Category: I’m Surrounded by My Own Pets!

Chapter 3: Virtual Battle

Pet Beast Evolution Battle, rather than being a man-made online game, felt more like a programmer directly copying the template and data of an entire different world. This was because there were millions of initial Juvenile Species pet beasts alone, and combined with the ever-changing evolutionary paths branching from the five categories, each stage became increasingly complex as they advanced. Especially in the late game, it was almost impossible for two Beast Tamers to have the same pet beast.

A set of values that even the programmers themselves couldn’t fully test maintained a delicate balance within the game, a system of checks and balances. Even if professional players directly shared their templates and evolution plans, the chances of other players successfully replicating them were slim to none. Either the evolution would deviate midway, or it would fail outright, wasting all the materials. This meant that each player developed unique systems and lineups, relying on their own continuous research and understanding to grow stronger.

However, Lian Xing, who had abandoned PVP competitive battles midway and switched to PVE training for many years, could be considered the player with the most theoretical knowledge in the entire game. She remembered every pet beast lineup and data that had appeared in the game, known as the walking pet encyclopedia. Even professional players would consult her before matches, reviewing and adjusting their lineups.

Therefore, at first glance at her own combination, she sensed a faint dissonance.

“Hiss…”

“Flexibility Enhancement as the initial talent, paired with the Mechanical Species evolution path?”

“It’s not that it’s bad, but it feels a bit strange. It has something going for it, but not much. Can this kind of combination really be one of the 36 Supernovas?”

“At least the training points should all be allocated to agility, right? What’s the point of putting them all into attack? Doesn’t that completely negate the Flexibility Enhancement talent?”

It might be passable with other pet beasts, but Lian Xing knew the Moonlight Rabbit too well…

The Moonlight Rabbit was the first pet beast she drew when the game launched in her previous life, and it was also her strongest main battle pet in the late game. Piled with countless resources and support buffs to a degree unimaginable to ordinary people, it swept away everything in its tier.

It could even be said that all her experience and accumulation were dedicated to the Biological Species evolution path of the Moonlight Rabbit.

Choosing the Mechanical evolution path was simply a waste…

“Sigh, there’s no helping it. The battle is about to start, it’s too late to change the build now. I’ll have to deal with it later…” Lian Xing sighed helplessly, kicked off her shoes, and sprawled lazily on the large bed in an ungainly pose.

Then, following the actions of her predecessor’s memory, she tapped the electronic band on her wrist.

“Connect!”

With a “Whoosh,” a flash of particle light flickered, and Lian Xing’s consciousness soared like a rollercoaster, connecting from reality to the virtual world.

After about ten seconds, the illusory particle world gradually took shape. As Lian Xing slowly opened her eyes, a dreamy holographic virtual space appeared before her.

[ID: Lian Xing]

[Official Certification: Youlan Academy Student, Public]

[Followers: 3063]

[Age: 15, Hidden]

[Appearance: Public]

[Main Battle Pet: Mid-Tier — Mechanical Species — Moonlight Drive]

[Other Pet Beasts: None]

[Casual Battle Record: 61 Wins, 14 Losses]

[Academy Ranking Battle Record: 19 Wins, 3 Losses]

[Academy Ranking Battle detected, commencing in 30 seconds, forced transfer——]

“So that’s how it is. No wonder someone like me can be considered a Supernova. It’s just the top 36 in the Academy ranking…” Lian Xing crossed her arms, blinking thoughtfully as she looked at the displayed battle record.

In her view, the situation of these Beast Taming Academy freshmen was very similar to the early days of Pet Beast Evolution Battle. Since there were no pre-made strategies to copy like in other online games, almost every system had to be researched independently, figuring out lineup and strategy combinations on their own. In the early stages, even a slightly reasonable combination could make someone stand out among the freshmen, becoming a regional overlord.

Although the combination of the Flexibility Enhancement talent and Moonlight Drive was unusual, it was still within the realm of humanoid creatures, barely qualifying as…somewhat civilized.

