My Pet Beast is Super Awesome - Chapter 7
Chapter 7: A Sudden Happiness
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“Ekk ekk!”
Just as the darkness was about to consume the young man, an unknown voice broke through the dark silence.
The darkness stopped creeping, and a cracking sound rang out.
Immediately after, the entire darkness shattered like glass.
…
Shao Zifeng opened his eyes.
Perhaps the incandescent light on the ceiling was a little too dazzling because he raised the back of his hand to cover his eyes.
Crystal clear water slid down its face.
After a moment of silence, Shao Zifeng, who was still on the ground, turned to look at the armadillo lizard. “Was it you just now?”
The little guy appeared to be a little shy. It curled into a ball once again and only revealed its two eyes as it looked quietly at Shao Zifeng.
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Shao Zifeng laughed bitterly. He had no idea what the South African armadillo lizard was trying to convey.
After he lay on the ground for a while, he prepared to get up and feed the armadillo lizard.
Ding!
At that moment, his phone that had fallen aside suddenly rang.
Shao Zifeng picked up the phone and sat cross-legged on the ground.
Looking at the caller ID, he hesitated for a moment before he chose to take the call.
“Junior, I’m not disturbing your rest, am I?”
Shao Zifeng tilted his head and clamped onto the phone as he picked up the armadillo lizard from the floor. He then used a pair of tweezers to pick up a mealworm and teased the little guy. “I’m feeding the snakes. What’s the reason for calling me at this hour?”
“Oh, don’t feed it first!!” Just as Shao Zifeng spoke, the voice on the other end rose by a decibel and caused him to shudder.
“Hahaha. Look, we left in a hurry today, and I forgot to explain something to you. It’s about the appraisal.” Apparently realizing that screaming and yelling at his junior did not look good, Wang Hao explained with a dry laugh.
“Right, since mutant creatures without a contract basically don’t obey commands, it will be difficult for us to directly see the skills it has mastered. So when it comes to appraising mutant creatures, the Appraisal Bureau basically uses actual combat appraisals.
“In order to stimulate a mutant creature’s aggressiveness, it’s best not to feed it before an appraisal.”
After Shao Zifeng listened to Wang Hao’s words, he pondered for a moment. It seemed like the appraisal method in this timeline was much cruder than he had expected, but that was fine.
“Hello, are you there? Don’t forget it,” Wang Hao said loudly when there was no response after a while.
“I know…”
After they talked about business, Wang Hao still wanted to talk about his feelings, but Shao Zifeng casually dealt with it in a couple of sentences and quickly hung up.
He never expected this thick-browed guy to actually be a chatterbox.
After Shao Zifeng fed the little guy, he put it back into the fish tank and scratched its scales with his finger. It angrily tried to push his hand away with its tiny claws.
In the end, the little guy could no longer bear it as it rolled around to the side twice before it hid in a corner and glared at Shao Zifeng angrily.
Once he finished all of his tasks, Shao Zifeng dragged his tired body onto his bed.
As he heard the car horns blaring from time to time outside his window, he slowly fell into a deep sleep.
Early the next morning, Shao Zifeng brushed his teeth while he glanced through the news on his cell phone.
“Good news! The Mutant Administration Department (MAD) launched a thunderous attack, and the Jiangcheng rat plague has been wiped out!”
In the photo below the headline, a dog-like creature was sitting next to a man with his face blurred out.
Its furry ears hung down either side of its head, and the distance between its ears was small. Its head was narrow and long, while its nose and eyes were fiery red. Additionally, its neck was slender and arched with visible dark red patterns under its short black fur. Although it did not look all that robust, it possessed a slender beauty.
Shao Zifeng stared at the photo for a while, but the few small blue light spots did not move.
Lousy hack!
It could not even appraise a picture.
Gargle…
Shao Zifeng looked up, rinsed his mouth, and spat out the toothpaste.
After he put down his toothbrush, he picked up his phone and looked at the time, tapping on a news article that just popped up.
“In local news, there have been many outdoor homicides of late. Please avoid going outside at night.”
…
Shao Zifeng carried a pet box and looked at the Daboia viper inside with a puzzled look.
