Beast Taming: My System is Bugged

While the crowd downstairs descended into chaos and speculation after their fruitless search,

Gu Ming had already used his ability to move through shadows to silently appear at a classroom door in another academic building, all within a mere ten seconds.

Just before the class bell rang, he melted into an inconspicuous shadow in a corner.

He didn’t even deactivate his Skills, simply maintaining his Shadow Cloak stacked with Shadow Mimicry. Like a deep shadow clinging to the corner curtain, he quietly "stood" inside the classroom.

At the lectern.

The one preparing to lecture was an experienced professor with a formidable Divine Sense and Cultivation.

Almost the instant Gu Ming entered the classroom, he keenly sensed an abnormally pure fluctuation of Shadow Energy arrive silently, yet conceal itself in the back in a very high-profile manner.

Without a change in expression, he extended his Divine Sense, slowly sweeping it over the area where someone might be.

Immediately, a Divine Sense transmission, carrying a calm and steady aura, resounded in his mind:

"Hello, Professor. This is your student, Gu Ming."

"To avoid disturbing the class, I will be attending in this manner."

"Please pay me no mind, and there’s no need to call on me. Thank you."

The professor’s originally relaxed and casual expression froze for a moment.

The corner of his mouth twitched almost imperceptibly.

It was hard to say whether he was pleased or exasperated.

He sighed inwardly:

’This kid... he actually solved his problem this way?’

’And it’s only been a few days?!’

Based on his Perception, this was no ordinary Shadow Cloak in terms of Skill Level. It even had a hint of the Shadow Mimicry Skill mixed in.

’Could it be at the Master Level?’

’No, it feels like it’s far beyond that.’

’Don’t tell me it’s at the Great Success Level?’

’That can’t be right either. How long has his Pet Beast even been in Cultivation?’

’This is dual-cultivation of two Skills!’

’It must be the stacking of two Skills at once that’s causing me to misjudge.’

’It should be Master Level in both Skills.’

’Yes, that must be it.’

He forced himself to regain his composure, but a pressure began to build in his heart.

After all, sitting in his class was a rising academic star, nationally renowned for publishing in a top journal.

He himself, on the other hand, had only a few Six-star Level journal papers as his highest achievement.

Compared to Gu Ming’s Nine-Colored Certification for his Seven-star Top Journal Paper, the gap was self-evident.

This invisible pressure translated into him being exceptionally meticulous during his lecture.

The professor unconsciously adjusted his lesson plan, explaining concepts with greater depth and clarity, and elevating the level of the case studies and theories he cited.

While this enthralled some of the more perceptive students, it was agony for those with a weaker foundation.

They could only scramble to take notes, trying to keep up with the suddenly increased pace, bitter expressions on their faces.

Meanwhile Gu Ming, transformed into a shadow, finally achieved the immersive learning experience he had craved.

He was able to focus completely on the professor’s lecture, cross-referencing it with the future knowledge provided by the system in his mind, resulting in extremely high learning efficiency.

At the same time, in a secret group chat named "Wenquxing University’s Gu Ming Whereabouts Watch Group," all information had come to a standstill amid the confusion.

"No sign of him at the library exit!"

"Scanned the area around the academic buildings with Divine Sense, no abnormal Energy Fluctuations!"

"Did he even come out at all?"

"Or did he use a Space Skill to go straight back to his villa?"

"Impossible, we would have sensed any spatial fluctuations!"

...

The messages in the group chat kept refreshing, but they were still unable to pinpoint Gu Ming’s location.

It was as if he had truly vanished from campus into thin air.

They never would have guessed that Gu Ming wasn’t relying on some profound and unfathomable Space Skill.

Instead, he had achieved near-perfect Concealment through the wondrous chemical reaction produced when Ah Ji cultivated two Shadow Element Skills to the Great Success realm.

Ah Ji’s Mana was indeed being constantly consumed, but Gu Ming had come prepared.

The Spirit Stones he carried were being used to steadily and continuously replenish Ah Ji’s consumed Mana, their auras cleverly concealed by its Shadow Simulation Ability.

Great Success Level Shadow Mimicry not only distorted light but could also, to a certain extent, shield the leakage of Energy Fluctuations.

This made it difficult for even the Divine Sense of a High Tier professor to detect the Spirit Stones quietly supplying energy beneath the Shadow Cloak, unless they specifically performed a deep and targeted probe.

For the entire day, Gu Ming attended all his classes using this unique method of Concealment.

He was like a dry sponge, greedily absorbing the system of knowledge taught in modern classrooms.

At the same time, he watched the system’s bullet comments—insights from thirty-two years in the future.

Whenever future iterated viewpoints diverged from or even contradicted current mainstream theories, he would silently compare them in his mind and promptly adjust his own cognitive framework.

He paid particular attention to training his reverse thinking by "reasoning backward from the effect to the cause," attempting to deduce the internal logic and key turning points of theoretical evolution over those thirty-plus years from the mature conclusions of the future.

Through this comparative analysis from a higher-dimensional perspective, he repeatedly refined and deepened his understanding.

To his relief, the lecturing professors all had a tacit understanding, and none of them exposed or disturbed his invisible state throughout the day.

As for his classmates, with their current Star Levels and abilities, they were completely incapable of perceiving Gu Ming, who was shrouded by the combined effects of the Great Success Level Shadow Cloak and Shadow Mimicry Skills.

Even upperclassmen would find it nearly impossible to sense his presence unless they knew his exact location beforehand and deliberately used their Divine Sense to conduct a continuous probe.

Unless someone possessed a Four-star or even Five-star Spiritual Pet Beast and performed a targeted, pinpoint Perception, only then might they notice a faint sense of incongruity.

Therefore, Gu Ming’s "shadow student" method of learning was, in the current environment, perfectly safe.

Just like that, he successfully escaped the vortex of public opinion and the fanatical crowds, reclaiming control over his studies and life in a way no one could have anticipated.

However, this highly efficient method of learning came with a huge cost.

Time flew, and in the blink of an eye, New Year’s Day was approaching.

When Gu Ming took stock of his Spirit Stone inventory, he couldn’t help but frown.

His Spirit Stone reserves were once again critically low.

Maintaining Ah Ji’s two Skills throughout the day consumed an enormous amount of Spirit Stones.

Fortunately, Gu Ming’s own Breathing Technique Skill Level was extremely high, allowing him to efficiently convert Spiritual Qi and barely keep up with the Skills’ Mana consumption rate.

If not for that, he would have been unable to sustain it long ago.

But under this ultra-high-intensity consumption, the Spirit Stones vanished like flowing water, their depletion rate even surpassing that of the famously gluttonous Ah Kun and the daily Cultivation of Cyan Treasure.

Furthermore, he also had to cover part of the Spirit Stone supply for the two Pet Beasts belonging to his roommate, Lu You.

With drains from multiple sources, his on-hand Spirit Stone reserves had plummeted to just over nine hundred, dropping below four digits once again.

’I have to find a way to restock my Spirit Stones,’ Gu Ming mused to himself.

Just then, an opportunity presented itself: the National University Beastmaster League was about to begin.

From the system’s perspective, this type of large-scale competition was bound to have a generous Spirit Stone reward.

Originally, given his experience in the Yichuan Ruins and the wealth he had accumulated,

he hadn’t paid much attention to this kind of league, which was geared more toward basic competition.

But at this critical juncture when Spirit Stones were scarce, the reward undoubtedly held a new appeal.

’I wonder how big the prize will be for this competition?’

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