Chapter 1130: A Hundred Years Ago

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Qiao Sang turned her head to look.

The man who was speaking wore a headset with a loudspeaker strapped to his waist. Surrounded by a crowd of tourists, he clearly possessed the demeanor of a tour guide.

Qiao Sang perked up her ears.

The man continued:

"A hundred years ago, fire meteorites fell from the heavens, causing severe land damage and triggering a global drought. The sheer scale of this drought was unseen in nearly ten thousand years. The Weather Bureau, the Underwater Bureau, and the Water-type Pet Association dispatched Water-type pets one after another to conduct nationwide rainfall. For the next eleven whole years, society relied entirely on Water-type pets."

"Without natural rainfall, rivers gradually dried up, and Water-type pets grew increasingly exhausted. While a few Bug-type pet populations exploded, the number of Grass-type pets decreased daily. Water-type pets shifted from conducting nationwide rainfall to raining only according to the strategic importance of cities."

"Gaozhou was not within the scope of important cities at that time, so for a long period, no Water-type pets came here to bring rain. Most Beast Tamers in Gaozhou who owned Water-type pets were dispatched to support other cities. The remaining Water-type pets could only occasionally satisfy everyone's daily drinking water needs, unable to solve the root problem."

"Later, plants no longer grew here, Water-type pets dwindled, and both humans and pets grew increasingly emaciated and short-tempered. But suddenly one day, the Phantom Beast Shalala appeared!"

At this point, the man's tone grew heavy and slightly agitated: "It brought life back to all things, making oases reappear on the earth! The disappeared Grass-type pets emerged one after another!"

"On that very same day, heavy rain poured from the sky, ending the major drought that had lasted for eleven long years. And this area transformed into a valley covered with flowers and grass during that era, later renamed the Valley of Flowers."

After hearing this, a tourist couldn't help asking: "What happened afterward? Where did Shalala go?"

The man shook his head: "Shalala disappeared afterward. No one knows where it went."

It's right here... Qiao Sang couldn't resist looking over at the Fresh Dandelion floating in midair with the wind not far away.

Wait, that's not right either. This Shalala is noticeably young, whereas the Shalala spoken of by the guide was from a hundred years ago, the ages don't align...

As her thoughts flickered, the tour guide who had just spoken led the group of tourists farther away.

Mikayla walked over, looking at the "Fresh Dandelion" happily floating in midair, and said: "You heard everything."

Ah, heard what? Qiao Sang was taken aback for a second, hesitating: "Do you mean what the tour guide just introduced?"

Mikayla gave an "Mm", her tone filled with reminiscence: "I was on Flame Star back then, witnessing with my own eyes the scene of the parched earth turning into an oasis once more. It was truly breathtaking, I don't think I could ever forget that picture in my entire life."

Pausing for a moment, she added regretfully: "It's just a pity that I didn't get to see Shalala with my own eyes back then."

Is this the reason Teacher Mikayla acts like such a fan of Shalala... Pulling her thoughts together, Qiao Sang smiled: "Now you've seen it with your own eyes."

"Yeah." Mikayla sighed with emotion. 

"I never expected I'd have an opportunity like this."

Qiao Sang said with a smile: "Though this Shalala probably isn't the same one you saw back then, right?"

Mikayla glanced at her and said: "Who said it isn't the same one?"

Qiao Sang was momentarily stunned, not reacting immediately: "The major drought was a hundred years ago, this Shalala's age clearly doesn't add up."

Mikayla was silent for a few seconds, letting out a sigh:

"Although I didn't see Shalala with my own eyes back then, I still had many information channels. At that time, besides the major drought, most Grass-type pets were actually on the verge of death. After Shalala appeared, besides the regeneration of flora, the Grass-type pets were also saved by it one after another. A senior from the Beast Taming Alliance mentioned to me during a chat that Shalala reverted back into an egg form after that event."

"When a Phantom Beast reverts into an egg form, the cycle required for it to break out of its shell again is basically a hundred years. Calculating the dates, it's right about now."

So, the Shalala from back then IS the Shalala right in front of us... Qiao Sang took a deep breath, quietly processing this piece of news.

She couldn't resist casting her gaze once more onto the Fresh Dandelion floating with the wind nearby, her heart feeling both deeply shocked and strangely sad.

For a moment, it was truly hard to connect the shy fellow in front of her, who claimed its age was very young and couldn't remember how old it was, unable even to learn another race's language after half a day, with the Shalala spoken of by the guide and Teacher Mikayla, the one that revived all living things a hundred years ago.

After a few seconds of silence, Qiao Sang asked: "Will it still remember past events?"

"No." Mikayla said in a heavy voice. 

"Inherited memories basically transmit things the species needs it to inherit. It won't remember events from its past life, you can view it as a newly born Shalala."

Qiao Sang fell into silence once again.

