8: Swallow the giant bear and increase your strength!

“Everyone, do you understand the urgency of the situation now?”

Professor Xia Xinyu's expression was grave, and he spoke earnestly, “After that bloody rain, all the beasts across the globe were affected, becoming violent and filled with hostility.”

“Now, for humans, the wilderness is no longer safe.”

“And as time passes, those beasts that have absorbed spiritual energy will surely invade cities.”

“At that time, who knows how many innocent people will be injured, or even die, as a result.”

As soon as he spoke, the entire conference room became exceptionally quiet, almost to the point where a pin drop could be heard.

A group of middle-aged military officers, with their arms crossed, stared intently at the large screen, not uttering a word.

They realized that this anomaly had completely exceeded their imagination, even surpassing their control. Ordinary lethal weapons could no longer harm the mutated beasts.

“Professor Xia, is there… still a possibility to stop this?”

A middle-aged military officer asked cautiously, simultaneously apologizing for his earlier rudeness.

Professor Xia Xinyu waved his hand, thought seriously for a moment, then shook his head and said, “Currently, we have no way to stop the evolution of the beasts, because this is an uncontrollable sudden event.”

“Is that so?”

The Chief frowned deeply, tapping the table lightly as he spoke, “If this continues, it’s only a matter of time before beasts invade cities and wage war against humans.”

“As you all have seen, ordinary weapons cannot harm the evolved beasts.”

“And more destructive weapons must be deployed from a greater distance, otherwise, they will also cause harm to humans.”

“In the long run, humanity's situation will become perilous.”

Professor Xia Xinyu naturally knew the seriousness of this matter; he hadn't slept for two or three days, constantly researching it.

Hearing the Chief's words, he still shook his head, “Beasts can rapidly evolve by absorbing spiritual energy, and this is already an unstoppable process.”

“Chiefs, we can only find a way to enhance humanity's strength now.”

“Because research has shown that we humans can also absorb spiritual energy, but due to our physical constitution, the absorption is slower, far inferior to animals, and you have already reviewed the research data.”

“In other words, this bloody rain is an opportunity for the beasts, and equally, an opportunity for humanity.”

“It just depends on who can become strong first.”

Upon hearing this, the military officers' eyes lit up, and the Chief eagerly asked, “Professor Xia, from what you’re saying, you must have already thought of a solution?”

“Yes, the solution is simple.”

Professor Xia Xinyu nodded, “Organize personnel to hunt evolved beasts in the wilderness, dispatch professionals to accompany them, extract their bloodlines, and thereby find a way to quickly enhance human strength.”

“It's worth noting that after capturing them, ordinary people cannot directly consume their flesh and blood; it must be processed.”

“Otherwise, unexpected changes will occur.”

...Dali Mountains.

After devouring the thunder essence fruit for a long time, the lightning glow emanating from Xia Fan's body had disappeared.

After another moment, the energy within the thunder essence fruit had been completely absorbed by him.

At this moment, Xia Fan raised a tiger paw, his expression excited as he stared at it. On his tiger paw, as he activated it, lightning flashed and bloomed, appearing even more terrifying than ordinary lightning.

This was the new ability he gained after consuming the thunder essence fruit—Thunder Control.

Snap—

With a slight thought, the lightning attached to his tiger paw shot out fiercely, directly piercing through a large tree that would require three people to encircle.

“Truly remarkable.”

Xia Fan was very satisfied with this, but now was not the time to continue exploring the power of lightning. So, after familiarizing himself with it for a while, he directly retracted this power.

After a brief exploration, Xia Fan's gaze fell upon the corpse of the black giant bear, his eyes filled with fervent heat.

Since ancient times, there has been a saying that bear paws are extremely delicious, and they have always been a precious high-end ingredient.

This black giant bear, after bathing in the bloody rain, awakened special abilities, making its flesh and blood even more extraordinary, no longer an ordinary creature.

Xia Fan wasn't craving its flesh and blood, but rather the un-dissipated abilities within its body waiting for him to absorb.

In his previous life, the strength of the Thunder Giant Bear was astonishing, earning it a formidable reputation.

Its terrifying power, besides controlling the incredibly destructive lightning power, also included an extremely abnormal defensive ability—King Kong Transformation.

Previously, when this giant bear fought fiercely against fierce beasts like giant wolves and wild boars, it displayed King Kong Transformation, with golden light flashing on its limbs.

In fact, after activating King Kong Transformation, its body could enter an indestructible state, its size would also increase, and its defensive power would be greatly enhanced, to the point of being described as invulnerable, making it generally very difficult to break through its defense.

At that time, its body also flashed with golden light, but it was merely obscured by its dense fur.

And Xia Fan, possessing the ability to devour, could gain the King Kong Transformation ability by devouring the Thunder Giant Bear's ability crystal, further enhancing his strength.

“Let me see where the giant bear's ability crystal is.”

Xia Fan acted immediately. His two large tiger paws clawed at the giant bear's corpse a few times, and the sound of tearing flesh immediately arose, exposing chunks of red meat.

Generally speaking, a fierce beast's ability crystal is in its brain, and Xia Fan initially looked there.

But after he tore open the giant bear's brain, there was no sign of a crystal inside, so he had to keep searching.

Finally, he found the ability crystal in the giant bear's chest and swallowed it in one gulp.

As for the Thunder Giant Bear's flesh and blood, he devoured it along the way, instantly filling his mouth with fresh blood, making him look exceptionally ferocious, like a demon incarnate.

“Roar—”

The exhilaration made Xia Fan unable to resist letting out a long roar to the sky in between devouring the Thunder Giant Bear's flesh and blood. His incredibly majestic voice instantly spread in all directions.

Some fierce beasts that sensed the lingering aura of the thunder essence fruit immediately shuddered after hearing this tiger's roar and fled back in a hurry.

Xia Fan, however, was unaware of this.

He was devouring the Thunder Giant Bear's flesh and blood in large mouthfuls.

Just now, after Xia Fan digested the thunder essence fruit, he had already reached the peak of the mid-first stage. He only needed more energy to successfully break through.

This Thunder Giant Bear's corpse happened to perfectly satisfy his requirements.

“As long as I devour the entire corpse of this giant bear, I can directly reach the late first stage, further advancing my strength.”

Xia Fan thought to himself, and couldn't help but speed up his devouring, and the giant bear's flesh and blood decreased at a visible rate.