This is not scientific

Chapter 11 This is not scientific

More than an hour later, the group arrived at their destination.

The staff who were already waiting there immediately showed great enthusiasm when they saw the group arrive.

These staff members all had rather loud voices, as if they were afraid that Bai Qi wouldn't be able to hear them. Bai Qi even suspected that these people might have been parasitized by the Screaming Mushroom.

For this reason, the five of them didn't stand on ceremony and headed straight for the mission area under the guidance of the staff.

Upon seeing the vast mushroom farm before them, Bai Qi and the others fell into a long silence.

Looking for screaming mushrooms in a mushroom farm—how long would it take to catch them?

Screaming-shrooms naturally like to hide in the ground, and now with so many other mushrooms providing cover, it's no longer a matter of difficulty.

No wonder this kind of task is assigned to trainee beast tamers; I doubt any professional beast tamer would be willing to do it.

"Let's summon our beasts first."

Gao Cheng, being more experienced, was the first to react, and Bai Qi and the others agreed and began summoning their respective pets.

Snakes, scorpions, toads, and centipedes appeared one after another in front of Gao Cheng and the others, creating an inexplicable harmony that made Bai Qi's little skeleton seem particularly out of place.

The formation is messed up!

As soon as Alpha appeared, Wu Lan, the only girl in the team, noticed the metallic sheen on the little skeleton's bones and said, "Senior, where did you buy this Shadow Bone Spur? It's so beautiful!"

"Um... I bought it from the Pokémon House in Gusu City."

Bai Qi was speechless, suddenly feeling that he couldn't quite understand the aesthetics of modern young people.

Although the Alfa Romeo's design is now very futuristic, it still looks like a skeleton, so it's hard to say it's pretty.

Tsk~ No wonder the Beast Tamer Association had to issue a special statement reminding people not to blindly follow celebrities. They underestimated the psychological resilience of celebrity fans.

"The Elf's Home? I understand."

Wu Lan's eyes lit up, and the other two boys' eyes also flickered, clearly indicating that they also had some plans.

I've given Zhuge Chen's family a free "GG" (a Chinese internet slang term for a loss or a loss), looks like I'll have to ask him for a "GG fee" later.

"Alright, let's start looking for Screaming Mushrooms. Everyone, put on your protective gear."

Gao Cheng interrupted their conversation, distributed the specially made earmuffs prepared by the staff to them, and said, "Screaming Mushrooms like cold and gloomy living environments. My Fire Armor Scorpion will lure them out later, and you can take the opportunity to capture them."

Bai Qi and the others nodded, agreeing with Gao Cheng's strategy, and each controlled their pet beasts to follow behind the Fire Armor Scorpion.

Just as Gao Cheng had predicted, the Fire Armor Scorpion had only walked a short distance when a gray, screaming mushroom shot out from the ground and let out a sudden scream.

hiss~

At the same time, Bai Qi and the others covered their ears, but still felt a ringing in their ears and took a few steps back in unison.

Even with earmuffs on, it's still this noisy. No wonder those staff members were talking so loudly; they must have been shaken by this screaming mushroom.

Fortunately, Scream-shroom's ability doesn't last long. After the screaming ended, Scream-shroom landed back on the ground, intending to burrow underground to escape.

"Fire Armor Scorpion, use your scorpion sting!"

Gao Cheng's combat experience was clearly richer than the others. Seeing that Screaming Mushroom was about to retreat, he immediately commanded Fire Armor Scorpion to launch an attack. A long, thin tail stinger instantly pierced Screaming Mushroom.

"The Screaming Mushroom won't be able to use its Scream ability for a while unless it returns to the ground, so everyone needs to be quick."

Gao Cheng removed the Screaming Mushroom from the stinger of the Fire Armor Scorpion and threw it into a container provided by the staff. Bai Qi and the other three roughly understood and began to operate.

Apart from Gao Cheng, the others all had control skills, so they were able to capture the Screaming Mushroom before it landed. After observing for a while, Bai Qi also began to act.

"Alpha, can you pierce through the Screaming Mushrooms the moment they bounce up?"

Bai Qi transmitted instructions to Alpha through his mind. Alpha seemed to understand, but after glancing at the Five Poisons Beast that had begun to independently clean up the Screaming Mushrooms, two white bone daggers instantly appeared in its hands, and it quickly ran along the mushroom field.

"Hey, please don't do that!"

Upon seeing Alpha moving like that, Gao Cheng's expression immediately changed.

There are clearly a lot of Screaming Mushrooms here. With Alpha's running style, it will definitely attract a large number of Screaming Mushrooms.

If a large number of Screaming Mushrooms were to unleash their screams simultaneously, the earmuffs they are currently wearing would be absolutely insufficient to withstand it, and would likely cause considerable damage.

Those who aren't from combat specialties are unreliable!

Just as Gao Cheng was about to send Fire Armor Scorpion to make amends, three or four Screaming Mushrooms were launched from the ground as Alpha passed by, their gradually opening mouths already brewing a powerful sonic wave.

puff!puff!puff!

Just as the group instinctively covered their ears, Alpha's hands moved rapidly, and the bone dagger pierced through the screaming mushrooms before they could unleash their abilities.

Even if a Screaming Mushroom occasionally spawns at the wrong time, Alpha can still turn around in time and forcefully finish it off.

Alpha ran all the way without managing to get a single Screaming Mushroom to use its abilities.

"This will work?"

Alpha's astonishing performance left Wu Lan and the others speechless, while Gao Cheng explained, "Theoretically speaking, a pet's skill can indeed be interrupted before it's cast, but..."

"This is a skeletal beast!"

"If it were a ghost-type, that would be one thing, but what kind of skeletal-type beast can run this fast?!"

"This is not scientifically sound!"

Gao Cheng could no longer maintain the composure of a senior, and his gaze toward Bai Qi and Alpha became increasingly strange.

As a branch of the undead skeleton faction, Gao Cheng had heard of Shadow Bone Spikes before, but as far as he knew, while this creature was not slow, it was definitely not as exaggerated as this.

Moreover, this seemingly thin and small skeleton was not only excessively fast, but its movements were also extremely bizarre, completely defying the limits of normal creatures' movements.

Rather than Alpha being an undead creature, he was more inclined to believe it was a mechanical beast tamed in the shape of a skeleton.

This guy was originally a student at the weaponry academy, so maybe he was deliberately made in the shape of a skull.

Yes, that must be it!

The four of them didn't communicate at all, but surprisingly, they all had similar thoughts, and their gazes toward Bai Qi held a different kind of expression.

Just as rumored, mechanical beast tamers have far more intricate thoughts than traditional beast tamers.

Just like Bai Qi in front of us, he's clearly playing dumb to take advantage of us.

Tsk... I'll have to be more careful when I encounter mechanical beast tamers in the future, or I won't even know if these guys have sold me out.

(End of this chapter)