The expressions of the other team members also changed slightly upon hearing Zhang Zhiyong's words. In the Transcendent Era, a beast farm was akin to a military factory from another world, holding an extremely high and crucial status.
This was not only because it continuously produced various transcendent resources but also because it housed a large number of transcendent beasts, including formidable C-rank and even B-rank entities!
Even if they were suppressed and bled for long periods, making them extremely weak, they were still not opponents ordinary transcendents could contend with.
Once freed from their restraints, they could easily cause widespread devastation.
For this very reason, any incident of beasts escaping from a farm would immediately become a hot topic in society, attracting significant attention.
This time...
"Was that a Beast Calamity just now?!" He Xue was drenched in sweat, unsure if it was from her recent training or the shock of the news. "I remember Xinyun Company sells B-rank materials. Did a B-rank beast go berserk?"
"More than that," Zhang Zhiyong said, his face grim. "The Xinyun Breeding Farm has completely collapsed. All the beasts have escaped, and the exact number is still being tallied—"
"Most importantly, these beasts are acting like they've gone mad, rushing straight towards Central City—"
"Hiss—"
Everyone gasped.
Beasts are transcendent life forms; most of them possess intelligence no less than that of humans.
Yet, after escaping the farm, they didn't try to flee into the mountains and forests but instead charged directly into the densely populated city. Their intentions were clear. They had obviously been confined in the farm for too long, their minds twisted into madness, even abandoning the desire for survival and aiming to detonate themselves against humanity.
No wonder Zhang Zhiyong called it a "Calamity" rather than a mere "escape."
Chen Zhengyi's scalp tingled, and he couldn't help but say, "Didn't we have a beast agitation event during the 'Doomsday Chaos' the night before last? Didn't Xinyun Company take any precautions?"
"Of course they did. Li Feilong, the vice president of Xinyun Company, went to the breeding farm the night before last and hasn't left since," Zhang Zhiyong said. "But just now, an unknown beast attacked him. He barely managed to escape and sent out a mass alert—"
Everyone's eyes widened.
They knew Li Feilong, the vice president of Xinyun, was a transcendent close to the peak of B-rank, possessing formidable strength.
A transcendent of that caliber, attacked by a beast, didn't even have a chance to call for help, suffered a crushing defeat, and only managed to issue a warning afterwards?
Just how terrifying must that beast have been?
And where did a beast of that level come from?!
Perhaps only Jiang He could guess the identity of that beast.
"Lao Jiang, is it an Ultimate Beast?!"
"It should be." Lao Jiang nodded. "The initial Beast Calamity events were all triggered by Ultimate Beasts. They attacked various breeding farms, freed the imprisoned beasts, and obtained the 'seedlings' at the same time."
"However, according to records, the first Beast Calamity happened in Fog City, and that was in September."
"Now it's happening so much earlier, and the location is so different—"
"Ask Zhang Zhiyong how the other cities are doing."
Following Lao Jiang's instructions, Jiang He asked Zhang Zhiyong.
Zhang Zhiyong was somewhat perplexed, but at Jiang He's urging, he picked up his phone and sent a few messages. After a short wait, his expression dramatically shifted.
Not just Central City, but numerous beast farms across the world, including Fog City, Cherry Blossom City, Liberty City, and Daze City, were simultaneously attacked. Even A-rank beasts had escaped and gone berserk!
It was as if they had all conspired, a thought that was truly chilling.
Lao Jiang, meanwhile, nodded.
"Then there's no mistake."
"The Ultimate Beasts have been around for a long time, just lurking."
"In my future, they didn't frequently attack beast farms in the initial few years, probably not wanting to draw the Council's attention too quickly..."
"Now, due to the 'Doomsday Declaration' event, they also felt the pressure, coupled with the Council's preparations for doomsday, which made them change their plans and launch the 'Great Calamity' ahead of schedule."
"By now, they have probably achieved their goal and collected enough 'seedlings.'"
Good heavens, so the World Ender is taking the blame again?
Jiang He suppressed the awkwardness in his heart.
The Ultimate Beasts had existed for a long time; whether or not there was a doomsday declaration, they would have attacked eventually, it was only a matter of time.
He couldn't entirely shoulder the blame.
More important than dwelling on the cause was resolving the situation.
He asked, "What do you mean by 'seedlings'?"
"This is the ability of 'Ultimate Beast: Bloodline.'"
Lao Jiang explained, "The Ultimate Beasts are the source and absolute core of the Beast Calamity. They possess 'Ultimate Abilities' that far surpass ordinary beasts and even transcendents' talents."
"Using modern rankings, the intensity of their abilities even exceeds S-rank talents, and they possess terrifying growth potential."
"Ultimate Beast: Bloodline is one of the most representative among them."
"It can extract and replicate the will, thoughts, bloodline, and talent of transcendent life forms, forming something called a 'seedling.'"
"It can implant a seedling into another creature, incubating and nurturing it, allowing it to rapidly grow and develop within a short period, inheriting the abilities, talents, and even the will of the seedling's origin—"
"For example,"
"If it extracted a 'Dragon's lineage' and implanted it into a lizard, then once the seedling fully incubates, this lizard would transform and become a true beast!"
"Depending on the strength of the inherited abilities, it would become a 'True Dragon' or a 'Sub-Dragon.'"
