The Familiar Factory

With the official announcement from Department Head Jiang Yunming, Lin Chen replaced Zhang Tianyi as the top student in the Beast Academy, and the others were ranked in turn.

With the intentional or unintentional promotion of other students in the Beast Academy, the news that Lin Chen became the top student in the Beast Academy on his first day at the main campus spread throughout the entire campus. Many people's first reaction upon receiving the news was disbelief, and the posts on the campus forum were full of discussion.

"Look at this, people are getting more and more outrageous these days. They're spreading all sorts of rumors. Lin Chen was just announced to be directly admitted to the main campus two days ago, and he just went there today and he's already the top student in the Beast Academy? Does he really think those people in the Beast Academy are just sitting around doing nothing?!"

"Yeah, they even said that Lin Chen possesses a Commander-level summoned beast, and before that, he had three Warrior-level beasts. How could a commoner like him subdue a Commander-level summoned beast? If that's true, I'll eat my phone on live stream."

"Upstairs, I know you. Last time you said you'd livestream yourself eating your phone, why hasn't the livestream started yet? I'm waiting to see!"

"You know what, my roommate is from the Beast Academy, and Lin Chen really does have a Commander-level summoned beast."

……

"Lin Chen, how did you raise your summoned beast? My little wolf is still stuck at the servant level in the advancement stage, while your summoned beast has already jumped to the commander level. Do you have any secrets? Tell me quickly!" Lin Chen had just come out of the main campus when he received a call from Mo Fan.

"You knew that I had a Commander-level summoned beast?" Lin Chen asked, somewhat puzzled.

"The whole school is buzzing about it." Mo Fan said angrily, "We agreed to study hard together in college, but you secretly went straight to the main campus. You didn't even tell me when you came that day, and I was wondering why you weren't coming to school anymore. You're so disloyal."

"I just forgot," Lin Chen said.

"Never mind all that, how exactly do you train your summoned beasts?" Mo Fan continued to ask.

"More battles, more money!" Lin Chen said succinctly.

"How much did you spend?" Mo Fan asked.

"It's probably worth tens of millions," Lin Chen replied.

"..." Mo Fan remained silent.

"Goodbye, you big bastard!" Mo Fan hung up the phone.

……

"Sister Mu, Lin Chen, the great demon, is in the news again! He became the number one in the Beast Academy on his first day there!" In the plant science class, Ai Tutu happily handed her phone to Mu Nujiao.

Mu Nujiao glanced at the message and calmly said, "It's expected. Judging from what he did at the beginning of the semester, he already has a commander-level summoned beast. It's normal for him to be the top student in the Beast Academy. It would be strange if he didn't."

If Lin Chen heard this, he would complain. It wasn't that he wanted to pretend; it was just that the other party looked down on him first.

"However, Lin Chen, this great demon king, is really amazing!" Ai Tutu couldn't help but praise: "Other aristocratic disciples want to make a name for themselves at Mingzhu Academy, so they try every means to put on a show, but people can see through their fakery at a glance. But the great demon king is different. He doesn't have any of the strengths, but whatever he does is so shocking to the whole school."

"Rabbit, why are you starting to speak well of Lin Chen? This isn't like you." Mu Nujiao looked at Ai Tutu with slight surprise.

"Hehe, I just wanted to set you two up." Ai Tutu stuck out her little tongue.

"Are you looking for death...?" Mu Nujiao was speechless.

……

Aside from causing a big commotion on his first day at the main campus, Lin Chen was quite well-behaved afterward. Every day, besides attending a few important classes at school, he stayed at home diligently studying the stars and drawing star charts, striving to reach the level of "One Thought Star Chart" as soon as possible. However, he spent most of his time at the Azure Sky Hunting Grounds looking for suitable commissions.

And so, in the midst of their peaceful lives, the semester came to an end in the blink of an eye, and Mo Fan, Mu Nujiao, and the others successfully gained the qualification to enter the main campus.

That day, Lin Chen finished his daily control training and had just walked from his room to the lobby to get a glass of water when he found Ai Tutu looking at him with a resentful expression.

"Miss Ai, what's wrong with you again? I don't think I've offended you recently. Stop looking at me like a resentful woman," Lin Chen said.

"You're the one complaining, she's still a virgin," Ai Tutu retorted directly, then added sullenly, "Damn you, why did you get promoted to the main campus so early?"

"What? I've been directly admitted to the main campus for so long, and now I've offended you?" Lin Chen asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Hmph! Dean Xiao has released the main campus ranking assessment. If you haven't been promoted to the main campus yet, you can join our beautiful girl group. With me as your strategist, and Sister Mu who is both intelligent and capable, plus you, a monster with freakish strength, we will definitely be invincible!" Ai Tutu replied.

"So you're just a decoration, huh?" Lin Chen blurted out, then before Ai Tutu could react, he dashed back to his room.

"Keychain? You're the keychain, I'm the strategist!"

Ai Tutu's roar came from outside the door, but Lin Chen didn't have time to tease her at the moment. He hurriedly opened the school's official website to check the ranking assessment task for this time.

As expected, the assessment task was the same as I remembered: to capture the Shadow Beast that had escaped from the military.

In the original story, Yu Ang used this assessment mission to set a trap to deal with Mo Fan, which resulted in Xu Zhaoting being killed because he accidentally walked into the trap. However, it also allowed Mo Fan to help the Inquisition complete the cleansing of the Black Vatican.

However, due to Lin Chen's arrival from another time, he had already killed Yu Ang during the disaster in Bo City.

In other words, if the Black Vatican continues to set traps against Mo Fan, the executor will be changed, and the original tragedy may be avoided. However, the trial will be swept away by the Black Vatican and will not happen again.

In order to continue to eradicate the Black Vatican, Lin Chen decided to travel around more during this time to see if he could be of any help.

……

The next day, Lin Chen summoned the Tyrannosaurus Rex and shrunk it to the size of a doll. He then carried the Tyrannosaurus Rex through the streets and alleys.

As night fell, when Lin Chen walked along the Huangpu River, the Tyrannosaurus Rex suddenly wrinkled its nose and sniffed carefully for a while. Then it raised its head and said to Lin Chen, "Lin Chen, I smell something like feces. It smells like the black monster we killed in Bo City before."

"Black Beast Demon?" Lin Chen asked.

Greymon nodded.

"Where is it? Show me the way," Lin Chen said.

Following the direction indicated by the Tyrannosaurus, Lin Chen continued his search. Before long, he too smelled the extremely peculiar and disgusting odor.

Continuing to walk in the direction from which the stench was coming, Lin Chen soon discovered a dilapidated factory not far from him.

A dilapidated factory?

Looking at the factory ahead, Lin Chen felt a strange sense of familiarity, as if the trap set by the Black Vatican in the original story was right here.

What? The Black Vatican's plans were all designed by one person? Even though Yu Ang is dead, the plans haven't changed at all?