Chapter 313 The Beast Tide is Approaching, Global Preparations Underway

“That’s the problem,” the lead researcher said, looking puzzled. “Looking at the monster’s genes, about 40 percent of them are human genes, and the rest are animal genes, and both types of genes show that they do not come from existing species.”

"Not from an existing species? What does that mean?"

"Those are the genes of ancient people and ancient creatures that are at least two thousand years old, and some of them even come from ancient animals that went extinct around two thousand years ago."

Are you sure?!

"At first, we also found it hard to believe, but after repeated verification, it is indeed true. Of all the monsters captured, only one is a combination of modern human genes and ancient biological genes."

Upon learning of this astonishing discovery, Shangguan Ying's expression became very solemn.

Furthermore, the São Tomé and Príncipe Empire's self-imposed isolation allowed it to rapidly develop military technology.

All of this further suggests that the São Tomé and Príncipe Empire most likely acquired resources and technology from another world through some means.

"Could it be related to... the Pacific Ocean incident fifteen years ago?" Many guesses came to Shangguan Ying's mind, but the suspicions all pointed to the island base in the United States that almost caused a world-class disaster back then.

Three days later, the research on capturing monsters made another breakthrough.

The research team worked together and used high-tech biological methods to successfully suppress the animal genes of a monster, restoring its human thinking and rationality.

“General Shangguan,” the chief researcher instructed, “all the other captured monsters are dead, leaving only this one that survived. In order to get information from the monster, we had to do this. And this only one that survived is in a very unstable state. You need to hurry.”

Shangguan Ying nodded.

The chief researcher then opened a reinforced glass protective door in front of the two of them and accompanied Shangguan Ying inside.

On a specially made metal hospital bed, there was a humanoid monster with its eyes closed, its limbs and waist firmly locked, and its body covered with various wires and tubes.

The line connects to monitoring instruments to observe the monster's condition at any time.

The hose is used to deliver nutrients and inhibitors to the monster.

The chief researcher pressed a few buttons on the complex instrument next to him, and the monster slowly opened its eyes. Its vertical pupils gradually turned into circles, and its fierce and grotesque face regained some of its human expression.

He was the only one among all the captured monsters who possessed modern human genes.

"Who...are you..." The monster opened its mouth full of fangs and made a broken, hoarse sound.

Shangguan Ying asked in surprise, "Are you Chinese?"

The monster's eyes were slightly vacant, and it took several seconds before it answered, "I... used to be... a biology expert in China... later... later I immigrated to the United States."

"How did you become like this?" Shangguan Ying pressed.

The monster's pupils suddenly trembled, switching back and forth between human-shaped round pupils and animal-shaped vertical pupils. Its already bizarre face began to distort, and its whole body convulsed, making the alloy bed creak.

The lead researcher, standing nearby, was on edge and quickly administered more inhibitors and stabilizers.

The monster calmed down a bit and recounted its situation while recalling its events.

It turns out that fifteen years ago, he was selected to participate in a secret experiment in Country M, and all his identity information was erased before he was sent to a base on an island in the Pacific Ocean.

The base was under extremely strict management. He had no access to the higher-ups and spent his days in a laboratory deep on the island doing the work assigned by his superiors. He ate and slept in a fixed location next to the laboratory and could not go anywhere else except the laboratory and the living room.

After an unknown number of days, an accident suddenly occurred at the base.

He fell into a coma during the massive earthquake, and when he woke up again, he slowly learned that the entire base had actually arrived in another world, a parallel world that was more than two thousand years older than the original world.

The accident caused extensive damage, killing approximately one-third of the researchers.

Therefore, he, who was originally just a junior researcher, was promoted to a middle-level position.

For the next ten years or so, he continued to carry out the research work assigned by his superiors. As he worked diligently and conscientiously, he came into contact with more and more projects. Gradually, he discovered that the gene research projects he was involved in were actually related to live experiments.

He tried to convince himself not to worry about so much and just do his job conscientiously.

However, he couldn't control his curiosity, and after a fierce internal struggle, he sneaked into the advanced testing area that he wasn't authorized to enter.

