Beast Taming: Starting From Zero - Chapter 1488

Chapter 1488. Chapter 1482 City Translation Competition (Two Chapters Combined)

The next day.

Morning sunlight streamed through the French windows.

Qiao Sang got up, admired the view outside, then quickly washed up in the bathroom. She sat cross-legged on the bed, closed her eyes, and began to meditate.

Suddenly, the sound of rapid typing reached her ears.

Qiao Sang opened her eyes, got out of bed, and went to the living room.

There she saw Xiao Xunbao on the sofa, wearing headphones, its paws flying across the laptop keyboard, typing so fast that its short toes seemed to leave afterimages.

“What are you doing?” Qiao Sang walked over, glanced at the words appearing on the screen, and asked.

Xiao Xunbao ignored her, continuing to type.

Qiao Sang reached out and took off Xiao Xunbao’s headphones, asking again, “What are you doing?”

“Xunxun~”

Xiao Xunbao stopped typing, looked up, and grinned, indicating it was practicing its auditory typing.

Qiao Sang raised an eyebrow and asked, “What are you practicing this for?”

“Xunxun~”

“Xunxun~”

Little Xunbao barked twice, indicating it was preparing for a translation competition. It had originally planned to use its phone to type, but after watching some competitions, it realized that contestants using phones weren’t as fast as those using computers. So, it decided to practice and use a computer in the competition.

Qiao Sang wasn’t surprised that Little Xunbao wanted to participate; she had known about it after her meditation last night.

She looked at Little Xunbao’s unusually short fingers and asked, “Why don’t you just use your mind to control the keyboard? That might even make you faster.”

Little Xunbao was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly understood, showing a delighted expression, and barked,

“Xunxun!”

How could it not have thought of that!

Then, its eyes glowed blue as it looked at the keyboard.

The next second, the keyboard was controlled by an invisible force, and it began typing.

The words on the screen initially appeared haltingly, giving the impression that they were difficult to type. However, the speed at which the words appeared on the screen quickly increased dramatically, and in just a short while, three full lines of text appeared.

“Xunxun!”

Seeing this, Xiao Xunbao’s blue light faded, and it came to its Beastmaster’s side, happily rubbing its cheek against hers. “

You’re so smart!

If it weren’t for your short claws, I wouldn’t have thought of this,” Qiao Sang thought to herself, but smiled on the surface, “It’s mainly because your telekinetic control of the keyboard is accurate and fast enough, otherwise it wouldn’t be faster than typing with claws.”

“Xunxun~”

Xiao Xunbao grinned, revealing a rather proud expression.

Then, it thought of something and called out,

“Xunxun~”

It would continue practicing.

After saying that, it went to the computer, put on its headphones again, its eyes glowing blue, and listened to the content while controlling the keyboard to type.

Seeing this, Qiao Sang went to sit on the sofa and sat cross-legged to meditate.

Time slowly passed, and after an unknown amount of time, Ya Bao and the others gradually came out.

“Qingqing?”

Qingbao called out as it approached Xiaoxunbao, indicating what it was doing.

Xiaoxunbao, wearing headphones, didn’t answer and continued typing with its telekinesis.

Qingbao’s face fell, and a gust of wind blew.

However, before the wind could develop into a gale, Qiao Sang opened her eyes and explained, “Isn’t Xiaoxunbao about to participate in a translation competition? It’s practicing using its telekinesis to control the computer for typing translation, saying it’s faster that way.”

“Qingqing.”

Seeing its beast master open its eyes and look at it, Qingbao quickly composed itself, showing an “Oh, I see” expression.

At the same time, the sudden gust of wind subsided.

“Tingting?”

Tingbao called out, indicating that it wanted to practice translation.

Qiao Sang looked at it and said, “If you want to get good results in the translation competition, then practice.”

To be honest, Xiaoxunbao participated in this competition to increase its fame so it could absorb white energy on Tianyuan Star later. Whether Tingbao practiced or not didn’t matter. However, Tianyuan Star has a diverse culture, and Tingbao has basically been training and competing since birth. It’s good for it to experience other things.

Upon hearing this, Tingbao inexplicably recalled what its boss had told it yesterday.

“Xunxun~”

Come with me, boss, and I’ll be the champion, and you’ll be the runner-up.

“Tingting.”

Runner-up is second place. If it doesn’t practice, it probably won’t get second place. Thinking of this, Tingbao barked, indicating it would practice.

Then, it stared at its beast tamer.

One second, two seconds later

, Qiao Sang: “???”

“Practice, why are you looking at me?” Qiao Sang asked.

