Su Xiao had already gained a general understanding of the situation on Myriad Beasts Continent. He could determine that, during the early stages, the world battle should have nothing to do with the native forces.
The number of beastkin, humans, and demi-beastmen was no longer large. Compared with the aberrations, the human race in this world was in a very weak position. Their civilization had nearly been severed completely, and most of their knowledge of steam, electricity, and the like had been lost during their long flight.
In truth, the crushing defeat and sharp decline in population were not the problem. The truly fatal issue was the severing of civilization.
The aberrations were an intelligent race. They had been sleeping deep within the planet all this time. Once the human and beastkin populations and technology reached a certain level, the aberrations would awaken from their slumber and reach the surface, reducing the numbers of the beastkin and humans. However, they would not exterminate humanity and the beastkin completely, because they needed life energy.
Several eras ago, this continent had still been the territory of the beast race. That was why it had been called Myriad Beasts Continent. Later, however, the beast race had been exterminated because its extraordinary abilities could threaten the aberrations.
After there were almost no living creatures left on the surface, the aberrations realized that this could not continue. Thus, they chose to sleep and wait for the next civilization to revive.
It was clear that the aberrations had been allowing humans and beastkin to develop. Once they reached a certain level, the aberrations would eliminate more than ninety percent of them, then begin suppressing their development to prevent their rule from being threatened, while also ensuring that prey remained available.
The situation now was that the