She didn't earn much star coins, but she worked herself to death, and the return on investment was shockingly low.

Not only was she going to quit her job at the school, but she also planned to quit her jobs at the bun shop and the barbecue restaurant.

Waking up at two in the morning was simply inhumane.

Many studies have shown that lack of sleep causes hair loss.

She had absolutely no interest in becoming a bald Xiao Guniang!

After bidding farewell to the Dean of Students, Mingxi, who was free from work pressure but burdened by debt, went directly to her homeroom teacher's office to ask for leave.

Her homeroom teacher, Xiaobai, asked her for the reason for her leave.

"I naturally awakened this morning, and I want to go to the Yushou Center this afternoon to test the quality of my Soul Key," Mingxi said directly.

Teacher Xiaobai looked up at her with a blank expression and let out a dry laugh, "I didn't realize Ming liked telling such dry jokes?"

Everyone knew that while anyone in their school could potentially awaken naturally, Mingxi from her class certainly couldn't.

Because she was the student with the worst physical fitness in the entire school; even the children who had just entered junior high were stronger than her.

Forget about reaching the F-grade required for awakening; when she entered the physical fitness testing machine, the machine didn't even react in the slightest.

It was just ridiculous.

The term 'weakling' perfectly described Mingxi; she was both weak and not intelligent.

If she could naturally awaken, pigs would fly!

Mingxi: ...

Is it true that no one believes the truth these days?

..."Something came up at home." Mingxi wasn't one to argue «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» stubbornly; since the teacher didn't believe the truth, she didn't mind making something up.

Actually, proving she wasn't joking was simple: an unused Soul Key could be taken out of the Pet Space.

But she wasn't going to do that.

Mainly, she had a strong sense of caution and was afraid of being robbed.

That's right.

Unused Soul Keys could be stolen, though non-Beast Tamers could not use them.

But times change, and human hearts are always unpredictable; there are always people who like to do idiotic things that harm others and benefit no one.

It wasn't that she didn't trust Teacher Xiaobai's character; she simply didn't want to test human nature.

Teacher Xiaobai didn't know that her character had just been spared a test; when she heard Mingxi change her story, she indeed didn't ask any more questions.

Ever since the original owner's grandmother fell ill last year, she had to ask for leave almost every other day.

The reason she gave each time was 'something came up at home,' and Xiaobai had already gotten used to it.

After getting the leave slip, Mingxi left the school without stopping.

These days, identity information was already tied to personal terminals; ID cards, household registers, and bank cards had almost disappeared into the long river of history, so Mingxi didn't need to bother going home.

The Yushou Center, officially known as the Interstellar Alliance Beast Tamers Management Center, was a special organization jointly established by the thirty-two nations of the Interstellar Alliance, and no country, organization, or individual had the right to interfere with its operations.

All Beast Tamers needed to register at the Yushou Center.

Almost every Yushou Center was a landmark building in its city, and next to it was usually a Pet Cultivation Center.

Haizhou City was no exception.

As soon as Mingxi entered the Yushou Center lobby, before she could even appreciate its spaciousness, brightness, and technological feel, a Pet as large as a fan, with two pairs of blue butterfly wings and eight tentacles on its head, flew in front of her.

"Tutu."

Mingxi sifted through the original owner's memories and quickly found relevant information about the Pet in front of her.

Page Butterfly, an intermediate-level insect-type Pet, evolved from the primary-level Pet Azure Jade Worm; the eight tentacles on its head could each copy different images and play them back as needed.

Mingxi curiously stared at the Page Butterfly and tentatively asked, "I want to test the quality of my Soul Key."

The Page Butterfly nodded intelligently, then one of the tentacles on its head bent down, and the next second, a guided video began playing before Mingxi's eyes, introducing what materials Beast Tamers needed to bring for Soul Key testing and where to go to handle it, and so on.

It was very simple and clear.

"Thank you." After the video finished playing, Mingxi expressed her gratitude to the Page Butterfly in front of her.

"Tutu."

The Page Butterfly humanely flapped its wings, probably indicating 'you're welcome' or something similar.

Mingxi once again marveled at this wondrous Pet world.

Here, it felt like high technology was somewhat useless.

According to the guided video, Mingxi skillfully operated her personal terminal to complete the payment and receive the corresponding queue number.

Because she had just awakened and the Yushou Center didn't have her initial data yet, she also needed to complete identity registration before testing her Soul Key.

And identity registration required her to provide various data reports on her body.

In short, the procedures were quite cumbersome.

Detection Room 04.

A Dr. in a white coat stood in front of Mingxi, who was already lying in the space capsule, holding a digital tablet.

Her Pet, Period Vine, also wearing a white coat, was waving dozens of black tentacles, attaching various electronic chips to Mingxi's body.

If Mingxi weren't pure enough, she would surely imagine some rather suggestive scenes.

Period Vine, an Advanced Level grass-type Pet, with a racial talent skill of Super Touch Perception, which could read information such as emotions, physical fitness, brain development, and energy of individuals it touched.

As the skill's proficiency increased, the information perceived would become more and more accurate.

This Period Vine being able to work at the Yushou Center meant its Super Touch Perception proficiency should be quite high.

"Xiao Guniang, you're not yet 15?" At this moment, the Dr. asked with some uncertainty.

Mingxi hummed in affirmation; personal information couldn't be faked.

The Dr.'s expression was strange, and she subtly scrutinized the Xiao Guniang, "So you naturally awakened?"

Her tone clearly carried skepticism.

It wasn't that she was petty, but this little girl in front of her didn't look like someone who could naturally awaken.

She had worked at this Yushou Center for three years, and she had received at least a thousand, if not tens of thousands, of new Beast Tamers.

But none of them were like this little girl in front of her, skinny as a rail, with almost no muscle on her limbs, and a sallow complexion with swollen eyes, looking haggard and exhausted—clearly very unhealthy.

To put it bluntly, if this child didn't get proper treatment and rest, she probably wouldn't live much longer.

And one of the two key elements for awakening was F-grade physical fitness.

What F-grade physically fit child would look like they were about to kick the bucket?

Had she encountered a patient with delusions?

Actually, such things had happened at their Yushou Center.

Mingxi didn't know that the Dr. had already categorized her as mentally ill; she affirmed again.

Dr.: "..."

"Heh heh, your birthday is March 14th, meaning you just turned 14 last month."

"Then you're truly remarkable; you're almost breaking the Alliance's record for the youngest Beast Tamer." The Dr.'s tone carried an even more obvious hint of sarcasm.

She had already decided that Mingxi was either sick or deliberately causing trouble.

Whether by coincidence or some other mysterious power, the original owner and Mingxi not only shared the same name but also the same birthday—White Day.

And today was April 10th.

The youngest natural awakener in Alliance history was 13 years and 11 months old; Mingxi was only two months older than that.

At this moment, Mingxi's body examination data was just released and had been synchronized to the digital tablet in the Dr.'s hand.