As for the other bottom-tier students…she hoped they would graduate from the ranks of the bizarre and ape-like soon…

30 seconds passed in a flash.

A white light flashed, and Lian Xing’s consciousness was transported directly to a virtual battle space.

[1V1 Map Randomly Generated: Iron Cage Arena]

[Youlan Academy Supernova Rank 12, Yin Huomei]

[Mid-Tier — Weapon Species — Fire Scythe]

[VS]

[Youlan Academy Supernova Rank 11, Lian Xing]

[Mid-Tier — Mechanical Species — Moonlight Drive]

[Live Viewers: 461]

Even before the character data of the two combatants had finished loading, fans who had pre-booked the match began sending barrage comments after the virtual battle space opened.

“Lian Xing-sama, I’m your dog!!!”

“Ah, I want to lock Lian Xing in my basement and torture her until she begs for mercy…”

“Hey, pervert above, dare you say that with your real name!!!”

“I’m Lian Xing-sama’s classmate. I have to say, Lian Xing-sama’s meltdown in class today, crying and rolling around on the floor, was so cool!!!”

“I can’t take it anymore, just seeing Lian Xing-sama’s starry eyes up close is too much, I’m dying!!!”

After a while, the loaded character models of the two combatants appeared.

Opposite Lian Xing was a heroic girl with a fiery red ponytail, Yin Huomei, the twelfth-ranked Supernova of Youlan Academy.

Since Lian Xing had the barrage comments disabled by default, she didn’t see the perverted comments from her obsessive female fans. But it had to be said, her stunningly gorgeous appearance could attract a wave of fanatic fans even if she just stood there and did nothing.

Meanwhile, Yin Huomei, who had the barrage comments enabled, frowned slightly at the screen full of lewd and obscene messages. Sigh, she also wanted to be harassed by so many female fans with such comments…

“Whoosh——!!!”

In the next second, with a burst of flames, a blood-red flying knife appeared beside the red-haired ponytail girl, Yin Huomei. High-temperature flames rose from the hilt as the knife rapidly sliced through the air, its blurred afterimages forming a dazzling trajectory wreathed in fire.

Mid-Tier, Weapon Species, Fire Scythe!!!

After painstakingly leveling up, finally enhancing its speed by 10 points and unlocking an arcane art on the same day, Yin Huomei couldn’t wait to challenge Lian Xing for her ranking. Surely, if she could defeat Lian Xing, her pitiful follower count would increase a little…

Chapter 2: Moonlight Drive [Refresh the menu to see new content]

“Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!!!!”

In the classroom, Lian Xing pounded on her desk with tears streaming down her face, like a crazed apricot, scaring the surrounding students and the lecturer speechless. She couldn’t understand why she had to transmigrate at this particular moment. Right at the instant her Ancient Species was evolving! Was God playing a joke on her?

Seeing this, the female lecturer was at a loss, her expression troubled. If it were any other student openly losing it in class, she would have kicked them out, but Lian Xing was one of the newly promoted 36 Supernovas. Leaving aside theoretical knowledge, she wasn’t even sure if she, as a lecturer, could beat Lian Xing in a one-on-one battle…

“Um, Lian Xing, I’m sorry to interrupt your…dream. Did you just have a dream about capturing an Ancient Species?”

“Well, that’s a correct answer. Rare Ancient Species can indeed be called the strongest, but the probability of evolution is extremely small, a true treasure…”

“How should I put it… I hope you can continue this dream…” the female lecturer carefully coaxed and comforted her.

Hearing her words, Lian Xing’s frantic expression calmed down slightly. Just then, a strange thought popped into her head.

“Dream?”

“Right, there’s no such thing as transmigration, no such thing as rebirth. It’s all just a dying person’s life flashing before their eyes~~~”

“I should be in the ICU(Intensive Care Unit) now. I probably just overexerted myself after three years of hardcore gaming, my nerves were too tense, and after achieving my evolution goal, I inadvertently relaxed and passed out. Fainting in front of so many viewers, someone would definitely call for help!!”

