Chapter 5: Thousand-Change Silkworm

Ye Bai suppressed the hunger in his heart and hurriedly waved at the staff member, saying, "I have already signed a contract with this Baibian Can. According to school regulations, I am entitled to receive one month's worth of rations for an initial Pet Beast."

The lead staff member nodded: "Of course, that regulation does indeed exist."

"Wait a moment, I will send someone to bring the rations to you immediately."

The lead staff member clapped his hands, and immediately another person walked up; he took bags of Pet Beast rations, each weighing one kilogram, out of his spatial backpack.

These rations were specially formulated according to scientific ratios, focusing on absolute nutrition, but the taste could not be described as particularly good.

Ye Bai tore open a bag and tossed the rations inside to the Thousand-Change Silkworm.

This peculiar Thousand-Change Silkworm was faster than average; it shot out like a cannonball, catching the rations in mid-air and swallowing them in large gulps.

One bag of rations can satisfy the three daily meals of a Pet Beast in the Juvenile Stage.

Yet the Thousand-Change Silkworm devoured five full bags of such rations, looking as if it were truly starving.

Having eaten its fill, the Thousand-Change Silkworm revealed a satisfied expression on its face, flopped onto the ground in a lazy sprawl, and immediately became sleepy.

One could clearly hear the Thousand-Change Silkworm's snoring, which sounded like a beating drum, all around.

It was born with a large appetite and could eat more than other Baibian Can, so it always wandered among various groups in the Secret Realm to snatch food.

Because its digestion was extremely fast, the Thousand-Change Silkworm had not eaten a full meal until now; it had always felt the burning, searing pain in its stomach.

Therefore, in order to eat, it used its life to eat, and for this, it did not hesitate to provoke the resentment of some groups.

Sometimes it would even be beaten until covered in wounds by some Pet Beast, so its resistance to being beaten had been raised to the extreme; ordinary physical attacks were like a mosquito bite to the Thousand-Change Silkworm.

Only after it contracted with Ye Bai did it eat the first full meal since its birth.

Seeing Ye Bai calmly choose a Baibian Can, Li Weiyang's expression was quite Weird.

Although the Baibian Can type of Pet Beast has unstable genes and may have multiple evolutionary paths.

But this type of Pet Beast has no attack power at the beginning, and only its defense is particularly strong.

It is just that once this defense encounters a fire-type Pet Beast, it is like paper, easily broken through by others.

Students who usually choose a Baibian Can are those whose families are particularly wealthy, and their families have long since prepared Pet Beasts with good aptitude.

Coming to the Xuexiao Mijin is just going through the motions, and plus, the Baibian Can of Shenshan Middle School are of good quality; if they could discover another evolutionary path for the Baibian Can, they would go down in history.

However, these students do not include herself and Ye Bai.

Li Weiyang and Ye Bai both come from ordinary families, and everything can only rely on their own struggle.

But why did Ye Bai choose the plain and unremarkable Baibian Can with no attack power, instead giving up on the rare Xiao Xueqiu?

This left Li Weiyang completely baffled.

If one were to say that Ye Bai felt compassion for this Baibian Can, Li Weiyang would not believe it even a hundred times over.

After all, he is the same type of person as her, both being egoists who would not do things that are disadvantageous to themselves.

Driven by curiosity, Li Weiyang made an exception and used the Insight Eye; she wanted to know why.

Her pupils turned blood-red.

Ye Bai felt a piercing gaze looking at him; he turned around and discovered that Li Weiyang's eyes had turned blood-red.

It seems Li Weiyang is activating the ability of the Insight Eye; she must want to figure out his intention, why he would contract this 'plain and unremarkable' Baibian Can.

【Pet Beast Name: Thousand-Change Silkworm】

【Level: lv2 (First Order, Level 2)】

【Skills: Impact, Silk Spit, Hardening】

【Evolutionary Path: Ten-Thousand-Change Silkworm, materials required for evolution???】

Strange, this Pet Beast's name is Thousand-Change Silkworm, and it only has one more skill, Impact, than a Baibian Can; why exactly did it gain Ye Bai's favor?

From its appearance, it is basically the same as an ordinary Baibian Can.

There is something fishy, there is definitely something fishy; after looking at the Thousand-Change Silkworm's data, Li Weiyang felt even more confused.

