CHAPTER 134: CHAPTER 109: FALSE HOPES

The conversation of the young couple next to the table attracted Li Cunxu’s attention.

"Hasn’t there always been special admissions to universities? Outstanding Beast Masters, outstanding Breeders, as long as they are excellent enough, they can skip several grades and be admitted by the university." The man asked in confusion.

The woman said, "I misspoke, it should be that the special admissions standard for Breeders has been lowered this time. If you go, you’re likely to be admitted."

"The standard has been lowered? Why is that?"

"Mechanical City University has launched a mechanical breeding major, but the future of this major is unclear, and very few students have been admitted, so the Mechanical City University has lowered the admission standards for this major, including the special admissions."

The mechanical breeding major reminded Li Cunxu of the short-lived profession of ’Mechanical Breeder.’

Mechanical pets eat something different from other pets, so someone specifically designed the profession of ’Mechanical Breeder’ for mechanical pets.

A Mechanical Breeder, as the name suggests, is a breeder who specifically makes food for mechanical pets.

On the surface, this Mechanical Breeder profession seems reasonable, but in reality, mechanical pets don’t have a high demand for food.

The improvement from eating a meal of Spiritual Food for a mechanical pet is not as significant or fast as upgrading a screw part.

So the Mechanical Breeder was quickly eliminated, and two new mechanical professions emerged from its remnants: Mechanical Maintenance Master and Parts Upgrade Master.

The Mechanical Maintenance Master is responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of mechanical pet parts.

The Parts Upgrade Master specializes in upgrading mechanical parts.

On the way back to the hotel, Li Cunxu was still thinking about the mechanical breeding major.

On the street, a high-speed mechanical carriage whipped up a cold wind. The cold wind hit Li Cunxu’s face, making him shiver, and at this moment, an idea struck him.

"I finally understand why I’m so concerned about the mechanical breeding major."

"Apply for the mechanical breeding major, I want to go to university."

The mechanical breeding major, although doomed to fail, could be used by Li Cunxu as a stepping stone to get into Mechanical City University.

There are many benefits to attending university: various knowledge that’s inaccessible elsewhere, a strong network of faculty and connections, numerous benefits, and even discounted teleportation fees.

Another advantage of applying for the mechanical breeding major is that when people realize next year that being a Mechanical Breeder is a dead-end, the major will be canceled. Mechanical City University won’t be able to kick out the students it’s admitted, so there will only be one way for mechanical breeding students to go - switch majors.

At Mechanical City University, one can switch to three majors: Beast Master, Mechanician, and Breeder.

As long as Li Cunxu can gather six contract slots next year, he can switch to the Beast Master major and become the Beast Master he’s always dreamed of being.

However, now Li Cunxu is not so obsessed with the Beast Master profession that allows him to participate in various competitions.

If he doesn’t switch majors, would he still be considered a Beast Master?

The current so-called Beast Master profession is defined by others and defined due to the 6v6 pet battle competition.

Did the ancient Beast Masters originally have a rule that required contracting six pets to be called Beast Masters?

The answer is: no.

Originally, even if you only contracted one pet in your lifetime, you could still be called a Beast Master.

Li Cunxu had also considered special admissions to universities before, but he didn’t meet the admission standards at other universities.

For special admissions to the Beast Master major, Xiaoruan’s strong abilities could definitely pass the special admissions exam, but Li Cunxu couldn’t gather enough contract slots, and the school rejected him.

As for the Breeder’s special admissions, although Li Cunxu had the top-notch talent ’Blood Lotus Eye,’ his basic knowledge of breeding was inadequate, and because of the Spirit Crystal, he wasn’t inclined to study Spiritual Food recipes; he was definitely not going to be admitted through special admissions like this.

With the lowered standards for the Mechanical Breeding major at Mechanical City University, there seemed to be hope for a try.

With a mindset of giving it a try, Li Cunxu applied for the special admissions exam for the mechanical breeding major, but... failed to get in.

It was because he turned in a blank paper for the Spiritual Food exam.

The exam difficulty was lowered, but it didn’t mean there was none.

"Uh, surprises come and go quickly."

Staring at the phone message indicating he hadn’t passed the special admissions exam, Li Cunxu was both amused and disappointed. He thought he could take advantage of the exam to get into the university early, but was happy for nothing.

Li Cunxu had been so confident about getting admitted because he had the Half-Saint Lotus Eye that could disguise the Holy Lotus Pupil Technique.

He thought Mechanical City University would highly value him and admit him as a ’special talent’ because having a Holy Lotus Eye involved in mechanical breeding could bring more possibilities to the major, all due to Holy Feast being a higher-grade Spiritual Food.

However, it wasn’t as highly valued as Li Cunxu imagined.

To say it wasn’t valued isn’t accurate, as they still appreciated Li Cunxu’s Half-Saint Lotus Eye and advised him to urgently improve his basic knowledge of breeding related to Spiritual Food and welcomed him to apply for the mechanical breeding major again next year.

"Apply again next year? By next year, this major in your family will be dead."

What Li Cunxu didn’t know was that the Doctor in charge of ’mechanical breeding’ specially went to the Tongdu Saint Lotus Family to invite a Holy Lotus Eye to join this major. Without that Holy Lotus Eye, they would invite Li Cunxu even if he turned in blank papers for all exams.

After searching the landfill for ten days, Li Cunxu didn’t find the Hammer Forger after looking around the landfill’s perimeter.

"The landfill only has the Waste Park left to search. Could the Hammer Forger be in the Waste Park?"

If the Hammer Forger is in the Waste Park, then Li Cunxu can basically give up.

He beat up several Waste Kings and Waste Queens driven out of Waste Park and learned more information about Waste Park from them.

On the surface, the Waste Park has five Golden Mechanical Pets, and secretly, there are three Lord Mechanical Pets.

Among them, two of the Lord Mechanical Pets were abandoned by humans and hate humans immensely. While they don’t kill people, they imprison and torment humans, conducting electric therapy daily.

The Waste Park is essentially the landfill version of the Myanmar district.

Li Cunxu anonymously reported to the alliance with the video recorded by the Waste Queen, asking them to resolve the two Lord Mechanical Pets.

He didn’t report to Mechanical City, as its rulers, the Mechanical Emperor, under his intentional neglect, have allowed the roots of the Mechanical City Alliance to rot, evident from Mechanical City’s landfill, the smoke-belching chemical plants, and the constant smog-filled sky.

Li Cunxu said to the Waste Queen, "I used your recorded video to report to the alliance, but I’m worried someone might find you and then find me through the perspective recorded in your video, so I want to take you away."

Nowadays, the alliance cannot be fully trusted because there are undercover agents from the Evil God Sect within it. To prevent those undercover from noticing him, Li Cunxu is cautious even with the alliance.

The Waste Queen was agreeable and consented to being taken away, partly thanks to Xiaoruan subduing it.

Because the Waste Queen was trustworthy enough to take away, Li Cunxu revealed what he was searching for.

"In the Waste Park, have you seen a group of trash sorting robots always holding hammers?"