"I overestimated my abilities and my body, and after staying up all night, I only managed to write three chapters... I apologize."

...

Last night, Li Tianran had just tried eating an LV4 fruit. He found that the improvement to an evolver's various stats and abilities was the same as consuming one ton of mutated beast king flesh and blood, increasing them by about 3 percent!

Of course, this conclusion was based on experiments on Xiao Hei.

Li Tianran didn't have that big of an appetite yet. Of course, he also considered that the flesh and blood of different beast kings might have different benefits for evolvers.

For example, this giant crocodile had just completed its reversion to its ancestral form and still had a lot of room to grow. It was still in its juvenile stage.

The benefits of its flesh and blood were definitely different from those of a peak God Descent type or a Zhinai type (artificial intelligence type).

And most importantly, through experimentation, Li Tianran discovered that the flesh and blood of each beast king seemed to have an upper limit on the benefits it could provide to evolvers.

For example, this giant crocodile's flesh and blood could only bring three improvements to Xiao Hei, and no matter how much more he ate, it would only fill his stomach and wouldn't be able to increase his stats any further!

This discovery completely shattered Li Tianran's goal of "raising a mutated beast king, constantly cutting its flesh, and then having it recover with its powerful self-healing ability, in order to continuously exploit bugs."

His sneaky plan had been thwarted...

Li Tianran was very helpless.

"Big brother, I'm going to wash the dishes..." Hanhan picked up the bowls and chopsticks and ran to the kitchen.

Since becoming an evolver, Li Tianran had been trying his best to improve himself, but Hanhan seemed very indifferent. For her, this magical power was just another little toy...

She probably didn't know what this power represented.

"Hanhan, from today on, I want you to exercise your abilities often." Li Tianran looked at Hanhan and said extremely seriously, "I'm not kidding you. The world is changing rapidly. Only by mastering this power can you ensure that you will continue to live intact."

"But it's so tiring..." Hanhan said with a bitter face, "Every time I try to use that ability, I feel especially sleepy and tired afterwards..."

"No one has an easy life in this world. You still have the right to be tired. Many people have already been buried deep underground, without even the chance to complain about being tired." Li Tianran's voice carried an unquestionable decisiveness, "You have to learn to protect yourself."

He couldn't let Hanhan continue to be so idle.

Although he could protect her, what if, with a one in ten thousand chance, he couldn't stay here? What would Hanhan do?

Li Tianran wouldn't allow her to waste her abilities like this.

Blindly spoiling her would only turn her into someone without the ability to survive...

"When God creates every child, he protects them, but God can't be everywhere, so he created big brother..." Hanhan muttered, feeling a little aggrieved, "Does even big brother feel annoyed now?"

"Brother isn't annoyed, but scared." Li Tianran said softly, "If one day, a crisis descends upon the world that even I can't resist... I'd rather you have the ability to survive even if I'm not around, rather than being a little idiot who can only sit on the ground and cry if I leave."

"Or, I hope that one day in the future, you can fight alongside me, instead of always hiding under my protection, as a child who never grows up."

Did Li Tianran dote on Hanhan? Of course, he did!

But doting didn't mean that everything had to conform to her wishes. Blindly protecting her and not letting her face the outside world would only make her useless.

The love of parents and elder brothers for their children must be the hope that they will go further and have stronger abilities, rather than cowering behind them for the rest of their lives!

"I understand." Hanhan seemed to understand the deeper meaning of Li Tianran's words, and she nodded forcefully, "Hanhan will definitely work hard!"

...

A helicopter landed on the open space in front of the Nancheng Council Building.

A young military officer jumped out, followed by an old man with white hair.

Yang Yong, the director of the Nancheng Military and Police Bureau, and several councilors of the Nancheng Council stood there. When they saw the young military officer, they saluted in unison: "Hello, sir!"

"Hello! I am Miao Yu, a former Dongyan Fleet Colonel, ordered to take over the military and political affairs of Nancheng. This is my transfer order!" Colonel Miao took out a document and handed it to the councilors in front of him, saying expressionlessly, "From today onwards, all actions in Nancheng will be under my command. At three o'clock this afternoon, the Huangshan Military Region will transfer two regiments of troops to be stationed in Nancheng!"

After seeing the transfer order, the councilors and Yang Yong immediately understood that their fate from now on was in the hands of this young military officer.

Miao Yu, this somewhat feminine name, revealed an invisible sharpness.

Yang Yong had heard some stories about Miao Yu. He didn't underestimate her because of her young age, but instead saluted solemnly: "I will follow your command!"

"It's enough for you to come... why did you have to drag me along? I was doing well in the fleet..." Professor Nan muttered in a low voice, as if he had quite a few complaints about Miao Yu.

"I'm afraid the Dongyan Fleet can't handle your mouth." Miao Yu said expressionlessly.

Professor Nan's old face flushed red, and he stopped speaking.

"Take me to see the patrol work on the edge of Nancheng." Miao Yu said in a deep voice, "The focus is on locking down some rivers and lakes."

"Yes!" Yang Yong nodded, "Please get in the car!"

Four military off-road vehicles stopped in front of them, with artillery vehicles guarding them in front and behind. Miao Yu stepped into the car with his large boots, and Professor Nan followed. The vehicles gradually disappeared at the end of the road.

...

"Do you think it's easy to do prevention and control in Nancheng?"

Four hours later, Miao Yu and Professor Nan had almost circled the entire edge of Nancheng. Since there were basically no people on the roads now, the speed of the convoy was very fast.

After passing this town in front of them, they would complete their inspection.

"The rivers in Nancheng are mainly distributed on the edge of the towns. The city center has no diversion, so according to my idea, we don't need to guard these rivers. We should still place the main defensive force in the city center, immediately apply for the establishment of a shelter center. The stadium can only be used as a temporary shelter. If we want to live there for a long time, the various conditions there will not meet the requirements." Professor Nan thought for a moment and said.

"You mean, only keep the urban area, abandon all the surrounding towns and buildings, and never let the town residents come back?" Miao Yu asked.

"That's right." Professor Nan nodded, "These towns are scattered. If we want to protect all of them, it will consume a lot of manpower and material resources, which is not worth the loss. Moreover, all the town residents have already been evacuated to the city center. I speculate that those mutated beasts will not be interested in these empty towns. This will actually be better for preserving these buildings!"

"Which is higher, the cost of post-disaster reconstruction or the cost of defense?" Miao Yu frowned.

"I said, those beast kings have very high intelligence. They will not waste their power to do some demolition work."

Professor Nan seemed very interested in discussing this kind of thing. He pointed to the building that was getting closer and closer outside the car window with a smile: "Let me give you an example..."

"If you were a beast king, would you suddenly drill out of the ground with a *duang*, and then happen to dislike that broken farm in front of you, and want to spend time and effort to demolish it?"

"Unless that beast king is stupid, it simply can't do such a thing!"

Professor Nan laughed.

At the same time, Li Tianran, who was checking the growth of crops in the greenhouse, suddenly shivered inexplicably, feeling a chill down his spine.

"Is there a cold wind in the greenhouse?" Li Tianran rubbed his nose and muttered in confusion:

"I always feel a little strange..."