Forest Guardian: I Really Don’t Want to Be a Beast Tamer

October 24th, Friday.

Sunny.

One week until the research team arrives in the Qinling Mountains.

After busying around for a long time last night, Chen Yuan had a comfortable sleep, only opening his eyes when the sun was high in the sky.

The first thing he did after getting up was to check if Cola and the others were obediently staying on the farm.

When he returned home last night, Chen Yuan had already asked about the complete course of events.

Cola and the others learned about the poachers from Little Zhao, and then asked the fledgling owl to help find them.

They happened to encounter the returning Storm Lark midway, and finally successfully found the poachers.

The process wasn't exactly full of twists and turns, but Cola and the others' unauthorized actions made Chen Yuan feel vaguely worried.

“Awoo awoo awoo~”

When Chen Yuan arrived in the yard, he saw Cola boasting to the chicks about what happened yesterday and its own heroic performance.

“Cluck cluck cluck~”

The chicks were very supportive, constantly flapping their wings, showing great interest in the story.

This made Cola even more smug, its tail wagging like a propeller.

“Dee dee!”

The Dee Dee Flying Cat suddenly interjected, indicating that it also had heroic moments.

“Quack quack~”

Run Run Duck never paid attention to these empty reputations, it lay on the ground with its eyes narrowed, enjoying the sunlight stroking its body.

It felt warm and comfortable.

Suddenly, a shadow spread, blocking the sunlight, and Run Run Duck angrily shouted: “Quack quack!”

Who's blocking Duck Duck from sunbathing!

Run Run Duck raised its head, and suddenly found that it was the farm owner walking over, its voice stopped abruptly, and it moved its butt, taking the initiative to move to the side.

The shadow enveloped its whole body, and Cola suddenly realized that danger was approaching, its body trembled inexplicably, and it stuck out its tongue, turning to look at Chen Yuan: “Awoo~”

“You're very proud.” Chen Yuan's expression was ambiguous.

But looking at Chen Yuan's clenched fist, Cola shrank its neck, not daring to question this sentence.

Whatever the owner says is what it is.

“Your actions yesterday made me very disappointed.” Chen Yuan's face was stern, and his serious tone made Cola's heart tremble.

It's over!

Dee Dee Flying Cat also sensed a dangerous aura, tiptoeing backwards, but was stopped by Chen Yuan: “Don't go.”

Dee Dee Flying Cat has always been the most intelligent and has the most flashes of inspiration. Their actions must have been planned by it.

“Dee dee.”

Dee Dee Flying Cat drooped its ears, snuggling together with Cola like two unfortunate brothers.

Chen Yuan glanced at Run Run Duck lying down and sunbathing, and quickly withdrew his gaze.

Run Run Duck is a lazy character, it hates exploring and fighting, it must have been bewitched by Cola and Dee Dee Flying Cat.

As for the Fallen Horn Beast, needless to say, it is an honest and simple character.

Thoughts flashed through his mind, Chen Yuan stared at Cola and Dee Dee Flying Cat, his serious expression making the two little guys feel scared.

Oh no, the owner is angry!

Cola was in a state of panic, and quickly cast a look for help to Dee Dee Flying Cat.

Think of a way!

Dee Dee Flying Cat lowered its eyes and shook its head helplessly.

Faced with an angry farm owner, even if Dee Dee Flying Cat was smart and had ideas, its brain was blank at this moment.

“I understand that your original intention of forming an adventure team is good, but many things are not as simple as you think, you must be cautious, cautious, and cautious again.”

Chen Yuan squatted down, looked directly into Cola's blue eyes, and his tone gradually softened.

“Awoo?”

Cola suddenly raised its head, staring blankly at its owner.

The owner means...

The adventure team will not be disbanded?

Chen Yuan rubbed the fluffy dog head and smiled: “Of course it won't be disbanded, just tell me next time before you go on an adventure.”

Chen Yuan knows the principle that it is better to guide than to block, since the little guys love to explore, then let them go.

Anyway, their strength is among the best in this mountain, and they can retreat safely even if they encounter danger.

Taking a step back, if they really encounter fatal danger, their big sister will also strike in time.

Play, play, your big sister is the strongest backing.

