Unorthodox Beast Control

Chapter 317 The mutated race never extinguishes the burning fire!

Nature is the best teacher of living things.

Wild Transcendent creatures can master various life and combat skills by relying on their own wisdom and experimentation without being taught by anyone.

And Song Xuan's free-ranging attitude towards the pets in the Qingya Pet Beast Breeding Base has allowed the pets here to master some skills that are usually difficult to learn on their own.

What is more precious than the skills themselves is the process by which they do it.

"Boss Xu, do you think... could there be something wrong with my training methods?" Song Xuan asked with a bit of helplessness, completely unaware of what Xu Ran was thinking.

"Although I want them to live a free life, it is also my wish to find their respective destinations."

"I don't think there's anything wrong with your cultivation method, it's just... you may need to change it so that more beast masters can accept them." Xu Ran smiled, "It's not just about washing and caring for them here."

"In what way?" Song Xuan's eyes were filled with curiosity.

"You have to let the beast masters who came to select them understand that there is a reason for their seemingly abnormal actions." Xu Ran paused slightly, "You should remember what I just said, right?"

"You mean..." Song Xuan's eyes gradually lit up.

During the visit to the four wind beasts just now, Xu Ran gave reasonable explanations for the reasons for the abnormal behavior of each beast.

As long as she records these explanations and uses a display board or other means to inform the beast masters who come to choose, these beast masters will not think that the pet's behavior is abnormal.

In this way, they will naturally be more accepting of the pet beasts at the base!

"Boss Xu, wait a moment!" Song Xuan ran away quickly. After a while, she found paper and pen from nowhere, and wrote down the reasons for the behavior of the four pet beasts that Xu Ran just mentioned. If I couldn't remember anything clearly, I would check with Xu Ran again.

Looking at the dense text on the paper, Song Xuan's face was filled with an expectant smile, "Boss Xu, let me take you to the next park to visit!"

"No problem." Xu Ran smiled hoarsely.

Seeing these little guys who are smarter than ordinary pet beasts being regarded as "abnormal" and being disliked, Xu Ran felt equally uncomfortable. It was a good thing to be able to help them find suitable beast masters faster.

After walking out of the wind-type beast park, the two came to the adjacent fire-type park.

As soon as I walked into it, I was hit by a billowing wave of heat.

"Meow~"

The green-spotted cat curled up in Song Xuan's arms meowed softly and twisted its body uneasily, obviously feeling a little uncomfortable with the hot temperature.

"Little guy, I'll come find you later." Song Xuan put it down gently and watched it quickly run back to the wind park. She stood up and looked at Xu Ran, "There are five races in the fire park. It exists, but the number of individuals is smaller, only 26."

"These five races are the flame-melting turtle, the fire-tailed bear, the fire-eating ghost, the flame-heart pig and the underworld wolf."

"Okay." Xu Ran nodded, with a look of anticipation in his eyes.

Like the four races in the wind area, the five races in the fire area are all Apex Level leaders among the races, and they all have four two-star talent skills.

Xu Ran was very curious about what unusual behavior they would have.

"Just right~" (Yam Melting Turtle...)

Following the two of them, Cancan stretched out a paw and touched his chin like Xu Ran, showing a thoughtful look.

Is it possible for Xu Ran to contract a Flame Melt Turtle so that the turtle race can grow in the team?

Oh, it's a dragon turtle, that's okay.

"Let's go to the area where the Flame Melting Turtle is first." Song Xuan said with a smile. Walking in front, she had already picked up the pen and paper in her hand and was ready to record it.

Not long after, the two and three pets came to an artificial crater scene.

Just like before, there are already several beast masters here who are preparing to choose pet beasts gathered together in twos and twos.

As if sensing the arrival of people in the park, the heat wave swept over the face. From the churning magma in the volcano, several pet turtles with heads somewhat similar to snapping turtles and back shells like small volcanoes slowly crawled out.

In the center of their thick carapace, red-red magma continuously gushes out, flows along the carapace to the edge, and finally condenses at the edge, turning into dark red rock.

The Flame Melting Turtle moved its body slowly and walked towards the crowd step by step.

Although they move slowly, their steady pace gives people a sense of reliability and trustworthiness.

As one of the few fire-type races that has both offense and defense, the Molten Turtle is extremely popular.

Among the crowd, the eyes of many beast masters who were preparing to choose their pet beasts lit up.

At this moment, they seemed to see the turtle in their dreams.

