Under Jiang Xing's latest post, multiple doctors showed up, stirring up a new wave.
Along with them, several top-tier Pet Beast researchers voluntarily reposted the paper and added their own explanations.
Many onlookers who didn't fully understand but felt it was impressive suddenly had a realization—
The paper itself was very simple, but the potential it contained far exceeded the value of the paper itself.
Ordinary Pet Beast scholars were essentially dividing up an existing cake, working deeply within known fields to obtain results.
Jiang Xing, however, had taken a different path—he made a brand-new cake and invited everyone to share it.
Under normal circumstances, people like this were referred to as…
"Beast Taming Doctors."
The crowd was stunned.
No wonder so many doctors had appeared and praised him so generously.
In their eyes, Jiang Xing already possessed the qualifications of a Doctor!
In fact, if Jiang Xing weren't just a third-year university student but a veteran top-tier researcher, then based on this single achievement alone, he could have received a "Doctor nomination," stepping into the peak of the Ninth Layer of researchers—half a step into the Doctor realm.
"Damn, Jiang Xing has completed two research topics so far—one proving the Personality Hypothesis, and one proving a completely new theory… his luck is insane!"
A Beast Tamer couldn't help but sigh.
The gap between people was just too big.
They were all university students—Jiang Xing was producing groundbreaking results one after another, while they had to struggle just to avoid failing courses. How was that fair?
And compared to the Rainbow Dragon Hatchling, the Friendship research topic was even simpler.
In the Pet Beast Compendium, many Pet Beasts possessed "Training Power." Even this Beast Tamer's own contracted beast had that move.
If he had just thought a little more back then, couldn't he have replaced Jiang Xing and become the founder of the Friendship theory?!
Then that Beast Tamer got flamed into silence.
"Luck? What do you mean luck? Was the carp leaping over the dragon gate luck? Is Training Power luck too?"
"If those are luck, then for hundreds of years, countless Pet Beasts have had Training Power—why was Jiang Xing the only one to notice the issue? Does everyone else just have bad luck?"
"Fun fact: before Newton discovered gravity, he wasn't the only one who got hit on the head by falling objects."
"Scientific research is 99% sweat and 1% inspiration… but that 1% inspiration is more important than the 99% sweat."
"You think it's simple only because you're looking at the answer. Give you a different question and you still wouldn't solve it."
"Do you even understand what research intuition is?"
This Beast Tamer had clearly walked straight into a minefield—
Many Pet Beast scholars had gone through the experience of painstakingly training beasts, finally discovering a new evolution form, only for outsiders to dismiss it with a casual "That's it?" because it lacked strength or uniqueness—instantly sending them into rage mode.
So although they were also envious, even jealous, of Jiang Xing's achievements, they still acknowledged his research intuition.
For people who talked without knowing the difficulty, they absolutely had to call them out!
'Uh… actually, I looked at the answers too… even brought cheat notes from the next exam hall…'
'It's not research intuition—it's research assistance…'
While replying to the doctors' comments, Jiang Xing saw these discussions and couldn't help but feel a bit embarrassed.
Fortunately, the system quickly popped up and diverted his attention.
[You have successfully proposed and proven the existence of Friendship. Task completed. Rewards granted.]
[Name: Technical Machine (Return)]
[Move Effect: The user attacks the enemy with full force for the trainer. The higher the Friendship, the greater the power.]
…
[Name: Friendship Detector]
[Effect: Can be used on Pokémon to detect current Friendship status.]
[Stored in the Pokémon item-exclusive space. Can be accessed at any time.]
See? The research assistant had arrived.
These two items rewarded by the system were extremely practical pieces of black-tech.
The knowledge infusion ability of the Technical Machine went without saying.
As for the move Return, it was also highly practical.
Although in this Beast Taming world, many Pet Beasts naturally possessed the move Return and likely had Friendship-based evolution forms, that didn't mean Pet Beasts without the move couldn't undergo Friendship evolution.
Pet Beasts had limitless possibilities. Combined with Dr. Zephyros's Move Theory, the move Return—capable of triggering emotional power—could very well be the key to evolution for many "non-Return" Pet Beasts.
The Friendship Detector was even more powerful.
The Friendship Theory Jiang Xing proposed was still in its infancy—it had only confirmed the existence of Friendship.
