The insects in my house are dragons.

Chapter 35 This system actually has a delay.

After hanging up the phone, Yun Che opened the location sent by Dr. Niu.

The research institute is also not located in the central urban area of ​​Jianghuai City, but is closer to Jianghuai University and about an hour's drive from the Lanjiang Cultivation Base.

"Iris." Yun Che crouched down, looking at the purple-amber cat in front of him. "We're going out for a bit, do you want to come?"

"Huh?" Iris tilted her head, somewhat hesitant.

"grumble!"

Go! Go! Go see the world!

"Ugh..." Seeing that Yun Che and Kong Kong had both extended invitations, Iris hesitated for a moment, but then slowly nodded.

"grumble!"

Let's go!

Kongkong climbed directly onto Yun Che's shoulder in a few quick steps and waved to Iris, signaling it to come up.

Iris glanced at Yun Che's other shoulder, but unlike Kong Kong, she lightly leaped and disappeared into Yun Che's shadow!

"Chirp?!" Kong Kong exclaimed in surprise, rubbed her eyes to make sure she wasn't seeing things, and then tugged hard at Yun Che's collar.

Ah Che! Ah Che! Gone! Gone! Vanished!

"I saw it, I saw it." Yun Che's face also showed some surprise.

Hidden Shadow!

This is not a racial skill of Nightmare Spirit Purple Cat; it is a skill that Iris learned on her own.

【Shadow Lurker】: Ghost attribute, low-level skill. After casting the skill, the user can disappear into the shadows.

But that does make things more convenient.

"Waaah~"

From within Yun Che's shadow came the soft call of Iris.

If you look closely, you can still see darker outlines in the shadows, which is because the skill level is not very high.

...

More than an hour later, Yun Che stood in front of a white building.

The building isn't large, just three stories, and its exterior walls are covered in vines, making it look quite old.

But the courtyard is very large, surrounded by a wall, and you can hardly see the end of it at a glance.

A bronze plaque hangs on the wall at the entrance, engraved with the words "Jianghuai University Extraordinary Biological Research Institute · Niu Ming Laboratory".

As they arrived, a young man in his early twenties walked out of the door. He had a square face, short, dark brown hair, small eyes, wore a white lab coat, and was holding a writing board.

Young people give the impression that their eyes are not even open.

"Yun Che? Professor Niu asked me to pick you up. My name is Lu Zhou, and I'm Professor Niu's graduate student."

"Senior Brother Lu," Yun Che greeted politely.

"Chirp~" Kong Kong waved its paw in greeting.

Lu Zhou glanced at the empty space on Yun Che's shoulder, nodded slightly, and then looked at the shadow behind Yun Che as if he had something in mind, his brows furrowing.

next second.

With a flick of his wrist, he raised his hand, and a metal rod resembling a pen appeared in his hand.

Immediately afterwards, accompanied by the sound of gears turning and metal rubbing together, the pen transformed at an incredible speed into a hammer nearly two meters long, with intricate patterns and a powerful feel, which he then grasped in his hand.

Upon seeing this scene, Yun Che's pupils suddenly contracted.

Is this an extraordinary being?!

Then Lu Zhou calmly said:

"Looks like you've gotten some kind of dirty stuff on you. It's okay, it's nothing, it'll be over soon."

As he spoke, he twisted his wrist again, preparing to smash it towards Yun Che's shadow.

"Wait a minute!" Yun Che quickly stopped him, and at the same time realized why Lu Zhou was reacting this way.

The other party had obviously discovered the iris hiding in his shadow and determined that the iris was not Yun Che's pet, so they thought he had been accidentally targeted.

"Senior Brother Lu, it's my friend!"

"Oh?" Lu Zhou was slightly taken aback.

"Huh?" Iris cautiously peeked out from the shadows, glanced at Lu Zhou and the hammer in his hand, and then quickly shrank back.

The little guy could sense that the hammer posed a great threat to it.

