Chapter 55 (Part 1)
The college entrance examination oath-taking ceremony allowed Xia Muqing to see the direction of the little caterpillar's training.
So, over the next period of time, she took the little caterpillar to many places, including amusement parks, aquariums, fireworks displays, and shopping streets...
As it absorbed more energy, the little caterpillar's reflexes steadily improved, and its eyes became more lively than before. Since it absorbed mostly positive emotions, it spent every day like a cheerful child, running around the house with the energy beads in its arms, spreading its joy everywhere.
Xu Ling and the others, having learned of the caterpillar's peculiarities, were amazed and exclaimed in admiration. Some even suggested, "If it absorbs emotions like fear, could it also develop a powerful deterrent ability?"
Xia Muqing thought about it and said noncommittally, "Let's wait and see."
She knew their advice was right, and she also knew that emotional energy was more intense in many places, such as hospitals and crematoriums...
But Xia Muqing looked at the little caterpillar's silly smile and really didn't want it to absorb that energy.
If the little caterpillar absorbs positive emotions, it can feel happy. But if it absorbs negative emotions, will it also feel sad?
It was like a clean sheet of paper, all up to Xia Muqing to paint it with. Because of the caterpillar's past, Xia Muqing couldn't help but feel pity for it. If possible, she would have hoped that the caterpillar would only have joy and happiness in its heart.
As for improving other aspects of strength, let’s wait and see until the little caterpillar grows up a bit!
The skills of the little caterpillar are constantly improving. On the other hand, while the Swift Dog is mastering the "Expansion", his understanding of the "Blizzard" is becoming more and more in-depth.
Xia Muqing rented a special room in the training ground for it and spent a lot of star coins to simulate the environment of snowfields and steep peaks for it. Although it was very expensive, the effect was very significant. The Gale Dog experienced the baptism of frost and snow every day, and its tender face gradually grew and became more resolute.
Although the little koi is lazy, it has good talent. Influenced by the last incident in the convenience store and the encouragement of the "Encouragement" skill, it has become much more serious in training recently and its strength has improved a lot.
And one day, it suddenly ran to Xia Muqing in a panic: "Gurgle gurgle!"
Oh no, it practiced too much and is bleeding all over!
Xia Muqing was startled by the red light all over the little koi. She quickly picked it up and examined it carefully. After seeing it clearly, she breathed a sigh of relief.
"Okay, Xiao Jin, this isn't a bad thing. You've broken through your limit."
Little Koi: “???”
The Swift Dog came running when he heard the noise. He had experience in this area, so he helped Xia Muqing educate the little koi.
After the little koi calmed down, it discovered that there was nothing wrong with its body. On the contrary, it felt that its physical strength, power, and mental state had greatly improved, and its understanding of skills had also deepened.
Especially its body covered with fish scales. Its tail was originally white with some gold threads, but after the blood faded away, it all turned into a golden color.
He unexpectedly broke through the shackles of race in one fell swoop and became the "Golden Tail" with greater potential.
The little koi was very excited. It swung its beautiful big tail and ran around the room, spitting out a long string of golden bubbles from time to time.
After seeing this, Xia Muqing couldn't help but sigh that the little koi was really lucky.
When the Gale Dog reached its limit, it was truly a crisis, a life-or-death situation, unleashing its full potential. Meanwhile, the little koi, munching on the dragon pill and enjoying the food, unknowingly broke through its bottleneck, pushing all its attributes past 95 with incredible ease.
The Swift Dog broke through its limits because its potential was stimulated; the Koi, on the other hand, broke through its limits because of excessive nourishment, thus stimulating its deeper potential. The inverted cause and effect of the two profound beasts' breakthroughs, yet the same outcome, is truly a cause for regret.
The koi fish ran happily for a while, then ran back pretending to be tangled, blowing bubbles in front of Xia Muqing: "Gululu gurulu."
Alas, it had been diligently practicing 'Leaping Dragon Gate' and had already felt that it was approaching its limit, and evolution was not far away. But now that its limit had been broken through, the bottleneck was suddenly stretched, its potential was fully tapped, and the room for skill improvement was further expanded. If it wanted to practice to the extreme, the time would increase instead of decrease.
If this continues, how long will it take for it to evolve?
Xia Muqing's head exploded, and she deliberately put on a stern face: "Don't be so ungrateful. Breaking through the limits is something that others only want but can't even envy."
"Although it takes longer, the foundation will be more solid. If your chance of evolving into a Shenlong was 20% before, now that probability has at least doubled."
The little koi fish tilted its head: "Gulu?"
Even if it doubles, that's only 40%.
"Shenlong, 40% is not enough?" Xia Muqing smiled. "Don't worry, if you keep working hard, the probability will continue to increase to 50%, 60%... until it reaches 100%."
"On that day, you will be truly reborn and soar to the sky!"
The little koi was encouraged by her, and its vanity was greatly satisfied. It turned around and ran away happily.
Just at this moment, Xia Muqing's cell phone rang.
She answered the phone, her eyebrows slightly raised: "Hello, Sister Wenxue?"
"You have something to talk to me about?"
…
That night, Xia Muqing took some time to visit the security department.
Wenxue was waiting for her in the conference room, accompanied by several security personnel. Although she hadn't seen her for only ten days, Wenxue looked much more haggard, her eyes and eyebrows filled with fatigue.
She poured a cup of tea for Xia Muqing and took a cup of double espresso for herself. After sitting down, she gulped down half of the cup in one breath.
