Chapter 313: with translation of chapter title

"The problem is right here," the chief researcher said with a puzzled expression, "From the monster's genes, about forty percent are human genes, the rest are animal genes, and both types show they are not from any existing species."

"Not from existing species? What does that mean?"

"Those are genes from ancient humans and ancient creatures dating back at least two thousand years, and some of the genes even come from extinct ancient animals that died out around two thousand years ago."

"You're sure?!"

"We found it hard to believe at first, but after repeated verification, it's definitely correct. Among all the captured monsters, only one has modern human genes combined with ancient creature genes."

Upon hearing this shocking discovery, Shangguan Ying's expression turned grave.

Combined with the fact that the Holy Pu Empire, despite its self-imposed blockade, could still rapidly develop military technology.

This further suggests that the Holy Pu Empire likely obtained resources and technology from another world through some means.

"Could it be related to... the Pacific accident fifteen years ago?" Shangguan Ying's mind filled with speculation, but all doubts pointed to that island base in M Guo which nearly caused a global disaster back then.

Three days later, research on the captured monsters saw another breakthrough.

The research team worked together, using high-tech biological means, successfully suppressing the animal genes of a monster and restoring its human thought and reason.

"General Shangguan," the chief researcher explained, "all the other captured monsters are dead; only this one succeeded. To get information from it, we had to do this, and this sole successful case is also highly unstable—please hurry."

Shangguan Ying nodded.

The chief researcher then opened a reinforced glass protective door in front of them and accompanied Shangguan Ying inside.

On a specially made metal bed lay a humanoid monster with its eyes tightly shut, its limbs and torso firmly restrained, and various lines and tubes inserted all over its body.

The lines were connected to monitoring equipment, constantly observing the monster's condition.

The tubes delivered nutrient solution and suppressants to the monster.

The chief researcher pressed a few buttons on the complex equipment beside it; the monster slowly opened its eyes, its vertical pupils gradually becoming round, and its ferocious, strange visage regained a hint of human expression.

And he was the only one among all the captured monsters possessing modern human genes.

"Who... are you...?" the monster rasped, opening its mouth full of fangs and emitting a broken, hoarse sound.

Shangguan Ying exclaimed in surprise, "Are you a Huaxia person?"

The monster's gaze was somewhat dazed; after several seconds it replied, "I... used to be... a biology expert of Huaxia Guo... later... later I immigrated to M Guo."

"How did you become like this?" Shangguan Ying pressed.

The monster's pupils suddenly trembled, shifting back and forth between human round and animal vertical; its already strange face began to twist, its whole body spasmed, shaking the alloy bed frame with creaks.

The chief researcher beside him, tense, quickly injected more suppressant and stabilizer.

The monster then stabilized a bit, and while recalling, it recounted its situation.

It turned out that fifteen years ago he had been selected to participate in a secret experiment of M Guo, had all his identity information erased, and was sent to a certain island base in the Pacific.

The base was under extremely strict management; he could not contact higher-ups, each day working in the deep island laboratory on tasks assigned by superiors, eating and lodging in fixed quarters beside the lab, and aside from the lab and living quarters, he could go nowhere else.

Thus, after an unknown number of days, the base suddenly suffered an accident.

He lost consciousness in the massive shock; when he awoke, he gradually learned that the entire base had actually arrived in another world—a parallel world over two thousand years older than the original.

The accident caused great destruction, with about one-third of the research personnel dying.

Consequently, he, who had originally been a low-level researcher, was promoted to mid-level.

Over the following decade or so, he continued carrying out the research tasks assigned by superiors; due to his diligence, the projects he touched grew in number, and gradually he realized that the genetic research project he was involved in actually pertained to live experiments.

He originally tried to convince himself not to worry about it all and just do his part properly.

But he could not restrain his curiosity; after an intense internal struggle, he sneaked into the high-level test area he originally had no permission to enter.

There he saw a scene so horrifying it felt like falling into hell.

Countless indigenous people were dissected alive, solely to gather data on the human body under various extreme conditions.

