Beast Taming Patrol

Watching Lin Su and his entourage depart with the Holy Alliance visiting delegation, Shen Yunshan smiled and his figure swiftly disappeared from the spot.

As the president of the Beast Taming Association, he had far more affairs to deal with than the outside world imagined.

Now that the visiting delegations from the other three major Safety Alliances had already returned, it was time to start planning for the next steps.

In his eyes, the emergence of the secret regions was a rare opportunity for humanity to counterattack the alien beasts.

Therefore, there was no room for slack.

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High in the sky, feeling the Wind Evil Winged Dragon travel at a terrifying speed exclusive to imperial class tiers, and watching the vaguely visible land swiftly moving backward below, Lin Su couldn't help but feel somewhat wistful in his heart.

He could no longer see the shadow of the safe zone.

At this moment, everyone had already left the territory of the Yan Huang Alliance.

"During the flight, we need to take a bit of a detour," Neymar said without a hint of discomfort while seated on the Wind Evil Winged Dragon's back, which was moving so swiftly under the influence of the stabilizing winds. He looked at Lin Su and his group, smiled, and explained, "If we were to fly straight back to the Holy Alliance, we would have to cross through Dark Demon Immortal Country's territorry at one point."

"So we need to circle around to avoid being ambushed by them."

Neymar had made this detour as part of the previous visit, and now that Lin Su's group were with them, he took extra care to explain.

"No problem, caution is paramount," Lin Su nodded, having no objections to Neymar's route planning for the return.

With the capability of the Dark Scale, it was more than sufficient to sense any presence entering the range of its rules.

If it detected them returning to the Holy Security Alliance, it would invariably lead to unknown dangers.

"If all goes well, it should take about an hour to reach the Holy Alliance," Neymar chuckled, "Since we're idle anyway, why don't I introduce you to the situation in our Holy Alliance?"

"I'd like to hear more about it," Lin Su smiled.

He was quite interested, after all.

Opening the floodgates, Neymar suddenly became much more talkative.

"Your Yan Huang Alliance is divided into seventy-two safe zones," he paused briefly, "Our Holy Alliance has relatively fewer zones in total, just nine in all."

"However, each of our zones is no less grand than your first zone!" Neymar added with a hint of pride.

Lin Su nodded, indicating that he understood.

The Holy Alliance occupied fewer territories, and with fewer zones, the population was denser, which facilitated defense against external dangers.

"And these nine zones are not all safe zones," Neymar spread his hands, "This is another difference from Yan Huang."

"Besides the safe zones, what else is there?" Lin Su asked, prompted by curiosity.

This was something he had not learned about before.

"Out of the nine zones, seven are safe zones, and the remaining two are neutral special zones," Neymar sighed, "These neutral special zones are, we could say, a reluctant choice."

"As you may know, many parts of the region where our Holy Alliance is located are close to the ocean. If we get technical, most of our area is coastal."

"And this poses a very serious problem," Neymar spread his hands again, "Marine monsters can appear at any time, threatening the Holy Alliance."

Hearing this, the faces of those from Yan Huang became serious.

At the beginning of the cataclysm, the Yan Huang region, which possesses an extensive coastline, faced the same problem. It took several difficult resolutions before deciding to retreat inland, so as not to provoke the marine beasts and avoid making the tough fight against terrestrial beasts even tougher.

But for the Holy Alliance, there was no retreat.

They were entirely surrounded by the ocean.

"Because they do not harbor hatred towards humans, the marine beasts have no intention of eradicating us," Neymar said with a wry smile, "But on one hand, this remains a hidden danger, and on the other hand, from time to time, marine beasts step onto land out of curiosity or other reasons, which can easily spark panic among the populace."

"Thus, after negotiations with the nearby marine beast powers, our Holy Alliance decided to jointly establish two large neutral special zones. Marine beast powers can freely enter these neutral special zones, and so can humans. Both sides cooperate in the construction and engage in trade to a certain extent."

"A region jointly constructed by humans and alien beasts?" Lin Su couldn't help but interject.

It was his first time hearing about such an arrangement, and he was quite surprised.

Such a thing was unheard of on Blue Star, and even in the realm of Shen Wu, one couldn't find a similar situation.

Instantly, he became deeply interested in those two neutral special zones.

"Exactly," Neymar smiled, "We are not allies with the marine beast powers, but they have needs for certain items created by humans, and we are very interested in the supernatural resources they produce. Therefore, it's not difficult to reach a level of cooperation to some extent."

"Within the neutral special zones, neither humans nor marine beast powers are allowed to kill each other. We have mutually signed laws to regulate behavior, so the relations are relatively peaceful. It's also one of the ways we learn about the marine beast powers."

"These two neutral special zones are established on the two largest coastal regions in the Holy Alliance, the Twin Fang Peninsula and Ingle Island, respectively named Twin Fang Special Zone and Ingle Special Zone."

Lin Su nodded slightly, then his mind stirred, "General Neymar, can humans contract with marine beasts? If so, would they be exempt from the Alien Beast Ban?"