5 C5: I Forgot
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is the war room."
—President Merkin Muffley (Peter Sellers), Dr. Strangelove
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Skill index could also increase the proficiency of skills.
Skill proficiency was very important. For example, if it was a skill where one pet had just mastered it and the other pet had been using it for 10 years… the effect would definitely be different.
It was not impossible for low-level skills with high proficiency to crush high-level skills with low proficiency.
Shi Yu found the basic beast training manual of the iron-eating beast that Lin Xiuzhu had given him.
The hardening ability… No, all the skills mastered by any Beasts could basically be divided into five stages.
Initial, proficient, expert, perfected, and transcendent.
For example, Eleven's hardening ability was at the beginner stage. It had just learned it and could only harden a part of its body.
According to the manual, one could harden their entire body after reaching the proficiency stage.
Generally speaking, it would take at least a month of serious training to practise a low-level skill from the beginner stage to the proficient stage.
Shi Yu had no such weakness; he could teach it once to reach proficient, four times to reach expert and so on.
Although low level skill consumed greater physical strength than levelless skill, for him who trained his physique for 3 months it was nothing.
Shi Yu decided to teach eleven tomorrow as he wants him to adapt to the new environment.
In the meantime, Shi Yu decided to catch his second pet. Yes he had already decided on his second pet.
Looking at his courtyard Shi Yu saw a green silk worm laying on a tree branch resting leisurely. It was very bold and was not afraid of being eaten by passing birds.
This was a green silk worm that followed the original,and was his second beast pet. Green silk worms have very high potential although not many people know it.
Already familiar with the process, Shi Yu just walked upto it and boldly grabbed it.
"Ji–"
Being the disgrace it is in the beast world it was frightened. Wanting to get away it tried to run but gave up after sometime.
Shi Yu communicated with it using his telepathy. He had extensively trained his telepathy for three months. Now it was easy to communicate with Beasts.
After calming the green silk worm Shi Yu used his skill index to upgrade worm silk.
"Teach." Under the stunned gaze of the green caterpillar, Shi Yu commanded and tried to trigger the index.
He was expecting the green caterpillar to learn immediately, but instead, his hands gradually began to glow.
Following which, the aura on Shi Yu's hand was transmitted to the Green Silk Worm like a stream of water.
The light flowed forward, and in the next second, the halo disappeared from his hand. It covered the green caterpillar's entire body instead, causing it to flicker with light.
Buzz!
At this moment, after everything was done, Shi Yu felt a small portion of his stamina being drained. It was not even worth mentioning.
This green caterpillar which was at level one was undergoing its second awakening. A second pattern slowly appeared on its body.
From the perspective of the green caterpillar. This green insect was probably also very confused.
This was because as the light entered its body, its physical fitness and the upper limit of its energy increased.
At the same time, the green caterpillar felt as if it had unconsciously used its insect silk skill countless times. This experience made the green caterpillar feel that it was more familiar with its use.
Even though it wasn't too sure what had happened, the fact that it had grown stronger was still something that the Green Silk Worm understood.
"Little guy this is my Beast taming talent, if you follow me I will make sure you turn into a dragon"
Shi Yu smiled and looked at the confused Green silk worm.
"Ji.."
Understanding that the human was responsible for what had happened, Green silk worm agreed to follow him.
I mean who wouldn't, you get a safe place to sleep, food to eat and he can also help him evolve.
"Good from now on your name is Ben"
"Ow.. "
Eleven scratched his head. He did not understand what was going on. His beast tamer had suddenly caught a worm and told it to follow him.
But what he did understand was that his Beast tamer was bad at naming.
After increasing the worm silk proficiency to expert +10, Shi Yu was satisfied.
Cleaning his house took some time as it was already night time.
"It's getting late. I'll go prepare dinner now."
Shi Yu turned around and said, "Eleven, rest for a while. Wait for me to call for dinner."
The Iron Eater behind the tree:|д• ́)!!
Rest? It suddenly shook its head. How could that be?
It had finally awakened its hardening ability. How could it rest?
It was already far behind its peers. It had to train harder. If it didn't complete two hours of training, it wouldn't feel at ease eating dinner.
Shi Yu was not surprised, he was familiar with Panda Elevens personality.
It was hardworking, it will not rest until it trained hard.
"There's no need to rush. Today's situation is special. It's fine to rest well," Shi Yu advised.
The Iron Eater shook its head.
"Forget it…
"Then you should familiarize yourself with the hardening ability in the courtyard first," Shi Yu said.
"Auu—" Eleven nodded. Its expression gradually turned serious.
It then began to practice while looking at the surrounding walls.
"Wait a minute, practice the maintenance, retraction, and release of the hardening ability first.
"Try to quickly arm and harden a certain part in the shortest time possible.
"The rest can wait."
It was actually very simple to practice hardening abilities.
This kind of low-level skill-training method was very basic.
There were even clear records in the cultivation manual Lin Xiuzhu had given him.
The proficiency of the hardening ability was divided into four areas: duration, coverage area, release speed, and hardening strength!
The iron-eating beast's gaze just now clearly showed an intention to practice hardening intensity.
