Chapter 1615

Chapter 600 – I Suspect… (Part 2)

The Object Recognition Monster noticed the commotion and looked at Little Treasure Hunter.

Qiao Sang: “!!!” *

I told you to secretly identify the Object Recognition Monster!* *Not openly!* Qiao Sang roared inwardly, but outwardly remained calm, trying to divert the Object Recognition Monster’s attention:

“Object Recognition Monster, did you sleep well last night?”

*Everyday…* The Object Recognition Monster didn’t reply immediately. Its heart skipped a beat; it recognized that Little Treasure Hunter was holding a pet identification device.

When Little Treasure Hunter accompanied it on its search for alien pets, the latter often used this device to identify passing pets.

A slight panic gripped its heart; its first thought was: *Everyday?

* Had it been exposed just like that?

However, when it heard no sound from the pet identification device, it relaxed, and a second thought popped into its mind: Tiantian…

No sound, it must just be pointing it at itself, and besides, it’s in its current form as a pet-identifying monster, so even if it’s pointing it at itself for identification, it shouldn’t be a problem…

Why is it still staring at Little Treasure Hunter…? Qiao Sang stepped forward, blocking between the pet-identifying monster and Little Treasure Hunter, and asked again,

“Did you rest well last night?”

“Shishi.”

The pet-identifying monster gathered its thoughts, looked at the human in front of it, nodded, and barked, indicating that it had rested well.

“That’s good.” Qiao Sang smiled.

“Xunxun…”

Little Treasure Hunter’s head popped out from behind its beast tamer, looking at the pet-identifying monster with a puzzled and confused expression, as if it was pondering something it couldn’t understand.

Then it picked up the pet identification device, preparing to point it at itself for identification again.

Qiao Sang glanced over and saw the pet identification device, quickly turning to Little Treasure Hunter and frantically gesturing with its eyes: Put it away!

“Xunxun…”

Little Xunbao noticed its Beastmaster’s gaze, then remembered something and silently put down the pet identification device.

“Shishi?”

The pet-identifying monster looked at Little Xunbao and called out curiously, indicating why it had pointed the pet identification device at it earlier.

Little Xunbao stiffened, its eyes darting around, trying to think of an excuse.

Qiao Sang said calmly, “The pet identification device is a bit broken, so it wanted to try it out.”

“Xunxun~”

Little Xunbao instantly relaxed and nodded repeatedly, indicating that was the case.

The pet-identifying monster didn’t press further.

“I’ll go wake up Ya Bao and Ya Bao first.” Qiao Sang said, walking towards the room.

Little Xunbao quickly followed.

Upon arriving at the room, Little Xunbao couldn’t wait to call out, “Xun…”

But before it could finish what it wanted to say, Qiao Sang gave it a wink.

Little Xunbao instantly understood its Beastmaster’s meaning and shut its mouth.

Qiao Sang closed the door, sat down in the chair in front of the desk, took out its phone, and pointed at it.

Little Xunbao sidled up, glancing at the phone, wondering what its Beastmaster wanted. *

I told you to take out your phone, not to look at mine…* Qiao Sang glanced at Little Xunbao, inwardly grumbling, then found Little Xunbao’s contact information and sent a message:

【Take out your phone, don’t say anything, just type a reply.】

“Xun…”

Little Xunbao was startled at first, then nodded, opening its mouth to reply, but quickly realized something and covered its mouth.

Qiao Sang gave it a wink at the ring.

Little Xunbao nodded, then placed the pet identifier on the nearby desk, removed the ring, took out its phone, opened the chat interface with its Beastmaster, and typed:

【Why type on your phone instead of speaking?】

Qiao Sang: 【Based on the ability of the Pet Recognition Monster to unleash lightning yesterday, it’s definitely not an ordinary pet; its level should be very high. Even in its own room, it might be able to hear our conversation, so it’s best if we don’t speak directly.】 Little

Treasure looked down at the text sent to her phone screen, a look of sudden realization crossing her face. Just as she was about to type, another message came in from her Beastmaster:

Qiao Sang: [Did the pet beast identifier succeed just now?]

Little Treasure placed its paw on the phone screen and quickly typed:

[It’s strange, the pet beast identifier couldn’t identify it the first time, so I tried to identify it a second time, but I didn’t have time.]

Couldn’t identify it? Qiao Sang paused, then typed and sent:

[What did the pet beast identifier say?]

Little Treasure: [It said the identification failed, it’s an unknown pet beast, it suggests updating the system, or trying to identify it again.]

Qiao Sang was stunned: [Unknown pet beast? That’s what the pet beast identifier said? I remember the system should be up-to-date.]

