Beast Taming: My System is Bugged-Chapter 101 - 100: Forced Entry
「Danger Warning!」
「You have fallen into a bottomless abyss.」
「At the critical moment, Cyan Treasure saved your life, preventing you from falling to your death on the spot!」
「In the abyss, you have encountered a Demon Pet Beast—the Sinful Mantis!」
Gu Ming stood on the soil of the back mountain, watching the Little Mantis Beast fly past him, completely bewildered.
"Gu Ming! Why are you so disobedient, running off to the mountain by yourself!"
Behind Gu Ming, the shouts of his family and the voices of his teacher and the others followed close behind.
That’s right. To test the system’s bug, Gu Ming had gone so far as to climb the wall and run off to the back mountain to explore.
Just as he’d expected, the system’s so-called abyss was, for him, just solid mountain ground. There was no fall whatsoever.
He was just standing on the firm surface of the mountain soil, yet the system claimed he had entered the confines of a bottomless abyss.
And the Little Mantis Beast before him didn’t even have a Star Level; it was as ordinary as could be.
Cyan Treasure caught up to the mantis using just its Master Level Body Technique.
With another flash of movement, it snatched the green mantis beast in its jaws.
And you’ll never guess what happened next.
The system displayed:
「After expending a monumental effort, Cyan Treasure finally defeated the Sinful Mantis and brought it back in its mouth.」
「Your recklessness has cost Cyan Treasure its life. After all, it is still accumulating its Magic Power Inner Core and has not yet completed its Evolution. Its lifespan is in grave danger, like a candle flickering in the wind.」
Gu Ming laughed to himself.
He looked at Cyan Treasure, which was hopping around full of life, completely fine. At worst, it had rushed a bit too fast and scraped off a small scale.
In the system’s eyes, this was the sign of a candle flickering in the wind. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
He wasn’t about to believe any of the system’s exaggerated descriptions.
Gu Ming reached out, took the little mantis from Cyan Treasure’s mouth, and held it up to examine.
This mantis was actually just a normal mantis, looking no different from any other common insect on the mountain.
Just as Gu Ming was holding the mantis,
his grandfather was surprisingly the first one to reach his side.
The old man was bent over, panting heavily. He gasped for air behind Gu Ming for over ten seconds before catching his breath and scolding him:
"What are you running around for? There are Black and White Long-Armed Apes active in this area!"
But Gu Ming just said, "Grandpa, the Gu Family has no cowards. I’m not afraid of any Black and White Long-Armed Ape. I just want to explore the back mountain. I’d have come even if you didn’t agree."
Gu Ming sounded very childish when he said this, completely disregarding his family’s warnings.
His grandfather was left speechless. These were the exact words he had told Gu Ming before, and now they were being used to lecture him.
In truth, Gu Ming had his own reasons for saying this.
After all, he already knew his grandfather had a Pet Beast.
’Since the Beastmaster heritage hasn’t been lost, there’s no real need to keep up this act with Grandpa.’
Therefore, Gu Ming arrogantly challenged the family’s authority. He wanted to use the system to find the family legacy.
The family legacy might not have been buried yet, or perhaps preparations for it hadn’t even begun.
He knew it was something from decades in the future, but the system had already marked it. Gu Ming felt he could rely on the system "bug" to pull this future legacy directly into the present.
It would be just like when he obtained the Flame Map in the ancestral hall by exploiting a time "bug."
That was why he had ignored his family’s objections, climbed the wall, and set out to explore the back mountain.
On the map marked in his mind, the back mountain was merely within the "bottomless abyss." The legacy was marked in a plot of land even further back, a place the system called the Boundless Forbidden Area.
He had never explored that far back as a child, so he ran out not only for his own sake but also to lure his family out, which would naturally draw the Black and White Long-Armed Ape into the picture.
However, with Lu You staying at home, the security measures there were a bit of an oversight.
Gu Ming turned around, intending to tell Teacher Zhang to stay behind and guard the house, but he discovered Lu You had come along right behind Teacher Zhang.
With that, Gu Ming’s worries vanished.
He said, "It’s the middle of the day, and since you’re all here anyway, why don’t we explore the back mountain together?"
The others looked at Gu Ming’s act-first-report-later, utterly unreasonable attitude, but they were helpless to do anything about him.
Lu You had no objections. She followed the group up the mountain, thinking Gu Ming had discovered something new, but it turned out he hadn’t.
But it wasn’t convenient to turn back alone now. Since she was already here, she could only follow along and explore the back mountain.
Gu Ming casually tossed the mantis to Cyan Treasure and let it eat.
「Cyan Treasure has slain a Demon Pet Beast on the spot!」
「Physical Strength +1」
Oho?
Gu Ming hadn’t paid any mind to these little mantises before; they were no match for Cyan Treasure at all.
’But since they can give Cyan Treasure a boost, I might as well let it kill its way through them.’
"Cyan Treasure, eat any insect you see. Use your Elephant-Swallowing Demon Technique to digest them," Gu Ming commanded inwardly.
And so, Gu Ming’s Cyan Treasure went on an insect-eating spree.
The system continuously popped up notifications about Demon Pet Beasts from the abyss being slain.
His grandfather also took out a slingshot and casually killed some mantises that had no Mana, then picked them up and put them in a sack. "We’ll have fried mantis tonight."
Mantis is high in protein, and they’re super crunchy when you fry them.
In addition, another message flashed through Gu Ming’s system, mentioning a "Flying Demon Rabbit."
But in the next instant, his grandfather’s slingshot fired, and the system prompted, "The Flying Demon Rabbit has been destroyed by Cyan Treasure’s immense combat power."
In reality, the system had misinterpreted the scene of his grandfather using the slingshot, mistakenly crediting the kill to Cyan Treasure.
Following the system’s exaggerated prompt, Gu Ming went over to help pick up this so-called "Flying Demon Rabbit."
No matter how he looked at it, it was just an ordinary wild rabbit. It was playing dead after being injured, its body still warm and twitching.
’I wonder if this will become the "Flying Demon Rabbit" of the future,’ Gu Ming wondered.
He had also brought some black plastic bags, prepared for this very moment.
He tossed the small and medium-sized prey that had been killed into a bag, tied it shut to block out any light, and kept it on his person for a while.
Just like that, he followed his grandfather, exploring until he had nearly strolled through the entire "abyss."
Meanwhile, Gu Ming periodically checked the Flame Map in his mind, realizing he was still quite a distance from the so-called treasure.
By now, his grandfather had caught enough mantises and decided it was time to take his family home.
"It’s about time to head back. If we go any further, we’ll be off the Gu Family’s mountain," his grandfather said.
But Gu Ming took another step forward.
「You have climbed out of the bottomless abyss.」
「You have entered the Boundless Forbidden Area. Here, life proliferates wildly in ways that defy convention, and terrifying Spirit Beasts lie in wait. Even High-star Pet Beasts will have their power suppressed to a One-star Level upon entry. With your current strength, it is not recommended that you proceed.」
Gu Ming didn’t feel any danger, nor did he see an endless swarm of insects. He immediately said:
"Let’s just go a little further. Cyan Treasure hasn’t eaten its fill yet."
In reality, Cyan Treasure was stuffed. Its belly was bulging, and the Celestial Demon Technique was rumbling away, rapidly digesting the food inside.
