Year 4, Outdoor Exploration Departnt, Class 2.
In the tiered classroom, everyone was discussing the team formations for the upcoming field expedition.
The Outdoor Exploration major is a comprehensive discipline focused on adventure, covering wilderness survival skills, geological surveys, ecological environnts, wild pet beast behaviors, and more.
The major emphasizes practical experience, and students are regularly required to conduct field investigations to enhance their problem-solving abilities.
However, since the wild is extrely dangerous, students in this major almost always team up for deeper exploration.
These team-ups aren’t limited to students from their own departnt but extend across the entire Yulianton University.
Among them, students from the Beast Taming, Breeding, and Pet Beast dical departnts are the most welcod.
“I invited a junior from the Pet Beast dical departnt this ti. She has a Healing Makaka. It's a great pet, but unfortunately a bit expensive, it’ll cost 30 credits for this trip.”
“30 credits? She might as well be robbing people! Honestly, don’t specifically look for people from that departnt. Last ti, I invited a guy from the Pet Beast Logic departnt, he also had a healing-type pet, and it was way cheaper.”
“Well, I’d still rather pay more for safety.”
In the front row, a guy with an afro overheard the conversation and turned to the brown-haired, blue-eyed guy next to him, asking, “Charles, how’s your team coming along?”
Charles sighed.
“I had it set. A senior girl from the Breeding departnt and a fifth-year senior from the Beast Taming departnt. But yesterday, that senior suddenly said he couldn’t make it due to other commitnts.”
The afro-haired guy asked curiously, “Is it the sa guy you tead up with last sester?”
Charles nodded.
“Yeah, it’s him.”
After a pause, he added, “Apparently there’s a monster freshman in the Beast Taming departnt this year. Moved into the Special Zone right after enrolling. That senior got a battle challenge from her and accepted it. So now he’s busy preparing for that and can’t go exploring with .”
The afro guy couldn’t help but ask, “You an the one who fought the entire Beast Taming departnt alone during the entrance exams?”
The Beast Taming departnt is one of the largest at Yulianton University and is always under the spotlight. Even students from other departnts heard the news.
“That’s her.” Charles confird.
He had friends in the Beast Taming departnt and had been hearing about this monster girl’s feats for days.
“One person fighting that many Beast Tars… no wonder she was placed in the Special Zone from day one.” The afro-haired guy sighed in amazent.
As he spoke, he pulled out his phone and opened a video that had gone viral across campus group chats.
It was footage from the Beast Taming entrance exam battles.
The angle was from below. A black-haired girl with a ponytail stood on the rooftop, gazing down with an air of disdain, as if declaring: You’re all ants to .
Various pet beasts attempted to approach her using different skills, but none could make her move even a single step.
The afro guy was watching with great interest when a crisp voice suddenly rang out: “Excuse , is Charles Coppola here?”
Charles looked up and saw a black-haired girl at the door, soone he didn’t recognize.
He hesitated but stood up to head out. His deskmate, however, didn’t move to let him pass and was instead staring blankly at the door.
“Can you move?” Charles reminded him.
The afro-haired guy snapped back to reality and whispered excitedly, “Oh my god, I think that’s the monster freshman we were just talking about!”
Charles: ?!!
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In the hallway.
Qiao Sang got straight to the point: “Dr. Dosharila referred . She said you have a Feeling Ghost. I want to rent it for a while. How many credits do you want?”
Charles responded with a question: “Are you a freshman?”
Qiao Sang gave a small nod.
Charles asked again, “Are you Qiao Sang from the Beast Taming departnt?”
Qiao Sang looked surprised: “You know ?”
So it was her… Charles’s eyes flickered.
“I don’t want credits. I want you to go on the expedition with in two days.”
He’d heard all about her lately, this girl was a monster-level student with two General-level pet beasts.
Two General-level beasts. Most seniors couldn’t even reach that level with one.
If she joined his team, his safety rating would skyrocket.
Qiao Sang paused, then politely declined: “I still have classes.”
She had just been caught skipping class yesterday. No matter how thick-skinned she was, she couldn’t bring herself to do it again.
But Charles persisted: “Yulianton University promotes mutual assistance. If you get a note stating you were participating in another departnt’s project, you’ll still earn credits.”
Mutual assistance? Everything needs credit trades… Qiao Sang inwardly grumbled, but outwardly she paused thoughtfully and asked: “How many days?”
Charles’s face lit up.
“Three days. Just three.”
Qiao Sang asked again: “How many days can I borrow your Feeling Ghost?”
Charles thought for a few seconds.
“Half a month. After classes are done, I can lend it to you for half a month.”