Moreover, there were various bizarre experiments he could not even comprehend; the indigenous people's miserable wails tore his soul apart.

He could not bear it; unable to endure any longer, he lodged an objection with his superiors.

As a result, he was imprisoned and tortured, yet he would rather die than participate in any work again.

Thus, about half a year ago, he was sent to the laboratory and turned into a monster fused with various creature genes, quickly losing his humanity and reason, leaving only a bestial instinct for slaughter and bloodlust.

After hearing this shocking account, Shangguan Ying immediately asked, "In other words, after M Guo's island base crossed over to another world, it still maintains a connection with this side?"

The monster nodded.

Shangguan Ying then asked, "Then does that mean the Holy Pu Empire's technology and resources are also sent from your side?"

The monster continued nodding.

By now, Shangguan Ying's speculation had received the strongest confirmation.

This made her back turn cold involuntarily.

She braced her hands on the bed, leaned close, and stared into the monster's eyes, saying, "This shows you have stable time-travel technology—how do you achieve it?"

The monster shook its head, "I'm not a researcher in that field... I only know... we indeed... indeed have a time-travel passage over there... we... we monsters are also transmitted from there... however, the transmission platform is on our side, and it can only... only be unidirectionally opened by us there... within one or two months, it can... can be opened once, each time... half... a little over half an hour..."

Beep beep beep—

The monitoring equipment issued an alert.

The chief researcher told Shangguan Ying that the monster's vital signs were rapidly fading.

Just then, the monster suddenly burst with tremendous force, actually breaking free of the alloy cuffs restraining its hands, and grabbed Shangguan Ying's shoulders.

"General Shangguan!" the chief researcher exclaimed in alarm, reaching to hit the alarm button.

"Huaxia Guo... is in danger..." the monster whispered, locking eyes with Shangguan Ying at close range.

Shangguan Ying gestured for the researcher to stand still, then said to the monster, "What danger?"

The monster said, "Beast... beast tide... East Sea... island... island nation..."

After straining to utter those few words, the monster went limp, released its hands, and the next second stared with vacant eyes, showing no sign of life.

The chief researcher immediately conducted a check, confirming the monster had completely died.

Shangguan Ying's feelings were complex; she raised her hand and closed the monster's eyes.

He then ordered that all monster corpses here be safely disposed of, and contacted the national leadership to convene a meeting.

After the Huaxia Guo leadership concluded their meeting, they immediately spearheaded a global secret meeting, drawing officials from nearly a hundred countries to the country.

The secret meeting was chaired by Shangguan Ying.

She laid out the monster investigation results before the officials of all nations, and the vast conference hall was instantly cloaked in darkness.

No one imagined that even Huaxia Guo, the current leader in science and technology, had failed to grasp spacetime travel—yet M Guo had mastered it before its collapse.

Even more horrifying, the former M Guo island base that had slipped into another world not only created these terrifying monsters but also keeps feeding the Holy Pu Empire with endless resources and technology.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the video record of that monster that had regained its sanity just before death." Shangguan Ying, without waiting for everyone to compose themselves, then unveiled another weighty piece of evidence.

After viewing the whole process, some officials from other countries could not hold back their reactions and vomited on the spot.

Human experiments…… live dissections……

Merely hearing a description of these inhuman acts was already enough to make them feel terrible.

Furthermore, such a situation had actually occurred in this world decades ago.

Moreover, Huaxia Guo had been the greatest victim.

"The facts prove that the Holy Pu Empire and the former M Guo island base are linked," Shangguan Ying said, looking around, "and the Holy Pu Empire, relying on the technology and resources supplied there and the monsters transmitted, still poses a huge threat to our world. For the peace and future of all humanity, we must act, and we also need your strong support."

As soon as she finished speaking, someone immediately raised a hand in agreement.

Immediately afterward, all the other officials present from the countries also expressed agreement.

"May I ask, General Shangguan," an official from a certain country asked, "what does 'beast tide' mean?"

