Chapter 8 I Want to Be a Salted Fish



The clear blue sky was cloudless, and golden sunlight shone through the shadows of the leaves. The spots of light were like stars, passing through every inch of land in Jianghuai City and slanting into Song Wenhai's living room, which was peaceful and harmonious.

The Song Yu family of four gathered around the dining table, eating breakfast today. The atmosphere was quiet.

The only sounds in the restaurant were the clatter of dishes and chopsticks, and the occasional chewing sound.

Today was the annual national distribution day for the first batch of exotic beasts, and everyone with a high school senior at home was on wartime alert. Zhou Fangmei sat beside Song Yu, her expression as serious as a female soldier about to go to the battlefield. She would occasionally add some milk to Song Yu's cup, her eyes filled with concern.

"Xiao Yu, have you checked your backpack? Did you bring the Hundred Flower Spirit Honey and Energy Fruit?"

Zhou Fangmei didn't eat a single bite of breakfast. She repeatedly reminded Song Yu what to bring, what to bring, and what not to forget. The energy fruit and Hundred Flower Honey were especially important to her. Not only did she ask three times in a row, she even checked everything herself.

This made Song Yu subconsciously nervous as well.

But when I think about the fact that she doesn't even want to be the queen of the beastmaster...

Song Yu calmed down decisively again: Oh, in that case, then it's okay.

then……

Song Yu ate his breakfast while nodding "yes, yes, yes".

Although she was perfunctory, she still showed the acting skills of a movie queen.

"Mom, don't worry, I have all these things with me!"

Song Yu held breakfast in his hand and pretended to be serious. Whenever Ms. Zhou Fangmei talked about how to choose the initial exotic beast and what to pay attention to, Song Yu held his breath and concentrated with a solemn face.

From time to time, when she heard the key points, she would nod to show her respect to her mother.

The scene was so solemn that Song Qi even became cautious while eating.

It was as if every time he took a deep breath, it was because his sister failed the exam... bah, and couldn't contract the initial alien beast.

"Don't worry, Xiao Yu! Just work hard today! With these two things, there's sure to be a beast willing to contract with you. Daddy's here to cheer you on at the company today!" Knowing his daughter's lifelong dream of becoming an excellent beastmaster, Father Song didn't say anything to dampen her spirits, like, "If you can't contract a beast, you still have Daddy here." Instead, he cheered her on, expressing his belief in her.

Song Yu nodded when he heard that, with her fair and delicate face and pink lips pursed, she looked serious as if to say, "Don't worry, Dad," "Leave it to me, Dad," and "I can do it, Dad."

In fact, Song Yu couldn't help but sigh in his heart - I'm sorry, Mom and Dad, for the sake of my life, I can only disappoint you.

Fortunately, Song Wenhai didn't say a word. Suddenly, bursts of loudspeaker sounds were heard in the sky outside the window, interrupting Song Wenhai's next words.

The sound came from far away and was clearly heard by everyone in the restaurant, causing Song Yu to subconsciously look out the window.

"Newspaper for sale~~Jiangnan Province Weekly! A new spatial rift appeared in Nan'an County yesterday. Experts detected this secret realm as three stars. Nan'an County is about to be upgraded to a second-tier city!~"

"Newspaper seller~~Jiangnan Province Weekly! Seventh-rank Grandmaster Jiang spent 22 billion to treat his main battle pet, the Fiery Dragon. To pay off his debts, he signed a three-year contract with Dongfang Company~"

"Newsletter~~Jiangnan Province Weekly! This year, on the day of Jiangnan Province's initial exotic beast distribution, exotic beasts with corresponding potential will be released based on 120% of the beast control space level of each school's senior high school students! The Jiangnan Province Sixth Military District has escorted exotic beast cubs to 2,891 high schools in the province early this morning~~"

A dozen yellow, plump, furry bees, each as long as an adult woman's arm, streaked across the sky, buzzing their wings as they flew over the houses on all levels. They had two large rolls of newspaper tied to each of their four hind legs, and a small, velvety yellow wallet the size of a fist hanging from their waist.

One of the leading drones was obviously larger than the other bees. It had a dark green automatic speaker bag with the word "Postal" written on it on its back. The sound of the newspaper seller was coming from this speaker.

The fat-headed bee flies very fast, but as long as someone waves at the window, the compound eyes of the yellow fat-headed bee will accurately capture the other person's movements, fly to the window in a "whoosh", take out the newspaper tied to its legs and sell it to the other person.

Song's father stood up, took out 10 yuan from his wallet, and waved to the bees at the restaurant window.

Immediately, a worker bee from the swarm flew to the window and took out the newspaper.

Song's father bought two newspapers and walked back to the table. Only then did Song Yu slowly withdraw his gaze.