Eleven had already mastered the basics of hardening in the breeding base, which was to train the normal body and hardened body till it was like steel.
In other words, he just needed to keep getting beaten up or use his body to destroy things.
It had been fine before Eleven mastered hardening, but now that it had learned it, if Shi Yu were to let it practice hardening here, his home would be completely destroyed!
Therefore, Shi Yu stopped the restless iron-eating beast. He first let it practice maintaining the duration, retraction, and release techniques that did not need to make too much noise. They only needed to be constantly used without affecting anything, and improvements would follow.
"We'll talk about the hardening strength-training later."
After Shi Yu's persuasion, Eleven scratched its face and nodded. Alright then, it seemed to say.
After arranging things for the iron-eating beast, Shi Yu did not think too much about it. He glanced at the green worm in the corner and took out a bundle of iron wires from his house. He found some tools to make a simple birdcage and raised it.
…
At night.
After dinner, Shi Yu and the iron-eating beast were very tired.
The frequent use of the hardening ability during training made Eleven use up a lot of energy.
After it finished eating, it immediately fell asleep, its round body forming a ball.
Although it had come to an unfamiliar environment, it slept soundly and steadily. After falling asleep, it revealed a smile that had not appeared when it was awake.
Shi Yu looked at the iron-eating beast that was still smacking its lips even in its sleep and smiled.
To be able to develop such a personality, talent was just part of it. Perhaps the different experiences caused by bodily differences really affected it mentally.
It clearly liked to eat but was unwilling to do so until it completed its training.
Was it worried that it would be abandoned again if it did not work hard?
As a metal-eating beast's Beast Tamer, Shi Yu could vaguely sense its thoughts. In Eleven's mind, the reason why Beast Tamers did not choose it or acknowledge it was because its performance had been too poor.
"Don't worry, I won't abandon you, no matter what."
It was very common for Beast Tamers to change their pet beasts, especially when the Beast Tamers advanced. They would choose to replace the low-level pet beasts they had contracted with with pets of a higher race.
Shi Yu did not need to abandon any of his pets.
After that, he put Eleven back into the Beast Taming Space. If it rested there, it would be able to recover and rest better than outside. It would also be able to sleep more comfortably.
After that, Shi Yu lay on the bed and fell into deep thought.
"I should not have sent it into my Space. I've never slept with a giant panda as a pillow"
…
The next morning, the sun was shining brightly, and the cries of birds and green worms rose and fell.
Shi Yu woke up naturally and got out of bed. After washing up he started his daily routine. 100 push ups, 100 sit ups and a 10km run.
It took about forty minutes to complete. After exercise he took a warm shower, and made some breakfast for himself.
Today, he planned on teaching a few skills to Eleven. Absolute sleep, and super sight were mid-level skills. It would be easy to teach them. But deterrence was a high level skill, a bit difficult to teach.
Arriving at his courtyard Shi Yu summoned Eleven.
"Howl–"
After having slept, Eleven was also very energetic at the moment. It looked at Shi Yu in a refreshed manner and blinked.
It slept pretty well these few times, much better than it would at the Iron Bamboo Breeding Base. Eleven could also feel that its condition was surprisingly good. This was the miraculous effect of the Beast Taming Space.
In this mental state… Eleven felt that it could train hard for at least six hours!
Moreover, the best thing was that after its training, it could go into the Beast Taming Space to absorb more energy, which enabled it to quickly recover from its fatigue.
"Don't be in a hurry to train. Work and rest come together, understand?"
Shi Yu sensed the iron-eating beast's inner thoughts and raised his brows.
"Today I am going to teach you few skills"
Said Shi Yu.
"Ow–"
Eleven tilted his head not understanding what he was trying to convey.
"Just stay still"
[Skill]: Hardening
[Skill Level]: Low
It's a metal skill that can harden the body. Its effect is like invisible armor and can be evolved into attack power.
[Status]: Can Be Taught
Yesterday, Eleven had learned the basic hardening skill. His proficiency was at the initial level.
After its practice, it could already use its hardening ability to cover its fists, feet, claws, and teeth, but it could only equip one part at a time.
If the skill was maintained for a long period, it would fluctuate according to the area it covered, but it would only last for a few seconds at most. Moreover, after attacking with a hard part, the hardening ability would immediately disappear.
A white halo spread over Shi Yu's right hand and flickered weakly. He reached out and touched Eleven's head.
The white light also attracted the attention of the Green Silk Worm in the birdcage. Under the silk worm's gaze and Eleven's confused expression, the light quickly flowed from Shi Yu's hand to the panda, causing its body to flicker with a weak white light.
"Eleven, use hardening."
Like with the Green Silk Worm yesterday, Eleven had experienced a similar situation just now. It was as if it had used hardening countless times unconsciously, and its proficiency had greatly increased.
In addition, its physical fitness and energy had been slightly improved, as if it was about to undergo the next awakening transformation.
Buzz!
Under his Beast Tamer's command, Eleven tried to use the hardening ability. This time, a metallic luster quickly spread from its sharp claws to its whole body!
In just a few seconds, every part of the small metal-eating beast's body was actually covered by hardening, turning it into an armed panda!
