Mysterious Noble Beasts

 Chapter 1 (First Half): The Era Of Noble Beasts.

Someone died, well, not completely...

After being trapped in a seemingly endless coma, Shi Yu suddenly jerked up from the bed.

He took a big gulp of air as his chest trembled.

Confusion and puzzlement, all sorts of emotions rushed into his heart.

Where am I?

Shi Yu subconsciously took a look around but it just resulted in him being even more confused.

A single dormitory?

Even if he had been rescued, he should be in a ward right now and not here.

And his body… How is it possible that he is not hurt at all?

With doubts, Shi Yu's eyes swept quickly around the room before his eyes landed into a mirror at the bedside.

The mirror reflected his present appearance. He was about 17 or 18 years old and looked quite handsome.

However, the problem is that this was not him!

The 'him' was a 'handsome' young adult in his twenties and already had experience in working in the society.

Currently, his appearance was only that of a high school student!

Shi Yu didn't know what to say...

This situation also couldn't be because of a successful operation, after all, his body and appearance have changed. 

This was not a question of a successful surgery or not, but magic!

He has completely changed into a different person!

Don't tell me... did I cross into another world?

In addition to the mirror at the bedside which was obviously not well positioned, Shi Yu also found three books nearby.

Shi Yu took a look and the titles instantly stunned him.

<<Beast Breeding Essentials for Novice Breeders Handbook>>

<<Postpartum Nursing for Beasts>>

<<Interspecies Reviewers>>

Shi Yu: ???

The names of the first two books were normal. But what's wrong with the last one?

[Cough~]

Shi Yu was about to stretch out his hand when it suddenly froze midway.

He wanted to open the third book and see what it was but he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his brain. A large number of memories then came raging in like a flood.

Icefield City.

Beast Breeding Central.

Trainee Beast Breeder.

Beastmaster?

What a mess...

The sudden memory influx took Shi Yu 10 minutes to digest it all.

After a long while, Shi Yu looked up with a complicated expression.

He had guessed right, he seems to have really crossed into another world.

He came into this conclusion not only because of the memories, but also because this was certainly not his body.

As we all know, it has almost become an unwritten law that the ugly has no qualifications to complain or be passed on.

{T/L Note: Quite a weird paragraph here… if I misunderstood please report it in the comments}

If he was handsome, he wouldn't have run away...

After his accidental death, he crossed into a different world where Noble Beasts were the mainstream.

Although this room looks like a modern single dormitory, he is no longer on Earth, but instead came to a place called Blue Star.

This world was very strange, and its culture was also quite different from that of Earth.

Since ancient times, supernatural powers have already existed here.

These supernatural powers were not the Battle Spirits, Magic or Cultivation of the Immortals that Shi Yu has seen in various film and television works...

But instead it was that every creature has the possibility to evolve.

Through continuous evolution, most animals and plants can awaken higher wisdom and powerful abilities.

It was not limited to animals and plants either, even mountains and rivers, lakes, wind and snow can also evolve into living organisms.

All these extraordinary creatures have great powers, such as thunder and lightning, flames, hurricanes, and are no different from the mythical beasts depicted on Earth. They were aptly named Noble Beasts.

In this context, since the ancient times of this world, weak human beings could only rely on the powerful Noble Beasts, treating them as their guardians, to survive in the form of tribes.

However, after a long period of development, the human race gradually developed its own supernatural power, that is, the ability to tame the Noble Beasts.

Through meditation, some people can unlock a different space in their minds which they called Beast Space and capture these creatures through this.

At the beginning, human beings only forcibly captured the weak Noble Beasts. They used them as slaves, commanded them to work and fight. But in the face of powerful Noble Beasts, human beings could not resist.

Later, however, it was discovered that Noble Beasts' growth rate was several times faster than the outside world in the Beast Space. It was easier to break through racial restrictions and evolve!

This discovery made mankind see the hope of rising, and people began to delve deeper into the mysterious Beast Space.

Immediately after, humans began capturing, training, cultivating and commanding Noble Beasts. Brought about by the continuous development of these abilities, there was gradual improvement of the System. A wide variety of powerful Noble Beasts were cultivated by people, and a profession called the Beastmaster stepped onto the world stage.

With the rise of the Beastmasters, many Noble Beasts began to take the initiative to sign contracts with human beings, hoping to use the powers of human beings to grow rapidly and try to break through their racial restrictions.

Now, thousands of years later, mankind has established a brilliant beast taming civilization, which controls the most abundant resource areas on this planet.

In this era of beast taming, Beastmasters naturally became a symbol of status and class.

All walks of life are closely related to taming beasts. Only when you become a Beastmaster can you become an elite in all fields.

Just the appearance fee of a famous Beastmaster alone was sky high.

If there is a powerful Beastmaster in a city, it would boost the economic level of the city.

In most industries, the Beastmasters occupy the core positions, and the top powers are also controlled by Beastmasters.

However, although human beings have risen in status, there are still a large number of Noble Beasts active in various places that cannot be tamed, often causing disasters to human cities.

That's why some cities want to win over powerful Beastmasters.

And in 'my' memory... This body's family was killed in a Beast Tide.

"The world of Noble Beasts... I think I understand it."

"But... why am I in such a miserable position?!"

 

Shi Yu took a deep breath. In such an obviously dangerous world, it would be best if he had crossed into the body of a rich second generation youth.

