Chapter 41: Chapter 41: Reinforcements
"Transfer a portion of personnel to guard the cold storage warehouse."
"No, forget it, I’ll lead the team myself."
Wang Jinyin suddenly changed his mind.
Currently, there is a need for manpower at the Secret Realm, and the cold storage area also requires personnel, making it somewhat stretched.
"I just realized why my brow has been twitching, always feeling like I’ve neglected something. I almost forgot that a large cold storage for frozen meat was established in the outskirts of Jiaying City."
"But how did the Burrowing Rats evade our stringent checks and escape onto that smuggling ship?"
Wang Jinyin’s brain felt a sharp pain, and he felt like he couldn’t think clearly.
"I think I’ve guessed the reason."
The secretary adjusted her black-framed glasses.
"I investigated the route of the smuggling ship. It passed through the waters where the Secret Realm Rift is located."
"It was probably during that time, some of the escaped Burrowing Rats climbed onto the ship."
"Although Burrowing Rats are Earth Attribute Exotic Beasts, they can swim."
"Our drones use thermal detection systems, and those Burrowing Rats hid in the refrigerated containers, thus evading drone detection."
"In an environment with abundant food, the reproductive ability of Burrowing Rats multiplies several times."
The secretary answered the chairman’s query.
"Most of the manpower has been deployed, and now I’m just afraid of any emergencies."
Wang Jinyin sighed a long breath, feeling as if he had sighed more in these past few days than in his entire life.
A Beast Tide, it’s a Beast Tide.
Anyone who has experienced a Beast Tide knows that it’s extremely terrifying.
The Tier-Four Beast Tide that broke out in Jiaying City ten years ago, the then president of the Pet Beast Union of Jiaying City self-destructed his main pet, the Explosive Rock, and sacrificed himself to stop the tide.
"Xiao Wang, why are you sighing? I heard you sighing even from a far distance."
A loud voice came from outside the door. Upon hearing this voice, Wang Jinyin’s face lit up with joy.
Backup has arrived.
Principal Zhang pushed the door open: "What’s the situation now? I heard something happened again."
"Even Shen Mountain Middle School was attacked by a batch of Burrowing Rats, all of which have been eradicated by us."
Zhang Dashan has a strong aversion to Beast Tides as his main pet beasts all died resisting one.
Heartbroken and severely injured, Zhang Dashan relinquished his position as the president of the Yandong Pet Beast Union and moved to Shen Mountain Middle School to nurture talents for the Flame Country Alliance.
"The Secret Realm Rift has been controlled, but the escaped Burrowing Rats climbed onto a smuggling frozen goods ship and reproduced wildly."
"A Tier-One Burrowing Rat, after feasting on plentiful flesh and blood, will directly progress to a Tier-Two Bloodstorm Rat."
"We are currently worried whether this will trigger another Beast Tide."
Wang Jinyin hurriedly stood to explain.
"No worries, the risk of a Tier-Two Bloodstorm Rat is still manageable."
"We now need to focus on places like slaughterhouses to ensure the safety of the citizens."
"We must suppress this Beast Tide entirely."
"I and some teachers from Shen Mountain Middle School will assist."
With Principal Zhang’s aid, Wang Jinyin’s pressure significantly lessened.
He personally led a team to the large cold storage, hoping to annihilate the Burrowing Rat horde.
Shortly after Wang Jinyin departed, at the entrance of the union stood a stone lion statue, a fearsome piece sculpted from a massive marble block.
At this moment, the shadow of the stone lion suddenly stretched and elongated, and a figure in a black robe emerged from the shadow.
"Finally gone, my plan is proceeding quite smoothly."
"Although they discovered the Secret Realm Rift early on, events are still unfolding according to my plan."
"I hope the item I desire is in the Pet Beast Union’s secret vault."
"Otherwise, all my efforts would be for naught. The legendary Seven-Orifice Exquisite Jade, capable of copying talents."
"If it falls into my hands, my status in the organization will surely rise."
The black-robed figure murmured to himself.
After Wang Jinyin left, the black-robed figure felt that no one remained capable of stopping him within the Pet Beast Union.
He could come and go freely in the Pet Beast Union.
His body then transformed into countless shadows, disappearing into the ground.
Meanwhile, Ye Bai had reached one side of Jiaying City’s Central Park.
All the Burrowing Rats encountered along the way were effortlessly dealt with by the Thousand-Change Silkworm.
With Steel Armor and Rolling Attack, the Thousand-Change Silkworm resembled a fast-moving steamroller.
Everywhere it passed, the Burrowing Rats were crushed into meat patties.
The Thousand-Change Silkworm’s level was rapidly increasing, soon reaching the peak of Tier One.
However, at this stage, no matter how much energy it absorbed, it was difficult to overcome the bottleneck of Tier One and advance to Tier Two.
This is because when a pet beast advances from Tier One to Tier Two, the sea of consciousness, or the brain, condenses a Crystal Core.
This process is quite hazardous. Either Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures are needed to help the pet beast break through Tier One, or various Awakening Potions are used.
Because of the Thousand-Change Silkworm’s unique evolutionary path, Ye Bai feared that consuming the wrong item would cause it to evolve into a Gray Poison Moth, which would be disastrous.
(The Thousand-Change Silkworm is a variant of the Hundred-Change Silkworm, with more complex genes and a certain probability of evolving into a Gray Poison Moth.)
Ye Bai was now waiting for the Divine Phoenix Group to conduct public clinical testing, hoping to use this opportunity for the Thousand-Change Silkworm to surely break through to Tier Two.
At this moment, a sound of something cutting through the air was heard above: "Ye Bai? What are you doing here? Didn’t I tell you to go to school for safety?"
Zhang Lingxue descended from above, riding on a gigantic purple moth.
This moth was extraordinarily large, with wing patterns of enormous eyes, and each wing beat released countless purple powder flakes descending from the sky.
Its massive tentacles resembled sharp scythes, and its large purple compound eyes were fixed intently on Ye Bai.
"Teacher, that’s a Gray Poison Moth!!!"
Ye Bai curiously observed the gigantic pet beast, sensing an immense, abyssal pressure emanating from it.
The pupils of Big Gray turned azure blue, with arcs of blue lightning beginning to surf over its body.
"Xiao Zi, ease your pressure for now; this is my direct disciple, Ye Bai."
"Ye Bai, this is Xiao Zi, a Gray Poison Moth, and my first pet beast. Due to a failed experiment, it evolved into a Gray Poison Moth."
"However, unlike typical Gray Poison Moths, I’ve rigorously trained it, and it’s incredibly powerful."
Ye Bai immediately recognized this as Zhang Lingxue’s Tier-Five pet beast. At this moment, Ye Bai noticed the purple color on the Gray Poison Moth and fell into deep thought.
The intelligence system had previously alerted that some Gray Poison Moths possess evolutionary capability, characterized by purple on their wings.
Zhang Lingxue seemed to have a strong bond with the Gray Poison Moth, and it danced in the air, casting down purple scales like snowfall from above.