City A, Hero Association Headquarters.
"This Monster Association operation caused devastating losses in every city, but fortunately, we reacted quickly and eliminated most of the monsters."
Jace gave a detailed report as the screen behind him displayed the destroyed areas of various cities.
"They deployed so many monsters at once. What was their goal? Were they planning to go to war with us?"
"According to the investigation, the Monster Association's operation this time was intended to transform humans."
"Transform humans?"
"Yes! They developed a Monster Cell. Once a human swallowed it, they would directly turn into a monster. Many people were coerced into swallowing the cells this time and became monsters."
Jace spoke with deep concern. According to the intelligence, becoming a monster would multiply one's strength several times over, though there were also cases of people being unable to endure it and exploding to death on the spot.
More importantly, quite a few powerful people had actually voluntarily swallowed Monster Cells in pursuit of strength, joining the Monster Association's side.
This included many formidable martial artists. After becoming monsters, most of them were at least Tiger-level.
Moreover, the news had already spread widely, and ordinary citizens were panicking.
Some people with ulterior motives had even begun preaching the theory of monster supremacy, holding marches and demanding that the Hero Association surrender voluntarily to win the Monster Association's favor.
"This is bad. Once there's a first person like this, there will be a second. If everyone loses their minds in pursuit of power, it will cause panic among ordinary citizens."
"Hmph. They're all weak-willed fools. We should immediately gather the heroes and wipe out the Monster Association in one go."
"But we still don't know where their base is, and we know nothing about their combat strength. Acting rashly would