Beast Tamer: Carrying a small world of the end times with you

"Damn it, where is my delicious food without the weird smell? I don't want to keep eating those stinky bug pancakes!"

Qian Er's mentality collapsed. He sat in his old hideout, which used to bring him peace of mind, clutching his head, but no matter how he looked at it, it felt awkward.

Even that old rental house was better than this world full of stench.

Just as Qian Er was feeling depressed, a doorway suddenly appeared in front of him. His expression froze for a moment. Through the doorway, he could clearly see the scenery of his rental house on the other side.

"This is... a dual-world portal? Can I use this door to travel freely between two worlds?"

The moment he saw this portal, information about it also appeared in his mind. In an instant, Qian Er's composure, honed in the apocalypse, wavered countless times in this short day.

"Come here!"

Now that he knew he could return to the Beast Taming World, Qian Er didn't panic. He quickly called the Sludge Monster over to absorb the flesh and blood of the zombie he had killed.

The weakened Sludge Monster smelled the scent of rotten flesh and squirmed excitedly towards the zombie's body. Wherever it crawled, the zombie's body disappeared, leaving only a pile of bones.

After eating the zombie, the Sludge Monster's body recovered significantly, and its mental state improved a lot. At least it could fight now, instead of being half-dead like before.

"It's a pity about these bones. I need to cultivate a skeleton-type pet in the future, can't waste them. I also wonder if zombies have souls, I'll also have to cultivate a wraith-type pet."

Qian Er calculated in his mind, focusing on not wasting anything.

Neither he nor the Sludge Monster noticed a golden ray of light descending from the sky, imperceptible to the naked eye, and entering the Sludge Monster's body.

After absorbing the golden light, the Sludge Monster's slime-like body conjured an arm to scratch itself, a hint of confusion flashing in its eyes. It didn't know why it suddenly felt enlightened, and its previously muddled consciousness was now much clearer.

At this moment, Qian Er immediately ran back to his lair, expertly found a green bottle, opened it, and after seeing the transparent, clear liquid inside, which looked like egg white, he carefully wrapped it in a plastic bag and put it in his arms.

Carrying the Paraquat, he walked out of the factory. The Sludge Monster, which had been wandering outside, rushed over like it was offering a treasure, its conjured arm clutching a crystal-clear stone.

"A brain stone? This thing is useless."

Qian Er took the crystal-clear stone, looked at it, and threw it back to the Sludge Monster.

The crystal inside a zombie's brain, this thing could be said to be all the rage when it was first discovered. After all, this setting had been written to death in apocalyptic novels. At the time, a group of people unanimously called it a brain core.

A group of people began to think about how to absorb the brain core, trying methods such as eating it or holding it while meditating, but none of them worked. Five years passed, and the name of this thing changed from brain core to brain stone, meaning a stone that was beautiful but useless.

The Sludge Monster didn't understand what Qian Er was saying, and its squirming body wrapped around the brain stone. Then, in Qian Er's astonished gaze, the Sludge Monster's aura suddenly became much stronger.

"This..."

Qian Er opened the Sludge Monster's attribute panel in shock through the Beast Taming Contract.

[Sludge Monster]

[Attribute: Flesh]

[Level: 6]

[Aptitude: Blue]

(Aptitude levels are divided into Gray, White, Green, Blue, Purple, and Gold, from lowest to highest)

[HP Stat (Attribute): 60 (23)]

[Attack Stat (Attribute): 80 (16)]

[Defense Stat (Attribute): 50 (11)]

[Special Attack Stat (Attribute): 50 (11)]

[Special Defense Stat (Attribute): 50 (11)]

[Speed Stat (Attribute): 40 (9)]

[Total Stats: 330]

The Sludge Monster's total stats didn't change, but its level increased by one, and its attributes improved a lot. In addition, the Sludge Monster's aptitude also increased from the original Green to Blue.

"Aptitude improved? What's the reason for this? Zombie flesh or that brain stone just now?"

Qian Er stroked his chin and pondered. Leveling up was normal. Fighting and eating could improve a pet's level, but aptitude improvement was a big deal. In his memory, he had never heard of anyone's pet's aptitude improving after birth.

"Wait here."

He called the Sludge Monster to the bedroom in his lair, then Qian Er squatted down and pulled out a cloth bag from under the bed.

The moment it saw the bag, the Sludge Monster's eyes went straight. It could feel the fatal attraction coming from the bag, but its trust in Qian Er prevented it from rushing up to snatch it.

Qian Er watched the Sludge Monster's movements and nodded slightly. Then he opened the bag, which was filled with dozens of brain stones.

At first, he was also obsessed with this like everyone else, thinking that absorbing it would give him superpowers or something, but he didn't dare to eat it, after all, this thing was angular and the size of a tiger's mouth, it looked impossible to swallow.

Later, after the brain core dream shattered, he didn't throw these things away, but kept them under the bed, but he didn't expect them to come in handy at this time.

"Take it and eat it."

Saying that, he lifted the two corners of the bag and poured out all the brain stones.

The Sludge Monster let out an excited cry and crawled onto the brain stones, quickly swallowing all of them.

Soon, the Sludge Monster's aura began to rise steadily, and soon, its level soared to seven.

And this was because the Sludge Monster hadn't fully absorbed all the brain stones. Once those brain stones were completely digested, it was estimated that the Sludge Monster could directly evolve into an Abomination Giant.

"Aptitude didn't improve, so it seems that aptitude improvement was because of the zombie flesh."

After taking a look at the sleepy Sludge Monster, Qian Er had no choice but to stay here for the time being. After all, without the help of a pet, he really didn't have much confidence in dealing with the Chen family father and son.

At this time, the Sludge Monster had completely fallen into a deep sleep, and at the same time, in Qian Er's eyes, its level began to soar.

In just a little time, the Sludge Monster's level had increased by another level, now it was level eight.

"Looks like I have to wait a while."

Seeing that the Sludge Monster showed no signs of waking up, Qian Er simply ignored it and began to wander around his lair.

He didn't know how long it had been since he traveled to the Beast Taming World, that even zombies could appear in his lair.

And wanting to know how long it had been was simple.

Thinking this, Qian Er walked straight out the door.

The yard outside the factory was a vegetable garden. The soil was transported back by him, one load at a time, and vegetables were planted on it.

"Um, half a palm long, about a month or so has passed."

After looking at the chives in the field and measuring them with his palm, Qian Er immediately knew.