Beast Taming: Invincible Breeder-Chapter 411 - 396: Devouring Slime

Following the usual practice, Li Cunxu let the Little White Spider choose a name, letting it think that by choosing a name, it was intervening in the destiny of the new Slime tribe, thereby earning destiny points.

The Little White Spider pondered, "They all have the ’Big Eater’ talent, should we call them Big Eater Slime?"

The Slime showed strong resistance, shaking its head wildly.

The Little White Spider thought of another name.

"How about Gluttonous Slime?"

"Puchi~ (Not imposing enough.)"

The Slime shook its head again. Having mutated from an Intelligent Slime, its intelligence had risen again after the mutation, and it had some ideas of its own about the future name of its species.

The Little White Spider said, "If you want something imposing, how about Devouring Slime?"

The Devouring Slime’s eyes lit up and it nodded repeatedly.

"Puchi~ Puchi~ (This is good, imposing and sounds good, let’s go with this.)"

The name Devouring Slime reminded Li Cunxu of a famous player in a past life game who created the renowned ’Devouring Slime’ (mentioned in Chapter 7).

In the past life game, the Devouring Slime also had the Big Eater (Purple) talent.

"A Slime with the Big Eater talent being called ’Devouring Slime’ in both lifetimes—is it a coincidence, or is it destined to be called this name?"

Li Cunxu murmured to himself in a voice nobody else could hear.

After observing the Devouring Slime for a while, Li Cunxu found this Devouring Slime was different from the previous life’s ’Devouring Slime’.

The previous life’s ’Devouring Slime’ was just a big eater with strong combat power, not much different from ordinary slimes. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

And this Devouring Slime, besides being a big eater and having formidable combat power, had an additional weakness and strength.

Weakness: When in a state of hunger, the Devouring Slime’s intelligence will decline, and when it reaches extreme hunger, it will go berserk, eating everything it can, including soil, unconsciously.

Strength: If it remains satiated for a long time, the Devouring Slime’s intelligence will slowly and permanently increase.

Compared to its strength, the weakness can be ignored.

An increase in intelligence can slightly enhance insight, and the higher the insight, the greater the probability of comprehending rules.

This means that the Devouring Slime has a slight possibility of breaking through to be a King.

Looking at the intelligence test papers, Li Cunxu exclaimed happily.

"This Devouring Slime will have a bright future!"

"Master, don’t be too quick to rejoice, we can’t afford to raise Devouring Slime."

The Little White Spider dampened the mood.

"The Devouring Slime has an enormous appetite and is a true ’big eater’. We can afford to raise one or two, but when the number reaches a thousand or ten thousand, even the Land of Fertility, with its endless resources, will fall short in the face of their bottomless appetites.

Especially as the Devouring Slime’s power grows, its appetite will also increase; in the end, it could devour the entire Fertile Island."

Li Cunxu gently ruffled the Little White Spider’s head with his big hand.

"Don’t push yourself too hard; you can slow down on researching mechanical weapons and understanding fate skills, occasionally browse the internet, watch short videos, and relax."

The Little White Spider, super smart, immediately realized Li Cunxu’s hint that there might be a way to solve the Devouring Slime’s excessive eating problem online.

"Master, I’ll find a balance between work and rest; you should just spill it—how do we solve the Devouring Slime issue? Stop beating around the bush."

"We truly can’t afford to raise the Devouring Slime, but we can have others raise it for us and earn money."

The Little White Spider instantly understood Li Cunxu’s meaning.

Selling the Devouring Slime to other Beast Masters to contract would not only save expenses but also ensure a bright future for the Devouring Slime, earning some money in the process, achieving multiple goals in one move.

"But how is this related to the internet?"

"Didn’t I win the Overlord competition through Xiaoruan not long ago? This led to many impulsive young people contracting slimes."

The Little White Spider questioned, "After the competition, didn’t you immediately release a video advising people not to contract slimes? And didn’t the Alliance also enact laws limiting people from contracting slimes? How are there still people contracting them, and so many at that?"

Li Cunxu sighed, "Profit-driven video bloggers, eager for views and money, deliberately contracted Slimes, then used acting, video editing, and AI-generated methods to make fake videos, creating an illusion that the Slimes they contracted were also very powerful.

They deceive young people by saying they have tutorials on ’making a Slime super powerful’ just like Li Cunxu’s.

For just a small amount of Alliance Coins, they can purchase it from the blogger..."

The Little White Spider said, "Then some people believe it, purchase the so-called tutorials, and contract a Slime."

Li Cunxu lamented, "Yes! Many believe it, a significant number indeed. Before this issue blew up, those bloggers collectively ran off with the money. With no one to blame, the parents of those youths who wasted a contract slot pointed their anger at me, claiming I was the instigator."

This matter has stirred quite a storm of public opinion online. If it continues, I suspect the Alliance might remove this year’s Overlord competition videos to mitigate the impact."

The Little White Spider asked, "Those bloggers all escaped? Not one was caught?"

"No."

"Master, this is clearly a conspiracy targeting you, tarnishing your reputation."

"Yes, I’ve seen that too."

Li Cunxu was somewhat helpless; the opponents were very skillful, ruining his reputation without leaving him a way to retaliate.

Fortunately, Li Cunxu wasn’t someone who particularly cared about his reputation.

Who could be the mastermind behind this conspiracy?

It could be the enemies of Li Shiji; it could be the Four Evil Gods Sects... they all have motives and possibilities.

Finding out the mastermind? Li Cunxu didn’t have the heart for it.

The key to uncovering the mastermind lies with those bloggers causing trouble. Investigating where those bloggers escaped to is time-consuming and labor-intensive; after all the effort, it might turn out that those bloggers have already been silenced by the mastermind.

Li Cunxu’s idea was very simple: since he didn’t know who the mastermind was, he assumed it was all of them, and once he grew stronger, he’d take them down one by one; after all, they weren’t good people.

"Devouring Slime and the online outcry against you?" the Little White Spider pondered, "I understand, since the craze for contracting Slimes can’t be stopped, proactively guide people to contract Devouring Slime. This way, you not only mitigate the negative impact on your reputation but also promote Devouring Slime’s name."

Some, worshipping Xiaoruan’s strength, impulsively and blindly contracted a Slime wanting a pet as powerful as the Slime, but later, when the Slime didn’t meet their expectations, they regretted wasting a contract slot and blamed Li Cunxu for misleading them.