But the next moment, the steps of these Flame Melt Turtles all stopped.

Their movements were uniform, and they pressed their heads to the ground together.

Just when everyone was wondering what they were going to do, the strong limbs of these molten turtles suddenly exerted force, overturning the originally stable carapace, making it vertical to the ground like a tire.

Immediately afterwards, the Flame Melt Turtles retracted their limbs and heads into their carapace. As their heads resting on the ground retracted, their rounded carapace lost its fixed point and rolled rapidly down the hillside toward everyone like an out-of-control wheel. .

Seeing this scene, everyone's expressions suddenly became particularly exciting.

Obviously, this was very different from the domineering Flame Melting Turtle they had expected.

At this moment, they looked as funny as if they were performing in a circus.

"Let's look at something else." Many beastmasters couldn't help but shake their heads, then turned and walked towards the next park.

But Cancan, who was standing behind Xu Ran, his eyes suddenly lit up at this moment.

These guys are so interesting!

Being playful by nature, it couldn't help but imitate, wanting to roll as fast as those molten turtles.

But soon, Cancan silently stopped his movements.

Its head is stuck by the dragon's horn and cannot be retracted...

hateful!

With a bit of regret, Cancan stopped what he was doing and looked at the tangled turtle shells with envy in his eyes.

"Xilu~"

Xingchen neighed softly and tapped Cancan's back with his hoof as a sign of comfort.

Ahead, the exchange between Xu Ran and Song Xuan began again.

"Boss Xu, what is the reason for the behavior of these Flame Melting Turtles?" Song Xuan no longer cared about the guests who gave up and left. She picked up a pen and paper and looked at Xu Ran with eyes full of curiosity.

"They are cleaning the sedimentary rocks around the turtle shell." Xu Ran understood the intentions of these guys with just one glance.

"The molten turtle's shell is like a small volcano. It will continuously erupt magma from the center. The magma flowing along the turtle shell eventually condenses on the edge of the turtle shell, causing the turtle shell to gradually expand."

"As the turtle shell expands, the Flame Melting Turtle itself will gradually grow larger. This is a process it must go through."

"However, the shells of most Molten Turtles expand much faster than their own body growth, which makes the shells too heavy and seriously affects their movements and normal life."

"Therefore, as a pet beast, the Molten Turtle often needs to be cleaned and cared for in a foster care shop to remove the redundant sedimentary rock carapace." Xu Ran paused for a moment, "The methods of the Molten Turtle in front of me have similar uses."

"It may seem playful, but it can effectively erase excess deposits on the edges of turtle shells, keeping them in better physical condition."

Having said this, Xu Ran had a smile on his face, "If the pet beasts in your base are so worry-free, the workload of cleaning and caring for them can be reduced a lot, so I have to give them a preferential price."

"Thank you, Boss Xu." Song Xuan quickly recorded what Xu Ran just said and said with a smile, "There is no need for the preferential price. The content you told me is so precious, how can I have the nerve to take advantage of you?"

"I just know better." Xu Ran shook his head casually, not caring.

After observing the physical condition of these Flame Melt Turtles, Xu Ran followed Song Xuan into the next area where the pet beasts lived.

There, it belonged to a pet beast called the Fire-tailed Bear.

The fire-tailed bear race is also a frequent visitor to the Star Fire Pet Store.

In appearance, it is very similar to an ordinary bear, and its coat color is similar to that of flames. The only special thing is its special tail.

The Fire-Tailed Bear's tail is a blazing flame that will never go out.

This flame is close to its hair, but will not ignite it. It is a part of its body.

This is also the origin of its name.

After following Song Xuan into the area where the fire-tailed bears were active, Xu Ran quickly saw the naive fire-tailed bears.

Some of them are holding their favorite food, fire bamboo, and munching, while others are playing and playing, full of energy, which makes people happy to see them.

Not far from the fire-tailed bear, there were also several beastmasters preparing to be selected. Xu Ran even saw an acquaintance.

That was the father and son who were in front of him when he entered the base.

The sound of the father and son's exchange floated into his ears again.

"These fire-tailed bears are not bad, right? I said Qingya's pet beast is still very good." Father smiled and said, "How about we choose a fire-tailed bear to make a contract?"

"It's so-so, at least it's better than the previous ones." The young man was still a bit harsh, but his eyes were a little more emotional.

These fire-tailed bears do look quite normal.

