Chapter 154: Version Update: Pet Shop

【Challenger Notice (All Channels): The game is about to undergo a version update. After this update, a new functional building will be added to Beneath Di Zhao Village: Pet Shop.】

Update Content One: Pet Shop (Functional Building):

Location: Beneath Di Zhao Village space, East District, Coordinates: 1328.2832 (Open the map function to see the functional building icon)

Function Introduction: Players may go to the Pet Shop and spend Painful Painful Minghun to purchase Initial Weight pets for training. Each type of Initial Weight pet masters a special skill, and players can spend Painful Painful Minghun to raise the pet's level and enhance the effect of its special ability.

Update Content Two: Pet Space.

Function Introduction: Players may spend 1500 Painful Painful Minghun to create a portable pet space for storing growth-type pets.

Update Content Three: Free Pet Purification Function

Function Introduction: Monsters from Monster World captured by players through controlling Painful Painful Minghun can be purified through the pet function panel by spending Painful Painful Minghun. Pets that have completed purification can be brought back to the Newbie Village space.

Note: Freely captured pets cannot be trained or leveled up, and cannot be resurrected upon death.

(This update is an online update; players do not need to go offline to wait.)

In this update, Qi Sheng specifically emphasized that freely captured pets cannot be resurrected.

After all, free pets are not connected to the Challenger System and were never part of it in the first place, so they cannot be reshaped underground in Beneath Di Zhao Village like players can.

To achieve this, the life structure of the free pet would need to be initialized and connected to the Challenger System.

To 1:1 restore a free pet's combat power level, the Painful Painful Minghun required is far beyond what current-stage players can afford.

Especially those free pets whose combat power level far exceeds the player's.

Furthermore, some special free pets simply cannot be created through reshaping.

For example, the Word Warrior requires the underlying framework of Execution, Brush, and Book—these three rules drive the architecture.

Without the corresponding rules, special pets like the Word Warrior cannot be initialized and reshaped at all.

Another reason is that free pets hold little significance in his eyes.

Although they can assist in the growth and construction of a player's legion, they cannot become a core system. He would not let players spend large amounts of Painful Painful Minghun on training free pets.

As the all-channel Challenger Notice sounded.

The Beneath Di Zhao Village space trembled, and a new building rose from the ground.

Players in the Beneath Di Zhao Village space could open the map and see a miniature ancient tree icon newly added in the East District. A mental tap would bring up detailed information about the new building.

The launch of the new functional building immediately attracted large numbers of players to head over.

Curious players out in the field even voluntarily entered the little black room to isolate themselves, wanting to take a shortcut home through soul-return to Beneath Di Zhao, so they could experience the new feature as soon as possible.

But most players out in the field were waiting for the strategy-guide bigshots on the forums to provide detailed introductions and hands-on reviews of the new feature.

This was also the experience of veteran players.

For anything that required spending Painful Painful Minghun, it was best to wait until the forums had detailed guides before acting.

Like the last time the Armed Vehicle feature launched.

Large numbers of players spent time and effort assembling their own arms and vehicles, only to find the results were not as good as directly downloading popular templates from the forums and copying them.

Having learned from last time, the vast majority of players this time were waiting for the review results, then choosing their desired pets based on the review introductions.

……

Earth, Ye Lan City.

"Xiao Yun, time to eat!"

After his mother's call, a burst of hurried footsteps drew from far to near.

Arriving at the dining table and sitting down, Pei Yun looked up at his mother, who was busy in the kitchen.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone through the window, falling on his mother's busy figure. She wore an apron that had faded from washing but was always clean and tidy, skillfully chopping vegetables on the cutting board, the cleaver striking the board in a rhythmic sound.

Beep beep beep, whoosh.

Flames leapt up on the stove, licking the bottom of the pot, oil splattered, emitting a faint sizzle.

Before long, the last delicious dish came out of the pot, carried to the dining table by his mother.

Braised spare ribs, steamed sea bass, tomato and egg soup... by now the dining table was already covered with a lavish spread of dishes.

His mother reached up to wipe the beads of sweat from her forehead, swept her gaze over the dishes, then looked at Pei Yun with a satisfied smile:

"See if your old mom's cooking has gotten any worse."

"Mm."

Ever since his mother's genetic damage illness miraculously recovered, her condition had been improving day by day.

During this period she had gone to the hospital for multiple checkups, and her body had not shown any further deterioration.

