"Little Soft, after they finish eating, have them go capture other Slimes."
Grass Slimes imprinted with the Subject Mark can imprint the Subject Mark onto other Slimes.
In the early morning, a fierce wind howled, making the Tent flap loudly.
Li Cunxu was woken up, and after waiting a moment, heavy rain began to fall.
The sound of the rain was conducive to sleep, but Li Cunxu was in no mood to sleep.
With the rain tonight, a large number of Slimes would be born on the Muyuan Plain, presenting a great opportunity for capture.
The more Slimes Little Soft captures, the more Attribute Tax it will collect by the end of the month, and the Attribute Tax can directly empower Little Soft, making it stronger.
Therefore, this heavy rain tonight could not be missed under any circumstances.
Li Cunxu put on his Raincoat and set off.
Li Cunxu had only taken a few steps out of the Tent when the Guard Dog slipped out. The light in the Wooden House on the other side also turned on, and the Mech Hunter swiftly flipped out of the window.
"Ranch Owner, are you lucid?"
"Lucid? What do you mean?"
Li Cunxu was momentarily stunned. Seeing the Mech Hunter holding a double-barreled shotgun while vigilantly observing the surroundings, he finally understood what the Mech Hunter meant.
"Are you suspecting that I was secretly lured out of the Tent by some method similar to a Siren's enchanting song?" Li Cunxu said with a wry smile.
The Mech Hunter nodded.
Li Cunxu laughed, "I wasn't lured out of the Tent; I walked out voluntarily."
The Mech Hunter expressed doubt about Li Cunxu's words. It was late at night, and it was raining; why would Li Cunxu leave the Tent instead of sleeping inside?
Li Cunxu held up Little Soft in his arms and explained, "This is related to Little Soft's Talent. Little Soft needs to capture a large number of Slimes, and it happens that the rain will generate many Slimes."
Li Cunxu did not hide the fact that Little Soft could capture Slimes; any non-blind person could see that.
Therefore, there was no need to conceal it.
Moreover, hiding it would affect the speed of capturing Slimes, indirectly slowing down Little Soft's rate of growth.
Furthermore, hiding things makes people more suspicious; it's better to openly reveal some of it.
No matter how good or powerful Little Soft's Talent is, it is still a Slime and won't incite envy, jealousy, or hatred from others.
The ingrained perception of Slimes is that they are Waste-like Pet Beasts, perhaps not even qualifying as Pet Beasts; some people are even discussing removing Slimes from the official Pet Beast registry.
Any good Talent appearing on a Slime is a waste.
The Mech Hunter believed him halfway, but not entirely. "I'll go with you! I'm a Mechanical Pet anyway, and I don't need sleep."
Seeing the Mech Hunter's vigilant stance, implying it wouldn't let him go otherwise, Li Cunxu realized the Mech Hunter suffered from severe Post-traumatic stress disorder.
Li Cunxu had seen too many Pet Beasts with Post-traumatic stress disorder in the game, so he immediately concluded that the overly vigilant Mech Hunter had Post-traumatic stress disorder.
The primary cause for Pet Beasts developing Post-traumatic stress disorder is when Beastmasters treat them merely as combat tools, ignoring that Pet Beasts possess emotions.
Pet Beasts can laugh, they can cry, and they can become depressed just like humans.
The Mech Hunter is a Mechanical Pet; shouldn't Mechanical Pets be like cold, emotionless machines? How can they also get Post-traumatic stress disorder?
This is because when humans manufactured Mechanical Pets, they infused emotions into their souls, granting them self-thinking intelligence, and simultaneously, the troubles associated with intelligent beings.
On the rain-soaked Grassland, many Grass Slimes were born.
Li Cunxu, holding a straight wooden stick, knocked them unconscious one by one.
The stick was effective, much more efficient than using fists and feet, but Li Cunxu had misjudged the fragility of the newly born Slimes.
For every ten he struck, five were stunned, but the other five were actually beaten to death.
Li Cunxu silently tossed the wooden stick aside.
The Mech Hunter watched for a moment and said, "Ranch Owner, are you trying to stun this group of Slimes?"
"Yes."
