171: Reversed

Su Ze looked at the ruins before him and realized he had been too hasty; he should have accepted that bank card with tens of millions from Wang Zi.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be facing the predicament of having nowhere to live.

He should have thought of it sooner; the unit housing he lived in was staff housing for Azure Dragon Beast Taming University, located right near the school.

Since Azure Dragon Beast Taming University had been destroyed, it was only natural that his house no longer existed.

Before his eyes was nothing but a field of ruins, with concrete fragments and exposed rebar everywhere.

Although he still had many highly valuable demon beast eggs, it was precisely because of their great value that they weren't easy to sell quickly. Furthermore, he wanted to keep those eggs for other purposes.

Even if he did sell them, it would take time to find a house once he had the money.

"Xu Yao, your home and Uncle Xu's must have been destroyed too, right? Where are you staying now?" Su Ze turned around and asked.

Xu Yao replied, "My dad got a new place as a teacher's subsidy."

Su Ze's spirits lifted as he asked, "Oh? What about mine?"

Xu Yao smiled somewhat awkwardly and said, "Because it was a teacher's subsidy, and you hadn't returned at the time... Brother Su Ze didn't get one..."

"How can they do that!" Su Ze said, filled with righteous indignation.

At this moment, Sun Hao stepped forward and said, "Captain Su Ze, although Azure Dragon Beast Taming University didn't give you a subsidized house, our Great Xia Spirit Guards did!"

"Beishan City is establishing a new branch, and they've requisitioned quite a few properties at high prices."

"The brothers have been keeping one for you all along. Shall we go take a look now?"

Su Ze was delighted at first upon hearing this, but then he raised his hand and asked, "Wait, what do you mean by a new branch?"

On his way back, he had noticed that the defensive strength of Beishan City was much stronger than before.

Whether on the ground or in the air, many powerful auras were scanning and patrolling everywhere, and most of the Great Xia Spirit Guards maintaining order were unfamiliar faces.

Sun Hao immediately began explaining to Su Ze.

It turned out that after the anchor point beneath Azure Dragon Beast Taming University vanished, a very unstable spatial rift appeared.

Many monster beasts would invade whenever the rift appeared, so the Great Xia Spirit Guards Eastern Corps specifically established a branch in Beishan City to deal with them.

The original Thirteenth Squad had not been reassigned yet because their captain, Su Ze, had been captured, so they had temporarily become idle personnel.

It was precisely because of this that Sun Hao was able to lead the team members to the front lines to avenge Su Ze.

But now that Su Ze was back, new transfer orders for the Thirteenth Squad would likely be issued soon. There was a high probability they would be merged into the branch, though it was unclear whether they would be split up or keep their original organization.

Su Ze nodded, then asked the question he was most concerned about: "Is the person in charge of this branch from the four... no wait, it's three great families now—are they one of theirs? How are they toward everyone?"

With the Jiang Family's precedent, Su Ze remained wary of such 'parachuted' superiors.

Sun Hao replied, "The branch chief's surname is Xue. He is indeed from the Xue Family of the three great families, but the families have all become very well-behaved now, especially the Xue Family."

Su Ze raised an eyebrow and asked what had happened.

It turned out that after the Jiang Family Ancestor defected and the Jiang Family was destroyed,

The Great Xia Spirit Guards used that as a pretext to crack down on the remaining three great families. Even though there were family members among the high-ranking officials of the Spirit Guards,

Xiao Sheng, who was in the middle of a fit of rage, ruthlessly suppressed everyone who tried to interfere with the cleanup.

Although the title of the three great beast taming families still existed, their prestige and strength were no longer what they used to be.

The Xue Family, in particular, had already suffered damage to its reputation beforehand because of Xue Yuhe's cheating.

So now they were keeping a very low profile, hoping to regain their reputation by winning over the people.

Hearing Sun Hao's relatively positive evaluation of the other party, Su Ze lost most of his resistance.

As the group walked and chatted, they arrived at the property requisitioned by the Great Xia Spirit Guards that Sun Hao had mentioned.

