piratefiction Chapter 4: Ask your senior if you need anything
Chapter 4: Ask your senior if you need anything
Realizing the seriousness of the situation, Lin Yi finally understood its gravity.
The cheat ability did indeed solve a large part of his problems. He only needed to memorize a paper on pet skills to copy the skill and teach it to his own pet.
But he overlooked one problem from beginning to end.
How do I memorize it?
Back in the day, during the nine years of compulsory education, just memorizing a slightly longer poem almost drove me crazy.
Memorizing a 100,000-word paper on pet skills education would surely take half his life.
"Calm down, calm down."
Lin Yi, who was wailing in pain, immediately forced himself to calm down. At least compared to those beast tamers who had to rack their brains every day, this was already an incredible cheat code.
"When Heaven is about to place a great responsibility on a person, it first tests their resolve, subjecting them to hardship and hunger..." What came after that?
In short, we must not give up easily.
There was no other way; if he wanted to verify the correct way to use the cheat system, he had to bite the bullet and carefully read through each page.
Looking at the densely packed text, I felt a little intimidated.
Indeed, there is no such thing as an easy piece of shit to swallow.
Forcing himself to remain calm, Lin Yi began to immerse himself in the reading.
"Sword Spirit Grass... Wood-attribute pet... Skill 'Grass Sword Technique'... Prerequisite for instillation... Understanding..."
Read it word by word, sentence by sentence.
Lin Yi was surprised to find that his reading speed seemed to be several times faster than before.
Moreover, whenever I finish reading a complete sentence, my mind goes blank, as if something is about to grow out.
This feeling is wonderful.
It's as if I'm a top student. The content of the paper is obviously obscure and difficult to understand, and some professional terms are extremely unfamiliar. But when they are put together, I seem to be able to understand it.
"Could it be a hidden ability of the cheat system?"
Does the copy function have a hidden cheat?
Lin Yi became excited, as if he had discovered a new continent. He could actually understand the contents of the paper, something he had never dared to imagine before.
"I understand. The so-called copying is just the cheat code that copies it into my mind. Memorizing it is nothing more than studying it carefully once."
Truly self-taught.
Oh no, now I really need to use my brain.
As Lin Yi delved deeper into the reading, he also understood the so-called "copying" ability. He didn't need to exert any effort at all; his cheat system could automatically transform, deduce, integrate, and decompose this information, turning everything in the paper into something in Lin Yi's own mind.
"Can it also automatically improve the perfection and compatibility of pet skills?"
Lin Yi was increasingly shocked as he read on; the feeling of getting something for nothing was simply too wonderful.
It's all because of their cheat codes.
However, even with the help of cheat codes, perfectly replicating a pet skill is not so simple and requires a lot of time to study.
Before we knew it, an hour had passed... two hours had passed...
The moment Lin Yi closed the [Sword Spirit Grass Beast Pet's Inherent Skill: Grass Character Sword Technique], he stood frozen in place.
He seemed to have... realized something?
I have indeed come to understand.
The moment Lin Yi closed the paper, a complete program for training the sword spirit herb beast appeared in his mind: how to instill the knowledge into the beast, the training methods, the way to use it, the strengthening path, and so on.
It's as if I was born with this teaching method.
Is this what the cheat code calls "copying"?
This is such a simple thing, anyone could do it, right?
If you don't understand those complex and obscure theories and data, how can you not recognize words?
Lin Yi's intuition told him that if he were to contract a beast pet evolved from a sword spirit grass, he could teach this skill to it in no time.
If this were in my previous life, and I had this ability, then I could choose any of the "Seven Sons of National Defense" at will.
After understanding the correct way to use the cheat system, Lin Yi's heart was churning with excitement, even more so than when he first awakened it.
I understand now, Daoist Master, I understand now~~~!
"Hehe, hehehehehe~~~."
Perhaps still so engrossed in studying his thesis, he immediately burst into laughter without thinking.
"Hey, what's wrong?" A teacher passing by asked, looking at the boy who seemed a bit strange, her eyes filled with worry.
Many classmates and their pets around them subconsciously cast surprised glances their way.
"I've finally solved this century-old problem." Realizing what had happened, Lin Yi blurted out a lie and immediately fled.
Everyone looked at the student who quickly left the pavilion, and they were all puzzled.
The job of a beast tamer is too stressful; has another one gone mad?
……
In the dormitory, Jiang Yi pressed on with all his might, studying those technical papers with all his might, determined to finish reading the papers that Tang Xinyi had given him in one go.
To be honest, I've never studied this hard in my life. Every day, apart from eating, drinking, and going to the bathroom, I'm studying. The key is that I enjoy it so much that I don't feel the passage of time at all. Every time I close my thesis, half a day has already flown by.
Lin Yi now felt incredibly strong, not physically, but with a sense of accomplishment akin to being "well-read and knowledgeable."
Five papers, five pet-specific skills—the breadth of knowledge involved was so vast that even Lin Yi was amazed.
"What others accumulate over several years, I can probably grasp in just three days, and I can understand a good portion of it."
More importantly, five beast pet skills appeared in his mind at this moment. Although none of them were related to the ground mushroom, they could be used to educate across species.
In Lin Yi's eyes, this was the native skill of the ground mushroom.
This is called being prepared for a rainy day. Before even forming a contract with the beast pet, five pseudo-native skills were "tailor-made" for it. Lin Yi was already eager to try teaching it.
Waiting is always anxious.
The impatient waiting is even more agonizing.
Lin Yi finally made it to the weekend he had arranged with his senior, and he arrived at the grove early in the morning.
Looking up at the golden signboard in front of him, Lin Yi couldn't help but sigh.
This is a real "golden brand," made of pure gold. My senior is really rich.
Having money is secondary; who can afford to open a shop in a top-tier beast-taming university, let alone a super shop of several thousand square meters?
But are those seven big characters on the sign for real?
[A pet store run by a senior student?]
Although Lin Yi arrived at the store and saw the busy young ladies inside, he did not go in immediately. Instead, he dialed his senior's number.
The wind howled on the other end of the phone, and my senior's heavenly voice followed.
"Lin Yi, I'm still on my way back to Tiannan University. I'll be there in ten minutes."
"No rush, senior. Fly slowly and be careful in the air."
Judging from the rumbling wind, Lin Yi could easily guess that his senior was currently commanding her avian combat-type pet to soar through the sky.
The senior's name is Chen Shiqi. Lin Yi was able to befriend her thanks to the old director of the orphanage. The senior came from the same orphanage as him, and they were truly family.
It's just that this senior sister is too lucky. Even the heavens can't suppress her. After being an orphan for several years, her biological father, Chen, suddenly appeared out of nowhere. That's just unbelievable.
But this doesn't stop the senior from considering herself a member of the orphanage. Meeting an old friend from afar, they are all family, so naturally they should take care of each other.
When Lin Yi came, the dean repeatedly told him to rely on everyone in the hospital and to look for her as soon as he left.
If there's any trouble, just call on the senior student. When it comes to helping each other out, the orphanage is number one, no one dares to challenge for second place.
Lin Yi has always been a sensible child, and he listens to the dean most at times like this.