Chapter 1

In a courtyard, Mo Feifan was quietly watching the artificial hill in his home.

To be precise, he was looking at the small figure on the artificial hill.

It had no limbs, no mouth, and looked like a pile of soft, squishy liquid.

The jelly-like body kept swaying back and forth, trying hard to devour the stones on the artificial hill beneath it.

The originally intact artificial hill had already been devoured by it to a large extent, leaving only the final foundation.

However, no matter how many stones it swallowed, the body of this little creature did not grow at all, remaining just a small one.

This was Mo Feifan's spirit beast, a slime.

The world today is filled with "aberrations," and humans are constantly in a state of slaughter and fear.

Hundreds of years ago, a disaster struck Earth, and countless creatures from other worlds crossed through spatial rifts to descend upon Earth.

Since then, spiritual energy has revived and globalized, aberrations have run rampant, and the world has become a wasteland.

Even the flora and fauna on Earth have begun to mutate, demonize, and evolve under the nourishment of spiritual energy...

In the end, a "doomsday crisis" erupted globally, and the human world was on the brink of destruction.

Powerful aberrations are usually fierce and bloodthirsty, enjoying the act of devouring and torturing humans.

Some of them even possess the power to destroy the heavens and the earth, making it difficult for even humanity's last trump card, nuclear weapons, to counter them.

As time passed, the living space for humans became increasingly smaller, and extinction seemed to be the only outcome for the human race.

Fortunately, there is always a way out, and humans have also mastered the method of utilizing spiritual energy.

The only ones who can combat aberrations are aberrations themselves, and thus, beast masters appeared.

Beast masters are humans with powerful spiritual energy.

These people are naturally gifted and can communicate with spirit seeds to control aberrations, using their powers to fight.

With the emergence of the beast master profession, humans finally gained a respite. Combined with various black technologies targeting aberrations and the establishment of the demon warrior profession system, humans have finally stabilized.

Beast masters, demon warriors, and alchemists are the three major professional advancement systems in the current human world. All other ordinary humans are referred to as civilian professions.

Currently, humans have rebuilt numerous cities, fortresses, and safe zones, establishing a new world government.

Things are finally moving in a positive direction.

Mo Feifan is an ordinary teenager in this damned era.

Mo Feifan is very unlucky. He is in Area 17173, located at the very edge of the human-controlled region.

This area is considered a dangerous zone, with powerful aberrations frequently appearing, and the human mortality rate remains high.

There are several large-scale aberration attacks on the city each year, and it has been in a state of war all along.

Mo Feifan's parents were both killed in an aberration attack a few months ago, and it was because of this that he received an additional spirit activation opportunity.

Spirit activation refers to the process of activating a beast master's spiritual energy through a magic array, allowing them to summon their first spirit beast.

This is the most popular method of profession change for beast masters today.

Initially, all beast masters were naturally awakened, but as the concentration of free-floating spiritual energy in the world decreased, the difficulty of natural awakening and profession change increased.

Fortunately, alchemists created alchemical arrays to assist in the awakening of the beast master profession through alchemy.

Today, the number of beast masters has not only not decreased but has increased several times over.

Every citizen has one free spirit activation opportunity, but if the activation fails, they need to earn additional activation opportunities through military merit or spend a large amount of money to purchase them.

Otherwise, they can only consider spending their entire life as a civilian profession or implant aberration flesh to become a demon warrior.

Of course, if they are smart enough, they can also consider changing their profession to become an alchemist.

Compared to beast masters, alchemists, who can create equipment and modify demon warriors, have a higher status.

A year ago, Mo Feifan's spirit activation failed, and he was just about to accept the transformation to become a demon warrior.

But at this time, his parents sacrificed their lives to give him a second spirit activation opportunity.

He seized this opportunity, successfully activated his spirit, and changed his profession to become a beast master.

However, he did not expect that his first spirit beast would be a weak slime.

Slimes are one of the earliest aberrations to descend upon this world.

Although they appeared early, they are not very dangerous except for their large numbers and strong reproductive capabilities.

Even in the old era before the emergence of beast masters, a trained adult civilian could defeat these creatures unharmed.

Humans classify aberrations into several levels:初级, 中级, 高级, 王级, 皇级, and the most terrifying 尊级.

Ordinary slimes are classified as unranked.

In fact, in many regions, many people hunt slimes to use as feed for livestock.

By using special methods to remove their acidic and corrosive properties, slimes can provide a large amount of nutrition to livestock.

In today's Earth, slimes have become an indispensable part of the human resource chain, and some people have even started to artificially breed slimes.

However, as a spirit beast, slimes are absolutely not up to par.

When he first obtained this spirit beast, Mo Feifan was very desperate.

Until he discovered this skill—“Devour”—on his slime spirit beast.

Devour is a basic skill of slimes.

Theoretically, this creature can survive by devouring any form of energy.

So even in the poorest regions, there are always these creatures.

But this Devour skill is different.

“Devour,” by devouring a large amount of matter, it can achieve an advanced form.

Seeing this skill, Mo Feifan began this attempt.

He checked the slime's status, and the devour progress bar had already reached 99%.

It was just a little more to reach full value.

His heart was particularly excited, and his eyes were fixed on the jelly-like little creature.

Finally, when the devour progress bar reached 100%, the slime stopped its hours-long devouring action and became quiet.

Then came a violent tremor, and the slime's form changed dramatically.

A massive figure appeared before him.

Over three meters tall, its body was made of solid rock, exuding a wild aura.

On its massive rock head, there were two eyes like yellow gemstones, a pair of huge fists, and two arms like pillars, firmly planted on the ground.

“Rock Slime!”

Looking at the new name that appeared in the slime's status bar, Mo Feifan was extremely excited.

All attributes were shockingly high, especially defense and strength, which were off the charts.

In addition to the skills of rock skin, immense strength, and rock throwing, it also possessed a skill called Gravity Field.

It can control and alter the gravity around it for a short time.

A spirit beast with four skills!

Most spirit beasts, when first activated, only have one skill.

They must be slowly cultivated, using natural treasures and arduous training, to gain new skills.

A spirit beast that starts with four skills, while not unique, is extremely rare.

“This is a big win!”

Mo Feifan clenched his fists tightly.

This time, he had truly turned his life around.

He had won the bet!