Chapter 71

During the assessment period of the Blue Star's Ten Great Academies, too many things had happened.

The Seriu gene medicine suddenly developed problems, the Gene Alliance's lair was slaughtered clean, and news of Daoist cultivation ruins spread from Mount Kunlun...

Before these matters had even fully concluded, another terrifying piece of news spread.

The high-speed train from Luohe to Puhai had been swallowed by a beast tide.

This was not the first time; two months before the Blue Star's Ten Great Academies assessment, this train route had already encountered a beast tide interception incident.

At that time, the genetic beast tide was beaten back by the military, yet only a few months had passed, and the beast tide had intercepted this train again.

Unlike last time, this beast tide was truly too terrifying.

It was rumored that not a single person on that train survived, and the military that went to intercept the beast tide had also vanished without a trace.

This incident shocked not only Huaxia but the entire world.

However, as if by prior agreement, before everyone could fully deal with this matter, genetic fierce beasts across the world erupted in unison.

One city after another was annihilated under the genetic beast tide, and even some countries were swallowed by the beast tide; this terrifying trend left everyone in a panic.

Puhai Security Department, First Conference Hall.

Zong Han, the Director of the Security Department, said slowly, "The high-speed train from Luohe to Puhai was intercepted by a genetic fierce beast tide, and there were no survivors.

Before this incident, does everyone remember the Lujiang City incident? This means that genetic fierce beasts are no longer just targeting suburban towns and small cities as they did in the past, but have shifted to densely populated cities and major transportation arteries..."

The atmosphere in the conference room was very oppressive; the genetic fierce beasts were becoming more ferocious year by year.

The pressure on the Security Department was also growing day by day; now, the genetic fierce beasts even dared to target trains approaching Puhai.

One could imagine that before long, major metropolises like Puhai would also face the threat of fierce beasts.

"Relying entirely on our Security Department, or even the power of the military, is insufficient to curb this severe global environmental change..."

Zong Han's tone became increasingly grave; this was not like a world war.

In a world war, everyone still has conflicts of interest; as long as the interest relationships are adjusted, there is eventually an end.

But this rampage of genetic fierce beasts seemed to have no end in sight. Unless humanity were to go extinct one day.

"If it weren't for those selfish bastards in the Gene Alliance, we could at least unite..." A somewhat disgruntled voice rang out in the hall.

Zong Han's gaze fell upon the person who spoke, his tone slightly stern, "He Hu, you are, after all, a criminal investigation captain of our Security Department; how can you say such things that are detrimental to unity?"

After reprimanding He Hu, Zong Han said to the others,

"Everyone, do not say such things in the future. Whether it is the Gene Alliance or the Martial Dao Alliance, they are now in the same trench as us; we all represent the power of humanity.

Humanity only has, and must, unite in order to..."

Just at this moment, the phone in the conference room rang.

Wang Qiusheng, the supervisor of the action team sitting next to Zong Han, hurried over to answer the phone, and immediately a majestic voice came through, "Is Zong Han in a meeting?"

"Yes, Director Dou." Wang Qiusheng's tone became serious instantly.

Hearing Wang Qiusheng address the other party as Director Dou, the entire conference room fell silent.

This was definitely a call from Dou Qingzhi, the Director of the Huaxia General Security Department; for the General Director to call the conference room personally, it was definitely not a small matter.

"Put the phone on speaker." Dou Qingzhi's voice came through again.

"Yes." Wang Qiusheng put the phone on speaker, then walked back to his seat and sat down.

In an era where genetic fierce beasts run rampant, it was very common for video calls to frequently lose connection. Sometimes, this most primitive form of telephone signal transmission was simpler and more direct.

Dou Qingzhi's heavy words came from the other end of the line,

"Everyone, now not only has our Huaxia's transportation and some cities been impacted by genetic fierce beasts, but other countries have suffered even worse impacts from genetic fierce beasts than we have.

According to reliable information we have obtained, a top-tier genetic fierce beast should have appeared on Earth; this top-tier genetic fierce beast should be a powerful existence surpassing the Martial Dao Innate realm..."

Hearing about a powerful existence surpassing the Martial Dao Innate realm, everyone felt a shock in their hearts.

On Earth, the Martial Dao Innate realm was the strongest existence.

Indeed, some people chose genetic cultivation, but genetic cultivation had only been in its infancy for twenty-some years, and compared to the Martial Dao, its foundation was far inferior.

"If it were just one genetic fierce beast surpassing the Innate realm, it wouldn't be that terrifying to us. What is terrifying is that this genetic fierce beast has extremely high intelligence; it seems to be contacting genetic fierce beasts across the entire Earth..."

Even He Hu, who feared nothing, gasped upon hearing this news.

Dou Qingzhi's tone became increasingly grave: "The genetic fierce beast riots in Huaxia, the beast tide sweeping the train to Puhai, the fall of Lujiang once again—these are very likely related to this genetic fierce beast.

