Gang Gang

Ya Bao: "..."

So weak...

Tang Yi silently turned his head away, unable to bear watching.

He was certain Sǎ Gěng Meow had never watched a Blazing Star Hound match. Otherwise, how could it dare?

Yang Jiayi felt utterly exhausted.

Sǎ Gěng Meow had been constantly picking fights with the Blazing Star Hound for the past month. She knew why—it was nothing more than jealousy.

After all, this had happened before.

But knowing was one thing; finding a suitable way to solve the problem was another.

Things had actually been fine at first. Whenever Sǎ Gěng Meow went after the Blazing Star Hound, it would either be hit by Ice Kexilu's Healing Sound Wave or, like now, put under Hypnosis by the Ghost Ring Spirit.

Honestly, those two moves could settle the dispute for the moment. But every time Sǎ Gěng Meow woke up afterward, it felt utterly humiliated. The more it thought about it, the angrier it got, until things had escalated to this point, leaving her at a loss.

"When we reach the Third District, find a breeder to take a look," Officer Chen said. He had already learned about the situation aboard the starship.

High-level breeders could not only offer proper guidance regarding a pet beast's future training direction, but also understand its psyche and resolve problems between beastmasters and pet beasts, or between pet beasts themselves.

"Okay." Yang Jiayi nodded.

That was the only thing they could do.

"No need to make it so troublesome," Qiao Sang said.

The three of them immediately turned to look at her.

Yang Jiayi asked impatiently, "You have a solution?"

Qiao Sang gave a slight nod. "Find time to let them battle once. At the end of the day, Sǎ Gěng Meow just wants to fight Ya Bao. Give it what it wants."

Officer Chen thought it over and agreed. "That is indeed one way to handle it."

Pet beast battles were perfectly ordinary between beastmasters. Sometimes, people would arrange a match just because they caught each other's eye while walking down the street, or got the urge while chatting over a meal.

Yang Jiayi: "???"

Could battling a Blazing Star Hound even be called a battle? That was called getting crushed!

She might also be the champion of the Grade Three Section, but that was the Coordination Competition! How could her combat strength compare to the champion of the national Grade Three Section Personal Combat Team?!

Yang Jiayi politely declined. "I'd rather find a breeder. My Sǎ Gěng Meow is pretty stubborn. Even if it loses, it'll probably still go bother the Blazing Star Hound every day."

That would be great. It'd bring me points every day... Qiao Sang said solemnly, "Hiring a breeder costs quite a bit of money. Sǎ Gěng Meow is only acting this way because of Ya Bao. It hasn't done anything wrong—it just wants to fight. If it wants to battle every day, my Ya Bao can handle it."

"Ya..."

Hearing its beastmaster's words, Ya Bao revealed a thoughtful expression.

That guy looked pretty weak, but if it wanted to battle that badly, Ya Bao did not mind.

Tang Yi looked deeply envious.

If he could battle someone as strong as Qiao Sang every day too, that would be wonderful...

Battle every day?! Too terrifying, simply too terrifying... Yang Jiayi turned to Tang Yi, hoping he would say something.

But the instant their eyes met, she froze.

What was with that look?

More than ten minutes later, the train arrived at Baidun Station.

Led by Officer Chen, the four of them arrived at Yuanxin Hotel.

The front desk attendant handed them their key cards and reminded them:

"If anything strange happens in your rooms, call the front desk. We'll send someone up immediately."

Something strange? What kind of strange things? Qiao Sang conveyed her confusion with her eyes.

At that moment, Tang Yi became her spokesperson. "What kind of strange things?"

Yang Jiayi looked at the front desk as well, her eyes equally curious.

The staff member froze for a moment, seemingly not expecting anyone to ask that.

But she quickly regained her professional composure, keeping the standard upward curve of her lips as she said, "For example, the television suddenly turning on, channels changing for no reason, or half of your food disappearing."

Why does that sound so much like something Little Treasure would do... Qiao Sang turned to Little Treasure.

"Xun~"

Little Treasure blinked innocently.

The staff member continued, "That's because some Wild Pet Beasts get lost and accidentally wander in here. But don't panic. The Wild Pet Beasts within this jurisdiction are all friendly and won't harm people."

Just then, two guests walked through the hotel's entrance, grumbling angrily:

"The Wild Pet Beasts on this street have gone too far. They even snatch Identity Bracelets. If my Qiqi Flying Bird hadn't reacted so quickly, it would've been stolen already."

"Exactly. Who knows who's responsible for public security in the Thirteenth District? Wild Pet Beasts like that should be driven somewhere like the Lower Tenth District."

"Yesterday, while I was bathing in this hotel, a wild Muddy Worm crawled out of the toilet. It would've been one thing if it just refused to leave, but it even rolled around on my towel right in front of me. If this place weren't close to the airport, who would stay here?"

"Exactly, exactly..."

The two guests chatted as they headed toward the elevators, their voices gradually fading away.

A brief silence fell over the front desk area.

The staff member coughed and corrected herself. "Well, most of them. Most of the Wild Pet Beasts within this jurisdiction are still friendly."

Everyone: "..."

Yuanxin Hotel, Room 302.

Qiao Sang sat at the desk reading.

Suddenly, her head began to ache.

Qiao Sang rubbed her temples, trying to ease the pain.

After rubbing them for a while, she turned to look at the already sleeping Yang Jiayi, then at the night sky outside the window. A wave of exhaustion surged over her.

Qiao Sang closed her book, got up to turn off the lights, and then lay down on the bed.

Superstar Planet was different from a starship. On the starship, before encountering a star, it was basically pitch-black outside the cabin.

If the lights were turned off, one truly could not see a thing. It was almost like being blind—unable to tell the time, not even knowing where to reach for a phone. So even while sleeping, they would leave a warm-colored light on in the cabin.

Now that she and Yang Jiayi were sharing a double room on Superstar Planet, it was not appropriate to keep the light on all night to read. It might very well affect someone else's sleep.

Yang Jiayi was too good-natured. Even if she were affected, she probably would not say anything.

In her drowsiness, Qiao Sang fell asleep.

In the darkness of night, a small bird-like pet beast with red eyes and purple feathers stopped outside the window of Room 302. Its feathers looked as though it were wrapped in armor, except for the fluffier feathers on its chest.

Its sharp eyes stared at Ya Bao sleeping on the bed for a while before settling on the Identity Bracelet worn on its right claw.

The purple bird pet beast warily looked into every corner of the room. After confirming that the only two humans were asleep, it gently pushed open the window with its wing.

Its movements were so light that it made almost no sound, as practiced as though it had done this hundreds of times before.

Inside the room, Qiao Sang was sleeping deeply.

Anyone who had gone over a month without sleep would be like this.

Right now, even an earthquake probably would not wake her for quite a while.

The purple bird pet beast flew over to Ya Bao's side and extended its wing toward the Identity Bracelet.

But just as it was about to touch it, something poked its back twice.

The purple bird pet beast shuddered and stiffly turned its head, only to see a pair of purple eyes.

"Gang Gang..."