There, he witnessed a scene so terrifying it felt like he was in hell.

Countless indigenous people were dissected alive, simply to collect data on human bodies under various extreme conditions.

In addition, there were various bizarre experiments that even he couldn't understand, and the miserable cries of the natives tore his soul apart.

He couldn't stand it anymore and voiced his opposition to his superiors.

As a result, he was imprisoned and tortured, but he preferred to die rather than participate in any work again.

So about six months ago, he was sent to a laboratory and turned into a monster that had fused with the genes of different organisms. He quickly lost his humanity and reason, leaving only his bloodthirsty animal instincts.

After hearing this shocking account, Shangguan Ying immediately pressed for details: "So, after the island base in Country M traveled to another world, it still maintained a connection with this place?"

The monster nodded.

Shangguan Ying then asked, "So, the technology and resources of the Saint-Philippine Empire were all sent from your side?"

The monster continued to nod.

Now, Shangguan Ying's speculation has been confirmed with the strongest evidence.

This sent a chill down her spine.

She braced herself against the hospital bed, leaning closer to stare into the monster's eyes. "This proves that you have stable time travel technology. How did you do that?"

The monster shook its head. "I'm not a researcher in that area... I only know... that we do indeed have... a time-space travel portal... We... we monsters were also teleported here from there... However, the teleportation platform is on our side, and it can only... can only be opened from our side... once every month or two, for... a little over half an hour each time..."

Beep beep beep—

The monitoring equipment issued an alert.

The chief researcher told Shangguan Ying that the monster's vital signs were rapidly disappearing.

Just then, the monster suddenly unleashed tremendous power, managing to break free from the alloy locks binding his hands and grab Shangguan Ying's shoulders.

"General Shangguan!" The chief researcher exclaimed in alarm, reaching out to press the alarm.

"China...is in danger..." The monster stared intently into Shangguan Ying's eyes.

Shangguan Ying gestured for the researchers to stay still, then said to the monster, "What danger?"

The monster said, "Beast...beast tide...East Sea...island...island nation..."

After struggling to utter those few words, the monster lost all its strength, released its grip, and stared blankly with empty eyes, showing no signs of life.

The chief researcher immediately conducted tests and confirmed that the monster was completely dead.

With mixed feelings, Shangguan Ying raised her hand and closed the monster's eyes.

Next, he instructed them to thoroughly dispose of all the monster corpses in a harmless manner, and then contact the national leadership to convene a meeting.

After the meeting of all the top leaders of China, a secret global conference was immediately convened, and the heads of nearly a hundred countries rushed to China.

The secret meeting was chaired by Shangguan Ying.

She presented the findings of her investigation into the monster directly to the heads of various countries, and the huge conference room was immediately shrouded in gloom.

No one expected that the time travel technology, which even China, the country with the most advanced science and technology at present, could not master, would be mastered by the United States before its disintegration.

Even more terrifying is that the original M country's island base, which was transported to another world, actually created this horrific monster and is still continuously supplying resources and technology to the São Tomé and Príncipe Empire.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is a video recording of that monster who regained his sanity before he died." Before everyone could calm down, Shangguan Ying revealed another bombshell.

After witnessing the entire process, some officials from other countries lost control of their physical reactions and vomited on the spot.

Human experimentation... vivisection...

These inhumane acts are enough to make them feel terrible just by hearing about them.

This situation actually happened in the world decades ago.

Furthermore, China was once the biggest victim.

"It has been proven that the Sao Tome and Principe Empire has connections with the island base of the former M country," Shangguan Ying said, looking around at everyone. "Moreover, the Sao Tome and Principe Empire, with the technology and resources it provides and the monsters it sends over, still poses a huge threat to our world. For the peace and future of all mankind, we must take action, and we need the strong support of everyone here."

As soon as he finished speaking, someone immediately raised their hand in agreement.

Following this, the heads of all the other countries present also expressed their agreement.

"General Shangguan," asked the official from one of the countries, "what is meant by 'beast tide'?"