After this morning's checkup confirmed full recovery, his mother, in high spirits, insisted on cooking him a meal.

To this, Pei Yun naturally agreed readily.

It had been a long time since he had eaten his mother's cooking, so he immediately picked up his chopsticks, grabbed a piece of braised pork, and stuffed it into his mouth.

The moment the braised pork touched his tongue, Pei Yun could not help but frown, but he still stuffed the braised pork into his mouth.

As he chewed carefully, a strange taste spread through his mouth.

The texture of the meat was as rough as chewing sandpaper—every bite was like a grueling tug-of-war, the food stubbornly resisting between his teeth, refusing to be crushed easily. The dry meat sucked all the moisture from his mouth, his throat instinctively resisted swallowing, as if some invisible force were blocking the food from reaching his stomach.

"Is it not good?" Noticing something off about Pei Yun's expression, his mother picked up her own chopsticks, took a piece of braised pork, and put it in her mouth.

After chewing, his mother looked quite puzzled:

"No problem here, this braised pork is pretty good."

Hearing this, Pei Yun sighed helplessly:

"It's not that you have a problem, Mom—it's that I have a problem."

He naturally knew where the problem lay.

Recently, having eaten too many delicious spirit-foods in Monster World, his taste buds had become like spoiled children, growing impossibly picky.

The taste experience brought by food imbued with spirituality came in two types: one was the ultimate taste-bud experience, the other was a strong feedback on the spiritual level.

After the spiritual food entered his mouth and was swallowed, it seemed as if every cell in his body was fighting to seize the delicious substances; every bite was an all-around enjoyment from the taste buds to the soul, even producing an indescribable sense of happiness.

Compared to it, real-world food had no characteristics at all, even making him feel it was hard to swallow.

Gazing at the simple home-cooked dishes on the dining table, Pei Yun had lost all interest.

The "Mom's taste" he loved most before had lost its color in his eyes.

Slightly reluctant, Pei Yun shifted his target, picked up a vegetable with his chopsticks, and put it in his mouth, but the result was still bland and tasteless, like chewing on dry grass.

"Mom, I can't eat anymore." After forcing himself to eat a few bites, Pei Yun put down his chopsticks.

Seeing the disappointment on his mother's face, he quickly spoke up to explain the reason:

"Mom, the dishes you made are definitely fine, but my sense of taste has a problem. You know I've been playing a virtual game recently; the food feedback inside is incredibly delicious, causing my taste buds' experience to have issues..."

After listening to Pei Yun's explanation, his mother couldn't help but sigh:

"Does that mean you'll have to survive on nutrient solution from now on?"

"That's not impossible. From the perspective of meeting human needs, nutrient solution is healthier for the human body; satisfying the desire for food in the game works too. Maybe doing this will let me live longer."

"Just your sharp tongue; you can always find a bunch of excuses."

"This has a scientific basis; let me find some data for you."

Saying this, Pei Yun took out his phone from his pants pocket, preparing to search for some data to prove it to his old mother.

As soon as he woke the screen, he saw a string of message notifications.

Many were messages sent by friends in the game.

Among them was a special-effects text message, customized at a high price, automatically pinned to the top:

God King: Brother Black Night, the pet function is online. I noticed you weren't online, so I specifically logged off to remind you. Hurry up and post a strategy guide; I want to design a team battle mode integrating the pet function in advance. The tip has been prepared for you in advance; get busy and get to work!

Realizing a new function had gone online in the game, Pei Yun immediately became interested; he turned to look at his mother who was eating:

"Mom, I'm going to play the game."

His mother held her rice bowl, gave him a white-eyed look, and said in a bad mood:

"Go ahead; after all, you'll be making a living off this game in the future."

"Mom, remember to grab the game qualification on time; the money has already been transferred to your account. Once you grab the Dark Lands qualification, you can come play the game too. Don't you like scenery? Go be a scenery-lover player in the game; the scenery in the game is very beautiful."

Having spoken, without waiting for his mother's reply, Pei Yun hurriedly stood up and walked towards his room.

Back in his room, Pei Yun decisively switched the game server and climbed into the game pod.

Not long after, he logged in at the Colorful Mist Coast space.

He arrived at the Di Zhao Village space via the teleportation array; the area nearby was packed with people.

Since a large number of newbie players flooded in, the Di Zhao Village space had become extremely congested, forming a sharp contrast with the desolate scene when he first entered the game.

