167: Chapter 167 The Shock of Jianghai City's Leaders! Negotiations

The helicopter was the one carrying Mayor Lin of Jianghai City.

Although the outskirts of Jianghai City were originally surrounded by mountains, the terrain had changed significantly after the "Super Red Moon," yet the mountain peak where Ye Yang resided was not difficult to find.

This was because his mountain was undoubtedly the most tranquil among the peaks; not a single beast would appear within a ten-mile radius of the forest.

Even more conspicuous was the thick white mist of spiritual energy swirling around the mountain peak.

On the helicopter, Mayor Lin, looking at the wild mountains and forests that had changed drastically, spoke in a shocking tone to the Jianghai City leaders accompanying him.

"After the 'Super Red Moon,' rumors spread... that Planet Blue's ecology is developing toward a primitive state, with vegetation and rocks undergoing massive gigantism. I wonder if this is actually a good thing for us humans..."

The several Jianghai City leaders beside him remained equally silent.

"The spiritual energy in the wild forests is dense; the concentration in the air is at least dozens of times higher than in the cities. No wonder these beasts are evolving so quickly..."

Soon, the helicopter wobbled toward the peak shrouded in white spiritual mist and slowly landed on the summit.

Opening the side door of the helicopter, the rush of spiritual energy made them feel refreshed all over, as if they were soaking in a hot spring.

"The environment where the Ancient Giant Bird lives has such dense spiritual energy in the air; it's no wonder his mutation and evolution speed is so fast..."

"Shut up! Be careful not to let the Ancient Giant Bird hear you!"

After getting off the helicopter, the group of Jianghai City leaders, led by Mayor Lin, tremblingly approached the golden figure standing on the ground at the mountain peak not far away.

Once they were within twenty meters of Ye Yang, a stinging sensation arose on their skin, and various parts of their bodies felt as if sharp silver needles were pressing against them, making them very uncomfortable.

This was because the golden Lightning Energy inside Ye Yang's body was overflowing and affecting the surrounding air; as they approached, they were naturally attacked by the faint Lightning Energy in the air.

By the time the group reached ten meters from Ye Yang, a layer of sweat had already broken out on their foreheads.

Mayor Lin took a breath, stepped forward, and shouted toward the massive golden bird in front of him.

"Lord Divine Phoenix, we are here representing Jianghai City."

Ye Yang nodded with a calm expression. A bird's facial expressions were already minimal to non-existent; usually, one could only guess a bird's thoughts through its eyes.

However, when the group of Jianghai City leaders looked up at those massive, shining golden pupils, they immediately felt a burst of intense stinging pain in their eyes, forcing them to lower their heads.

"Lord Divine Phoenix... building a habitat with the special conditions you require is also a huge challenge for us humans of Jianghai City..."

Mayor Lin raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead and continued to speak calmly, "We, Jianghai City, agree to build a habitat for you, Lord Divine Phoenix. The site will be at the distant boundary of the forest, on the edge of the Qinling Mountains..."

"If we build this hundred-mile habitat, we hope Lord Divine Phoenix will defend our Jianghai City against the threats of the Qinling beasts..."

After discussion between Mayor Lin and the Jianghai City leaders, they ultimately chose to be honest with the Ancient Creature known as the "Divine Phoenix" and directly stated their purpose.

Otherwise, if a threat like a beast tide truly erupted from the Qinling Mountains in the future and the Ancient Giant Bird simply ignored it and abandoned the habitat, their original plan would fall through.

Ye Yang nodded calmly.

It wasn't for Jianghai City's sake, but rather because even if a beast crisis occurred in the Qinling Mountains, it usually wasn't directed at humans.

The current beast tide was attracted by the ripening dragon blood fruit on the dragon blood tree; therefore, whenever the dragon blood fruit on the dragon blood tree ripened in the future, it would surely attract beast tides and powerful beasts again.

Furthermore, as the dragon blood tree grew, the effects of the dragon blood fruit it produced would become even more enticing. The attracted beast tides would certainly be large-scale, and the beasts would become increasingly powerful.

Even if a human crisis occurred in the Qinling Mountains, Ye Yang would consider the situation at his discretion. He was not a human now; although he had a human soul, he didn't have a shred of bond or much emotion toward the humans of this world.

To put it realistically, even if all humans in this world suddenly went extinct, he would not be sad.

At most, he would feel some sorrow for the demise of human civilization.

The group of Jianghai City leaders certainly didn't know the thoughts in his heart.

Seeing the Ancient Giant Bird in front of them nod in agreement, the Jianghai City leaders were internally excited.

"That is truly wonderful!"

This was because humans subconsciously harbor feelings of trust toward creatures that possess great power and an extremely noble appearance.

In their current eyes, this great bird that wielded the power of lightning and had a noble, handsome appearance had unknowingly become quite deified.

Subsequently, the Jianghai City leaders briefly explained some of the plans for constructing the habitat.

Ye Yang found these explanations somewhat confusing, but he could gather from certain words and phrases that these people had indeed put a lot of thought into building the habitat for him.

The Jianghai City leaders saw his calm demeanor and assumed he understood their concepts.

After all, the cognitive ability Ye Yang displayed was easily misconstrued as that of a highly intelligent creature; they had no idea that the giant golden bird before them was merely a common human soul.

"Yes, that is the general situation. We, Jianghai City, will definitely mobilize all resources to help build the habitat for you, Lord Divine Phoenix, as quickly as possible..."

"There is also one small request: could you please protect our people's safety while they are building the habitat?"

With Ye Yang nodding in agreement, the matter was settled for now.

...

An hour later.

The helicopter carrying the Jianghai City leaders flew far away in the sky.

Mayor Lin and the other leaders all looked somewhat exhausted; close contact with such a terrifying creature had rapidly drained their mental energy.

Mayor Lin said to the leaders, "Did you notice that on the mountain peak, besides that powerful Ancient Creature, there were several other equally powerful beasts?"

"Yes, according to current intelligence estimates, those powerful beasts should be subordinates of the Ancient Divine Phoenix."

"Moreover, the Nine-Tailed Fox lying on that rock just now seemed to be playing with a phone..."

Mayor Lin nodded, "Correct, that Nine-Tailed Fox was indeed playing with a phone. It's very likely that everything happening in our Jianghai City is under the Ancient Giant Bird's gaze."

"This is too incredible! Clearly a beast, yet it can use the products of our human civilization!"

"It's all worth it."

Mayor Lin took out a sealed box; inside the box was precisely the dragon blood fruit obtained from Ye Yang.

"As long as we obtain the data and information on the dragon blood fruit, we will surely be able to further refine the spiritual energy cultivation system!"

"Sigh, it's just a pity that the Ancient Giant Bird only had this one dragon blood fruit left..."

...

On the other side.

At his temporary residence, Ye Yang looked at the dragon blood fruit before him with a contemplative gaze.

"The dragon blood fruit contains a massive amount of spiritual energy and has the effect of activating bloodlines and atavism... I wonder what effect it has if a human consumes it..."

Following his gaze, an infant appeared in his field of vision.