegetation. She instructed Adai to fly into the sky to keep watch, and to activate vision sharing between her and the honey badger if any spirit beasts approached.

Then she thought for a moment and summoned Xiao Qi again. Xiao Qi's racial talent, "Plants Have Spirits," allows her to communicate with intelligent plant life, which might come in handy in this forest.

Ah-Dai circled around Lin Manman in the air, constantly exploring outwards. Soon, he activated vision sharing with the Honey Badger and Lin Manman. In Ah-Dai's vision, a small grassland appeared to the southeast of Lin Manman, with about a dozen long-eared snow rabbits on it.

Not long after entering, they encountered prey, more than a dozen of them. Although they were only level one spirit beasts, Lin Manman was still pleasantly surprised.

She also summoned Silver Moon. Although these long-eared snow rabbits were all level one spirit beasts and their attack power wasn't high, they were extremely fast. If she charged in with the honey badger, catching two or three wouldn't be a problem, and the rest would surely escape.

Have Silvermoon use Howling Moon Wolves to form an encirclement, ensuring that none of them escape!

Lin Manman had Ah Dai connect Silver Moon to the visual sharing system, and then commanded Silver Moon to summon Howling Moon Wolves to begin the siege of the cute rabbits.

Upon receiving the order, Honey Badger and Silver Moon reacted swiftly, activating their skills and then rushing towards the location of the Long-eared Snow Rabbit.

Lin Manman couldn't keep up with their speed, so she simply summoned Amber again, letting it slowly fall behind them.

Seeing that all its brothers and sisters had been summoned away, leaving only itself in the spirit pet space, Hongyu repeatedly protested to Lin Manman with its soul.

Considering that Rainbow Jade's movement speed is not slow under the skill Whirlwind, it was ultimately released.

After Rainbow Jade emerged, it excitedly chased after Honey Badger and Silver Moon. Unfortunately, even with the Wave Spin skill and the racial talent of swimming, it couldn't match the speed of Honey Badger and Rainbow Jade.

Silvermoon and the Honey Badger have already begun hunting the Long-eared Snow Hare, and Rainbow Jade hasn't arrived yet. By the time it arrives, all the rabbits will be dead.

Lin Manman watched Amber gracefully follow beside her, and couldn't help but find it both amusing and adorable. It seemed she was really serious about being a star.

There were seventeen rabbits in total. After killing them, Silver Moon didn't want to get her fur dirty, so she went to lie down and rest. Honey Badger dug out the crystal cores from each rabbit for Lin Manman without complaint.

Rainbow Jade, who finally arrived, excitedly offered its help. Although it missed the rabbit-killing, it still contributed by helping to mine the crystal cores!

After Honey Badger and Rainbow Jade finished mining the crystal core, Lin Manman finally arrived leisurely.

Before she could put the crystal core away, Ah-Dai in the air suddenly issued a warning. In Ah-Dai's shared vision, a large black cat with blue flames burning on its four paws was rapidly approaching.

It was a level three Azure Fire Leopard, probably attracted by the blood of these long-eared snow rabbits.

The Azure Fire Leopard moved with incredible speed, almost becoming a black shadow. At its pace, it would arrive at Lin Manman's location very soon.

We just received seventeen level-one crystal cores, and now level-three crystal cores are being delivered to our door!

Lin Manman was overjoyed. She quickly told Silver Moon and Flathead to hide, and she also took Amber and hid in some bushes, afraid of scaring away the adorable blue fire leopard.

Hongyu was left bewildered, circling the level-one crystal cores, looking around, not knowing what was going on.

Because Ah Dai didn't share its vision with it, it was unaware that a level 3 Azure Fire Leopard was approaching.

Lin Manman didn't warn it, letting Hongyu stay where it was to mislead the Azure Fire Leopard. She wanted it to believe that the rabbits were hunted by the level-two Hongyu, which would lower the Azure Fire Leopard's guard.

As expected, when the Azure Fire Leopard arrived, it didn't appear directly in front of Hong Yu. Instead, it patiently observed the surroundings, and only after confirming that there were no other spirit beasts besides Hong Yu did it swagger onto the grassland.

(End of this chapter)