However, before coming here, the young man saw with his own eyes the abnormal behavior of many pet beasts in Qingya Base, and he was still a little wary at this moment.

Who knows if these fire-tailed bears will suddenly convulse in the next second?

As the saying goes, whatever you fear will come.

The next second, what he worried about really happened.

A fire-tailed bear finished eating the fire bamboo in his hand, lazily stood up from the ground, then pressed its butt against the rock behind it, twisting from side to side.

The small tail made entirely of flames burned back and forth on the rock, soon leaving a deep black burn mark.

Seemingly influenced by this fire-tailed bear, several other fire-tailed bears put down what they were doing, found the rocks closest to them, and began to twist and rub together in the same way.

This posture…

It looks really indecent.

"Look at the burn marks on these rocks!" One of the beast masters suddenly pointed at the surrounding rocks and shouted.

Everyone followed the sound, and then realized that there were similar horizontal burn marks on every rock around.

Before, they thought it was caused by other reasons, but now it seems that it was clearly caused by the flames on the buttocks of these fire-tailed bears.

The beastmasters, who were excited just now, once again had wonderful expressions.

It was hard for them to imagine how they would be laughed at and ridiculed by other beast masters after contracting such a fire-tailed bear back.

"Look, I said Qingya's pet beasts all have problems." The young man who had not yet had time to express his position breathed a sigh of relief, and then spread his hands towards his father.

"This..." The father was also speechless and could only shake his head, "Then let's look at the next one..."

"Don't look at it!" The young man waved his hand impatiently, "It's better to go to Fengyun Base next to it. The pet beasts there are very good."

"Okay." The father nodded and followed the boy towards the exit.

Soon, only Xu Ran, who spoke calmly, and Song Xuan, who lowered his head and took notes with his pen, were left in the entire fire-tailed bear living area.

"Although the elemental tail of the fire-tailed bear is very small and cannot be used as a means of attack, it has a special function, which is to help the fire-tailed bear sense the surrounding environmental temperature, thereby indirectly sensing everything around it."

"This is a unique little ability of the Fire-tailed Bear in addition to its innate skills, but very few people are aware of it and take the initiative to help the Fire-tailed Bear develop it."

"If development is never carried out, the fire tail bear's fire tail will become dull and insensitive, and it will no longer be able to use this ability."

"And the way to develop it is also very simple, that is, frequently expose Fire Tail to relatively strong stimulation until this ability is completely solidified."

Xu Ran's voice paused slightly, "Their actions of rubbing their tails against the rock wall at this moment are for this purpose."

"So that's it." Song Xuan looked astonished after completing the recording, "No wonder..."

Before she could finish speaking, she stopped abruptly.

"No wonder?" Xu Ran turned to look at Song Xuan out of curiosity, only to find that Song Xuan was staring in a certain direction.

Following Song Xuan's gaze, Xu Ran's expression was a little more surprised.

He saw a somewhat different fire-tailed bear.

It did not appear when the other fire-tailed bears were moving just now. At this moment, the other fire-tailed bears began to sharpen their tails. It walked out step by step and sat on the big rock nearby, holding its head with a pair of paws and looking at the other companions enviously.

On its butt, there is a small tail that is different from other fire-tailed bears. It is not in an elemental state, but pure flesh and blood.

Although it has the same flame-colored hair as other fire-tailed bears, it looks so out of place.

"Is this?" Xu Ran looked at Song Xuan in surprise.

"No. 6 is a mutated fire-tailed bear." Song Xuan spread her hands, "It doesn't have the fire-tailed bear's iconic flame tail, so it has a low self-esteem and is a bit lonely."

Number six is ​​the code name of this fire-tailed bear.

The pet animal breeding base reserves the right to name the pet animal, and the animal master who takes it away can give the pet a new name according to his own preferences and ideas.

"According to what you just said, tail grinding is a way for fire-tailed bears to develop special abilities." Song Xuan sighed slightly, "Maybe because there is no fire tail, No. 6 cannot develop its abilities."

"Is that so? That's true...huh?" Xu Ran was about to say something when he suddenly saw Xingchen walking towards Fire Tailed Bear No. 6 step by step.

"Boss Xu, this is your pet beast?" Song Xuan looked confused.

"It's okay, let it go." Xu Ran shook his head and laughed, probably understanding what Xingchen was thinking.

Perhaps, in Fire Tailed Bear No. 6, it saw a glimpse of its former self.

"Let's wait a while and let them make friends."