The Yellow-bristled Bee is a social insect-like creature with a relatively gentle personality.

The Yellow-bristled Bee worker is a first-level primary alien beast. It can carry objects weighing more than 20 kilograms and fly at super-high speed for a long time. It is good at using poisonous needles to attack.

The Yellow-maned Bee drone is a first-level intermediate exotic beast. It can command and lead the worker bees in the tribe. It usually serves as the leader of a team. It is good at poisonous needle attacks and has stronger combat power than worker bees.

These are the newspaper-selling bees raised by the post office.

Song Yu searched through the information about the "Illustrated Book of Superpowered Beasts" in his mind and compared it with the yellow and brown fat-headed bees in front of him.

Although these bees are about the same size as Mr. Song's fourth-level low-level Moonlight Flower Firefly, the combat effectiveness of the two is vastly different.

But as an ordinary person.

Song Yu deeply remembered the minimum standard line of a first-level low-level alien beast - combat power of 10 points, while the combat power of an ordinary adult male who exercises regularly is 1 point.

In other words…

This oversized little bee can beat ten of her.

Song Yu: “…”

There are many ways to insult people, but combat points are the most intuitive data.

Song Yu breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, she didn't plan to be a beastmaster. Otherwise, when she went to the wilderness forests and various secret realms in the future, wouldn't any rabbit jumping over her be able to beat her to the point of breaking her arms, legs, and neck?

Didn’t you see the headlines in today’s newspapers? Even a seventh-rank Grandmaster Beast Tamer has to sell himself to a big corporation in order to keep his pet beast?

Breakfast time is always very short. Amidst Song's father and mother's numerous instructions...

Song Yu had two huge dark circles under his eyes, and he carried his schoolbag and slowly followed Song Qi into the private car.

Zhou Fangmei couldn't let go of her worries as she watched the Song Yu siblings leave.

She grabbed Song Wenhai and said, "Wenhai, don't you think Xiaoyu is under too much pressure? Not to mention the high fever she had a few days ago, she's been resting at home for three days, why are her dark circles getting worse?"

"I heard from Sister Wang that during the three days we were out working, Xiao Yu sometimes didn't even come downstairs for lunch and even forgot to eat. It was Sister Wang who brought the food upstairs."

Zhou Fangmei was worried: "I heard Sister Wang say that sometimes when she was cleaning the hallway, she could hear strange noises coming from the room... Do you think Xiao Yu was crying under the covers?"

Song Wenhai wrapped his chubby arms around his wife, looked at the private car driving away in the distance, and comforted her, "Don't worry... It will only take a few days at most. After the initial exotic beast contract is signed, Xiao Yu should be able to recover."

In fact, Song Wenhai was also very worried when he saw the dark spots under his daughter's eyelids and her slightly pale face at the dinner table just now.

However, this initial contract with the exotic beast is like a second life. Any student who intends to apply for the professional beastmaster program must go through this threshold.

There is no growth without pressure, Song Wenhai comforted himself in this way.

Song Yu had no idea what Song Wenhai and his wife were thinking.

She was sitting in the back seat and couldn't help but yawning loudly. If Song Qi's adopted brother hadn't been sitting in the car, she might have leaned back and closed her eyes to catch up on her sleep.

"Oh..." Song Yu sighed in her heart. It's not that she is spineless.

Really... this is a movie or TV series from another world!

There were so many movies and TV shows she had never seen before! So many, so many!

Watch while sitting, lying down, or lying on the bed.

After staying up all night for three days, Song Yu felt like she had fallen into a sea of ​​happiness, and even forgot about eating.

In particular, many movies and TV series in this world are related to strange beasts.

This kind of special effects blockbuster, which is made from real scenes, is simply incomparable to the computer synthesis in the previous life!

Song Yu was even happier!

Song Qi stared at Song Yu's listless appearance and the dark circles under his eyes. He tried to hold it in for two seconds, but he couldn't bear it any longer.

The grumpy white hedgehog hair was about to stand up, as were his eyebrows.

Song Qi narrowed his eyes and raised his eyebrows. "Isn't it just the initial contract beast? Is there any need to be so stressed out?"

Song Qi crossed his arms and sneered, "Tsk, even without you, the Song family wouldn't fall. Besides, in two years, I'm sure to awaken my powerful beast-taming talent. By then, wouldn't you be in tears every day when you see me? So you'd better save your energy."

Song Yu was distracted from the question of whether to watch the TV series "Global Exotic Beast Outbreak" or the movie "My Stupid Exotic Beast" today...

She looked at Song Qi silently, the expression on her face was hard to describe.

Hey, why does my little brother have a mouth?

If you didn't have a big mouth, maybe the heroine Su Yuechan would be your girlfriend!

Those who know me will say that you care about me, while those who don’t think I’m looking for a fight with me.

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