Chapter 155
Ye Baixian looked at the title achievement of "Sea God’s Keeper": You have been infused with the essence of the Sea God Kraken, gaining the effect of "Eternal Hunger."
Upon examining the effect of Eternal Hunger, it was indeed influenced by the Kraken's essence. Ye Bai had previously thought that she needed to be with the Kraken to receive its buffs, but now it seemed she could obtain them directly through the title, which was much more convenient. She no longer had to worry about bringing the Kraken to her territory and affecting the residents.
But what about the pet system?
Curious, Ye Bai opened her personal information and flipped through it repeatedly, but she didn’t see any new pages.
Confused, she turned to the Kraken.
At that moment, the Kraken's information had changed slightly from before.
【Kraken】
Identity: Pet of Bai Ye
Level: 16
Status: Hungry
Is that all there is to the pet system…?
After confirming that there were no other changes, Ye Bai suddenly felt deceived. So this pet system merely gave the Kraken an additional identity and status? How careless!
Just as she finished her complaint, three system notifications chimed in her mind:
【Your pet 'Kraken' is hungry. Please remember to feed it!】
Ye Bai: Thanks, but I really don’t need this feature.
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Ye Bai decisively disabled the hunger notification for her pet.
If it were for other pets, that would be a normal function. But with the Kraken… this creature was never not hungry. Keeping that notification would just lead to a barrage of messages.
Then, Ye Bai looked at the obediently squatting Kraken in the fish basket. She didn’t let it out but instead left it inside.
To be honest, this magical fish basket was quite suitable for "raising" the Kraken.
She did this because the pet system didn’t have any mandatory commands or restrictions on pet actions, and Ye Bai wasn’t brave enough to let the Kraken out just yet.
Don’t be fooled by its small size; it was, after all, an extraordinary Sea God. Ye Bai had already witnessed how quickly it devoured food. She worried that a starving Kraken might not have the patience to wait for her to catch fish and might just start munching on Ottofis instead.
Ye Bai took out three pieces of grilled fish, one for herself, one for Ottofis, and one for the Kraken.
She was grateful that the paper doll and Alisio were non-corporeal beings, so she didn’t need to prepare two more portions.
Then, Ye Bai tested how the Kraken gained experience from different foods.
After consuming five loaves of bread, the Kraken’s level rose from 16 to 17, and after eating two pieces of high-grade grilled fish, it jumped from 17 to 18.
Calculating the experience, Ye Bai found that the Kraken gained significantly more experience from grilled fish than from bread, but bread was better than raw fish.
Considering the raw fish that the Kraken had devoured from her basket, it could yield quite a bit of fish meat and materials by weight, which would translate into several batches of bread.
The Kraken was indiscriminate when it came to food, and its stomach capacity and digestion were a mystery, making it a large processing unit.
Beyond regular food, Ye Bai also tried feeding it various other items for testing, such as shells, firewood, copper coins, and energy crystals from the island.
These items, which clearly weren’t food, could all be consumed by the Kraken. However, aside from the energy crystal, which made it light up and express that it was "very filling" and leveled it up, the other items didn’t seem to taste as good as food.
Of course, as long as it could fill its belly, the Kraken showed no signs of picky eating and devoured everything without hesitation. It seemed the only difference lay in the growth benefits it received from consuming different items.
After some contemplation, Ye Bai concluded that the Kraken's hunger was most closely related to the energy contained in food, and it also correlated positively with "taste" or "processing level." Grilled fish and buttered bread were the best examples.
Since energy crystals were scarce and had wide applications, they couldn’t be fed to the Kraken. Therefore, the most efficient food for feeding the Kraken remained grilled fish.
Having confirmed this, Ye Bai transformed back into a fishing enthusiast, sitting on her fishing stool to continue fishing.
Her primary task at this stage was to feed the Kraken until it could hunt for itself, which would make things much easier for her.
Thinking of this, Ye Bai glanced at the Kraken, who was drooling at the edge of the fish basket, and suddenly found the phrase quite familiar—
"Once school starts, it’ll be easier," "Once I graduate from college, it’ll be easier," "Once I start working, it’ll be easier"… So, am I really just raising a daughter here?
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"Gululu... Huh..."
In her rental apartment, after logging off, Ye Bai habitually drank some nutrient liquid to replenish her energy. To her surprise, once she started, she couldn’t stop and unknowingly finished the remaining ten bottles of high-energy nutrient liquid.
"Did I really drink that much?"
Coming back to her senses, Ye Bai stared at the empty bottles in front of her, her expression one of astonishment.
Since her mental strength had risen to C-level and she had activated the sensing talent, Ye Bai could actively absorb energy from the universe. In this state, the intervals between her meals had significantly lengthened compared to when she was at D-level, and the quantity of nutrient liquid she consumed had increased. However, she had never reached the point of drinking ten bottles at once; she even felt she could still drink more.
This situation resembled the state she experienced after activating the "Resilience" talent.
Yet Ye Bai knew that even though her experience pool was sufficient for her to level up to 48, she hadn’t leveled up or activated any new talents. This change… naturally made her think of the Kraken she had just encountered.
Could it be the influence of interacting with the Kraken? Am I not going to fall into an "eternal hunger" in reality? All along, wasn’t it only talents and skills that were brought into reality from the myriad worlds?
With a sense of unease, Ye Bai quickly ordered two more boxes of nutrient liquid.
"Gululu..."
The items arrived quickly, and after downing three bottles, Ye Bai couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. She felt a long-lost sense of fullness, not just in her stomach but throughout her entire body. More accurately, it was a feeling of being filled with energy, leaving her warm and invigorated.
Thank goodness, as long as I can still feel full… After two days of feeding the Kraken, its insatiable image had left a deep impression on Ye Bai.
After waiting a moment and confirming there were no other unusual symptoms, but rather that she felt good, Ye Bai returned to the Star Network.
The benefit of being a player was evident here. In the myriad worlds, while Ye Bai was in the divine realm, traveling between the two places required a gap of several game days, which wasn’t very convenient.
On the other hand, Ye Bai could search for the keyword "Bai Ye" on the Star Network to obtain the latest information about her territory.
Currently, Bai Ye Town was arguably the most populated small town in the Blue Star server, with a mix of various civilizations and forces. If anything significant happened in the territory, it would be hard to keep it under wraps.
As long as Ye Bai didn’t find any major news, it meant that nothing unusual had occurred that the residents couldn’t handle.
Entering the myriad worlds, this time the login process seemed to take a bit longer than usual, but not excessively so. When Ye Bai came back to her senses, she found herself once again on the solitary island, with Ottofis dozing off, one eye open and one eye closed, the paper doll in a "not displayed" state in her bag, and Alisio… well, he was still sitting in the fortress of the Hell Lord.
Of course, there was also the most demanding presence, the hungry Sea God.
The moment the Kraken saw Ye Bai’s figure, its eyes lit up, and it reached out its soft little hand towards her: "Hungry!"
Who would have thought I’d have a day like this… Ye Bai sighed and sat down on the fishing stool.
These past two game days, Ye Bai had deeply experienced the challenges of raising a child. The Kraken ate quickly and got hungry even faster; she had never seen it in a state of fullness, only distinctions between "hungry," "very hungry," and "extremely hungry."
The only consolation and reward for Ye Bai was that, through her insights, she could see the Kraken’s level continuously rising.
【Kraken】
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