My Pet Beast is Super Fearsome
Chapter 401 - Chapter 401 Chapter 400 Qiuqius Birthday (Vote Request)

Chapter 401: Chapter 400: Qiuqiu’s Birthday (Vote Request) Chapter 401: Chapter 400: Qiuqiu’s Birthday (Vote Request) In the lee of a snow peak, over ten all-terrain vehicles were parked, and the people in protective gear frequently looked toward the direction Shao Zifeng had left.

“Location.”

Yang Qi quickly opened a tablet computer and pulled up a nearby map, “Professor, junior Zifeng has been stationary near the Great Rift Valley for over ten minutes now. Should we try to contact him?”

“I’ll do it myself.” Chen Yixin opened the public channel somewhat anxiously, took a deep breath filled with concern, and asked, “Zifeng, how’s the situation?”

In the anxious wait, the earpiece chimed with the tone indicating a connection had been established, which gave Chen Yixin a sigh of relief.

“I–zzzt–compl… boom!”

The transmission was garbled, only two unclear words came through, followed by a grating sound of electrical interference in the earpiece.

A jolt went through Chen Yixin’s heart, and her face, which had just relaxed, immediately turned pale again.

“Zifeng, Zifeng, what’s happened to you?”

“Zifeng, if you can hear me, please come back to…”

“…”

Call after call went out, and after a long wait, still no other sound came through.

Chen Yixin’s face grew increasingly pale, as she bit her trembling lower lip.

Seeing this, Zhao Li spoke in a somber tone, “Professor, don’t panic just yet…”

“I’m going to find him.”

“No, Professor, your safety…”

“Shut up!” Chen Yixin snapped irritably, and gave Zhao Li a cold stare, “Safety, safety, always talking about safety. But tell me, when have you ever protected me?”

“Did they send you to play a game called ‘safety’ around me?”

Chen Yixin’s sudden outburst silenced everyone in the research team, and the young soldiers from the fire phoenix army hung their heads in shame.

Yang Qi opened his mouth but eventually said nothing.

Cang Haiyuan took a deep drag of his cigarette, flicked away the half-smoked cigarette butt, and pulling down his face-shield, he positioned himself next to Chen Yixin.

With a chilling look, Chen Yixin surveyed the group, then swung herself onto her own all-terrain snow vehicle.

“If you’re afraid, then just wait here.”

After saying that, Chen Yixin pulled down her face shield and started the snow vehicle.

Zhao Li took a deep breath, “Everyone, follow. Our mission is to find brother Zifeng.”

“Yes!”

…

Beep-beep–

Beep-beep–

The profound Great Rift Valley was still silent. From behind a pile of rocks on a raised platform, a barely perceptible electronic reminder sounded.

Rustle rustle.

The scattering stones made a crisp echo as a hand pushed them aside, slowly sitting up.

“Cough cough…”

Shao Zifeng coughed loudly a few times, opened his eyes, and appeared somewhat stunned by the darkness around him.

Taking out a specially made cell phone from his pocket, he checked the time.

“Reminder: Today is Qiuqiu’s birthday.”

Looking at the message, Shao Zifeng’s vacant eyes slowly focused,

then seemed to remember something urgent and started hurriedly scrambling through the stones beneath him.

“Qiuqiu, where are you!”

Stones continued to tumble down as the sounds of impacts echoed throughout the pitch-black space.

“Qiuqiu.”

He scooped out the small figure from the pile of rocks, and the dim blue light spots in his peripheral vision slowly started to rotate.

[Name]: Armadillo Dragon Lizard

[Growth]: Growth stage

[Status]: Lightly wounded, Bloodline Ancestor

[Strength]: Tier 6

[Phylum]: Chordata

[Class]: Reptilia

[Order]: Squamata

[Family]: Sub-Dragon Family

[Attributes]: Fire, Dragon

[Potential]:

[Talent]: Molten Lava Field: Darling of the fire element, it attracts surrounding fire elementals to merge with its own molten flames to create a battlefield advantageous to itself. The range is influenced by its strength and allows it to continuously recover its own energy expenditure and slowly heal its own injuries within the field. When there is an enemy target in the field, it adds a ‘Molten Rock Burn’ status to them. (Molten Rock Burn: A type of fire poison negative status that causes the target’s skin to fester and continually suffer from the assault of fire elements.)