“Awoo awoo~”

Cola was overjoyed, and suddenly threw Chen Yuan to the ground, sticking out its tongue to lick the latter's cheeks, its fluffy big tail began to wag at an extremely fast frequency.

“You家伙...”

Chen Yuan wiped the saliva from his face while trying to push Cola away and get up.

But how could Chen Yuan push away a second-tier, leader-quality Gale Hunting Dog.

At the same time,

“Dee dee.”

Hearing that the adventure team would not be disbanded, Dee Dee Flying Cat also breathed a long sigh of relief.

As a core member of the adventure team, Dee Dee Flying Cat specially told the captured wild pets yesterday that the adventure team rescued them.

If any pets need help in the future, please find the adventure team through the Storm Lark or the Fledgling Owl.

It won't be long before the adventure team's great name spreads throughout the entire mountain.

Thinking of this, Dee Dee Flying Cat grinned widely.

After eating lunch, Chen Yuan was preparing to stroll around the village when the phone rang, the name on the display was – Nie Li.

“Consultant Chen.”

Unlike her baby-faced appearance, Nie Li's voice is more like a mature woman, with a mature charm to it, forming an extremely strong contrast.

“Captain Nie.” Chen Yuan replied.

“After overnight interrogation, we learned the complete information of this poaching team.”

“The mastermind is Viper Fang, originally named Zhao Qiang. After awakening and becoming a Beastmaster, he quit his job and contacted the other three through special channels to form a poaching team.”

“Their initial actions were very cautious, and the scale of hunting was small, so they were never discovered.”

“After successfully selling pets through middlemen and tasting the sweetness, they began to try larger-scale poaching operations.”

“This time their target is the Qinling Mountains, which is rich in wild pet resources.”

After listening to Nie Li's words, Chen Yuan nodded thoughtfully, and then asked a key question: “Are the poachers all so strong?”

Yang Yue and Li Qing are students of the academy, and their strength far exceeds ordinary Beastmasters. How could they be so struggling against these poachers?

Especially Viper Fang's Bonecrusher War Mastiff, it actually achieved the feat of not being "one-hit killed" by Cola.

“Of course not.” There was a hint of a smile in Nie Li's tone, which was quickly covered up by her mature voice, “They are exceptions, more accurately, Viper Fang is an exception.”

“How so?” Chen Yuan asked puzzled.

“After detailed investigation, we found that Viper Fang contracted the Ramming Earth Beast during his time on the construction site. The performance of this pet is mediocre and there is nothing special about it.”

“More importantly, it is that Bonecrusher War Mastiff.”

“We now suspect that this Bonecrusher War Mastiff was provided to him by the New Star Society, and he was given certain training resources, so his strength has improved so quickly.”

Chen Yuan frowned slightly: “New Star Society?”

Nie Li explained simply: “An illegal organization that is not recognized by the authorities, advocating that the new era has arrived, and that a new social order should be established and the rules of the world rewritten.”

After a pause, she added: “It's similar to the villainous organizations in novels and animations that try to change the world, a very clichéd organizational philosophy and slogan.”

Chen Yuan nodded in understanding.

“The New Star Society is currently a target of strict crackdown by our Investigation Department. Once discovered, they will be arrested immediately.”

“However, this organization acts cautiously, and every member must pass through layers of selection.”

“Perhaps they intend to develop Viper Fang into a formal member, but they didn't expect to encounter Consultant Chen...” Nie Li slowly stated all the information she currently had.

Chen Yuan murmured softly: “New Star Society...”

“By the way, in view of Consultant Chen's outstanding contribution to this arrest operation, you will receive a reward of 500 contribution points.” Nie Li suddenly said.

Chen Yuan's eyes lit up.

500 contribution points!

This is not a small amount.

But thinking about it carefully, solving this incident requires facing three ruthless poachers and a group of powerful second-tier pets, the risk factor is extremely high.

“In addition, there is also an honorary certificate. We can help contact the staff of the association and have them send it over in person.” Nie Li said.

Chen Yuan recalled the last time Zhou Xu sent a plaque, which was watched by the whole village, and shook his head repeatedly: “No, no, no.”

Nie Li said: “Then I'll mail it to you.”

