Starting With Contract Pets
chapter-116

Chapter 116: Insect Ruins

The flow of people at the monster wilderness’s entrance was comparable to what was seen at a train station, so Su Bai’s group had to fall in line for ten minutes before it was finally their turn.

“Please show your permits,” said the staff member.

Su Bai took out the black card with the purple six-pointed star pattern and handed it over. After verifying the authenticity of the card by swiping it, the staff member nodded. “Please come in.”

He looked at the spatial door with a dark vortex and stepped in with his cub.

After experiencing a slight dizziness caused by the teleportation, he appeared in an unfamiliar area.

“Howl! Ψ( ̄∀ ̄)Ψ”

Purple Jade craned its neck and sniffed again, surveying the spiritual orchard around it. It felt like it had arrived in heaven.

“Don’t think about it; we can’t eat those spiritual fruits. There are guards over there.”

Su Bai glanced at the cub and pointed at the Golden Eagles flying in the sky. This was the Pet Administration Bureau’s orchard and was heavily guarded.

“Howl! ( ̄へ ̄)”

The cub twisted its head uncomfortably. Why can’t I eat?

Soon, Zhao Li and the others appeared. Li Hai looked at him and asked again, “Are you really not coming with us? It’s very messy here, and many criminals are lurking around. It’s very dangerous for you to roam by yourself.”

“That’s right. If something happens to you, we won’t go rescue you even if you beg.” Li Xing raised her chin high.

“Don’t worry; it’s fine as long as you guys stay out of trouble.”

Su Bai waved to them and turned around. “Bye. I’ll get going first.”

After confirming the location of the insect ruins, he set off with his pet.

The others exchanged glances and said, “Let’s go our way. Maybe he doesn’t want us to see how he does things.”

…

“Howl! ⊙(・◇・)?”

Ah Bai, is this really the wilderness? There are so few treasures…

Purple Jade looked up at him and asked.

They had walked for a few kilometers without even discovering a powerful monster.

“This is normal as this monster wilderness has been explored for decades. We just need to go deeper.”

Su Bai did not expect to find any treasures here; he just wanted to go to the insect ruins and help his Little Bloodworm transform into a dragon.

According to the information he knew, there were two large spatial cracks in the Chinese Redbud Wilderness; one of which was called the Chinese Redbud Crack, where most people went.

Another place was the insect ruins with only endless insects in sight. It was a horrible insect nest that relatively few people went to, but those who did were all strong, and a majority were criminals who took advantage of the ease of hiding in there.

Su Bai examined the missions of the Hunting Hall. Among them, many were to arrest criminals and all were the life-and-death kind.

“Howl! ⊙ω⊙”

Purple Jade sniffed and then showed a surprised expression. It used its detection skill, the Forest’s Rhythm, and eventually trotted to the front of a pile of rotten wood.

“What’s the matter?” he asked.

“Howl!”

It utilized its Vine Whip and removed a pile of rotten wood. Under the rotten wood were several clusters of blood-red Ganoderma Lucidum growing. As the smell of the rotten wood dissipated, the medicinal aroma of the Ganoderma Lucidum spread.

“Wow, buddy, you’re amazing! Your detection is too accurate,” said Su Bai in surprise, amazed that it could smell the Ganoderma Lucidum under the disgusting stench of the rotten wood. Who would have thought that there was a piece of Ganoderma Lucidum here?

He took a closer look. [Introduction]: Purple Snow Ganoderma Lucidum, a Tier 2 mid-level spiritual plant. It has the powerful effects of strengthening the body, as well as nourishing the kidney and blood. It is edible for humans and can help strengthen the bones and power.

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“We’ve struck gold this time. You’re amazing.” Su Bai happily opened his backpack and squatted to pick the Purple Snow Ganoderma Lucidum. There were at least ten kilograms, ranging from Tier 1 to Tier 2. Whether he ate the plants himself or sold them, he would still make a profit.

He decided to dig a few and raise them in the Bloodthirsty Spear Bush to see if he could grow the best Ganoderma Lucidum.

Su Bai focused and collected several quickly. This type of plant had a strong scent and might attract other people in a moment.

“Hey, kid. We planted that; stop what you’re doing!”

As soon as Su Bai picked a few, he heard two voices from behind him.

Looking back, he saw two men in their twenties, with two warlord pets beside them.

“If you leave now, we won’t make it difficult for you,” the two said.

They knew of the Purple Snow Ganoderma Lucidum’s existence in this wilderness and had been looking for it. After unexpectedly discovering that Su Bai had found so many, they became ill-intentioned.

