Some people die, but they are not completely dead...
After an endless coma, Shi Yu suddenly sat up in bed.
He took deep breaths of fresh air, his chest heaving.
Confusion, bewilderment, and a myriad of emotions surged in his heart.
Where am I?
Then, Shi Yu subconsciously looked around and became even more perplexed.
A single-person dormitory?
Even if he had been successfully rescued, he should still be in a hospital room.
And his body... how could there be no injuries at all?
With doubts, Shi Yu's gaze quickly swept through the room, finally stopping at a mirror on the bedside table.
The mirror reflected his current appearance, a young man around seventeen or eighteen years old, with a handsome face.
But the problem was, this wasn't him!
His previous self was a handsome young man in his twenties, who had been working for some time.
And now, this face looked like that of a high school student...
This change left Shi Yu stunned for a long time.
Please don't tell me the surgery was successful...
His body and appearance had changed; this was no longer a matter of surgery, but of magic.
He had completely turned into another person!
Could it be... that he had traveled through time?
Apart from the mirror on the bedside table, which was clearly placed in a feng shui-unfriendly position, Shi Yu also found three books nearby.
Shi Yu picked them up, and the titles instantly made him silent.
"Essential Handbook for New Pet Trainers"
"Postpartum Care for Pet Beasts"
"Guide to Evaluating Non-Human Beast-Eared Girls"
Shi Yu: ???
The first two book titles were somewhat normal, but what about the last one?
"Cough."
Shi Yu's expression turned serious, and he reached out, but his arm soon stiffened.
Just as he was about to open the third book to see what it was, his brain suddenly ached, and a flood of memories surged in.
Ice Plains City.
Pet Beast Training Base.
Intern Pet Beast Trainer.
Beast Tamer?
What a mess...
It took Shi Yu several minutes to digest this sudden influx of memories.
After a long while, Shi Yu raised his head with a complex expression.
He had guessed right; he seemed to have really traveled through time.
Not only because of these memories, but also because only his appearance wouldn't deceive him.
As everyone knows, ugly people don't have the qualifications to travel through time, nor do they have the qualifications to be traveled into; this has become a law.
He was so handsome, so he must have traveled through time...
After an accidental death, he had traveled to a world where beast taming was the mainstream.
Although the room looked like a modern single-person dormitory, he was no longer on Earth but on a planet called Blue Star.
This world was very unique, with a culture entirely different from Earth's.
Since ancient times, there had been extraordinary powers here.
These extraordinary powers were not the martial arts, magic, or cultivation that Shi Yu had seen in various films and TV shows...
Instead, every creature had the potential for extraordinary evolution.
Through continuous evolution, most animals and plants could awaken higher intelligence and powerful abilities.
Even more surprisingly, not limited to animals and plants, even mountains, rivers, and snow could evolve into life forms.
These extraordinary beings all possessed powerful abilities, such as lightning, fire, and hurricanes, just like the divine beasts in Earth's mythology.
In this context, in the ancient times of this world, weak humans could only survive by relying on powerful beings as protectors, living in tribes.
However, after a long period of development, humans gradually developed their own extraordinary powers, specifically the ability to tame beasts.
Some people, through meditation, could open an extraordinary space in their minds and capture extraordinary beings through this cage-like space.
At first, humans only forcibly captured weak extraordinary beings, using them as servants to work and fight. They were still unable to resist powerful extraordinary beings.
But later, it was discovered that extraordinary beings grew much faster in the taming space and were more likely to break through their species' limits to evolve.
This discovery gave humans hope for their rise, and they began to study the taming space.
Subsequently, with the development of taming abilities and the gradual improvement of the taming system, a variety of powerful battle pets were cultivated, and the profession of Beast Tamer emerged on the world stage.
With the rise of Beast Tamers, many extraordinary beings began to willingly sign contracts with humans, hoping to grow quickly and break through their species' limits with the help of humans' extraordinary powers.
By a few thousand years later, humans had established a glorious taming civilization, controlling the most resource-rich regions of the planet.
In this taming era, Beast Tamers naturally became symbols of status and class.
Every industry was closely related to Beast Tamers, and only by becoming a Beast Tamer could one become an elite in various fields.
A famous Beast Tamer's match could have sky-high appearance fees.
A city with a powerful Beast Tamer could directly boost the city's economic level.
In most industries, Beast Tamers occupied core positions, and the highest positions were also controlled by Beast Tamers...
However... although humans had risen, there were still many fierce beasts active in various places that could not be tamed, often causing disasters to human cities.
This is why some cities hoped to attract powerful Beast Tamers to protect them.
And in the memories... his predecessor's family had perished in a beast tide.
"Beast Taming world... I have a general understanding."
"But why is it so miserable even after traveling through time?"
Shi Yu took a deep breath. If he was going to travel through time, it would be better to be born into a wealthy family of Beast Tamers.
It would be ideal to have a dragon girl as a guardian and an elf as a companion from a young age, making the journey through time worthwhile.
