The Beastmaster System: God Pet begs me to evolve

Gunfire, arrows, flames, wind blades… various ranged attacks were directed at the dung beetle.

Among them, the most eye-catching was a small missile launched by Zhao Mengxi, which exploded with a deafening boom, enveloping the distant area in a fiery blaze. The dung beetle was shattered into pieces, with debris flying everywhere.

Kent twitched his mouth in disbelief.

Zhao Mengxi put away the missile launcher and chuckled, "Its power is impressive. It could probably be used to deal with low-tier lord-level monsters."

Kent retorted, "Monsters would dodge that, unlike this one, which is just clueless."

The loud noise had attracted attention, and they needed to leave quickly or they would be overwhelmed by a foul stench. The group quickened their pace, and after more than ten minutes, they arrived at a ruined square.

They all looked up at a silver-white light sphere about ten yards above the ground, which marked the entrance to the dimensional space.

The sphere was about half an acre in size, constantly swirling like a cloud, and at its center, there was a one-yard wide portal, dark and obscured, making it impossible to see what lay beyond.

At that moment, several armed escorts walked out from the portal—some carrying shotguns, others wielding battle knives. Accompanying them was a beast-handler with a gorilla, which dropped ten long ropes down to the ground.

Professor He gave an order for the students to approach in batches, fasten their waist with the locking carabiners on the ropes, and let the giant gorilla pull them up.

Kent scanned the gorilla and noted that it was a Mountain Ape, level 30+, a high-tier golden beast, known for its immense strength, capable of easily lifting objects weighing over 10,000 pounds.

By this time, most students had already stowed their beasts into their Beastmaster Bracelets, and those without one had other ways to manage their beasts.

Soon, the first batch of students was pulled up and led by an escort into the Bullhorn Mountain Secret Realm.

Kent was in the fourth batch. After entering the dark portal, he suddenly stepped into empty air, as if falling into an endless abyss. He felt the wind rushing up from below.

About half a minute later, he stumbled out of the darkness and onto solid ground. Looking up, he realized they were still in front of the portal, but the scene before him had changed completely.

Before them stood a large ladder, connecting the ground to the portal, making it easier for people to ascend and descend.

Kent and the other students climbed down the ladder. His head was still a bit dizzy, but once he reached the ground, he felt more grounded and took a look around.

The space they were in was small—round like a hemisphere.

At the center of this realm stood a giant mountain, shaped like a bull's horn, rising more than 10,000 meters into the air, piercing the clouds, and possibly extending another 10,000 meters above. Beyond that was a membrane separating the space.

The sky above shimmered with brilliant light, like the Northern Lights, dazzling and mesmerizing, making it hard to look at for long.

The ground was shrouded in a dark glow, like nightfall, absorbing light. Kent looked down and found the ground covered in black soil, but the higher one went, the brighter the space became.

Bullhorn Mountain was a solitary peak, with no low hills surrounding it. Instead, there was a vast plain, with a turquoise river winding around the mountain, known as the Jade River.

Kent estimated that the secret realm was indeed not very large. It could be considered a standard hemisphere with a radius of around 20 kilometers, roughly 40 li.

The native creatures here were relatively few, with only about twenty or so species. These included snow cows on the snowy slopes, colorful birds circling in the sky, eight-legged turtlefish swimming in the river, tree spirits lurking in the mountains, and pronghorns burrowing in the plains.

"It's so beautiful," Zhao Mengxi couldn't help but sigh.

The other students were equally entranced, feeling as if they had stumbled into a paradise—an idyllic place that made them reluctant to leave, even dreaming of settling here.

Not far from where they stood, there was a row of houses, complete with courtyards, an electric car, and a large vegetable garden full of crops.

These had all been cultivated by the long-term stationed Beastmasters.

Microglow City, including the city lord's mansion, had established various forces that trained mercenary groups to hunt monsters outside the city for materials, occupy dimensional spaces, and even send scientific teams to conduct research within them.

As for the research topics?

According to Kent, they mainly focused on the structure and composition of these spaces—how they appeared, how they connected to Earthstar, their stability, and whether it was possible to artificially create such spaces.

Another research topic was the trace gas present in the air of these realms. It was said that most mutations in plants and animals were caused by the leakage of this gas from the dimensional space, which was absorbed by them and caused their mutations, though it had no effect on humans.

After years of research and isolation, humans had successfully extracted small amounts of this mysterious gas, which had been named "X Gas." However, its molecular structure was still under investigation.

Additionally, scientists were also studying the various substances within these realms, including water, air, soil, light, sound waves, plants, and native beasts.

Overall, these research topics held immense value for the development and advancement of human civilization.

Over the years, humans had made many new discoveries, leading to numerous inventions. These research breakthroughs also had some impact on human genetic mutations, although they were still under ongoing experimentation.

Kent, being a fan of news after his transmigration, had learned about several representative human research directions, such as gene grafting human trials, X gas cellular injections, and brain domain intelligence development.

Returning to the topic of these dimensional spaces…

Once conquered, humans naturally took possession of them for research purposes. Some important dimensional spaces were heavily guarded by military forces, but more often, these spaces were home to powerful native beasts or even god-like creatures, making them too dangerous for humans to conquer. In those cases, losses were severe every time they attempted to invade.

The Bullhorn Mountain Secret Realm in Nylon County was a small realm with no major threats. Hence, only a secondary mercenary group was stationed here, with some of its members staying behind while others went out to hunt monsters and earn credit points.

Mercenaries held a high position in Earthstar society and were highly respected, often referred to as "Monster Hunters."

The reason for their high status was simple.

After all, this was an era of great struggle.

In times like these, any person with a fiery spirit didn't want to spend their life buried in the mundane affairs of daily life or hiding behind the protection of city walls.

In the past, humanity's conflicts were internal, but now, the fight was for survival, for homes, and for the advancement of the species.

Mercenaries fought on the frontlines.

Kent looked around at this beautiful world and couldn't help but sigh, feeling that his transmigration had been worth it.

He even thought that, if in the future he were to become a mercenary stationed in this secret realm, he wouldn't regret it too much.

After all, the Bullhorn Mountain Secret Realm was like a dreamland.