The Most Random System

Return to the old park.

"Alright, Lao Da, I can only communicate with you for the last ten seconds now. After these few seconds, if you can no longer understand me, choose this hand."

"Hmm, now, can you not understand what I’m saying?"

After the ability disappeared, Lin Li inquired.

Tabby placed its paw on Lin Li’s right palm, indicating it couldn’t understand.

Very good.

Lin Li wasn’t disappointed; in fact, he was quite satisfied — at least, it wasn’t like when giving orders to zombies, where all communication became ineffective once the ability expired. This proved that the "communication" indeed had persistence, and his overall plan seemed viable.

Although Tabby had eaten plenty tonight, Lin Li opened another can for it, and put some long-lasting dry food into the cat’s nest, then said his goodbyes.

The cat team is done, now it’s the dog team’s turn.

Though there are dogs around, Lin Li didn’t intend to find ones from the same area, to avoid resource waste.

Since there’s no rush, Lin Li planned to cast a net in the "opposite" regions from his home, keeping a reasonable distance to save time reaching during any incidents, but avoiding overlap.

While cycling to the new location, Lin Li glanced at the system panel.

This ability seems quite useful, with a high potential for development; maybe strengthen it by one level to see the components.

[You have used the Ability Amplifier (+2) on "Voice of All Things," upgrading it to "Voice of All Things (+1)"]

["Voice of All Things (+1)": Specify a type of creature, and within an hour and a half of usage, your words can be perfectly understood by the designated creature. If the creature’s intelligence is too low, the words will turn into commands, but will only last for forty-five minutes.

Accumulates one usage every twenty-four hours, with a storage limit of 2 uses.]

Only the duration extended by half, with no other changes.

What a pity.

Lin Li most anticipated improvements in storage limits, species specification, and understanding biological words.

Perhaps a more advanced amplifier is needed for that, but Lin Li didn’t continue investing the amplifier into this ability; it’s only a possibility, and "Ability Amplifier (+2)" is limited to one purchase per day, buying (+4) is too wasteful.

For now, Lin Li believes the ability truly worth a significant investment should wait until next month, when he can confirm his plans after visiting the Cultivation Realm with "Parasitic Seed".

...

Time passed.

Plans proceeded in an orderly manner.

Maybe due to differences in habits and obedience, Lin Li felt communicating with dogs was smoother.

It couldn’t be because of like attracts like, more like camaraderie between dogs?

How could that be? I’m not Bai Bufan.

Besides, due to differing nature, many dogs were captivated by Lin Li’s "charm" and "food," with some even showing signs of acknowledging Lin Li as their boss, excitedly wagging their tails to follow him.

Even, a purely literal non-negative female dog raised her rear in front of Lin Li.

Using seduction!

Alright, that’s called being in heat.

Regarding this situation, Lin Li handed her over to one of his "junior brothers".

The "junior brother" gladly accepted the task, striking boldly when the opportunity arose.

But this annoyed another "junior brother"—an abandoned but neutered stray dog—in a fit, pacing anxiously in circles.

Tsk, if this were uploaded to YY Novel forums, it would be a pure "giving away the girl" and "pimping" major flaw, where not accepting even an interested female character could be avoided by posting a massive warning.

Fortunately, life isn’t a novel, so Lin Li didn’t need to worry about that.

However, most stray dogs, at least the batch Lin Li inquired tonight, couldn’t provide the information Lin Li sought.

This wasn’t to say stray dogs lived easier than cats.

More so because compared to cats, rampaging stray dogs could cause significant danger, actively attacking people, and they were not as agile as cats. Therefore, Xiling’s city management occasionally addressed the stray dog issue.

Who would understand the sense of redemption when your dog leads you to confront their bully, only to end up at the "City Comprehensive Law Enforcement Bureau" entrance, with a guard eyeing your bicycle and the two dogs on it, inquiring "Hello, are you here to handle stray dogs? But we’re closed now, please come back tomorrow during the day"?

With the hopeful gaze of his junior brothers, Lin Li naturally couldn’t lose face. So, facing the guard’s "challenge," he shook his head coldly, chuckled disdainfully, and left decisively on his bike.

Conquer the City Management Bureau with Pikachus?

Ha, better not.

Afterwards, inquiring beyond these experiences if they’d suffered any "abuse", took effort to understand their responses, finding most answers about being chased away or scolded, mostly with justifiable reasons, like fear of dogs or not wanting stray dogs near their children.

Lin Li believed this kind of circumstantial harm definitely couldn’t be considered malicious.

Only a few scattered cases weren’t frequent or target-specific incidents.

Does it count as a fruitless trip? Lin Li thought maybe not, at least, he became acknowledged as a little boss.

The dog network seems to be grasped in hand.