400: Chapter 440 Huh? My child?

Tonight's battle almost caused the destruction of two great nations.

Even if there were survivors, they were nothing more than flickering candles in the wind.

More than thirty Indian Players died, which calculated to a reduction of over one hundred and fifty years of lifespan.

Even though there had been constant rewards increasing the lifespan of the Indian masses recently, it wasn't enough to cover the deduction.

On this night, the whole world realized one thing.

That was that their fates were actually held in the hands of the National Destiny Bearers.

Once an anti-human villain like Shalu appeared among their nation's National Destiny Bearers, they would suffer along with him.

The National Destiny Bearers, whom the masses had originally looked up to with reverence, began to be shrouded in a shadow in people's hearts.

They became objects of fear and dread.

For a time, riots broke out in many nations.

However, such a phenomenon did not occur in the land of the Dragon Country.

To put it bluntly, even if An Ke really fell, at most it would only mean a reduction of five years of lifespan and a single punishment.

What did a five-year reduction in lifespan matter to the current Dragon Country Masses?

The lifespan rewards An Ke had brought to the Dragon Country Masses were far more than five years.

It was more than ten times that.

Therefore, the Dragon Country Masses still loved and respected An Ke.

It was worth mentioning that tonight was also the most special night for the Dragon Country.

The oil from the previous Thousand Times Materialization reward had been fully implemented.

All regions were now connected to electricity.

Although they couldn't use electricity twenty-four hours a day and there would still be a 6-hour power cut late at night,

this was nothing at all to people who had lived through the "Era of Scarcity."

The masses were still incredibly excited.

However, because tonight was a special night, Elder Li announced that there would be no power cut tonight.

This sent the entire Dragon Country into a frenzy of celebration.

From the moon in the real world, one could see that on the pitch-black Blue Star, the area of the Dragon Country was brightly lit.

This marked the official arrival of a new era!

Once another year or two passed and the "Controllable Nuclear Fusion" and "Wireless Charging" technologies were fully implemented,

it would be a brand new era of peak prosperity!

Inside the livestream.

An Ke did not let Jin Gang mess around.

Other animals could leave individually and choose to develop on their own.

But Jin Gang could not.

Because it had a very important "positioning" function.

For example, tonight, without Jin Gang, An Ke would not have been able to find Three Hairs accurately.

Both Three Hairs and Oufu would likely have died at Shalu's hands, just like the Blazing Fire Bear.

An Ke first sent Oufu back to the White Goose's seaside outpost.

The White Goose Contestant thanked An Ke repeatedly for saving Oufu and even gave An Ke a ton of sea fish and sea salt as a thank-you gift.

An Ke saving Oufu was equivalent to helping all the people of the White Goose nation recover 5 years of lifespan.

What did this small thank-you gift matter?

However, An Ke initially refused.

It wasn't that An Ke was some kind of saint, but he had learned from Three Hairs that Oufu had fought to the death to protect Three Hairs.

Even if Jin Gang hadn't arrived in time, Three Hairs most likely wouldn't have died.

Only Oufu would have died there.

This kind of spirit alone was enough for An Ke to step in and save Oufu.

The White Goose Contestants were already having a hard time at this stage.

Their sea fish and sea salt were meant to be traded with An Ke and the others for food.

But when An Ke learned that the White Goose team had obtained a "transcendent gene core" that allowed their contestants to easily catch fish on the seabed,

An Ke immediately accepted the ton of sea fish and sea salt.

The White Goose's "transcendent gene core" was called "Bubble."

The ability user could spit out a very resilient Bubble.

With this Bubble, the White Goose Contestant could easily walk freely on the seabed for fifteen minutes.

An Ke sighed inwardly at the time; this was still much worse than his Ocean Affinity Constitution.

Even though An Ke hadn't upgraded his Ocean Affinity Constitution yet or gone into the sea to increase his Diving Proficiency, his limit for diving on the seabed was already around forty minutes.

However, it was worth mentioning that one Bubble could withstand a single 9mm bullet.

An Ke also separately gave Oufu a "Mechanical Exoskeleton" as a thank-you gift.

An Ke was that kind of person: as long as others treated him and everything around him with sincerity, he would treat them with sincerity in return.

After a polite farewell, An Ke took Three Hairs, Jin Gang, and the newly joined Blazing Fire Bear into the teleportation channel to return to Bamboo Village.

The White Goose Contestants watched An Ke leave.

They looked at the back of the Blazing Fire Bear and swallowed their saliva one after another.

"O-Oufu..."

"How did His Excellency An Ke tame this giant bear?"

"This bear is exaggeratedly large..."

"It's unimaginable that it would actually follow a human's orders."

"..."

When An Ke first appeared, the White Goose Contestants had been startled by the Blazing Fire Bear, thinking it was a Beast Attack.

They had immediately planned to run to An Ke's Camp to seek rescue.

Was this a joke?

How could they possibly withstand a Prehistoric Giant Bear?