Shangguan Ying said, "Based on our speculation, it should refer to a larger number and scale of attacks by humanoid monsters. Before you join forces with us to prepare to deal with the Saint-Philippine Empire, the beast tide crisis must be resolved."

"Eastern island nation, could it refer to..." A person in charge hesitated before speaking.

Shangguan Ying said directly: "Beside my China, located in the East China Sea, and an island nation, it is undoubtedly the former R country, which was downgraded to a controlled and blocked area many years ago."

When R country was mentioned, a murderous glint flashed uncontrollably in Shangguan Ying's eyes.

For thousands of years, this country has coveted the land of China countless times. In a certain period in modern times, it committed heinous crimes against China, launching an invasion and massacre when China was at its weakest, almost causing the destruction of the Chinese nation and the extinction of its people.

What's even more infuriating is that after the Chinese people made enormous sacrifices and endured great hardships to finally drive them away, that country, as the aggressor and the defeated party, refused to apologize or admit its mistakes, and its wolfish ambitions have never disappeared.

Even though China's overall strength is enough to crush it, the country does its best to act as a lackey of the United States while still provoking China and attempting to invade again.

More than a decade ago, after a major accident at the island base in Country M, the country collapsed completely. As Country M was on the verge of disintegration, Country R realized that its backer was about to fall, so it decided to take a gamble and launch a surprise attack on China.

The country's leadership believes that it has gained huge benefits from its numerous foreign aggressions throughout history, and even if it were to lose, it would not be more dangerous than the current situation. At worst, it would simply retreat back to the island after a defeat, just like before.

However, this time, R country's delusions were shattered.

Just as their missiles were about to launch, their fighter jets had just taken off, and their warships had just left port, China had already detected their movements and immediately took swift and decisive action, striking first and then using more advanced missiles to completely destroy their military fortresses, energy bases, and transportation hubs.

The missiles launched by China were like a torrential downpour, and incidentally destroyed all of their missile launch sites, military camps, and warships.

Before R country's invading army even had a chance to set sail, the entire country was already paralyzed.

This made them truly realize that the strength of China was far beyond their reach; they hadn't even touched the edge of China's territorial waters before they were defeated.

Meanwhile, with the collapse of M country, R country, whose invasion operation had been swiftly defeated, feared that China would turn its territory into ruins in a fit of rage, and immediately chose to surrender.

Now that China has surrendered, no matter how angry it is, it can only cease its counterattack in accordance with international law and its influence worldwide.

And so, Country R survived again, though at an unprecedentedly high cost.

Thousands of high-ranking officials in R country who launched the military operation were sentenced to death in accordance with international law. R country was removed from the list of countries and downgraded to a region codenamed R, which will be subject to global control in all aspects forever and will no longer enjoy any autonomous rights. No weapons or equipment will be allowed to appear in the region forever, and all research industries in military technology will be abolished. No one in the region may leave without China's permission, and all resources within the region will be controlled by China.

Since then, the entire R region has become a giant prison where people have to bear the consequences of their evil deeds and atone for their sins for eternity.

Logically speaking, Country R is completely crippled and is under the full monitoring and control of China, so it has no ability to cause any further damage to China.

So how is this so-called "beast tide" connected to the R region?

This left everyone present completely baffled.

This has raised questions.

Shangguan Ying stated that China currently has no leads or clues either, but will soon launch a targeted investigation. China will be fully responsible for this matter, and other countries must also make preparations to jointly deal with the São Tomé and Príncipe Empire militarily in the future.

The world is now on high alert.

Considering that it was still unclear how the Saint-Philippine Empire deployed the humanoid monsters, and to avoid alerting them, Shangguan Ying dispatched a secret investigation team into the R region.

After nearly a month of intense, non-stop work, Shangguan Ying was exhausted, but she still mustered her energy and rushed to Ning Jinli's location to check on the progress of exploring the parallel world.

"How's the exploration going?" Shangguan Ying didn't even drink a sip of water before entering the conference room and asking the person in charge directly.