C8: A little History Lesson

I'm not proud of this chapter, it was a hassle to write, but it is what it is. I am working on character interactions. Anyway thanks for reading.

—-(5k)

"I walk around like everything's fine, but deep down, inside my shoe, my sock is sliding off."

—Anonymous

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After the battle ended, Shi Yu looked at the judge, Shiroishi. He did not know if the judge was a temporary worker, but after a moment in a daze, he finally remembered to announce the result. It was very unprofessional.

Hurry up and announce it! Look, Zhou Ming had already left!

After referee Shiroishi reacted, he hurriedly announced, "Snow Wolf lost the ability to continue battle, so the winner is Shi Yu!"

"Nice job!"

After the judge announced the results, Shi Yu immediately called Eleven to his side and started rubbing its head in a spiral manner to encourage it.

"Wuu—"

Eleven shook its head and called out before being recalled by Shi Yu into the Beast Taming Space.

Judge Shrioishi walked over. "Are you a Beast Tamer from Ping Cheng District? Perhaps a student or…?" He just wanted to understand.

"Yeah, a Beast Tamer from Ping Cheng District. Just graduated this year, but I was studying in Icefield City." Shi Yu smiled, knowing that the other party wanted to find out more about him.

When he finished speaking, Shrioishi was stunned.

Ping Cheng District was a suburb of Icefield City, so its educational level was naturally inferior to that of the city.

If some students had good grades, they would try their best to apply to the city for better educational resources during the last stage of their school enrollment.

Therefore, although Zhou Ming was considered an outstanding student in Ping Cheng, he might not necessarily be better than the students in the city.

At this moment, Shrioishi knew why Zhou Ming had lost so badly. However, this difference was still difficult for him to understand.

He could only subconsciously imagine that even in the city, Shi Yu would also be among the most outstanding batch of young Beast Tamers.

In a sense, Shrioishi's imagination was right. Shi Yu was a genius.

Even in an elite school in Icefield City, his grades were among the best, and his grades for the written test had been very outstanding.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to study in the city and intern at the breeding base in Icefield City.

It was actually very troublesome to be a Beast Tamer because just memorising the thousands of common pet species, appearances, and skills was enough to make ordinary students suffer.

And this was just the foundation. From the appearance of the pets, deducing their growth levels, knowing the weaknesses, habits, and food preferences of different pets were all things one had to learn.

Every time Shi Yu saw a new pet, memories related to it would involuntarily appear in his mind. This was also related to his academic personality.

There was no such thing as the College Entrance Examination in this world. Most students could enter society at the age of 18. For example, assessments such as the professional Beast Tamer Examination and Class Breeder Examination were more like alternative College Entrance Examinations, but they required the graduates of various specialisations to register themselves.

After passing these assessments, not only did one get the key to a more comfortable job, it was also equivalent to having a chance to enter a higher-level institute. This was also why Shi Yu coveted the certification for evaluations such as professional Beast Tamer and professional breeder.

"There's nothing else, right? I'll leave first."

After greeting Shiroishi, Shi Yu left directly.

The battle halls were only for novice tamers. There was no chance of him finding a match here, so instead of wasting time he directly left.

"Forget it, there is no need to rush…"

Shi Yu thought about the timeline of important events that happened in the novel. He previously had noted down most of the things he could remember from the novel.

If his memory serves him right then it was time to meet his sugar mommy and join Bureau 11.

Although, in the novel the protagonist takes upto 2 weeks before he is able to meet her. But he did not have that much time.

And the strength of Eleven has also reached a satisfactory level.

…

Archaeological discoveries suggest the snow-mountains surrounding Icefield City shouldn't exist.

It was said this was a territory of a rather developed Beast Tamer tribe in an ancient country at that time.

But later, an ice dragon flew over from afar and landed on the surrounding mountain range.

This ice dragon was very strong. Even if it only lived in the surroundings, it had indirectly triggered the descent of a mini Ice Age, making this Beast Tamer tribe suffer indescribably.

Then, this Beast Tamer tribe decided to expel the Ice Dragon. They formed an army and started a protracted war with the Ice Dragon in the mountain range.

It's said that this snow mountain was formed at that time.

