Beast Taming: My System is Bugged

Chapter 351 - 338: Surgery Selection

Gu Ming had once asked Teacher Zhang Yunpeng what conditions were necessary to develop a Beast Taming Space.

At the time, he had told Gu Ming that it required a Master Level Spiritual Technique, as well as an organ surgery to transform an unnecessary body part into an organ with the Spatial Attribute, such as turning the appendix into the core of the Beast Taming Space.

Currently, Gu Ming’s Spiritual Technique had already reached the Master Level, and through years of Cultivation in his dreams, he was slowly feeling his way toward the threshold of the Great Success Realm.

It was worth noting that the strength of a Beast Taming Space was directly proportional to the Beastmaster’s own Spiritual Power.

Furthermore, the various materials with the Spatial Attribute used in the surgery—their rarity, quality, and so on—would also affect the size and capacity of the finished Beast Taming Space, as well as the comfort of the Pet Beasts living inside.

As far as Gu Ming knew, the starting price for a mainstream spatial organ surgery was ten million, and that was just for the cheapest version.

If any exceptionally good materials were used, the cost would shoot up into the tens of millions.

As for wealthier families, they would opt for surgeries costing over a hundred million, allowing their Beastmasters to get it all done in one go. This would not only accommodate multiple Pet Beasts but also make future expansions much more convenient.

In other words, the better the spatial materials invested upfront, the easier it would be to grow the Beast Taming Space in the future.

Gu Ming held the Source Light Space Stone. The system had described this item as having an ultimate affinity for the Spatial and Light Attributes, capable of significantly improving the comfort of Light Element, Spatial Attribute, and other such Pet Beasts inside.

Back then, not even Yuan Ge had recognized it. This suggested it was a High-Level material for the surgery, perhaps even a top-tier one used in the hundred-million-plus procedures.

Gu Ming didn’t have that kind of money right now.

He checked his bank balance online and found that the Ruan Family had made another deposit a couple of days ago for his share of the Visualization Image revenue, amounting to nearly ten million.

All told, Gu Ming had a balance of over thirty million.

"So I already have this much money," Gu Ming murmured.

He had earned this much from the Visualization Image revenue alone.

If this continued to accumulate, it was possible for Gu Ming to become a billionaire.

His fingertips traced the cool surface of the Source Light Space Stone.

’A balance of over thirty million already gives me many more options than the average person.’ He began calculating the most cost-effective surgery option.

’It might not be a top-tier surgery, but with this stone, the result won’t be much worse.’

Gu Ming opened his phone and searched for surgical packages from various providers. However, the world of Beastmasters was full of scams, and the number of potential extra costs was endless.

For example, post-operative medicinal treatments, stabilization potions for the Beast Taming Space, and a bottomless pit of endless upgrades could cost over a hundred million.

However, in today’s Beastmaster circles, a hundred million wasn’t considered a huge sum.

The prices of Pet Beast resources were rising every year. Gu Ming himself, just by working at the company, earned over a million a month.

Across the country, those High-star Level Beastmasters would only earn more.

Coupled with the ever-increasing costs of raising Pet Beasts, the currency was devaluing, and money was becoming worth less and less.

As Gu Ming thought of this, he looked at the Spirit Stone in his hand with a flash of understanding.

’No wonder everyone uses Spirit Stones as currency in the future.’

After all, money, to put it bluntly, was just paper notes backed by the nation’s credit.

When inflation reached such a level, a hard currency was naturally needed to circulate domestically.

And so, the Spirit Stone came into being.

But right now, Gu Ming hadn’t seen any news about Spirit Stones emerging nationwide, nor did he know when the tipping point for their widespread adoption would be.

He pinched the Spirit Stone, sensed it for a moment, and tossed it to Ah Ji to use for Cultivation.

He glanced at his company’s group chat online and, seeing people discussing spatial organ surgery, had an idea.

He joined the conversation, casually asking for recommendations and pitfalls to avoid regarding the Beast Taming Space organ surgery.

There was one good thing about working at the company.

There were plenty of people with a wealth of real-world experience. They knew all about the terrible things that could happen and also had good recommendations.

As a newcomer, Gu Ming asked around in the group and quickly received many enthusiastic recommendations from his senior colleagues, learning which hospitals in the Capital were the most convenient for the organ surgery.

"Come to think of it, though, we have someone in the company who can perform the organ surgery," someone in the group suddenly mentioned.

Gu Ming asked, "Which expert would that be?"

"Haha, that would be..." The person hadn’t finished typing.

Teacher Tang suddenly replied in the group chat: "I can perform the organ surgery."

Gu Ming paused.

He had never expected that Teacher Tang himself could do it.

But considering Teacher Tang’s Pet Beasts had both Light and Dark Attributes, it wouldn’t be surprising if he had one with the Spatial Attribute as well.

This fit perfectly with his impression of the powerful academic expert.

Seeing this, Gu Ming’s mind started racing.

’Isn’t this a great idea?’

After all, in the system’s eyes, Teacher Tang was a powerful Beastmaster who had already stepped into the Eight-star Level Domain.

’If he performs the surgery, perhaps the system will transform the outcome into that of a procedure done by a future Eight-star expert. That would be countless times better than any surgery I could get now.’

So, Gu Ming started a private chat with Teacher Tang to ask about the various details and costs of the spatial organ surgery.

After quite a while, Teacher Tang sent him a work transfer contract and said:

"There are good and bad organ surgeries. It depends on what you want to choose.

"It’s too much to explain in a short time. We can discuss it slowly tomorrow.

"For now, take a look at the contract I sent you. If you don’t see anything that needs to be changed, go ahead and sign it.

"Then you two can come to my office and start work tomorrow."

Gu Ming downloaded the contract Teacher Tang had sent. Beside him, Lu You, who was practicing her Cultivation Technique, also heard her phone DING.

Gu Ming glanced over and told her to check her phone, saying:

"Teacher Tang sent over the contract. You should take a look, too, and see if anything needs to be changed."

She nodded quietly and picked up her phone to read through it.

The contract from Teacher Tang was different from what Gu Ming had expected. He had thought he would be able to leave his employee status behind, but the contracting party was still the Ruan Family’s Cultivation Technique design company. His transfer was classified as a promotion.

His salary, annual benefits, and other perks had all been upgraded.

Previously, he had been earning just over a million a month, plus an uncertain commission from Cultivation Technique sales.

That Transmission Skill was still in the research and optimization phase and had not yet been released. It was hard to say how many months it would be before he saw any revenue share from it.

The base salary in this new contract had already been raised to two million, and it also included clauses for receiving a share of the profits and funding for developing Cultivation Techniques.

Furthermore, the profit-sharing percentage was higher—one percent more than what he had as a full-time employee in the Blue Flame Task Force.

Don’t underestimate that one percent increase.

You have to understand, the company wasn’t a charity.

The ability to offer that extra percent was likely due to Teacher Tang pulling some strings.

Holding the contract, Gu Ming first asked his family about it, then went to Ruan Jing to get her opinion and see what she thought of the terms.

Ruan Jing was the one who had brought Gu Ming into the Ruan Family Company, and his collaboration with the Ruan Family was already very deep.

It was only right to ask her.