176: Chaos in the Dragon Island World

However, the Beastmen Kingdom did not have such a smooth time dealing with the anomalies.

They usually maintained order through a loose tribal system, each governing themselves, and only gathered troops under the rule of the Royal Capital during wartime.

When the anomalies descended, many tribes were unable to deal with them.

This resulted in heavy losses for various tribes, with some even being directly annihilated.

It was only after the Beastman Royal Capital learned of the situation that they specially dispatched elite troops from the capital to suppress the anomalies, carrying out extermination for contaminated tribes.

And the "inheritances" of those annihilated tribes naturally became the spoils of war for the Royal Capital's troops.

This caused chaos among the various tribes under the Beastman Kingdom's jurisdiction, and many innocent beastmen were implicated, becoming souls under the blades of the Royal Capital's elites.

However, these elite troops did not remain arrogant for long; one day, they unfortunately encountered an Unspeakable Monster, which sealed their tragic fate.

The Beastman elite troops suffered heavy casualties, with only a few experts escaping, and the rest were contaminated by the anomalies.

This made the entire Beastman Kingdom even more tense; King Simba the Lion even ordered all tribes to be on high alert, moving the young and strong, and valuable resources within their tribes to the Royal Capital for safekeeping.

The various tribes did not have much trust in the Royal Capital, so naturally, no one would foolishly offer their tribe's fighting power and wealth.

The entire Beastman Kingdom fell into a strange panic.

The anomalies in the ocean caused large-scale contamination, with countless sea beasts and monsters being corrupted by the anomalies, becoming a different kind of "source of contamination."

This made the already chaotic ocean even more lively; sea beasts and monsters fought frantically, with the strong devouring the weak, causing the entire marine life to rapidly diminish.

When over thirty Unspeakable Monsters wreaked havoc across the world, it immediately caught the attention of the World Will.

These alien creatures were like viruses; not only did they have no natural predators, but they were also constantly harming the very foundation of the world.

Thus, the World Will quickly responded.

All extraordinaries in the world received a mission from the World Will—to eliminate the anomalous creatures from the Otherworld and those contaminated by them; successful elimination would earn "merit" rewarded by the World Will.

This kind of merit could not only enhance strength and increase luck, but also improve the success rate of advancement, and even strengthen one's weapons, among other benefits; in short, there were many advantages.

This really hit the extraordinaries where it hurt, and they all clamored to fight the anomalies to the death.

To prevent their extraordinaries from dying in vain, various kingdoms issued summons, requiring extraordinaries to form armies and act uniformly under unified command.

But the free-spirited extraordinaries could not tolerate such restrictions.

They called out to their friends to form small teams, and in groups of three or five, they left the city gates and rushed towards the areas where anomalies had erupted.

Some extraordinary teams were powerful, which was understandable, but some low-level teams were completely blinded by "merit," practically going to their deaths.

When some extraordinary teams tasted the sweetness of success after killing contaminated individuals, their enthusiasm grew even higher.

As soon as news of an anomaly broke out, these teams would rush over like flies drawn to a scent.

Soon, the weaker contaminated individuals were completely devoured by these extraordinary teams, and the true source was also discovered by them.

Some teams, with their eyes blinded by rewards, saw an Unspeakable Monster and charged forward, howling, fearing that others would snatch their rewards.

After all, this was the biggest BOSS, and the rewards would definitely be the most substantial.

Then... they became new contaminated individuals, to be slain by other teams to harvest "merit."

Batch after batch of extraordinary teams charged forward, and then team after team met their downfall.

However, some cunning teams did not rush to their deaths; instead, they lingered around the anomalies, waiting for someone to be contaminated, then seizing the opportunity to harvest those contaminated individuals.

This method was both safe and efficient, and their strength rapidly increased with each wave of merit.

But others were not fools; as they gradually calmed down and observed patiently, they naturally discovered this trick as well.

It was just that there were more smart people, and not enough fools.

Everyone was waiting to harvest, but no one was willing to go up and become the meat.

Driven by self-interest, these extraordinaries, who originally claimed to uphold justice and protect world peace, gradually revealed their evil side.

Large numbers of ordinary people were driven by them near the anomalies, forced to become monsters by contamination.

And these extraordinaries, with sinister smiles, harvested these "meat dishes," enjoying the "merit" bestowed by the World Will.

This was not an isolated incident; such situations occurred in various nations, and even some elite troops of certain kingdoms participated in this feast of merit-farming.

After all, in their eyes, ordinary people were like pigs and dogs, harvested again and again.

And opportunities to gain merit were rare; if they missed this one, who knew when the next would be.

And the World Will, which only operated by mechanical rules, naturally did not understand that its "blessings" would become a butcher's knife accelerating the world's demise.

It only knew that extraordinaries killed pollutants and successfully protected the world, but it never considered how these pollutants came into being.

It only bestowed "merit" blindly, not knowing what "karma" was.

And these "merits" were evolved from the World's power; the more they were distributed, the World Will's power slowly weakened.

Driven by such self-interest, a large number of ordinary people and low-level extraordinaries died.

Wherever the anomalies passed, only a massive number of contaminated corpses remained.

From these casually discarded corpses, a large amount of resentment arose, gradually pervading the sky.

It was not until the Ancient Golden Dragon on Dragon Island discovered the soaring resentment filling the world that it knew something abnormal must have happened on the continent, and quickly arranged for the Dragon Squad to investigate.

But what it did not know was that within the forbidden area of Dragon Island, the Abomination, fused with the Unspeakable Monster, was slowly raising its head.

Dozens of tentacles had fully recovered, emitting a metallic grinding sound as they intertwined.

It extended its barbed tentacles, pulling all the sealed objects and bones beside it to its mouth, violently stuffing them in.

The energy ripples erupting during chewing caused the entire anti-magic zone to tremble.

And the resentment pervading the entire world seemed to have found an outlet, slowly merging into the Abomination's body at this moment, rapidly filling it.

The Abomination let out a joyous hiss; it could feel its strength rapidly increasing under the resentment.

Now possessing intelligence, it was not in a hurry to leave the valley; in its memory, there was a powerful force outside the valley—that group of winged lizards.

It suppressed the restlessness in its heart, continuously devouring all the sealed objects and bones within the anti-magic zone to enhance its strength.

Now with the blessing of resentment, its growth rate would be even faster.

As long as it lay dormant for a short period, it would be confident in dealing with that group of large lizards.