From the luster, the hardness seemed to have also increased.
"Can you still move now?" Shi Yu asked.
Eleven shook its head with difficulty and then exited the hardening state. There was still some excitement on its face.
It didn't understand why it had suddenly become so powerful.
What had its master done?
If the sign of initial-level proficiency in the Hardening skill was partial hardening, then the sign of proficiency level was hardening the whole body, except that it was very difficult to move under this hardened state.
However, it wasn't a big problem. This still meant that the hardening ability of the Iron-Eating Beast had been greatly improved. After all, very few situations required full-body armor. At the current proficient level of hardening, it could completely achieve multiple partial hardenings!
In this way, the proficiency-level ability would be considered having the basic effect of both attack and defense, and there was no need to worry about it affecting agility.
"How is it? Are you still in a hurry to train?
"Do you know how awesome I am now?"
Eleven was undoubtedly surprised that its ability had improved, but when it heard Shi Yu's questions, it immediately became confused.
This, this, this… Why did its hardening ability increase so much without it doing anything?
What exactly did its Beast Tamer do…?
This didn't make sense. The proficiency upgrade made it too uneasy.
"It is ok, no need to worry it is just my talent"
Shi Yu comforted Eleven.
Eleven's belief was 'hard work was equivalent to gain', so he wanted to make up for this advance in proficiency with extra effort.
Eleven was extremely self-disciplined.
Shi Yu did not stop Eleven but he still had to teach him skills.
[Skill]: High-Speed Healing
[Skill Level]: Intermediate
Wood-type healing ability. It can accelerate the healing speed of ordinary injuries.
[Status]: Can Be Taught
[Skill]: Super Vision
[Skill Level]: Intermediate
A spiritual-type skill. Consumes mental power to strengthen vision.
[Status]: Can Be Taught
Shi Yu chose 2 skills to teach. High speed healing can be used to heal injuries of both pets and Beast Tamer.
He couldn't completely be sure as to why a wood type skill could be taught but his guess was Eleven gaining wood affinity after munching on bamboo for so long.
As for Super Vision, Iron eating beast naturally had bad eyesight, so it was super useful for eleven.
After everything was done Eleven had a strange look on his face. understanding the functions of the skills, it was exciting.
It could train for a long time now, without breaks.
Shi Yu decided that it was enough for today. As continuous strengthening in the beginning could be detrimental. Eleven also needs to get familiar with the new skills.
As he was done with Eleven, Shi Yu let it train in the courtyard.
Meanwhile, he looked at Ben the green silkworm, who was sleeping in the cage. Shi Yu woke him up as now it was his turn.
Ben wiggled out of the cage into Shi Yu's hand.
"It seems you had a great sleep"
"Ji–"
Ben agreed.
Shi Yu opened the skill index on the worm silk page.
[Skill]: Worm Silk
[Skill Level]: None
This is an insect skill. It might be useful when used to the extreme.
[Status]: Can be taught
After 2 minutes Shi Yu had taught it worm silk 167 times. It had surpassed transcendent level and was now nearing max proficiency.
After reaching transcendent proficiency, the growth level of green silk worm increased exponentially.
It went from level 2 to 5 and was still increasing.
After the not so tiring morning, for Shi Yu, He was contemplated about opening a company but decided against it as given his growth speed opening a company now will slow him down.
But that does not mean he cannot lay the foundations as he planned to open his own company after he got strong enough.
He now needs to get a phone. It was so awkward to not have a phone in his hand. It had been three months since he last came into contact with the Internet.
If he had a cell phone, he could purchase the training equipment, food, and medicine online. It would save him a lot of trouble. He could also easily look for any kind information.
He wanted super smartphones that could detect a pet's energy level.
From a certain point of view, although the technology of this world was not very popular, it was really advanced.
Not only did animals and plants evolve into supernatural beings, but even some machines had evolved into supernatural beings in recent times. Artificial intelligence had become highly developed in certain countries.
In some places, there were even Beast Tamers who used mechanical beings as their contracted pets.
Furthermore, instead of Beast Tamers, they preferred to call themselves Mechanics.
In fact, Beast Tamer was just a general term passed down from ancient times. In the course of history, according to the different types of pets, many Beast Tamers who specialized in contracting certain types of pets had already found other titles for themselves.
Those who specialized in taming and contracting with dragons were Dragon Tamers, those who specialized in communicating and contracting with the undead were Spirit Mediums, and those who specialized in modifying and contracting with mechanical beings were Mechanics. They all had new vocation names, but in essence, they were still Beast Tamers.
But even though they were essentially the same, a hierarchy of contempt would often appear because of the difference in their names…
Among them… Spirit Mediums who specialized in contracting with the undead were the least popular. After all, not many people were willing to deal with the undead.
Those who specialized in nurturing mechanical beings were all highly intelligent and talented. Their job requirements were also the highest, and there was a huge gap between them and ordinary Beast Tamers.
Due to the power of the Dragon Pet, the Dragon Tamer could tell all the Beast Tamer subclasses that they were trash.
Beast Tamers who contracted with supernatural animals were the most common… This was because animal pets were the easiest to get.
