Beast Taming Patrol

[You have submitted a new original exotic beast species. Results will be received within two working days. Please wait.]

"Sigh..." (Two days is a bit long...)

Qiuqiu shook its head and then scrolled back to the teaching plan for the black box.

Since it wouldn't be approved so quickly, it was time to focus on practicing with the black box!

To beat big brother, every bit of time couldn't be wasted!

It opened the instructional video and began to study, nodding its head along.

...

"Damn!"

A back-end staff member of the Beast Taming Association suddenly exclaimed.

"How rare! Got some work to do!"

He was the staff member in charge of reviewing new original exotic beast species at the Beast Taming Association.

Original exotic species aren't evolutionary types. Unlike when the calamity first began, the evolution of exotic beasts has now stabilized. It's possible that not even one new original species would be found in a year.

For this staff member, the job was relaxed, and he could slacken off without anyone minding, but seeing his colleagues who reviewed the new evolutionary types busy every other day, he felt envious.

Not having done any tasks, he could only get the basic wage without any commission.

Now, he finally had some work to do.

Quickly, following the review procedures, he began to examine the text description and images provided by the other party.

After a glance at the report of their discovery, the staff member nodded slightly.

The experiences of discovering new species were diverse and this one looked at least plausible. Whether it was true or not wasn't for him to decide.

Following that, the staff member curiously glanced at the image.

"This appearance, should be a dark-type pet, right? I wonder if it has any other attributes," the staff member muttered, "Definitely not a species in the Exotic Beast Atlas. If it's not some unknown new evolutionary type, then it really might be a newly discovered original species."

"Let me see..." he murmured, using technical means to verify whether the image had been forged or edited. He quickly nodded in satisfaction, "Good, it's the original image."

But...

The staff member couldn't help but look at the image again, feeling slightly odd.

Usually, when discovering a new original species, the images are from sneaky angles.

But this one... why did it look like a selfie?

Shaking his head, the staff member dismissed this absurd thought.

At this point, his review work was done. The follow-up audit was to be handed over to more professional reviewers.

With the authority to locate the reported account's IP coordinates, the staff member began to call up the nearest active reviewer from the Beast Taming Association to the location.

Unlike the new evolution type validation, new original species were just intelligence, so reviewers needed to reach the site personally to inquire about the situation, hence the preference for the nearest available reviewer.

"Researcher Zhou Hong is the closest..." The staff member saw and then shook his head, "He has already reviewed an evolutionary type within the past seven days."

These review jobs are done by volunteers from among the researchers, so the Beast Taming Association tries to fairly distribute the work among them, so as not to interfere with everyone's main responsibilities.

"Let's switch to another." The staff member looked down, "The second closest is Researcher Qin Nan? Her last review of an evolutionary type was two months ago, which fits right in."

"It'll be her then."

The staff member operated swiftly with both hands, and quickly, a fresh audit invitation was sent to Qin Nan.

...

"It's a match, it's a match!"

Inside the monitor room of Mountain City University, Li Qingmei waved her fist, excitedly stirring the air around her.

As the assessment reached this stage, almost all the exotic beasts in the actual combat assessment area had been cleared, and with the candidates gathered together, the likelihood of life-threatening situations was almost nil.

So, the teachers responsible for monitoring were now starting to enjoy the spectacle.

After a brief exchange about their respective monitoring areas, everyone quickly realized that apart from Lin Su, the only candidate in this entrance examination who had a monarch-type pet beast with a high score was Zhang Xiaoyu, ranking third.

And now, the two were finally confronting each other.

"Betting has started, betting has started!" Li Qingmei was ecstatic, "Place your bets, see who will win!"

She had a trick up her sleeve, having said nothing to the other teachers about Lin Su's skillset.

This round might bring in a big haul!

Sitting next to Li Qingmei, Qin Nan glanced at her disdainfully. She was about to speak up and ruin the fun when she felt her communicator vibrate.

Who was looking for her?

Qin Nan opened the communicator instinctively.

Soon, her eyes lifted slightly in surprise.

A new original exotic beast species?

That's intriguing!

For a researcher, this was far more interesting than a new evolutionary type.

After all, a new original species made it easier to discover evolutionary types and make some contributions.

Without any hesitation, Qin Nan accepted the task, then started to view the images.

As for the discoverer's narrative, she didn't pay any attention to it.

With her seasoned experience, she could instantly tell if it was really an original species.

However, as she looked at the images, Qin Nan's expression suddenly froze and her pupils shrank sharply.

This background...

Seeing the unfamiliar exotic beast's environment in the image, Qin Nan felt a striking sense of familiarity.

Combing through it for clues, her gaze quickly settled on a spot.

It was a communicator embossed with a cute cat paw design, carelessly placed on the edge of the table in the image.

That communicator...

If she remembered correctly, Lin Su had bought one for Qiuqiu, to let it learn on its own. She found out about it and even complimented Lin Su for his novel idea, considering doing the same for her pet, so the memory was still clear.

The communicator that Qiuqiu had was exactly the same as the one in the image!

Her eyebrows rose in an instant, locking onto the IP address given by the Beast Taming Association.

That location was Lin Su's dormitory.

"Nice one, Lin Su, stirring up trouble again!" Qin Nan gritted her teeth as she stood up and headed straight out of the monitor room.

"Hey, Qin Nan, don't you want to place a bet?"

"You guys go ahead," Qin Nan replied with a cryptic smile on her face, "I've got some important matters to attend to."