Beast Taming: the More the Better

"So it's a suspected assistance in an investigation, not a formal arrest. Besides, Mr. Qin, if you want a clearer understanding, you can also choose to come back to the station with us!"

Qin Chuan was startled and didn't quite follow, "You know who I am?"

Gu Hao chuckled softly.

He then gave a signal to the person behind him, and in an instant, everyone burst into the private room.

A series of Pet Beast summoning lights lit up...

...

In Linzhou, this was destined to be a sleepless night.

Time rewound slightly to a little earlier. At the far north of Dragon Nation, some unusual activities were also taking place.

This was in an office, but this office was quite special. It had no conventional lighting; instead, intermittent cold blue flames burned.

A handsome-faced man was smilingly watching the projection screen through his virtual glasses.

On the screen, young ladies lifted their legs and twisted their waists, which could be described as quite enticing. Additionally, mixed in were the effects of activating the special Talent "Beast Transformation" Skills, turning the originally lively and adorable young women into bunny girls and fox-eared girls.

Who could resist that?

The man watching was clicking his tongue in admiration, "Not bad, not bad. The little internet celebrities recently introduced by these domestic entertainment companies are really something..."

Unfortunately, such comfort lasted less than ten minutes before a crisp voice rang out in the room.

"Master, the permissions you set within Dragon Nation's internal network have been activated. It has been detected that someone in Dragon Nation is repeatedly searching for keywords. The searcher's information and IP address have been locked!"

The man was startled and gently touched his virtual glasses, "Hmm? Continue."

"Master, the search keywords are 'Heavenly Tomb' and 'Heavenly Tomb Sword Seal.' Multiple searches were carried out through ordinary search channels, internal Breeder channels, and internal Legion channels."

As soon as the mechanical voice spoke, the man's eyes instantly brightened.

The Sword Seal has appeared? Good thing I'd taken precautions. I knew those damn fools at Qintian Monitor couldn't be relied on! Some Secret Realms are completely off their radar. Once the Sword Seal appears, it's very likely that whoever finds it will detect it and search through various means. Hehe, just as I expected.

The man's northern accent revealed his excitement without a doubt, proud of his foresight and wisdom.

"However, they're searching through a Legion channel? Looks like it's one of our own. Ba Tian, get me the searcher's IP address and information!"

"Yes! The searcher's name is Su Ping. He is male, eighteen years old. His IP address indicates Linzhou City, Jianghai Province. He was awarded a first-class merit and the honorary title of Major by the Jianghai Province Beast Tamer Legion a month ago."

"Su Ping... eighteen? Honorary Major? First-class merit? Wait, where did you say he is?"

"Master, he's in Jianghai Forest Province!"

Suddenly startled, the man scratched his head and asked, "What about his family?"

"His father, Su Anyong, twenty years ago..."

Before the electronic voice could finish, the man looked as if he'd seen a ghost, "What the f*ck? Su Zhongguang's grandson? Isn't this too much of a damn coincidence?"

Could Su Anyong have gotten it? Did he take advantage of his return to Linzhou to give it to his son early, setting this trap to mess with me? Was it to get revenge for the resentment he's held all these years, after I drove him out back then? But when Su Zhongguang died, he entrusted me with letting this brat live a normal life. As the lad's nominal uncle, I'm damn well justified here. Besides, even though the Su kid looks unreliable, he wouldn't mess with me over something as huge as the Heavenly Tomb, would he? Otherwise, I wouldn't have planned to give him the instructor position for the Undead Special Forces tasked with exploring the Heavenly Tomb in the future.

Thinking of this, the man curiously looked at the information about Su Ping projected on the screen.

The man sucked his teeth, "How did he come by this first-class merit and this honorary military rank?"

"Master, during a special competition conducted by the Jianghai Province Beast Tamer Legion's Forest Wild Army, Su Ping, as the Breeder for the first-place winner, was personally given the honor by Zhao Deguang."

