Chapter 49 I Don't Have Many Hobbies Normally, I Just Like Watching Beautiful Female Streamers

Beast Taming Plaza.

The plaza opened quite early today. After unlocking the gates, Grandpa Sun felt as though the clamor of yesterday's competition still lingered in his ears, refusing to fade away.

He looked at the empty expanse of the Beast Taming Plaza before him, and the stark contrast made him let out a sigh.

"Sigh, I wonder when it will be lively like that again."

Grandpa Sun put away his keyring, carried a red-wood reclining chair out of the duty room, and lay down on it, swaying gently as he leisurely soaked up the sun.

A while ago, that group of old geezers had been clamoring for a gathering, but he and Old Li had been busy with work, so the matter kept getting postponed.

It just happened that Qian Qi wanted to hold a competition in the Beast Taming Plaza, so he invited those old fellows over to watch the excitement.

It turned out to be well worth the trip. Yesterday, she had thoroughly shocked those old fogeys. Although Grade D defense fruits were useless to A-grade powerhouses like them, Qian Qi's behavior—reminiscent of a social terrorist—had left them clicking their tongues in amazement.

There had been at least three thousand students in the Beast Taming Plaza yesterday. Being so young, not only did she dare to challenge Grade D fierce beasts that even experienced awakened ones shrank back from, but she also methodically directed the entire duel and auction. Such courage and composure were rarely found among the youth nowadays.

However, there used to be plenty of such youths in the past.

Back then, dimensional rifts had already appeared for many years; fierce beasts ran amok everywhere, and the world was fraught with crises. A group of courageous, resourceful, and passionate youths, in order to protect humanity's final pure land, relied on stirring speeches and pioneering actions to rouse countless young ordinary people and young awakened ones. They formed numerous youth suicide squads, completing one impossible mission after another for their predecessors.

They fought fearlessly against the fierce beasts, forcefully carving out a bloody path, and then remained forever frozen in that glorious youth.

In Qian Qi, he saw their shadows.

However, Qian Qi was far more "crafty" than they had been. With a mere blink of that little girl's eyes, no one could guess what strange stunt she would pull next.

Grandpa Sun flicked his hand-fan, preparing to take a short nap, when he suddenly heard the shuffling sound of flip-flops dragging on the ground from afar.

He tilted his head and glanced over to see the little girl wearing a white undershirt, carrying several bags of oranges, trotting briskly toward him. Noticing that he had spotted her, she raised both hands and waved them energetically. "Grandpa! I've come to see you!"

Grandpa Sun couldn't help narrowing his eyes. She had been quite earnest in buying these oranges; several heavy bags were being lifted by those slender little arms...

Well, well, it seemed this lass possessed quite a bit of strength.

"Grandpa, you're up pretty early!" Qian Qi placed the bags of oranges inside the duty room and poked her head out. "Where are your friends? Didn't they come today?"

She figured those grandpas must be dorm managers or security guards from other departments. There had been so many students watching the match at the plaza yesterday, and even she, a youngster, had felt exhausted. Such tiring work, yet these elderly men had been willing to come and help Grandpa Sun out.

Thinking about it this way, Grandpa Sun must be quite popular.

Seeing the innocent look on Qian Qi's face, Grandpa Sun burst into laughter. "Their arms and legs aren't what they used to be; walking too much tires them out. I'll just deliver their share to them later."

"Alright~" Qian Qi nodded, then pulled up her operational interface to check yesterday's ledger. "I made quite a bit of money yesterday. Your ten percent profit cut comes out to 145,370."

After transferring the funds to Grandpa Sun, Qian Qi began beating around the bush. "Grandpa Sun, are you very close with Grandpa Li, who manages the fierce beast warehouse? Do you happen to know if the fierce beast warehouse is looking for any staff?"

Qian Qi flexed her muscles to demonstrate her strength. "I'd like to take on a part-time job~ Like feeding them or shoveling their waste."

"Oh?" Grandpa Sun was amused. What kind of mischievous idea was this little girl cooking up now?

"I do recall they seem to be quite short-handed." Grandpa Sun decided to go join in the fun. He picked up a bag of oranges from the duty room and said to Qian Qi, "Since I'm heading over to drop off oranges for Old Li anyway, would you like to come along?"

Qian Qi was immediately overjoyed. "That would be fantastic!"

As expected, infiltrating the Beast Taming Department through Grandpa Sun was definitely the right choice!

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The fierce beast warehouse could be described as quite a spectacle at the Awakened University.

Standing a full hundred meters tall, the pure white cylindrical building looked magnificent and imposing. Its exterior walls were impeccably smooth and seamless, allowing not a single roar from the fierce beasts inside to escape. There was only a single heavy door for human entry and exit, and every staff member affiliated with the beast warehouse had to scan their retinas to pass through.

"Don't let the grand facade of the beast warehouse fool you; the beasts inside are actually all Grade E, Grade D, and a few Grade C ones."

Grandpa Sun scanned his face at the entrance and led Qian Qi inside. "Live Grade B and Grade A fierce beasts are kept hidden elsewhere, heavily guarded by high-level awakened ones, while as for Grade S fierce beasts..."

Grandpa Sun paused for a moment before chuckling, "A few did appear in the past, and it cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of A-grade awakened ones and several thousand S-grade awakened ones to completely kill them."

As for lower-level awakened ones, their numbers were simply uncountable.

This was also why high-level awakened ones were so rare nowadays—because that generation of high-level awakened ones, who were most likely to nurture the next generation of powerhouses, had already sacrificed themselves for humanity.

As for those few awakened clans holding supreme power... hehe, better not to mention them.

After stepping inside, Grandpa Sun walked over to a section of white wall near the entrance and tapped a protruding monitor-intercom device. "Old Li~ Look who I brought along~"

Grandpa Li, who was sitting in the duty room sipping tea, glanced at the monitor upon hearing this, bounced right up, and opened the door that seamlessly matched the wall. With a wide grin, he said, "Well, if it isn't little Qian! What brings you to my warehouse?"

He glanced sidelong at the bag of oranges in Grandpa Sun's hand. "Tsk tsk, coming to visit is enough, why bother bringing gifts!"

With that, he snatched the bag of oranges right out of Grandpa Sun's hands.

Grandpa Sun: ......If you've got the guts, don't take them! I wanted to eat a few more myself!

"Come, come, come inside and sit." Grandpa Li pulled two small stools from behind his desk and handed them to Qian Qi and Grandpa Sun. "Are you two... getting ready to host another competition?"

Yesterday's match had been an absolute blast for him to watch from the duty room. Oh boy, let me tell you, it was far more entertaining than watching those live streamers enter cleared dimensions to slay Grade E fierce beasts.

Grandpa Li didn't have many hobbies in his spare time. When slack off at work, he liked to watch live streams and videos of pretty female streamers slaying fierce beasts, and then toss them a few tips.

Yesterday, when Qian Qi was fighting the Grade D fierce beast, though she was beaten one-sidedly, the sheer comedic value kept him laughing non-stop.

After getting off work and returning home, whenever he recalled the sight of Qian Qi flipping the bird and cursing while riding a bicycle, he couldn't help but laugh so hard his sides hurt.

Even his butler remarked that he hadn't seen him laugh this heartily in a long time.

Preview for next chapter:

Contracting fierce beasts starts with shoveling waste!

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