Anh City, an ancient and beautiful city in the middle of the motherland.
In a corner of this city, there was a strange pet store.
The pets sold in this store were a bit different from those in normal pet stores. There were only a couple pets like cats and dogs in the store, but rare pets like lizards, snakes, hamsters, and parrots were the mainstream instead.
The name of this store was Bizarre Pet Store.
At this moment, the young store manager, Fang Ziyu, was extremely busy.
Fang Ziyu had just carefully put a hamster that could spout out flames into the cage and warned it not to do so randomly again. The parrot on the side, which could create a huge gust of wind by flapping its wings, blinked and blew everything in the store everywhere with its wings.
When Fang Ziyu saw that the store that had just been tidied up became messy again, he immediately flew into rage on the spot. He rushed over in three steps and pointed at the parrot, saying word by word, "If you dare to move again, I'll have braised parrot tonight."
The parrot's neck shrunk in fright when it heard about braised parrot. It shook its little head constantly and didn't dare to look around.
However, Fang Ziyu didn't let this parrot go just like that. Ever since its wind controlling ability was awakened, it was simply the most troublesome existence in the store.
"Let me warn you. Xiao Qing has already finished all its food. If you flap your wings again, you can be its dinner." Fang Ziyu pointed at a green snake in the glass tank on the floor and said.
Hearing what Fang Ziyu said, the green snake, who was lying in the glass tank, raised its head and flicked its red tongue at the parrot.
"No, no, no…" Hearing that, the parrot instantly got scared and it screamed shrilly.
Even though it had awakened its ability, it still had a natural fear of snakes, not to mention that the green snake below had also awakened its ability. Eating it would be a piece of cake.
After teaching this parrot that didn't remember anything a lesson, Fang Ziyu continued cleaning up the messy store with a long face.
Ever since a global downpour two months ago, almost all living things on Earth had mutated.
Among the mutated animals, it wasn't rare for them to have the ability to spout out flames and water. Fang Ziyu even saw videos on the forums that challenged human imagination where pigs had wings, a hen flew into the sky and ate an eagle in one bite, and so on.
However, all of these were real. Compared to those animals, the mutations of the pets in his pet store were still acceptable. The only thing that was a bit strange was the mutation of that lizard.
Even a new kind of power appeared in the human body. This kind of power called Spiritual Power didn't give people the ability to move mountains or drain seas. The only ability of Spiritual Energy that people had found at the moment was to create a connection.
An equal connection that allowed them to become companions with mutant animals.
Humans, who contracted pets to become Summoners, could actually get a part of the pet's ability. Some human Summoners, who had pets, instantly became arrogant and thought they were invincible.
Unfortunately, the sudden rise of Spiritual Energy didn't cause the collapse of world order. The country seemed to have been prepared for this. All those arrogant people were locked up in prison.
The country didn't stop people from becoming Summoners either. Instead, it published all kinds of information about the rise of Spiritual Energy. As long as the Summoners who contracted pets went to a specialized organization for registration and got the license of a Summoner issued by the country, they could live normally.
Of course, one must obey the law.
After cleaning up the store, Fang Ziyu sat down and took a sip of water. Then, he took out his phone and started to research a strange software, "A Guide for Raising Order Spirits."
Fang Ziyu originally thought that he accidentally downloaded a trashy game application, but he found that the application couldn't be removed. So, he wanted to study what exactly this was.
After opening it, Fang Ziyu found that it was a very simple software with a total of three pages: "Personal Center," "Order Spirit Handbook" and "A Guide for Raising Order Spirits."
Fang Ziyu opened the Personal Center curiously and found that his information had already been registered:
Bound Summoner: Fang Ziyu
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Occupation: Summoner
Body Condition: Weak
Summoner Level: First Origin Stage/Level 1
Summoner Skills: Passive (Skill description: All active skills you have will be turned into passive skills.)
Total Spiritual Power: 1.1 (Description: The starting Spiritual Power of the First Origin Stage is 1)
Order Spirits: None
Handbook Point: 0
"Ah, this Summoner skill is quite interesting. Passive? Does it mean that I can kill the enemy just by making normal attacks? Or does it mean that I can just stand still when the enemy attacks me, so the passive skill can be triggered, causing the enemy to die?" Fang Ziyu saw the description of the Summoner skill and had a hint of anticipation for this game.
Thinking of this skill, Fang Ziyu felt pleased. He wished he really had this skill. Unfortunately, this was just a game.