The mechanical voice responded immediately.

The man blinked. So this rascal isn't yanking my chain? Their family's kid, he really has talent?

The man propped up his chin, suddenly intrigued, "Where's this little guy now? Can he make some time to come to Beiyuan Province soon? Heh, I'm quite interested in this little fella."

The mechanical electronic voice paused briefly, then finally responded, "Reporting to Master, he is in the hospital."

"Hm? The kid is sick? Does Su Anyong know about this?" The man's brows furrowed slightly.

"After accessing Qintian Monitor privileges to observe, an investigation into the mechanical cameras at Linzhou City's Brilliant Unicorn Hospital showed that Su Ping instantly appeared in the hospital's hall via spatial teleportation. The specific reason is unknown. At the same time, while in the Brilliant Unicorn Hospital, he searched for keywords related to the Heavenly Tomb and the Heavenly Tomb Sword Seal."

"What?"

Hearing his Mechanical Pet Beast's reply, the man's brows furrowed even deeper. His years of perception made him sense that things might not be as simple as they appeared. "Use my privileges," he ordered, "to see what's really going on! Why did he use spatial teleportation to get to the hospital?"

This is Dragon Nation! The official forces are spread throughout the entire Dragon Nation. Unless it's in some remote deep mountains and old forests, if it involves the mechanical network, he can learn about it immediately with his privileges.

"Yes, please wait a moment, Master."

This time, it was clear that the man was no longer in the mood to continue watching the internet celebrity beast girls dance or the spirited lads nodding their heads. His brows slightly furrowed, his knuckles tapped lightly on the desk, making a dull sound, as if each tap struck a chord in his heart.

Finally, after more than half an hour had passed, the virtual glasses in front of him responded.

"Reporting to Master, some situations have been detected!"

"Speak!"

The mechanical voice did not speak; instead, a special video appeared in front of the man.

"After detection, this video was posted on a local Linzhou forum ten minutes ago. The video quality is very blurry, but it appears to show a Beast Tamer battle underway. It was just deleted by the forum administrator."

The man clicked on the video, and his brows never relaxed. What kind of damn quality is this? How could anyone make anything out?

However, what could be clearly seen didn't matter. The final earth-shattering explosion and blaze of light, despite obviously being filmed from a great distance, still caused the recorder's phone to shake and the screen to go black.

"Mechanical Weapons?"

"Correct, Master. Eventually, one side detonated Mechanical Weapons. Also, after comparison, the video's location is on the outskirts of Linzhou, on the way to Lingxi River. Su Ping's home is at the Heart of Wood Cultivation Base at Lingxi River Station, which is along this route. Based on data inference, the probability that Su Ping is one of the individuals in the video is 95.87%..."

BOOM!

A horrifying Spirit shock, like a tidal wave, instantly plunged the already dimly lit office into complete Darkness. However, in the Darkness, a pair of blood-red eyes suddenly lit up, filled entirely with ferocity and Bloodthirst.

But it was only for a moment; everything returned to normal just as quickly. The cold blue flames relit, and the blood-red eyes disappeared. The man's expression became incredibly calm once again.

But he didn't even dare to contemplate it.

What if Su Ping died in Linzhou? What would happen? Never mind how I would face Su Zhongguang beneath the nine springs. Su Anyong is right there in the camp in the far north. Su Anyong came to Beiyuan for his son. If something happened to Su Ping... If this kid hadn't inexplicably searched for the Heavenly Tomb, triggering the keyword I set in my permissions and alerting me, I'd probably still be in the dark about this! Are all the official forces in Jianghai just loafing around?!

He subconsciously took out his phone. However, after thinking it over, he put the phone down beside him and said directly, "Ba Tian, ask Xiao Xing to go to some trouble. Mobilize the Sky-splitter, and accompany me on an overnight flight to Linzhou."

After all, he, this so-called 'Second Grandpa,' had never even had a good look at the little guy.