“Thank you.”

“You're welcome, but I need your address.”

After hanging up the phone, Nie Li sat in her chair, silent for a long time.

“Captain, what's wrong?”

Noticing Nie Li's strangeness, Mountain Boar poked White Fern's arm and asked softly.

White Fern covered her mouth and chuckled: “Have you ever chased stars?”

“No.” Mountain Boar shook his head decisively.

“Oh.” White Fern rested her chin on one hand, and suddenly her eyes lit up, saying a wonderful analogy, “It's like when you're playing a game and you're matched with your favorite e-sports player.”

Mountain Boar shook his head again, and said seriously: “With my rank, I will never meet my favorite e-sports player.”

White Fern glared at him: “Analogy, I'm making an analogy!”

Mountain Boar muttered: “White Fern, as a medical staff, you should be gentler.”

“Gentleness is the business of nurses, I just need to make sure you don't die in front of me.” White Fern's words made Mountain Boar shut up obediently.

White Fern continued: “You and your favorite e-sports player win together, you add contact information, play game after game, and finally get to know the other party's home address.”

Mountain Boar rubbed his chin: “Sounds pretty good.”

“Just pretty good?” White Fern looked stunned, “That's your favorite e-sports player, shouldn't you be very excited, and then savor the process of chatting with him like the captain.”

Mountain Boar was also puzzled: “It's true that I like this player, but it's only limited to this, at most I'll post a circle of friends to brag about it.”

“Anyway, it won't affect my life.”

White Fern curled her lips: “You men are really terrible rational monsters.”

Mountain Boar chuckled: “That's a stereotype, not all men are rational, and not all women are fanatical star chasers.”

“I'm just curious...”

“Why does the always rational and calm captain become like this when facing Consultant Chen?”

White Fern replied: “Perhaps, it's because of Consultant Chen's own charm.”

【Name】: Chen Yuan

【Age】: 25

【 Rank 】: Intermediate Beastmaster

【 Affiliated Association 】: Baokun City Beastmaster Association

【 Contribution Points 】: 901

"I can buy the advancement conditions for the Electrifly Cat now." Seeing the contribution points approaching four digits, a smile appeared on Chen Yuan's face.

After a period of accumulation, plus the contribution points gained from actively disclosing the special environment of Flame Mountain, Chen Yuan was now able to purchase the Electrifly Cat's advancement conditions.

Once the map drawing is completed, he could also obtain a sum of contribution points.

Opening the Beastmaster official website, he found the Electrifly Cat's advancement conditions:

【 Electrifly Cat Elite — Commander Advancement Conditions 】

Chen Yuan clicked to purchase, and an option immediately popped up:

【 Purchase requires 800 contribution points, are you sure? 】

No mistake, one first, one hair, one inside, one content, one look!

Confirm!

【 Electrifly Cat Elite — Commander Advancement Conditions: Tier 3 Resource Thunderstone x2, Tier 2 Resource Lightning Tempering Grass x5, Any Skill Mastery Level 】

"Thunderstone," Chen Yuan muttered.

He remembered the information on Thunderstone. This type of stone was struck by lightning and remained intact, containing pure lightning energy, which was of great benefit to lightning-type pets.

And the value of Thunderstone was 300 contribution points.

As for Lightning Tempering Grass, Chen Yuan had exchanged this resource through Zhou Xu to cultivate the Electrifly Cat, so he was no stranger to it.

With a thought, Chen Yuan summoned the Electrifly Cat's current data panel:

【 Race: Electrifly Cat (Collected) 】

【 Attribute: Lightning 】

【 Level: 11 (Tier 2) 】

【 Affection: 82 】

【 Skills: Electric Flash (Proficient 3.9/5) + Electric Microwave (Proficient 3.2/5) + Lightning Strike (Mastery 1.4/7) + 】

Lightning Strike was the Electrifly Cat's favorite move, and it had achieved excellent results yesterday when facing the poachers.

Therefore, even though the Electrifly Cat mastered [Lightning Strike] last, the skill's proficiency was already far ahead.

This Electrifly Cat is always smiling, but its heart is darker than anyone else's, always thinking about how to ambush opponents.