His gaze swept across.

Tianyu Clan players flying with wings spread, giant Mang Clan players nearly three meters tall, slim Blue-skinned Yuan Yu Clan players... It was as if he had instantly traveled to a fantasy world where different races lived together.

Various bizarre vehicles roamed about, making the newbie village's style appear particularly abstract.

He summoned the map function; a new surface building icon had appeared in the city's east district.

He immediately summoned his unicycle and used his consciousness to steer it towards the direction of the new function building.

Not long after, he arrived at the marked location.

At the end of his line of sight, the Pet Shop's overall structure resembled a thick old tree; the entrance was carved into the trunk, its surface covered with moss and vines.

The tree canopy was like a huge green umbrella; lush branches and leaves spread out in all directions, layer upon layer, shrouding the nearby scene; the hanging fruits flickered with colorful light like lanterns.

A patch of green shaded grass grew around the ancient tree, covered with flowers of various colors; a faint fragrance permeated the air.

This was the newly launched function building: the Pet Shop.

A large number of players nearby gathered and successively entered the new building; the scene was incredibly congested.

Retracting his vehicle, Pei Yun followed the crowd forward until he entered the black hole within the trunk.

Spending 2 points of Shou Shou Jili, the scene jumped.

After entering the new function building, it was similarly a layered independent space.

Once his vision cleared, what came into view was a cozy shop illuminated by soft light.

The shop floor was paved with polished colorful stone slabs; each stone slab was printed with a cute animal pattern. The surrounding walls were crafted from an unknown wood emitting a faint woody scent. The walls were hung with various exquisite pet portraits, from imposing giant dragons to petite and lovely Fat Peach; every portrait was lifelike, as if these pets would leap out of the paintings at any moment.

Inside the shop stood rows of uniquely shaped pet cages and display racks, but it could basically be determined these were just shop decorations; the method of obtaining pets was obviously not selecting them here.

In the center of the shop stood a circular stone platform; on the stone platform sat a huge crystal ball. Inside the ball, clouds and mist swirled, rapidly switching through pet appearances.

"Guide, how do I select pets here?"

When facing uncertainty, ask the Guide; Pei Yun immediately turned his head to look at the Guide Water Ball floating beside him, looking lazy.

【Touch the crystal ball at the center of the shop; physical contact or consciousness contact will enter the pet selection interface.】

Following the Guide's prompt, Pei Yun stepped onto the stone platform and stood before the crystal ball.

The instant he reached out and touched the crystal ball, a virtual interface popped up in his mind.

The first thing to float into his mind was a cute-looking, rabbit-shaped white marshmallow; it was lazily squinting its eyes, lying on the green grass by the lakeside, sunbathing.

【Fat Peach (Growth-type Pet)】:

Initial Level: 1 (0/10 Shou Shou Jili)

Pet Type: Resource-type

Personality Preferences: Lazy, Glutton, Sleepy

Pet Ability Introduction: Swallows nutrients, produces special resource: Peach Stone (can be listed on the Trading Hall or sacrificed to Beneath Di Zhao).

Adoption Price: 2350 Shou Shou Jili.

In the bottom right corner of the scene demonstration image, you can try using the pet's ability.

Pei Yun used his consciousness to tap the demonstration; immediately, a pile of spiritual plants refreshed around Fat Peach in the demonstration scene.

Like a cotton candy, the chubby peach twitched its nose, rolled over, and leaped up, devouring the spiritual plants placed beside it in large mouthfuls; its two ears crossed back and forth like a metronome keeping time with the eating rhythm, while time accelerated during this process.

Before long, the chubby peach suddenly shivered its body and excreted two pinkish condensed masses.

The analysis information automatically activated:

【Peach Stone】:

Resource Introduction: A special resource produced by the chubby peach, usable for crafting spiritual medicines; direct consumption grants body-forging experience.

After reading the analysis introduction, Pei Yun couldn't help but bare his teeth.

This body-forging experience can be forgotten.

Summoning the attribute panel and checking the conversion ratio, Pei Yun understood the function of this pet.

At initial level, the chubby peach can eat four meals a day; the total resources invested convert to roughly 3 points of Shou Shou Jili, with a ratio of 1:1.66 between resources invested each time and resources produced each time.

In other words, at initial level, the chubby peach can generate a yield of about 2 points of Shou Shou Jili per day.