However, upon seeing An Ke soon after, the White Goose Contestants were directly shocked.

Oh my god! You can even make friends with such a giant beast?

Are you trying to be so awesome you fly to the heavens?

Curiosity had been lingering in the hearts of the White Goose Contestants, and now that they saw An Ke leaving, they immediately questioned their own man, Oufu.

They wanted to know how An Ke had tamed this Prehistoric Giant Bear.

Oufu was still lying on the ground wearing the Mechanical Exoskeleton.

After all, in his injured state, trying to take it off would mean enduring pain.

It was best not to move if possible, so as not to tear the wounds.

Oufu felt that An Ke probably had this in mind as well.

Plus, as a token of appreciation for his performance,

he had simply given the Mechanical Exoskeleton to him.

Oufu shook his head and laughed in spite of himself. "It wasn't His Excellency An Ke making friends with that Blazing Fire Bear at all."

"Oh?"

"Then what happened?"

"Quick, quick, quick! Tell us, maybe we can learn something too."

"Exactly! If we have a giant beast like that, would we still be afraid of entering the Giant Forest?"

"..."

Oufu shook his head, amused.

"Learn? Learn with what?

I'm afraid you couldn't learn it even if you staked your lives on it."

"This Blazing Fire Bear is an apprentice taken in by Three Hairs, and His Excellency An Ke is that Blazing Fire Bear's Grandmaster."

"That's why that giant bear is obediently following His Excellency An Ke and the others."

The White Goose Contestants all had blank expressions, as if they were listening to a fairy tale.

Three Hairs, a tiny mouse, took a giant bear hundreds of times—no! hundreds of thousands of times larger than itself as an apprentice?

And His Excellency An Ke somehow became the Grandmaster.

Is this world too magical?

Or are we just unable to keep up with the times?

One person swallowed and gave a dry, hollow laugh.

"Oufu, you're right..."

"Even if we staked our lives on learning, we couldn't learn it..."

"..."

Bamboo Village.

Brightly lit!

When An Ke hurriedly left with Jin Gang in the evening, all the creatures in the Bamboo Village panicked.

They wanted to go look for An Ke, but without Jin Gang, they simply didn't know how to find him.

So they could only gather in front of the teleportation channel and wait quietly.

"Mom, I want to go find Big Brother," Gas Can shouted.

Tiger Mom glanced at her child and said crossly, "Even we adults have no way. What can a bear child like you do?"

"Huh? Bear child?"

"Mine?" The Blazing Fire Bear looked completely bewildered...

...

When the Blazing Fire Bear appeared at the teleportation channel, the people of Bamboo Village were startled.

Xiao Mei almost directly activated her powered armor to fire a volley at the Blazing Fire Bear.

Fortunately, An Ke's figure appeared immediately after, preventing any accidental injuries.

"Little friend... you rushed out so urgently just to bring back this giant bear?" Sister-in-law Crocodile asked curiously.

Just as An Ke was about to explain, the Blazing Fire Bear next to him appeared extremely excited.

It said to all the animals:

"Hello, Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters!"

"Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters?"

Tiger Mom, Leopard Mom, and the other animals looked at each other, a "?" slowly appearing above their heads.

The Blazing Fire Bear was still very hyped up and spoke: "Senior Uncles and Senior Aunts, may I ask if you have any unique secret techniques?"

"Could you let me see them?"

In the Blazing Fire Bear's view, everyone present was like its master Three Hairs, having joined under the sect of the Grandmaster An Ke.

Since they had followed the Grandmaster An Ke for so long, they would surely have many more and more powerful abilities.

The Blazing Fire Bear was already impatient to see what abilities it might be able to learn in the future.

The creatures present were still confused.

Kata couldn't help but cough dryly and whispered into An Ke's ear:

"His Excellency An Ke, this bear you brought back... its vibe is a bit off."

An Ke covered his face; for a moment, he was actually speechless.

It seemed that as long as it was an animal he came into contact with, not a single one of their vibes was ever right.

Wait, no!

The vibes of Leopard Mom, Tiger Mom, and Dairy Cow Mom were still quite normal.

Just as An Ke was planning to explain,

a hearty laugh interrupted him.

"Hahahaha! Martial Nephew, if you want to see a unique secret technique, this King will satisfy you."

Little Scar stepped forward.

In the next second, with a great roar, it directly transformed into a White-Haired Giant Ape.

The Blazing Fire Bear was startled by Little Scar's sudden transformation, and its eyes widened at the same time, full of disbelief.

Such a small monkey could actually transform into a giant beast that rivaled itself?

This unique secret technique... was simply too awesome!

If I could also master this unique transformation technique, wouldn't I be able to reach a height of a hundred meters?

Just the thought of it made the Blazing Fire Bear uncontrollably hyped.

It couldn't imagine how majestic it would be if that day ever truly came.

"How is it?"

Little Scar looked at the shocked Blazing Fire Bear and grinned.

The Blazing Fire Bear sat on the ground and immediately began to clap its paws loudly.