The Beast Tamer tribe won and the Ice-Dragon ruin on the mountain was formed, sealing the Dragon's skeleton.

There's speculation at the moment that the sealed ice dragon turned into a spirit and influenced those ferocious beasts in the snow mountain.

The dragon's aura is thus causing the ferocious beasts to lose their minds and take revenge on the city. Like the Beast Tide that happened 10 years ago.

That was the history of Peng Cheng. Or is it…

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Shi Yu was standing at the Peng Cheng Central Park.

In the centre of the garden was a stone-giant statue. The stone giant was an elemental extraordinary life form. It was another type of pet. It was placed here to increase the historical heritage of the Ping Cheng District and make this place look more historical.

It was a Beast used to defeat the Ice-Dragon. An elemental totem level beast. Or so they said…

Before Emperor Shi created the Dong Huang Nation it was a lawless place ruled by different Totem beasts. These Beasts used their immense power to enslave humanity, as humans at that time had not fully discovered their talent.

After the Emperor Shi or Time emperor rose to power he defeated and expelled the Totem Beasts, Creating the Time Dynasty or as today known as Dong Huang.

The Ice-Giant stone statue, which was found near the ruins, was the totem which enslaved and ruled over humans in this area, 2000 years ago.

He was not some saviour, as portrayed by the archaeologists. The Ice-Dragon however was the real saviour, being the pet of a General under Emperor Shi, it was ordered to seal the Ice Elemental Giant, as being an elemental totem creature made it nigh immortal.

It was still alive, sealed by the Ice-Dragon… For a few months that is…

The archaeologists were not to blame for this mistake, as most of the history from that time period was lost.

How did Shi Yu know this?... He simply read the novel.

Now another interesting thing to note was that some people with telepathy talents can listen to the "Voice Of History".

It was one of the rarest mutated talents to have. Currently in the Dong Huang Nation, only 11 of these people existed including Shi Yu.

The Homeland Ruins Strategic Investigation and Backup Security Bureau, which was also known asBureau Eleven was roughly equivalent to the final strength and trump card of the Dong Hua Nation when facing various ruins. Its status was very high.

Everything ancient contained traces of time, using those traces a "listener" could invoke visions and learn bits and pieces of history related to that particular object.

This Stone statue was his ticket to enter Bureau 11. Shi Yu was standing near the Stone statue.

"So this Ice Giant defeated the Ice-Dragon" Shi Yu said out loud.

'It wasn't like that…'

His brain rumbled, his telepathy had taken a passive effect. He heard the strange voice repeat again.

'It wasn't like that…'

'It wasn't like that…'

The voice continued. He was hearing it the same way he hears beasts, through his telepathy.

Shi Yu calmly as if expecting all this, used his telepathy again to communicate.

"Tell me.

"Tell me. I can return the history to the truth"

He said with all the honesty he could muster.

Silence, after a few seconds of silence he heard a rumbling noise.

Boom!!

This voice didn't come mentally, but he heard it from his ears. He looked up and saw the sky that seemed to be trembling.

Crack!

The statue made a cracking sound, and started breaking apart. Under his gaze the stone statue cracked from bottom to top.

Shi Yu stood there, seemingly in deep thought. After a few minutes he simply left, without looking back.

…

The recent abnormality of the snow mountain's ferocious beasts had made the various Beast Tamer Associations in Icefield City extremely alert.

In particular, the various professional Beast Tamers of the Beast Tamer Association in Ping Cheng District had long entered a battle-ready state.

They were told to expect a Beast tide that might happen in a few days.

Ten years ago, the beast tide had already heavily injured Ping Cheng's vitality. The various parties in Icefield City had spent a lot of manpower and resources to rebuild Ping Cheng. This time, no matter what, they couldn't let the ferocious beasts get past the city wall and cause destruction again.

In this state, Beast Tamers were naturally very sensitive to the commotion outside.

Boom!

It was during such an emergency period that a huge vibration came from the sky above Ping Cheng, causing the taut string in the hearts of some Beast Tamers to snap with a crack.

"F*ck, the beast tide is attacking the city?"

"Why isn't there any news at all?"

"On the bright side, it might just be an earthquake."

"What exactly happened?"

The sound had been very loud. Not only the Beast Tamers, even ordinary people had heard it clearly.

