Beast Taming Patrol

"How much is this?"

Walking on the bustling street, Lin Su approached a small stall nearby, picked up a supernatural resource resembling a blue crystal, and asked.

The stall didn't look particularly novel, the only special feature being that the stall owner wasn't human, but an octopus-shaped beast. Judging by the energy fluctuations, it was a being of commanding rank.

Seeing Lin Su inquire about the price, the beast used its tentacles to deftly move a number plate beside it, indicating the price of the item in this manner.

Feeling the abundant and gentle water energy fluctuations within the blue crystal, Lin Su smiled, took out his money, and handed it over to the octopus beast.

Such a resource, not too high in rank, was still nice to buy as a souvenir.

The exchange of money for goods was completed.

When everyone left, the octopus even waved its tentacles to say goodbye.

Having walked this path, the group had already grown accustomed to such sights.

Humans and beasts living harmoniously, it sounded quite dreamlike.

But in the Fang District, it had already been achieved.

After the people from the Water Nation left, the Holy Alliance needed to quickly select the Beast Tamers and their beasts for the fight.

Lin Su and others, who had come as guests, took the initiative to tour the Fang District themselves.

Throughout the journey, not to mention the other four who had never seen such scenes, even Lin Su, who had seen how humans and beasts coexisted in the supernatural world, felt quite moved.

"If only all the humans and beasts in the world could live like this."

"That's probably not easy," sighed Nan Yue Ran, "There are irreconcilable contradictions between humans and beasts, especially the terrestrial beasts."

"Uncle Nan, I don't quite understand why, at their birth, all these various beast races attack humans?" Lin Su couldn't help but ask.

Many beast races actually hate each other, but their attitude towards humans is unusually unified.

"Actually, this issue has been analyzed by the human side during the cataclysm," Nan Yue Ran spread his hands, "and the results are quite understandable."

"On one hand, compared to beasts, humans are far too weak, and yet such weak humans occupy most of the land, which is intolerable for beasts that have awakened their intelligence."

"Beasts possess intelligence not inferior to that of humans but also retain their animal instincts. The most intense of these instincts is the sense of territory."

"On the other hand, and this is the most important point…" Nan Yue Ran paused, "actually many powerful beasts, before they turned into beasts, had grievances with humans."

"Ah?" Lin Su blinked, "What do you mean?"

"Currently, beasts are classified into the first and second generations; you know this, right?"

"Yes," Lin Su nodded.

It was common knowledge.

The so-called first generation refers to beasts that transformed directly due to energy radiation exposure.

The second generation refers to offspring produced through mating between stable transformed beasts of the first generation.

The most fundamental difference between them is that the first generation has a terrifying growth rate, while the growth rate of the second generation is much lower.

Strictly speaking, the growth rate of the second generation is the normal growth rate for beasts.

"Beasts of the first generation actually retain their memories from before their transformation," explained Nan Yue Ran.

"Some beasts originally had low or no intelligence, so their past does not affect their present, but this is not the case for others. Before their transformation, they might have been killed by humans or had other reasons to inherently despise humans."

"This hostility, rather than fading after transformation, becomes even stronger with greater intelligence."

"The best examples to prove this point are the three immortal beasts, Dark Lin, Yan Rong, and Emperor Xuan."

"Being able to naturally reach immortal rank in just over a hundred years, the three immortal beasts must all be first-generation. Therefore, people have tried to trace their origins through clues to fundamentally resolve the hatred."

"Among the rulers of the three immortal nations, Dark Lin's origin is relatively mysterious, but the origins of Emperor Xuan and Yan Rong, these two immortals, have been clarified by humans."

"What are the origins of these two immortals?" Lin Su couldn't help but get curious.

"Emperor Xuan came from the Amazon rainforest; it was one of the trees that mutated."

"Coincidentally, during the time the cataclysm fell, there were discussions in South America about further developing the rainforest, during which many trees were cut down, directly enraging the newly sentient Emperor Xuan."

"It once vowed to drive all humans out, and it has evidently succeeded."

"Now, the entire South American region is occupied by Emperor Xuan, without a single human dwelling."

Lin Su suddenly understood.

If one were to say which among the immortal beasts had the largest physical body, it was undoubtedly Emperor Xuan, the ruler of Senluo Immortal Country.

Within the territory of Senluo Immortal Country, all beasts live under its protection, worshipping it like a deity."

"What about Yan Rong?" asked the secretary Kim, who was engrossed in listening.

"Think about the form of Yan Rong, what does it resemble?" asked Nan Yue Ran.

"Sort of like a tortoise?" Lin Su couldn't help but speak up.