"Ding! Tamable creature detected. Domesticate it?"
The Beast Tamer System's prompt sounded.
Mu Liang suddenly thought the color-changing ability of the lizard was quite useful.
And his Taming Points had refreshed overnight—he could domesticate a second creature today.
Every day after midnight, Taming Points reset to ten.
Mu Liang issued the mental command, "Domesticate the color-changing lizard."
"Ding! Level-0 lifeform · Three-Colored Lizard detected. Taming in progress…"
"Ding! Consumed 10 Taming Points. Taming successful."
The lizard glowed white and stopped squirming, instead happily twitching its claws.
After three seconds, it reverted to palm-size, its scales now striped in green, red, and blue.
"Ding! Inherit Three-Colored Lizard talent: Camouflage Color Change?"
"Inherit." Mu Liang nodded.
"Ding! Camouflage Color Change upgrading… adapting… inheritance complete."
Mu Liang felt a coolness on his skin and a faint warmth within.
"System, open my character attributes." Mu Liang wanted to see what had changed.
"Beast Tamer System: Mu Liang
Stamina: 6.2
Speed: 4.5
Strength: 5.1
Spirit: 9
Lifespan: 24 years / 110 years
Taming Points: 0 (daily refresh; accumulable)
Evolution Points: 0
Abilities: Earth Rock Spike (Level 1)
Camouflage Color Change (Level 1)
(Normal human baseline: 1)
Domesticated Beasts:
Rock Turtle · Talent: Earth Rock Spike (Level 1)
Three-Colored Lizard · Talent: Camouflage Color Change (Level 1)"
"All four stats barely rose—Three-Colored Lizard's boost is in the talent itself?"
Mu Liang activated Camouflage Color Change and felt a cool tingling. The light around him shifted.
In about one second, his clothes, pack, and surroundings took on the earthy yellows and browns of the rock face.
Ten seconds… one minute… ten minutes…
Mu Liang stood perfectly still to test whether Camouflage Color Change lasted indefinitely.
Half an hour passed.
"It seems to have no time limit for now."
Mu Liang moved his limbs and saw the camouflage fade, revealing his original colors.
"So it works by bending light—any movement ends the effect."
He nodded, impressed: "Perfect for stealth attacks or covert decapitations."
"All right, hide around me."
Mu Liang placed the lizard on the ground.
A Level 1 Three-Colored Lizard wasn't powerful—he'd keep it close like a pet for now.
The lizard glanced at Mu Liang, then scampered up the rock face to shadow him at just the right distance.
If he remained motionless, it vanished from view completely.
"In future, with an offensive talent, it could become an Assassin Creed Lizard." Mu Liang smirked at the thought.
He retrieved his combat knife from the rock wall, pocketed the dead little lizard, and resumed his hunt.
Over two hours passed and he'd only caught more little lizards—meager meat—and occasionally a venomous scorpion or small insect.
He didn't wish to eat them unless absolutely necessary.
"These look like rat burrows."
Mu Liang found several holes and noted footprints at their entrances.
He planned to send the Three-Colored Lizard inside to flush rats out.
Tap, tap, tap…
Suddenly, footsteps approached from some distance in his direction.
Years in special forces honed his instincts.
Mu Liang pressed himself against the rock and activated Camouflage Color Change to hide.
Within a minute, four figures—familiar yet strange—entered his view.
Familiar because he knew Mino; strange because atop her head was a pair of long, blue rabbit ears.
"Quick, chase her—don't let her get away!"
"You dared steal our prey, you're dead meat."
"If we catch you, I'll kill you."
…
Four scavengers yelled threats, weapons in hand—bone daggers and wooden spears—as they pursued the girl.
"What shameless brutes!"
Mino shot back as she ran, still catching her breath. Clearly she was agile and unafraid.
Mu Liang waited until the first three ran past, unaware of him.
As the fourth passed, Mu Liang sprang, grabbing the man's chin and, using his forward momentum, wrenching it downward.
Crack…
A single crack sounded—his neck snapped.
The man's mouth was covered; he died without a sound.
It took Mu Liang under two seconds to dispatch that one.
He then quickly pursued the next three, using the same technique to eliminate another.
Two remained, having heard none of their friends' gasps or thuds.
Sensing danger, they halted and turned toward him, spears and daggers raised.
"Who are you?"
"What did you do to our men?"
They shouted in panic.
Mu Liang stopped four meters away.
Mino, hearing the commotion, turned in surprise.
"Mu Liang, run!" she called.
"So you two are accomplices," Mu Liang observed.
The pair relaxed—worse than Mu Liang would have been the hunters who preyed on scavengers.
"Kill him first!"
The spear-wielder charged, aiming at Mu Liang's chest.
Mu Liang deftly sidestepped, then used the man's momentum to deliver a crushing elbow to his sternum.
Crack…
The man's chest fractured; he flew back and lay coughing blood.
Mu Liang's baseline strength was thrice a normal person's; enhanced further by Rock Turtle, he was near superhuman. A single push was enough.
"You're an Enhancer…"
The bone-dagger wielder hesitated, face pale as he held the dagger before him—trapped.
"Mu Liang, dodge!" Mino cried out.
She sprinted forward and kicked the dagger-holder aside.
Thud…
He fell to the ground; seeing his bleeding comrade terrified him.
"You can't kill me—I work for Boss Blood Beard!"
The dagger-wielder blurted his backer, hoping to cow them both.
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