Everyone subconsciously walked out of the house and looked outside.

However, it was just a loud vibrating sound. After that, there were no other abnormalities.

On the top floor of the tall headquarters of the Beast Tamer Association in Ping City.

A middle-aged man in a grey suit stood there. He looked up at the mirror-like sky and fell into deep thought.

"President, what was that just now?

"The associations in the other districts, counties, and cities also sensed the abnormality."

The door of the top floor opened, and a tall secretary walked over anxiously. The impact of that commotion on Icefield City was unexpectedly huge!

Even other areas sensed slight changes.

The president in the gray suit said, "I've only heard of this situation before. I'm not sure if it's what I'm guessing…"

"Even so, it might not be a bad thing."

The entire Icefield City was shaken to different degrees. Even the changes here were gradually spreading out of the City to other places.

Shi Yu in between all this commotion arrived home safely. Now it was just a waiting game, according to his calculations she should arrive in just a day or two.

Until then he will rest a bit, maybe teach Eleven and Ben some fighting moves.

"Eleven, come let's eat lunch, bring Ben in too. Today let's eat all together" Shi Yu said to Eleven.

Eleven's eyes lit up as he heard the wood lunch, his second favourite thing apart from training.

Using his short, chubby legs, he ran out to bring in Ben from his bird cage.

After a fulfilling lunch he decided it was a great time for a spar.

One thing he discovered was his Physique was not really equal to an Ascension realm beast. He could still beat Eleven, although it did take some effort, but still, Eleven can already match with mid-transcendent beasts, and he could still beat him.

He guessed his physique must be equal to high transcendent or even more. He currently did not have anything to compare himself to.

Ding!

As they were getting ready to fight, the doorbell rang, attracting their attention.

"Delivery for Mr. Shi Yu"

Shi Yu opened the door and saw a Young man in a delivery uniform, sitting on the back of a pet. Wind Sparrow a mid-transcendent flying Beast, commonly used as transport as it was large enough to fit 3 people.

"Mr. Shi?" the young man questioned.

Shi Yu nodded, so the young beast tamer took a package from the bag, and handed it to him.

Taking a look at the box Shi Yu understood that it was the space resource he ordered for the bug.

Closing the door he opened the box and saw neatly packed fragments of a black stone. Walking towards his kitchen he took out a piece and fed it to the bug.

It might look like stone but it was very brittle, like candy.

…

A day later.

On this day, the Beast Tamer Association presidents from all districts and counties in Icefield City came to Ping Cheng.

In a certain valley in Ping Cheng District.

The nine master-ranked beast tamers of different ages looked at the spatial door formed by the cracks spreading down from the sky, their expressions carrying some surprise.

"It's indeed a mystic realm space."

"It can also be said to be an ancient ruin space." Apart from these nine people, there was also a 10th person present.

The youngest of the nine master-ranked Beast Tamers was also above thirty years old. Unlike them, the 10th person present was very young.

It was a woman in her early twenties with short brown hair.

She was wearing a white shirt, a black short skirt, and a knee-length white research suit. At this moment, her expression was cold, and her gaze under the glasses was especially serious and focused.

"Doctor Lu, what do you think?" The people were speaking very respectfully to her.

Lu Qingyi said, "I once tried to decipher the Ice Dragon Ruins, but I failed. The information I have now is still too little. I can't figure out the truth from the place.

"Now that this ruin has appeared, perhaps the things inside can provide more information.

"By the way, did anything else happen in Ping Cheng when the ruins descended yesterday?"

The president of the Beast Tamer Association of Ping Cheng said, "An ancient stone statue in the garden area of our association collapsed. A young man was spotted near it when it happned."

"The stone-giant statue?"

"Yes."

Lu Qingyi's expression didn't change, but she made a judgement in her heart. From the looks of it, this ruin space didn't descend by accident; instead, someone had touched the echoes of history.

Did another special talent in telepathy that could "listen to the Voice of History" appear?

She needs to find this person…

...

It had already been a day since the rumbling occurred. Shi Yu was laying on bed, deciding to take the day off until they found him.

It was not that he was hiding, he had been very open about his actions that day. Still he was getting bored of this waiting, he had already spared Eleven.

