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

Little Ice Dragon immediately told Qian Er everything it had seen, and then slowly landed.

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"Why are there insects involved?"

Qian Er pulled out his pocket knife and curiously stabbed the pitch-black insect in front of him, which looked like a magnified cicada larva.

"Come over and see if there's anything useful about this thing?"

Green, viscous fluid splattered, covering Qian Er, making him grimace in disgust.

He was fine with being dirty in the apocalyptic world, but after visiting the Beast Taming World, he's become picky. That's not right.

He scolded himself in his heart, but he still honestly took out water to rinse himself off.

Hearing his movements, all three of his tamed beasts came over.

"The exoskeleton should count as bone, right?"

Carefully peeling off the insect's shell, Qian Er handed it to Little Ice Dragon.

He already had a premonition that the main enemy in this city should be these insects.

Little Ice Dragon examined the insect shell placed in front of it and flicked it aside with its tail in disgust.

"Even dogs wouldn't eat this stuff."

This guy had never suffered with Qian Er. When it first arrived, it directly inherited the empire that the Bloodstained Saint had built for it. It had never suffered like this before.

Helpless, Qian Er could only turn his head towards the Bloodstained Saint.

The Bloodstained Saint didn't disappoint Qian Er. After its black tendons delved into the green liquid and swallowed a few mouthfuls, it silently retracted.

"There is energy in the flesh and blood of these insects, but it's much less than zombies. If I had to eat this stuff, I don't think I could bring myself to do it."

"So, this thing is completely useless? It can't be used for anything?"

Qian Er frowned. At this point, he was already considering whether or not to leave this city.

After all, the city was in this state, and it didn't seem like any humans could survive. This meant no faith income, coupled with the shortage of resources. He couldn't see any development value in this city.

It would be better to run further away to other places.

"Wait, I think I can use it."

Just as Qian Er was hesitating, the Soul Summoning Banner suddenly stopped him.

Under the expectant gazes of the others, it carefully rummaged through the green liquid with its banner surface.

Finally, it successfully found a pure black, rhombus-shaped crystal inside, which seemed to have black mist rolling inside.

"Is this a special brain stone?"

Qian Er asked, touching his chin.

In response, the Soul Summoning Banner simply threw the crystal into its mouth. The next moment, a black insect appeared on its banner surface, with several hideous zombie souls wrapped around its body.

"What's going on?"

Without immediately answering Qian Er's question, the Soul Summoning Banner released the black insect and then directly used Soul Devouring to absorb it.

In addition to devouring souls to increase attributes, this skill could also selectively absorb the memories of souls, but there was also a drawback: the soul being devoured had to have at least some intelligence before death. Something like a zombie couldn't extract anything, after all, five years of torment would have erased all memories.

The banner surface squirmed, as if a person was savoring something. After a long while, the Soul Summoning Banner finally opened its eyes.

"I saw it. These insects call themselves Black Sheath Insects. After the apocalypse began, they developed consciousness due to some factor and developed a rudimentary civilization. These creatures can survive by absorbing souls. After they ate all the zombies in the city, they had no food source and even almost went extinct. At this time, some Black Sheath Insects discovered that the flowers grown from the seeds of these trees could be used as food to supplement their souls, but they needed a carrier to parasitize. So, they used zombie corpses as flowerpots to hold the seeds of the trees."

The Soul Summoning Banner slowly spoke, recounting what it had seen.

"I see... Then let's stay."

Qian Er said, touching his chin. Since those insects were valuable, then there was no need to leave. Perhaps this place could help the Soul Summoning Banner complete its final evolution.

"How many souls are in your body now?"

Qian Er suddenly asked.

"Nine hundred and ninety-eight thousand, one hundred and forty-two."

Soon, an accurate number was given by the Soul Summoning Banner.

"Good heavens, even if you evolve into a Myriad Soul Banner, you can't call it that. It's too petty."

Qian Er said with a smile. He didn't expect that his Soul Summoning Banner had actually collected so many souls.

"Will one million be the limit?"

He suddenly asked as he wiped the dagger covered in green liquid with a paper towel.

The Soul Summoning Banner naturally knew what Qian Er was asking. It pondered for a moment and slowly shook its head.

"It shouldn't be. I can sense that I'm still a distance away from the limit."

"Then start eating. Don't save any for me. There are enough resources here to supply you."

With that, Qian Er waved his hand. The soul fire in Little Ice Dragon's empty eye sockets flickered slightly, enveloping the white bone forest inside the Black Sheath Insect tribe, which began to proliferate wildly. Sharp white bones pierced through all the Black Sheath Insects inside. For a moment, ear-piercing insect cries came from inside, making Qian Er feel dazed, but soon, the sound stopped abruptly, and Qian Er's eyes cleared up.

"Beast Tamers, these flowers are all yours, and the insect crystals are mine."

Qian Er's strangeness had been seen by his three tamed beasts. Even if the Soul Summoning Banner hadn't said anything, Little Ice Dragon and the Bloodstained Saint would have had to start persuading Qian Er, but they didn't expect the Soul Summoning Banner to take the initiative to speak.

"Okay."

There were quite a few zombie bodies in the underground cave that were used as flowerpots, and many of the flowers on their heads were blooming. These flowers were controlled by the Black Sheath Insects, who could use them to control the zombie bodies. The excrement of the Black Sheath Insects was the best fertilizer for those giant trees. It was because of their constant fertilization that those giant trees could grow so big.

At this time, all the zombie soul flowers that had been killed by Little Ice Dragon were taken off by the Soul Summoning Banner and sent back, a full one hundred and twenty-one flowers.

Looking at the one hundred and twenty-one big flowers in front of him, Qian Er showed a difficult expression.

"...I'll dip them in sauce."

These things were so bitter, and there were so many of them. It was really difficult for him to eat them plain. He didn't dare to cook them, fearing that some medicinal properties might be lost if he cooked them.

In the end, after eating five of them, he couldn't help but resist the strange, bitter taste. He took out a box of Doubanjiang (fermented broad bean paste) from his space backpack, which made it much better.

"Alas, it's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it's difficult to go from extravagance to frugality."

Chewing on the soul flower in his mouth, Qian Er couldn't help but sigh.