Monster Siege!

Facing the surging tides of a changing era.

If you do not adapt, you will sooner or later be abandoned by the times.

The high-ranking officials of Yangzhou City, having witnessed the shifting era with their own eyes, had no choice but to actively embrace these changes.

At the headquarters of the Xingyi Sect, Teng Qingshan and his group deliberated for a long time.

They finally formulated a preliminary plan to resist the wave of Monsters that might soon arrive.

During this time, Teng Qingshan put forward many suggestions.

The first was to accelerate the relocation of surrounding residents and speed up the construction of temporary residential areas.

The second was to deploy a dual defense system for land and air, building at least three layers of fortifications on the outermost perimeter, with each layer being at least ten meters thick of poured concrete, over twenty meters high, and spaced more than five hundred meters apart.

The third was to urge the military and those with martial arts talent in society to cultivate, striving to develop Genetic Origin Energy as quickly as possible; only by cultivating Genetic Origin Energy could individual humans stand a chance against those mutated beasts.

After Teng Qingshan finished speaking, the military and political leaders present nodded repeatedly.

The fortifications they had originally planned to build were neither this thick nor this high.

But after hearing Teng Qingshan describe the strength of those mutated beasts, they gritted their teeth and agreed.

After all, every region currently required a massive amount of manpower.

Building such a massive city wall was a monumental project.

However, once constructed, such a high and thick wall would be enough to block those low-level mutated animals; only those powerful Monsters that had further evolved and could command hundreds of low-level mutated animals would be able to brave the artillery fire to cross such a high wall.

But Teng Qingshan had said that such Monsters could be handled by him.

The military only needed to eliminate the massive swarms of fodder beasts and ensure that not a single mutated animal broke into Yangzhou City.

With this settled, the people present breathed a huge sigh of relief.

With a powerhouse like Teng Qingshan around, there would be no problem holding off these mutated beasts for the time being.

This would allow them to take advantage of this period to accelerate the construction of fortifications, build temporary residential areas, relocate and settle more people, and make other necessary preparations.

This meeting did not last long, but its impact was extremely profound.

Immediately after this meeting, the entire Yangzhou City sprang into action.

Broadcasts about guarding against mutated animals and advising people not to go out lightly were played in every street and alley, while simultaneously calling on everyone to actively practice martial arts.

At the same time, people were recruited to join in the construction of the fortifications.

To finish such a massive wall as quickly as possible, Yangzhou City spared no expense, offering extremely high wages and mobilizing all the construction companies in the city, while also hiring a large number of people from the public to assist.

The military, meanwhile, seized every moment to relocate the populace.

And those talented martial artists also flocked to the Xingyi Sect in a steady stream.

This was because the sight of Teng Qingshan flying while manipulating his spear appeared more and more frequently over the city, as he eliminated every stray avian mutated beast that dared to appear in the city's airspace.

The incredible Object Manipulation flight and his clean, decisive kills made Teng Qingshan's name a household word in Yangzhou City; everyone knew of him.

The Xingyi Sect he founded now also boasted a batch of promising Xingyi Fist talents.

The most outstanding was naturally Hong, who already possessed the physical fitness of an elementary Warlord. Combined with his "4" force-exertion technique and his master-level martial arts realm, he could fully unleash strength comparable to an advanced Warlord, not to mention the weapon crafted from Monster materials that Teng Qingshan had provided him previously.

Hong had also single-handedly dealt with many stray mutated beasts within Yangzhou City, and his practical combat experience was growing rapidly.

Besides Hong, other registered disciples such as Lin Menglan, Li Yuan, and Zhou Tao had also successfully cultivated Genetic Origin Energy after their fist strength reached 900 kilograms, reaching the level of intermediate Warriors. With their decent martial arts realms and weapons, they could also handle some Monsters below the level of intermediate Beast Soldiers.

During this period, the members of the Xingyi Sect could be said to have shouldered the heavy responsibility of clearing out Monsters within Yangzhou City.

Naturally, the public was full of goodwill toward the Xingyi Sect.

More and more people signed up to learn Xingyi Fist.

Seeing this, Teng Qingshan took the opportunity to remove the "registration fee."

Everyone could learn Xingyi Fist for free!

Furthermore, those with outstanding talent could receive personal guidance from Teng Qingshan, or even be taken on as disciples!

The prospect of becoming a disciple of a powerhouse, mastering great strength in the coming chaotic times to protect their families and defend their homeland, made countless hot-blooded people in China yearn for it.

Time flowed slowly.

As Teng Qingshan made no effort to hide his use of Spiritual Telekinesis while traversing the land of China.

Many surrounding residents were able to be safely relocated.

Finally.

Time had reached the middle of August.

After more than half a month of intense, round-the-clock evacuation and rescue efforts, the surviving population within a hundred-kilometer radius of Yangzhou City had finally been resettled.

At the same time, the three defensive lines were successfully completed after twenty-four hours of non-stop construction.

On the third floor of the Xingyi Sect headquarters.

Inside the conference hall.

Teng Qingshan and his disciples were watching the television screen ahead with grave expressions.

On the screen.

It showed a coastal city in what was known as the Free Nation.

The drone footage broadcasted.

Countless dense, overwhelming swarms of mutated marine creatures were flooding into the human city.

Sea crabs that had mutated countless times and grown taller than humans, sea snakes over ten meters long, sea shrimp half the height of a person, and fish with mouths full of sharp teeth—these types of Monsters were treating humans as food, feeding frantically!

The cruel and bloody scene left everyone present in silence.

The weapons that humanity had once been so proud of had negligible effects when fired at these mutated creatures!

Even armor-piercing rounds could barely break their skin...

Under the baptism of massive amounts of artillery shells, apart from killing some small fry, the highly evolved Monsters remained completely unscathed!

Yes.

Following this period of constant attacks by mutated animals on humans.

The entire world now collectively referred to these mutated animals as Monsters!

Among them, marine Monsters were the category of Monsters with the highest degree of mutation and evolution.

Naturally, those coastal regions were the first to suffer from the wave of Monster attacks.

Watching the broadcast, which looked like a living hell.

Even Hong, who was once a killer, could not bear to look. "Master, it seems the evolution speed of marine Monsters far exceeds that of land Monsters. It is fortunate that our Yangzhou City is some distance away from the coastline, so we don't need to worry about those marine Monsters for the time being."

"The ocean has always been an area we haven't fully explored, and since the ocean's surface area far exceeds that of the land, the number of creatures bred within it is the greatest. Naturally, the Monsters born there are the most numerous and the strongest."

Teng Qingshan said in a low voice, "Hurry up and cultivate. Since marine Monsters have begun attacking human cities, the land Monsters will soon follow. Only with sufficient strength can we survive the coming catastrophe."

"Yes, Master!"

The image on the television switched again.

This time, it cut back to the China region.

On the screen.

China's coastal cities were also suffering from varying degrees of Monster assaults.

In particular, the Magic City had begun suffering from massive attacks by marine Monsters several days ago.

Fortunately, the higher-ups in China had long been prepared, relying on powerful firepower to continuously hold off the Monsters while simultaneously evacuating toward the interior.

The situation was barely still under control.