She always felt something was wrong, and under the Insight Eye, this guy could still evolve into a Ten-Thousand-Change Silkworm, but judging from the Baibian Can, the Ten-Thousand-Change Silkworm also does not have much attack power; what exactly is Ye Bai after?

It is just that at this moment, Li Weiyang did not think too deeply, because she had more important things to do.

That thinner Xiao Xueqiu, after discovering that Ye Bai had contracted a Pet Beast, flew over with a somewhat dejected expression.

It landed on Li Weiyang's fingertip, looking somewhat listless. Li Weiyang had treated others as backups for so long, but this time she was treated as a backup by the Xiao Xueqiu.

Although she felt a bit unhappy in her heart, the Xiao Xueqiu was the rarest among this pile of Pet Beasts; even some big shots had been queuing for a long time, bitterly waiting for a spot for the Xiao Xueqiu.

If she was unwilling to contract it, there were plenty of people who would.

Moreover, this Xiao Xueqiu could also evolve into the even rarer Ice-Snow Spirit, and it had also comprehended the high-level skill Snow Spray.

From the moment of its birth, this type of Pet Beast is the darling of ice and snow.

Seeing an ice-blue light flash between the Xiao Xueqiu's brows, Li Weiyang bit her fingertip and dripped blood onto the ice-blue light.

At this moment, she finally signed a contract with the Xiao Xueqiu; the Xiao Xueqiu yawned, looking slightly exhausted, as the contract consumed quite a bit of its energy.

Without even saying hello, the Xiao Xueqiu turned into a stream of light and rushed into the Pet Beast Space that Li Weiyang had opened up when she awakened.

After the contract was signed, He Qingyuan's Boxing Rabbit crawled out of the pool, soaking wet.

Its fur clung tightly to its body, making it look exceptionally thin and small.

He Qingyuan looked at his Boxing Rabbit, which was dripping wet, and the anger in his heart soared directly.

"Ye Bai, I want to challenge you."

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Lingxue emerged from a small path to the side.

A meaningful smile appeared on her vermilion lips.

Just now, she had been hiding to one side, watching the process of Ye Bai and Li Weiyang contracting their Pet Beasts.

Zhang Lingxue, who was familiar with the Baibian Can, noticed that Ye Bai's Baibian Can seemed a bit different.

"You want to challenge Ye Bai? Of course, that's no problem."

"After we leave the Secret Realm, we can just go to the battle arena to have a match."

"It is getting late now, we must leave the Secret Realm."

Yet the rage in He Qingyuan's heart did not cease for a single moment.

He was like a volcano on the verge of erupting.

When they returned to school, He Qingyuan issued a challenge to Ye Bai in front of everyone.

"However, I feel that a battle like this without a wager would diminish your prestige, Young Master He."

"I remember that last week, you seemed to have obtained a Second-Order Insect Stone; let's use that as the wager."

He Qingyuan hesitated for a moment; this Second-Order Insect Stone was considered a rare treasure.

He had only obtained the Second-Order Insect Stone by picking up a bargain at a street stall.

"Fine, I bet, but the stakes need to be of equal value; Ye Bai, what is your wager?"

He Qingyuan knew that Ye Bai was not wealthy, his parents were missing, and he operated a small Pet Beast shop all by himself.

The Pet Beasts sold in the shop were all of the lowest grade.

"My wager is very simple: if I lose the match, I will voluntarily stay away from Li Weiyang and give up my seat next to Li Weiyang, letting you have your wish."

Upon hearing the two's wager, the classmates began to discuss it among themselves.

"That Second-Order Insect Stone in He Qingyuan's hand is his prized possession."

"I have seen He Qingyuan show off that Insect Stone he treasures like a precious jewel more than once."

"I feel like Ye Bai's wager doesn't seem equal in value to He Qingyuan's."

"Are you stupid? Times have changed; what talent did the class monitor awaken? It's the A Ji Tianfu Insight Eye."

"Those close to the water get the first chance at the moon; if you build a good relationship with the class monitor and she uses her Insight Eye to help you pick a Pet Beast with extraordinary talent, you'd earn back any amount of Insect Stones."

"This isn't just a seat next to her; this is practically a broad, smooth road to success."

To outsiders, Ye Bai's condition was simply a case of getting something for nothing.

But in the eyes of a "far-sighted" veteran sycophant like He Qingyuan, this condition truly made his heart flutter.

"I agree."

He Qingyuan agreed without a second thought.

(End of chapter)