The Approaching Crisis!

"Click."

The crisp snap of a lighter shattered the suffocating silence.

"Girl."

"If we can't find the original source, then let's change directions."

"After spiritual energy fully erupts, where on this planet will there be the most mutated animals?"

"And where will the animals be the first to form organized forces and unleash large-scale Beast Tides?"

In the corner of the screen.

Elder Zhan lit a specially supplied cigarette, the flame illuminating his weathered face.

Su Qingxue raised her head and met Elder Zhan's intensely oppressive gaze.

She did not hesitate at all and answered with two words.

"The ocean."

The moment those words were spoken.

The atmosphere in the command room seemed to grow even heavier.

"Most of this planet is covered by water."

"The population of marine life cannot be measured in numbers at all."

"Spiritual energy transforms aquatic creatures far more than it does land creatures."

"Whether in size or savagery, they are the undisputed rulers."

Inside the conference room.

Elder Long, who had barely spoken until now, suddenly frowned deeply.

Dragon Country had an extensive coastline.

If the monsters in the ocean were the first to attack.

Wouldn't those economically developed, densely populated coastal cities all turn into hell on earth?

That was more than half of Dragon Country's economic lifeline.

Perhaps sensing the elders' concern, Su Qingxue changed her tone.

"However."

"For now, there is no need to worry too much about the sea."

"The bodily structures of the vast majority of mutated marine beasts have already been completely altered."

"In the early stages, they simply cannot leave the ocean."

"Once they leave the water, their massive weight will crush their own internal organs."

Hearing that.

The elders on the other side of the video call let out imperceptible sighs of relief.

"According to the trajectory of my previous life."

"Three years after the Spiritual Energy Revival."

"Marine Ferocious Beasts developed amphibious abilities and began large-scale landings."

"In other words, during these three years of respite, the pressure on coastal regions will not be too great."

"Our true fatal threat lies entirely on land."

"..."

Su Qingxue held up three fingers.

"Tell us about the land in detail."

"Which places will be the first to fall?"

Elder Zhan stubbed out his cigarette and leaned slightly forward.

"On the seventh day after the disaster began."

"Over a hundred devastating Beast Tides erupted simultaneously across the world."

"As for Dragon Country..."

"A total of seven major Beast Tides erupted within our borders."

As Su Qingxue spoke.

Even Lin Yuan, who had been listening silently, could not help clenching his fists.

Seven days!

In merely seven days.

Those ragtag Ferocious Beasts had turned into a regular army.

That rate of evolution was simply unreasonable.

"The first location is the Changbai Mountains in the northeast."

"Large numbers of mutated wolves and black bears rushed out of the mountains and tore through the local defenses."

"The leader was a Mutated Amur Tiger, assessed at the Mid-Second-Tier Stage."

"The second location is the Lingnan Mountains."

"Countless venomous insects, snakes, and ants gathered into a sea, led by a Mutated Forest Python, also at the Mid-Second-Tier Stage."

"..."

Elder Zhan swiftly marked the locations on the electronic map.

At the same time.

He rapidly calculated the martial arts ranks Su Qingxue had mentioned.

A First-Order Martial Artist could dodge bullets at close range.

A Second-Tier Martial Artist could withstand ordinary firearms head-on.

Then the hide of a Mid-Second-Tier Stage Ferocious Beast was probably too thick for even heavy machine guns to penetrate, wasn't it?

"But those are only the two weakest outbreak points."

Su Qingxue's voice grew increasingly grave, as though weighed down by a massive boulder.

"The Kunlun Mountains, the Taihang Mountains."

"Shennongjia Primeval Forest, the Wuyi Mountains."

"The Beast Tides that erupted in these four regions were more than three times the scale of the first two."

"The Ferocious Beasts leading them had all reached the Late Second-Tier Stage!"

Late Second-Tier Stage!

Those four words struck everyone in the chest like a heavy hammer.

Ordinary infantry would probably be as fragile as paper toys before such monsters.

Even heavy armored vehicles would likely serve only as scrap-metal coffins.

But it was not over yet.

Su Qingxue suddenly turned her head, her gaze falling on Lin Yuan beside her.

At that sight.

Lin Yuan froze slightly.

"The most brutal outbreak point."

"Was outside Shu Capital, near the mountain ranges of Qingcheng and Emei."

"Millions of beasts surrounded the entire basin so tightly that not even water could pass through."

