Beast taming, starting from zero point-Chapter 163 - 158: Doppelganger Puppet

Chapter 163 -158: Doppelganger Puppet

Qiao Sang was led into the observation room, while Yaobao had its eyes covered and was taken to the chamber leading to Lost Town.

Before leaving home, Qiao Sang had told Yaobao about bringing it to play in the chamber.

Knowing that it might break through and become stronger, Yaobao naturally had no objections and was eager to try.

The observation room was somewhat like a cinema.

Only the space wasn’t as large, and the lights weren’t turned off.

Instead of a custom special white screen, they used a virtual screen that was currently live broadcasting Yaobao’s movements.

There were a few people scattered around inside, all of whom were Beast Tamers playing the roles of NPC pet beasts in the chamber.

Some Beast Tamers who were worried about their pet beasts would accompany them in the chamber’s backstage, but most chose to watch from the outside.

As soon as Qiao Sang walked in, a girl in the back row stood up and waved, calling out, “Qiao Sang! Over here, over here!”

After selecting the chamber for Lost Town, she had contacted Fang Sisi via her phone, and sure enough, she was here.

Qiao Sang sat down next to Fang Sisi.

“Well, you only tell me when you get here. Were you planning to surprise me?” Fang Sisi asked with a smile.

“Not really, it was just a whim,” Qiao Sang honestly replied.

If the chamber for Lost Town hadn’t been for single pet beasts, she might not have thought about choosing it for the Cotton Caterpillar.

Fang Sisi didn’t mind, and as she watched Yaobao on the huge virtual screen, she exclaimed, “If I had known that the Fire-Toothed Dog had such a handsome evolutionary form, I wouldn’t care if it burnt my hair. I’d definitely bond with one. What do you think about contracting a Fire-Toothed Dog when I get a second page in the Beast Taming Codex?”

After the news that Fire-Toothed Dogs could evolve into Flame Listening Dogs came out, the most interested were naturally the current Beast Tamers of Fire-Toothed Dogs and their friends and family.

When Fang Sisi saw this news, she contacted Qiao Sang immediately and was among the first to know that Qiao Sang’s Fire-Toothed Dog was the very first to evolve into a Flame Listening Dog.

Qiao Sang fell silent for a long while, “You should think it over carefully, it doesn’t burn hair, it burns money.”

Fang Sisi: “…”

Yaobao just had its blindfold removed in the screen.

The surroundings were dim, but faint red light struggled to illuminate the area enough to keep people from being totally blind.

However, cold winds blew incessantly, and the shadows of objects swayed under the eerie light, creating a somewhat sinister atmosphere.

As a Fire Attribute Beast, Yaobao naturally had a warm body and didn’t feel cold.

Looking at the sole passageway before it, Yaobao’s ears twitched and it walked straight ahead without hesitation.

Suddenly, something rolled towards it, making a lot of noise in the quiet space.

Yaobao didn’t lower its head to pay attention and continued to move forward.

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The staff in the control room were startled, and commanded through the walkie-talkie, “Bite its leg.”

“That’s a Doppelganger Puppet. Most pet beasts that come to play in this chamber are scared stiff by it. My Cotton Caterpillar wouldn’t even exercise when asked, but the moment it encountered this chamber’s puppet, it performed a hundred-meter sprint,” Fang Sisi laughed as she watched Yaobao on the screen: “But a Flame Listening Dog is a Fire Attribute Beast after all, known for its bad temper. Do you think it might just burn the Doppelganger Puppet?”

“It’s possible,” Qiao Sang answered.

The chambers for pet beasts to play were different from those for people; they could use their skills to deal with obstacles and NPCs.

Chambers were also set up with different difficulty levels according to the pet beasts’ ranks.

This store wasn’t large, but it did have chambers with difficulty levels suitable for mid-level pet beasts, since most Beast Tamers could raise them with a bit of effort.

If Yaobao was to overcome its fear, it definitely shouldn’t be scared into running around aimlessly; it should confront the challenge head-on.

In the chamber, under the dim light, a head with sharp teeth and matted fur opened its eyes and mouth upon hearing the voice from the walkie-talkie and pounced ferociously towards the red and white figure not far ahead.

However, just as it was about to bite, the red and white figure’s right hind leg suddenly kicked backwards, hitting the face of the aggressor with precision and sending it flying several meters away.

“Demon, demon!”

Following a scream, the head rolled several times, seeing stars, losing a fake tooth, and even shedding a clump of cheap fur from its head.

The staff in the control room were stunned for a moment before hastily speaking into the walkie-talkie, “Prepare number 2! Prepare number 2! The player is on their way now.”

Observation room.

Fang Sisi’s eyes widened as she watched the scene on the screen, unable to believe what she was saying, “Damn, are Fire Attribute Beasts always this brave? And how can it kick so accurately? Does it have an all-knowing perspective?”

Qiao Sang was also a bit bewildered, this was not quite what she had expected…

…

Yaobao walked forward with a conflicted expression, its footsteps unusually clear in the dim light, and then… there were voices.

“Doppelganger number 2, get ready! Doppelganger number 2, get ready! The player is heading over now.”

“Received, received.”

“Did you hear that the Pet Beast coming to play this time is the legendary Flame Listening Dog? How about I go ask its Beast Tamer for a photo together after it’s done playing?”

“Yeah, sure, let’s do that together later.”

“Is the Doppelganger Puppet okay? It still has to perform later on.”

“No worries, its body and limbs have all been prepared in advance over there.”

“Ghostly!”

“Don’t be hasty, Grievous Orb. After this escape room is set up, I’ll take you out to eat.”

“…”

A barrage of voices constantly reached Yaobao’s ears, making it quite conflicted.

What happened to the promise of horror and silence?

That Doppelganger Puppet too, before it acted, someone would announce its moves, talking so loudly. How was it supposed to be frightened, to overcome and get stronger?

After its internal struggle, Yaobao remembered its Beast Tamer’s words, and then it recalled the ghost movies it had seen once before, its expression becoming resolute once more.

Its Beast Tamer had said that there were many Spectral Series Extraordinary Creatures here; it must not be careless!

“Yaobao!”

Yaobao cheered itself on and continued walking forward.

When it reached the end of the corridor, the scene completely transformed.

It was a small town street shrouded in purple fog, with decrepit buildings all around and, occasionally, the sorrowful caws of crows, creating a very gloomy and terrifying ambiance.

The door of the passage behind it closed slowly and automatically.

Suddenly, there was a loud noise. A nearby house was violently burst open, and a blood-covered woman ran out in a panic.

When she saw Yaobao, her eyes lit up, and she rushed over crazily, but just before reaching it, she seemed to trip and fall to the ground.

“Save me, save… me, please! Take me with you! I don’t want to die! Please!”

The woman’s voice carried a sobbing tone and pleading, as if she saw Yaobao as her only salvation.

She didn’t get up but simply reached out a blood-covered hand towards Yaobao.

“Yaobao…”

Yaobao gazed at the human before it, slightly lost in thought. Even though it had just heard voices, she seemed genuinely real…

In the next second, a black viscous liquid suddenly appeared on the ground where the woman was, enveloping her from bottom to top.

“Save…”

The woman hadn’t finished her sentence when the black liquid absorbed her into the ground, disappearing from sight.

Yaobao stood there, somewhat troubled.

The acting was great, the scene was terrifying, if only there were no voices.

“Nice one, number 2! You’re getting more and more convincing.”

“If you also repeated the same lines and actions a dozen times a day, you could… By the way, did Black Mud forget to brush its teeth today? Why does it feel like it’s got bad breath?”

“Black Mud! Black Mud!”

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