: Dragon’s Presence: A dragon clan’s exclusive talent, it causes certain suppression to lower-level life forms. When actively released, it can induce a state of panic in creatures whose bloodline and strength are not higher than its own.

[Skills]: Dragon’s Presence (Talent Skill), Dragon Flame Meteor (Inheritance Skill), Defense, Dragon Claw, Fiery Breath, Flame Control, Dragon Wings, Purgatory Explosion

[Special Ability]: Bone Shaping

[Unique Trick]: ??? (Unlocking)

[Evolution Path]: South African Armadillo Lizard-Armadillo Dragon Lizard-Molten Dragon Lizard-?-?

[Special Form]: Ashen Flying Dragon-?-?

[Description]: Blessed by the Star Origin Wood Spirit Deer that underwent ‘Pearl of Origin’ baptism together, the related unique trick is unlocking. At this moment, it is extremely exhausted but still has to endure harassment from an unscrupulous master.

Unscrupulous master?

Me?

Shao Zifeng looked bewilderedly at the last line of the description.

Although he was baffled by the sudden personal attack, the ‘lightly wounded’ status in Qiuqiu’s stat sheet did put him at ease somewhat.

Moreover, after several battles, Qiuqiu’s strength had grown to the sixth rank.

“Ying?”

Qiuqiu opened its blurry eyes and rubbed its eye sockets with its tiny claws.

The moment it saw Shao Zifeng, Qiuqiu immediately perked up and stretched out its tiny claws for a hug.

Suddenly, Qiuqiu’s face turned bitter, its mouth puckered as if it was about to cry.

“Ying ying.”

Qiuqiu pointed at its back with a claw, coquettishly showing its soft, cute expression to Shao Zifeng.

“Does it still hurt? Let me blow on it for you.”

Shao Zifeng held Qiuqiu gently, softly blowing air onto its back.

At first, the little guy put on a pitiful little drama queen act, but it wasn’t long before it started to giggle and wiggle restlessly in Shao Zifeng’s hands like an unsteady grub.

He drew open a Space Rift with his finger and took out a bottle of medicine prepared by Chen Yixin. It was purified from its Scale Armor last time, and there was still some left unused.

It had to be said, the medicine’s effect was indeed good; Shao Zifeng remembered when Qiuqiu fell from a height of several meters in Yundu City and several pieces of its Scale Armor shattered, but after applying this medicine, such a strong impact only left some abrasions this time.

After applying the medicine on Qiuqiu’s back, Shao Zifeng gently massaged it.

“Qiuqiu, happy birthday.”

“Ying?”

Qiuqiu, which was enjoying the service with its eyes squinted, was perplexed and looked blankly at Shao Zifeng.

Clearly, it didn’t understand what a birthday meant.

“A birthday is the day you were born,” Shao Zifeng explained while massaging it: “But that’s not your birthday, Qiuqiu. Your birthday is the day we met.”

“We’ve known each other for a whole year now, and every year on this day, I’ll celebrate your birthday with you, give you presents, buy you lots of tasty things. How does that sound?”

Hearing Shao Zifeng’s words, Qiuqiu’s eyes sparkled as it rapidly nodded its little head, with tears glistening at the corner of its mouth.

After the massage was done, Shao Zifeng wiped the remaining medicine on his hands and looked earnestly at Qiuqiu: “Do you remember our promise?”

“Ying ying!”

Qiuqiu clenched its little claws.

It certainly hadn’t forgotten that hateful white cat.

“For many, many years to come, we will celebrate our birthdays together.”

“Ying!”

Qiuqiu leaped onto Shao Zifeng’s shoulder, constantly nuzzling against his cheek.

From the pile of rocks, a pair of amber eyes appeared, stealthily observing them with a look of longing.

A few years ago, it was like this too, nestled beside its mother in the dark underground cave, acting spoiled.

Back then, it was carefree, only waiting at home every day for its mother to bring food.

But then one day, its mother went out and never returned.

Gradually, the young toothed dragon’s eyes misted with tears.

But looking at its tiny front limbs, it tried hard to lift its head, not allowing the tears to fall.

It couldn’t cry, its claws weren’t enough…

Plop!

A pebble was accidentally nudged by its small claw, tumbling down and making a crisp sound as it hit the ground.

The young toothed dragon’s body stiffened, and it turned its head with a cold face.

(PS: It’s Qiuqiu’s birthday, let’s have some tickets!)