Carrying the sack containing the hornet's nest, Shi Lin walked down the road cheerfully.
He really didn't expect that doing a good deed by eliminating a menace for the people would actually activate the system.
Although he didn't know exactly what role the system could play, based on his experience reading novels and watching movies and TV shows in his past life, the system was definitely amazing!
Contracting beast servants who were completely loyal to him... Tsk tsk, contract a Golden British Shorthair to roam the mountains? Get a Brown Bear as a mount? Or contract a pack of wolves to sweep across the land...
Just thinking about it made Shi Lin's blood boil a little.
With this system and contracting a big guy, wouldn't he be the one in charge of the mountains?!
Even the sea area, shouldn't the fish in the sea also be considered within the scope of beasts?
Hehe, this time he was really going to get rich!
"Lao Liu! What are you grinning foolishly about over there? There are only three hens left at home. If you dare to secretly catch them again to eat and drink with your questionable friends, I'll skin you alive!"
A light shout pulled Shi Lin back from his wandering thoughts. He looked up and saw that he had already arrived home.
At this moment, his Fifth Sister Shi Yuying was standing at the door with her hands on her hips, her eyes as big as copper bells, scrutinizing him.
There was nothing he could do; his track record was too bad. Back when Old Shi could still hunt, Shi Lin often secretly took Old Shi's prey to treat his friends to meat outside.
For the past six months, Old Shi had injured his leg and couldn't hunt, but he still didn't restrain himself. He turned his attention to the chickens raised at home, stealing his own chickens to show off outside...
Thinking about the stupid things he had done, Shi Lin blushed slightly and smiled awkwardly:
"Fifth Sister, I didn't steal chickens. I just went to do a good deed, eliminating a menace for the people. I got a hornet's nest back; we'll eat the bee pupae this afternoon."
Saying this, he also lifted the sack in his hand, indicating that this was the result of his good deed.
Ah?!
Hearing his words, Shi Yuying was stunned for a moment. She took two steps closer and stared carefully at the sack.
Sure enough, she heard the buzzing sound inside the sack; it really was a hornet's nest.
"Are you crazy? You dared to mess with hornets... Ah! There's a hole here, quick, a hornet is about to escape! Kill it quickly!"
Shi Yuying was just about to say a few words to Shi Lin, telling him not to take risks in the future, but before she could finish, she saw a small hole in the sack.
A hornet was sticking its head out from inside, scaring her so much that her voice became several degrees sharper.
"It's okay, it can't escape."
Following Fifth Sister's gaze, Shi Lin casually reached out and accurately grabbed the hornet's two wings, easily controlling the hornet trying to escape.
Just then, a system prompt suddenly appeared before him.
【Contracting Golden-ringed Hornet requires 3 beast servant points. Do you wish to contract?】
...
After handing the hornet's nest in the sack to his parents and Fifth Sister to deal with, Shi Lin went into the house himself and stared at the hornet in his hand for a long time.
What was the use of taking this kind of thing as a beast servant?
Would he make it sting people?
But if he didn't take it, this was the first object the system prompted that could be taken as a beast servant...
After hesitating for a while, Shi Lin still decided to contract it!
Anyway, he had 15 beast servant points, and contracting this hornet only required 3 points, leaving 12 points to contract others.
'Contract!'
【Ding! Congratulations to the Host for contracting the beast servant - Golden-ringed Hornet.】
In an instant, Shi Lin felt a strange connection with the hornet in front of him. He could roughly sense the hornet's emotional fluctuations.
The hornet no longer struggled and was very docilely held by him, even transmitting an emotion of joy.
He directly released the hand holding the hornet. The hornet, now free, transmitted emotions of excitement and joy, buzzing and flying around him.
Being circled by such a hornet with a constant buzzing sound in his ear, even knowing it was expressing excitement and happiness, Shi Lin couldn't quite get used to it.
He instructed the hornet: "Come to my shoulder and stay quiet."
The hornet understood his meaning and gently landed on his shoulder, no longer buzzing, staying quietly like a servant waiting for its master's orders.
"Is this the effect of the contract?"
Shi Lin looked at the hornet on his shoulder and rubbed his chin.
It was about what he expected; it could listen, but the hornet itself had limited abilities and couldn't play a big role.
It was pretty much like raising a pet, occasionally helping to sting people, at most adding a distraction effect.
He opened the system panel.
【beast servant points: 12】
【Beast Servant: Golden-ringed Hornet (Unnamed)】
The system prompt asked him to name the Golden-ringed Hornet.
Shi Lin didn't even bother to think. Since it was a Golden-ringed Hornet, he would just give it the surname Jin and the name "Jin Yi".
Then the panel changed to:
【beast servant points: 12】
【Beast Servant: Jin Yi (Golden-ringed Hornet)】
At this point, 【Jin Yi】 in the Beast Servant column on the panel turned into a clickable blue style.
Shi Lin tried clicking on it.
Then, just like opening a video file, a very long image played before him.
The initial scene was full of dense bee pupae, small holes, with occasional large hornets appearing.
He dragged the progress bar of the image. The scene showed mountains and forests, insects, bees... Later, Li Qinghu, Shi Lin himself, and Fifth Sister also appeared...
Shi Lin finally understood.
This image was the life experiences of the hornet Jin Yi!
From its birth in the hive until now, being caught and becoming a beast servant, it was completely intact!
What the heck!
Shi Lin's eyes widened in shock, and he inwardly exclaimed how amazing it was.
Even more amazing was that this image was updated in real-time. Dragging the progress bar to the end was a real-time broadcast!
It was equivalent to sharing vision. Whatever Jin Yi saw and heard at that moment was in the image!
This ability was truly heaven-defying!
Shi Lin had just been thinking that this beast servant wasn't very useful, but now it seemed its use was immense!
Sending it out was like having an extra pair of eyes and ears, and it could fly, and others wouldn't think of it as being associated with a person...
If this were in later generations, it would be a paparazzi's ultimate tool. With such a beast servant, which celebrity could hide their secrets?
Or going back a few decades, putting it on the battlefield, this would also be an incredibly heaven-defying ability. Who would think a hornet was a spy?
Products from the system are indeed fine goods!
"Go, go outside and check the situation."
Shi Lin directed Jin Yi to fly outside. Soon, through Jin Yi's vision, he saw his parents and Fifth Sister sitting in the courtyard dealing with the hornet's nest.
At this time, the sack containing the hornet's nest had been soaked in hot water by them. All the hornets and pupae inside were dead. Now they were picking out the hornets and pupae one by one.
Originally, Shi Lin wondered if the hornet Jin Yi would be angry and want to sting people upon seeing such a scene.
Unexpectedly, Jin Yi was much calmer than he imagined. It didn't have any emotional fluctuations of anger. Instead, it seemed a little fearful, only daring to fly in the air and watch from a distance, not daring to get too close.