The sound of bones cracking echoed.

Inch by inch, they shattered into the tiniest fragments.

Li Tianran remained expressionless, blood splattering across his face as the siren's screams gradually faded into the vast sea...

...

Three hours later.

Madness Island.

"That siren really hated you to the bone. To kill you, she was willing to sacrifice her entire race to a huge loss..."

After hearing Li Tianran recount the entire process, Professor Nan sighed and said, "Now, the siren race is completely messed up, with no chance of recovery."

Inside the farm's castle, everyone unanimously reached a conclusion.

Under the new alliance formed by the human race, with Madness Island becoming a nation-level power, and with the increasing number of human evolutionaries, if the siren were still alive and ruling the entire sea beast race, perhaps they could still maintain a balance of power against the increasingly powerful human race.

But after losing the siren, the sea beast race, like the former human world, began to compete for sea areas and territories, devouring their own kind to strengthen themselves, and engaging in crazy infighting.

In this situation, the sea beasts were no longer able to pose the same enormous threat to the human race as before.

Unless a more powerful king emerged from their race again.

But the difficulty of that was too high!

Apart from a ruler with special abilities, if they wanted to choose a true king based on strength, it would probably require years of continuous warfare, and eight or nine out of ten members of the entire beast king race would die...

This can be seen through human history.

Even in a place as small as the former Sakura Country, the various forces fought for decades to complete the unification war, let alone such a huge sea beast race?

"The sea beast race is finished," Li Tianran said bluntly.

Everyone slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

Since the Second Age of Destruction, the sea beast race had been born, rampaging wildly across the Blue Star, capturing cities, killing soldiers, until more than ninety percent of the countries scattered across the Blue Star were destroyed because of them, and billions of people died directly or indirectly in their mouths...

It can be said that the sea beast race's revenge on human civilization was very successful. They made humans feel unprecedented pain and despair.

But they ultimately failed to replace human civilization as the true masters of the Blue Star. They were born too recently, and many of the drawbacks in their race could not be resolved. If the beast king had been given a few decades to develop, perhaps humanity would have been destroyed long ago.

Killing his greatest enemy should have been a cause for celebration, but Li Tianran didn't feel particularly excited at this moment.

He opened the system interface.

Blinding blood-red letters were reflected in his eyes.

"There are two days and thirteen hours left until the Fourth Age of Destruction arrives!"

The blood-red color was dazzling, like a heavy stone pressing on Li Tianran's heart.

He glanced at Hanhan, who was still ignorant and didn't know what would happen in the future. He hesitated for a moment, wondering if he should tell her about the Fourth Age of Destruction.

But in the end, Li Tianran chose to give up.

Because he was worried that if he told Hanhan his guess, she would do something self-harming.

If it was really as Li Tianran guessed, and Hanhan belonged to the disaster in the future Fourth Age of Destruction, then after knowing everything, she would most likely choose to self-destruct before the Fourth Age of Destruction arrived in order not to hurt Li Tianran...

Although she is still a child, some children really do things that are unexpected, and both infuriating and heartbreaking.

"How did the Federation's expert weapons team reply to us? How long will it take for the intercontinental weapons to be completed?" Li Tianran asked.

With the support of the five major powers, all the construction projects on Madness Island had basically been completed, with only some finishing touches left. Only the intercontinental weapons project, which was independent of the "Great Power Plan," still had some progress to go before completion.

"At least another week," Qin Yiming replied. He had always been responsible for the defense of Madness Island, and he was the one who liaised with the federal team on the construction progress of all intercontinental weapons.

A week...

That would be four days after the Fourth Age of Destruction arrives.

Li Tianran felt that this progress was a bit slow, but he had nothing to say.

Because the Federation was helping him completely free of charge, and Li Tianran didn't need to pay a penny for any resources, labor, or equipment. Moreover, the construction team had been working overtime, working in three shifts, without any rest or laziness...

Whether in terms of attitude or in fact, Li Tianran had no right to blame the other party.

"Provide them with the best food and living conditions, and meet all their requirements that are not bottom-line issues," Li Tianran said softly.

"Okay." Qin Yiming nodded. In fact, during the period of helping with the construction of Madness Island, the construction teams from any country had received the highest standard of reception on Madness Island. Even the EU team, which had previously had the greatest conflicts with Li Tianran, had not been specifically targeted.

Li Tianran wasn't an idiot. He knew very well that if he targeted these construction teams at this time, the only person who would be harmed in the end would be himself.

Moreover, no matter how many conflicts he had with the EU in the past, it had nothing to do with the people in these construction teams.

Two different things.

After explaining some things, Li Tianran walked out of the castle, and Bai Jingyan followed behind him. Obviously, he had something he wanted to say to Li Tianran, but didn't want the others in the castle to hear.

...

"What do you think of the Federation's attitude?" In the scientific research laboratory, Bai Jingyan pushed his glasses and asked with a smile.

"There's no need for immediate returns; perhaps it's for greater returns in the future." Li Tianran took a deep breath. "I still find it hard to believe that the Federation would support me unconditionally."

"People will do business that risks their heads, but no one will do business that loses money. The leaders of the great powers are all top businessmen, and they will never make any losing investments."

"The Federation is supporting you with such enormous pressure, and they absolutely cannot be seeking no return at all," Bai Jingyan said.

Li Tianran nodded when he heard this: "This is exactly what I've been thinking and worrying about recently. Because of this, I've never been able to completely trust the Federation."

"Actually, you may have fallen into a misunderstanding... It's certain that the Federation wants to get something from you, but what the Federation wants may not be obvious benefits, such as resources and Transformation Fruits! What they want may really be your friendship and goodwill." Bai Jingyan said with a smile, "Just like me, I don't ask for anything from you for the time being! But when the time comes, you will definitely not stand by and do nothing!"

"This return may or may not be used!"

"But the Federation is willing to invest in such insurance for its future!"