3 Chapter 3: Pet Planning

Previously, the red-tailed goldfish were sold to Mr. Dell, and only Goldy was taken home by David Jones to test the effect of the "Dragon Force" talent.

Through testing, David found that using Dragon Force once a day could significantly speed up Goldy's growth. It was only 20 centimeters long before, but its size doubled to 40 centimeters after a week.

Its size was not the main point, but David identified that Goldy had acquired water-type attribute.

It should be noted that Red-tailed Goldfish are just rookie class pets. Although they live in water, they do not have water attributes and cannot even use water bubble skills. Their combat ability is nearly nonexistent, making them pets that no one would contract.

However, after merely a week of David's "Dragon Force" test, Goldy's size doubled, acquired the water attribute, and learned the water bubble skill.

Although it's still weak, it has to be said that Goldy already has the potential to become an intermediate class pet with the newly acquired attribute ability. Generally, pets without attributes are weak and belong to the rookie class.

Pet species level classification is as follows: Rookie, Intermediate, Superior, Elite, Commander, King, Overlord, Emperor, and Immortal, a total of nine classes.

The species level is determined by the upper limit of a pet's strength and does not universally apply, so further subdivision of pet species classification may occur. However, the classification for pets below superior levels is not subdivided.

The quality of pets ranging from superior to emperor class is divided into four levels: earth, sky, mysterious, and yellow, with yellow being the lowest superior and sky-level emperor being the highest.

Meanwhile, the strength of pets is divided into ten levels, from level 0 corresponding to the fresh stage to level IX corresponding to the immortal class.

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The next day, the morning was sunny.

In Trainer Class 2's classroom, David was attentively reading a book titled How to Evolve your Pet.

"Have you decided what pet you're going to choose today?" his old friend John Hornby elbowed David's arm, excitedly saying.

"You already know, we both applied for positions at Waterland Pet Breeding Base together. By the way, why didn't you go fishing yesterday?" David did not look away from his book while replying.

"I had no choice. Yesterday, Flare Mall just had ten portions of Life Water available, which I had to buy to ensure my contract with the Thorny Fish would be successful."

"Speaking of which, are you really not considering changing your target? In recent years, no one has been able to contract that pet within Waterland City!"

"You actually got Life Water? Did you buy it?" David asked in surprise, deviating from the topic.

During the cultivation of a pet, pet resources are indispensable. Resources can be natural treasures formed by the spreading of Arcane Force in the environment or carefully prepared by pharmacists. There is no distinction between the two in terms of quality.

Trainers divide pet resources into nine levels according to the effects they produce. If further subdivided, they are divided into S tier, B tier, and SS tier qualities.

For instance, an intermediate-class magic core represents a B tier level II resource, whereas Life Water is an S tier level II resource prepared by a pharmacist. Its only effect is to increase the potential of pets below the superior class, including superior-class pets, making it highly attractive to pet owners.

Since a pet can only use it once in its life, it is available only at level II and S tier. However, due to being one of the few potions that can increase pet potential, it is in high demand.

In the mall, Life Water is a scarce resource, as it cannot meet demand. Its price has soared to 100,000 per portion, making it equivalent in value to a level III resource.

"Luckily, I went early and managed to grab one," John said smugly.

"So that's the case. I was wondering why you were not at the fishing spot. It looks like your chances of contracting a pet today are nearly guaranteed!"

His deskmate, John Hornby, commonly known as John, was an honest man with a passion for fishing, a typical fisherman and a second-generation rich kid. He was obsessed with water-type pets since childhood, and his biggest dream was to fish for a King-level beast.

Chen Wei just smiled silently at this. Let's not even talk about whether they could survive if they came across such a high-level beast. A creature of that level could not possibly be caught with a simple fishing rod.

It should be known that King-level Trainers were extremely rare in Waterland City, only a handful.

Twelve years ago, four King-level beasts led a Beast Tide that attacked Waterland City, causing heavy casualties. At that time, even Mr. Lewis' parents couldn't escape in time and died in the Beast Tide.

"Thump, thump, thump." The sound of a finger tapping on the blackboard interrupted Chen Wei's thoughts.

"Quiet down and listen to me for a moment."

"Students who have chosen to go to the Beast Master House may head to the playground first, then get on the bus under Mr. Lewis's arrangement. The bus will leave promptly at 8 o'clock." A serious middle-aged man said solemnly.

No sooner had the head teacher's voice fallen than the excited students in the class could no longer restrain their anticipation. They quickened their pace in unison, laughing and leaving the classroom.

The noisy classroom gradually grew quiet. Chen Wei took a glance at the remaining students in the classroom, surprisingly counting 21 people besides himself, almost half of the training class.

"Follow me. As I have already told you before, if you fail the contract more than twice, you must stop attempting the contract. The pets of the breeding base might not be more suitable for you than those of the Beast Master House, understand?" the head teacher, Ivan Job, frowned and said solemnly.

"We understand," everyone shouted in unison. The head teacher had already mentioned several times in class that failing the contract twice in a row could cause great psychic burden.

If they continued to insist on the contract, they might cause their Arcane Star to fall or even collapse. There were precedents for this, and not many people dared to try their luck.

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After an hour-long bus ride, they finally arrived at the Water Mountain Breeding Base's gate.

Upon getting off the bus, the morning sun shone through the mist onto Chen Wei. He looked up at the towering gate of the base. A man in uniform was checking student IDs at the entrance.

Chen Wei and John followed Mr. Job's lead, lining up for the identity check and orderly entered the gate. Once inside, a girl in a black robe and long black hair approached them from the hall and led them down the corridor.

"I am your pet contracting guide. My name is Lina Quinn. There are no specific regulations for selecting initial pet hatchlings. As long as it's legal and doesn't harm the pets, you can use any method to contract pets, but you only have two chances."

"If you have any questions, you can stay and consult with me. If not, you can follow the map to find the pet you want, limited to the perimeter of the base. Remember, whether your contract is successful or not, you need to come back here to the Trainer Certification Hall for confirmation. My office is No. 2."

Lina Quinn pointed at a conspicuous map not far from the corridor and the hall.

John took a look at the map and went up to Chen Wei, patted his shoulder, and gestured with his right thumb towards the right: "I'll go there first, where the Thorny Fish are raised in the ice lake. Your pet is in the Snow Mountain area on the north side."

"Alright, let's meet back here after we finish contracting." Chen Wei waved to signal, then directly turned around and strode ahead.

He spent some time consulting the map and following its markers on vehicles to finally arrive at the snow mountain area, where ice-type pets were raised.

Good-looking and powerful pets with high growth potential were rare. Chen Wei had done extensive research to find the rare and valuable Coldjade Snake as an initial pet.

The Coldjade Snake was regarded as one of the most beautiful snake species, its charm known to even enchant people who feared snakes. It was a rare dual-type pet with both ice and psychic abilities.