"Senior Uncle's secret technique leaves me in awe. Amazing, amazing!"

Little Scar became even more proud and rubbed its nose. "Keep it low-key, low-key!"

"It seems that if I, Old Crocodile, don't show a hand, it won't do..."

Old Crocodile walked out and said with a smile, "Martial Nephew, do you want to see Senior Uncle's unique secret technique?"

The Blazing Fire Bear nodded repeatedly. "Yes! I want to so much!"

"Heh! Senior Uncle's unique secret technique is being able to make those who hear my words lose all will to live!"

As the words fell, Old Crocodile said to the bamboo on the side, "Have you all worked hard? If you haven't worked hard, do you have the nerve to be born next to me, Old Crocodile?"

Accompanied by Old Crocodile's words, the bamboo that had been "called out" immediately began to tremble violently, as if they had received a massive blow.

In the next second, the originally upright and green bamboo collapsed.

Seeing this scene, the Blazing Fire Bear's expression was full of utter astonishment.

"Taking lives just by speaking??"

"This move is high, truly high!!"

The Blazing Fire Bear felt like it had opened the door to a New World and felt that its choice had been correct.

Sure enough, joining under the banner of Master Three Hairs was the most correct choice it had ever made in its life.

If it could also learn these skills in the future, wouldn't it be able to stand proudly in the Giant Forest?

By then, would it still worry about not being able to find that black bear to avenge the theft of its wife?

The Blazing Fire Bear was radiant, its gaze resolute.

It must pursue further studies here!!

The creatures here are all talents!

Tiger Mom, Leopard Mom, Sister-in-law Crocodile, Dairy Cow Mom, Hua Hua, and the Golden Snub-nosed Monkey, among other female creatures, gathered together.

Even Xiao Mei had now joined them, forming a group of sisters.

"I feel like now, if you don't have a bit of special skill, you'd be too embarrassed to say you're from Bamboo Village," Leopard Mom said with great emotion.

In fact, many animals had this feeling.

Now, if you didn't have a bit of special skill, you'd be embarrassed to say you were with An Ke when you went out.

An Ke looked at the many wild people and animals who looked a bit dejected and longed to obtain transcendent abilities.

He couldn't help but smile. "Rest assured, everyone, I guarantee that in the future, you will all have your own transcendent abilities."

"Really? Boss?"

"Big Brother, can Hua Hua have transcendent abilities too?"

"Giao! This giao wants to become the true Divine Dragon Hero!"

"..."

With the "Attribute Granting" function of the golden finger, was he still afraid that the animals wouldn't be able to obtain transcendence?

It was just a matter of time.

Soon, the noisy Camp fell into silence.

With An Ke's safe return, all the creatures felt at ease, and after chatting for a while, they chose to go to sleep.

An Ke naturally also chose to rest, but before resting, he used up all the gains from this trip.

Resources were materialized a thousandfold, and attribute cores were used to enhance the attributes of the Dragon Country Masses.

After this wave, the Dragon Country's resources increased again, and the masses' constitutions and lifespans were also improved.

Having done all this,

An Ke, lying in bed, began to think about the next arrangements.

In the future, when exploring the Giant Forest, he would definitely explore it personally.

Jin Gang and Three Hairs, these two very useful "tools," must be brought along.

The former was a walking "GPS," and the latter was a walking "core sensor."

An Ke also planned to take the Blazing Fire Bear along,

which could serve as a mount and hunt for itself in the Giant Forest along the way.

If he were to provide food for it all the time, he was afraid the Camp would soon face a food shortage.

Next were the fighters.

An Ke planned to take Old Crocodile and Xiao Mei, who would wear her powered armor.

As for Little Scar, he would let it stay behind in Bamboo Village to defend against possible foreign invasions.

However, before entering the Giant Forest, An Ke planned to first handle the affairs in the Bamboo Village.

The underfloor heating system had already been built.

Tomorrow, An Ke was going to move the Bamboo Village onto the underfloor heating system. This way, Aman and the other animals that needed to hibernate would not fall into hibernation.

They could spend this winter comfortably.

In addition to moving the Bamboo Village, he also needed to hand over the completed "Water Power Generation Device Blueprint" to Kata.

Let him start on the next project.

An Ke had already begun to look forward to the Bamboo Village entering the era of having electricity!!

Thinking about it,

time soon came to the next day.

Even though he had gone to sleep very late last night, An Ke still woke up very early and was full of energy, without the slightest sense of fatigue.

Just as An Ke was about to go wash up, Three Hairs, who was suddenly sprawling on the window, shouted:

"Master, Master! Come quickly and look, it's snowing!!"

An Ke's footsteps stopped, somewhat in disbelief.

"It's snowing?"

Even though the temperature had been dropping lately, it hadn't reached the point of snowing, had it?

An Ke walked quickly to the window and looked out. Sure enough, outside, snowflakes were fluttering.

The forest and the ground were already covered with a layer of white...

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