736 Angel (1/2)

Zhang Zian had not used the regular pet column in the game very often, except for when he had transported the Ragdolls and Abyssinian cats. He had only used it once to capture a stray cat during the game's tutorial.

He took a clear, frontal picture of the pet––keeping in mind the game's instructions––in order to capture it. He then adjusted the position carefully to focus the lens on the disgustingly weird worm before he pressed on the ”capture” key.

Kacha!

The giant scale worm disappeared from where it had been before it appeared in the game and occupied one of the five regular pet columns. A live animal was digitalized on the screen.

No matter how sharp its teeth and how toxic its bristles were, it could only stay in the pet column.

Karl might like this weird worm, since Germans have strange tastes and find reptiles or poisonous creatures acceptable to keep as pets. It would look weird in my pet shop, though.

However, could it be a mere coincidence that such a rare animal just showed up on this empty beach?

”Galaxy, where are you? Come out now. I lose!”

Compared to the current issue, Zhang Zian was more concerned about if Galaxy had run into some danger. If it had touched similar monsters out of mere curiosity, then that would not be good.

The wind came in from the sea, so his voice was blown back to the land behind him as soon as it left his mouth. It could not travel very far ahead.

He focused to listen, but did not hear Galaxy's response.

There was nothing he could do except search for Galaxy and the unknown elfin.

The further he walked ahead, the more creatures he found between the rocks and sand. Sometimes there were so many that he had nowhere to step and he had to take a detour.

To avoid stepping on poisonous creatures hidden under the rocks, he stopped caring about how he looked and started crawling on top of the rocks with both his arms and legs. Sometimes he jumped from one rock to another.

Richard had been very careful ever since it had almost turned into the worm's feces. Every time Zhang Zian jumped, it fluttered its wings to fly as well, as it was afraid of injuring itself if Zhang Zian slipped on the rocks.

It had a wide field of vision above Zhang Zian's head and soon discovered something unusual.

”Quack! What's in that puddle up there? A fish with wings?”

Zhang Zian had seen quite a few rare fish, shrimps, and crabs along the way. They were not precious, but indeed rare to come across. He lifted his phone a few times, then put it down and marked the rocks with small stones. There was a limited amount of spaces in the pet column. If there were not any rarer creatures ahead, then he planned to capture them into the phone on his way back.

After he heard Richard's scream, the first idea that came to his mind was, A fish with wings? Could it be a flying fish?

He climbed over another rock and planned to mock Richard for making such a fuss, but after seeing the creature in the puddle of water, he was astonished!

About a dozen semi-transparent mollusks were suspended in the half-meter deep puddle. Each one measured around eight centimeters in length, while some were even longer.

Most of their bodies were almost transparent. There was a heart-shaped, orange organ in their chests and a similar organ was found in their round heads, only much smaller.

The most surprising part was the pair of crystal clear wings that flapped in the water to keep them suspended. They also had a long, crystal clear tail and two soft antennae on their heads. They looked like elfins in a puddle––like in a dream.

Had it been the old Richard, it would have surely flown up to them immediately for a closer look; however, it had lost its guts after the fright before and stayed a distance away to watch.

Zhang Zian said, ”Don't worry. They won't bite you!”

Richard finally relaxed. ”Quack! I'm not afraid! But tell me… what are they? They look pretty.”

”If I'm not mistaken, they are very rare creatures called sea angels, or naked sea butterflies. The official name is Clione… These Cliones in front of us are huge. I'm guessing that they are giant sea angels living in north Atlantic,” he explained.

”Quack! That is a beautiful name. Since they are so rare, then why not take them back?” Richard asked.