Li Cunxu said to the Mech Hunter, "The house is painted with lightning-proof paint, so people can't live in it. Why don't you come home with me?"
The Mech Hunter lifted his hood, revealing a mechanical head, "Ranch Owner, I am a Mechanical Pet; harmful gases are useless against me.
Let the Guard Dog accompany you back; it can protect your safety."
Li Cunxu suddenly remembered the Mysterious Person lurking in the shadows and suddenly didn't want to go back as much.
"Forget it, I'm not going back. I'll stay here."
Li Cunxu rode his Bicycle back to the ranch to bring the Tent and some daily necessities.
The Tent was both new and old; new because it had never been used, and old because it was bought a long time ago.
The Original Body was very afraid that the Alliance would discover his Younger Sister Li Anle's secret and arrest her. With a Tent, he could take his sister to evade arrest and wander the world.
The Original Body at that time was very young and naive, unaware of how terrifying the Alliance's true power was. Once discovered, they wouldn't give the Original Body a chance to use the Tent.
Setting up the Tent was strenuous, and it wouldn't stand after half a day. The Mech Hunter couldn't stand watching anymore and stepped in to help. In two minutes, two Tents were set up.
As a professional hunter, the Mech Hunter was professional at setting up Tents.
One Tent was for Li Cunxu, and the other was for the Guard Dog.
The Tents were set up as dusk fell.
The sunset scenery on the Prairie was exceptionally beautiful.
As for the dark clouds? The weather on the Muyuan Plain was unpredictable, and the dark clouds had already dispersed.
Li Cunxu gazed at where the sun was setting; the direction the sun set was exactly the same direction as where his Younger Sister was buried.
"Mech Hunter, I forgot something. I forgot to ask your name. I'm truly sorry; there have been too many things happening recently, my mind is a bit fuzzy."
The Mech Hunter blamed himself, "Having failed to protect my Master, I do not deserve a name. Just call me Mech Hunter."
The Master the Mech Hunter mentioned failing to protect was clearly not Li Cunxu, but its Beastmaster.
Li Cunxu didn't know the reason and didn't know how to comfort him, so he changed the subject:
"How is your strength?"
The Mech Hunter stroked the Guard Dog beside him, which was licking him comfortingly, with its cold mechanical hand, and said, "I was once Silver Peak, now dropped to Silver Beginner. Ah Huang was once Silver Mid-level, now dropped to Bronze Advanced."
The drop in their levels was clearly the backlash from the Beastmaster's death.
The Beastmaster and Pet Beast are one; they prosper together and suffer losses together.
The Mech Hunter said, "Ranch Owner, don't worry. Although Ah Huang's and my levels have dropped, our strength is still maintained at the original level."
Li Cunxu didn't care about the level drop; having someone to protect him was good enough; what more could he ask for?
Gurgle gurgle~
The water in the iron pot boiled. Li Cunxu put the instant noodles into the pot, tore open two sausages, put one in the pot, and tossed the other to the Guard Dog.
Li Cunxu asked the Mech Hunter, "Mech, what do you eat?"
In the game, Li Cunxu had never played with Mechanical Pets and only knew a little about them. Mechanical Pets were very powerful and especially cool, especially when piloting a Gundam—incredibly cool.
Why didn't Li Cunxu play?
Mechanical Pets were too expensive to maintain. In the late game, repairing a single Screw or Gear could cost a fortune.
Only wealthy players could afford Mechanical Pets.
"Engine oil, or Metal Ore? Or something else?"
Li Cunxu vaguely remembered that the Mechanical Pet Recipe was quite varied; they ate anything—some ate wind, some ate water, some ate dirt...
The Mech Hunter replied, "We eat fuel. Ranch Owner, you don't need to worry about our food; Miss Chen Xi said she would take care of it."
What could Li Cunxu say? He could only say this meal was too soft.
After finishing the instant noodles, Li Cunxu went for a stroll on the ranch Grassland, intending to let Little Soft subdue the Grass Slimes.
He had noticed the Grass Slimes in the Grassland long ago.
"Come out! Little Soft."
Li Cunxu pointed at a lone sleeping Grass Slime in the Grassland and said, "Go subdue your subjects!"
Little Soft hopped over happily.
The scene where the Little Soft King revealed its imposing aura and the Grass Slime immediately surrendered did not happen.
Not only did Little Soft fail to subdue the Grass Slime, but it was also knocked over by the Grass Slime, which was suffering from Grumpy Awakening, with a Collision.
Seeing this, Li Cunxu sighed helplessly, stepped forward unceremoniously, and kicked the Grass Slime away, sending it flying over ten meters, tumbling many, many times before stopping.
The Grass Slime's Eyes were spinning in a whirlpool pattern; it was dizzy from being rolled.
Little Soft hopped forward and branded the Grass Slime with a Subject Mark.
The conditions for branding a Subject Mark were: either sincerely submitting to Little Soft, or directly defeating the opponent, rendering it unable to resist being branded with the Subject Mark.
A group of Grass Slimes gathered together, sleeping soundly.
Slimes are semi-elemental creatures; they do not need to sleep. If they sleep, it's mostly because they are bored, tired from playing, or imitating their companions sleeping.
This time, Li Cunxu didn't send Little Soft alone to subdue them; Little Soft was too weak. He decided to do it himself.
Li Cunxu kicked another Grass Slime away. The surrounding Grass Slimes were startled awake and launched an attack on Li Cunxu.
The Grass Slimes collectively used Collision, ramming into Li Cunxu, but Li Cunxu completely ignored them.
Their force was so light that he would consider it a back massage.
Suddenly, a Grass Slime behind him shot out a blade of grass, a Grass Blade flying out and striking Li Cunxu on the head.
The result... not even a single hair was cut.
Li Cunxu grabbed a charging Grass Slime with the back of his hand, spun around like throwing a bowling ball, and hurled the Grass Slime in his hand, hitting the Grass Slime that had just shot the Grass Blade skill.
After some effort, before the sun completely set, he subdued this group of Grass Slimes.
There were about several dozen Grass Slimes in this group.
Li Cunxu was a bit tired. Subduing Slimes wasn't hard; the difficult part was controlling the force. If the force wasn't controlled well, the Slimes would die.
"Sigh! Slimes are too fragile; fighting them isn't satisfying."
Li Cunxu said to the Grass Slimes branded with the Subject Mark, "Come on, follow me back."
The Grass Slimes looked at each other but didn't move.
"As the Beastmaster of your King, I can't even command you. I give up."
Li Cunxu helplessly turned to Little Soft and said, "Command them to follow me back."
Little Soft faced the Grass Slimes and chirped, "Puchi~ Puchi~"
The Grass Slimes followed behind Li Cunxu.
The Slimes branded with the Subject Mark seemed to sense Little Soft's imposing aura and obeyed Little Soft's words without question.
The Mech Hunter surveyed the ranch once, returned to the Wooden House, and saw many Grass Slimes surrounding Li Cunxu, who was standing guard in front of a large pot, boiling something unknown.
The Mech Hunter looked at the green sludge in the pot and asked doubtfully, "What is this?"
"Slime Nutrient Solution."
Li Cunxu stirred the green sludge with a wooden stick and casually grabbed a handful of dirt, sprinkling it into the pot.
"Simply put, it's a mixture of Green Grass, dirt, and water."
The Recipe for the vast majority of Slimes is very simple; drinking some water and eating some grass and dirt can satisfy their needs for the day.
Li Cunxu distributed the cooked Slime Nutrient Solution to the Grass Slimes he had just subdued. After consuming the Slime Nutrient Solution, the Grass Slimes' spirits improved significantly.