This yield will increase as the chubby peach's level rises, along with its food intake and resource conversion speed.

Therefore, this is a resource-type pet, equivalent to a portable money-printing machine.

The detailed attribute panel also explained the chubby peach's weaknesses: weak combat power and no desire to fight, so it cannot serve as a combat pet.

However, given the freedom of the Monster World, forcing the chubby peach to fight is clearly not an issue, but death requires consuming Shou Shou Jili for resurrection, with a one-hour cooldown wait time just like players.

With a wave of his hand, the scene jumped to the second setting.

This was a dense forest where the trees were Gao Da, their trunks covered in moss shimmering with dim light, as if draped in a layer of magical clothing; the branches twisted and writhed, intertwining and coiling to form natural green domes.

At this moment in the scene, a squirrel-like creature darted and leaped between the trees.

It had a coat of blue fur, a pair of enormous ears, and a vibrant orange flower blooming atop its head, its petals unfolding layer by layer; a delicate crown was set upon its forehead, its eyes large and bright like two clear gemstones, hiding curiosity and liveliness within their gaze, occasionally pausing to survey the surrounding environment.

Its tiny orange nose twitched constantly, seemingly searching for food.

Around its neck hung a necklace composed of golden rings and blue gemstones.

Introduction information then floated into Pei Yun's mind.

【Treasure-Seeking Rat】:

Initial Level: 1

Pet Type: Perception-based

Personality Preferences: Collecting, exercise, spiritual ornaments, timidity

Pet Introduction: Possesses an extremely keen sense of smell, capable of searching the nearby environment based on scent to precisely locate resources carrying spiritual substances, including spiritual plants, spiritual ores, and spiritual essences; possesses rudimentary intelligence, allowing simple communication, and commands can be issued directly via consciousness (the Treasure-Seeking Rat's search coverage is affected by pet level; pet level can be increased by consuming Shou Shou Jili).

Adoption Price: 3500 points of Shou Shou Jili.

After reading the pet introduction, Pei Yun realized this was yet another pet leaning toward resource production.

Compared to the chubby peach's stable daily Shou Shou Jili output, the Treasure-Seeking Rat leans more toward luck-based output, bringing highly unstable returns.

It might bring huge profits, or yield nothing for several days.

Pei Yun touched the skill demonstration with his consciousness.

Immediately, the Treasure-Seeking Rat in the scene suddenly raised its head high; after its nose twitched repeatedly, it leaped back and forth among the treetops before landing and stopping before an ancient tree, where it dug the soil with its paws, excavating downward.

Before long, the Treasure-Seeking Rat dug out a pit several meters deep, then leaped out of the deep pit, carrying a glowing energy spirit stone in its mouth.

The joy of the harvest made the Treasure-Seeking Rat excitedly spin in place; afterward, it held the gemstone high above its head, peering at it with one eye close to the stone under the sunlight, then spun in place again in a frenzy.

After understanding the Treasure-Seeking Rat's abilities and tendencies, Pei Yun waved his hand forward once more, and the scene jumped to the demonstration setting of the third pet.

Before him lay a lush valley, where a crystal-clear stream wound its way; beside the stream, wildflowers bloomed profusely and green grass spread like a carpet.

A small bird with brilliant colors fluttered through the forest; its back feathers were emerald green, like the tender leaves of early summer, while the edges of its pale blue wings were trimmed with fine gold lines; whenever it flapped its wings to fly, its orange-red belly rose and fell with its breath, and its slender eyes were clear and lively.

Finally, it landed by the stream and began to clean its feathers.

It dipped its beak lightly into the water, then evenly spread the droplets over its feathers.

This process repeated multiple times until every feather was covered in water droplets; as it shook, the droplets slid down along the feather textures, carrying away dust and impurities attached to its body, restoring the feathers to their original luster and fluffiness.

Analysis information automatically floated into view.

【Light Spirit Feather】:

Initial Level: 1

Pet Type: Functional Support.

Pet Introduction: Can gather the energy of heaven and earth by consuming blood qi, then outline and generate healing light connected to a target, continuously healing the target's injuries (the higher the Light Spirit Feather's level, the stronger the healing effect and the faster its own health regeneration); it has developed rudimentary intelligence, allowing relatively complex communication, and commands can be issued directly via consciousness, automatically translated into content the Light Spirit Feather can understand.

Pet Personality: Brave, gentle, quiet, fastidious.

Adoption Price: 7800 points of Shou Shou Jili.

