Beast Taming: My System is Bugged-Chapter 128 - 127: Going in Circles
"You made an agreement with the classmate with severe social anxiety to go to the library and search for Laser Skills suitable for Cyan Treasure."
「The next day, at the school library.」
He had originally planned to ask Teacher Zhang for help finding Laser Skills.
But last night, while chatting, Gu Ming mentioned that Cyan Treasure had also learned the Earth Shifting Technique and other Earth Attribute Skills.
When Teacher Zhang asked, Gu Ming told him about finding inspiration for a Cultivation Technique while reading in the school library.
Somehow, that had triggered the system prompt above.
And so, Gu Ming had come to the library with Lu You.
Gu Ming walked over to the shelves for the Light Attribute and began looking through the books.
Lu You was looking at books related to the Earth Escape Technique, so she wasn’t right beside him.
Standing before the shelves, Gu Ming flipped through many books but couldn’t find one that triggered a system prompt.
This made him hesitate.
’Is there really a book here it can learn from?’
’Or is my method wrong?’
Used to pondering the system’s "bugs," he decided to have Cyan Treasure search for itself.
"Cyan Treasure, you go find a book that you feel would be useful for your Light Spiritual Root," Gu Ming said.
He didn’t specifically tell it to look for a Light Attribute Laser Skills book, as he had already looked through all the books on lasers without triggering a single system prompt.
So, he lowered the difficulty and let Cyan Treasure search on its own.
Cyan Treasure nodded and set off immediately, weaving through the Light Element Skills section.
Gu Ming waited a few seconds, and text popped up from the system.
"You instructed Cyan Treasure to search for Light Element Skills books on its own."
"Cyan Treasure is searching for a book..."
Seeing this line of text, Gu Ming breathed a sigh of relief.
’Since the system said so, it must be possible, just like when Ah Kun goes out and finds Spirit Stones.’
’Now all I have to do is wait.’
With time on his hands, Gu Ming went to see what book Lu You was looking at.
This trip wasn’t just to find a Laser Skills manual; they also needed to find books related to the Wood Escape Ultimate Skill.
Lu You was searching for that type of Earth Attribute Cultivation Manual, which would help Mouse Treasure master the Earth Escape Technique.
As soon as Gu Ming walked over, the system immediately displayed:
"The classmate with severe social anxiety is looking through a book on the system related to the Wood Escape Ultimate Skill."
Seeing this, Gu Ming had an idea. He stood beside her and watched as well, careful not to disturb her.
Lu You had been completely absorbed in the book when she suddenly sensed someone next to her.
She tensed up for a moment, but then she recognized Gu Ming’s scent. Her body relaxed slightly, and she went back to reading.
It was strange.
Before Gu Ming arrived, the book had seemed abstruse and difficult to get through. She had been wondering if she should check it out to read it over a few more times.
But after Gu Ming stood beside her and stared at the book, she inexplicably fell into a mysterious and profound state, and her reading speed increased.
By the time she came to her senses, she had finished the book.
She was surprised to find Gu Ming still standing there watching. ’Did he stand here with me for the entire hour?’ she thought.
Lu You felt a little unnerved. She gently closed the book, offered it to Gu Ming, and asked softly, "Do you want to read it?"
Gu Ming waved his hand and said,
"It’s fine. I already finished it with you."
His words left Lu You at a loss for what to say.
"Th-this..." Her mind seemed to short-circuit.
Just then, Cyan Treasure finally trotted over with a book in its mouth, interrupting their conversation.
This was the book it had found, and the system displayed:
"After a long search, Cyan Treasure has finally found a Light Element Skills book that it can learn."
Gu Ming’s face lit up with joy. He took the book from Cyan Treasure and patted its head. "You’re amazing! You can find books on your own now!"
Gu Ming’s joy was genuine. He had searched for ages without finding a book that would trigger a system message, but when he let Cyan Treasure search for itself, it succeeded.
’From now on, I can just have Cyan Treasure do the hard work. It’ll save me a ton of effort.’
Lu You peeked from the side and saw the title on the cover: *The Third Eye*.
It wasn’t a book written specifically for Snake Pets, but rather a research book by an author studying Pet Beasts in the world that possess a Third Eye.
The title was simple, and the content related to snakes only made up a small portion of it.
After scanning the table of contents, Gu Ming didn’t jump straight to the Snake Pet Species section but started reading the entire text in order.
Lu You, still standing nearby, didn’t leave. Instead, as if guided by some strange impulse, she stood behind Gu Ming and read along with him, just as he had done with her a moment ago.
When it came to reading, their personalities were surprisingly similar.
Unable to see the book from down below, Cyan Treasure could only slither up to his shoulder to read along.
This completely floored the Sunflower Seed-eating Hamster.
’The three of you, can’t you just sit down to read? Do you have to stand in front of the bookshelf?’
...
’This book is purely for popular science; there’s nothing about the actual method for developing a Third Eye,’ Lu You thought, puzzled after finishing it.
’Gu Ming must be reading this because he wants to help Cyan Treasure develop a third snake eye.’
After all, for some powerful Snake Pets, the Third Eye was used to fire Lasers.
However, those types of Snake Pets were born with a Third Eye; the Little Cyan Snake was not.
The book didn’t say how to raise a Little Cyan Snake to have a Third Eye that could shoot Lasers, and even Teacher Zhang didn’t know. It was a problem that had stumped the teacher.
But for Gu Ming, after he finished the entire book, another piece of knowledge surfaced in his mind.
"*Ultimate Skill: Three-Eyed Divine Pupil*"
"Through a simple read-through, you realize that for the Time Dragon to develop the Three-Eyed Divine Pupil, its Spiritual Power must break through a threshold to form an Eye of the Sea of Consciousness. Only then can this organ be cultivated. The requirements are extremely high."
"Currently, Cyan Treasure has not learned any Spiritual Power Cultivation Techniques and cannot learn this Ultimate Skill."
If it had ended there, it would have been fine; he could have just given up on the idea.
The crucial part was that the system hadn’t completely shut it down, giving him new hope.
"You ask the classmate with severe social anxiety for her opinion. She shakes her head. The Star Level of this Ultimate Skill is extremely high and is not suitable for the current Cyan Treasure. It should practice the lower-configuration *Plant Life Light Wave* instead."
"Coincidentally, the low-configuration version, *Plant Life Light Wave*, is also part of the same system as the Wood Escape Ultimate Skill. It all clicks into place for you."
It really did all click into place for Gu Ming.
He still had to find a book, but he didn’t know where it was.
But he knew that Lu You might know.
Of course, the "knowing" he was referring to was the Lu You presented by the system. After all, the system had consistently referred to her as "the classmate with severe social anxiety," never using her actual name.
Gu Ming had his own theories about this. He didn’t complain about the system, but instead turned to the person beside him and asked:
"Has your Mouse Treasure comprehended anything from the Life System?"
Since Grass Seeds had been planted in the soil within Mouse Treasure, giving rise to Life Power, Gu Ming’s question wasn’t out of place.
Lu You was a little surprised. ’How does Gu Ming know?’ she wondered.
She thought she had seen such a book just now but hadn’t paid attention to where it was.
After some prompting from Gu Ming, Lu You pointed to a book on a shelf to her right and took it down.
The moment Gu Ming took it, the system displayed the relevant information. This book was, in fact, *Plant Life Light Wave*.
The title was plain, but it was exactly what Cyan Treasure needed most.
"This is the one!" Gu Ming declared before he had even read it.
This left the nearby Lu You feeling baffled.
’Perhaps this is just how geniuses operate,’ she thought.