Suddenly, Shalala floated over with the wind, calling out happily: "Xia..."

The moment it uttered a single syllable, it seemed to remember something and covered its mouth.

Looking at its appearance, Qiao Sang suppressed the complex emotions inside and asked: "Do you like it here?"

Shalala covered its mouth and nodded repeatedly.

"There are even more fun places inside, I'll take you over." Qiao Sang said as she walked toward the Grand View Garden. 

"It's said there are giant plants and pets inside..."

Qingbao turned into wind and carried Shalala along, keeping close by her side.

Yabao also followed alongside, periodically raising his head to look at Shalala.

Although he couldn't understand some parts of the conversation just now, he roughly grasped the general meaning.

Lubao glanced at Shalala, withdrew her gaze, and quietly followed by her Beast Tamer's side.

Tingbao clung to Lubao as usual, not taking in a single word of the previous chat or the tour guide's explanation.

Gangbao, hovering high in the air, cast a complex glance at Shalala, flapped her wings, and kept pace with her Beast Tamer.

Little Treasure, who had been playing happily, saw everyone walking far away and let out a loud cry: "Xun xun!"

Wait for me!

With that, he dived into a black hole that appeared out of thin air, emerging right beside his Beast Tamer.

Looking at this scene, the corners of Mikayla's mouth lifted into a smile. She instinctively turned her head to look in the direction of Spengami and Dragon King.

Spengami was still sleeping soundly.

Dragon King, on the other hand, was picking its nose, even digging out a large clump and flicking it to the side.

Mikayla fell silent for a moment, too lazy to call out to them, and stepped forward to catch up on her own.

"When you see relatively large pets in a moment, don't be afraid, they're all working staff who only became huge after ingesting Gigantism Powder."

"Xun xun?!"

"You can't use it, that stuff only works on Grass-type pets."

"Xun xun..."

"Yap yap..."

Yabao called out with emotion, expressing that whether body size was large or small didn't fundamentally affect strength, that Real Generation Bird had such a small body size, yet still sent him flying with a single move.

"Xun xun~"

Little Treasure called out.

But other pets' true body sizes are huge, plus it's an Emperor-level.

Amidst their back-and-forth chatting, Qiao Sang led Yabao and the others across the long bridge and stepped into the Grand View Garden.

The flowers and grass meeting their eyes instantly magnified dozens of times, and the overall weather grew much cooler under the shade of the flora.

"Lei lei..."

Tingbao looked to the side curiously, failing to keep up with Lubao walking up ahead for the very first time.

However, very quickly, Tingbao felt the temperature wasn't right, and hurriedly wriggled his body to catch up.

Dozens of pets about twenty meters tall, their heads resembling yellow flowers, and their brown root systems divided into two parts that walked like legs, were walking past in an orderly line in front of them.

"Xun xun..."

Little Treasure slowly raised his head.

So huge...

Suddenly, one of the pets whose head looked like a yellow flower stopped. Looking at Shalala floating in midair, an inexplicable surge of goodwill arose in its heart. Reaching out a leaf-like arm, it scooped Shalala up in one swift motion, placed Shalala on its head, and continued walking forward.

Shalala was stunned at first, then looked around at everything with novelty.

"Qing qing!"

Qingbao revealed herself beside her Beast Tamer, pointing at the Grass-type pet that had scooped up Shalala as she called out anxiously.

"That's a Deformed Branch Flower from the Grand View Garden. It's a staff member that can carry tourists to view the Grand View Garden from a high vantage point, so it's very safe." Qiao Sang explained.

This was written on the Valley of Flowers detail map.

"Qing qing..."

Qingbao put on an expression of so that's how it is.

"Xun xun~"

Hearing this, Little Treasure's eyes lit up, and he floated beside one of the Deformed Branch Flowers, letting out a call.

"Guai zhi."

The Deformed Branch Flower glanced at him, revealed a smile, and pointed at one of the petals on its head while calling out.

Little Treasure followed its gesture and looked over, discovering a QR code.

"Xun xun..."

Little Treasure shook his head, indicating he had no money.

The Deformed Branch Flower withdrew its smile and walked forward.

"Xun xun..."

Little Treasure put on a disappointed expression.

At this moment, Qiao Sang shouted: "How much is it? I'll pay!"

"Guai zhi~"

The Deformed Branch Flower stopped, squatted down, lowered its head, and displayed the QR code.

As Qiao Sang scanned the code, she asked: "Two humans and nine pets..."

Speaking up to this point, Mikayla interrupted: "Don't count Spengami and Dragon King, they didn't follow us over."

Qiao Sang turned her head to check, and sure enough, Spengami and Dragon King were nowhere to be seen. Shifting her tune, she asked: "Seven pets, how much is it in total?"

"Guai zhi~"

The Deformed Branch Flower called out, stating the amount.

"Gang qiu."

Gangbao translated in her mind.

