Beast Taming: Starting From Zero-Chapter 637: Emotional Energy

Beastmaster Center.

At the entrance of the pet beast examination room on the third floor, Qiao Sang was waiting outside, holding Yabao, who had shrunk back to his smaller form.

"Yap yap."

Yabao nuzzled his head against his beast tamer’s face.

"I'm fine." Qiao Sang said gently.

She knew Yabao was trying to comfort her.

On the way here, she had already figured it out. Lubao's Healing Light could cure all diseases and negate the negative effects of any skill.

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If Little Treasure remained unchanged under the effect of Healing Light, it meant that it wasn't an illness, nor was it a skill-induced condition.

There shouldn't be any serious problem.

The only thing troubling her was that Little Treasure had never shown these symptoms before. She had been quiet this whole time simply because she was trying to figure out what Little Treasure had absorbed.

At that moment, the heavy doors swung open.

A female doctor in a white coat walked out, accompanied by a white egg-shaped pet beast that was pushing a hospital bed. Lying on the bed was Little Treasure.

Little Treasure's cheeks were flushed red, eyes closed, and covered with a blanket, still unconscious.

"Doctor, is everything okay?" Qiao Sang immediately got up and walked over, asking anxiously.

The female doctor gave her a complicated look and said, "It's fine. It just absorbed too much emotional energy at once. Once it finishes digesting it, it will naturally wake up."

Absorbed too much emotional energy?

Where did he get emotional energy from?

Could it be from those two beast tamers she sent to the police station?

Did they generate so much resentment from being defeated by her?

Was their grudge really that strong, enough to make Little Treasure absorb so much that he ended up like this?

But wait, that didn’t make sense. Weren't both of them unconscious at the time? Could resentment still be generated even without consciousness?

A string of questions flooded Qiao Sang’s mind, though outwardly, she only frowned slightly and asked, "How long will it take to digest?"

The doctor subtly took a step back, as if wary of Qiao Sang's ability to collect such a large amount of negative emotions for her pet.

Choosing her words carefully, she replied, "The emotional energy absorbed is quite excessive. It's hard to say the exact time. It's best to keep it under observation in the hospital. I’ll notify you once it wakes up."

She then paused before adding, "A pet beast’s capacity for emotional energy is limited at each stage. In the future, don't let it absorb so much at once."

With that, she quickly stepped away.

Just how much emotional energy did he absorb for him to need hospitalization?

Qiao Sang was stunned.

"Xiu Xiu."

The egg-shaped pet beast beside her called out before pushing the hospital bed forward.

Qiao Sang hurried to follow.

After spending so much time with pet beasts, even if she couldn't fully understand their language, she could guess that it was taking Little Treasure to a hospital ward.

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Little Treasure was placed in a double-occupancy ward.

The pet beast in the neighboring bed was also suffering from indigestion.

However, unlike Little Treasure, it wasn't in a deep sleep. Instead, it frequently had to run to the bathroom to release the air of the five grains.

At first, Qiao Sang didn’t think much of it.

But by 11 PM, when the pet beast released another bout of five-grain air in its sleep, Lubao crawled out of Qiao Sang’s backpack, her face expressionless, and let out a cry, clearly asking if they could switch rooms.

Qiao Sang wholeheartedly agreed. Without hesitation, she paid extra to get a private ward.

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Private Ward.

Lubao jumped out of the backpack and cast another Healing Light on Little Treasure.

As the blue glow faded, Little Treasure remained unconscious.

"It’s no use." Qiao Sang said.

"He just absorbed too much emotional energy. He's not sick."

"Lu…"

Lubao sighed.

Her sacred water essence was still inside Little Treasure's ring...

Ever since exchanging points for the sacred water essence, Lubao had been sleeping in a water tank filled with it every night.

"I think Little Treasure should wake up by tomorrow." Qiao Sang reassured.

"Lu."

Lubao nodded, acknowledging her words. She then jumped onto the nightstand beside the hospital bed, right where Little Treasure would see her the moment he woke up, and lay down, closing her eyes.

So much for the sacred water essence, she’s really just worried about Little Treasure.

Qiao Sang understood Lubao’s tsundere nature and didn’t expose her.

Outside, the night was deep.

Qiao Sang glanced out the window.

When she left school earlier, she never expected to spend her first night in 19th District inside a pet beast hospital.

When you're alone outside, anything can happen.

She wondered if the people from that organization would come looking for her. But this was Right Pang City, and she was inside the Beast Taming Center. Surely, they wouldn't be bold enough to make a move here…

Looking on the bright side, this place was definitely safer than the Sota Hotel.

Qiao Sang gazed out the window, letting her thoughts drift.

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The following days…

Little Treasure remained unconscious.

Fortunately, daily check-ups confirmed that his condition was stable, which reassured Qiao Sang.

However, most of her belongings were stored inside Little Treasure's ring.

With him asleep, she had to buy a whole new set of daily necessities.

"He doesn’t feel as hot anymore…"

Qiao Sang wiped Little Treasure with a newly purchased towel, then checked his temperature, muttering to herself.

At that moment, the female doctor from before entered the room.

"You're still here?" The doctor looked surprised.

Qiao Sang hummed in response.

The doctor approached and examined Little Treasure while speaking: "You don’t actually have to stay here all the time. When the Ghost Ring Phantom wakes up, we’ll notify you."

Although the Ghost Ring Phantom wasn’t a pet beast native to Chaosu Star, all pet beasts undergoing examination had to be registered first. The doctor naturally knew its species name.

"If I’m not here when he wakes up, he’ll cry." Qiao Sang said with a smile.

The doctor blinked, surprised by her response.

"What’s wrong?" Qiao Sang asked.

The doctor shook her head.

"Nothing. I just suddenly became curious, where exactly did you collect so much emotional energy from?"

Qiao Sang immediately understood that she was referring to the energy Little Treasure had absorbed.

She fell silent for a moment before asking, "Was it really that much?"

The doctor no longer viewed Qiao Sang through a villain filter.

She nodded slightly and said seriously, "A lot. Even a general-level ghost-type pet beast would take a long time to digest this much. This amount of emotional energy could sustain a high-level ghost pet beast for years."

Qiao Sang was shocked.

"Years?! Are you saying my pet will be asleep for years?!"

"No." the doctor chuckled.

"I mean, if absorbed gradually, it could sustain a pet beast for years. Since it absorbed everything at once, it's just taking longer to digest but it won’t take that long."

Still uneasy, Qiao Sang pressed, "Doctor, just give me a rough estimate. I can handle it."

The doctor: …

"This week." She finally said.

"Your Ghost Ring Phantom absorbs energy faster than most ghost-type beasts of the same level. If its test results remain stable, it should wake up within the week."

Hearing this, Qiao Sang let out a breath of relief.

"Thank you, Doctor."

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9:13 PM.

Qiao Sang browsed the Sainan High School website on her phone, checking the point exchange section.

Her points were still available, and as long as she hadn’t graduated, she could use them even outside of school. The school would even deliver exchanged items to other districts.

Since Little Treasure had absorbed so much emotional energy, Qiao Sang now realized it couldn’t have come solely from those two beast tamers. Two people alone couldn’t have provided years’ worth of energy…

The school’s exchange section had many rare items not available on the market. Perhaps there was something that could help speed up a ghost pet beast’s energy digestion…

"Yap!"

Just as Qiao Sang was browsing, Yabao suddenly cried out in excitement.

Qiao Sang paused, realizing something.

She looked up at the hospital bed.

"Xun xun…?"

There sat Little Treasure, blinking in confusion, his expression clearly asking, Where am I?