Was this really something humans had come up with?
Su Ping was baffled.
He stared at the latest martial arts TV series on his computer:
"My Sword Spirit Beast Girlfriend."
Actually, it had much the same flavor as the shows in his previous life.
No matter the genre, there had to be romance.
Only, in this world, one more rule had to be added: no matter the genre, there had to be pet beasts.
Of course, Blue Star was a world of Beast Tamers to begin with, so that was understandable.
But...
Su Ping looked at the fresh-faced male lead on his computer, who was less handsome than him yet could still get viewers screaming "Aaaaaah!" in the scrolling comments,
and the sword in his hand, with its blatant product placement-"Produced by the Ouyezi Company"-in deliberately enlarged lettering.
Then he looked at the female sword spirit who emerged from that sword, and went numb.
Artifact spirit pet beasts did exist, of course, but alongside mechanical pet beasts, they were reputed to be the hardest types to raise.
The Beast Tamer Association even had two corresponding subsidiary associations: the Artifact Refiner Association and the Mechanic Association.
Compared with elemental, plant, animal, and undead pet beasts, these two types were much rarer.
But could your goddamn metal resources manufacturing company really make a pet beast artifact capable of giving birth to an artifact spirit?
If they had that kind of ability, Su Ping absolutely refused to believe their chairman wasn't also the president of the Imperial City's Artifact Refiner Association.
Sure enough, he had no reason to expect anything from these modern TV dramas that could shock people to death without paying compensation.
Fortunately, there were at least a few highly rated films with decent performances.
But if he was looking for