It's best to have a dragon girl guarding you from an early age and be accompanied by an elf. That way one doesn't waste his time crossing into another world.

But unfortunately, it seems that crossing into another world seems to be as technical as rebirth.

He is still called Shi Yu, but his identity is no longer Shi Yu. He was a scholar on Earth, but he's now an ordinary Trainee Beast Breeder at the Beast Breeding Central in Icefield City.

He's not even a Beastmaster... More like a handyman for a Beastmaster.

This place is dedicated to raising beasts... He is currently learning the experience of raising beasts here.

His daily tasks include feeding beast cubs, shovel excrement, and cleaning.

He was a worker at the bottom of society.

Now, Shi Yu understood the contents of those books. It turned out that he wanted to learn...

The reason why the previous body owner worked so hard was that he hoped to become a Beastmaster. But alas, reality is cruel. Not to mention cultivating beasts, he was an orphan who can't even support himself.

Given Shi Yu's family circumstances, it's too difficult to become a Beastmaster.

However, Shi Yu is also lucky. Because with a little talent and some effort, at least his present career is linked with that of Beastmasters. So it is not impossible to become a Beastmaster in the future.

He has even made a lot of preparations, and decided to buy high-quality beast cubs to become a Beastmaster.

At a young age, he decided to borrow some money to get some beasts.

But in the end, he ended up getting stuck and was miserable.

With a large loan, this guy deserves a hundred million points of empathy. However, Shi Yu didn't expect that he would inherit such a loan right after his crossing.

He doesn't expect to be able to pay it. It was too far. At present, Shi Yu is just a minimum wage worker.

Currently, there are tasks waiting for him. In the 666 working system, time is very strict.

To tell the truth, he hasn't got up at six in the morning for a long time except when he was in high school...

Shi Yu rubbed his head with a headache and then walked to a wall where there was a posted worksheet.

This was the weekly task list that was just issued yesterday. As a trainee in the breeding central, his daily tasks are arranged.

Today's task is... Shi Yu looked at the contents below Monday.

Morning: Feed the Snow Wolves (Single Task)... Carrying Feed (Collective Task) ...

Afternoon: Record the growth data of Cotton Worms (Collective Task)…

Um...

If his memory serves him correctly... Snow Wolves were a social but ferocious carnivorous beast, right?

It seems such a dangerous task... Seriously, it has to be done alone?

Shi Yu was lost in thought.

When he was a child, he was bitten by a dog, and that traumatized him. He was not fond of this task.

"It should not be a big problem..."

Shi Yu suddenly remembered that he has a talent for "Telepathy." He can communicate with any creature, hence he feels that there should be no problem...

He was able to come here for training, not only because he has achieved good results in theoretical courses at school, but also because he has a special talent for taming beasts called "Telepathy".

When human beings successfully unlock the Beast Space through meditation, they will have a talent for taming beasts along with their awakening.

Shi Yu has successfully opened up his Beast Space and awakened his talent.

Thanks to the cultivation of talented people who have the ability to tame beasts, after entering the era of modern times, the state has incorporated a meditation method of opening up the Beast Space into compulsory education, and it was at that stage that Shi Yu was found to have the ability to tame beasts.

There are many kinds of beast taming talents, but they are mainly divided into two types, namely, Enhance Type and Special Type. The awakening ratio is about 9:1.

Enhance Type talents, such as Fire Enhancement, is the best talent to find beasts with fire ability to cultivate.

Because in battles, Beastmasters can use their talent to strengthen the power of their Noble Beast's skills, like its fire ability.

Compared with Enhance Type talents, Special Type talents are very complicated and irregular, and the manifestations of the abilities of different talents vary greatly.

For example, the Special Type talent "Skill Share" allows the Beastmaster to share a skill of a contracted Noble Beast, and gain the skill themselves.

Generally, the Beastmasters who have this kind of talent are much stronger than ordinary Beastmasters in terms of combat strength.

There is also the Special Type talent "Amalgamation", which can make the Beastmaster temporarily merge with his Noble Beast into a new form. 

Maybe the beastmen (aka catgirls) really exist?

As for Shi Yu's Telepathy talent, it belongs to the Special Type. It is more popular as it is one of the most common Special Type talents at present.

A Beastmaster master with telepathic talent can communicate with any intelligent creature without needing to deal with any language barrier.

Generally speaking, a Beastmaster can only understand the thoughts of a Noble Beast that has signed a contract with himself. But a Beastmaster with telepathic talent can communicate not only with other people's Noble Beasts but also the ones in the wild.

In the history of the development of this profession, telepathic talent can not directly translate into combat effectiveness, but its status can not be shaken and is indispensable.

After all, if we can communicate with other species, it is very likely that an unnecessary war can be avoided.

For example, among medical workers, teachers, researchers, breeders, etc., a Beastmaster with telepathic talent holds a core position. It is a great talent.

Having such a practical talent for Noble Beasts, it stands to reason that he and wildlife can get along relatively easily.

When his thoughts reached this point, Shi Yu was relieved.

As for the use of "Telepathy", although Shi Yu is far from skilled, he should not be that bad.

Subconsciously, he tried to use his talent and listened to all directions. He also planned to master the next step in advance, so as not to trip later.

But at this moment, an unexpected development suddenly occurred...

Shi Yu's Beast Space shook and his vision suddenly blurred. Then, in his mind, a black book suddenly appeared.

He seems to have awakened a second talent!