He had thought that it would require a terrifying struggle to put it into the pet box, but he never expected it to not resist at all. Looking at the viper that appeared as if it was wasted, he found a mysterious water stain next to it, which seemed a little suspicious.
Glancing at its attributes, the status bar still showed “Depressed”.
Compared with the little imp in the other timeline that did not allow him to touch it at all, why did this guy seem so wasted over here?
Just as Shao Zifeng was having random thoughts, there was a wriggle in his coat pocket. Two small claws grabbed the edge of the pocket, and a small brown head quietly popped out.
Yeah…
Strictly speaking, it was only half a head since the part below its eyes was still blocked by the pocket.
The armadillo lizard stared blankly at everything before it. The scene was something it had never witnessed before.
A car sped past, and the frightened little guy quickly shrank back into his pocket.
A moment later, it popped its tiny head out again to look around.
Its current experience made it very happy.
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From time to time, Shao Zifeng would be stunned while he looked at the Daboia viper. For some reason, happiness poured out from his heart.
He was a little confused; how could he be happy just by walking?
Hiss…
Was he getting borderline personality disorder?
Yet, when he thought of it, it did not sound right. Someone with borderline personality disorder would be irritable and impulsive. Besides, there was nothing about them being happy easily.
The happy mood came as quickly as it left.
Shao Zifeng pondered for a long time and finally came to a conclusion. Perhaps it was because he no longer had to look at that kidney killer of a snake anymore?
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Sucheng City Appraisal Bureau.
When Shao Zifeng arrived, Wang Hao was looking around anxiously.
The moment Wang Hao saw him, the former smiled and hurried to greet him.
“Oh, you’re finally here.” Without waiting for Shao Zifeng to speak, Wang Hao was immediately attracted by the pet box. “This is the Daboia Viper, right? Oh, this little long one suits my appetite perfectly.”
Wang Hao bent over, wishing that he could plaster his face on the pet box.
Upon hearing movement, the Daboia viper turned its head slightly and glanced at the two-legged beast that had disturbed its rest. Its scales rose up instantly; why was this two-legged beast so ugly?!
“Senior, let’s finish our business first. I still have class in the afternoon.” Shao Zifeng coughed lightly, not accustomed to others being so close to him.
“Look at me, getting too excited here. Haha. This way.” Having said that, his eyes seemed to be glued to the box, unwilling to look away even for a moment.
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Inside the Sucheng City Appraisal Bureau, several staff members were sitting in the hall, chatting out of boredom.
It was not that they were lazy, rather, there was just nothing to do after they were assigned to this Appraisal Bureau.
The number of registered combat trainers was far behind other units, and there were few well-known combat trainers as well, so they would just idle their days away. They would kill to have someone just pay the place a visit.
With their performance not being up to par and without any commissions, it was no different from having an early retirement.
However, the fact was that it could not be helped.
Sucheng was a remote interior city, and it had only been developed because of the discovery of coal nearby.
Back then, for the sake of the economy, trees were wantonly cut down, and the environment destroyed, causing the wild animals around the city to basically disappear.
At this point, the coal mines had been exhausted, and the city was without any future for development. The local combat trainers could only choose common mutant creatures as their first pet beasts, but the common aptitudes were all not that great.
In recent years, following the stabilization of society, citizens gradually had a surplus of money in their hands. If a child in a family had the ambition to become a combat trainer, parents would pawn everything to take their children to a reserve to apply for a pet beast and then register directly in the local registrar.
As a result, the citizens of this city had almost forgotten that there was an Appraisal Bureau around somewhere.
…
When Shao Zifeng and Wang Hao walked into the Appraisal Bureau, the eyes of several staff members in white coats lit up instantly.
They scrambled and rushed forward before someone enthusiastically took the pet box from Shao Zifeng’s hands.
Bewildered and pushed to sit on a sofa, Shao Zifeng looked at some coffee, fruits, and a small plate of plums that were clearly someone’s personal snacks.
When he raised his head and looked at the staff’s joyous faces, Shao Zifeng could not help but fall into deep contemplation.
Was the customer service in this timeline that good?
It was a totally different image from what he had of those office apparatchiks who enjoyed life!