"And the lord of that Beast Tide was an Ironclad Mad Ape over ten meters tall."

"Its strength had reached the Peak Second-Order Stage!"

"Ordinary artillery shells could not even blast off a single hair."

"It uprooted roadside utility poles as weapons and could smash a main battle tank into a metal pancake with one strike."

The next moment.

Su Qingxue spoke each word slowly and clearly.

Lin Yuan's nerves instantly tightened.

Shu Capital!

That was his hometown.

His parents and younger sister were all in that city right now.

If the most terrifying Beast Tide erupted there, the fate of his family was easy to imagine.

"Comrade Su."

"How did the country deal with these seven major Beast Tides in your previous life?"

Elder Yu's fingers, holding his glasses, had gone slightly white.

An attack on this scale had far exceeded the scope of conventional security operations.

"By throwing lives at them."

"There were no martial artists, no Transcendent Realm powers."

"Against those monsters that swords and bullets could not harm, the military could only rely on pure modern firepower."

"Large-caliber howitzer positions fired nonstop for twenty-four hours a day, until their barrels glowed red."

"Armor-piercing shells, thermobaric bombs..."

"Every piece of heavy firepower that could be used was thrown at them."

"In the end, the Beast Tides were indeed driven back, and the defensive lines held."

"But the cost was also horrific."

"Seven satellite cities were completely reduced to ruins and became nests for mutated creatures."

"More than two million frontline soldiers and innocent civilians were killed or wounded!"

"..."

At this point.

Su Qingxue paused, her eyes reddening slightly.

"The Spiritual Energy Revival had only begun seven days earlier!"

"How could those beasts evolve to the Peak Second-Order Stage in just seven days?"

Just then.

A general from one of the military regions spoke, voicing the question in everyone's hearts.

Based on what they currently understood.

Aside from Lin Yuan, that freak.

The others who had sensed spiritual energy had not even broken through to First Order after a month.

Why should a mere pack of wild beasts evolve faster than humans?

"Because they have no limits."

"Human cultivation emphasizes gradual progress and circulating cultivation techniques through the body."

"But those mutated beasts do not need that."

"Their method of evolution is primitive, and also extremely bloody—devouring one another."

"From the moment spiritual energy revived, the law of the jungle was magnified countless times."

"If a wolf killed a hundred mutated rabbits and ate their flesh and blood, it could rapidly accumulate energy."

"Then a bear would eat the wolf, and a tiger would eat the bear."

"Through this frenzied plundering, like raising venomous insects in a jar."

"As long as the population was large enough, it could force-feed a monster into the Peak Second-Order Stage."

"They do not need comprehension. They only need to keep killing and eating."

"..."

Su Qingxue tugged at the corner of her mouth, revealing a bitter smile.

The cruel truth had peeled back nature's bloodiest side.

If they were allowed to develop like this.

Then no matter how advanced Dragon Country's industrial capacity was, it would eventually be exhausted by these monsters.

"What a brutal selection."

"Even if we flattened half a mountain with missiles."

"As long as the few beasts that survived gnawed on the corpses of their own kind, they would probably evolve into something even more terrifying."

"We would simply be helping them accelerate their purification!"

After hearing Su Qingxue's explanation.

Elder Zhan snorted coldly, a fierce killing intent flashing in his eyes.

Su Qingxue silently nodded.

That was the most despairing part of the apocalypse.

The more you killed, the stronger the survivors became.

Unless you could erase every organism in an instant.

Even then, even more terrifying monsters would always be born from those ruins.

"Chief."

"This life is different."

"In my previous life, Dragon Country had no preparations whatsoever."

"We could only use flesh and blood to fight the Ferocious Beasts."

"But in this life, we have obtained the Basic Breathing Technique, martial arts cultivation techniques, practical combat skills..."

"As long as we can spread these techniques before the disaster erupts."

"And cultivate high-level martial artists of our own."

"Then no matter how quickly those beasts evolve, humanity will absolutely have the means to confront them head-on!"

Seeing that the atmosphere at the scene had grown somewhat heavy.

Nie Dingguo stepped forward and addressed everyone.

His words were like a shot of adrenaline, driving straight into the hearts of everyone present.

On the other side of the screen.

Everyone exchanged glances.

This was a desperate gamble that concerned the survival of their race.

They had to mobilize the strength of the entire nation and make every preparation in advance!