Chapter 3: I Contracted Myself?
The gameplay of the Evolution Guide involved controlling characters to hunt, accumulate evolution points, and then set a future direction in order to evolve.
Chu Yi was multitasking, massaging the white-socked Jade Foot while his mind was immersed in the guide.
The darkness squirmed; shadows twisted in a frenzy. Brightly colored, grotesque images, like summer bubbles, burst one by one, then floated up, repeating in an endless cycle. A book, scoured by the torrent of millennia, stood firm upon the river of time. Noticing the player’s arrival, a bizarre, large eyeball on its cover blinked open, occasionally rotating.
Chu Yi’s mind stirred, and he opened the first page of the guide. It was empty. A line of fragmented text appeared, forming a selection box.
[Hint: Please bind the first Deceit Beast.]
Bind?
Chu Yi muttered, returning to reality, only to find that Bika was gone.
He looked at Lias with puzzlement. Her charming face was flushed, a rosy glow against her snowy skin, and her chest seemed to swell, a fox head poking out from within her bodice.
Ah, this... Infiltrating the enemy lines... Well done, Bika. But as her master, I’m the one who’s going to suffer.
Sure enough, Lias glared at him, transferring the consequences of her Pet Beast’s mischief onto its master.
With no time to think, Chu Yi tried to bind Bika as the first Deceit Beast. In the game, anything not his possession couldn’t be bound, nor could it receive the blessing of evolution.
[Binding failed, subject does not meet Deceit Beast requirements.]