When Fang Ziyu was about to continue exploring how to play this game, a 1.9-meter-tall, muscular man with extremely intimidating muscles walked into the store. From afar, he noticed a pot of withered devil's ivy on Fang Ziyu's table.
"Ah, Fang Ziyu, you're quite impressive to be able to make the devil's ivy withered." The burly man teased him, then chuckled and continued, "But it's alright. I'll give it some milk and bring it back to life."
The burly man said as he stretched out his hand and shot out a stream of milky-white energy at the devil's ivy. In an instant, the devil's ivy that was withered just then turned green. He really brought it back to life.
Perhaps he gave the devil's ivy too much milk, it seemed to be shaking slightly.
The burly man nodded in satisfaction, then looked up at Fang Ziyu and said with a smile, "You look a bit weak. Do you want me to give you some milk too?"
"No, please don't. If there's nothing else, you should go back and study your flowers." Hearing that, Fang Ziyu immediately jumped up and waved his hands repeatedly.
This guy could indeed produce milk, but his milk wasn't pure. Fang Ziyu would never want his milk even if he was dying outside.
This 1.9-meter-tall muscular man was called Xiao Bai. He opened a small florist shop opposite Fang Ziyu's store. After the two of them got to know each other, they soon became brothers who talked about everything.
Even though Xiao Bai was as unlucky as Fang Ziyu and he only awakened his Spiritual Power a few days ago, Xiao Bai also got a very rare and unique skill, which was where the milk just then came from.
However, Fang Ziyu wasn't really envious when he thought that a big man like him had awakened the ability of producing milk. Thinking that when he went out to fight monsters with people one day, the group of people would have to protect a muscular man who was 1.9 meters tall in the middle and this muscular man would even shoot out streaks of milky-white energy at everyone from time to time. That scene was simply too wonderful…
"Haha, don't ask me to give you milk in the future." Xiao Bai retracted his hand resentfully. He also knew that there seemed to be a small problem with his ability.
"Right, why haven't you contracted a pet?" Xiao Bai looked around the store and pointed at the mutant lizard in the pet cage not far away. "That mutant lizard is pretty good. Why don't you contract it? Don't you want to become a powerful Pet Summoner and conquer the Sea of Stars quickly?"
The mutated pets in Fang Ziyu's store were considered normal. Only the lizard was a bit different, but compared to those strange mutated animals on the Internet, it wasn't weird at all.
"It's impossible for me to become stronger, not in this life. Why should I rush? I might even find something better. That mutant lizard can't run away even if I put it there." Fang Ziyu shook his head and said.
He was originally a commoner with no great ambitions. Even if he became a Summoner, it was impossible for him to conquer the Sea of Stars. Most of the time, he would still be living a leisurely life where he could relax.
Fang Ziyu was the kind of person who didn't get involved in affairs in the world.
Xiao Bai: "…" Thank you for making people who don't dream sound so refreshing and otherworldly.
"But by the way, don't go nutes and really run into the wilderness. You also know how dangerous those places are right now. Don't go and dig your own grave without a Level 3 pet, or I won't have the ability to collect your corpse." Fang Ziyu was afraid that Xiao Bai would be a bit too confident with his muscles and would run out of the wilderness, so he quickly reminded him.
It had already been two months since the rise of Spiritual Energy and various kinds of dangers were everywhere in the wilderness. 99% of those who overestimated themselves and went out to take risks had all failed. Although Fang Ziyu also looked forward to having a pet with great potential, he cherished his life more.
"I know. I'm a man who's determined to become a top Summoner. Why would I risk my life?" Xiao Bai waved his hand and said as he looked at Fang Ziyu, "Let's not go to the wilderness. Let's go to Xin'an Park and take a look. The country has just cleaned up that area. Most of the pets are at Level 1 right now. We can go there and take a look. We might be able to encounter some pretty good ones."
"Xin'an Park, alright." Fang Ziyu nodded and agreed after thinking for a while. The park was in the city, so it was relatively safe. Besides, Fang Ziyu reckoned that this guy would drag him there even if he rejected him. And with Xiao Bai's arms that were thicker than his thighs, he couldn't possibly resist.
Xiao Bai originally thought Fang Ziyu would reject him according to his unambitious nature, but he unexpectedly agreed directly. Xiao Bai smiled as he patted Fang Ziyu's shoulder and said, "Alright, I'll go back and prepare. I'll come and get you tomorrow morning. Don't worry, you'll be fine with me giving you milk."
"Please don't. I won't go if you give me your milk…" Before Fang Ziyu finished talking, Xiao Bai had already slipped back into his own store.