Next, William Carter decided to focus on his job as a pet beast breeder for now, using this opportunity to learn more about the skill compendium and this world before making other plans.

Moreover, the pet beast cub he reserved from the Tiezhubamboo Breeding Base in Pingcheng District, Bingyuan City, also required this internship certificate for him to claim it.

Considering William Carter's repayment ability, the Tiezhubamboo Breeding Base determined that he wasn't yet qualified to receive the pet beast. But after he finishes his internship and obtains the breeder's certificate, he'll be eligible for the loan.

Therefore, for William Carter, this internship is not something he can take lightly.

If everything goes according to William Carter's plan, becoming a beastmaster shouldn't be a problem. However, after that comes a long period of loan repayment. In this process, becoming a beastmaster could either make William Carter soar to great heights or drag him down... After all, raising pet beasts really consumes resources.

Iron-eating Beast!

That's the name of the pet beast William Carter reserved.

【Name】: Iron-eating Beast.

【Attribute】: Metal

【Species Level】: Intermediate Extraordinary.

【Species Skill】: Hardening

The Iron-eating Beast... is actually a giant panda.

William Carter hadn't expected that in this world, giant pandas had evolved into Iron-eating Beasts with an intermediate extraordinary species level.

William Carter was quite satisfied with the initial pet beast his predecessor chose for him.

The national treasure's looks and rarity are huge pluses!

Barring any surprises, he wouldn't change his choice—after all, he'd already paid the deposit.

Still, it's pretty tragic that the national treasure from his previous life had fallen to this point.

Clearly, an ordinary giant panda could slap a wolf silly in a fight.

But the Iron-eating Beast is actually one species level lower than the Snow Wolf.

However, William Carter also understood that this was related to species skills.

Compared to the Snow Wolf's four species skills—Ice Shatter Fang, Ice Split Claw, Cold Breath, and Snow Conceal—the Iron-eating Beast only has one species skill.

Just like its name, after evolving, the giant panda in this world can harden its body by eating metallic minerals, making its body as tough as steel.

The hardening species skill doesn't have a high upper limit and only works in close combat, so it's considered low-tier and naturally can't compare to the heaven-blessed Snow Wolf.

Low-tier species skill, excellent physical attributes—overall, the Iron-eating Beast's species level is intermediate, which isn't actually low, but it's a bit of a pity.

After all, in Earth's legends, it was Chiyou's mount, but in this world, it has no prestige at all... utterly ordinary and unremarkable.

William Carter suspected it was because giant pandas are too lazy—either eating bamboo or sleeping, and their gentle temperament slowed their evolution.

If only they had a bit more fighting spirit... would they have ended up like this?!

But in a way, that's good, or else William Carter wouldn't have been able to afford an Iron-eating Beast.

He could only afford it because his household registration is in Pingcheng District, and as a local, he got a policy discount. Otherwise, he wouldn't even dream of it.

"Iron-eating Beast is actually pretty good..."

"The skill to eat metallic minerals and harden its body gives it both offense and defense—not bad at all."

If his judgment was correct, the Intimidation skill he just copied should also be learnable by the Iron-eating Beast, and the compatibility should be fine.

With the skill compendium, he could try to teach it.

The Intimidation skill, representing "the king's aptitude," can lower the opponent's fighting spirit and boost its own!

The Hardening skill can enhance both defense and attack—offense and defense in one!

This skill combo made William Carter think of some strange possibilities.

So, is it just missing a perception-type skill to boost speed?

If he could copy a similar skill...

Then, the Iron-eating Beast could be renamed Panda King.

Probably no other Iron-eating Beast beastmaster has tried this skill set...

Thinking of this, William Carter felt it might be worth a try...

Staying at the pet beast breeding base wasn't just for learning—the environment here also seemed to make it easy for him to collect rare skills.

He should collect as many as possible now, so that in the future, when other beastmasters are struggling to teach their pet beasts various skills, he could quickly assemble a set of god-tier skills for his own pet beast!

Chapter 4: Looking for a Target

After imagining the future, William Carter was pulled back to reality. In the morning, besides feeding the Snow Wolf pack, he had many other tasks, which kept him busy all morning.

It wasn't until nearly noon that he had some free time, but his afternoon was just as fully scheduled.

After lunch and a nap, all the interns in William Carter's dorm building had the same task for the afternoon.

They'd actually been doing this job for a while now.

It was the one listed on the previous work schedule: observing and recording the behavior and growth of Green Silkworms...

Afternoon.

William Carter quietly followed the group into the forest where Green Silkworms were everywhere.

The forest was lush and dense, barely letting any light through.

Green Silkworms were the most common pet beast living here. In the Bingyuan City Pet Beast Base, there were only about 50 Snow Wolves, but there were over a thousand Green Silkworms.

You could basically sum them up in five words: everywhere you look, they're there.