Xia Muqing was stunned: "Senior sister, what have you done recently to make yourself so tired?"
"Don't mention it," Sister Wenxue said with a forced smile, "It's all because of the poaching gang."
"Last time, thanks to you, we caught that poacher named Zhao. We originally wanted to pry him open and follow the clues to dig out the poaching gang behind him. But we didn't expect that guy to be in jail for only two days..."
She moved her lips and paused, her face grim, as if recalling a horrific scene: "He died. A very tragic death. I can't eat when I think of that scene."
"Fortunately, before his death, we had already dug up some information, and combined with many recent events - Xia, their influence is much greater than we imagined."
Xia Muqing was shocked.
"Senior, is your social practice... so in-depth?"
This social practice was completely different from what Xia Muqing had imagined. Back in her previous life on Earth, university students' social practice was just casual, like writing a report to get credits. Unlike here, at Beastmaster University, the social practice requirements were so high.
But then she thought again, Cheng Zizhuo is a freshman, and his practical classes are taken to the 8th area of the alien space. It seems that the curriculum standards of the Beast Taming Academy are really very strict.
It’s no wonder that the death rate of adventurers is so high. Students have to train well during their school years. The Beast Taming Academy has raised its requirements, probably to help students save their lives in the future.
Wenxue rubbed her brows. "Originally, my teacher wanted to come and tell you this in person, but then she realized that we have a relationship foundation, so she decided to let me do it. Xia, according to the information we've received, they might have their sights set on you. They might send others to S City soon to attack you."
"You must be careful—poaching gangs are ruthless and have no moral compass. Do you know what they've done?"
She turned on her phone, clicked on a website, and handed it to Xia Muqing.
When Xia Muqing took a look, she found that it was a "beast search notice" website, which was densely covered with photos of mysterious beasts.
Not all of them are of the aggressive type. Most of them are companion, auxiliary, and therapeutic types, such as ragdoll dogs and blue-eyed snow rabbits. These beasts do not have strong attack power, but they are smart and flexible, and are not expensive. They are small pets that many families like to raise.
Sister Wenxue clicked on one of them. The picture was black and white, and it showed a golden puppy with its mouth wide open, smiling happily at the camera.
"The Bright Wind Dog, only one character different from the Swift Wind Dog, is one of the most docile and well-behaved mystical beasts discovered in recent years. It possesses the ability to soothe the soul and is a favorite pet of many lonely elderly people. This one is one of them, and its owner is an old lady who is almost 90 years old."
"As you know, mysterious beasts are much smarter than ordinary animals and are not afraid of getting lost. But this Mingfeng dog disappeared last week."
"The old lady came trembling to the security station to report the case. We searched everywhere and finally... found its body in the poaching gang's evacuated hideout. They seemed to have performed many experiments on it. The body of the Mingfeng dog was covered with needle holes. In just a few days, it became emaciated, with bloodshot eyes bulging out. We don't know how much suffering it suffered before its death."
"The old lady couldn't handle it and fainted on the spot. She's still in the hospital's ICU. And this is just one example. There are hundreds of photos on the website showing that most of the missing profound beasts have fallen into the hands of poachers..."
Xia Muqing listened in astonishment, as if a heavy stone had been thrown into the lake of her heart, and her mind was in turmoil for a moment.
She swiped the screen, looking at the lively photos of beasts squatting, jumping, flying, and laughing. Many of the photos on the website were in black and white. They were of missing mysterious beasts that had been confirmed dead by the Security Bureau.
Xia Muqing put herself into the situation and imagined that if she had not been able to defeat Boss Zhao in the store that day, he would have captured the Gale Dog and the Little Koi for experiments.
What awaited her in the end might be nothing more than two cold corpses. The mysterious beasts would never smile again, would never nuzzle her hands with their furry, warm little heads, or swish their tails and blow bubbles all over the room...
When she thought of this, she felt as if her heart was pierced by a sharp thorn, and she began to feel a dull pain.
"Senior, tell me, what do I need to do?"
Wenxue hesitated. "We'll send someone to protect you, but this isn't a long-term solution. It would be best if we could find a way to catch these guys in one fell swoop, or at least eliminate their minions in City S."
"We thought, while we arrange for someone to protect your safety, we'll set a small trap to lure them in..."
Xia Muqing thought about it and slammed the table: "Okay, I'll do it!"
Anyway, she is being targeted now and she doesn't know when she will be in danger again. She might as well take advantage of this opportunity and set up a trap with Sister Wenxue.
If she could really wipe out all the poaching organizations in City S, she would feel much more at ease in the future.
Seeing that she agreed, Wenxue smiled happily and said, "Thank you so much. Don't worry, the teacher and I will do everything we can to protect your safety."
…
In the following period of time, Xia Muqing cooperated with the plans of Sister Wenxue and the security department, taking a few mysterious beasts out for a stroll from time to time, giving poachers "an opportunity to take advantage of."
But time passed day by day, and more than a month passed, and no poacher ran into this dragnet.
Xia Muqing found Sister Wenxue and discussed with her: "Is it possible that the security department's protection is too strong and the poachers have seen through it?"
"How about you remove some people and leave me alone with the mysterious beasts as much as possible to create an opportunity."
Wenxue was surprised: "But that would be very dangerous for you."
"It's okay. If you don't learn tiger skills, how can you get tiger cubs?" Xia Muqing gritted her teeth. "I don't want to live in fear every day, guarding against poaching gangs that may show up at any time. If you can wipe them out in one fell swoop, I can rest assured in the future."
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