Chapter 1030: 3

He finished his meal in two minutes, then stuffed all that day's kills into Mount Dajiao's freezer; tomorrow, a Star-Rank expert will come specifically to carve up these ferocious beast carcasses.

Lately, due to the sheer volume of ferocious beast carcasses, Mount Dajiao's freezer has been overburdened, forcing Reef City's high-ranking officials to find ways to dispose of this meat.

As a result, Reef City's military benefits have begun improving; ordinary schools in Reef City now temporarily provide three meals a day, and the Beast Tamer School even serves high-grade ferocious beast meat at every meal…

Don't let Su Yang's rank as General fool you—he's still doing hard labor.

Arriving at the Southeast Military HQ in Haicheng, he asked an aide if Qian Qian Hailong was available; the aide told Su Yang that Qian Qian Hailong was in the conference room, and the high-level meeting would begin in two minutes.

"Is it because of that Beast Emperor?"

"Did you come here for the same reason, General Su?"

"Yes!" Su Yang nodded. "I'll go find him in the conference room!"

The aide thought for a moment, then nodded.

Su Yang entered the conference room; all high-ranking officials of the Southeast Military were already present.

As soon as Su Yang stepped in, all the high-ranking officials of the Southeast Military greeted him.

"General Su!"

"General Su, what brings you here?"

"…"

Qian Qian Hailong smiled warmly at Su Yang and patted the deputy mayor of Haicheng. "Move back a bit—make room for General Su!"

"Understood!"

The deputy mayor of Haicheng stood up, and all other Southeast Military officials rose and moved their seats backward.

Seating order in Haicheng's meetings follows a set of unwritten rules, primarily based on military rank.

If ranks are equal, then by authority and duty level.

If duties are roughly equal, then by seniority.

Su Yang's rank is second only to Qian Qian Hailong's—he directly displaced the deputy mayor of Haicheng.

"Sit!"

"Yes!"

Su Yang didn't hesitate—he knew the seating rules well.

"General Su, you're here because of that Beast Emperor?"

"Yes!" Su Yang smiled. "I heard that Beast Emperor is powerful, so I came over!"

Qian Qian Hailong couldn't help laughing. "With you here, I already feel less pressure."

Su Yang said matter-of-factly: "The General Headquarters stationed me here precisely to help shoulder your burden."

"Hahaha!"

Qian Qian Hailong burst out laughing.

Soon, the other high-ranking officials of the Southeast Military chuckled softly.

They immediately realized Su Yang was straightforward.

Soon, a clerical staff member brought Su Yang a cup of hot tea.

The meeting began. Qian Qian Hailong spoke of the distress call sent by Zhang Yi, the former mayor of Heihu City, then concisely recounted the Beast Emperor Hurricane Roar Tiger from forty years ago.

All high-ranking officials of the Southeast Military present, except Su Yang, were over forty.

Half of them had been transferred from other military branches by the Huaxia Federation; they hadn't been in the Southeast forty years ago and knew of Hurricane Roar Tiger, but none knew it as well as Qian Qian Hailong, the eyewitness.

Forty years ago, the Southeast Military suffered a devastating blow.

Just after enduring the Sea Beast Tide, they faced the Beast Emperor Hurricane Roar Tiger—many veteran Beast Tamers still recall that brutal, bloody era.

After the Beast Emperor Hurricane Roar Tiger fled, wounded, General Xiao Jie of the Southeast Military held on for another twenty years before passing away!

Theoretically, a King-Rank Beast Tamer can live two hundred years.

But that's only theoretical—most military King-Rank Beast Tamers never reach two hundred.

They either die in battle, or from chronic overexertion, repeated injuries, delayed treatment, and premature aging.

Take Yang Wanzhong of the Southwest Military—he's a living fossil, alive at 173, and the only one in the relatively stable Southwest Military!

The faces of the Southeast Military's high-ranking officials grew solemn.

Su Yang's expression was grave too.

Military intelligence estimates that the Beast Emperor Hurricane Roar Tiger already had Emperor-Rank High-Grade power forty years ago!

Forty years later, its strength may have climbed even higher.

Of course, the military's estimate might be inaccurate.

Back then, the Huaxia Federation had no Emperor-Rank Beast Tamers, making it impossible to accurately judge the enemy's true power level.

The ferocious beast power system was gradually developed, sensed, and summarized by Beast Tamers over time.

Every time a ferocious beast broke through to a new level, Beast Tamers could sense it.

King-Rank Top-Grade is the highest level currently documented in textbooks.

Terms like Emperor-Rank, Emperor-Rank, and Divine-Rank were all hypothesized by human Beast Tamers and scholars through observation, intuition, and analysis, extrapolating from the known ferocious beast power system based on destructive power and defense.

Just as low-level Beast Tamers struggle to judge the strength of high-level ferocious beasts.

The military had no Emperor-Rank Beast Tamers, and that Beast Emperor had no master… making its exact power level impossible to determine.

They could only rely on the 3-4 Rule for power assessment.

The 3-4 Rule means: without a pet's combat talent or command influence:

Three Black-Iron Low-Grade pets can match one Black-Iron Mid-Grade pet.

Three Black-Iron Mid-Grade pets can match one Black-Iron High-Grade pet…

But when pets reach Bronze, their power leaps slightly—three Black-Iron Top-Grade pets cannot defeat one Bronze Low-Grade pet, but four Black-Iron Top-Grade pets can.

After obtaining the system, Su Yang also realized that the experience required to level up his pet beast aligned closely with the 3-4 system.

At the time, the Southeast Military Department likely estimated the Beast Emperor's strength based on the number of Royal-tier pet beasts needed to defeat it.

But everyone knew this standard was only relatively accurate under the condition of identical talent.

That Beast Emperor might simply have had superior talent and wasn't as strong as imagined…

In actual combat, the 3-4 system's strength evaluation rule could only serve as a reference—it carried error!

Unless you found a Pet Master whose strength matched the Beast Emperor's… feel it for yourself!

After hearing Qian Qian Hailong's account, a senior official raised a question: "General Qian, isn't it too hasty for Former Mayor Zhang to judge the Beast Emperor's return four decades ago solely by its roar…? I've heard he's been comatose for half a year!"

"I place greater trust in Mayor Zhang Yi," Qian Qian Hailong said quietly. "He participated nearly throughout the war four decades ago… and we can't afford to gamble, can we? Cities around Black Tiger Mountain all heard the beast's roar—we cannot afford the slightest complacency. We must first assume Mayor Zhang's judgment is correct!"