Chapter 365 — The Second Team Sets Out

Of course, that was merely the Sea Spirit's inheritance mechanism. It did not mean every beast that reincarnated started over from scratch. Chongxuan, for one, had said that after reincarnation he might awaken his memories, and the Undying Dark Phoenix was in fact a reincarnated being as well, and it too had retained its memories.

So whether the platypus would later awaken the Abyssal Demon Duck's memories, even Shi Jin and the others could not say for certain.

And from the platypus's own standpoint, it had not the slightest desire for any Abyssal Demon Duck to replace it. So although it had suffered a round of humiliation at Shi Jin's hands, after several hours of persuasion, the platypus had its enlightenment.

Bottom line: if it didn't behave, it was bound for the soup pot.

Therefore it chose to follow Shi Jin and the others in training, and fight to seize its fate into its own hands!

"Excellent!"

Seeing how readily the platypus came around, Shi Jin was well pleased. From today on, Duckie was a member of his second team!

Mm—the Mechanical Tyrannosaurus had borne its burdens without complaint for quite a while too, and it might still be studied for some time to come, plus no small amount of resources had been poured into it, so the Mechanical Tyrannosaurus could count as a second-team member as well.

For the moment Shi Jin did not plan to contract them or invest points in them, but he would help them grow by other means.

The Mechanical Tyrannosaurus, naturally, would grow, strengthen, and evolve through ceaseless mechanical experimentation.

As for the platypus, its growth would be a process of steadily mastering the power of its past life, the Abyssal Demon Duck.

The Mechanical Tyrannosaurus's ceiling was determined by Rin's, while the platypus's ceiling was demigod level, so in the end their potential was likely about the same.

Having decided to establish the second team, Shi Jin was in remarkably good spirits. Good—things would liven up around the team again, and the Mechanical Tyrannosaurus finally had a companion; otherwise, with the Mechanical Tyrannosaurus forever out of step with the other beasts, Shi Yu had felt rather guilty about it.

Now all was well—it could make friends.

Lively indeed…

As fellow second-team members, the platypus's dwelling was built by Shi Jin and the others right next to the Mechanical Tyrannosaurus's.

Perhaps because their natures clashed, perhaps because they had just fought, the two beasts met with eyes burning red.

"ROAR!!! (I am the overlord of the earth!!)"

"Quack!!! (The earth? The earth belongs to the ocean!!)" The platypus, wearing the translator Rin had given it, glared furiously. It finally understood what this creature was saying—no wonder it had found the fellow so thoroughly disagreeable.

The platypus's territorial instinct was extremely strong, and influenced by the will of its past life, its greatest obsession at present seemed to be remaking the earth into its own territory—a watery territory…

BZZT!

SWISH!

Earth-yellow blades and water-blue blades were condensed by the two beasts.

"ROAR!! (Sky-Severing Sword!)"

"Quack!! (Water Stream Blade!!!)"

BOOM!!!

In the distance, a plume of smoke billowed up.

Shi Jin sank into thought. "What a fine friendship. Rin, keep an eye on the Mechanical Tyrannosaurus; Susu, keep an eye on the platypus… so long as they don't cause any trouble."

"Roger!" Rin nodded.

"Ning!!" Susu nodded as well.

It was less Shi Jin's second team than a pair of underlings taken in by Rin and Susu.

One an ancient phantom-beast species underling, one an abyssal demigod underling… Off to the side, Eleven, Buggy, Red Pupil, and Baby Ginseng wore envious expressions.

Clone skills and underlings with wills of their own—somehow those felt different.

"Mew!!" After some thought, Red Pupil made up its mind: later it would go cut down a death-spirit puppet that retained its will, take it as its own follower, and join the big family of the Mechanical Tyrannosaurus and the Abyssal Demon Duck.

"Eee—"

Ginseng Baby pondered for a moment, then shook its head. Never mind, never mind—better to first work hard at becoming number one on the team itself. Then it could take Buggy on as its underling and deal a crushing blow to Susu and Lin.

"Nng!" Eleven looked at Buggy too, entertaining the same thought. What underling could be more useful than a tool-Buggy, more versatile in function?

Buggy: ???

Bastards!! It was on the first team!! Don't even think about shoving it down to the second team!!