Little Treasure: [It is up-to-date, so I just tried to identify it again.]

Qiao Sang fell silent, a ridiculous thought suddenly surfacing in her mind:

Could the creature-identifying monster be the alien pet she’d been searching for?

No way… Qiao Sang’s heart involuntarily raced, her brain working rapidly.

But the pet identifier couldn’t recognize it. Besides pets not registered in the Beast Taming Alliance, what other pets could it be? A pet

that can transform, not registered in the Beast Taming Alliance… The Mechanical Kingdom is located in the eastern hemisphere of Tianyuan Star…

Qiao Sang was startled by her own thoughts, jumping to her feet, her mind filled with disbelief.

Could such a coincidence exist?

She wanted to find an alien pet, but it had been right beside her all along?

Why was it disguising itself as a Recognizing Monster to stay by her side?

Could it know she was looking for it, and thus disguised itself to stay by her side, thinking the most dangerous place was the safest?

That shouldn’t be possible. With its abilities—transformation, mimicking other pets’ speech, and even remaining unfazed after being struck by lightning for so long—there was no way she could find it by searching like a needle in a haystack.

Rather than staying by her side, she might as well wander around Tianyuan Star.

Besides, she actively sought out the Recognizing Monster; it couldn’t possibly have known she was looking for it beforehand and thus disguised itself as one to wait for her.

There are also beast tamers who can identify strange creatures…

“So confusing…”

Qiao Sang took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down a bit.

Little Treasure looked at its Beastmaster, wanting to ask what was wrong, but remembering what its Beastmaster had said before, it typed on its phone:

“[What’s wrong?]”

The phone was on silent mode, so Qiao Sang didn’t notice. After calming herself down a bit, her brain continued to work at high speed:

The pet identification device couldn’t recognize it, it had the ability to transform, and it could unleash such powerful lightning weather. When she was looking for alien pets on the street before, Little Treasure asked it what some pets were, and it didn’t answer directly. Moreover, it knew many things that even she didn’t know. It’s probably almost certain that the Object Recognition Monster is an alien pet…

Speaking of which, could the Beastmaster who saw the Object Recognition Monster last time have acted so strangely because he knew that the one beside him wasn’t the real Object Recognition Monster?

Or perhaps, the lady she saw was actually the “Object Recognition Monster” in disguise?

She remembered the examiner saying that alien pets not only have the ability to transform into other pets, but also into other humans.

If that’s really the case, it’s…it’s too powerful!

Qiao Sang inexplicably got goosebumps.

This is an alien pet beast, after all. The language here is completely different. Even if it can understand the language of other pets, it’s unlikely a human could understand it. But not only can it understand, it can also speak the languages of other pets and humans!

Putting everything else aside, this ability alone is practically invincible!

When she skipped class and had her pet beast transform into her appearance to attend, she was immediately exposed. But this alien pet beast, transformed into the Object-Knowing Monster and stayed by her side for so long, she hadn’t noticed anything unusual!

Wait, she seemed to have sensed something was wrong before, but then she felt it was fine?

Right, it seems Teacher Michaela dispelled her doubts… Qiao Sang paused for two seconds, continuing to rack her brains.

If this alien pet beast is really as she imagines, and the Object-Knowing Monster’s tamer is also it in disguise, then that’s truly terrifying.

Strong, quick learner, and with an incredibly strong will, it endures Tingbao’s lightning attacks every day, sometimes skipping meals, and then sneaking out in the middle of the night…

Seeing its Beastmaster remain silent, Xiao Xunbao finally couldn’t resist and shoved its phone in front of her.

Qiao Sang’s thoughts stopped abruptly, and she looked at the phone.

When she saw the chat history, she paused for a second, moved the phone away, picked up her own phone, and typed and sent:

【I have something to tell you. You absolutely mustn’t scream later. Control yourself.】

Xiao Xunbao looked at the content on the phone and nodded.

Qiao Sang: 【I suspect that the Object-Recognizing Monster might be an alien pet.】

“Xunxun?!”

Xiao Xunbao was stunned at first, then its eyes widened, and it screamed in shock.

What?!

Qiao Sang: “!!!”

Qiao Sang quickly covered its mouth and said in a very low voice:

“Didn’t I tell you to control yourself?!”

“Xunxun…”

Xiao Xunbao made a muffled sound.

Qiao Sang released her hand.

Little Treasure picked up its phone and quickly typed.

Meanwhile, Ya Bao and the others were awakened by the earlier cries and slowly opened their eyes.

Lu Bao jumped out of the water tank.

