Bai Luo woke up one day and discovered she had transmigrated to the interstellar era.
In this world, people contracted with all kinds of extraordinary spirit beasts and battled endless void beasts to preserve human civilization.
She arrived just as a beast tide broke through the border defenses. The land was devastated, and life was lost everywhere.
Looking at the void beasts blotting out the sky, Bai Luo was just about to complain that these alien monsters looked so carelessly designed when a cold System voice sounded in her mind:
[Host's Huaxia bloodline purity detected at 100%. Loading exclusive add-on...]
["Classic of Mountains and Seas: Mythical Beasts" loading complete.]
With a monster's gaping maw already bearing down on her, Bai Luo had no choice but to try her luck. She opened the Mythical Beasts of the Mountains and Seas catalog, hoping to find something that could fight.
At once, a palm-sized Chenghuang leaped out and affectionately brushed her hand with its tail. "Ying ying!"
Bai Luo: "I need something that can fight, not something I can pet!"
As soon as she finished speaking, the tiny Chenghuang suddenly grew to a hundred meters tall. Golden flames blazed beneath its feet, and it turned around and sent several star beasts flying.
Bai Luo: ...Well, this works too.
*
To feed the divine beasts who cried about being hungry all day long, Bai Luo decided to apply to one of the Human Federation's top institutions of higher learning:
Tianshu Academy.
Beast tamers studying there had access to the best resources and the highest subsidies.
But admission requirements were also incredibly strict.
Bai Luo hit a snag right away. She was barely literate and couldn't fill out the application, and she didn't have 3,000 star coins for the application fee.
The literacy problem was easy to solve. She summoned the divine beast Bai Ze and activated its skill, [Know All Things], successfully submitting the application.
But then she was stumped by the application fee.
With no other option, Bai Luo hugged Bai Ze, set out a broken bowl, and begged right there at the academy gate.
Before long, someone hurried over and sternly asked her name and where she lived. When they heard she didn't even have the money for the application fee, they immediately transferred a large sum to Bai Luo.
"Poor child, you've had such a hard time. I'll call the family right now and find out which idiot managed to lose a child. What a disgrace to the family!"
Bai Luo: ?
She had no idea that Bai Ze was a legendary divine beast, and that the people capable of summoning it could be counted on one hand. They all came from the same family.
That night, the entire family descended into a chaotic accounting session.
Meanwhile, Bai Luo stared thoughtfully at the huge balance in her account.
The next day, and the day after that, she appeared on the street with a different divine beast cub in her arms each time. Each cub had a sign hanging on its chest, with three words written on it:
"Please feed me."
And so the Phoenix Clan, the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan, the Zhufu Clan, and many other prestigious families of legendary divine beasts went into a frenzy too.
Meanwhile, the balance in Bai Luo's account grew at a terrifying rate.
Later, they all came looking for her, scrambling to get Bai Luo to "return to the family."
Bai Luo: "If you want me to acknowledge you as family, you have to promise to keep my divine beasts well fed."
The people who had come to claim kinship nodded. If they couldn't even feed their own children, wouldn't that be a joke?
Bai Luo thanked them profusely, then summoned every divine beast she could call upon.
Looking at the room full of beasts, flying in the sky, running on the ground, and swimming in the water...
The families who had come to claim kinship fell silent one after another, then withdrew with regret.
*
One day, a beast tide erupted during a league match between several of the Federation's military academies.
The schools issued orders to suspend the match and have the competitors fight together.
Bai Luo simply raised her hand...
Yinglong dove from the clouds, its claws ripping apart the heads of the void beasts;
Taotie opened its enormous mouth and swallowed entire waves of beasts;
Even the seemingly gentle Chenghuang purified a whole pack of void beasts with the golden light burning beneath its hooves.
The mythical beasts of the Mountains and Seas, a dazzling array...
The Void Beast King was here.
The Void Beast King glanced at the army of divine beasts behind Bai Luo.
The Void Beast King turned and ran!
At that moment, the Federation livestream's comments filled with question marks and exclamation marks:
[So that's why they added a rule this year forbidding multiple divine beasts from fighting at once. It was specifically made to target her!]
[What kind of league match is this? It's clearly a legendary divine beast team-building event!]
[Good heavens, I never thought I'd get to enjoy the thrill of ganging up on the void beasts...]
The competitors Bai Luo had already beaten senseless suddenly buckled at the knees: "..."
No need to say anything else. Thank you, great one, for sparing our lives!
Theme: Dream the dream I dream.