Yellow Warning Zone?? Chapter...

After removing the shell fragments left in Honey Badger's body, Yu Ziyu did not immediately sprinkle Life Essence over him.

The power contained in his Life Essence was too strong. For Honey Badger and even the Wind Wolves in their current state, it would do more harm than good.

At this thought, Yu Ziyu turned his gaze toward a patch of ground nearby.

"Rumble, rumble..."

As countless black roots broke through the ground and emerged from the soil, the entire Canyon trembled slightly.

Then, these roots intertwined like giant pythons, constantly churning back and forth through the earth.

Sometimes they formed a black net, carrying heaps of soil aside. At other times, they curled around boulders and roughly flung them into the distance.

Before long, under Yu Ziyu's terrifying power, a circular pit twenty to thirty meters across and roughly six to seven meters deep had appeared in the ground.

Having finished this, Yu Ziyu turned his gaze toward a small river nearby.

No, it should not really have counted as a river.

It could only be called a mountain stream, formed by the drizzle of the past few days flowing along a low, elongated depression that sloped into the distance.

Still, with this flowing mountain water, the lake should be more or less complete.

Smiling inwardly, Yu Ziyu got to work-or rather, put his roots to work-to finish diverting the water.

In just under an hour, a somewhat murky lake had fully taken shape before Yu Ziyu.

"In you go."

Curling his branches around Honey Badger, Yu Ziyu lowered him into the water, then drove several Wind Wolves in as well.

Then, before they could climb out of the lake, one of Yu Ziyu's branches snapped, revealing a cut surface as smooth as a mirror. Immediately afterward, a drop of highly concentrated Life Essence fell.

"Grr, grr, grr..."

Amid their low growls, the Wind Wolves and even Honey Badger quieted down.

This was because a lustrous glow now seeped across the lake's surface, and a very comfortable, warm sensation enveloped them.

A shrill cry...

White Crane spread his wings...

"Moo."

Wild Ox awoke...

The Mutated Beasts all focused their gazes on the nearby lake.

But with the branches swaying overhead, most of them hesitated for a moment and chose to stop.

"This is their reward."

Yu Ziyu found it amusing to see the Mutated Beasts stop.

Still, he had to admit that digging out a lake was rather convenient.

Not only did it adorn the Canyon, but simply dripping Life Essence into it over time would be enough to turn it into a small Spirit Lake.

And a Spirit Lake would be enough to nourish most animals.

At this thought, Yu Ziyu thought of his Main Tree Root again.

This terrifying root was buried deep underground, its rootlets spreading throughout the rock, greedily absorbing the underground Spiritual River surging through the depths of the earth at every moment.

A Spiritual River was a river containing large amounts of Spiritual Qi.

In Yu Ziyu's view, it was quite a fine treasure.

As for how impressive it was, one only needed to look at his Main Tree Root now to see.

In just ten days or so, his Main Tree Root had grown thicker by more than a little.

What was even more astonishing became apparent when he turned his gaze deep underground.

Yu Ziyu saw his Main Tree Root expanding and contracting as though it were breathing, drawing in and releasing terrifying amounts of Spiritual Energy.

This intake and release had little noticeable effect on his willow body aboveground.

But for the roots spread throughout the earth, it was like a catalyst.

Yu Ziyu could clearly feel his countless roots constantly growing stronger. More frighteningly, they were spreading in every direction like a net.

He estimated that before long, his roots would fill the ground beneath this Canyon of two to three hundred square meters.

If the Evolution Points from his Cheat strengthened his abilities, then the appearance of this underground Spiritual River was the foundation driving his next evolution.

"If the underground Spiritual River is this useful to me, it must be quite useful to other Mutated Beasts too."

After pondering for a moment, Yu Ziyu reached a conclusion.

If his guess was correct, things containing Spiritual Qi like this would very likely become resources everyone fought over in the future.

Several days passed in a flash.

And on one such afternoon, in a certain mysterious corner of this nation.

"Sigh..."

With a sigh, an old man looked at Yan Gaoyuan, who sat nearby with his back rigidly straight, then shook his head and offered some comfort.

"Gaoyuan, thank you for your hard work this time."

"It was no trouble."

His answer was brief, but Yan Gaoyuan could not help letting out a muffled groan.

Then, as though he could no longer suppress it.

"Cough, cough..."

After several coughs in succession, he lowered the hand covering his mouth, and a smear of crimson came into the old man's view.

"Ah, it seems you ran into a vicious one."

"Vicious indeed."

As he spoke, Yan Gaoyuan could not help recalling that mutated honey badger with a patch of silver on its head.

What a damned creature.

All he could say was that it truly lived up to its former title of "the world's most fearless animal."

Even after becoming a Mutated Beast, it had lost none of its ferocity.

Picking up a tissue from the table, Yan Gaoyuan wiped the remaining blood from his hand and the corner of his mouth, then began discussing the matter at hand.

"Sir, judging from the information we currently have, a mutation has very likely occurred in those mountains. Of course, we cannot rule out the presence of powerful Mutated Beasts either."

"Is that so..."

Nodding, the old man picked up the report Yan Gaoyuan had submitted from the table and asked:

"You said the thick fog there never disperses, and that it can affect people's minds?"

"Yes. That is also why I judged that a mutation had occurred there. Like the other places where mutations have occurred, it has all sorts of phenomena that cannot be explained scientifically."

"Indeed, mutations are difficult to explain. However, considering that the fog there poses little danger, let us designate those mountains a Yellow Warning Zone for now. But remember to monitor it at all times. At any sign of unusual activity, immediately upgrade it to a Red Danger Zone..."

"A Yellow Warning Zone under priority surveillance?"

Murmuring this, Yan Gaoyuan showed a look of agreement.

Could you show some support?

(Event period: June 12 to June 14)

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