To establish a branch, there were bound to be many non-local personnel, and they all needed places to stay.

In order not to show favoritism, everyone in the Thirteenth Squad had also been allocated a room.

This was also related to what was mentioned earlier about the Xue Family wanting to win over people's hearts; otherwise, normally they would just build a collective dormitory with four or even six people to a room.

How could it be like now, where everyone had their own apartment?

And the one the Thirteenth Squad had saved for Su Ze was the one with the best environment and the largest area.

An eighty-square-meter apartment with three bedrooms and a living room.

One room for Su Ze, one for Feng Qingyi—who was barred from the beast taming space by Hanba and couldn't enter—and there was even an extra guest room.

According to Xu Yao, it was much better than the housing subsidized by the Beast Taming University.

Seeing her envious gaze, Su Ze knew he should start considering some major life events.

The Great Xia Spirit Guard's house was only a temporary residence. Once he had some free time, he could just take out any egg for auction and buy a luxury villa.

When that time came, he could bring Xu Yao over too... but unfortunately, Xu Yao didn't stay tonight; she had to go back to let her father know she was safe.

After all, she had returned alive from the battlefield.

Sun Hao and the others also left after helping Su Ze set up the house and furniture.

It was worth mentioning that the others who were injured before had mostly recovered by now.

Only Tao Lin, because of his regenerating arm, had very fragile bones for the time being and had to be pushed around in a wheelchair wherever he went.

Moreover, the newly grown limbs were very fair and tender, and from time to time, his comrades who spent every day with him would 'grope' him a bit. It could be described as a mix of pain and pleasure.

When night fell, Su Ze felt a bit lonely being by himself.

So he summoned all three of his contracted beasts.

The Shadow Moon Wolf King still rubbed against him like a pet Husky, while Feng Qingyi went to check out her bedroom.

Hanba had also finally recovered from her withdrawn state. She took a few deep breaths and said, "Is this the location of one of the Pillars of the Two Worlds?"

"I sense the aura of the Monster Beast World. Little Phoenix, the power of the Human World is not enough to support the advancement of a divine beast. I will teach you the cultivation methods of the Monster Beast World."

These words drew Feng Qingyi over and also piqued Su Ze's curiosity.

He knew that divine beasts all had inherited memories passed down through their bloodline for generations, but Feng Qingyi had become a divine beast through evolution.

The only one who truly inherited divine beast memories was Hanba. Not only did she know information about the Monster Beast World, but perhaps he could even learn what the gacha system was from her.

"Hanba, do you still remember how you turned into a demon beast egg?"

Hanba nodded and said, "Of course I remember. I was killed by several old friends in the Monster Beast World joining forces, but they couldn't destroy the bloodline of a Corona Level divine beast, so my bloodline inheritance turned into a demon beast egg."

Su Ze waited for Hanba to continue, but she had stopped.

So he asked, "And then? How did it get into my hands?"

Hanba gave Su Ze a strange look and said, "Does a master remember things from before they were born?"

"The demon beast egg I reincarnated into after death was also obtained and guarded by those old friends. Actually, I am also very curious how master took me out of that heavily guarded forbidden land."

Su Ze just wanted to say he didn't know about any forbidden land, only a gacha machine.

But since Hanba didn't know anything more, Su Ze didn't press further and changed the subject.

"You just called this place the location of a 'pillar'? As far as I know, humans call that thing an 'anchor point'. Can you tell me the difference between the two?"

Su Ze briefly explained the human understanding of anchor points. At this time, Lin Xi also emerged from Su Ze's shadow and listened quietly.

To his surprise, after Hanba finished listening, she let out a 'pfft' and laughed, saying, "It's the opposite. Your understanding is the opposite."

"The existence of the pillars is not to fix the two worlds in place and prevent the Human World from escaping."

"Rather, in a situation where a collision is already inevitable, forty-nine divine beasts or objects that have reached the Moon Radiance level are used to prop up the distance between the two worlds, preventing the two worlds from colliding completely!"