Shifted a Little to the Right?

【Ghost-Mask Moth】

【Type: Bug + Ghost + Poison】

【Level: Intermediate stage】

【Distribution: Deep within the Poisonous Swamps of the Zell Region, especially common around the Night Mist Forest and Corrupted Mire】

【Appearance: Wingspan approximately 2 meters, wings are translucent grayish-black with distorted human face patterns on the surface. Antennae sway like ethereal flames, emitting hallucinogenic phosphorescence. Compound eyes are composed of countless tiny skull patterns, inducing fear when gazed upon.】

【Ecology: A unique pet beast of the Zell Region, inhabiting the deepest parts of the Poisonous Swamps around the Corrupted Mire. It is often active at night, and the human face patterns on its wings change with its emotions. It survives by absorbing corrupt energy from the swamps, and its scale powder contains potent hallucinogenic toxins. Locally known as the "Messenger of the Dead," it is rumored to communicate with the souls of the deceased.】

【...】

Liu Yi carefully read each line of information, her finger gently sliding across the screen.

Ziyue also watched intently, her purple eyes fixed on the text and images on the screen. When she saw the accompanying illustration of the Ghost-Mask Moth, her ears twitched slightly.

In the image, a massive moth hovered with outstretched wings in the night mist. On its translucent grayish-black wings, distorted human face patterns were vividly rendered, seemingly staring back at the viewer. Its compound eyes, made up of countless tiny skull patterns, glowed with an eerie, cold light in the darkness.

"Bingbing..." Ziyue whimpered softly, her tails unconsciously tightening.

Then, she quietly buried her head in Liu Yi's arms.

Liu Yi chuckled softly at Ziyue's reaction, reaching out to gently rub the head buried in her arms.

"Scared?"

"Bingbing!"

Ziyue immediately lifted her head, puffed out her chest, and her tails perked up again, letting out a cry that clearly stated there was no way she could be scared!

Yet, her purple eyes couldn't help but dart a glance at the phone screen before quickly looking away, her body remaining honestly pressed against Liu Yi's embrace.

Chiying poked its head out from Liu Yi's shoulder, its crimson eyes sweeping over the Ghost-Mask Moth image on the phone screen, then glancing at Ziyue buried in Liu Yi's arms, its tail gently swaying.

"Mo."

It suddenly spoke, its voice calm and resolute.

Liu Yi turned to look at it. "What did you say?"

Chiying gently nudged Ziyue's back with its dragon horn, then looked at Liu Yi and chirped again.

"Mo."

Liu Yi was slightly taken aback.

Ziyue looked at Chiying, her ears twitching.

"Bingbing?"

Chiying nodded, then nudged Ziyue's head with its dragon horn again, the gesture carrying a hint of reassurance.

Liu Yi's lips curved upward as she watched the two pets interact.

She pondered for a moment, her gaze returning to the Ghost-Mask Moth's data on the phone screen.

Bug + Ghost + Poison-type...

Chiying's Counter-Poison trait grants it immunity to Poison-type skill damage, and it even recovers stamina when attacked by Poison-type skills.

This was indeed a huge advantage when facing the Ghost-Mask Moth.

However, the key lay in that "potent hallucinogenic toxin."

Liu Yi's gaze fell on the line in the data that read, "Its scale powder contains potent hallucinogenic toxins," and her finger lightly tapped the screen.

Theoretically, True Dragon's Eye could see through all illusions and disguises, granting immunity to illusion-type skills.

But hallucinogenic toxins and illusion skills were two different things.

Illusion skills directly interfered with an opponent's perception via mental power, while hallucinogenic toxins affected the nervous system through physiological action.

However, the Ghost-Mask Moth's scale powder took effect through inhalation or contact. Chiying's dragon scales offered extremely high defense, making it difficult for the scale powder to directly touch its skin.

Liu Yi put down her phone and looked at Chiying, who was hovering beside her. "Then you'll go first tomorrow."

"Mo!"

A flicker of light passed through Chiying's eyes, and its tail gently swayed, clearly pleased with the decision.

Ziyue also looked up, nuzzling Chiying's neck with her head and chirping.

"Bingbing!"

Just then—

Liu Yi's brow suddenly furrowed slightly.

A strange fluctuation emanated from deep within her Beast Taming Space, very faint, yet too clear to ignore.

The fluctuation was fleeting, as if it were merely an illusion.

But Liu Yi knew it wasn't.

She was intimately familiar with Ziyue and Chiying, and extremely sensitive to every subtle change within her Beast Taming Space. That momentary sensation was definitely not an illusion.

"Ziyue, Chiying." She stood up. "Return to the Beast Taming Space."

"Bingbing?"

Ziyue looked puzzled but obediently stood up.

Chiying also tilted its head slightly, a hint of confusion in its crimson eyes, but it likewise didn't ask further.

With a thought, Liu Yi recalled both pets to her Beast Taming Space.

Then she closed her eyes, her consciousness sinking into that familiar white space.

The space was tranquil.

Liu Yi nodded slightly at Ziyue and Chiying, signaling that everything was fine, then began to meticulously inspect the entire space.

She was intimately familiar with every inch of her Beast Taming Space.

During its awakening, it had been a mere expanse of hazy white, but as its development progress increased, the space gradually expanded, gaining a second pet room and the stone platform pool that constantly emitted a rainbow radiance.

Now, everything appeared as usual.

The pet rooms stood quietly, and Ziyue and Chiying's auras were stable and normal.

The stone platform pool still glowed with a dreamy rainbow radiance, and the card phantoms on the water's surface rotated slowly.

Some supplies were neatly stacked in a corner of the open space: latent energy pill recipes, energy liquids, recovery liquids, and some skill and trait boosters.

There was no anomaly.

Liu Yi frowned slightly, sensing it carefully once more.

Still, she found nothing.

The fluctuation vanished without a trace, as if it had never appeared.

"Strange..." she murmured softly, just as she was about to exit the Beast Taming Space, her gaze inadvertently sweeping over a corner.

The portable incubator lay quietly there.

The incubator emitted a faint, warm orange glow, and through its transparent observation window, the Blaze Lion pet egg inside was visible.

Liu Yi walked over and crouched down.

Rows of data were displayed on the incubator's control panel:

【Fire-type Pet Egg Detected】

【Energy Fluctuations: Stable】

【Hatching Progress: 87%】

【Estimated Hatching Time: 8-16 days】

It was 87%, a 1% increase from before.

Liu Yi's gaze lingered on the hatching progress for a moment. Just as she was about to stand up, she suddenly froze.

She stared at the incubator's position, her brows furrowing slightly.

If she remembered correctly, the last time she checked the incubator, it was placed in the left part of this corner, about two meters from the stone platform pool.

But now, the incubator seemed to have... shifted a little to the right?

Liu Yi carefully recalled its previous position.

She had always been confident in her memory, especially regarding such details.

Moreover, everything in the Beast Taming Space was under her conscious control, so items shouldn't move on their own.

Yet at this moment, she indeed had a subtle feeling.

The incubator's position had shifted ever so slightly, almost imperceptibly, from when she last saw it.