After reading the introduction content of the third pet, Pei Yun immediately realized this pet would inevitably become the first choice for a large number of players.

The healing skill inherent to the Light Spirit Feather is the ability players most desire at this stage.

It is equivalent to a free mobile blood pack.

Although the price is steep, long-term companionship can save a vast amount of expenditure on potions and significantly enhance the overall combat power of the squad.

Pei Yun touched the demonstration function within the scene with his consciousness.

Inside the scene, a player model covered in injuries appeared; the Light Spirit Feather flapped its wings and flew into the sky, emitting green luminescence from its body, which shot out from its surface and connected to the injured player.

Instantly, the wounds on the player's body scabbed over and fell off at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the health bar popping up in the display rapidly refilled.

Although it was unclear what level the Light Spirit Feather in the demonstration scene was, this powerful single-target connected healing ability made Pei Yun see the potential of this pet.

Flight plus healing; combining these two traits, the strength of this pet was self-evident.

This also sparked a strong interest in him regarding the subsequent pets.

Compared to health regeneration, as a magic-type player, he desired a mana-regeneration pet even more.

If such a functional pet truly existed, he could modify his Star Pulse combination to achieve the spell-turret mode he had envisioned.

Swiping the scene, the fourth setting was a vast plain.

On the plains lived a vast number of blue, slime-like strange lifeforms; their appearance was jelly-like, their bodies semi-liquid, moving forward by wriggling.

Analytical information floated up at this moment.

【Colorful Fruit】:

Initial Level: 1

Pet Type: Functional Support

Pet Introduction: A parasitic lifeform that can merge with a player to enhance the player's physical constitution strength (blood strength) or spiritual power strength; one may choose to cultivate a single mode or both modes.

Cultivation Mode 1: Blood · Colorful Fruit.

Introduction: Cultivate with blood as the core attribute; after fusion, it primarily enhances the host's blood strength and slightly enhances spiritual power strength.

Cultivation Mode 2: Demon · Colorful Fruit.

Introduction: Cultivate with spiritual strength as the core attribute; after fusion, it primarily enhances the host's spiritual power strength and slightly enhances blood strength.

Pet Temperament: None (wisdom not yet born; commands can be issued directly via consciousness)

Adoption Price: 12,500 Shou Shou Jili.

(Note: After merging with the Colorful Fruit, the player can share damage taken with the Colorful Fruit, or set it to bear damage alone; the damage-sharing ratio is adjustable. If the Colorful Fruit dies, the attribute amplification effect vanishes.)

Consciousness touch demonstration: a template player spawns in the scene, and the Colorful Fruit quickly wriggles toward the player.

Upon contacting the player's heel, it melts into the body through the pores.

Instantly, a blood-red mark forms on the player's forehead, and the displayed attribute panel values receive amplification.

The demonstration was performed twice.

The first time was merging with the Blood Colorful Fruit, gaining attribute amplification for physical strength; the other time was merging with the Demon Colorful Fruit, after which a blue mark would form on the player's forehead, gaining attribute amplification for spiritual power.

After watching the introduction and demonstration footage, Pei Yun realized this was an attribute-amplification pet, much like a piece of wearable equipment.

But from the introduction, the Colorful Fruit possessed another powerful attribute: damage sharing.

Whether for a Cui Pi Fa player or for a damage-absorbing melee player, a pet capable of sharing damage was extremely valuable.

If a Fa player chose the Blood Colorful Fruit, it would be equivalent to having an extra life at critical moments.

Swiping the scene, the fifth demonstration scene was set in a Gobi environment.

As far as the eye could see, there was an endless sea of sand and a sea of gravel, spreading wildly with the wind, stretching to the horizon.

What appeared in the scene was a pet with two huge pincers, resembling a scorpion; its body was covered in a layer of bronze-colored carapace, segments connected tightly, gleaming with metallic luster; the head's massive claws were not ordinary keratin but of dark crystal texture, with complex patterns on the claw tips, looking like two sharp blades when raised.

Analytical information floated up immediately after.

【Turbidity】:

Initial Level: 1

Pet Type: Aura Domain.

Pet Introduction: After using its ability, it can generate a Turbidity Domain within a range; all lifeforms within the domain suffer continuous corruption, inflicting dual damage effects on spirit and blood.

Pet Temperament: Quiet, glutton, alert.

Adoption Price: 9,500 Shou Shou Jili.