“Get out quickly; don’t be conceited.” Su Bai glanced at the two and continued to pick the Ganoderma Lucidum without raising his head.

“You’re seeking death! Three-tailed Fox, kill that pet!” The two were furious and thought that the boy was arrogantly tempting fate.

In the next moment, a huge spiritual field rose and directly enveloped them. A silver contract book flew out and the huge figure of the Little Tyrant appeared between the pages.

“A domain skill! He has two warlord pets. Wait, we were just kidding; don’t mind us, big boss.”

Seeing the terrifying aura of the cub and the Little Tyrant, the two men hurriedly spoke with appeasing smiles.

“If you wanna go, you can leave the treasures on your body.”

Su Bai finished picking the Ganoderma Lucidum and stood up.

The two laughed bitterly and put down the Purple Snow Ganoderma Lucidum as well as the other spiritual plants they had picked. They then left hurriedly with their pets without saying a word.

Pets could not be generalized, especially those with domains, for they were stronger and boundless. Who would have thought that, when they just wanted to make a fortune, they would bump into a big boss? They were too bloody unlucky.

“Let’s go; this is for you to eat.”

Su Bai picked up some of the Purple Snow Ganoderma Lucidum and fed everything to his pets.

“Roar! (* ̄) ̄*)”

“Howl! Ψ( ̄∀ ̄)Ψ”

He looked at the other Ganoderma Lucidum and saw that it was not very good. He thought for a while and released the Mewling Fox and the Little Bloodworm before feeding them the plant, too.

While eating, one of the four pets approached the insect ruins.

“Si…”

The Little Bloodworm cut the heads of several monsters with a few threads, and then some golden aura infused into its body.

“Let’s move on. We’ll see the insect ruins when we climb this mountain ahead.”

Su Bai picked up the crystal core and said.

More and more monsters appeared on the way, and Su Bai killed hundreds of dozens of species.

“It’s so huge!”

Over the mountain, he looked at the insect ruins in the distance and exclaimed in shock.

His pets were also shocked. Σ(゚∀゚ノ)ノ

The sky, which was a few kilometers in diameter at the end of the wasteland in the distance, was all fragmented, and dark black nebulae trickled in. The fragmented sky formed a huge and slowly rotating vortex. Insects, so densely packed that they were innumerable, flew in and out of it.

Various monsters flew just below this sky vortex and would eliminate the insects that strayed from it. Spiritual power fluctuations would burst forth here and there in the wasteland as numerous skirmishes occurred.

The fights here were almost endless, as all kinds of pets fought, broke through, and died.

“Let’s go and join the activities.”

Su Bai nodded.

The Hunting Hall had a mission to hunt and kill insect monsters in the territory. Such a mission had hardly been broken off and was relatively good other than the high mortality rate.

This kind of territorial defense mission not only yielded high rewards but also special rewards. For example, if he managed to kill ten million insect monsters, he could directly obtain a professional Pet Tamer certificate, and so on.

“Little Tyrant, you’re responsible for guarding and protecting me. You can hunt and kill the insect monsters near me. Purple Jade, expand your field of control and hypnotize the insects. Little Bloodworm, you’re in charge of killing all the insects hypnotized by your elder sister.”

Su Bai issued these instructions after thinking about it.

“Hing…”

What about me, Ah Bai?

The Mewling Fox looked up at him and asked.

“You’re still young, so just take care of yourself and kill some insects as you wish,” he said after more thoughts.

Once he was done assigning tasks, Su Bai started the battle with the pets.

These insect monsters had low IQ but high group consciousness and seamless cooperation. This was especially so under the high-level insects’ leadership, since their dense number was very difficult to deal with.

Su Bai and his pets came to the wasteland and immediately attracted a large group of caterpillars.

“Howl! (▼皿▼#)”

The cub lifted its claws and unleashed Thorns Domain, dispersing Hypnotic Powder around the area. Most of the bugs, which had rushed over, fell to the ground, and the Little Bloodworm jumped from its owner’s hands onto the Thorns Domain to start hunting.

“Roar!”

The Little Tyrant opened its mouth and sprayed flames directly in front of a worm monster to kill it, but the next moment countless worms swarmed forth. The Little Tyrant used Blighted Fireball and Jet Flames in rapid succession.

On another end, Purple Jade launched the Grass Sword Storm skill while it protected the Little Bloodworm as the latter hunted the monsters inside the domain. Leaves and thorns fell off and turned into a sword storm, hypnotizing the insect monsters that kept rushing over.

“Hing…”

The Little White Fox looked at the Jet Flames used by the Little Tyrant and opened its mouth to eject flames, too. Although it wasn’t as powerful, it still killed many monsters.

