2 Chapter 1: Does Golden Finger also play with Matryoshka dolls?

"The Federation's Titled Legendary 'Celestial Brilliance' publically confirmed that his son will be studying in our city, quickly sparking a craze for contracting Undead Department Beasts in our city. As such, our guild would like to advise everyone to make rational contracts, instead of blindly chasing stars..."

Bai Qi put down his phone, rubbed his slightly sore eyes, and looked at the bustling crowd and beasts outside the car window as his consciousness slowly sank into his Soul Space. He looked at the giant white egg inside, sighing helplessly.

[Name]: Evolution Egg

[Condition]: Inactive

This was the umpteenth time he had checked this egg since he traveled to this world, but the data behind the Evolution Egg apparently had no plan to change, it was always in an inactive state.

A Golden Finger that couldn't be activated was worse than not having one at all.

"Master, please stop the car."

The car stopped obediently. Bai Qi stood up, carrying his backpack and quickly got off. He then headed toward the nearby Elf House.

As soon as he got close, Bai Qi saw Beast Masters holding small beast-like skulls walking out of the building in front of him.

The Elf House.

The largest beast breeding base in Gusu City, which also operates a Beast trading business, and occasionally adopts stray beasts.

The Elf House was mainly focused on canine beasts, but other types of beasts were also available, albeit undead ones were very rare.

The star effect was really powerful indeed...

The news he had just seen flashed through Bai Qi's mind. He quickly pulled his gaze back, pushed open the door, and walked into the Elf House. He saw a thin youth patiently comforting a Golden Dog.

Zhuge Chen quickly noticed Bai Qi's arrival. He handed the Golden Dog, which was already calm, to an employee next to him. He walked to Bai Qi and asked, "Didn't you have a class with Professor Chu today? Why are you here so early?"

Bai Qi shrugged and said, "You know, if I had waited for Professor Chu to finish, I wouldn't have been able to come over today. By the way, where's that guy? I brought his new mechanical prosthesis."

Zhuge Chen laughed and said, "The previous prosthesis was completely destroyed by his biting. Now he's resting in the rehabilitation room. I'll take you there."

Bai Qi nodded and left with Zhuge Chen for the rehabilitation room.

"Someone, catch that little skeleton!"

Just as the two of them were about to leave, a cry of alarm suddenly came from the distance. A small, delicate skeleton suddenly ran out of a room, scampering frantically in all directions.

"Roar?"

The dog-like beasts around them immediately perked up at the sight of the little skeleton, charging towards the skeleton.

These were stray beasts adopted by the Elf House, and naturally acted on instinct without a Beast Master's control.

The little skeleton was also aware of the "enemy" approaching quickly and reacted just as quickly, darting around through the crowd with deft agility, and the pack of dogs was unable to catch him.

Was this guy truly among the very slow Undead Department low-level servant skeleton soldiers who could be outpaced by 70-year-olds?

Bai Qi looked somewhat baffled at the agile little skeleton slicing through the crowd, doubting what he was seeing. As the Beast Masters hesitated, he took a small metal ball out of his bag, took aim at the right time, and threw it at the little skeleton. A large net made of characteristic fibers flew out.

Although there were no ferocious beasts wreaking havoc in Gusu City, there were occasionally situations where beasts lost control. Bai Qi had prepared some knick-knacks for self-defense and the Spider Web Ball was one of them.

Sensing the spider web suddenly overhead, the little skeleton instinctively wanted to dodge, but the roads around were blocked by the dogs. The little skeleton could only watch as the spider web enveloped it.

The little skeleton that was caught by the spider web was evidently not willing to cooperate, struggling with all its might. But the spider web only tightened, and by the time Bai Qi approached, the little skeleton could not move at all.

"You really are not afraid of causing trouble, Zhuge Chen, putting a skeleton and dogs together."

As Bai Qi picked up the small skeleton and was about to hand it to Zhuge Chen, he suddenly felt a tremor in his consciousness space. The giant white egg, silent for many years, suddenly shook violently. The surface was instantly covered in countless cracks, letting out streaks of black light.

Finally, the light faded, the eggshell scattered to the ground, and the thing inside was revealed.

Another egg?!

[Name]: Evolution Egg (Black Iron 0%)

[Condition]: Activated

Gazing at the black giant egg in his soul space, Bai Qi felt as if his heart had been trampled by tens of thousands of divine beasts, a chaotic mess.

Did the so-called 'Golden Finger' also play with matryoshka dolls these days?!

However, why did the Evolution Egg, which had been silent for so many years, suddenly awaken today?

Bai Qi exited his soul space, looked at the Little Skeleton struggling desperately in the spider web, and pondered with a doubtful expression.

"Bai Qi, your left hand..."

Zhuge Chen pointed at Bai Qi's left hand and asked, "Have you awakened your talent?"

Bai Qi, stunned at these words, followed Zhuge's glance and found an intricate rune mark appearing on the back of his left hand.

Rune marks, the medium for Beast Masters to link their beast control space to summon beasts.

It was also the hallmark of a Beast Master.

Surely, was the Evolution Egg his Beast Mastery Talent? If it hadn't suddenly activated today, he might never have become a Beast Master in his lifetime.

Thinking of this, Bai Qi once again looked at Little Skeleton, feeling the information coming from the Evolution Egg. After a moment of silence, he said to Zhuge Chen, "I'll buy this skeleton."

Then, without waiting for Zhuge Chen's reply, Bai Qi placed his left hand on Little Skeleton's head.

In an instant, the rune mark on Bai Qi's left hand suddenly spread out, transforming into two transparent circular arrays that enveloped Little Skeleton, one on top, one below.

Seeing these two becoming arrays gradually closing in, Little Skeleton struggled instinctively, but it calmed down the instant it came into contact with the array, allowing itself to gradually disappear into the array.

Finally, when the two arrays fully closed, the figure of Little Skeleton disappeared completely and appeared in Bai Qi's soul space.

Then, Bai Qi felt a warm current flow throughout his body and soul in an instant. His spirit invigorated, it seemed that even his body had become much stronger.

After contracting a beast, a Beast Master would receive certain feedback. He had truly become a Beast Master.

Bai Qi shook his head and gradually adjusted to the sudden surge of spirit power, then shifted his attention to Little Skeleton.

[Name]: Skeleton Soldier

[Race]: Undead Department

[Development Level]: Zero Stage, Level One

[Bloodline Level]: Low-level Servant (Mutation)

[Racial Skill]: Bone-breaking Reformation (Beginner)

[Condition]: Evolvable

No wonder it was so fast. It turned out to be a mutant species. It's not surprising that the Evolution Egg would guide him to make a contract.

But he didn't even have an offensive skill. This was quite weak. No wonder it was a low-level servant at the bottom of the Undead Department, the kind that even mutation couldn't save.

Everybody knew that bloodline level represented a pet beast's basic attributes and growth limit, while the development level reflected a pet beast's developmental condition.

This low-level servant, the Skeleton Soldier, probably wouldn't stand a chance against a second-stage elite creature even if it advanced to the third stage.

However, the bloodline levels didn't seem that crucial anymore.

Looking at the "Evolvable" on Little Skeleton's status bar, Bai Qi felt full of anticipation.