——

"Xi Lv?" (Don't you rub your tail with your partner?)

The voice of the stars sounded in No. 6's ears.

Number 6 was startled by the sudden question and stood up suddenly. After seeing the stars clearly, he sat back down again.

"Luhou~" (Are you the pet beast of that human beast master?)

When he came out, No. 6 had already seen Xu Ran and Song Xuan not far away, and was also impressed by the three pet beasts behind Xu Ran.

Noticing Xingchen's questioning look, No. 6 shook his head in annoyance.

"Luhou~" (I don't have a fire tail, so it's useless to grind it.)

It answered somewhat dejectedly, and then turned its head to the side, obviously unwilling to continue talking about this sad topic.

Since he was a child, he has been different from other friends. Every time he grinds Fire Tail, his friends don't take him with him, which makes him often feel lost and gradually become lonely.

What kind of fire tail? If you don’t have it, then you don’t have it!

snort!

Looking at the stubborn No. 6, a complicated emotion flashed through Xingchen's eyes. It gently tapped the opponent with its hoof and let out a neighing sound.

"Xilu~" (It's not your fault, you should be proud of it instead of feeling disappointed. Maybe you can try to find your own advantages?)

"Luhou?" (Advantage?)

Perhaps it was the first time he heard such words of comfort, and there was a hint of thought in No. 6's eyes.

"Xilu~" (I used to be very special, completely different from other members of the tribe...)

Looking at No. 6 who was thinking seriously, Xingchen recounted his past experiences and tried to use his own experiences to encourage him.

Listening to Xingchen's experience, No. 6 was surprised at first, and then gradually moved.

Compared to the stars in front of it, its situation is much better.

At least, it's still a Transcendent creature.

After Xingchen finished briefly telling his story, No. 6 was silent for a moment.

Its red eyes gradually gained new brilliance.

It seemed to suddenly think of something and spoke suddenly.

"Luho!" (I have an advantage!)

In addition to not having a fire tail, it also has something that other friends don't have!

It stood up quickly, then raised its paws and rubbed them hard on the round ears above its head.

"Bear!!!"

Accompanied by a low burning sound, No. 6's ears instantly seemed to be ignited, covered with a layer of blazing flames.

Different from the flames at the tail of other flaming tails, the flames ignited by No. 6's ears have a more sticky texture and the color is slightly different.

Under the gaze of the stars, it slowly raised a paw and placed it on the rock wall nearby.

The same flame instantly rose up where the bear's claws came into contact with the rock wall. As No. 6's claws were withdrawn, they burned tenaciously on the rock wall.

"Um?"

Not far away, Xu Ran didn't take it seriously at first, but his expression quietly changed after seeing this scene.

Combustion requires contact with combustible objects.

Even Transcendent's fire power cannot completely violate this principle.

The flaming tails of the fire kept scraping against the rock wall. They only relied on the high temperature of the flames to leave dark burn marks on the rock wall. They did not remain on the rock wall and continue to burn.

Obviously, this mutated fire-tailed bear is not ordinary.

No, calling it a fire-tailed bear might not be accurate anymore.

Xu Ran stared at No. 6, and with a thought, the system identification was automatically turned on.

[Racial name: Fire-eared bear

Attribute: Fire

Growth level: Transcendent level

Size: small

Washing and care needs: ★★☆☆☆

Evaluation: The mutated form of the Fire-tailed Bear has greater potential, but the future is full of uncertainties. ]

Fire-eared bear?…

Looking at No. 6's burning ears, Xu Ran nodded slightly.

This name is quite appropriate.

According to the system's evaluation, the No. 6 in front of him has greater potential than the Fire-tailed Bear, but because it is a mutated individual, the future evolutionary path cannot completely follow the evolutionary path of the Fire-tailed Bear, and is full of uncertainty.

For a time, Xu Ran had a strong interest in No. 6.

"Perhaps due to mutation, No. 6's flames are different from those of other fire-tailed bears." Song Xuan also noticed No. 6's abnormality, and spoke softly, "Its flames can attach to anything and burn. "

"But when using the same skills, the power of No. 6's skills will be much lower." Song Xuan smiled helplessly, "There are pros and cons."

"Because he doesn't know how to sharpen his tail and his behavior is more normal, No. 6 has been selected by the beastmaster several times before."

"But after discovering that No. 6 was a mutant individual, they all gave up."

"Mutated individuals have great disadvantages in evolution." Song Xuan sighed, "So, No. 6 is special and unfortunate."