Gang Bao flapped its wings.

Qing Bao yawned.

Ting Bao immediately checked the sky outside.

Xia Bao emerged from the flowerpot, its eyes lighting up as it looked at its Beastmaster. It floated over and sweetly called out, “Xia Xia.”

Qiao Sang instinctively hugged it.

Xia Bao’s eyes curved into crescents, and the flower bud on its neck swayed, releasing a sweet fragrance.

“Ya Ya?”

Ya Bao sat up, rubbed its eyes with its paws, and called out, indicating whether it wanted to eat.

“I’ll call now, you can get up,” Qiao Sang smiled.

Saying this, she took out her phone and started ordering takeout.

“Ya Ya…”

Ya Bao keenly sensed that the food hadn’t started calling yet, so it lay back down, closed its eyes, and called out again, indicating that it would get up when the food arrived.

Qiao Sang: “…”

Qiao Sang held Xia Bao in one arm and her phone in the other, preparing to order takeout.

Just then, Xiao Xunbao shoved the phone in front of its Beastmaster again, its face screaming, “Look! Look!”

Qiao Sang glanced at the message:

【Identifying Objects is an alien pet? Really?! !!!】

Qiao Sang paused for a moment, then said,

“We’ll talk about this later.”

With that, she picked up her phone, exited the takeout app, opened the chat, and sent a text:

【Don’t give yourself away in front of the Identifying Objects.】

Xiao Xunbao pouted and nodded reluctantly.

Xunxun!

It really wanted to know right now!

…

Half an hour later.

Qiao Sang, Michaela, and Ya Bao were enjoying their meal at the table.

Ting Bao wriggled over to the Identifying Objects, crackling yellow arcs of electricity emanating from its body.

Qiao Sang and Xiao Xunbao both paused in their eating, their eyes simultaneously glancing in the direction of the Identifying Objects.

The yellow arcs of electricity on Tingbao’s body converged into a single beam, striking the Object-Aware Monster.

Within the yellow lightning, the Object-Aware Monster displayed an expression of enjoyment.

Impressive…that acting…Qiao Sang thought with a mixture of admiration and awe.

Now, she was over 95% certain that the Object-Aware Monster was an alien pet, and even if it wasn’t an alien pet, it definitely wasn’t a true Object-Aware Monster.

Since it wasn’t a true Object-Aware Monster or a mechanical pet, then this lightning was purely causing harm…but

that didn’t seem necessarily true…Qiao Sang suddenly realized something and fell into deep thought.

Judging from the previous thunderstorms, “Object Recognition Monster” definitely possesses powerful electric energy. A powerful electric-type pet shouldn’t be afraid of electric energy, and might even have some related electric characteristics that it can absorb.

Thunderstorms, Dragon Sparkle… In the end, “Object Recognition Monster” was just trying to help her find Dragon Sparkle… Qiao Sang recalled her past with “Object Recognition Monster,” her heart inexplicably heavy, and she listlessly stuffed food into her mouth. Searching

… Little Xunbao was still peeking.

An alien pet, really?

How come it can’t tell at all…?

In a flash of thought, the lightning on Tingbao stopped.

Little Xunbao quickly looked away, pretending it had been eating.

“What’s wrong? Why so quiet today?” Michaela asked while drinking her beverage.

Qiao Sang said, “I was wondering when Tingbao will reach the late stage and complete its evolution.”

To be honest, she didn’t know how to bring it up, or rather, she wasn’t ready to expose “Object Recognition Monster.”

If it really was an alien pet, then exposing it would surely lead to Teacher Michaela capturing it immediately and forcing her to complete the mission.

She felt a pang of guilt, unable to bring herself to do it.

Putting herself in its shoes, if she were sent to a strange planet, captured, and forced to do chores, she certainly wouldn’t be happy, and might even be locked up for research…

“Tingbao is a dragon-type pet after all; its energy can’t possibly break through that quickly,” Michaela said. “You need to be patient.”

“Tingting,”

Tingbao called out to its tamer, indicating it would definitely absorb more lightning to evolve sooner.

Tingbao took it seriously… Qiao Sang quickly said, “Teacher is right, you’ve already improved very quickly, no rush.”

Tingbao didn’t reply, but looked at the clear weather outside, a regretful expression on its face.

“Shishi?”

Suddenly, the creature cried out, as if asking, “Why are you staring at me?”

Who was looking at you? Qiao Sang was startled and subconsciously looked at Ya Bao and Xiao Xun Bao.

However, when she saw that they all looked confused, she turned to look at the object-recognizing monster and, following its gaze, saw Lu Bao.