The fifth pet made Pei Yun think of the plague-type troops of the terrifying Black Tide.

This was also one of the most headache-inducing system troops for players when fighting the Black Tide; upon encountering it, one must focus fire to kill it as quickly as possible.

Otherwise, it would continuously inflict damage on the tank-type players at the very front, or even weaken the defense of frontline players, drastically reducing their damage-absorption capability.

Consciousness touch demonstration: the spiritual runes on Turbidity lit up, and black smoke spewed and diffused from its body surface.

Plants around it withered rapidly; small animals collapsed poisoned one after another, their bodies coated with a layer of black substance, and before long they breathed their last.

After fully understanding all five pets that initially appeared, Pei Yun reviewed the demonstration scenes again, conducting more detailed pet ability tests by modifying the attributes of the spawned template players.

What could be confirmed was that pet cultivation was absolutely a considerable expense.

One had to pay a high amount of Shou Shou Jili at purchase, and subsequent cultivation was an endless pit.

Pei Yun even felt that pet cultivation consumption was more severe than that of armed vehicles.

Armed vehicles only need to be sufficient; there is no need to pursue flashy top-tier configurations.

But the pet system was different.

Since one chose to raise a pet, the pet's abilities had to keep pace with the player's growth progress, requiring continuous resource investment.

It could be understood as: choosing to cultivate a pet meant adding a new Shou Shou Jili consumption channel on top of the two major expenses of Star Pulse and Body Forging.

Glancing at his own stock of Shou Shou Jili, Pei Yun decisively chose to secure Fat Peach, priced at 2,350 points, which was also the cheapest among the five growth-type pets.

Although Fat Peach possessed no combat ability, it could continuously generate income.

The continuous income it brought in the future could fully cover cultivation expenses.

After Shou Shou Jili was deducted, the Challenger notification rang in his mind, and Pei Yun exited the simulation interface at this moment.

Not far away, a glass cabinet opened, and a pink-white marshmallow shot toward him; Pei Yun instinctively reached out to catch it.

Bang!

Fat Peach crashed into his arms, rolled around in his embrace, then lifted its head and looked at him with big, watery eyes.

Chirp!

Their gazes met; Fat Peach let out an excited chirp, then pressed its head against his chest and rubbed continuously, making Pei Yun burst into laughter.

【Challenger Notification: Would you like to rename the pet, or adopt the pet species name?】

After brief thought, Pei Yun gave his pet a new name: Marshmallow.

After adopting the pet, Pei Yun, following the guide's prompt, opened a pet space measuring 2.5 meters long, 2 meters wide, and 2 meters high.

This expense required 1,500 points of Shou Shou Jili; the interior of the space would automatically be set to an environment suitable for the pet's survival.

Regarding this, Pei Yun also asked the guide why pets could not be placed in the personal space inventory slots.

The guide's answer was that the inventory space contained no energy elements or various world substances; pets could not even breathe inside it.

But the pet space is different; it is an independent space connected to the outside world, capable of absorbing material energy from the outside.

This ensures that pets can survive and grow within it.

Although this expense is a one-time consumption, it still made Pei Yun feel incredibly pained.

As a commoner player, the Shou Shou Jili earned to improve strength was barely enough; the Shou Shou Jili he had painstakingly saved up hadn't even opened a new Star Vein slot, and after the new function went online, it was almost spent again.

The only thing worth being happy about was that Cotton Candy's future output was sufficient to cover this expense and bring continuous, stable Shou Shou Jili income.

After completing the pet adoption, Pei Yun did not rush to leave.

Summoning the forum function, he began writing a pet cultivation strategy guide; during this process, he needed to check the pet demonstration scenes to detail the pros and cons of every type of pet.

This was his hobby, and also a way for him to earn Shou Shou Jili.

Every time a strategy post was published, players would give tips; it could be said that making money and having fun were both achieved.

Several hours later, Pei Yun finished writing the strategy post, carefully read it twice, and after confirming there were no errors, chose to publish it.

As soon as his new post went online, it attracted a massive number of players to click, with everyone leaving comments below the post.

【Arrived late: Pet function strategy review, and personal thoughts analysis】:

Poster: Night Is Approaching

Content:

To start, I'll put on some armor; the following views represent only my personal thoughts, and those with different opinions are welcome to leave comments.

If my views contain errors, I will edit and modify them.