According to the recent movements of these genetic fierce beasts and our speculations, these should merely be probes.

In the future, genetic fierce beasts across the globe will very likely form a terrifying group under the coordination of this powerful genetic fierce beast.

If these genetic fierce beasts form a group, then they will move from cities to countries, and then to the entire Earth..."

Dou Qingzhi didn't need to continue; everyone understood what was going on.

This was an attempt to unite the genetic fierce beasts of the world, then flatten the countries on Earth, and turn Earth into the home of genetic fierce beasts.

This was not about to happen; it was already happening. In South America and Africa, such things were already taking place.

"This powerful fierce beast developed in the first mountain range, the Andes, and now it occupies the entirety of South America.

All countries in the world have joined forces with the Blue Star's Ten Great Academies, the Gene Alliance, and the Martial Dao Alliance to decide to build a defensive line to prevent genetic fierce beasts from leaving South America.

This defensive line will be built in Dakar and is called the Human Corridor Defensive Line.

We will also dispatch troops and some experts to the Human Corridor Defensive Line to assist in the defense. My Security Department will naturally be at the forefront; we are acting on a voluntary basis. Zong Han, you make a count of who is willing to go."

"Yes." Zong Han stood up and replied.

The phone was hung up, and everyone remained silent.

If this had been several decades ago, with genetic fierce beasts developing in the Andes, they wouldn't have needed to worry, because the first to suffer would have been North America.

Yet, more than twenty years ago, a terrifying local crustal movement caused the deaths of tens of millions of people, while simultaneously forcing up a narrow strip of land in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean; this is the famous Undersea Highway.

The Undersea Highway almost connects the South American landmass to Dakar in Africa.

If one were to look at it from another angle, although many people died, the Undersea Highway indeed brought great convenience to transportation.

But genetic fierce beasts could also use it to travel unimpeded from South America to Africa.

In fact, Africa itself was already a place where genetic fierce beasts ran rampant, and with the addition of genetic fierce beasts coming from South America, human survival became increasingly difficult.

If these genetic fierce beasts also had a Beast King capable of command, the extinction of humanity on Earth was not impossible.

North America, however, because of that crustal movement, was completely severed from South America, and some islands and countries also disappeared in that catastrophe.

After genetic fierce beasts became prevalent in South America, the ocean instead provided a layer of protection for North America.

"I will lead the team personally; who is willing to go with me?" After several minutes of silence, Zong Han made up his mind.

"I will go with you." Captain He Hu stood up.

If the Undersea Highway is not blocked, once that intelligent, powerful fierce beast gains control of the world's genetic fierce beasts, Earth will truly face extinction.

Ding Huan woke up from his cultivation, feeling the thick true essence flowing within his body, and he walked out of the tent.

Having cultivated here for nearly two months, what satisfied him most was not that his cultivation base was about to step into the third-level genetic cultivator realm, but his ability to recover from injuries.

In just two short months, his right eye had completely recovered. This was only because his cultivation base was relatively low; if his cultivation base were higher, perhaps it would have recovered in just a week or two.

Ding Huan stood up; he decided to go to the pool in the middle to catch a few more fish to eat.

A second-level genetic cultivator was not yet able to practice Grain Bigu. Although long-term operation of the Luo Shi Scripture could reduce his need for food, he still had to eat.

Standing by the pool, Ding Huan didn't even use any tools; he reached out and grabbed, and a foot-long fish flew out of the pool water and landed in his hand.

This was a spell Ding Huan had researched himself, using internal Qi to grab things from a distance.

Now he was only a second-level genetic cultivator; once he reached the third-level, he wouldn't even need to come to the pool side; he could take fish from the pool from a distance.

As Ding Huan grabbed the fish, he was astonished to discover that there seemed to be a shadow under the pool water.

However, the shadow was quickly shattered by the waterfall water falling from the sky.

Ding Huan threw the fish aside and stood by the pool, looking carefully again.

This time he saw it clearly; there was indeed a shadow, and this shadow was not at the bottom of the pool, but reflected from above.

Having come here to cultivate for two months, mainly to recover his eyes, Ding Huan hadn't really looked closely at the environment here.

At this moment, he looked up again; the waterfall above flowed down from a crack in the top, and since the rainfall shouldn't be very sufficient now, the waterfall flow was intermittent.

Seven or eight mottled rays of light shone down obliquely, and then he saw a monkey-like animal wedged in the crack at the top.

Ding Huan looked at the height; from the ground to the monkey's location, it was probably sixty or seventy meters.

With his current strength, using the Wind-Riding Technique to go up sixty or seventy meters was a bit of a stretch.

Anyway, he wasn't in a hurry, and Ding Huan didn't have that much curiosity; he decided to advance to a third-level genetic cultivator, then cultivate the Wind-Riding Technique for a while before deciding.

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