"It's time for the Electrifly Cat to advance," Chen Yuan thought to himself.

The little guys were advancing one after another, and now only the Electrifly Cat and Doudou Chicken were left.

The Doudou Chicken just needed to lay eggs, while the Electrifly Cat, as a member of the adventure team, needed to become stronger.

Advancement was the easiest way to become stronger.

Fortunately, after a period of accumulation, Chen Yuan's current number of Source Points was still considerable, so he could accelerate the growth of the fruit trees again.

Walking slowly to that field, looking ahead, he could see a small forest gradually taking shape.

Thanks to the hard work of Runrun Duck and Twin Flower Consort, even without the acceleration of Source Points, these spiritual plants were growing rapidly.

Currently, there were a total of four mature Lumina Fruit Trees, one mature Flame Fruit Tree, and one mature Void Fruit Tree in the field.

The remaining twenty or so fruit trees had already sprouted, entering a vigorous growth phase, with stems and leaves emerging rapidly, and the trunks gradually thickening, with even a few already over ten meters tall.

Chen Yuan occasionally wondered if he should abduct a few more wood-type pets to assist the Twin Flower Consort in catalyzing growth.

Now that he was an association consultant, his monthly salary and basic benefits were enough to support several pets, and coupled with the sale of spiritual plants, it was enough to raise a group of pets.

Anyway, the farm was big, so raising a few more wouldn't hurt.

"System, add points!"

Chen Yuan walked to a Void Fruit Tree sapling, and with a thought, directly invested twelve Source Points.

In a short period of time, the sapling quickly grew into a thick tree about twenty meters tall. The little guys were already used to this shocking scene.

They all came to the tree, staring eagerly at the seven golden Void Fruits.

Chen Yuan pondered: "Keep three to exchange for the Electrifly Cat's advancement resources, and the rest will be divided."

"Electrifly Cat, pick them off!"

"Electrifly!"

The Electrifly Cat had been waiting for a long time. Hearing Chen Yuan's voice, it suddenly flapped its wings and flew up, its eyes full of excitement.

With a little effort, the Electrifly Cat hugged a Void Fruit and threw it down.

As one Void Fruit after another fell to the ground, the little guys squatted aside, their eyes flashing with excitement.

It was time for the most anticipated fruit-sharing session!

Chen Yuan took out three and put them in the bedroom, and then used a fruit knife to cut the remaining Void Fruits into small pieces, which were evenly distributed among the little guys.

Chen Yuan did not forget Cold Ice Bull, and asked Runrun Duck to call it out from the hall.

The existence of the little chicks was a bit awkward, but fortunately, Doudou Chicken was more sensible and never asked for more than its share.

Iron Head Kid had to guard the gate, so Chen Yuan directly asked Cola to send a few pieces of fruit.

"Yinyin ~"

Twin Flower Consort slid down Chen Yuan's arm all the way, like riding a slide, and trotted to the pieces of fruit.

The other little guys gave way, letting Twin Flower Consort walk to the front.

"Yin ~"

Twin Flower Consort smiled, dragged its pink dress, and bowed to each of the little guys.

Afterwards, Twin Flower Consort ate a small piece of fruit, chewing slowly, savoring it slowly.

After a long time,

Twin Flower Consort opened its eyes, looked down at its body, and then slowly walked towards the saplings.

Chen Yuan looked puzzled: "Huh?"

Twin Flower Consort stopped in front of a Void Fruit Tree sapling, and suddenly stretched out its petal-shaped palm, with a clear green glow blooming in the palm, like ripples surging towards the sapling.

Under Chen Yuan's gaze, this sapling obviously grew a little taller.

A very obvious little bit.

Chen Yuan was overjoyed: "Has the skill proficiency increased? Or has it broken through?"

He quickly reached out and touched Twin Flower Consort, summoning the data panel:

【 Race: Twin Flower Consort (Collected) 】

【 Attribute: Wood 】

【 Level: 10 (Tier 2) 】

【 Affection: 93 】

【 Skills: Lush (Mastery 0.1/7) + Sweet Fragrance (Proficient 4.3/5) + Aroma Therapy Healing Petals (Proficient 4.7/5) + ) 】

【 Quality: Commander 】

【 Promotion to Dawn Star Quality Conditions: Insufficient Source Points 】

Not only did it break through to Tier 2, but the proficiency of [Lush] also increased to Mastery level!