“I haven’t done anything to deserve death…”

“Yes, that’s right. Wake up quickly, I still need to see my new baby. I can’t transmigrate at a time like this!!”

In front of everyone, Lian Xing muttered to herself for a while, then slowly closed her eyes, carefully feeling the rhythm of the air. She firmly believed that when she opened her eyes next, she would see a strange, white hospital ward.

Revive, my body!!!

“Ding ding ding—”

Five minutes later, as the piercing bell rang for the end of class, and almost all the students had left, Lian Xing opened her eyes, which were red-rimmed. The star patterns in her pupils seemed to ripple like water, almost spilling little pearls.

“I didn’t go back…”

“It seems I really did transmigrate…”

“Of all times, it had to be then! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!”

“What transmigration? Did your Ancient Species transmigrate from your dream to reality?” A teasing, gentle laugh suddenly reached Lian Xing’s ears just as she felt utterly wronged.

Before she could react, a glamorous girl with strange pink, peach-curl hair sat down on her desk, legs crossed.

“Your ranking battle is this afternoon, and you’re still daydreaming. Typical…”

“As one of the Supernovas, and a representative of Youlan Academy, how about paying attention to your image!?”

Lian Xing’s gaze involuntarily followed the pink-haired girl’s black silk-clad legs upwards, stopping at the girl’s smooth, white, perfect absolute territory. She swallowed hard.

Based on her predecessor’s memories, she naturally recognized her.

Tao Wan, the seventh-ranked Supernova of Youlan Academy, with a battle record even better than her own eleventh place.

And this afternoon, in a short while, she would face the challenge from the twelfth-ranked student for her position. If she lost, not only would her ranking drop, but even her pet beast’s food supply for the month would be significantly reduced.

Lian Xing pondered her current situation with a complicated expression, her hand unconsciously reaching out and pinching Tao Wan’s leg hard.

“…”

“Hey, pervert, what are you doing?”

“Nothing, just making sure I’m awake…” As the real, wonderful sensation reached her, and Tao Wan’s incredulous question fell, Lian Xing stood up dejectedly and walked out of the classroom, looking lost.

This world was truly unfair. The fruits of her three years of hard work had vanished in an instant.

At least… at least let her see what her Moonlight Rabbit looked like after evolving into its Ancient Species form!!!

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“Ancient Species, my Ancient Species, my bunny…”

Returning to her dormitory like a zombie, Lian Xing slowly washed her face and looked blankly at herself in the mirror. She hadn’t looked before, but now she was startled.

This one look instantly revived Lian Xing from her despair and loss of hope.

The girl in the mirror had a flawlessly beautiful face, her skin as white as snow and as delicate as a baby’s. Her golden eyelashes curved like crescents against her long eyelids, and her pupils each held a dazzling golden star, dreamy and sparkling. She wore a white-gold, ornate court dress specially made for Supernovas, and her knee-high white silk stockings accentuated her creamy, smooth skin. She was a super beautiful girl, a perfect amalgamation of brilliance.

If it weren’t for the two golden buns on her head that swayed like Mickey Mouse ears, her overall appearance could have been even better…

Beauty aside, more importantly, this body’s age…

Seemed to be only 15!?

“Well, whatever, I’ll start over…” As a severe sufferer of pretty-privilege-appreciation syndrome, Lian Xing immediately abandoned the idea of ending it all to go back. Although she was considered a beauty in her previous life, compared to her current self in this world, she wanted to immediately kneel down and worship this beautiful body’s delicate jade feet.

Lian Xing posed and preened in front of the mirror for a while, then made a peace sign with her sparkling starry eyes and stuck out her tongue, looking like the fallen protagonist at the end of a certain type of…comic.

Suddenly, she finally remembered the important matter at hand.

“Right, I need to check the pet status panel…”

“According to the memories, the command is…”

“Panel!!”