Shangguan Ying said: "According to our speculation, it refers to a larger number and greater scale of humanoid monster attacks; before you join forces with us to prepare against the Holy Pu Empire, the beast tide crisis must be resolved."

"The East Sea island nation, could it be referring to..." an official began, then trailed off.

Shangguan Ying said directly: "Located beside our Huaxia in the East Sea and an island nation, there is no doubt it is the former R Guo that was downgraded years ago to a controlled and sealed zone."

At the mention of R Guo, Shangguan Ying's eyes flashed with killing intent.

Over the past thousands of years, this country had repeatedly coveted Huaxia's land; in modern times it committed heinous crimes against Huaxia Guo, invading and massacring when Huaxia Guo was weakest, nearly causing its extinction.

Even more infuriating, after the Huaxia people had sacrificed greatly and endured hardship to finally drive them away, this country, as the aggressor and defeated party, refused to apologize or admit fault, its wolfish ambition never dying.

Even if Huaxia Guo's overall strength could crush it, the country still bent over backward to serve as a lackey for M Guo while continuing to provoke Huaxia and dreaming of invading again.

It was not until over a decade ago, after M Guo suffered a major accident at its island base, causing nationwide collapse, and as M Guo neared dissolution, R Guo realized its patron was falling and decided to go all-in, launching a sudden assault on Huaxia Guo.

The country's leadership believed that historically, their multiple foreign invasions had yielded huge gains; even if defeated, it would not be more dangerous than the present situation, at worst they would simply retreat back to the island as before after a loss.

However, this time R Guo's delusions were shattered.

Just as their missiles were about to launch, their fighters about to take off, and their warships about to leave port, Huaxia Guo had already detected their movements, immediately employing thunderous means, striking first despite acting later, using more advanced missiles to blast their military strongholds, energy bases, and transport hubs to smithereens.

Huaxia Guo's missile barrage, comparable to a downpour, also destroyed all of their missile launch bases, military camps, and warships.

R Guo's invading army had not even managed to set sail before the entire country was paralyzed.

Only then did they truly realize that Huaxia Guo's strength had become an unattainable existence for them; they hadn't even touched the edge of Huaxia's territorial waters before suffering defeat.

At the same time, M Guo collapsed, and the invading R Guo, which had suffered a swift defeat, fearing that Huaxia Guo would reduce its territory to ruins in anger, immediately chose to surrender.

Having surrendered, even if Huaxia Guo remained furious, according to international law and its global influence, it could only halt its counteroffensive.

Thus, R Guo managed to survive, of course at a historically unprecedented cost.

The thousands of senior officials who launched R Guo's military action were all sentenced to death under international law; R Guo was removed from the list of nations, downgraded to a region designated as R, forever under global comprehensive control, enjoying no autonomous rights, with no weapons or equipment permitted within its territory, all military‑science research industries abolished, without Huaxia's permission its residents may not leave freely, and all resources within its territory are controlled by Huaxia.

Since then, the entire R region has become akin to a giant prison; they must bear the consequences of their misdeeds and atone forever.

Logically, R Guo should have been completely abolished and, under Huaxia Guo's total surveillance and control, should have no capacity left to inflict damage on Huaxia.

So how could this so‑called beast tide be linked to the R region this time?

This left everyone present baffled.

Someone raised a question about it.

Shangguan Ying said, "Our side currently has no leads or clues either, but we will immediately launch a targeted investigation, for which Huaxia will take full responsibility; please other countries also make sure to prepare militarily for future joint action against the Holy Pu Empire."

Immediately, the world entered a state of war readiness.

Considering that it remains unclear how the Holy Pu Empire deploys humanoid monsters, to avoid alerting the enemy, Shangguan Ying dispatched a covert investigation team into the R region.

After nearly a month of continuous high‑intensity work, Shangguan Ying was exhausted, yet she rallied her spirits and rushed nonstop to the place where Ning Jinli was located to learn about the progress of exploring the parallel world.

"How is the exploration going?" Shangguan Ying asked without even taking a sip of water, walking into the meeting room and directly questioning the person in charge.