Chapter 80: The Terrifying Ultimate Beasts |
The rest of the team members, upon hearing Zhang Zhiyong’s words, also had their expressions slightly change.
In the Transcendent Era, exotic beast breeding farms were equivalent to the military factories of another world—holding extremely high status, and of great importance.
This was not only because they continuously produced various kinds of transcendent materials, but also because within them were confined a large number of transcendent exotic beasts, among which were not lacking C-rank, and even B-rank, formidable existences!
Even though they were long suppressed, bled, and had become incomparably weak, they were still not something ordinary transcendents could withstand.
Once they broke free from restraints, it could easily cause large-scale damage.
For this reason, whenever a beast escape incident occurred at a breeding farm, it would immediately rise to social hot topics, drawing much attention.
This time…
“Was that just now a beast riot?!” He Xue’s forehead was drenched in sweat—it was unclear whether it was from recent training, or from the shock of hearing the news: “I remember Xinyun Company sold B-rank materials… could it be a B-rank beast went berserk?”
“Not just that.” Zhang Zhiyong’s face darkened as he said: “The Xinyun Breeding Farm has completely collapsed. All exotic beasts escaped, with the specific number still being tallied…”
“Hiss…”
Everyone drew in a sharp breath.
Exotic beasts were transcendent lifeforms. The majority of them possessed intelligence no less than that of humans.
Yet after escaping the breeding farm, they did not attempt to flee into the mountains and forests, but instead charged straight toward the densely populated city. Their intent was self-evident—
Clearly, after being held in the farm for too long, their minds had gone mad, to the point of abandoning survival instincts, intending to explode in mutual destruction with humans.
No wonder Zhang Zhiyong called it a “riot” rather than an “escape”…
Chen Zhengyi’s scalp tingled as he could not help but speak.
“Didn’t we already have a beast disturbance the night before yesterday during the ‘Doomsday Chaos’? Didn’t Xinyun Company think of preparing against this?”
“Of course they did. Xinyun Company’s Vice President, Li Feilong, after rushing to the farm that night, has not left since.”
Zhang Zhiyong said: “But just now, an unknown beast attacked him. He barely escaped with his life and broadcasted a warning message…”
Everyone’s eyes widened.
They all knew Vice President Li Feilong of Xinyun—a transcendent near the peak of B-rank, possessing formidable strength.
For such a transcendent, upon encountering a beast attack, to have no chance even to call for help, suffering immediate defeat and escaping miserably, only able afterward to send warnings to others—
how terrifying must that beast be?
And where did such a beast of that level suddenly appear from?!
Perhaps only Jiang He could guess that beast’s identity.
“Old Jiang, was that an Ultimate Beast?!”
“It should be.” Old Jiang nodded: “The very first beast riot incidents were all triggered by Ultimate Beasts. They attacked breeding farms everywhere, liberating the imprisoned beasts, while also acquiring 【Seedlings】.”
“However, according to records, the first beast riot happened in Fog City, and it was in September.”
“For it to occur this much earlier now, and in such a different location…”
“Ask Zhang Zhiyong how things are in the other cities.”
Jiang He, following Old Jiang’s words, asked Zhang Zhiyong.
Zhang Zhiyong seemed somewhat puzzled, but under Jiang He’s urging, picked up his phone and sent a few messages. After a short wait, his face suddenly changed.
Not only Central State City, but also Fog City, Sakura City, Liberty City, Daron City, and many other exotic beast breeding farms across the world were simultaneously attacked. Even A-rank beasts had escaped and gone berserk!
It was as though prearranged, an unsettling thought upon closer consideration.
Old Jiang merely nodded.
“Then it’s certain.”
“The Ultimate Beasts had long since been born, only lying dormant.”
“In my future, they did not frequently attack beast farms in the early years, probably not wanting to draw the Council’s attention too quickly…”
“But now, because of the 【Doomsday Declaration】 event, they too felt pressured. Combined with the Council’s preparations against the apocalypse, they altered their plan and launched the 【Great Riot】 ahead of schedule.”
“By now, they’ve likely already achieved their goal—collecting enough 【Seedlings】.”
Good heavens, once again the World Destroyer takes the blame?
Jiang He suppressed the awkwardness in his heart.
The Ultimate Beasts already existed. Whether or not there was a Doomsday Declaration, they would eventually attack—it was only a matter of time.
The blame could not be laid entirely upon him.
More important than dwelling on causes was how to resolve the crisis.
He asked: “What do Seedlings mean?”
“That is the ability of the 【Ultimate Beast: Blood Source】.”
Old Jiang said: “The 【Ultimate Beasts】 are the root and absolute core of beast riots. They possess 【Ultimate Abilities】 far surpassing ordinary beasts, even transcending transcendent talents.”
“By modern rating standards, the strength of their abilities surpasses even S-rank talent users, and they hold terrifying potential for growth.”
“The Blood Source Beast is one of the most representative.”
“It can extract and copy the will, thoughts, bloodline, and talents of transcendent life, forming a thing known as 【Seedlings】.”
“These seedlings can be implanted into other organisms, incubating and nurturing them, allowing them to grow rapidly in a short span, inheriting the source’s ability, talent, and even will…”
“To give an example.”
“If it extracted a 【Dragon Seed】 and implanted it into a lizard, once the seedling completed incubation, the lizard would undergo transformation and become a true exotic beast!”
