Eve of the Catastrophe

He returned to the spacious bedroom.

Teng Qingshan walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, quietly gazing at White Horse Lake ahead.

To be honest, the results of this sudden whim to patrol the surrounding area left him deeply shocked.

"It's only July, and there are already five Warlord Level monsters entrenched just around Yangzhou City. How many monsters must be lurking around other cities?"

Thinking of the nearly ten million square kilometers of land in China, the hundreds of prefecture-level cities, thousands of counties, and countless towns and villages.

Teng Qingshan fell silent for a moment.

Once the monsters were no longer satisfied with slaughtering each other.

Or if they evolved the intelligence of Lord Level monsters, which was no lower than that of humans.

At that time...

Teng Qingshan could foresee that under the command of Lord Level monsters, numerous Warlord Level monsters would lead vast swarms of Beast Soldier monsters in a charge.

If that happened.

Perhaps over ninety percent of human settlements across China would cease to exist.

And the situation in other parts of the world was much the same.

The catastrophe of humanity would truly arrive!

Facing such a disaster.

Although Teng Qingshan was strong, the areas he could protect were truly limited.

His current maximum flight speed using Object Manipulation was indeed very fast, reaching 1,500 meters per second when fully unleashed.

But even at that speed, it would take an hour to fly from the southernmost tip of China to the northernmost!

An hour might seem short in normal times.

But during a monster rampage.

Never mind an hour; every single second, countless humans would lose their lives.

Moreover, Teng Qingshan was only one man, after all.

The area he could protect at any given time was ultimately limited.

"I hope the appearance of Lord Level monsters is delayed. As long as enough people practice the Xingyi Fist and reach the strength of a Martial Artist, they can coordinate with military weapons to handle those massive numbers of Beast Soldier monsters."

In the early stages of the Great Nirvana, Teng Qingshan still had faith in the lethality of modern weaponry.

But in the middle and later stages.

As more and more Lord Level monsters appeared, and even monsters surpassing the Lord Level emerged, that was when humanity's current weapons would basically lose their effectiveness.

At that time.

They would have to rely on top-tier powerhouses like Teng Qingshan and Hong to fight the monsters.

"I must improve my strength as quickly as possible."

Teng Qingshan closed his eyes, stopping his train of thought.

Instead, he immersed his mind into the world, sensing the omnipresent Five Elements Energy.

The night passed quickly.

Early the next morning.

Teng Qingshan specifically called Hong to the third floor and brought out the monster materials he had initially cut using Telekinesis. "These materials were obtained last night while I was patrolling the surroundings and killing some powerful mutated animals. Hong, take these and find someone to process them into suitable weapons and armor. We will need them later."

"Understood, Master. This disciple will certainly get it done!" Looking at the large amount of monster materials wrapped in animal hide, especially the three dark red pointed tridents and the half-meter-long sharp fangs, Hong was also struck with awe.

After this period of Genetic Origin Energy cultivation, Hong's base punching power had reached the level of an elementary Warlord.

But the aura, hardness, and sharpness radiating from these monster materials still made Hong secretly tremble.

It was questionable whether he could even kill a monster of this caliber if he unleashed his full power.

After all, the hardness of his current weapons was nowhere near these monster materials.

"Hong, you are skilled with the spear, so use these fangs to craft spearheads. As for the shafts, use these pointed tridents for now."

Teng Qingshan pointed to the tridents taken from the head of the Fire-Scaled Trident Pig.

Each of these three tridents was over two meters long and shaped like a spear shaft. With some processing and the addition of the Tiger Mastiff Dog fangs, they could be fashioned into spears capable of fighting Warlord Level monsters.

"There are other materials as well; see to it that they are processed into usable weapons and distributed to Meng Lan and the others."

"No problem, Master. These materials are excellent, far better than our current weapons. It won't take long to process them," Hong said confidently.

In recent days, under Teng Qingshan's instruction, he had acquired a factory, and the machinery there was more than capable of handling this work.

"Good, go on. Remember to cultivate diligently and urge the disciples in the sect to practice their fist techniques seriously. Perhaps it won't be long before we have to fight for our lives."

Looking at the serious expression on Teng Qingshan's face, Hong felt a tremor in his heart. "Yes, Master! This disciple will definitely cultivate diligently!"

Watching Hong leave, Teng Qingshan turned around and continued to practice his fist techniques silently before the floor-to-ceiling window, facing White Horse Lake.

In the time that followed.

Teng Qingshan would patrol around Yangzhou City under the cover of night from time to time.

He would clear out any Warlord Level Monster that posed a threat.

During these clearing operations.

Teng Qingshan also discovered that these monster herds were constantly on the move.

He would clear out a batch today, and two or three days later, new herds would arrive.

For monsters, a good habitat was also very important.

Currently, the farmland and land surrounding Yangzhou City had basically been abandoned, and the people from small counties and villages had all relocated to the outskirts of Yangzhou City.

The authorities of Yangzhou City had also begun an emergency expansion of the urban area.

Under drone surveillance.

The threat posed by those mutated animals covering the mountains and plains was simply too great.

After a series of vicious incidents involving mutated animals harming people one or two months ago, authorities everywhere began to focus on major cities as hubs, gathering the population from surrounding areas.

This was to facilitate unified protection.

At first, there were some people who were unwilling to move.

But after seeing many people around them bitten to death by mutated animals, they had no choice but to leave their homes in tears and move to the outskirts of major cities with better defensive measures.

Thanks to the strong execution of the China authorities.

Simple residential areas sprang up one after another, housing the continuously gathering crowds.

At the same time, various supplies were also being urgently allocated.

With so much farmland abandoned.

In the future, food would also be a major problem.

Fortunately, there were strategic grain reserves, and coupled with previously stockpiled supplies, holding out for a year or two was not a big problem.

Seeing the authorities acting so swiftly.

Teng Qingshan felt a slight sense of relief in his heart.

As long as there was action, casualties could be reduced.

It was just that major cities like Yangzhou City were, after all, in the minority; relocating people in many remote areas was time-consuming and laborious, and it could only be done step by step.

After all, with families in tow and such large-scale population migrations, it was impossible to be fast.

As things stood.

The overall situation in Yangzhou City could be considered the best.

After all, the Warlord Level Monsters within a radius of several dozen kilometers had all been cleared out by Teng Qingshan.

Even with monster herds constantly drifting in, safety could be guaranteed to the greatest extent under military escort.

But other places were in a dire state.

Although it was not very apparent on the news.

During his night patrols these days, Teng Qingshan would occasionally fly to other places to check on the situation.

In those places.

Even Teng Qingshan, who was accustomed to life and death and had a heart as hard as steel, could not help but fall silent.

In remote mountainous areas.

There were already many wild animals.

The people who could not be relocated in time had almost all been buried in the maws of monsters!

When Teng Qingshan flew over these villages, all he saw were scenes ravaged by monsters.

There was not a single person below!

Not even bones were left behind!

Seeing monsters gnawing on human corpses, Teng Qingshan did not show any mercy, unleashing his Flying Dagger to clear the monsters in that area.

But doing so was merely venting his anger.

Long before he arrived, the humans in this area had already been devoured by the monsters.