Beast Taming: I'm Really Not a Cultivation Master

Chapter 394: Chapter 364: Bai Bingbing

In the Beast Taming World, archaeology was a highly regarded field.

To be precise, human Beast Taming Civilization began with the excavation of ancient ruins in Dimension Planes.

At Beast Taming University, archaeology was a popular major, second only to combat and breeding.

So, Li Qian wasn’t at all surprised that the freshman challenge included an archaeological competition.

He had now gathered with the rest of his team and left Mo Yuan City for the White Bone Plain, the destination for their archaeological mission.

The archaeology team’s captain was the Bai Bingbing that Fatty An had mentioned before.

A girl from the Snow Race.

Like Xue Yuan, she had silvery-white hair and elf-like ears.

The moment he saw Bai Bingbing, Li Qian had a sudden realization.

’No wonder that guy was shamelessly trying to get close to her. This girl is genuinely gorgeous.’

She was definitely worthy of the title of department belle.

The girl was indeed beautiful, but Li Qian felt nothing toward her.

Between Sun Ruirui, Mary, and Tu Jiaojiao and Li Lanying who had followed him all the way from Lingshui City, Li Qian already had his hands full. He had no desire to get involved with any other women.

Li Qian was quite self-aware when it came to his own charm.

So, he chose to keep his distance.

The White Bone Plain was approximately seven hundred kilometers from Mo Yuan City.

That was no short distance.

Even with their superhuman physical fitness, it would probably take them an entire day to walk there.

They only had three days in total; wasting one on travel was clearly not an option.

So the university had provided them with a hovercar.

The hovercar was fast. Even in a Dimension Plane, where they had to remain constantly vigilant against potential threats, the journey would take two hours at most.

Li Qian sat in the hovercar, his eyes closed in contemplation.

The previous afternoon, after receiving his reward—the Reincarnation Fruit—and confirming with Ge Yuming that there were no contraindications, Li Qian had eaten the pale gray fruit immediately.

Li Qian had expected some kind of reaction after eating the fruit.

But reality was completely different from what he’d expected. It was like he had eaten a normal piece of fruit; there was no unusual sensation at all.

’It couldn’t be a fake, could it?’ Li Qian wondered, but he quickly dismissed the thought.

As one of the competition prizes—and the most important one at that—the organizing committee wouldn’t just steal it themselves.

Besides, while the Reincarnation Fruit was valuable, it wasn’t so precious that the committee would risk ruining their reputation to secretly keep it.

So, Li Qian was fairly certain that the Reincarnation Fruit was genuine.

Leaning back in his seat and mulling over the matter, Li Qian gradually drifted off to sleep.

He slept very soundly. In a daze, he seemed to dream of many things.

He dreamed of his past life on Earth, of the things another version of himself had experienced: school, the college entrance exams, a nine-to-five job, blind dates... Memories that had become blurry were now, for some reason, exceptionally clear.

It was as if he were sitting in a movie theater, watching his own life play out on the screen.

”Qianzi, Qianzi!” He didn’t know how much time had passed, but a familiar voice suddenly rang in his ear.

Li Qian snapped awake and opened his eyes.

Lu Tianjiao was right in front of him, grinning as he asked, ”Bro, did you not sleep well last night?”

Li Qian casually offered an excuse. ”It wasn’t just last night. I’ve been running on fumes these past few days because of the competition.”

”Now that it’s finally over, I’m being harassed from all sides.”

Just as Li Qian was casually complaining, Bai Bingbing turned to look back. ”Li Qian, the White Bone Plain isn’t far now. We’re about to arrive.”

”We’re almost there?” Hearing this, Li Qian leaned toward the window and glanced outside.

A single glance at the scene outside made him frown.

The ground was black, and the sky was a vast, hazy gray, like a giant dirty rag.

Below the hovercar, sparse trees dotted the wilderness.

The trees were very strange, with almost no leaves to be seen.

Their trunks were twisted into bizarre shapes, creating a rather unsettling sight.

No one would enjoy a place like this.

But there was no turning back now. The only thing to do was to take it one step at a time.

”We’ll be at our destination in a few minutes at most,” Bai Bingbing continued, ”Everyone, be careful from now on. This White Bone Plain is a paradise for Undead Pet Beasts.”

Li Qian nodded slightly.

Although they weren’t too far from Mo Yuan City, and theoretically shouldn’t encounter any extreme danger, it was never a mistake to be cautious.

”Don’t worry, we’ve got your back. You can just focus on the archaeology,” a square-jawed young man said confidently, patting his chest.

He was also a member of Bai Bingbing’s team, named Zhou Yuanhao.

”The White Bone Plain is one of the more dangerous areas within a thousand-kilometer radius of Mo Yuan City. We can’t afford to be careless,” warned Zhao Liuli, Bai Bingbing’s best friend and another member of the team.

As they spoke, the hovercar came to a stop, hovering over a spot in the White Bone Plain.

The hovercar slowly descended, finally coming to a steady landing on a flat patch of ground.

The five of them filed out of the vehicle one by one.

SHH... SHH... SHH...

Li Qian tested the ground with his foot, feeling the softness of the soil, but his expression remained unchanged.

After the five of them exited, only the driver remained inside the hovercar.

The driver pressed a button, and a shield of light suddenly materialized around the hovercar’s exterior.

Once the light from the shield faded, the hovercar vanished from sight.

This was the latest plasma invisibility technology.

The vehicle would wait here for them until they returned.

The plasma invisibility shield would at least ensure the vehicle’s safety.

After disembarking, Bai Bingbing scanned her surroundings, then quickly tapped the watch on her wrist.

The watch projected a screen of light.

An electronic map appeared on the screen.

Li Qian saw several differently colored dots of light on the map. One of them, a red dot, must have been their current location.

”Let’s go. We should find something about ten kilometers ahead,” Bai Bingbing said, already striding forward to take the lead.

Just as the group of five took their first steps forward, a trajectory suddenly streaked across the sky above them.

Lu Tianjiao’s sharp eyes caught it first. He frowned and warned, ”That hovercar that just flew past must be another archaeology team. It looks like more than one team was assigned to this area. We need to pick up the pace...”