“Depending on the strength of inherited abilities, it could become either a ‘True Dragon’ or a ‘Sub-Dragon’.”
“Moreover, regardless of how many abilities were inherited, it would receive bloodline memory inheritance, quickly growing and mastering its abilities, while also inheriting the ‘hatred’ of its bloodline source.”
Jiang He had once wondered how, in the future of beast riots, there could be so many beasts…
After all, in human-managed breeding farms, beast reproduction was always the greatest concern.
Especially for high-level beasts—their bloodlines were extremely rare. Once they bore offspring, those offspring could easily grow into great strength.
If such beasts could be mass-bred, rare materials would flow endlessly. For instance, resources like 【True Spirit of Phoenix Egg】—if production increased and everyone had a share, that would indeed be incredible.
But despite breeders racking their brains, they could not accomplish this.
This led to the persistent high prices of high-quality materials.
For beasts so difficult to reproduce, if not for human demand for materials, they might already have been hunted to extinction.
How then could they have created a doomsday-like future?
Only now did Jiang He understand the reason.
With the Blood Source Beast present, the billions of ordinary creatures on Blue Star could all become exotic beast seedlings!
With such a vast base, even if incubation success rates were low, they could still form overwhelming beast tides, ultimately driving human civilization into desperate straits!
And the Blood Source Beast’s ability did not stop there—
“The seedlings it extracts now are only first-generation seedlings.”
“By using these to incubate second-generation beasts, it could then select the best among them, extracting second-generation seedlings.”
“The second-generation seedlings not only inherited and optimized the first generation’s abilities, but also combined the memories and wisdom of both generations, passing them to third-generation beasts…”
“Third, fourth, fifth generations…”
“Though not all newborn beasts could absorb the full advantages of prior seedlings, once a single one did, it would become a brand-new, terrifying existence rivaling Ultimate Beasts!”
“It was precisely this endlessly self-optimizing beast sea that left humanity powerless to defeat them, forcing us to scatter, barely surviving in hiding…”
“Furthermore, the Blood Source Beast itself continued to grow.”
“Decades later, it could implant seedlings into the environment itself, creating 【Pollution】.”
Old Jiang scratched his head.
“Even after I killed the Blood Source Beast’s body, the pollution it left behind continued generating new beasts, all inheriting hatred.”
“And in erasing that pollution, I had to pay enormous prices.”
“Even after a hundred years, I could only barely clear a single continent, giving humanity a chance to breathe.”
“It was at that time, that I was summoned here by you…”
“I suppose it counts as a long-awaited rest.”
Implanting seedlings, polluting the world?!
This was the Ultimate Beasts? Far too terrifying!
Moreover…
Jiang He asked: “These Ultimate Beasts, there’s more than one?!”
“There are seven in total.” Old Jiang nodded: “There is the 【Ultimate Beast: Blood Source】 that extracts seedlings, the 【Ultimate Beast: Six Ears】 that steals abilities, the 【Ultimate Beast: Myriad Change】 that transforms all things…”
“Especially Myriad Change. Even after I broke through to X-rank, it still took me years to track it down.”
“Now with my strength limited, I cannot locate their true bodies.”
“The Prophet is the same. He cannot even see through the Wolf King’s 【Realm of Nothingness】, let alone find Myriad Change or the other Ultimate Beasts.”
Blood Source, Six Ears, Myriad Change…
Just hearing them gave Jiang He a chill.
They truly were terrifying beings capable of forcing humanity into desperation—too powerful.
And yet, facing so many terrifying beasts, Old Jiang had still managed, with the weakest talent, to lead humanity to a final turnaround.
Jiang He could not help but sigh: “You really are amazing.”
“Of course, I am the strongest Savior.” Old Jiang’s face broke into a broad smile.
Through Old Jiang, Jiang He had now uncovered the innermost secrets of the Ultimate Beasts.
However, as Old Jiang had said, 【Ultimate Beast: Myriad Change】 possessed the ability to transform all things. Not only itself—it could even help other Ultimate Beasts transform.
Even with these pieces of intelligence, Jiang He could not resolve anything just yet.
He would have to wait.
Once this beast riot incident ended, he would use “foresight” to pass the information to Teacher Zhong and the others.
Yes.
Although the Prophet in the future timeline often suffered setbacks, it did not change that being a Prophet was a great path.
Not only did it have X-rank advancement, it also allowed future intelligence to be “whitewashed.”
If Jiang He again learned of future intelligence, in warning others, he would not need to struggle for reasons—just say he was a Prophet, he saw the future, if they did not believe, they could see for themselves…
…
Jiang He’s conversation with Old Jiang had taken some time.
At this moment in the Fire Department, the firefighters had already changed into gear, yet had not set out. Instead, they conversed among themselves—
Most of them were D-rank transcendents. The C-ranks were usually squad captains, and none were capable of handling such a large-scale beast riot.
This was really the responsibility of top A-rank transcendents like Chi Zhenshan and Zhong Honglian.
Once they acted, they could easily suppress the riot.
The firefighters only needed to wait for the matter to end, then go afterward to clean up the aftermath.
While they were waiting.
The Fire Chief appeared before them.
Jiang He also received a message.
【Zhong Honglian: Actual combat training about to begin. Send your current location. Prepare to head to the battlefield.】
“……”
A beast riot of this scale, and high-ranking transcendents would not go—
they were sending low-rank transcendents like us instead?!