Next, let's get to the main topic and introduce the abilities and growth directions of the first batch of pets in detail; I will rate them on four dimensions that players care about most: combat power, functional support strength, economic income, and appearance, with a full score of ten stars.

First pet: Fat Peach.

This one's appearance is very cute, with appearance absolutely maxed out; everyone can understand this pet as a financial product. Besides the initial investment requiring the consumption of 3850 Shou Shou Jili (adoption + space), it can produce stable income in the later stages.

I suggest that players who don't have money to buy powerful pets get one each; after all, everyone is preparing to retire in this game, and it's impossible to change games in this lifetime; just treat it as investing a pension in advance, a sure profit with no loss, producing pocket money every day.

Everyone think about it: when you get old, collecting a large pension from Fat Peach every day, isn't that awesome?

Combat power: One star.

Functional support: 0.

Economic income: Five stars.

Appearance: Ten stars (based on my own aesthetics only).

Recommended group: All players.

Second pet: Treasure-Seeking Rat.

This pet's appearance is also very cute, and its function is similar to Fat Peach, capable of continuously producing income.

The specific effect is using its sense of smell to perceive spiritual substances nearby, then precisely finding valuable items in the vicinity; the search range is related to the Treasure-Seeking Rat's level.

But this kind of income is very unstable, purely depending on luck; in comparison, I recommend the stable output and lower-priced Fat Peach more.

Players who like surprises can also try the Treasure-Seeking Rat; who knows, you might really get rich in one go.

Combat power: Three stars.

Functional support: 0.

Economic income: 0-10 stars.

Appearance: Ten stars.

Recommended group: Exploration faction players (If you are an exploration faction player, don't hesitate, lock onto the Treasure-Seeking Rat directly; it will constantly bring you surprises during the long journey, making every step of your future exploration full of anticipation).

Third pet: Light Spirit Feather.

A must-have pet for fixed teams and lone wolf players; it can release a continuous healing light band connected to the target, truly a mobile blood pack; the healing skill has no cooldown, mainly consuming health points to maintain, but the Light Spirit Feather can automatically restore the consumed health energy.

The key point is that this is a flying pet with high mobility; it can move on the battlefield to heal; I suggest melee players who have the conditions must cultivate one.

The appearance of the Light Spirit Feather also fills a shortcoming in our player camp; a high-level Light Spirit Feather can be used entirely as a healer, providing the team with continuous combat sustainability.

If we have to talk about a drawback, there is only one: the price is too high; one Light Spirit Feather can buy three Fat Peaches.

Combat power: Two stars (Since you chose the Light Spirit Feather, using it for combat would be too ridiculous; the combat power value can be ignored).

Functional support: Ten stars.

Economic income: Seven stars (Although cultivation is expensive, it can save a large expense on purchasing healing potions from the Shangcheng).

Appearance: Eight stars.

Recommended group: Fixed teams, guild battle groups, functional support, melee flow (especially large teams; must equip several Light Spirit Feathers to build a Light Spirit Feather healer squad).

Fourth pet: Colorful Fruit.

Among the five types released in the first batch, it is the only pet possessing two cultivation modes.

They are Demon Colorful Fruit and Blood Colorful Fruit, respectively increasing mental strength intensity and health point intensity.

I believe that in games everyone has played before, there are basically settings for weapon and equipment enchantment; you can understand the Colorful Fruit as human body enchantment; after fusion is completed, it can significantly enhance the main attribute of the cultivation direction.

But this is not the key point; the key point is that after the Colorful Fruit fuses with the body, it can also help players absorb damage.

It is equivalent to extending the health bar by a large section; the functionality is very strong, but the cost-performance ratio is a bit low; the price is the highest among the five pets, and it has no economic income at all.

Combat power: 0.

Functional support: Ten stars.

Economic income: 0.

Appearance: One star.

Recommended group: Melee flow players (Blood Colorful Fruit), magic system, functional support players (Demon Colorful Fruit).

One complaint: The selling price of 12500 is too expensive; this is just the purchase price; later, a large amount of Shou Shou Jili must be invested for cultivation; it can be called a gold-swallowing beast; if your family doesn't have mines, cultivation is not recommended; economically, it is purely negative income.

Fifth pet: Filth.

The pet's appearance resembles a scorpion with demonic runes branded on its body; the ability effect is releasing a range aura, causing continuous corrosion damage to all life forms within the covered range; the ability performance is a bit like the plague-type units of the Black Tide; it has high defense and a high health bar itself, and can also serve as a tank.