As for the power formula between Return and Friendship, or the exact numerical classification of Friendship levels, all of that still required further research.
The Friendship Detector skipped all those steps entirely.
Not only did it have a complete numerical system, it could also detect the Friendship values of "non-Return" Pet Beasts.
With this piece of black-tech, Jiang Xing's research speed would skyrocket beyond anyone's imagination—
While others were still rubbing sticks together to make fire, he was already using a lighter. Who could compete with that?
The Friendship Detector took the form of a mechanical wristwatch.
After Jiang Xing put it on, several virtual icons appeared on the screen: Gyarados, Feebas, and a blurred mosaic.
In reality, the room contained the Rainbow Dragon Hatchling, the Ugly Waterfowl, and the Auspicious Cloud Qilin.
Clearly, this device from the Pokémon world—like the system—had some kind of bug.
Jiang Xing tentatively tapped the Rainbow Dragon Hatchling.
[Current Friendship: 255 (Max)]
[You're incredibly close—you must be very happy together.]
Jiang Xing had personally raised the Rainbow Dragon Hatchling from a fish king to a dragon king. Through their contract, their minds were connected.
Max Friendship was only natural.
He then tapped the Ugly Waterfowl and the Auspicious Cloud Qilin.
He had been bonding with the Ugly Waterfowl these past few days—its Friendship was also at the maximum of 255.
The Auspicious Cloud Qilin, however, had reached 250, just 5 points away from max, which pleasantly surprised Jiang Xing.
Even without a contract, the little Qilin was so close to him—the energy cubes hadn't been wasted!
After that, he went outside the institute and tested the Friendship of wild Pet Beasts, confirming that the detector only had a display bug—most beasts showed up as mosaics, but the device itself worked perfectly.
Jiang Xing was very satisfied.
'Once I raise a Giant Magnet Entity, I'll have it handle mechanical research and try reverse-engineering these devices…'
After these days of nonstop work, Jiang Xing had deeply realized that humans had limits.
He couldn't handle everything alone.
That simply wasn't realistic—he didn't have that much energy.
So he decided to focus on two areas: Pet Beast research and item crafting.
As for electronics and mechanical engineering, he would leave that to the Giant Magnet Entity, which was said to have computational power surpassing supercomputers, letting it manufacture equipment.
Then he would cultivate some caretaker-type Pet Beasts to act as managers and assistants in the institute, helping share the workload.
That way, he wouldn't have to worry about dying from overwork—and he could still find time to fill in gaps in his knowledge.
As for where to obtain these Pet Beasts…
He asked his teacher for guidance.
Dr. Xu gave him a direction—
Pet Beast Caretaking Schools.
That's right. Humans could go to school, and intelligent Pet Beasts naturally could as well.
In fact, the role of a Beast Tamer was essentially that of a "personal trainer" and "battlefield commander" for combat Pet Beasts… training was teaching, and manuals were textbooks.
This was completely normal in the Beast Taming world.
Only someone like Jiang Xing, who had "come from elsewhere," hadn't adjusted his thinking yet.
Dr. Xu recommended a Pet Beast school, but Jiang Xing had been too busy recently to go.
He planned to visit tomorrow, on his way to attend the police award ceremony in the city.
The matter of assistants was now officially on his agenda.
At this moment, he took the Friendship Detector and fastened it onto the Rainbow Dragon Hatchling's claw.
That's right—from a Pet Beast studies perspective, humans were also a kind of special creature (Pet Beast).
Humans could resonate mentally with Pet Beasts, which meant they also possessed "emotional energy"!
If that was the case, could this black-tech device from the Pokémon world detect human Friendship as well?
"Mu?"
The Rainbow Dragon Hatchling tilted its head, curiously watching Jiang Xing tap the mosaic on the screen.
Text appeared:
[Current Friendship: 255 (Max)]
[You two are the perfect partners!]
Jiang Xing smiled, pulled the Rainbow Dragon Hatchling into his arms, and gave it a firm rub.
"We really are moving toward each other from both sides, huh, little dragon!"
Although the Rainbow Dragon Hatchling didn't fully understand, through the contract it could feel Jiang Xing's genuine emotions and happily cried out: "Mu, mu!!" (That's right, I like you the most!)
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