Farming Games are All About Grinding-Chapter 69: Chiyou’s Pet Exchange Game

Han Qiwu: "????? Don’t act in front of me, alright? I just want to learn to cook!"

For a newly crowned big eater, recipes are seriously too important.

"Zzzzzz..."

[A unique entity has hijacked Shennong’s signal bandwidth]

After seeing the system notification, Han Qiwu looked completely dumbfounded.

Unique entity? Hijacking signal bandwidth?

TV Bro, are you from the scientific side or the mystical side? Why are you mixing them up?

[Chiyou’s Pet Exchange Game]

[Chiyou’s Fierce Beast Army includes thousands of species with diverse abilities.]

[Once you submit an item, you’ll receive a pet.]

[Note: The type and quality of the item will determine the quality of the pet. Special items may attract powerful pets.]

"Items for pets?"

Han Qiwu perked up instantly. Who cares if it’s mystical or scientific? If it gives me good stuff, you’re on the buddy side.

When Han Qiwu saw the note about special items, he immediately thought of the [Large Portion of Wild Honey (Gold Star Quality)] he obtained earlier.

This thing not only has high allure for pets, but its own quality has reached Gold Star.

"It’s gotta be you!"

Han Qiwu took out the honey from his storage compartment, bottle and all, and placed it in front of the television.

Even though the honey was already in place, Han Qiwu still felt a little regretful. If this game had come out in March, it would’ve been perfect.

This is Chiyou!

Chiyou’s mount was the Iron-eating Beast, known nowadays as the Giant Panda, aka Chunky Chubby.

Back in ancient times, it was a royal mount; now, it’s a national treasure.

Life of a beast champion, huh!

If it were March, Han Qiwu could’ve gone mountain climbing with Aunt Hong Mei to pick bamboo shoots.

By then, he’d have set down dozens of Gold Star-quality bamboo shoots here.

Maybe he could’ve scored a panda as a pet, huh!

Just thinking about it made Han Qiwu buzz with energy.

As for the honey right now...

Oh no, Han Qiwu was so focused on picking a high-quality item earlier that he forgot bears love honey.

After all, most regular people wouldn’t immediately associate honey with bears!

"Don’t let me end up with a big grizzly bear. I’m not in Russia, how would I befriend those guys?" Han Qiwu was just about to swap the item out when a notification popped up on the TV.

[Item retrieved. Pet exchange now in process...]

A beam of white light emerged on the TV screen. The light split into two—one enveloped the honey, and the other shone onto the floor.

A step too late...

I hope what comes out is something like Bear One or Bear Two, the goofy kind.

After a few seconds, Han Qiwu finally saw a new notification appear on the TV screen:

[Cave Bear Prince has successfully nominated itself]

[Exchanged pet: Cave Bear. Exchange duration: 3–5 months. Be mindful and take care during the exchange period.]

"It really is bear power, huh?" Han Qiwu muttered helplessly. "Not sure if this will even be fun. Why did a prince specifically volunteer for this?" novelbuddy.cσ๓

Inside the white light, a deep yellow cave bear, about 1.5 meters tall, was slowly taking form. Judging by its build, one meal might not even be enough to fill Han Qiwu.

Too robust.

"How am I supposed to handle this..." Han Qiwu felt deeply troubled. He had to take meticulous care of it—how was he supposed to deal?

Good thing it was nighttime when the TV broadcasted. If it were during the day, how on earth would he take such a massive bear to see Mr. Tang?

A few minutes later, the white light gradually faded, and the Cave Bear Prince slowly opened its eyes.

[Cave Bear: Gentle temperament, herbivore, adult weight can exceed 1000 kg, favors caves, currently extinct]

[Please name the pet. Once named, additional attributes can be viewed.]

"Herbivore? Gentle temperament?" Han Qiwu began to relax a bit. "Since you’re a prince of cave bears, I’ll just call you Little Prince."

[Little Prince named successfully]

[Hunter Pet: Little Prince]

[Quality: ⭐⭐]

[Stage: Growth period]

[Type: Male Cave Bear]

[Satiety: 80]

[Basic Skills: Wild Fruit Foraging, Wild Vegetable Foraging, Honey Foraging (Pending Learning)]

[Likes: Eating, Sleeping, Fighting]

[Note: Little Prince is very fond of you; it won’t harm you.]

Just as the note claimed, the moment Little Prince fully materialized, it charged toward Han Qiwu on all fours.

Bearing all the momentum of a speeding bear!

The cement floor beneath Little Prince’s steps emitted eerie cracking sounds, unable to bear the weight.

Han Qiwu felt like a land tank was charging straight at him.

"Roar!"

Little Prince pounced toward Han Qiwu.

"Noooooo—!"

The distance was too short; Han Qiwu didn’t have time to dodge.

Farewell, my farm!

"Boom!"

A few seconds later, Han Qiwu felt something soft against his back. His body didn’t ache either—in fact, it felt inexplicably comfortable.

Huh? I’m fine?

So the note meant pets wouldn’t harm their owners? Nice!

"Sluuuurp."

The adorable Little Prince hugged Han Qiwu with both paws and licked his face once.

Not gonna lie, it was surprisingly comfy.

Little Prince’s tongue seemed bigger than Han Qiwu’s entire face.

"Alright, alright, you stay put for now. I’ll study your attributes first." Han Qiwu wiped the saliva off his face and spoke seriously to Little Prince.

Sitting on the ground, Little Prince seemed to understand Han Qiwu. It nodded and began scratching at its claws.

"Pretty obedient, huh." Han Qiwu smiled. Having a pet at home might actually be nice.

Time to study the attributes.

"Little Prince’s type is a hunter pet, so it’s possible there are other categories like battle pets." Han Qiwu pondered to himself. "Looks like Slime might actually belong to the battle pet category."

Judging by the skills, hunter pets likely help their owners with foraging.

Han Qiwu tested selecting the foraging skill on Little Prince’s skill menu.

After selecting it, a map interface popped up in his field of vision.

[Please choose a foraging destination]

[Foraging activities can increase a hunter pet’s satiety. After foraging ends, the pet will bring back some items.]

[Hunter pets are invisible during foraging activities.]

[Satiety drops below 60 points—owners must feed the pet manually.]

[Hunter Pet: Little Prince can only forage during the daytime.]

"Looks like that’s the case. Little Prince is definitely a pet specialized for foraging." Han Qiwu was in a great mood. After all this time, he finally found a helper for foraging activities.

Recently, foraging had been quite the dilemma. There were a lot of other tasks to deal with, making it hard to find time to forage. Yet spring brought plenty of forageable items, so not doing it felt like a wasted opportunity.

Thankfully, Little Prince solved that problem.

Feeling good.

But since it’s nighttime now, Han Qiwu had to wait until tomorrow morning to see how Little Prince performs at foraging.

As for the Honey Foraging (Pending Learning) skill, Han Qiwu figured it wasn’t a problem.

"I’ll teach him myself!"

Honestly, Han Qiwu never imagined he’d ever have the chance to teach a bear how to gather honey.

Back to research—male, growth stage, all fine. His likes include eating and sleeping, which makes sense.

But what’s with ’fighting’?

Do bears just naturally enjoy using combat as exercise?

I only have one bear at home—who’s he gonna fight?

Wait a minute...

Little Prince, who was sitting calmly moments ago, suddenly stood up, grabbed Han Qiwu with its paw, and started walking toward the courtyard.