My Pet Beast is Super Fearsome

Chapter 123: 122 This is not an injury, it’s really emptiness.

It was 8:30 in the evening, not yet lights-out time, but the streets of Dragon City were already sparsely populated.

Under the dim streetlights, one could faintly see moths crashing against the lamp covers, the sounds audible from afar.

Shao Zifeng’s face, pale with dark circles under his eyes, walked shakily down the deserted street clutching a kitchen knife. If someone had set this scene to music and planted a few crops, it would be just like the familiar feeling of Plants vs. Zombies.

“Yo~”

The little deer nestled in Shao Zifeng’s arms, its mouth clutching his sleeve, seemingly worried about his condition. Then it bowed its small head, and its ethereal antlers slowly materialized.

“Little deer, don’t waste your strength, I’m feeling weak today, not hurt; your skill won’t work on me,” Shao Zifeng interrupted the little deer’s skill and, gritting his teeth, continued to shuffle toward his destination as he eyed the department store building not far away.

…

“Finally made it to the top.”

Shao Zifeng lay sprawled on the rooftop of the department store, looking up at the clear night sky, while Lingling happily jumped onto his stomach.

Luckily, it was just a spirit and hardly weighed anything.

The weather was perfect today, with not a cloud in the sky or a gust of wind, and surely after the city turned its lights off later, one could see a sky full of stars.

But Shao Zifeng was nearly at his limit.

Today, he had spent the whole day with Qiqi at a training camp—the kind where you don’t need to use your brain.

Whenever he started to think, his mind would wander, and by the time he snapped back, his champions were respawning in the fountain. Qiqi enjoyed playing the game despite its lack of any real challenge.

As sleepiness overcame him, Shao Zifeng bit his tongue; the pain helped him to sober up a bit.

He raised his right hand, vaguely remembering that he could see his own stats when he triggered his empathy talent.

Because he had been just an ordinary person before and could not evolve, he rarely checked his stats.

However, since he had been distracted these past few days, he decided to check to see if he was under the influence of some adverse BUFF.

He closed his eyes, and sleepiness overwhelmed him…

He bit his tongue again, closed his eyes once more, and concentrated.

“Thump thump”

The sound of his heartbeat amplified in his ears, two different emotions swirled around him, and he, controlling his mind, touched the first emotion.

“Jump, jump, jump, Master’s tummy isn’t soft at all, happy.”

This was Lingling’s emotional fluctuation; it had been jumping on his stomach ever since Shao Zifeng lay down.

Shao Zifeng then touched another emotion, which was somewhat strange and more active than the prior simple ones upon contact.

In that moment of contact, various complex messages swamped him like waves.

“So annoying, why does everyone else have a name and I don’t have one.”

“Don’t you care about me? Am I not cute?”

“Although I always chew on clothes, if I don’t concentrate on something, I’ll keep overthinking, and over time, surely the feelings will be sensed.”

“Grass with a hint of hair taste, yummy… hehehe… wanna eat it”

“Oops, busted…”

Shao Zifeng opened his eyes, his head felt fuzzy from the overload of information, and it took him a while to recover.

The richness of these inner thoughts left Shao Zifeng dumbfounded; was this the legendary chatty or just top-tier acting?

What happened to being as quiet as a chicken, as serene as a painting, as still as an ancient well, unflustered by the falling sky?

He couldn’t believe it and turned his head to look at the deer lying beside his head.

The deer remained calmly composed, its lips holding onto his hair, chewing rapidly.

Yet, Shao Zifeng sharply noticed a flash of avoidance and embarrassment in its eyes, and its chewing grew faster.

He dared not look any further, fearing the deer would ignite and in a snap pull out his hair, which would be a loss indeed.

…

Hey?

I seem to have something important to do, he looked at the hand he was holding up.

emmm

Start over.

On his second attempt to use empathy, aside from Lingling’s foolishly happy emotions, he truly could not feel the deer’s emotions at all—it was a truly magical ability.

Without giving it much thought, he opened his eyes which gleamed with a flash of blue light.

[Name]: Human

[Growth]: Growth Period

[Condition]: Sub-health, Fatigue, Weakness

[Strength]: Unknown

[Phylum]: Chordata

[Class]: Mammalia

[Order]: Primates

[Family]: Hominidae

[Attributes]: Fire (Shared), Wood (Shared)

[Potential]: Unknown

[Skills]: Military boxing, Ignition (Imitation), Healing (Imitation)

[Talent]: Empathy: “No colorful phoenix wings needed for twin flights, when a mind connects like rhinoceros tusk, your emotions will affect others and theirs will affect you.”

[Description]: Lucky fellow, your strength had a tiny boost, you’ve become stronger yet more vulnerable.

Shao Zifeng had seen many mutant creatures’ attribute panels, and this was only the second time he had seen his own.

First, he looked at the condition section he was most concerned about, but unfortunately, it did not show any abnormal condition, it seemed that his daydreaming wasn’t considered an abnormal condition.

Shao Zifeng was a bit disappointed and continued to read.

First, in the attribute column, the attributes of fire and wood appeared, followed by a special note that they were shared with Qiuqiu and the others.

This attribute must be present in every Combat Training Master, its main function is to prevent the trainers from getting scorched while interacting with their pet monsters.

The potential hadn’t changed, still unknown.

However, a new skill column had appeared: military boxing which he had learnt from Chen Zhenglong, and had practised diligently enough to grasp the basics.

Ignition was bestowed upon him by Qiuqiu, the ‘imitation’ tag was a dead giveaway that it was a knockoff, but it indeed had helped him more than once.

As for this healing…

Shao Zifeng frowned slightly, could it be there was a ‘Bonding Reaction’ during his contract with the deers.

But why didn’t he feel anything?

Should he give it a try?

Without hesitating, he extended his left hand, trying to feel it as if releasing a flame, a warm current surged from the void to his palm.

Then…

Pfft!

A burst of firelight appeared, with crimson flames clinging to Shao Zifeng’s palm, slowly pulsating.

Shao Zifeng grimaced, what the hell.

Again!

Pfft!

…

It’s a fake, isn’t it? What about the healing?

With a gloomy face, Shao Zifeng looked at his pale left hand, he decided to seriously think about it… think.

Shao Zifeng’s pupils dilated, he stared blankly into the night sky; if drool dripped from the corner of his mouth while mumbling “aba aba aba,”

Shh.

No, too cringey.

Seeing that Shao Zifeng had stopped moving, Lingling and the deers gathered around him, looking worried.

Lingling patted the deer, lay seriously on Shao Zifeng’s chest for a while, then lifted its head and heavily shook it at the deer.

Then it couldn’t hold back anymore and started rolling on Shao Zifeng, laughing and clutching its belly.

The deer looked at Lingling as if looking at a fool, nudging Shao Zifeng with its head.

“Hey~”

The deer called out to Lingling, who flew up from Shao Zifeng, nodded, and the green light flowed in its eyes.

Several vines broke through the soil and knitted together in mid-air into a hammock.

Then another vine stretched out, coiled around Shao Zifeng, and gently placed him in the hammock.