Half a month… not bad. If I need it longer, I’ll just trade again. Though Qiao Sang thought this to herself, she still instinctively tried to bargain: “Can I borrow it now?”
Charles answered without hesitation: “If you agree to team up with .”
Qiao Sang imdiately said, “I agree.”
Hearing that, Charles’s eyes lit up. He quickly ford hand signs.
A green star array lit up.
Soon, a nearly dark green, floating pet beast appeared. Its irises were black, and a string of black beads hung around its neck.
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12:00 PM, Villa.
“Gannn…”
The Feeling Ghost looked around at its new surroundings in confusion.
“What’s that pet beast?” Liu Yao asked as he brought out so dishes.
“It’s a Feeling Ghost.” Qiao Sang explained briefly, summarizing what Dr. Dosharila had told her.
Liu Yao examined the Feeling Ghost and nodded: “This might actually work.”
He agreed that this thod could possibly trigger despair in Ice Xilu, pushing it toward evolution, though he thought Qiao Sang might be jumping the gun.
After all, Ice Xilu’s energy hadn’t reached the required threshold for evolution.
But since Qiao Sang had pulled off so many miracles, he chose not to voice his doubts.
“Lu.”
Lubao, hearing the conversation, swished her tail and called out, motioning for the Feeling Ghost to co over.
“Gannn.”
The Feeling Ghost understood it was now a temp worker and floated over obediently.
“Lu.”
“Lu.”
Lubao, after a full morning of thinking, had figured out the Feeling Ghost’s purpose. With a serious expression, she made her intentions clear: Stay close and imdiately swap in any detected despairing emotions.
“Gannn.”
The Feeling Ghost nodded obediently.
“Lu.”
Lubao glanced at the Feeling Ghost and felt hopeful for her evolution. In a great mood, she began munching on the energy pellets Liu Yao had prepared.
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1:30 PM.
Little Treasure teleported Qiao Sang, Yabao, and the Feeling Ghost to Beast Taming Departnt Class 1.
Even the standard lecture halls at Yulianton University could hold 200 students. Many liked to summon their pet beasts to accompany them.
Although the Feeling Ghost was a high-level pet beast, its one-ter size wasn’t too eye-catching.
But since it ca in with Qiao Sang, a campus legend, it imdiately drew everyone’s attention.
“Gannn…”
The Feeling Ghost tensed up under the spotlight, floating stiffly at its seat.
“Yap.”
Yabao patted the Feeling Ghost with his paw, telling it not to be nervous, everyone was just staring because he was too cool.
Then he grinned confidently.
“Gannn…”
The Feeling Ghost, sensitive to emotions, knew it wasn’t that, but hesitated to speak up.
Just then, a red-haired girl approached.
The Feeling Ghost imdiately shut its mouth.
Dorothy sat beside Qiao Sang and glanced at the Feeling Ghost with curiosity.
“Whose is this?”
Dorothy had previously recomnded a mimic doll from the neighboring class, so she and Qiao Sang were on speaking terms now.
“It belongs to a senior from the Outdoor Exploration departnt.” Qiao Sang replied.
Dorothy didn’t ask further but changed the subject: “You’ve no idea, tons of seniors have been looking for you.”
“Huh?” Qiao Sang was surprised.
“How co I haven’t t any of them?”
Dorothy chuckled: “You teleport out every ti class ends. Of course you don’t run into them.”
Oh… that’s true. Qiao Sang cleared her throat and asked: “What do they want?”
“Of course it’s about battle challenges.” Ca a voice from the front row, a blond guy with a buzzcut.
He turned around with a slightly resentful gaze.
Though Qiao Sang hadn’t interacted much with her classmates, her photographic mory had recorded all their faces.
This guy wasn’t one of them, she realized that instantly.
Dorothy recognized him and whispered: “He’s a senior from the Beast Taming departnt. Not sure what year, but he ca looking for you before.”
So it was about battles… Qiao Sang said, “I still have class. I don’t have ti right now.”
The blond guy suddenly introduced himself: “I’m Hadro Turing, 5th year, Class 3, Beast Taming departnt.”
Then he added seriously: “You already accepted my battle challenge. I’m here to ask if you could put first.”
Fifth-year… Qiao Sang paused, then checked her phone for the ti and nodded: “Sure, wait until class ends.”
Hadro was happy at first, but then hesitated: “There’s only 15 minutes between classes. Isn’t that too short?”
“No,” Qiao Sang smiled faintly.
“It’s enough.”
Dorothy, listening in, quietly opened her phone and typed in the group chat:
[BREAKING NEWS! Qiao Sang will battle a 5th-year senior right after class!]
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