Vishdair couldn't hold it in any longer: "How could this thing be in the painting?"

At that moment, before Lin Guang could explain or do anything, Lisa screamed: "Dragon Bubble!"

Her eyes lit up, and without any hesitation, she "snatched" the struggling little creature from Lin Guang's hands and hugged it tightly.

Then, using an extremely professional method, which no one knows where she learned, she began to "rua" it fiercely.

First, she rubbed her cheek affectionately against Dragon Bubble's smooth forehead, then gently scratched its chin and behind its ears with her fingers.

"Gah!!"

It let out a cute scream, seemingly wanting Lisa to let go, still struggling and trying to escape from her embrace. But after less than a few dozen seconds, its struggle weakened under her caresses.

"Mugu..."

Although its face still showed reluctance, a faint "purring" sound began to emanate from its throat, and its tail unconsciously started wagging.

Lisa let out a joyful, bell-like laugh that matched her age, clearly extremely delighted, holding the grumpy Dragon Bubble tightly.

"It's surrendered already?"

Vishdair showed a subtle expression, removing the alert from her mind.

Seeing Lin Guang ready for battle, she had prepared herself to counter any attacks.

Instead... This little guy was just Tier One, hardly more formidable than the gears of a downstairs oven.

Apart from wondering why it appeared in the painting, there was nothing to be vigilant about.

However, the Vast Sea Secret Realm indeed housed many wild dragon-type spirit beasts, and Dragon Bubble likely counted among them.

So, is it not surprising?

But then she suddenly brightened: "Hey, doesn't this mean we can adopt this thing?"

Chelina showed an interested look: "Dragon Bubble is prohibited from contracts, but there are no rules against adoption; it's just that no one has access to adopting them, and there's no record of them in the wild."

"In other words, simply adopting it is not illegal."

Lisa could hardly contain her excitement, looking at Lin Guang: "Lin Guang brother! Can we keep it?"

"... Lin Guang brother?"

Lin Guang was speechless for a moment, staring blankly at the gigantic painting gifted by Kaelis, depicting endless stars and a tranquil bamboo forest. Lisa's shout snapped him back to reality, and he turned to look at Dragon Bubble.

[Species]: Dragon Bubble (Xi Bubble)

[Level]: 15

[Origin]: Coastal City

[Potential]: Blue Elite

[Attribute]: Spirit

[Trait]: Painting Creature, Xizhi's Thought (Inactive) 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

Looking at its information, Lin Guang seemed to instantly understand many things, and his impression of someone suddenly shattered. His mouth twitched slightly, uncontrollably, and without hesitation he reached out and took the painting down from the wall.

He rolled it up and stored it in his Sea of Spirit, then looked at Lisa, showing no signs of anything unusual.

"It should be possible."

"I'll ask Director Jing Ning tomorrow."

"Yay!!!"

Lisa excitedly kissed Dragon Bubble, and Vishdair couldn't resist approaching it and reached out to touch it.

It looked extremely unwilling, trying to shrink into Lisa's arms. But naturally, there wasn't much room in front of the girl's chest, leaving it no space to hide. It could only flip its belly up and give up.

Chelina directly took out her phone to start searching.

[What do Dragon Bubbles like to eat?]

[Tourist Guide to Feeding Dragon Bubbles]

[Habits of Black and Green Dragon Bubbles]

After playing around for a while, everyone washed up and went to rest.

This day came to an end amidst the unexpected surprise.

In short, starting today, Lisa gained a pet to accompany her in sleeping and various activities.

The painting, later, was once again hung in Lin Guang's bedroom, but that was a long time after.

...

Early December.

Weekend.

Coastal City's weather had already carried a hint of winter's chill.

However, in the 726th level of the Sky Arena, which is not an independent secret realm and doesn't have special weather control, the temperature and light are maintained at a nearly unchanging subtle state all year round.

The area converted into a tropical rainforest naturally remained warm like spring.

At this moment.

Senran Studio looked entirely different.

Though from the outside it still appeared as a rugged iron factory, the style inside hadn't changed much.

But after a week of refurbishing, procurement, and employing mechanical spirit beast construction teams for modifications, the layout had changed significantly.

The Ethereum pipelines once scattered across various workshops were rearranged due to the addition of an Ethereum Reactor.

Various new and old devices were neatly placed in different workshops, some of which were casually modified by Zumama, others remained in the pristine state of high-end products just opened from packaging, looking complex yet mysteriously reasonable.

And the Steel Giant, now a skeleton, was surrounded by numerous repair devices and a more complex platform. Newly ordered multifunctional mechanical arms hung from the ceiling in the center of the factory, connected to power, with their tips glowing various colors.

The entire factory had undergone a complete transformation, presenting a scene resembling a hangar.

At this moment.

In the middle of this hangar, indigo and dark gold lights were flickering.

The boy stood on a newly installed platform, extending a hand covered with the colors of the starry river, waving it through the air in a peculiar rhythm and trajectory, like a conductor leading an orchestra, or a painter deeply engrossed in their craft.