After listening to Song Xuan's introduction, Xu Ran remained silent.

The beast masters of this world are still in the exploratory stage of evolution.

The evolutionary route of pet beasts is also gradually being improved.

For ordinary beast masters, choosing a pet beast that already has a ready-made evolutionary path will undoubtedly have a clear and bright future.

Mutated individuals cannot have a ready-made evolutionary path.

There are currently two relatively stable evolution routes for fire-tailed bears. Ordinary beast masters evolve step by step, with at least a 70% success rate.

In this case, it is reasonable that no one chooses No. 6.

But, this is not a problem for Xu Ran.

"What if I say, I want to buy No. 6?" Xu Ran suddenly said.

"Huh? Boss Xu..." Song Xuan's eyes widened with a bit of surprise on her face, "Are you going to contract it?"

"No." Xu Ran shook his head slightly, "I am very strict in my choice of pet beasts, and I will not contract a pet beast so casually."

"But it's undeniable that I'm very interested in it." Xu Ran smiled and looked at Xingchen, who was chatting happily with No. 6, "And my pet seems to like it too."

"So I plan to take it back to the foster care shop for observation for a while. Don't worry, even if I can't make a contract, I will treat it well." Xu Ran said with a smile.

"Like this..." The shock on Song Xuan's face gradually turned into surprise.

She grew up watching Number Six, so she knew very well that Number Six was not happy now when he was staying with other fire-tailed bears.

Every time he saw the fire-tailed bears rubbing their tails happily together, it was a mental blow to No. 6.

She also thought about separating Number Six from other members of the same race, but the fire park was so big that it was impossible to demarcate a separate area for it.

Nowadays, some people are willing to choose No. 6, and Song Xuan is happy for it from the bottom of her heart.

"Boss Xu, there's no need to mention money anymore." Song Xuan shook her head without hesitation, "If you really like No. 6, then let him go with you."

"I believe that a person who understands a pet animal so well will treat it kindly."

After saying that, before Xu Ran could speak, Song Xuan clapped her hands and shouted, "No. 6!"

"Luhou?" (What are you doing?)

Hearing Song Xuan calling him, No. 6, who was chatting excitedly with Xingchen, raised his head reluctantly.

Since its birth, this is the first time it has encountered a being with such a common language.

At this moment, it wishes to chat with the stars for a few more days and nights.

"Come here!" Song Xuan waved to No. 6.

"Xi Lv~" (I'll go with you.)

Noticing the reluctance on No. 6's face, a smile flashed in Xingchen's eyes and he spoke slowly.

It already guessed what was going to happen next.

When No. 6 showed such extraordinary qualities, it realized that the little guy in front of it, who had the same disease as itself, might become its new companion in the future.

"Luhou~" (Okay.)

No. 6, who was the only one who was kept in the dark, nodded and quickly came to Song Xuan.

"You were chosen." Song Xuan smiled and stretched out her hand. She wanted to touch No. 6's head, but when she saw its burning ears, she closed her palm and stretched out an index finger to tap No. 6's nose.

"Luhou?" (Me?)

No. 6 patted his ears to extinguish the flames ignited in his ears, and took the initiative to rub Song Xuan's hand, with a look of surprise and surprise in his eyes.

It was chosen several times, but was abandoned several times.

The number of times has increased, and No. 6 has gradually lost the idea of ​​​​contracting with the beast master.

Would anyone choose it like this?

"It's this one." Song Xuan pointed at Xu Ran, "He hopes to take you back."

"First time we meet, my name is Xu Ran." Xu Ran stepped forward with a smile, squatted down, and his dark eyes met the red eyes of No. 6, "Are you willing to leave here with me?"

Hearing this, No. 6 suddenly fell silent.

Every detail of life here flashed through its mind.

There are moments of joy and happiness, but also a lot of bitterness and grievances.

The human being in front of him is the beast master of the stars.

In the story told by Xingchen, it was he who broke into Xingchen's life like a savior, making it stronger step by step as it was not a Transcendent creature, and discovering its own advantages and specialties step by step, leading it to where it is now.

So…

If I leave with him...

No. 6's heart trembled suddenly.

Its heart is filled with complex emotions.

There was excitement, anticipation, and a hint of self-doubt.

Can it really work?

Seeing Xu Ran's encouraging smile so close at hand, No. 6 seemed to already have the answer in his heart.

"Luho~" (I do!)

(End of chapter)