NOVEL WEB Chapter 142 - Domestication
The Imperial Capital Star of the Blue-Black Empire is undoubtedly one of the planets with the highest population. This planet is densely populated with cities, and there are few large areas of natural scenery.
As a result, even the largest Central Forest on the Imperial Capital Star covers only one-tenth of the planet’s surface and is the only large natural area on the Imperial Capital Star.
A thousand years ago, the Central Forest once covered one-fifth of the entire planet. However, the resources within the forest have been repeatedly sifted through by humans, and the exotic beasts have been hunted to near extinction, while most of the trees have been cut down.
More than a hundred years ago, when the Central Forest shrank to less than one-twentieth of its original size, the Blue-Black Empire finally enacted a law designating the Central Forest as a nature reserve, thus preventing it from becoming a barren wasteland.
Therefore, the Central Forest on the Imperial Capital Star is different from the vast forests on other planets; it is not a completely wild forest, but rather a forest that has been cultivated and planned by humans.
In other words, the Central Forest of the Imperial Capital Star is entirely under human control, including the exotic beasts within it.
The exotic beasts here are in a semi-domesticated state, and each mutated beast has a micro-bomb implanted within its body. If it is found that any of these mutated beasts pose a threat to human safety, the monitoring personnel can resolve the situation immediately.
Humans originally domesticated exotic beasts in the Central Forest for natural meat sources, but gradually, another business opportunity developed: training grounds.
This is the only natural area on the Imperial Capital Star where training can occur.
However, because the fees here are very expensive, generally only the children of wealthy families have the opportunity to come here for training.
This was one of the methods General Su devised to temporarily solve the problem of Mai Dongzi’s training: going to the Central Forest to hunt exotic beasts.
In fact, the Xi family also has shares in this area, and during the long summer holidays, the elite children of the Xi family come here to train.
Lucy, due to her poor training aptitude, has never been able to participate in such training.
Of course, Mai Dongzi is different from those young elites, who only train in the ordinary training areas.
When Mai Dongzi arrived at the Central Forest, she went directly to the central area of the Central Forest, where the exotic beasts are all high-level.
Two hours earlier, bodyguard Su had arrived here first. As soon as Mai Dongzi arrived, the guard personally went to greet her and took her to meet an elderly eighth-level martial artist.
Before coming here, General Su informed Mai Dongzi that she had arranged for an eighth-level martial artist to assist her; this person is the general manager of the training area in the Central Forest.
“You are Little Su disciple,” the old man said as he looked at Mai Dongzi.
“Mai Dongzi. I have met the esteemed elder,” Mai Dongzi replied respectfully, stepping forward to bow.
Song Zongsheng glanced at the young girl before him. Before she had a chance to speak, he doubted whether she was indeed General Su’s disciple, as she was far too young and her appearance did not match.
However, when he looked closely at the girl’s calm eyes and then noted her mid-level sixth-stage martial artist cultivation, he felt he had no further doubts.
At such a young age, possessing such high cultivation, only General Su’s legendary prodigy female disciple could have such potential; it was impossible to impersonate her.
Moreover, he recognized the wood-element guard beside the girl.
As for the appearance issue, there are many ways to change one’s looks, so often they judge a person by their cultivation level and the aura they carry.
“Little Su is truly fortunate to have received such a disciple,” Song Zongsheng remarked with admiration.
“It is my good fortune to be a disciple of General Su. She has provided me with a lot of guidance, and since becoming her disciple, my cultivation has progressed much more smoothly,” Mai Dongzi said honestly.
“Are you sure you want to enter the eighth-level beast area?” Song Zongsheng couldn’t help but confirm again.
Although the beasts in this forest are semi-tamed, eighth-level beasts are different; they can be extremely dangerous when they go berserk, and even he wouldn’t dare to provoke them.
For a sixth-level martial artist to face an eighth-level beast is like delivering food to them. Even though this young girl has a seventh-level mental ability, it is still very dangerous to confront an eighth-level beast. Song Zongsheng felt that General Su was taking too much of a risk.
In fact, both the guard and Mu Bo were a bit worried as well; eighth-level beasts are indeed too powerful. Although they could follow closely, given their cultivation levels, they likely wouldn’t be of much help. At most, they could act as a shield in front of the young lady.
“Although it’s a bit risky, if I don’t take risks, I won’t be able to break through my bottleneck,” Mai Dongzi said, of course not mentioning that she could at least protect herself.
“Then you need to pay attention to your safety!” Song Zongsheng urged.
With a prodigy of her caliber, possessing a cultivation potential at the SSS level, General Su would certainly not allow her to remain trapped in a bottleneck.
Falling into a cultivation bottleneck can be quite troublesome; if not resolved quickly, over time, one’s cultivation can become completely stagnant.
Generally, when cultivators find themselves in such situations, they often resort to this method to break through.
Mai Dongzi strapped a controller to her hand that could control beasts within a twenty-meter range, so that if she finds herself at a disadvantage against an eighth-level beast and in danger, she could press this controller to directly kill the beast.
After bidding farewell to Song Zongsheng and the guard, Mai Dongzi boarded a two-person flying vehicle heading to the eighth-level beast area.
The guard accompanied Mai Dongzi into the training area, while Mu Bo stayed in the control area to prevent any unforeseen accidents.
Although Mu Bo’s cultivation level wasn’t particularly high, his experience far surpassed that of the guard.
At first, General Su was unwilling to let Mai Dongzi face eighth-level beasts directly.
However, there were only a meager handful of stingy seventh-level beasts in the Central Forest, and if Mai Dongzi was to hunt, she would run out of targets in just two days. So, her sights were set on the eighth-level beasts, and General Su had no choice but to agree.
In her past life, when Mai Dongzi had perished, the zombies and mutated beasts on Water Blue Star were only at the seventh level, so she had never dealt with eighth-level beasts before.
This filled her with anticipation as she wanted to see just how powerful the eighth-level beasts really were.
On her way there, Mai Dongzi read up on information regarding high-level beasts in the Central Forest.
After synthesizing all the basic characteristics of the beasts, Mai Dongzi felt that most of the beasts on Emperor Star, in terms of appearance, attack methods, and feeding habits, were quite similar to the mutated beasts on Water Blue Star.
Aside from a few specific species, most beasts were quadrupedal, with sharp claws and terrifyingly large mouths.
Just by looking at the appearance of these beasts, one could tell that their primary method of attack was biting.
Each training area was separated by protective barriers to prevent high-level beasts from breaching into the mid-level beast area and wiping out the humans training there in one fell swoop.
Upon arriving at the training area, the guard would stay on the flying vehicle, following Mai Dongzi’s movements from above the forest. This way, if Mai Dongzi encountered any danger, he could quickly bring her onto the vehicle and escape.
As Mai Dongzi entered the training area where the eighth-level beasts were located, she felt that although the woods inside were quiet and serene, they exuded an invisible pressure.