We Yan Kingdom people are no worse than those Lighthouse Nation people!

"All I can say is, you can't generalize one person's constitution to another's—especially in a situation like that just now. It's possible it triggered the potential hidden within Xu Fan's body to the utmost degree."

Chen Warrior King spoke slowly, offering an explanation for contestant Xu Fan's astonishing performance.

But even he didn't believe his own words.

No matter how much people's physiques differed.

There were still limits.

The human body had its boundaries.

Yet when it came to contestant Xu Fan.

Limits?

What were those?

"That's right. We can only say that contestant Xu Fan was on the brink of life and death just now, which is why he erupted with power he normally couldn't muster."

Brother Qiang chimed in, backing up Chen Warrior King's view.

After a brief pause, he even gave an example on purpose.

"For instance, in ancient times, there was the case of fighting with one's back to the river."

"A few thousand men, in a desperate situation with no retreat, defeated an army of tens of thousands and turned the tide."

"Brother Qiang is right." Host Xiao Ying seized the chance to join the conversation.

"When I was in school, I read the story of General Huo."

"He led a force of a thousand men and routed a Xiongnu army of a hundred thousand."

"And there's General Wen Yang from the Three Kingdoms period, who supposedly single-handedly defeated tens of thousands."

But...

Wen Yang's achievements were merely recorded in text.

There was no solid evidence.

Xu Fan, on the other hand, had done it under the watch of countless eyes.

He had wiped out an entire swarm!

Among them, the Nugel Worm King was over ten meters long.

Its skin looked incredibly tough.

And yet...

Xu Fan had one-shot it with a single blade!

That was the real shock!

No matter how Chen Warrior King, Brother Qiang, or host Xiao Ying tried to explain.

There were still plenty of people willing to believe.

That contestant Xu Fan wasn't human.

But a bionic android, a Terminator, or some other high-tech product.

And that he had entered the Forbidden Land through cheating.

Still...

While the audience was heatedly debating how contestant Xu Fan had wiped out an entire swarm.

The officials of various nations had their attention fixed on the Wolf Ancestor's corpse.

Although this wasn't the first resource Blue Star had obtained, it was an exceptionally rare and precious one.

Because when Xu Fan and the other contestants killed Forbidden Land beasts, their corpses hadn't manifested into the real world.

Moreover...

This mysterious Forbidden Land.

Hadn't appeared on Blue Star.

Not a single satellite orbiting in space had captured any footage of it.

In a sense.

The mysterious Forbidden Land was akin to an alien civilization.

Classifying the Wolf Ancestor's corpse as an extraterrestrial organism.

Wouldn't be strange at all.

Who knew—maybe they could reap enormous gains from this oversized carcass!

For a time...

Not only had the Yan Kingdom military mobilized to track down the Wolf Ancestor's corpse.

Other nations were also trying every means to infiltrate Yan Kingdom's borders.

Even if they couldn't secure the rights to study the Wolf Ancestor's remains, they still wanted to cut off a small piece and take it back for research.

However...

While the Wolf Ancestor's remains were enormous, that was only from a biological standpoint.

In terms of area, let alone the mountain forest Xu Fan had found, even the stream Koichiro Mori had discovered was larger than the Wolf Ancestor's remains.

They could be easily located via satellite.

Another problem...

The Yan Kingdom's territory wasn't as compact as the Neon Nation's.

Finding a fish in a freshwater lake versus finding one in a vast ocean—

the difficulty was naturally incomparable.

This could be considered a downside of a large nation...

The territory was simply too vast.

Searching for things would be troublesome.

If the Wolf Ancestor's remains had manifested in a city, it would have been easier.

But they hadn't.

So the Yan Kingdom's authorities had to deploy satellites, drones, and military forces for a full-scale search.

Not only that, but the authorities had even posted a bounty announcement online: anyone who could provide significant clues

would be rewarded with three million in cash!

For a time, the Yan Kingdom was in an uproar!

Many people stepped out of their homes to begin searching for clues about the Wolf Ancestor's remains.

And it was worth noting...

The three-million cash reward was indeed substantial.

But most people didn't care about the prize money at all.

Or rather, they didn't care that much.

Their motivation was simply to do their part for this beautiful country.

The Forbidden Land livestream.

"Looking at it now, we underestimated Brother Xu Fan from the very beginning," host Xiao Ying said with heartfelt emotion.

When she first saw contestant Xu Fan, she had actually broken out in a cold sweat.

She thought Xu Fan wouldn't last long in the Forbidden Land.

But out of consideration for her role as host, she hadn't been able to say it.

Now, seeing Xu Fan's performance, she only felt her face burning with shame.

"It feels like I've been slapped in the face," Xiao Ying said with a smile.

Though she'd been slapped, it felt great!

She wished for more slaps like this.

The more, the better!

"Yeah," Brother Qiang nodded. "Come to think of it, when he encountered the Snow Wolf King yesterday, contestant Xu Fan was also calm and composed."

"Back then, I thought he was just lucky to escape. Now it seems we really underestimated him."

But just then...

Yuan Yuan, who had barely calmed her emotions, suddenly brought up a topic.

"Speaking of which, the beast bones we found earlier have already manifested in the real world, right?"

"I wonder what use they'll have."

Yuan Yuan couldn't help asking. After all, she was just a writer, not very familiar with scientific research matters.

"Mm, that's certain. On one hand, they can study and compare them to unlock the secrets of Forbidden Land creatures," Director Zhang, who rarely spoke, began to explain.

"And I think we shouldn't judge the remains' value using common sense from Blue Star."

"Perhaps the remains of Forbidden Land creatures can be made into high-strength materials for various applications."

"Of course, the specifics will need to be determined after researchers study them."

As he said this, Director Zhang's tone was also very excited.

He was already seventy or eighty years old.

He had witnessed the nation, once bursting with momentum yet starved for research funding, walk the long road to where it stood today.

Every field now bloomed in profusion.

And now...

it had pulled far ahead in the exploration of Forbidden Lands.

This moved the elderly man deeply.

Their Yan Kingdom was no longer a country others could push around at will!

"But when it comes to research, shouldn't we still cooperate with other nations? For example, the Lighthouse Nation—after all, everyone knows they've always been the strongest in the scientific field." Yuan Yuan spoke up again, unable to suppress her habit of singing foreign praises.

These words were like a bucket of cold water poured over Director Zhang.

He even shot Yuan Yuan a look that could kill.

Those people from the Lighthouse Nation hoarded all their good things, hiding them away, and from time to time they would throw up all sorts of obstacles to suppress Yan Kingdom.

Now that they had finally obtained Forbidden Land resources and could take the lead in research.

Just hand them over to others?

What a joke!

"Our researchers are still outstanding—it's just that for so many years, they've been silently dedicating themselves, which is why they aren't as famous as those foreign scientists."

"I believe that before long, our researchers will achieve results."

Director Zhang declared with resounding conviction. "We people of Yan Kingdom are no worse than those of the Lighthouse Nation."