As Lian Xing gave the command, a floating, translucent blue panel appeared before her, just like a character interface in a game. There was no need to delve into why such a convenient function existed; it was simply part of the setting~~~

[Pet Panel]

[Mid-Tier — Mechanical Species — Moonlight Drive]

[Talent: Flexibility Enhancement, increases the body’s agility]

[Combat Skill: Splitting Laser (Blue Quality)]

[Training: Attack attribute has been enhanced 10 times, gaining a special arcane art (Strong Attack)]

The image that appeared on the panel was a floating golden turret, resembling a new type of drone. Lian Xing, known as the walking pet encyclopedia in her past life, immediately recognized it. Moonlight Drive was the Mechanical evolution path of the Juvenile Moonlight Rabbit.

“Hiss…” Lian Xing gasped after scanning the panel information.

“Flexibility Enhancement as the initial talent, paired with the Mechanical Species evolution path?”

“It’s not that it’s bad, but it feels a bit strange. It has something going for it, but not much. Can this kind of combination really become one of the 36 Supernovas?”

White Moon League

Chapter 1: Lian Xing

“Everyone, the time to witness a miracle has arrived!!!”

“In the Pet Beast Evolution Battle online game, the seventh Ancient Species is about to be born!!!”

“Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!!!”

Inside the livestream, a petite, black-haired girl with two bun hairstyles frantically hammered her keyboard, completely losing her composure, her expression bordering on insane. Even with the rapidly rising viewership in her livestream, about to break ten million, Lian Xing couldn’t be bothered to maintain her beautiful girl persona.

As the most popular streamer and former star professional player in Pet Beast Evolution Battle, Lian Xing had become obsessed ever since she stumbled upon the evolution data for a rare Ancient Species a few years ago. She even gave up the benefits and resources provided by her professional team, resolutely withdrawing from the competitive scene to become a PVE streamer.

Pet Beast Evolution Battle was a battle game similar to Pokémon, but with a style more akin to the Chinese “Beast Taming” genre. Players could freely customize their pet beasts’ combat skills based on their talents, and improve their training level through exercises and monster battles. Due to the extremely high degree of freedom in the AI simulation during pet beast battles, its popularity had skyrocketed, becoming the world’s hottest online game, the embodiment of 3 billion people’s beast taming dreams!!

However, not every pet beast’s juvenile form could evolve into its desired target. Every battle, every training session, every meal, even every point in its five dimensions of attributes, would influence the final evolutionary path, resulting in a completely different creature.

“I heard the streamer spent three years finally meeting the evolution requirements. I can totally understand your excitement, but at least try to maintain your image as a beauty streamer…”

“Lian Xing’s daily freakout, old fans are used to it~~~”

“Beauty streamer? More like a meme streamer!!!”

The clickbait title of the seventh Ancient Species attracted many new viewers, but at this point, Lian Xing was in no mood to greet her new “family members.” Ultimately, streaming was just a means for her to earn money to buy evolution materials.

To achieve the evolution conditions for this Ancient Species, she gave up becoming a star professional player, left the competitive stage, and spent three years of effort, transforming from a beautiful girl into…well, an older lady. All the streaming profits, enough to buy ten houses in the capital’s city center, were spent on in-game purchases. She spent no more than four hours a day on everything else, including sleeping, grinding for 20 hours a day, day after day, night after night.

“Finally…”

“Finally!!!!!”

“Finally, this historic moment has arrived!!!”

Three years of hardship were about to bear fruit. Lian Xing’s eyes welled up with tears as she excitedly manipulated her keyboard and mouse, clicking frantically, using up all the materials she had accumulated over the years. Even among the six Ancient Species that had previously appeared in Pet Beast Evolution Battle, none had required such an exorbitant amount of materials. Lian Xing knew clearly that her precious pet was on a completely different level from the Ancient Species other professional players had created using company resources…

It possessed a beauty of extreme power!!!

Finally, after spending several hours just synthesizing high-level materials, the evolution process reached the final step.