Although he did not add that many points, as Eleven had grown too fast. He still trained with them.

He smiled and looked at the sky. The weather was clear, and it was better to continue training.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

"Open the door. The community sends warmth."

Shi Yu's smile became even wider, they were here.

"There doesn't seem to be anyone. Prepare to break in."

Shi Yu sprang up on his feet, and ran to open the door.

"Wait, wait, I'm coming"

"It's finally open."

When Shi Yu opened the door, a cold voice came from outside. It was a young beautiful woman, probably still in her twenties.

"This is the Wind Demon Lion?!"

Shi Yu hadn't paid attention to her for long. The thing he noticed was the creature beside her. It was a restless Wind Demon Lion.

This Wind Demon Lion seemed to really be preparing to blast open the door!

The Wind Demon Lion was a creature that looked like a lion and a hound on the surface. It was nearly two metres tall when sitting. It had fluffy white hair and dignified blue eyes. Black cloud patterns lingered around its neck, limbs, body, and long tail. It was especially domineering.

[Race]: Wind Demon Lion

[Attribute]: Wind

[Race Level]: High-Commander

"Roar…" The Wind Demon Lion grinned.

"Let me introduce myself. Lu Qingyi. I have a doctorate in archaeology from the Dong Huang Capital University, and I'm a member of the Dong Huang Archaeological Association." Lu Qingyi looked up at Shi Yu.

"I want to know something from you. I hope you can cooperate." The woman smiled.

"Shi Yu, trainee beast master, please come in." Shi Yu introduced himself, with a calm smile.

Lu Qingyi was surprised to see his calmness, she expected him to question her, but he just let her in, a complete stranger. Either he was pretending to be calm or she had entered a psychopath's house.

Then, Shi Yu led Dr. Lu into the courtyard.

At this moment, the Iron-Eating Beast had already hid behind the tree to peek. The Green Silk Worm had also crawled back into the birdcage, as if whatever would happen had nothing to do with it.

After entering the courtyard, Lu Qingyi and the Wind Demon Lion's gazes immediately looked at the Little Iron-Eating Beast behind the tree and the Green Silk Worm in the birdcage.

Then, they looked at Shi Yu again.

"I'll get straight to the point. The shattering of the stone statue of the Beast Tamer Association in Ping Cheng has something to do with you, right?

"I mean no harm. Don't worry.

"I just want to know, did you hear a voice coming from that stone statue?"

Shi Yu said, "That stone statue is a living thing?"

His question implied tacit agreement.

Lu Qingyi answered, "No, the stone statue is dead. Your talent is telepathy. According to your understanding, telepathy should only be able to communicate with living beings, correct?."

Shi Yu nodded again. He wanted to act oblivious, as not to expose his knowledge.

"However, there are exceptions to everything.

"When some dead things that carry the faith, will, and emotions of many life forms undergo the baptism of time, it's possible that they can give birth to 'spirits'.

"'Spirit' is an ethereal concept, unrelated to life, mind, or soul. The archaeology world calls it 'echoes of history'.

"Only a very small number of people with special talent can hear this echo. Therefore, the archaeology world also calls Beast Tamers who have mastered such a gift of telepathy 'those who can listen to the Voice of History'."

Shi Yu said, "In other words… I'm that special talent?"

Lu Qingyi nodded and said, "To be able to hear the Voice of History is a very impressive talent. In our long history, there have been many gaps, and countless truths were hidden. And ruins are therefore the most important way for modern people to understand history.

"However, these preserved ruins are often protected by extraordinary powers, and it's also very difficult to decipher or even find them.

"But someone who can listen to the 'Voice of History' is far easier to find. They can crack the key information of the ruins much better than ordinary people.

"This time, because you woke the 'spirit' of that stone statue, it triggered an ancient ruin to surface. The truth of the area's history might be found within."

Shi Yu asked. "So the purpose of your visit is…"

Lu Qingyi said, "You're very talented and a natural archaeologist. I want to invite you… "

"The Archaeological Association…?" Said Shi Yu.

"With your talent, it's a little wasteful to join the Archaeological Association. Currently, in the entire ancient country, there are only eleven known 'listeners of history', including you.

"They are even fewer than Titled legend Beast Tamers, even fewer than the number of Totem creatures in the country. Do you know what this means?