Tingbao opened its mouth and spoke in human language: “Practice.”

Hearing Tingbao speak human language, Qiao Sang’s eyes lit up instinctively, then she suddenly realized:

“You want to practice translating my words?”

Tingbao nodded and said, “Practice.”

This time, its speech was completely fluent.

“Not bad, you’re getting smoother and smoother,” Qiao Sang praised.

“Smooth,” Tingbao said.

Qiao Sang, intrigued by the lesson, smiled and said, “Come on, read the whole sentence I’m saying, ‘My name is Tingbao.'”

Tingbao uttered each word carefully: “Come, learn, the, whole, sentence.”

It paused here. *

I just want you to learn the last four words.* Qiao Sang thought to herself, but patiently repeated the rest: “Read the whole sentence.”

Tingbao learned quickly: “Read, the, whole, words, out, I, name, Ting, Bao.”

“Amazing!” Qiao Sang exclaimed sincerely, “You learned so many words in one go!”

Tingbao continued learning: “Amazing!”

Qingbao, watching this scene, silently came to the side and tried to learn too:

“Qing, Qing, Qing.”

Unfortunately, after trying for a long time, it couldn’t pronounce a single human character.

“Xunxun?”

Suddenly, Xiao Xunbao took off its headphones, looked at Qingbao, and after a few seconds, looked puzzled and called out, as if to say, “What are you saying? Why can’t you speak clearly?”

Qingbao closed its mouth expressionlessly, and a strong wind

suddenly blew around. Xia Lala was blown away.

Qiao Sang reacted quickly, scooped it up, and held it in her arms.

“Xunxun!”

Xiao Xunbao was startled, quickly picked up the laptop that was almost blown away, floated to its beast master’s side, and called out, indicating that it hadn’t said anything.

“Grumble.”

At this moment, Ya Bao’s stomach suddenly growled.

“Ya Ya!”

Ya Bao called out, indicating that it was hungry and wanted to know when it would eat.

Upon hearing this, Qingbao also felt a little hungry. The wind stopped, and it looked at its beast master.

Qiao Sang smiled and said, “Let’s do it now.”

The next day, at 1 PM.

In a technologically advanced venue, a two-legged grass-type pet dressed in a formal suit called out into the microphone, “Luo Luo! Luo Luo!

The Provincial and Municipal Translation Competition for Herbs is about to begin! Next, please welcome our first contestant!”

As it finished speaking, a bear-like pet wearing a skirt and only about one meter tall waved and came onto the stage.

Meanwhile, in a hotel suite,

the television in the living room was playing related footage.

“Ya Ya?”

Ya Bao sat on the sofa and called out, indicating why we weren’t going to the event.

“There are no tickets left,” Qiao Sang said. “Watching this competition is like watching the Beast Taming Battle; you need to buy tickets to enter.”

“Ya Ya?”

Ya Bao called out again, indicating when Xiao Xun Bao and Ting Bao would appear.

Qiao Sang thought for a moment and said, “Probably later; they registered relatively late.”

“Ya Ya.”

Upon hearing this, Ya Bao immediately lost interest in watching the translation competition and called out, indicating that it would watch it after Xiao Xun Bao and Ting Bao appeared.

After speaking, he focused intently on training his clones in the distance.

Just then, Lu Bao jumped onto the sofa and flicked its head with its tail.

“Ya Ya?”

Ya Bao looked at it.

“Ice Saint,”

Lu Bao called out calmly.

Train with me.

“Ya Ya!”

Ya Bao jumped off the sofa cheerfully and called out.

Let’s go!

After saying that, it walked towards the door.

Lu Bao jumped off the sofa and followed.

Qiao Sang: “.”

You just said you’d tell me when it was Xiao Xun Bao and Ting Bao’s turn, but training is more important. Qiao Sang withdrew his gaze from Ya Bao and Lu Bao and looked at the TV.

At this moment, a pet’s voice came through the loudspeaker throughout the arena: “Guan Guan, Guan Guan Guan.”

After speaking for about ten seconds, the grass-type pet in formal attire said: “Luo Luo.”

Contestant number one, please begin translating.

The bear-type pet in a skirt picked up the microphone and said in broken Dragon Kingdom language: “Everyone, the human personality that is least suitable for contracting is, is…”

It stopped.

The large screen behind him displayed a countdown, which quickly ended.

“Luo Luo,” said the grass-type pet in formal attire.

Translation failed, please leave.

The bear-type pet walked off the stage dejectedly.

“Luo Luo.”

Let’s welcome contestant number two.