[System Prompt]

[The evolution of an Ancient Species requires its most primal form.]

[Do you wish to regress your main battle pet to its low-tier juvenile form?]

[Operation successful. Your main battle pet has regressed to its low-tier form. Training progress cleared, combat skills cleared, level reset to zero, talents retained.]

[—Juvenile Species · Moonlight Rabbit—]

[New evolutionary path detected]

[—Ancient Species · Back-tailed Moon-Chasing Demon Rabbit—]

[Evolution conditions met]

[Evolution commencing]

“Whoosh!!!!”

Here it comes, the golden legend!!!

However, in the next second, just as Lian Xing excitedly awaited the final evolution result, the scene before her eyes suddenly blurred, as if covered by a snowy haze. Then, a flash of white light erupted from the computer screen, causing her consciousness to dissipate.

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After an unknown amount of time, Lian Xing’s consciousness seemed to penetrate the barrier between reality and illusion, entering a hazy void. She vaguely sensed that there was no light here, no concept of time or space, not even matter. It was as if she had entered a higher-dimensional space beyond the boundaries of the universe.

And, perhaps it was an illusion, but in her blurred consciousness, the silhouette of a small rabbit appeared before her eyes. It was a pure white lop-eared rabbit with a crescent moon pattern on its back, its cute and soft appearance making one want to hold it close and shower it with affection.

Lian Xing recognized it instantly. The low-tier juvenile Moonlight Rabbit, the initial form of the main battle pet that had accompanied her for years!!

In that fleeting glimpse, before she could make a sound, her consciousness was kicked out of the space.

A moment later, Lian Xing’s consciousness gradually returned.

“Ugh…?”

“What the…”

As the bright sunlight streamed into her eyes, Lian Xing opened them with difficulty, using one hand to shield her eyes as she drowsily scanned her surroundings. She saw an unfamiliar ceiling and classroom, futuristic architecture, and the multicolored hair of the students at the neighboring desks. Everything before her eyes filled Lian Xing with unparalleled bewilderment as she stared blankly at her surroundings.

What’s going on? This doesn’t seem like reality…but like a 2D world straight out of an anime fantasy!?

Just then, the mushroom-haired female lecturer at the front of the classroom noticed Lian Xing’s dumbfounded expression and asked curiously, “Low-tier pet beasts are uniformly called Juvenile Species, and after evolution, they are divided into five major categories: Biological Species, Mechanical Species, Viral Species, Weapon Species, and Elemental Species.”

“Lian Xing, as one of the 36 Supernovas of Youlan Academy, what are your thoughts on this? Which of these five categories do you think is the strongest!?”

Following the lecturer’s question, the gazes of all the beast taming students in the classroom turned to the beautiful, doll-like girl with the two shiny golden buns and starry eyes. In this world, blonde hair didn’t seem to be anything special; a fifth of the students in this classroom alone had it.

However…

This girl’s two large buns, coupled with her starry eyes that resembled those of a hentai character, made her truly stand out, the ultimate attention-grabber!!!

At this moment, faced with the lecturer’s question, memories flooded Lian Xing’s mind, and her entire expression froze.

What the hell?

She transmigrated!?

Transmigrated into this fantasy world centered around beast battles, becoming a talented novice beast tamer!?

The Pet Beast Evolution Battle online game didn’t have a world plot, but… based on the memories Lian Xing now possessed from her predecessor, the evolutionary paths and battle methods in this world were almost identical to the game!!

In the next second, Lian Xing suddenly remembered something. Her pupils dilated, her body stiffened as she stood up.

Then—

“Waaaaah! Why did it have to happen at this time?! I don’t want this! I want to go back! My Ancient Species!”

“Ancient Species, Ancient Species, my Ancient Species is gone!!!”

“Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!!!”

Lian Xing cried her eyes out as she pounded on the desk, finally collapsing to the floor and rolling around, scaring the surrounding students and the lecturer half to death.

What the hell kind of reaction is this!?