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Chapter 1: Reborn as a Siberian Tiger, Actively Entering the Zoo at the Start!

"Mommy, this big tiger is so big!"

"This is a Siberian Tiger, of course it's big. I heard this Siberian Tiger even appeared on its own at the entrance of Jianghai Zoo, and was later discovered and captured."

"Why did this big tiger appear outside the zoo? Is he looking for his family?"

Outside the Tiger Enclosure at Jianghai Zoo, a mother and daughter were peering inside through the tempered glass.

Through the thick tempered glass, a Siberian Tiger, three meters long with brownish-yellow fur all over its body, lay basking in the sun in the Tiger Enclosure.

Listening to the two humans outside commenting on him, Xia Fan's heart was calm.

He was a reborn individual, returning from the global evolution era ten years in the future.

In his previous life, Xia Fan was a human, but after being reborn, he found himself to be a Siberian Tiger, a lord of the forest.

As for why he appeared in this zoo for people to observe...

Just as the two humans said, Xia Fan had actively appeared at the entrance of Jianghai City Zoo.

The reason he did this was naturally not for the zoo's three meals a day.

His goal was to enter this Tiger Enclosure!

"Only half a month left!"

Xia Fan looked up at the electronic calendar hanging in the corridor.

May 30, 2024.

Having lived another life, Xia Fan clearly remembered that in half a month, on June 15th, after midnight...

An unprecedented bloody rain descended, sweeping across the globe.

From then on, all plants and animals worldwide began to evolve rapidly!

Soon after, all sorts of terrifying monsters were born.

In a short time, humanity fell from the top of the food chain into the abyss, becoming prey for countless monsters!

Fortunately, some humans also awakened special abilities, which gave them a breathing space.

People of later generations called the era after the mutation the Global Evolution Era!

In his previous life, although Xia Fan was also an ability user, his awakened ability was too weak, so he could only remain a bottom-tier ant.

After ten years of barely surviving, Xia Fan ultimately died under the claws of a fierce beast.

Reborn, even if he couldn't be human, Xia Fan was determined to become the strongest fierce beast and control his own destiny.

In his previous life, two years after the evolutionary surge, humanity finally found its footing.

This was all because a supremely powerful ability user emerged among humans!

The China War God—code-named Xingtian!

War God Xingtian once fought three beast emperors simultaneously on his own, his strength was terrifyingly immense!

Although he was just a low-level ability user in his previous life, ten years of struggling allowed Xia Fan to learn many secrets.

Humans had innate ability users who awakened naturally, and also acquired ability users who awakened by absorbing the crystal of fierce beasts.

It was said that War God Xingtian was so powerful precisely because he absorbed the beast crystal of a black tiger, awakening an SSS-rank ability—Devour, which allowed him to devour the innate abilities of other creatures!

It was by virtue of his Devour ability that War God Xingtian possessed dozens of powerful abilities, enabling him to fight three emperor-level fierce beasts simultaneously.

And that black tiger, Xia Fan clearly remembered, came from this Jianghai Zoo.

For this, he risked his life to run out of the forest and appear at the entrance of Jianghai Zoo.

His purpose was to enter the Tiger Enclosure and get close to that black tiger, which possessed the Devour innate ability, in advance.

As long as, on the night the bloody rain descended, the black tiger's body condensed its ability crystal...

He would seize the opportunity to kill it, take its beast crystal, and swallow it to awaken an SSS-rank ability. That would give him the capital to become the strongest fierce beast!

Although this move was very risky.

It was very possible he would die at the hands of humans!

But looking at the black tiger lying in the corner of the Tiger Enclosure, Xia Fan knew.

He had won this gamble.

"Mommy, look, there's a black big tiger over there too!"

"Huh, why isn't it moving? Is the big tiger sick?"

Outside the tempered glass, the human little girl speaking looked at the black tiger in the corner and asked, puzzled.

In a corner of the Tiger Enclosure, a plump black tiger, completely covered in black fur, was lying on the ground, sound asleep.

There were four tigers in the Tiger Enclosure, including Xia Fan.

Unlike Xia Fan, who was an outside tiger, the other three tigers, having lived in the zoo for a long time and being fed daily by keepers, had long lost their wildness.

They either ate or slept all day, and thus had grown fat.

Their body length was also only about two meters, a significant difference from Xia Fan.

After Xia Fan, this wild Siberian Tiger, entered the Tiger Enclosure, sensing the fierce aura about him...

Fear flashed in the eyes of the other three tigers, and they dared not bully this newcomer.

"Hmph, three wastes!"

Xia Fan disdained these three lazy, gluttonous fat tigers.

In terms of combat power, these three tigers were definitely no match for him.

This was good, too; on the night the bloody rain descended, he would have overwhelming strength to kill the black tiger and seize its crystal.

Although he had entered the zoo and enjoyed the three meals a day provided by the keepers...

Xia Fan did not slack off. Instead, he insisted on exercising daily and practicing beast combat techniques.

On the night the bloody rain descended, all global organisms would undergo an initial evolution.

The degree of initial evolution was closely related to the creature's physical strength.

The stronger the physique, the greater the power gained from the initial evolution, naturally.

This was also why fierce beasts were initially much stronger than humans.

Knowing this, Xia Fan had to keep his body in the best possible condition to welcome the first strengthening after the bloody rain descended.

Just like that, time quickly passed, and it was June 15th.

As night fell, the once bustling zoo gradually quieted down.

In the Tiger Enclosure, Xia Fan glanced at the black tiger, which was already in a deep sleep, and a cold glint flashed in his tiger eyes.

Tonight, at midnight, was the time the bloody rain would descend, and the Global Evolution Era would begin.

And now, it was only half an hour until midnight.

To be absolutely sure, Xia Fan decided to severely injure the black tiger first, so he could seize its crystal at the first opportunity.

Thinking this, Xia Fan walked directly towards the black tiger, which was sleeping soundly and without vigilance, his eyes cold.

Accompanied by a series of shrill wails, a moment later, the black tiger lay on the ground, barely alive.

Having been in the zoo for so long, this black tiger had long been spoiled and had even forgotten basic combat techniques; how could he be a match for Xia Fan, who had just emerged from the forest?

Xia Fan coldly swept his gaze over the other two tigers in the Tiger Enclosure, who were roaring continuously but dared not approach, and paid them no mind.

Clearly, the brutality Xia Fan displayed had completely intimidated them.

Afterward, Xia Fan guarded the black tiger's body, quietly waiting for midnight to arrive.

As time passed...

Rumble!

A deafening thunderclap suddenly broke the night's silence.

In the sky, the night suddenly changed; the moonlight disappeared, replaced by dense dark clouds, as if covering the entire sky.

"It's finally starting!"

Seeing this, Xia Fan's tiger eyes flashed with brilliance, and he muttered in his heart.