"You can leave it to me. Hunter's Deterrence."
The Mech Hunter activated the Hunter's Deterrence skill. An invisible Pressure covered the entire area, frightening all the Slimes present into unconsciousness.
Li Cunxu was overjoyed. "This is much faster than using fists and feet.
It's just...
Mech, I remember this skill can mark both friend and foe. Next time, don't scare our own Slimes unconscious."
Li Cunxu had no choice but to Summon Little Soft to imprint the Subject Mark.
Halfway through the imprinting process, the Slime Subjects that had already received the Subject Mark woke up and joined in imprinting the Subject Mark onto other Slime Subjects, significantly speeding up the efficiency.
After imprinting this batch of Slimes, Li Cunxu commanded Little Soft to issue an order to follow the Mech Hunter and another order to continue capturing other Slimes, then recalled Little Soft into the Beast Tamer Space.
Little Soft was quite unhappy about this. The Beast Tamer Space was bare, empty of everything, and not fun at all; staying inside meant only sleeping.
Also, it really wanted to stay close to Li Cunxu.
Li Cunxu knew this was not ideal, as Little Soft was young, and this might cause it to develop an aversion to entering the Beast Tamer Space in the future, but Li Cunxu still recalled Little Soft into the Beast Tamer Space.
In the pitch black and heavy rain, if a sudden situation arose, such as an attack, Little Soft's soft body wouldn't withstand a single blow.
So, safety was paramount; it was better for Little Soft to stay obediently in the Beast Tamer Space.
The Mech Hunter was responsible for deterring and stunning the Slimes, followed closely by the Slime Subjects responsible for imprinting the Subject Mark, operating rapidly like an Assembly Line.
Li Cunxu instructed the Mech Hunter, "Head toward the River; the most Slimes are born along the riverbanks."
Basically, Li Cunxu had nothing left to do.
Stunning was handled by the Mech Hunter, and imprinting was handled by the Slime Subjects.
"What should I do? Go back to sleep?"
The sleepiness was completely gone.
"Better not."
Li Cunxu thought for a moment and recalled something.
Next month was when the game would officially launch.
He knew a certain plotline was about to unfold.
That was the 'Pupil Capital Garbage Accumulation Incident.'
The cause of the incident was an Evil Red-tailed Poison Scorpion, tainted by the power of the Uncrowned Evil God, escaping into the Pupil Capital's Sewer, killing a large number of Sludge Monsters that lived there and processed garbage, leading to a sharp decrease in the Sludge Monster population.
The Pupil Capital was a city of tens of millions, inhabited by countless Pet Beasts, generating massive amounts of garbage daily. Without the Sludge Monsters cleaning the garbage and sewage in the Sewer, the few Garbage Disposal Plants in the Pupil Capital couldn't possibly handle the load.
The clean and tidy Pupil Capital turned into the 'Dirty Capital' and 'Stinky Capital' within just a few days.
"I can capture a batch of Slimes with the Digestion Talent, waiting for the right time."
Ordinary Slimes couldn't process garbage, but Slimes with the Digestion Talent could.
Li Cunxu selected Slimes possessing the Digestion Talent from among those already captured.
Slimes with the Digestion Talent were rare; in one night, Li Cunxu only managed to find five.
The vast majority of Slimes had the Same-type Split Talent.
【Same-type Split, White Common, consumes half its power to split a new individual of the same type from its body.】
For Slimes, the Split Talent is the reproduction talent; only Slimes possessing the Split Talent can give birth to baby Slimes.
Besides the Same-type Split Talent, the most common was the Same-type Fusion Talent.
Among one hundred Slimes, ninety-nine would have the Same-type Split Talent, and one would have the Same-type Fusion Talent.
In a Slime group, the one possessing the Same-type Fusion Talent was often the Boss.
Slimes with this Talent could fuse other Slimes inside their bodies, forming a powerful and large Big Slime.
【Same-type Fusion, Green Elite, fuses with the same type into one body, concentrating power into a single entity.】
Same-type Fusion, this Talent is a good one for Slimes, but for other Extraordinary Creatures, it is not a good Talent; rather, it is the worst possible Talent.