The human world is indeed too dangerous...

After glancing back and forth between Yun Che and Yingzi, Lu Zhou suddenly realized and gave an awkward smile.

"Feel sorry."

Actually, raising wild supernatural creatures is not uncommon; that's what major breeding bases do.

There are also ordinary people who keep supernatural beings as pets, but those "pets" are all trained, and most of them are relatively weak in strength, gentle in nature, and not aggressive.

Many beast tamers do this because, due to the limitations of the beast taming space and contracts, they still want to cultivate more pets. As long as they can maintain a good relationship with their pets, they don't need to form contracts. However, without the beast taming space's ability to accelerate growth, their growth rate is slower.

Those who do this are mostly young beast tamers from relatively wealthy families, who also have connections with the older generation.

After all, it is quite difficult to establish a strong and stable relationship with wild extraordinary creatures, and the cubs of older pets are the most common example.

Yun Che breathed a sigh of relief, inwardly marveling... No wonder he's Dr. Niu's student, his observational skills are truly impressive.

"Senior Brother Lu, what is this...?" Yun Che looked at the hammer in Lu Zhou's hand and couldn't help but ask.

"Oh." Lu Zhou gently tossed the hammer and said, "Forged Metal Hammer, my pet beast."

It really is a supernatural being with mechanical attributes!

"Chirp!" Kong Kong's eyes lit up, as if it had seen some fun toy.

A thought involuntarily surfaced in Yun Che's mind...

How do you fight with a pet like the Forged Gold Hammer?

Will the beast tamer charge forward with a hammer in hand?

On second thought, it's actually quite tempting.

If he could contract a pet with mechanical attributes like the Forged Gold Hammer, and it also had a sword or spear, and then charge into battle with that sword, wouldn't that be incredibly exciting?

If he could still fly, he would immediately transform from a world of beast taming into a world of immortals and heroes, traveling on a sword.

Just thinking about it makes me restless.

envy!

"Come on, I'll take you inside."

Lu Zhou led Yun Che into the building and through a long corridor. On both sides of the corridor were various laboratories, and through the glass, one could see various instruments and petri dishes inside.

click -

The door to a nearby laboratory opened, and a tall, bespectacled woman in a white lab coat walked out.

They didn't even wait for her to speak.

Snap—

Lu Zhou darted forward, a smile on his face, and said in a very gentle tone, "Sister Ruan, are you done with your work? Are you tired? I've prepared some snacks for you..."

At the same time, a notification suddenly popped up:

[Ding! Gym Leader detected, Brock!]

[Triggering a major side quest: Battle against a renowned trainer!]

[Task Two: Challenge Xiao Gang!]

[Mission Rewards: TM for Dragon Breath x1, Dragon Fang (Green) x1]

Yun Che: "??"

Why does this system have a delayed trigger?

Xiao Gang?

Looking at Lu Zhou, who seemed like a completely different person, with that "flattering" expression.

Okay, this is the first time Yun Che has expressed his approval of the system's judgment.

However, judging from Lu Zhou's forged gold hammer just now, I don't think I can beat him at all.

"Sister Ruan, take care, the ground is slippery." Lu Zhou reminded the departing female researcher with concern, and Yun Che's expression became somewhat strange.

"Chirp..." Kong Kong whispered in his ear.

Ah Che, is this what you called... a simp?

"Ahem." Yun Che coughed lightly, pretending not to hear Kong Kong's words.

After seeing Sister Ruan off, Lu Zhou returned to his previous calm demeanor and even introduced her to Yun Che with a smile, saying, "Sister Ruan is a researcher at the research institute and has her own research projects."

"Uh... um."

"Let's go."

Following behind Lu Zhou, Yun Che suddenly thought of a question.

The system's task is to "challenge Xiao Gang," but it doesn't seem to say that you have to defeat him.

So, does that mean all you have to do is issue a challenge?