I Too Can Be a Bug Catcher (33)

Huohuo wasn't quite used to the curved shell, entering it cautiously.

Fortunately, the grass's flexibility allowed it to quickly adapt to the environment inside.

Huohuo really liked the spaciousness the large snail shell provided.

However, considering there were still many things to move, Huohuo slightly retracted its wildly growing roots.

Then, it extended its vines to transfer its collection from the old pot to its new home.

Calling it a flower pot was an understatement; by size, it was more like a tank. It had to be said, Carry was truly a magical skill.

Watching Huohuo quickly adapt to its new home not far away, Zhou Lu's heart was filled with hope for the future.

Racial Skills, as the most important skills for Spirit Beasts, were one of the criteria Beast Tamers used to judge whether they had potential for cultivation.

As the most important skills, Racial Skills generally couldn't be copied by replication-type skills, but Dream Rain Flower's Absorption was an exception.

It wasn't surprising that Dream Rain Flowers were few in number; with such a monstrous skill, heaven naturally had to make them pay a price.

Some Racial Skills were very powerful, but they were hindered by the Spirit Beast's own weakness, preventing them from unleashing their original strength.

Just like this Carry skill; because of the Flying Jade Bee's weakness, most people wouldn't consider this skill very strong.

But when placed on Huohuo, it displayed absurd practicality, even becoming Zhou Lu's favorite skill at the moment.

It was a shame that Carry targeted quality and couldn't change an object's volume, which meant the things Huohuo could carry were ultimately limited.

A Racial Skill from a bee that couldn't become a Spirit Pet had such high practicality, it made Zhou Lu consider the idea of "plucking" Racial Skills from Spirit Beasts that others considered weak, like insects, mice, and plants.

For example, the Electric Mouse he encountered in the grassland Secret Realm before.

If its Racial Skill could be obtained by Huohuo, then with the effect of skill acceleration, Huohuo's vines would definitely be more powerful than they were now.

And the Sticky Baby's Racial Skill might allow Huohuo to secrete mucus that was waterproof, fireproof, and strongly adhesive.

Wait!

Speaking of which…

A flash of inspiration seemed to cross Zhou Lu's mind.

In the academy, Academic Credits were the "currency," so every student who spent 5 Academic Credits to enter a Secret Realm aimed to recoup their costs.

Aside from intel obtained through personal channels like Li Yi, the academy's forum had long since researched strategies for recouping costs in various Secret Realms.

This time, Zhou Lu was acting alone. Before entering the Secret Realm, he had specifically studied the recouping strategies for the Linxi Secret Realm.

Recouping costs essentially meant capturing some Spirit Beasts to exchange for money, and the academy would occasionally post missions.

However, missions were highly sought after, usually being snapped up instantly.

And the Spirit Beasts that were purchased long-term were generally consumables for major companies or laboratories.

For instance, chipmunks were purchased as laboratory animals, and many Spirit Beasts were purchased as raw materials.

Zhou Lu took out his electronic compendium, clicked on the Linxi Secret Realm distribution, and then searched through the vast number of Spirit Beast compendiums for the flash of inspiration in his mind.

The Linxi Secret Realm didn't have any large Spirit Beasts; it was a type of Secret Realm dominated by flora.

Surrounding the almost tropical rainforest lived a large number of small animals.

Insects.

Zhou Lu's finger stopped on a compendium entry.

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Name: [Ghost Face Nightmare Butterfly]

Attribute: Unknown

Racial Skill: [Lilliput]

Belonging Secret Realm: C0032 (Linxi Secret Realm)

Introduction: A few confirmed Fantasy Species Spirit Beasts that can emit white light and shrink objects. Humans use its illumination to shrink parts for assembly, giving rise to modern precision instrument industry.

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Fantasy Species Spirit Beasts, those Spirit Beasts that exist in human myths and legends, are the origin of many legends. They existed as legends for a long time until a biologist found the Ghost Face Nightmare Butterfly in the Linxi Secret Realm, thus confirming the existence of Fantasy Species Spirit Beasts.

It was the Spirit Beast that appeared in the fairy tale "Lilliput" and the culprit behind the creation of Lilliput.

The real-life Ghost Face Nightmare Butterfly does possess the Racial Skill to shrink objects, but there is a limit to the size of the objects it can shrink. It is a means it uses for foraging or evading natural predators.

It is generally believed that human ancestors accidentally came into contact with the Ghost Face Nightmare Butterfly, which led to the creation of the story of "Lilliput."

Fantasy Species Spirit Beasts have very special attributes that cannot be categorized by any known attribute.

These Spirit Beasts are not countered by any known attribute except the divine attribute, nor do they counter any known attribute.

Because there are too few samples to define them and they haven't shown any special counter-relations to other attributes, they can only be marked as [Unknown], awaiting further research and classification.

Many professional players in Beast Taming competitions want to own a Fantasy Species Spirit Beast. Their attribute traits allow them to be evenly matched in competitions, enabling players to not consider attribute relationships during battles.

Unfortunately, apart from the Ghost Face Nightmare Butterfly, other known Fantasy Species are almost impossible to capture.

And this fantasy butterfly itself is too weak to be a suitable competition Spirit Pet. However, people soon discovered another use for it: shrinking parts.

However, in Zhou Lu's eyes, the [Lilliput] skill had another use.

With that thought, he glanced at Huohuo beside him.

With [Lilliput], Huohuo could store more items in its "home."

Huohuo, carrying its shell on its back, crawled forward beside Zhou Lu. The two soon arrived at the Linxi Secret Realm's camp, where they deposited the selected White Jade Snail Shells and Red Jade Orbs, and disposed of the remaining shells.

Due to the extensive use of Ghost Face Nightmare Butterflies in precision equipment manufacturing, there were always merchants at the Linxi Secret Realm camp who bought such butterflies.

Without any effort, Zhou Lu arranged for a traveling merchant to accompany him to the Ghost Face Nightmare Butterfly's habitat.

Raising Spirit Beasts was actually much more difficult than imagined. Due to their innate extraordinary attributes, they had extremely high environmental requirements.

This led to many companies choosing the relatively cheaper option of wild capture, even when Spirit Beast farming industries existed.

This was even more true for the Ghost Face Nightmare Butterfly, a Fantasy Species.

Following the stream upstream, Zhou Lu soon reached the Nightmare Butterfly habitat, located at the edge of the safe zone in the upper reaches.

The sky was filled with Ghost Face Nightmare Butterflies, emitting a faint, eerie glow under the setting sun.

Looking at the ghost faces on their wings, Zhou Lu strongly suspected their true attribute might be Ghost. After all, "Fantasy" was just a temporary, generalized attribute.

"Are you ready, Huohuo?"

Zhou Lu looked at Huohuo beside him.

He hadn't expected to become an insect-catching boy one day.

But no matter what, he was determined to get the [Lilliput] skill!

Huohuo: o(^▽^)┛

Huohuo was already prepared.

It used [Entangling Vines] to weave a net-like shape on one of its vines.

On the vine of the net, Huohuo carefully coated it with the Sticky Baby's mucus, giving the net the properties of a spider web.

Huohuo made a total of five such insect nets!

"Then let's begin!"

A skill card appeared in Zhou Lu's hand.

[Body Feed]! Activate!

Huohuo's luck value doubled!

Third update achieved!