As the battle broke out, an electromagnetic satellite monster swooped down from the sky and began recording the number of monsters killed. There were too many insects here, and the corpses of the insects were almost too late to be recovered as they were eaten by other rushing insects. Only the electromagnetic satellite monsters could determine how many monsters each pet had killed by relying on their records of special skills.

“Let’s slowly move elsewhere and not stay in a single place.”

Su Bai said solemnly. Although there were countless types of insects, it was necessary to constantly change places in order to hunt more types of insects.

Upon seeing the densely packed insects, he realized how fierce the battles taking place in this wilderness were. It really was unstoppable.

In the past hour, neither the Little Tyrant nor the cub had rested for a moment except to replenish their spiritual power. There were so many bugs that they did not have the opportunity to rest.

Fortunately, they remained on the edge of the wasteland, where most insects were servant monsters. The cub and the Little Tyrant could barely handle them and would really be in danger if they went further in.

Before coming here, Su Bai had also heard of a rumor. People said that the bottom of the insect ruins, that was, the wasteland they were in now, was originally an abyss, and the reason it became like this was that it got filled with insects’ corpses.

He had not believed it before but was convinced now. There really was no end to the battle.

Of course, his harvest was also very rich. First of all, the Little Bloodworm had already killed hundreds of different types of monsters, and the Dragon Breath on its body had accumulated nearly a thousand times. Although it was still far away from 10,000 times, Su Bai still felt very hopeful.

Moreover, they had only spent half of the morning.

“Howl!”

The cub once again unleashed its Thorn Domain and generous amounts of Hypnotic Powder to hypnotize the insect monsters. The Little Bloodworm then jumped in and hunted them one by one, shooting countless silk threads in the domain before cutting the insects into two.

“Howl!”

After the Little Tyrant used Fireball to destroy hundreds of insects, it stomped on the ground and created a huge gap with its feet. It then dug out five fist-size pale yellow crystals and handed them to its owner.

“Not bad. Continue moving,” said Su Bai as he put the crystals into his backpack.

These crystals were called insect crystals, a collection of the essence of countless insect corpses which had the effect of catalysis and mutation.

After purification, it could be developed into mutation catalysts. Many catalysts contained insect crystals. If they were used to grow spiritual plants, they would cause mutation. Many trainers studied the new varieties of spiritual plants and used the insect crystals as catalysts.

The most common insect crystal in his hand cost 100,000 yuan per catty, and the darker the insect crystal, the higher the price.

This was one of the reasons why so many people were willing to come here. After all, risks and opportunities coexisted.

In the blink of an eye, it was already nighttime. Su Bai withdrew from the wasteland and set up camp on a mountain in the distance.

“Howl! _(:3」∠)_”

Purple Jade and the Little Tyrant were lying sprawled on the floor, completely exhausted, while the Little White Fox and the Little Bloodworm were not feeling much better. They had really fought nonstop the whole day.

“Come here; here’s dinner.”

Su Bai brought medicines and ointments for his pets and praised them for performing very well today.

Of his four pets, the cub and the little dino naturally had well-deserved, first-class skills, while the little caterpillar killed tens of thousands of insect monsters, accumulating 1,001 Dragon Breaths, and the baby fox learned its siblings’ skills, killing many insects with these.

Despite already lying down in exhaustion, they still got up fast and came over to gobble up their food.

Su Bai looked at Purple Jade expectantly. The change in its aura was obvious after today’s battle, and he hoped that it would break through to the mid-level warlord after eating the medicinal cakes.

“Howl! ( ̄~ ̄)”

As the cub gobbled its food up, its spiritual power gradually started to spill and grow volatile. It quickly subsided, however, and he did not see the spiritual power vortex that he had been looking forward to seeing.

Although a little disappointed, it was not a big deal. The cub’s breakthrough under such circumstances was a matter of a few days’ time.

He sorted out the harvest today while they ate. There was almost nothing in these ruins except for the corpses of insects, since no plants could survive here.

His harvest was mainly insect crystals, and he had gained more than fifty catties of them. All of them consisted of the worst light yellow insect crystals, which could fetch him the sum of over five million.

However, Su Bai did not intend on selling them just like that. He could purify these things first, thereby increasing their selling price. Furthermore, he could make catalysts and cultivate spiritual plants with these. Since he usually had to purchase these crystals, he could now keep and use them for himself.

Moreover, this stuff was also a good gift for others, so it naturally was not a smart choice to sell it. Unless he was particularly short of money, he would not consider selling them.