"Your progress is getting faster and faster," Chen Yuan lightly tapped Twin Flower Consort's little head, sincerely sighing.

Compared to the other little guys who trained hard (except for Runrun Duck), Twin Flower Consort had hardly trained.

Or rather, its training method was more special.

Either it used [Lush] to catalyze the growth of spiritual plants every morning, or it followed videos to cloud-learn various skills.

What's more, Twin Flower Consort had hardly experienced fighting, and naturally broke through to Tier 2.

Perhaps this was the advantage of being born with Commander quality.

Chen Yuan had a thought, and the look in his eyes towards Twin Flower Consort bloomed with light: "How about you help me invite a few wood-type pets to work on the farm."

He waved his hand: "Tell them that the farm offers food and accommodation, and life is comfortable."

Hearing this, Spark glanced at Chen Yuan with a rather resentful look.

It didn't know how many times it had heard this sentence.

"Yinyin ~"

The pink Twin Flower Consort during the day was easier to talk to and liked to make friends, so it readily agreed.

If it were the purple Twin Flower Consort at night, Chen Yuan would have to persuade it for a long time and guarantee to the Twin Flower Consort that he would not dislike it because of the addition of new pets.

Chen Yuan was helpless with this "daughter" who liked to stick to him.

Suddenly, an idea popped into Chen Yuan's mind: when Twin Flower Consort's strength becomes stronger and its skill proficiency becomes higher, could it be able to directly catalyze a sapling to maturity like the system?

Theoretically, there was definitely such a possibility.

But Twin Flower Consort had a long way to go to achieve this.

But Chen Yuan was not in a hurry. As an ordinary forest ranger, he had time to grow slowly with the little guys.

After eating the Void Fruit, Chen Yuan contacted Zhou Xu and asked him to help exchange for the Electrifly Cat's advancement resources.

Just then, Chen Yuan noticed today's headline news: Major cities have successively opened the registration of mount pets.

Clicking in to take a look, Chen Yuan was immediately excited.

According to this news, major cities have built dedicated roads for mount pets. As long as you obtain a special certificate, you can ride pets on the road.

Of course, Mountain City Yushi was not included, because the terrain conditions there did not meet the conditions for building dedicated pet roads.

"It seems I have to take a certificate," Chen Yuan said softly.

When the Fallen Meteor Horned Beast breaks through to Tier 2, its stamina and speed will increase dramatically, and it will be able to run hundreds of kilometers or even further in one breath.

At that time, riding the Fallen Meteor Horned Beast to the city would be much cooler than driving a car.

And Chen Yuan also noticed one thing, some cities have begun to pilot the pet driver's license.

Among them, Qin Province was included.

Chen Yuan turned his head to look at Cola, who was resting in front of the tree, and grinned: "Cola, want a driver's license?"

"Aww?"

Cola looked puzzled.

"What I mean is, do you want to drive legally? Not a tricycle, but my car," Chen Yuan said again.

"Aww aww aww!"

This time Cola understood, its eyes lit up, and it pounced on Chen Yuan while yelling.

"Well, that's a good spirit." Chen Yuan reached out to stop Cola from pouncing, nodded slightly, "But are you really ready? Taking a driver's license is not an easy task."

"Aww aww!"

Cola raised its head and chest, indicating that it was always ready.

"Very good." Chen Yuan took out his mobile phone, downloaded the Driver's License Encyclopedia, and handed it to Cola, "The first step to getting a driver's license is to get 90 points."

"This is the easiest step."

"Aww aww ~"

Cola was extremely confident, its tail almost cocked up to the sky.

A mere 90 points, easy peasy.

A moment later,

Cola looked at the conspicuous red number, and fell into deep thought.

In the first subject one test, Cola created history, successfully scoring an excellent score of 10 points, only 80 points away from passing.

Chen Yuan said lightly: "If I sprinkled some rice on the test paper, Doudou Chicken would have scored better than you."

"With your current level, you are far from wanting to get a driver's license."

"Start practicing today!"

"Goal: Subject One!"