Qiao Sang scanned and transferred the money, looked at Yabao and the others, and said: "Get up there, everyone. Since we're already here, let's experience it, Deformed Branch Flowers are familiar with the terrain here too."

"Xun xun~"

Little Treasure called out happily and floated onto the head of the Deformed Branch Flower.

Next, blue light flared in his eyes as he controlled Qiao Sang, Mikayla, Yabao, and the others, bringing them all onto the Deformed Branch Flower's head.

"Lei lei..."

Tingbao looked at everything around with novelty.

Sitting on the head of the Deformed Branch Flower behind them, Shalala looked at everyone sitting together up ahead, and couldn't help calling out: "Xia..."

Having uttered just one syllable, it covered its mouth.

"Guai zhi."

The Deformed Branch Flower carrying it keenly noticed something, called out, scooped up Shalala, and placed it onto the head of the Deformed Branch Flower in front.

"Xia xia."

Shalala was stunned for a second, then turned its head to flash a grateful smile at the Deformed Branch Flower that had carried it just now.

"Guai zhi."

The Deformed Branch Flower didn't realize anything was amiss at all, returning a smile.

Just like that, Qiao Sang, Mikayla, Yabao, and the others sat on the head of the same Deformed Branch Flower, taking in the surrounding scenery. From time to time, they would pause to interact with other giant Grass-type pets passing by.

These pets acting as staff members seemed to really like Shalala in its Fresh Dandelion form, frequently stopping by to interact with it and presenting fresh flowers.

After just a dozen minutes, Qiao Sang and the others were submerged in bouquets of giant flowers.

"Xia xia..."

Shalala struggled to poke its head out from the giant flowers.

"Looks like everyone really likes you." Qiao Sang poked her head out and said with a smile.

"Xia xia..."

Shalala rubbed its head, showing a shy expression.

"Xun xun~"

Little Treasure poked his head out, calling out to indicate that everyone liked him a lot too, he had just received two flowers earlier.

"Yes, yes, yes, everyone likes you a lot too." Qiao Sang said with a smile.

While chatting, a frog-type Water pet on a giant tree suddenly sprayed a stream of water over, targeting Lubao with precision.

Lubao's figure was agile, with a gentle sway, she dodged it.

The stream of water sprayed entirely onto Tingbao.

"Lei lei..."

Little Ting Dragon was stunned at first, then showed an angry expression as crackling electric arcs surfaced on his body.

However, before his lightning could strike over, the frog-type pet on the giant tree in the distance revealed an utterly heartbroken expression, wiping away tears as it jumped down from the tree and hopped away.

Little Ting Dragon: ???

"Water-type pets here spraying water guns at you outside of battle are expressing friendliness and affection." Qiao Sang explained.

"Lei lei..."

Tingbao was stunned once more.

So it liked me...

Lubao remained silent, observing the surrounding scenery.

Suddenly, butterfly-type pets with transparent wings passed by holding flower baskets, continuously scattering sparkling pollen downward from the baskets.

As the pollen fell, Yabao couldn't help sneezing.

Qiao Sang offered background knowledge: "They're called Scorching Flurry Butterflies, also staff members here. The powder they scatter helps Grass-type pets grow better."

"Yap yap."

Yabao called out while sneezing.

But they weren't Grass-type pets.

Qiao Sang fell silent for a moment, looked at a few Scorching Flurry Butterflies smiling at Shalala, and said: "Maybe they're just scattering pollen on the Fresh Dandelion, and we're just along for the ride."

"Yap yap?"

Yabao showed a confused expression and called out.

Who is Fresh Dandelion?

Qiao Sang gestured toward Shalala's direction with her eyes.

"Yap..."

Yabao grew even more confused.

Isn't that Sha...

Before he could finish his sentence, Little Treasure covered his mouth with a paw: "Xun xun!"

You can't say it out loud!

Yabao remembered this matter and nodded.

Only then did Little Treasure release his paw.

Seeing this scene, Qiao Sang couldn't help laughing.

In the past, how would Little Treasure ever dare treat Yabao like this?

Seriously, everyone has grown up...

Qiao Sang pulled out her legs, leaned her body back, and lay down atop the flowers. Taking a deep breath, she inhaled the surrounding fragrance, feeling her body and mind become extraordinarily relaxed, as sleepiness washed over her along with it.

"What's wrong with you?" Mikayla asked.

"I suddenly really want to take a nap..." Qiao Sang said, filled with sleepiness.

Mikayla: ...

Wait, this is the Valley of Flowers, not the Pet Spa Center. You actually want to sleep?

Mikayla was silent for a few seconds, then said: "Go ahead and sleep. I'll wake you once the Deformed Branch Flower finishes its lap."

Qiao Sang didn't answer; she had already fallen asleep.

At the same time, in an invisible area within her brain region capacity, a surge began to swell.

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