I do not recommend fixed teams or solo players use this pet; from the perspective of return and combat power, it is meaningless.

It is more suitable for large teams in war mode, providing effects such as area damage, damage over time, defense breaking, and crowd control.

Combat Power: 10 stars

Functional Support: 7 stars

Economic Return: 0

Appearance: 2 stars.

Recommended Groups: Large guilds, large warbands.

Final Summary.

Recommended for F2P players: Fat Peach, Treasure-Seeking Rat, Light Spirit Feather.

Recommended for Whales: Light Spirit Feather, Colorful Fruit.

Recommended for Team Mode: Light Spirit Feather, Filth.

The above is my detailed review of this pet function; if anyone has other thoughts, leave a comment in the comment section.

A small tip at the end of the post: after asking the Guide, I learned that the "Gathering" trait of the rule can also be attached to pet functions.

That is to say, the more players a pet selects, the stronger the extra "Gathering" amplification effect it receives.

Comment Section:

Floating Hydra Leopard: As an exploration party player, I instantly chose the Treasure-Seeking Rat. Brother Black Night makes sense; with this pet, every step of future exploration is full of expectation, who knows when a sudden windfall opportunity will come knocking. This isn't a pet; it's a personal God of Wealth.

Eight and a Half Branches: I declare the winner of the first Pet Review Competition "Light Spirit Feather." This is the core need of us players. Other pets have no value for the entire player faction compared to Light Spirit Feather. I have no interest in treasure hunting or finance myself; I only know that in a fight, Light Spirit Feather can heal me, improve my sustained combat capability, and save me a huge amount of medicine expenses.

Last Freedom: Why is there no combat-type pet I want? I want to raise a pet that can deal area damage, work hard for me to earn Shou Shou Jili, while I take charge of remote command. Where is the promised gospel for lazy people (eating dirt, slapping the table. jpg).

Immortal Legend: Shou Shou Jili expenses are increasing more and more; my Star Pulse Slot is almost unaffordable. Now everyone is improving their strength, and there are hardly any players spending Shou Shou Jili. The current situation is that the official is tightly restricting Shou Shou Jili production. Where are players supposed to get extra Shou Shou Jili to raise pets? My suggestion is to raise Fat Peach, which can handle finance; everyone raises it together to increase the return on Fat Peach's production.

God King: Filth is great; it comes with a negative aura, essential for team battles. Everyone, raise it quickly; the more people use it, the fiercer the extra attribute enhancement effect. I strongly suggest everyone have one, mainly because I want it very much.

Strategist Xu Sheng: I point out an error in Brother Black Night's guide post here. Although Colorful Fruit is expensive, its cost-performance ratio is truly not low. Damage absorption is equivalent to a special skill, plus attribute amplification. I think it is very suitable for lone wolf players, significantly improving combat error tolerance, but the price is indeed on the high side.

Regarding the newly launched pet function, players launched a heated discussion on the forum.

It can be seen that players are very interested in the pet function.

Pets can serve as companions, carrying emotions, and can also provide various ability supports; their practicality is very high.

But players also have places of dissatisfaction.

For example, the setting mentioned in this update that free pets can be purified and brought back to the newbie village space.

Players who control Painful Painful Minghun feel delighted about this.

But the problem is that this update lacks the setting they want for free-captured pets to be resurrected; this means that controlling captured pets is still a one-time Xiao Hao Pin, unable to be reused like growth-type pets.

This makes players who worked hard to catch free pets very sad.

It means the good brother in hand might leave them at any time.

Secondly, there is one more function in the game that consumes Shou Shou Jili, but the official has never opened extra Shou Shou Jili production functions.

Because of this problem, players often protest on the forum, but the Dog Official has never shown any intention to increase Shou Shou Jili production.

Wicked behavior, worthy of contempt.

But besides complaining, players have no means to counter the official.

The game qualification was snatched with great difficulty; if they don't play, there are plenty of others who will.

In fact, players all know that the Eclipse Clan distributing qualifications to the outside is more like a form of support; they simply do not care about the foreign exchange revenue brought by the various races.

This leads to a completely unequal discourse power between their players and the official.

Besides complaining, there is no other way.

And the Dog Official's cold attitude of never paying attention to player demands seems to say to them:

Play if you love it, get out if you don't.

(End of Chapter)