Beast Taming: My System is Bugged

Chapter 356 - 343: Future? The Present? Anyway, the Surgery Was a Success

"You have fallen into a deep sleep."

"You are undergoing an organ modification surgery."

"Based on your Source Light Space Stone, Teacher Tang is attempting a new procedure, having his Eight-star Mysterious Attribute Pet Beast, Mimi, assist by imbuing it with a mysterious mist."

"The mist infusion is successful. Your appendix now possesses the Mysterious Attribute."

"Teacher Tang has his Pet Beast activate the Skill ’Ghost Armor Substitute,’ causing a Profound Celestial Beast Ghost Soul to attach to his arm to perform a precise spiritual modification on your appendix."

"His interest greatly piqued, Teacher Tang decides to inject a wisp of the Power of the Ghost Soul for Dark Energy Reinforcement."

"Injecting the Power of the Ghost Soul..."

"The Source Light Space Stone is becoming unstable and appears to be on the verge of exploding."

"Teacher Tang’s brow furrows. At his side, the Chaos Creature, Ah Ji, abruptly raises its head..."

Gu Ming lay on the bed with his eyes closed, his mind somewhat hazy.

He knew he was about to go into surgery, so he had already calmed his mind beforehand and performed a kind of self-hypnosis.

When he closed his eyes, Gu Ming’s consciousness sank into his Sea of Consciousness. He held his Divine Sense Sword Body and repeatedly focused on a single thought in his mind:

’I am Old Deng, a man who only got into university at fifty. I’m lying on the operating table of a major corporation thirty-two years in the future...’

He imagined the future Eight-star Beastmaster, Teacher Tang Tianyi, standing beside him, about to put into action the modification concept that had come to him in a flash of inspiration.

Gu Ming wasn’t satisfied with a simple modification of just the Space and Light Attributes.

If possible, he wanted to attempt the modification surgery from a future timeline.

What truly enticed him was a modification with the Mysterious Attribute, but the materials he had on hand wouldn’t support it.

The materials he’d brought himself did not meet the requirements.

To attempt a fusion modification with multiple attributes, Gu Ming took a desperate risk, blocking out his own senses and leaving only a single idea in his mind.

Previously, Ah Ji had successfully reached the future to complete a surgery through this very method of self-hypnosis, and he planned to do the same.

Possessing the Ultimate Thought, he too could achieve a similar self-hypnotic effect.

This was the first time he had tried playing out such a scenario in his head. If he could make the act a reality and have his body briefly cross over to the future to complete the surgery, the results would be incredible.

Gu Ming could already imagine that, after the surgery was complete, it might arouse Teacher Tang’s suspicion and attention.

It was also possible that nothing would happen in reality, and everything would proceed according to the original plan.

Besides, Gu Ming wouldn’t lose out even if he failed.

He had already paid the money. The worst-case scenario was that the Source Light Space Stone would be wasted by Teacher Tang, the surgery would fail, and his appendix would be unusable.

The normal outcome would be the surgery’s completion, granting him a dual-attribute Beast Taming Space.

The best outcome would be for the future Eight-star Beastmaster to perform the surgery and complete a Four-Attribute modification.

Gu Ming vaguely drifted into a daze, his consciousness gradually fading.

In his haze, he faintly sensed that this attempt was not going well and that the risks had increased dramatically.

A dense, stinging pain suddenly shot through his abdomen, as if countless fine needles were burrowing into his flesh.

Immediately after, his breathing became labored, as if mist and Dark Energy had been injected into his blood vessels.

This was his body’s defense mechanism sounding the alarm.

His breath caught suddenly. A blurry red light exploded in his brain, and danger signals flooded in like a tidal wave.

It was his body’s self-preservation instinct; his brain was sending a danger signal.

Just as his eyelashes trembled violently, his eyeballs rolling restlessly beneath his lids, and he hesitated over whether to snap his eyes open and end it all, time around him seemed to accelerate, as if its gears were turned by an invisible hand, completely escaping his perception.

In what felt like the blink of an eye, he finally lifted his heavy eyelids. The first thing that met his gaze was a blindingly bright white—a ceiling that was both strange and familiar.

The light filtered down through a textured diffuser, casting a soft, warm glow.

His vision slowly came into focus. He saw Lu You sitting on a metal chair beside him, her chin propped in her hand. She was holding Mouse Treasure and staring at Gu Ming with a vacant expression, as if she had been watching him for some time.

When Gu Ming blinked, it was as if an electric current passed between their gazes. Lu You’s eyes immediately widened, and she said in her characteristically soft voice, "You’re awake!"

As her voice fell, Cyan Treasure, Ah Kun, and Ah Ji all gathered around the hospital bed. They craned their necks to look at him, each gently nudging his body with their heads as if to check on his condition.

Gu Ming gave a weak smile, slowly raised a hand, and stroked the foreheads of his three Pet Beasts one by one.

Just then, Teacher Tang heard the commotion and walked over, once again summoning his Xi Beast to examine Gu Ming’s body.

A soft, warm light emanated from the Xi Beast, enveloping Gu Ming. The glow carried a gentle healing power that slowly seeped into his entire body, easing his post-operative fatigue and discomfort.

"Your body experienced a small mishap. After the Source Light Space Stone fused with your appendix, a light similar to a Super Evolution appeared. It was my first time seeing it. Ah Ji just helped you out immensely."

Teacher Tang said no more, stopping there.

He was not a man of many words to begin with.

Furthermore, Gu Ming had just experienced a life-or-death moment, and his Pet Beasts had many things to tell their Beastmaster.

So, Teacher Tang proactively gave them some space, letting Gu Ming and his Pet Beasts be alone together.

Gu Ming’s consciousness was still a bit fuzzy, his mind flashing back to the various dangers of the surgery:

the excruciating pain in his abdomen, the tearing red light that flashed across his cerebral cortex... It was like a final burst of life before death, almost making him believe he was about to die on that future operating table.

Fortunately, when he opened his eyes, he was back in the familiar real world, with no strange discrepancies.

Afterward, Gu Ming extended his Divine Sense to communicate with Ah Ji, quickly reading the memory fragments that had just flashed through Ah Ji’s mind.

It turned out that during the procedure, his body had suddenly erupted with a brilliant light. A mysterious mist had all but enveloped him, and pained, muffled groans could be heard.

Ah Ji had keenly sensed an extremely violent and unstable Energy Fluctuation, similar to the feeling of its own Chaos Attribute Magic Power about to explode.

Without a moment’s hesitation, Ah Ji had rushed toward the operating table, which was shrouded in mist and a purifying light. It activated its Chaos Breathing Technique, sucking all the unstable energies surging within Gu Ming’s body into its own belly like a whale devouring the sea.

Fortunately, Ah Ji had previously cultivated its Chaos Breathing Technique to the Master Level in the Dream Training Space.

This allowed the absorption range of its Chaos Breathing Technique to extend beyond just the air.

When it proactively intervened, pressing its paw against Gu Ming’s abdomen, it was able to absorb the unstable chaos energy that had suddenly erupted within him.

It was this action that pulled Gu Ming back from the brink of a highly dangerous explosion.

Reading his Pet Beast’s thoughts, Gu Ming’s heart still pounded with fear.

He reached out and stroked Ah Ji’s head. His voice was laced with weakness, but he spoke happily:

"Well done, Ah Ji.

"Now... I owe you my life."

Ah Ji swished its tail and nuzzled his palm, as if to say:

’What’s the big deal? It’s my duty to save my master.’