"You were invited by another organisation."

Lu Qingyi walked to the bottom of the birdcage and looked at the Green SilkWorm.

Shi Yu was silent for a moment before probing, "Then where are you inviting me to…? How are the benefits?"

Lu Qingyi smiled sweetly and said, "The benefits are naturally very good. Even if you become a Legend-level Beast Tamer, you won't receive benefits this good.

"Basically, after you become an official member of the organisation, your status will be higher than a Legend Beast Tamer.

"If you want to explore some ruins, apply for a huge amount of resources, and get a Legend Beast Tamer to be your bodyguard… all of these are possible."

Shi Yu opened his mouth slightly. Appearing to be shocked.

The president of the Beast Tamer Association in Icefield City was only a top-notch Master who had yet to reach Legend-level.

Legend-level meant one could control Overlord-level creatures. They basically held important positions in first-level cities!

That would make sense… After all, according to the other party, those who mastered this talent were all high-end talent.

Even the mystic realm that a newbie like him summoned had great strategic value.

Afterall, the value of resources contained in this mystic realm was unimaginable. The mystic realm could basically boost Icefield city reputation and strength to new heights.

"If I join, what are the obligations I'll need to fulfil?"

"Almost none. The organisation's structure is very simple. There's a lot of freedom, and the missions are all by choice. You won't be forced."

Lu Qingyi looked at the sky.

Although that was the case, would a Beast Tamer with such a talent choose to stay idle?

Whenever new information about the Mythical Ruins appeared, those who could listen to the Voice of History would definitely rush up immediately to assist in the exploration or become exploration leaders.

After all, normal people wouldn't awaken this special ability at all.

"That is nice…What is this organisation called?"

"The Homeland Ruins Strategic Investigation and Backup Security Bureau can also be called Bureau Eleven according to their serial number. You can see it in this way — the members of this organisation are special personnel from the archaeological world. The organisation is a special department that specialises in handling various important ruins."

After Lu Qingyi finished speaking, Shi Yu once again pretended to be in deep thought.

"In that case, I'll join." Shi Yu agreed with a smile on his face.

"Don't smile like that, you look creepy," Lu Qingyi said with a straight face.

Shi Yu ignored her remark.

"Doctor Lu, are you also a member of Bureau Eleven?"

"Well, including you and me, there would be a total of eleven people in Bureau Eleven. And welcome to the team. From today onwards, you are a reserve member of Bureau Eleven." Lu Qingyi smiled for the second time, as if Shi Yu's answer had satisfied her.

There were too few talents in this area. Every time she explored ruins, she would feel like she didn't have enough hands.

And now, as she had personally unearthed a newbie, Lu Qingyi felt that when Shi Yu grew up in the future, she would have another useful tool to count on.

As the youngest person in Bureau Eleven, she also wanted to have someone who she could use like a tool, rather than helping her teacher run errands and being someone's tool herself.

"Reserve member?" Shi Yu appeared to be confused.

"Yes, reserve. Every new member has to pass a test before they can become an official member after joining Bureau Eleven."

"In addition, your strength and abilities are also too weak at the moment. The organisation will therefore provide you with ten million in starting funds. Your first task will be to grow quickly. At the very least, you have to become a professional Beast Tamer and accept the archaeological knowledge of the system."

"No problem, I'll definitely complete the mission.

"When can the funds be transferred?"

"Tomorrow," Lu Qingyi said.

"Your credentials and funds will be in place tomorrow, but unless it's a special situation, I suggest you don't casually expose your identity as a member of Bureau Eleven.

"Otherwise, some foreign spies will make you so annoyed that you'll explode.

"By the way, only Bureau Eleven knows that the descent of the ruins is related to you.

"Next, before you become an official member, I'll be your contact with the organisation. That's all I have to say."

Shi Yu nodded.

"I forgot to mention the most important thing. Your assessment mission is to investigate the truth of the history of Icefield City.

"There's no time limit. After succeeding, you can become an official member. I've previously explored the Ice Dragon Ruins in the snow mountain, but due to the lack of key information, I couldn't crack the mechanism. This time, there's a new Icefield City ruins. Because of your appearance, it might be you who breaks this."

