The deep darkness enveloped the earth, like a giant beast devouring the heavens and earth, wanting to drag the world into an eternal abyss of darkness.
The hazy moonlight emitted speckles of starlight, casting into the world, giving a sliver of hope to existence.
Great Xia Empire.
Jiangnan Province, White Crane City, South City Suburban Slums.
"No! Ah..."
Suppressive and muffled roar emanated from Mo Qingchen's throat.
His entire body trembled, mouth agape, gasping for air, chest rising and falling, heart thundering like a drum.
His eyes stared ahead, revealing boundless fear, his face etched with a particularly hideous and terrifying expression.
"Huff huff... damn nightmare! Why is it this nightmare again?!"
The low curse, somewhat frantic yet slightly alleviating Mo Qingchen's fear-stricken emotions.
A trembling hand covered his chest, feeling the frantic heartbeat, his pallid complexion resurfacing with a manic expression.
Through the moonlight shining in, on the chest not fully covered by his thin clothes, there were three centipede-like scars.
That's the reason he crossed over to this world!
Ten years ago, the Abyss descended upon the world, and Blue Star secretly updated to a new OL version—the Beast Taming Era for all!
Anyone over the age of 18 was absorbed into the Taming Trial Space by the Abyss' projection, becoming an Apprentice Beastmaster.
Awaken a talent, perform the summoning ceremony, contract with the summoned exotic beast, complete the Trial Space's test, and become a true Basic Beastmaster.
Those who pass through Trial Space gain extraordinary power, becoming superior while also needing to protect ordinary citizens.
Failing the Trial Space means either death or losing the qualification to tame beasts, living an ordinary life struggling at the bottom.
No one knows when accidents may occur, but the order of human society was reshuffled during the onset of the Beast Taming Era.
A beast as tall as two floors flew from the wild into the city, treating humans like little bugs, pecking and devouring with a crunchy chicken flavor.
An abandoned Wuling Hongguang parked by the roadside turned into a mechanical beast in a blink, destructing cities and hunting humans like a rave, stepping on big friends one at a time.
A pig with large fan-like ears flew into the sky, escaping the slaughterhouse while opening a bloody maw, devouring living creatures along the way, countless humans becoming its meal.
...
The Abyss, omnipresent, untouchable, unobservable, seemingly existing in a higher dimension of the world, yet profoundly affecting the operation of human society.
Influenced by the Abyss, the world mutated, and various exotic beasts emerged endlessly.
Humans were no longer the sole dominators of the Blue Star World; the wild became a paradise for exotic beasts, monsters from the dungeons of the Abyss arriving, unleashing disaster after disaster.
Four years ago, a sudden exotic beast catastrophe struck the subordinate districts of White Crane City, affecting one city, eight districts, thirty-two towns, seventy-two townships, and one hundred and eight villages, causing over ten million human deaths.
Mo Qingchen's predecessor perished in this beast disaster.
A sudden spatial rift opened in the Wanshou Mountain Range, bringing countless Abyssal monsters, forcing the exotic beasts in the nearby forest to flee.
Numerous exotic beast monsters surged forth, breaking out of the mountains and forests, attacking villages and cities, countless villages destroyed, countless humans torn and devoured.
Witnessing all this, Mo Qingchen's predecessor was scared to death!
The crossing inheritor, Mo Qingchen, freshly arrived, having just received the predecessor's memory, unfortunately lived through this terrifying beast disaster in its entirety.
Parents, relatives, friends, villagers, perished one by one before his eyes until ultimately his chest was ripped open by three sharp claws.
The blood loss, fractured ribs, and painful organs left him weak and in agony, lying on the ground quietly awaiting death, only to be unexpectedly rescued by an arriving rescue team.
He became the most stylish guy in Daoxiang Village, well, the only survivor.
Then, at fourteen, he was sent to a hospital in White Crane City for treatment.
Fortunately, the Blue Star World has already updated to the Beast Taming Era version, making medical technology more advanced.
Even with Mo Qingchen's 24 ribs broken, excessive blood loss, and damaged internal organs, he was rescued back to life.
However, the cost was high, the exorbitant medical expenses nearly depleting the inheritance he had.
With the remaining money, he purchased a one-room, one-living-room dilapidated house by the garbage dump in the South City Suburban Slums of White Crane City at a super low price.
For the past four years, he bided his time in White Crane City, attending school by day and scavenging for useful garbage at the dump by night, selling it to barely sustain his life.
It's not that he doesn't want to improve his life quality, even if he has golden fingers, he still doesn't dare to change for now.
The era has changed, even though the Divine Xia Empire's official and military still control the empire's situation, they can't crush the various emerging forces.
Mo Qingchen is waiting for the opportunity to awaken into a Beastmaster at eighteen!
In the Divine Xia Empire, on the first of June, upon turning eighteen, the empire holds an empire-wide awakening and summoning ceremony.
Awakening to become an Apprentice Beastmaster, mastering the ability to contract guardian beasts.
The summoning ceremony summons bizarre summoned beasts from the Abyss, contracting based on talent with summoned beasts to become a Beastmaster wielding guardian beast power.
The empire only provides one free summoning ceremony; if the summoned beast's talent is too low, you can forgo the contract and figure out how to obtain an exotic beast or Abyssal monster to contract.
In the Beast Taming Era, beasts dominate,
Animals, plants, elements, necromancers, machinery... even antiquated swords imbued with spirit can serve as exotic beasts.
The Abyssal monsters come in a wide array, including many familiar species to Mo Qingchen.
For example, sprites from former world anime series like "Pocket Monsters," "Digimon," and other realms.
Also, monsters from former world games like "Heroes of Might and Magic," "Stone Age," "Diablo," "World of Warcraft," and other realms.
Moreover, the Blue Star World contains countless Abyssal Dungeons, not to mention numerous Dimensional Rifts leading to Secret Realm Worlds, also referred to as minor subsidiary worlds.
In short, exotic beasts and monsters are diverse, surpassing those appearing in anime and games countless times over.
There's only one point; to contract a guardian beast, choosing one with high talent is essential as the better the talent, the more it aids the Beastmaster!
However, today's world is unfavorable to civilians; exotic beast monsters lurk outdoors, and even living in cities poses the risk of Abyssal Rifts opening and spewing out monsters, causing slaughter.
To obtain high-talent exotic beasts or Abyssal monsters, generally, there are only three methods.
First, spend a fortune to purchase high-talent contracts from exotic beast or monster malls.
Second, take a sum to the gambling egg market to gamble a bit of luck, hoping to win a high-talent exotic beast or monster egg, thus contracting.
Third, capture high-talent exotic beasts or monsters in the wild to contract.