Li Cunxu said to the chanical Annihilation Hunter, "The house is painted with Lightning Protection Paint. It’s not fit for people to live in. Why don’t you co ho with ?"
The chanical Annihilation Hunter lifted his hood, revealing a chanical head. "Master, I am a chanical pet and harmful gases aren’t a problem for .
Let the guard dog accompany you ho. It can ensure your safety."
Li Cunxu suddenly rembered the mysterious figure lurking in the shadows and felt less inclined to head back.
"Forget it, I’m not going back. I’ll just stay here."
Li Cunxu rode his bike back ho to retrieve the tent and so living essentials, bringing them to the ranch.
The tent was both new and old. New because it had never been used, but old because it was bought a long ti ago.
The previous owner, fearing the league would discover his sister, Li Anle’s, secret and arrest her, thought that with a tent, he could escape with his sister, living as nomads.
Back then, the previous owner was very young, naive to the terrifying power of the league. If discovered, there would be no chance to use the tent.
Setting up a tent was a laborious task; half a day passed without success. The chanical Annihilation Hunter, unable to bear watching, helped out, setting up two tents in two minutes.
As a professional hunter, the chanical Annihilation Hunter excelled in pitching tents.
One tent was for Li Cunxu; the other was for the guard dog.
By the ti the tents were set up, it was already dusk.
The dusk on the plains was exceptionally beautiful.
As for the overcast sky? The weather on the Muye Plain was unpredictable, and the clouds had cleared away.
Li Cunxu gazed at where the sun was setting, and the direction was the sa as where his sister was buried.
"chanical Annihilation Hunter, I forgot to ask you what your na is. Really sorry, there’s just been so much going on, my head’s a bit foggy."
The chanical Annihilation Hunter replied with remorse, "I didn’t protect my master well, and don’t deserve a na. Just call the chanical Annihilation Hunter."
The master he ntioned was evidently not Li Cunxu, but his Beast Master.
Li Cunxu, not knowing the reason and unsure how to comfort it, changed the subject:
"How strong are you?"
The chanical Annihilation Hunter petted the licking guard dog beside it with its cold chanical hand and said, "I was once a Silver Peak, now I’ve dropped to early Silver. Ah Huang was once mid-Silver, now dropped to high Bronze."
Their level drop was evidently the backlash from the Beast Master’s death.
Beast Masters and pet beasts are one and the sa—one’s success is the other’s.
The chanical Annihilation Hunter said, "Master, don’t worry. Although Ah Huang and I have dropped in level, our strength remains at the original standard."
Li Cunxu wasn’t concerned about their drop in level. Having soone to protect him was already good enough, needing nothing more.
Gurgle, gurgle~
The water in the iron pot boiled. Li Cunxu tossed instant noodles into the pot, tore open two sausages, putting one in the pot and throwing the other to the guard dog.
Li Cunxu asked the chanical Annihilation Hunter, "What do you eat, Annihilation?"
In the ga, Li Cunxu never played with chanical pets, so only had a superficial understanding. chanical pets were very powerful and incredibly cool, especially when piloting a ch—it was impressive.
Why didn’t Li Cunxu play? chanical pets were too costly, and in the later stages, even a single screw or gear repair could cost a fortune.
Only wealthy players could afford to play with chanical pets.
"Oil, tal ore, or sothing else?"
Li Cunxu vaguely rembered that the chanical pets had a varied diet—eating all sorts from wind to water to soil...
The chanical Annihilation Hunter said, "I feed on fuel; no need for Master to worry about our als; Miss Chen Xi said she would take care of it."
What could Li Cunxu say? He could only remark that the al was too soft.
After eating the instant noodles, Li Cunxu strolled in the pasture, taking the opportunity to let Xiaoruan ta the Grass Sli.
He had noticed the Grass Sli in the grass long ago.
"Co out, Xiaoruan."
Li Cunxu pointed at a solitary, sleeping Grass Sli in the grass and said, "Go, subdue your subjects!"
Xiaoruan hopped joyfully over.
When Xiaoruan displayed its king’s aura, the Grass Sli bowed its head in reverence; however, this imagined scenario didn’t happen.
Not only did Xiaoruan fail to subdue the Grass Sli, it was knocked over by the grumpy Grass Sli when awoken.
Seeing this, Li Cunxu sighed helplessly, abandoned fair play, and kicked the Grass Sli, sending it flying over ten ters and rolling for dozens of rounds before stopping.
The Grass Sli’s eyes swirled like mosquito coils; it was dizzy from the tumble.
Xiaoruan bounced over, branding the Grass Sli with a vassal imprint.
The branding condition for a vassal imprint: either genuine submission to Xiaoruan or directly defeating the other, leaving them unable to resist being branded.
A group of Grass Slis gathered together, snoring.
Slis are semi-elental creatures; they do not need to sleep. If they do, it’s usually out of boredom, exhaustion from play, or mimicking companions.
This ti, Li Cunxu didn’t send Xiaoruan alone to ta them; Xiaoruan was too weak, so he stepped in himself.
Li Cunxu kicked away another Grass Sli, awakening the surrounding ones, who launched an attack on him.
The Grass Slis collectively charged, but Li Cunxu ignored them entirely.
With their strength, even if they tried massaging his back, he’d find it too light.
Suddenly, a Grass Sli shot out a blade of grass from behind, slicing at Li Cunxu’s head.
Yet... it didn’t even cut a strand of hair.
Li Cunxu caught an oncoming Grass Sli, spun around, and threw it like a bowling ball at the Grass Sli that had launched the blade skill.
After a bit of effort, he managed to ta the group of Grass Slis before the sun completely set.
There were about dozens of Grass Slis.
Li Cunxu felt a bit tired; fighting Slis wasn’t hard, but controlling his strength was the challenge. If he didn’t control it well, the Slis could die.
"Sigh! Slis are too fragile, not satisfying to fight."
Li Cunxu addressed the Grass Slis branded with the vassal imprint, "Co, follow ."
The Grass Slis looked at each other, not moving.
"As your king’s Beast Master, I can’t even command you? I give up."
Li Cunxu helplessly told Xiaoruan, "Instruct them to follow back."
Xiaoruan "bloop bloop" at the Grass Slis.
The Grass Slis followed behind Li Cunxu.
The Slis branded with the vassal imprint seed to sense Xiaoruan’s kingly aura, obediently following its commands.
The chanical Annihilation Hunter, after patrolling the ranch, returned to the cabin and saw many Grass Slis surrounding Li Cunxu, who guarded a big pot, seemingly brewing sothing.
The chanical Annihilation Hunter looked at the green mush in the pot and curiously asked, "What is this?"
"Sli nutrient liquid."
Li Cunxu stirred the green mush with a wooden stick, casually grabbing a handful of dirt and sprinkling it in the pot.
"In simple terms, it’s a mixture of grass, dirt, and water."
The vast majority of Sli’s diet is simple; drinking so water, eating so grass and soil, satisfies their daily needs.
Li Cunxu distributed the brewed Sli nutrient liquid to the recently tad Grass Slis, whose spirits improved greatly after consumption.
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