Unfortunately, traveling through time seemed to be a skill, just like being reborn.
He was still called Shi Yu, but his identity was no longer the mythologist Shi Yu from Earth. Instead, he was a plain intern pet beast trainer at the Ice Plains City Pet Beast Training Base.
Not a Beast Tamer... more like a helper to Beast Tamers.
This was a place specifically for raising pet beasts... he was currently learning how to raise pet beasts here.
His daily tasks included feeding pet beast cubs, cleaning up after them, and maintaining hygiene.
A typical low-level worker.
However, this explained the content of those books. He was learning...
His predecessor had worked so hard, hoping to become a Beast Tamer. However, reality... as an orphan who couldn't even support himself, how could he talk about raising pet beasts?
Given Shi Yu's background, becoming a Beast Tamer was very difficult.
But Shi Yu was also lucky. A bit of talent and effort had at least allowed him to have a career related to Beast Tamers, and there was still a chance to become one in the future.
He had even made many preparations, deciding to take out a loan to buy a high-quality pet beast cub and become a Beast Tamer.
At a young age, he had decided to take on a pet beast loan.
Shi Yu felt defeated; indeed, it was very miserable.
With a large mortgage and car loan, he could empathize a lot. He didn't expect to still have loans to pay off after traveling through time.
But let's not get too far ahead. For now, Shi Yu was still a humble worker.
And he had a task waiting for him soon, a 6-6-6 work schedule, with strict time constraints.
To be honest, he hadn't woken up at six in the morning since high school...
Shi Yu rubbed his head in pain and walked to a wall where a work schedule was posted.
This was the weekly task list issued yesterday. As an intern at the training base, his daily tasks were pre-arranged.
Today's task... Shi Yu looked at the content under Monday.
Morning: Feed the snow wolf pack (individual task)... Transport feed (group task)...
Afternoon: Record the growth data of the green caterpillars (group task)...
Hmm...
If his memory served him right... snow wolves were pack animals and extremely fierce and brutal carnivorous pet beasts, right?
Such a dangerous task... is it serious to assign it as an individual task?
Shi Yu fell into deep thought.
He had been bitten by a dog as a child and was naturally afraid of canine animals. This task was a bit toxic for him.
"But it shouldn't be a big problem..."
Shi Yu suddenly remembered that he had the "Telepathy" talent, which allowed him to communicate normally with any creature. It shouldn't be a problem...
The reason he could intern here was not only because of his excellent theoretical grades in school but also because he had the special taming talent called "Telepathy."
When humans successfully opened a taming space through meditation, they would also awaken a taming talent.
Shi Yu had already successfully opened a taming space and awakened his talent, except he hadn't yet contracted an initial pet beast.
This was thanks to the modern era, where the state had incorporated the meditation method for opening a taming space into compulsory education. Shi Yu was detected to have a taming talent during this phase.
Taming talents came in many types, but they were mainly divided into two categories: enhancement and special, with an awakening ratio of about 9:1.
Enhancement talents, such as fire enhancement, meant that Beast Tamers with such talents should seek to raise pet beasts with fire abilities.
In battle, Beast Tamers could use their taming talents to enhance the power of their pet beasts' fire-based skills.
Compared to enhancement talents, special talents were very complex and irregular, with significant differences in the abilities they manifested.
For example, the special talent "Sharing" allowed Beast Tamers to share one skill of a contracted pet beast, gaining an extraordinary ability themselves.
Generally, Beast Tamers with the "Sharing" talent had stronger self-protection and combat abilities than ordinary Beast Tamers.
Another special talent, "Fusion," allowed Beast Tamers to temporarily merge with their pet beasts to form a new form. Could beast-eared girls really exist?
As for Shi Yu's Telepathy talent, although it was also a special talent, it was relatively common, being one of the most common special talents.
Beast Tamers with the Telepathy talent, after mastering the ability, could communicate with any intelligent creature without language barriers.
Typically, Beast Tamers could only understand the thoughts of their contracted pet beasts, but Beast Tamers with the Telepathy talent could communicate with others' pet beasts and wild creatures.
In the history of the Beast Tamer profession, the Telepathy talent, although unable to directly form combat power, held an irreplaceable position and was indispensable.
After all, if one could communicate with other species, many unnecessary battles could be avoided.
In fields such as medical care, teaching, research, and training within the Beast Tamer profession, core positions were often held by Beast Tamers with the Telepathy talent. It was a versatile talent.
With such a practical taming talent, he should be able to get along well with wild creatures...
Thinking about this, Shi Yu sighed in relief.
Although he wasn't very proficient with "Telepathy," he should be reasonably skilled.
He subconsciously tried to use his taming talent, listening to the surroundings, intending to practice the steps in advance to avoid any mishaps.
But at that moment, something unexpected happened...
As the taming space in Shi Yu's mind vibrated, his vision suddenly blurred, and a black stone book appeared in his mind.
He seemed to have awakened a second taming talent!
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