A short while later, a young man wearing glasses, appearing to be around twenty years old, walked up.

“Guan Guan, Guan Guan Guan,” the previous pet’s voice still came through the loudspeaker.

When the voice stopped, the grass-type pet in formal attire said, “Luo Luo.”

Contestant number two, please begin translating.

The young man picked up the microphone and smiled, saying, “I’m sorry, I can only translate the language of the Little Light Bug race. Could the Little Light Bugs give me a test?”

Humans are different from pets; pets can directly understand all races’ languages and translate them, while humans can only practice one race at a time.

The grass-type pet in formal attire seemed to have anticipated this scene, calling out,

“Luo Luo.”

Contestant number two, eliminated.

If all the contestants were like this, wouldn’t I win the championship in no time? Qiao Sang looked at the scene on TV and gave herself a mental affirmation.

Steel Treasure glanced silently at his Beastmaster.

Michaela, applying a face mask and sipping coffee, said, “Participating in this type of competition, unless you win with a stunning performance, you won’t gain much popularity.”

“Why?” Josang asked cooperatively.

“The translation competition is a small-scale event, so there won’t be many people or pets paying attention,” Michaela explained calmly. “Besides, Little Treasure is participating in a competition in the Medicine Kingdom. Even if it’s on TV, it will only be broadcast within the Medicine Kingdom, so even fewer people and pets will watch. Even if it wins the championship, once we leave the Medicine Kingdom, basically no one will know that Little Treasure participated in this competition.”

Qiao Sang thought to herself, “Why didn’t you say so earlier?” but said with a cheerful attitude, “It’s okay. After this competition, we will stay in the Medicine Kingdom for about five days. Five days should be enough time for Little Treasure to absorb some white energy.”

Michaela took a sip of coffee and said, “But the premise is that it can win the championship.”

Qiao Sang thought of the performance of contestants number one and two and said, “Little Treasure’s chances of winning the championship are still very high, right?”

Michaela smiled and said, “If Tingbao hadn’t gone, it would have been quite high, but since Tingbao also participated in the competition, Little Treasure’s chances of winning are not so high.”

Yesterday and this morning, she heard Tingbao practicing human language throughout the entire competition.

“No way,” Qiao Sang said. “Tingbao still stumbles a bit when he tries to imitate me, but Xiao Xunbao types very fast and never makes a mistake.”

Michaela looked at the screen on TV and slowly said,

“The most important thing in this type of translation competition is verbal translation. Even if the typing is accurate and fast, in the audience’s mind, it’s still not as good as speaking directly and translating verbally.”

“After all, most pets don’t know how to read. If a translation is needed, even if the typing is wrong, most pets won’t know. Ordinary people are easily kept in the dark and can only let the translator decide. In this respect, it’s not as good as verbal translation.”

“Most importantly, there was once a pet contestant who used a computer to type and translate in a competition. Just before the results were announced, it was discovered that a mechanical pet had infiltrated the computer to help with the translation.”

“Since then, contestants who use computers or mobile phones to type and translate have rarely won translation competitions. Even if they win, many viewers still suspect cheating.”

“Then Little Treasure Hunter’s participation in this competition was for nothing,” Qiao Sang sighed inwardly, recalling how diligently Little Treasure Hunter had practiced typing for the translation competition these past two days.

“Not at all,” Michaela said. “As long as Little Treasure Hunter gets into the top five in a translation competition of this scale, he can become an E-level translator and then participate in competitions on a larger translation stage.”

“If Little Treasure can’t win a competition of this scale, it probably won’t win in larger translation competitions either. I think Little Treasure won’t participate in any more translation competitions,” Qiao Sang said.

Little Treasure participates in these competitions to build popularity and gain more white energy. Only winning the championship can achieve this goal quickly. Since it can’t win, there’s no need to participate in these competitions anymore.

Michaela drank his coffee without saying anything, which was considered agreement.

Time slowly passed.

In the technologically advanced venue, Little Treasure finally appeared.

“Xunxun~”

Little Treasure waved enthusiastically to the audience, holding a computer.

“Guan Guan, Guan Guan Guan.” The voice of the pet came from the loudspeaker.

Little Treasure’s eyes lit up with blue light as it quickly typed on the keyboard.

The content on the computer was synchronized to the giant virtual screen behind it.

Meanwhile, in the last row of the audience, a pet stared blankly at the little treasure hunter on stage. Suddenly, it seemed to remember something, its expression excited. It pulled out its phone, turned on the camera, zoomed in, and aimed at the little treasure hunter to record a video. (End of Chapter)