Even if one had the talent to listen to the Voice of History, one couldn't hear everything. One needed a certain "opportunity" to hear the echoes of history.

Lu Qingyi herself had failed, but Shi Yu had succeeded.

After Li Qingyi's investigation, she realised that it made sense. After all, Shi Yu was a native of Icefield City. It would be relatively more likely for him to be able to hear the Voice of History.

Shi Yu's desire for the truth of this city was definitely deeper than hers. This assessment mission was practically created for Shi Yu.

"You want me to investigate the historical truth of Icefield City?" Shi Yu said. "But can I come into contact with that newly arrived mystic realm?"

"Sure. This mystic realm is a special type of ruin. Even if you don't use your identity as a member of Bureau Eleven, there's a high chance of you being able to enter. As for what to do next, it's part of your assessment."

Lu Qingyi continued, "Finally, as your referral, I'll give you a gift on behalf of someone."

In order to let Shi Yu grow quickly and become her assistant, she planned to pay him in advance.

"As for money, I don't think you need it for the time being. Then, what should I get you? The manuals of secret skills that the Iron-Eating Beast can use? The special evolution method of the Green Silkworm? What about a high-level beast baby?

That Iron-Eating Beast panda cub should be your first pet, right?

"As for this Green Silkworm, is it your additional pet?"

The gift that Lu Qingyi planned to give would be chosen according to these two pets. She had long noticed the Iron-Eating Beast and the Green Silkworm.

The Iron-Eating Beast was fine. Shi Yu's information showed that his initial pet was an Iron-Eating Beast, while the Green Silkworm was a discovery outside the information.

She could tell that this Green Silkworm probably didn't contract with Shi Yu, which meant that it was currently in a wild state.

It was actually not a big deal to raise wild pets. Apart from the major breeding bases, many Beast Tamers with talent in telepathy liked to do that stuff.

Some Beast Tamers were restricted by levels and couldn't contract more pets, but if they wanted to train more pets, the solution was very simple. It was fine as long as they didn't actually contract with the beasts.

In any case, with the gift of telepathy, he could communicate with wild pets without any obstacles. As long as the relationship between the two parties was good, the contract was dispensable. The only pity was that it wouldn't be able to enter the Beast Taming Space to grow quickly.

In Lu Qingyi's opinion, this Green Silkworm should be an additional pet cultivated by Shi Yu.

It could be that he wanted to raise it for fun, or he wanted to nurture it into a Wind Crystal Butterfly and keep it for future contracts…

At least, based on her current observation, this Green Silkworm was cultivated very well. Its Worm Silk level shouldn't be low, so it definitely wouldn't be a problem for it to successfully evolve. As expected of a graduate from the Nursing specialisation.

"I want a high level mechanical type pet."

Shi Yu wanted to get a mechanical type pet as it was the most important thing in his plans. The faster he could get it the better.

"You can't contract with a high-level beast cub even if I give it to you now. We'll talk about it after you become a high-level Beast Tamer."

Currently, Shi Yu was a Beast Tamer trainee. He could only contract with one pet. After becoming an apprentice-rank Beast Tamer, he would be able to contract with a second one.

However, although the stats might be good enough, it was still a little insufficient for an apprentice Beast Tamer to contract with the high-level beast cub she mentioned. The level of their Beast Taming Space could not sustain the accelerated growth of high-level beast cubs.

"Don't worry about it. It will not take me much time to reach Level three."

Lu Qingyi looked sceptical at his claims. She just shrugged her shoulder.

"Your choice, but if there is anything you need here is my contact number."

"Can I request something?" Shi Yu asked.

Lu Qingyi nodded, "Let's hear it first."

"I want to study at Ancient Capital University. But the Vocational assessment is half year later, is there some way i can skip it and join early"

The only reason he wanted to join a university was because of some resources there, and the bureau would also ask him to join.

He cannot wait till half a year to join, he had too much to do.

"Sure, that is something that can be arranged, although you need to be Level 2 to attend the university"

Shi Yu released a sigh of relief, it seems Beauru 11 does have great influence.

After some small talk Lu Qingyi left with her Wind Demon Lion.

Everything was going as expected. Now he just needs to speedrun the ruins and become an official member of Bureau Eleven.