"Moreover, no matter how many abilities it inherits, it will gain inherited memories from its bloodline, quickly maturing and understanding its own powers, as well as inheriting the 'hatred' of its bloodline's origin."
Jiang He had initially wondered where so many beasts came from in the future of the Beast Calamity.
One must know that within human beast farms, beast reproduction had always been the most significant concern for breeders.
Especially those high-grade beasts, whose bloodlines were extremely rare. Once they bore offspring, they could easily grow to be incredibly powerful.
If they could be mass-bred, rare materials could be continuously produced. For instance, an S-rank resource like the True Phoenix Egg; if its production increased, and everyone had one, that would truly be amazing.
However, despite the breeders racking their brains, they couldn't achieve this goal.
As a result, the price of high-quality materials remained prohibitively high.
Beasts that were so difficult to breed would have been hunted to extinction long ago if not for human demand for materials.
How could such a doomsday-like future come to be?
Only now did Jiang He understand the reason.
With the Bloodline Ultimate Beast, billions of ordinary creatures on Blue Star could become beast-seeds!
Supported by such a massive base, even if the incubation rate was low, they could form a beast tide that could swallow everything, ultimately pushing human civilization to the brink!
The Bloodline Ultimate Beast's ability went even further than this. "The seedlings the Bloodline Ultimate Beast is extracting now are only first-generation seedlings."
"After it uses this batch of seedlings to incubate second-generation beasts, it can then select excellent beasts from them and extract second-generation seedlings."
"Second-generation seedlings not only inherit and optimize the abilities of the first generation, but also condense the memories and wisdom of both generations of beasts, passing them on to the third-generation beasts—"
"Third, fourth, fifth generations—"
"Although not all newborn beasts can absorb all the advantages of previous seedlings, as long as one is born, it will be a terrifying new existence, comparable to an Ultimate Beast!"
"It is this self-optimizing, endless beast ocean that made humanity unable to win despite their best efforts, eventually forcing them to flee everywhere, barely clinging to life—"
"Moreover, the Bloodline Ultimate Beast is still growing."
"Decades later, it can even implant seedlings into the environment, forming 'Pollution.'"
Lao Jiang scratched his head.
"Even if I dealt with the Bloodline Ultimate Beast's main body, the pollution it left behind continued to generate new beast groups that inherited its hatred."
"And when I erased the pollution, I had to pay an enormous price."
"Even a hundred years later, I only barely managed to clear one continent, allowing people to breathe."
"It was at this time that I was summoned by you—"
"It was a long-awaited rest, I suppose."
Implant seedlings, pollute the world?!
Is this an Ultimate Beast? That's too terrifying!
And—
Jiang He asked, "There's more than one of these Ultimate Beasts?!"
"There are seven in total," Lao Jiang nodded. "There's 'Ultimate Beast: Bloodline,' which extracts seedlings; 'Ultimate Beast: Six Ears,' which steals abilities; and 'Ultimate Beast: Myriad Changes,' which can transform into anything."
"Especially Myriad Changes; even after I broke through to X-rank, it took me several years to track down its whereabouts."
"Now, my strength is limited, so I can't find their true locations."
"The Prophet is the same; he couldn't even see through the Wolf King's 'Realm of Nothingness,' let alone find Myriad Changes and the other Ultimate Beasts."
Bloodline, Six Ears, Myriad Changes—
Just listening to these names sent a shiver down Jiang He's spine.
They truly deserved to be called terrifying life forms that could drive humanity to despair; they were too powerful.
Yet, facing so many terrifying beasts, Lao Jiang, with the weakest talent, managed to lead humanity to a final comeback.
Jiang He couldn't help but exclaim, "You're truly amazing."
"Of course, I am the strongest Savior," Lao Jiang said with a beaming smile.
Through Lao Jiang, Jiang He had thoroughly uncovered the Ultimate Beasts' secrets.
However, as Lao Jiang said, 'Ultimate Beast: Myriad Changes' possessed the ability to transform into anything, and not only could it transform itself, but it could also help other Ultimate Beasts transform.
Even if Jiang He knew this information, he couldn't resolve anything for now.
He would have to wait.
After this Beast Calamity event concluded, he would use his "premonition" to transmit the information to Principal Zhong and the others.
Hmm.
Although the Prophet of the future timeline often ate his words, it didn't prevent the role of a prophet from being a good channel.
Not only did it have an X-rank advancement, but it could also legitimize future intelligence.
If Jiang He were to acquire future intelligence again and wanted to warn others, he wouldn't need to struggle for reasons—he'd just say, "I am a prophet; I saw the future, if you don't believe me, see for yourself." Jiang He and Lao Jiang's conversation took a short while.
At this moment, inside the fire station, the firefighters had already changed into their gear but had not yet set off. Instead, they were exchanging words amongst themselves—most of them were D-rank transcendents, and C-rank transcendents were typically team leaders, making it difficult for them to handle a Beast Calamity of this scale.
This was actually a task for top A-rank transcendents like Chi Zhenshan and Zhong Honglian.
With a single move from them, they could easily suppress the calamity.
The firefighters merely had to wait for the situation to end, then go clean up the aftermath.
As they waited, The fire chief appeared before everyone.
Jiang He also received a message.
[Zhong Honglian: Practical training is about to begin. Send your current location and prepare to head to the practical training grounds.]
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A major Beast Calamity, and the high-level transcendents aren't going, but they want us low-level transcendents to go?
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