[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-beast-taming-starting-from-zero":3,"chapter-beast-taming-starting-from-zero-beast-taming-starting-from-zero-chapter-83":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Beast Taming: Starting From Zero",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1458856,1907,"Chapter 83: It’s Not Stealing, It’s Release","beast-taming-starting-from-zero-chapter-83",83,"\u003Cp>“I need your help to steal something for me.” Ye Jingwen said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh, it’s not borrowing money? Then I’m fine with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But stealing…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Sang gave Ye Jingwen a strange look, thinking,So, this is the kind of person you are…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Jingwen clearly read Qiao Sang’s thoughts from her expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s not what you think! I just need you to help me steal a Magnemouse.” Ye Jingwen quickly explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Sang was taken aback, then asked in surprise, “Steal a pet? Did you find the nest of a wild Magnemouse?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the rural areas, the management of wild extraordinary creatures isn’t as strict as in the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And since Qitang Town is near the mountains and water, wild extraordinary creatures frequently appear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since they pose little threat, the local government doesn’t intervene much. If someone reports it, they’ll act, but otherwise, they won't add extra work for themselves by patrolling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This has led some people to smell a business opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, wild pet capture happens in secret realms. Beastmasters capture wild pets not just for contracts, but also for trade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Ye Jingwen found the nest of a Magnemouse and wanted Qiao Sang to catch a few for sale, it made sense. The League allows only beastmasters to sell wild pets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even if ordinary people find other ways to capture wild pets, those creatures could easily escape, posing safety risks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Qiao Sang was still confused.If they were catching wild pets, why call it stealing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It also made sense why Ye Jingwen didn’t ask Ye Ranran for help since government employees can’t participate in pet trade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what about her beastmaster father? Why not involve him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Qiao Sang could figure it out, Ye Jingwen explained, “You’re overthinking it. I’m not asking you to steal from a Magnemouse nest. My friend caught a Magnemouse on the mountain, and I want you to steal it back to release it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Sang: ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Jingwen continued, “A few days ago, I went up the mountain to look for Barbicorn Grass and ran into a web-wrapped spider. It was a Magnemouse that saved me. If it weren’t for it, I’d probably be in the hospital right now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Sang raised her eyebrows, signaling her to go on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So I told my friend about it when I got back, and he suggested buying some food that Magnemouse like to go thank it. But when we went a couple of days ago, just two days ago, he brought his dad along.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this, Ye Jingwen’s tone turned angry. “He lied to me! Said we were going to thank the Magnemouse, but they went to catch it instead.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her tone didn’t sound like just a complaint about a friend, but rather the way one would criticize a scumbag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Jingwen shifted to a guilty tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If that Magnemouse hadn’t trusted me, it would never have been lured out so easily by some food.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could still remember the look in the Magnemouse’s eyes when it saw her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Sang was silent for a moment, then asked, “This friend of yours… he’s not your boyfriend, is he?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Jingwen: !!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Ye Jingwen’s shocked expression, Qiao Sang instantly understood and advised earnestly, “It’s not good to date too early.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had thought Ye Jingwen was fully focused on her studies, but it turned out she was balancing both studying and dating…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He’s not my boyfriend anymore.” Ye Jingwen retorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This indirectly confirmed their previous relationship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Treasure-Seeking Ghost, who had been listening all along, took out a bottle of milk from his storage ring just as Ye Jingwen finished speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xun~”(Seek will now be replaced with Xun)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Jingwen was startled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She glanced at the bottle, which had the wordsfor baby petson it, and politely declined, “Thanks, but I’m not thirsty.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After refusing the milk, Ye Jingwen said seriously, “Qiao Sang, can you help me steal the Magnemouse? I don’t know anyone else who can help.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She shot a glance at Little Treasure-Seeking Ghost, who was putting the milk back into his storage ring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yayap!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yap!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yabao, holding a bottle of milk in his left paw, patted his chest with his right, as if saying,Leave it to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Sang responded sternly, “We’re not stealing anything.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Jingwen looked instantly disappointed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were some things she hadn’t mentioned. If Zhang Huai could find a proper beastmaster to contract the Magnemouse, she could accept it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he’d told her that his father had already found a buyer—a gourmet chef.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fate of the Magnemouse in the hands of a gourmet chef was obvious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s the part she couldn’t bear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had already resigned herself to the situation, but then her cousin returned to town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If her cousin only had Fire Fang Dog, she wouldn’t have brought it up. But since she also contracted a Treasure-Seeking Ghost, it gave Ye Jingwen the idea of stealing the Magnemouse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This isn’t stealing, it’s releasing it.” Qiao Sang clarified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Jingwen’s eyes lit up, and she excitedly nodded in agreement. “Yes, it’s not stealing! It’s setting it free!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Sang wasn’t exactly overflowing with kindness, but since it involved her family, she naturally leaned toward helping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, as easy as it sounded, executing it wouldn’t be so simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First of all, relying on Yabao was out of the question, as it only knows how to fight head-on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The task of releasing the Magnemouse would have to fall to Little Treasure-Seeking Ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Treasure-Seeking Ghost was only three days old and hadn’t used any skills yet. Letting it act independently felt a bit risky...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>11:20 PM.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Sang and Ye Jingwen rode their bikes to an apartment complex in the town center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yabao was already asleep, safely stored in the Beastmaster Codex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Treasure-Seeking Ghost, being a ghost-type pet, was wide awake and more energetic at night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is the place?” Qiao Sang asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.” Ye Jingwen nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xun~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Treasure-Seeking Ghost let out a soft call, though there was no trace of it in sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Qiao Sang, who had contracted it, knew exactly where it was and nodded in a certain direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elsewhere, in a dimly lit room, the sound of gnawing echoed, occasionally accompanied by crackles of electricity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Magnemouse looked at its unchanged cage with a sense of despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It stared listlessly out the window, wondering if its mate would move on to someone else, now that it had disappeared...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fruit on the mountain would ripen in a few days.Would it ever get to taste it again…?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humans, it was all because of humans!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The food they used to lure it out, Magnemouse hadn’t even had the chance to taste it!What a loss!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more it thought about it, the hungrier it felt. Magnemouse furiously bit into the metal cage, channeling its frustration into sheer force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a bottle of milk appeared in front of it, floating in mid-air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Magnemouse froze, still biting the cage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It suddenly realized something and whipped around to look at its tail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its tail had somehow turned into a lightning bolt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh no! A ghost-type creature!\u003C\u002Fp>",1186,"2026-06-06T02:23:08.287Z",1,"novelbin.me","c6d8068a29b76f718a1103844e20738d9c6d9ffe19bbf726b5dc915e2e0345a5","beast-taming-starting-from-zero-chapter-84","beast-taming-starting-from-zero-chapter-82",1023,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbeast-taming-starting-from-zero-cover.jpg"]