Chapter 1 The Beast Nest

Southeast of the Bering Sea, a giant island close to the mainland is surrounded by towering mountains and natural barriers. The only passage from the sea to the interior of the island is a canyon cutting through the mountains.

This island was once a tourist destination, but after the world's changes, it suffered a beast tide attack. Many buildings were destroyed, and residents died tragically. It had become a ruin as early as two months ago.

At this time, a large number of mutated beast groups are constantly wandering on the sea near the island, and occasionally a huge Beast King emerges from the water. If you look down from the sky, the density of mutated beasts and Beast Kings near this island is dozens of times higher than in other sea areas.

This is a "Beast Nest."

However, in this Beast Nest, the island is not full of human corpses and blood, nor is there any disgusting scene of mutated beasts devouring flesh. On the contrary, the ruins on the island have completely disappeared, replaced by new, newly built tall buildings.

Armories, military camps, warehouses, wind power stations...

This is no different from a human military base!

Helicopters rise from the building complex, diesel-powered off-road vehicles drive on the smooth asphalt roads around the buildings, and a large number of humans in various military uniforms hold tools and walk among some buildings under construction. On the construction site, some huge Beast Kings are also acting as "supervisors." They constantly send signals, and a large number of mutated beasts, like worker ants, are driven by the Beast Kings, carrying heavy stones and steel...

If this scene were filmed by a reporter and made public, it would surely cause strong shock around the world.

Beast Kings and humans are living peacefully on an island, building a city.

Woo!

A whistle sound came from afar, and a cargo ship entered the canyon leading to the island, with more than a dozen helicopters clearing the way.

"Raiding Team 04 returning..."

A crackling voice sounded in the walkie-talkie.

A sea lizard Beast King gently pressed an electronic button in front of it with its sharp claws, stuck out its scarlet tongue, and replied coldly, "Received."

Beast Kings have undergone genetic evolution and now possess the same "foxp2" gene as humans. This gene allows these beasts, which could only send simple signals, to have the language ability to express complex meanings.

They are becoming more and more like humans.

To be precise, they are slowly mastering all the advantages that humans possess, both in terms of biological bodies and technological civilization.

A huge cargo ship slowly entered the island city. Soon, driven by the Beast King, a large number of mutated beasts boarded the cargo ship and opened the storage compartments and containers on the ship.

What came into view was a pile of steel.

"Move everything to the smelting factory..." The sea lizard Beast King spat out its scarlet tongue and communicated with a slightly weaker Beast King next to it: "Tell those human engineers that the leader requires them to complete the construction of the special armory within seven days."

"Bring the human prisoners on the ship to the construction site and let them work for us."

"Also, inquire about the schedule of Raiding Team 05."

Soon, with the transportation of a large number of mutated beasts, the steel was quickly transported down, leaving only the empty cargo ship.

Several Beast Kings entered the cargo ship, drove it, and sailed to an open port.

Here, hundreds of large 300-meter-class cargo ships are parked. Excluding more than thirty cargo ships with the Murphira country logo printed on them, there are still nearly seventy ships with different flags hanging on them. Obviously, these Beast Kings are attacking more than just Murphira, and their raiding teams are numerous, making them the overlords of a large area of the sea.

A cargo ship is enough to transport tens of thousands of tons of materials, and hundreds of cargo ships here add up to a terrifying astronomical figure.

The reason why this island city can be rebuilt from ruins to its current state in a very short period of time is fundamentally related to the large amount of resources looted.

There are hundreds of Beast Kings, tens of thousands of human soldiers, and countless mutated beasts in this city. It also has a large number of modern weapons, from helicopters to tanks and warships. It can be said that except for some special forces, it is not weaker than Kuangxi Island at all.

Even if the European Union wants to attack this island, it must dispatch an entire maritime fleet and air force, but even so, it needs to be prepared to pay a heavy price.

Because modern weapons may not be anything to the European Union, but those Beast Kings with special abilities are not so easy to defend against.

In case the other party can trigger a giant magnetic field or a huge tsunami, even the ace fleet may be sunk in this sea area.

"Raiding Team 05... please respond." A Beast King used communication equipment to inquire, but no response was received from the communication equipment.

It turned to look at the sea lizard Beast King.

A trace of gloom flashed in the sea lizard Beast King's bright yellow eyes.

It remembered very clearly that the target of Raiding Team 05 this time was called the Murphira Fleet. In the last raid, the other party ambushed forty evolutionaries in the cargo hold. This time, did the other party play any tricks again?

"Raiding Team 05 replies, we have killed all the enemies and successfully intercepted the cargo ship. We are expected to return in two hours!"

Just at this moment, the response from Raiding Team 05 came from the communication equipment.

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"Raiding Team 05 replies, we have killed all the enemies and successfully intercepted the cargo ship. We are expected to return in two hours!"

On the dilapidated deck of the cargo ship, dozens of human attackers are kneeling in front of Lu Chi at this time. The black man at the head is trembling, forcing his voice to not show any abnormality, and replying to the inquiry from the Beast Nest in the communicator.

Then, after a brief exchange, the black man responded one by one.

Soon, the Beast Nest terminated the communication and urged the raiding team to return quickly.

Lu Chi also moved the alloy steel knife away from the black man's neck, pacing and thinking in the pool of Beast King corpses.

He already knew how powerful the force behind this raiding team was and reported it to Li Tianran as it was, but whether to continue to go deep into the other party's lair for a "beheading operation" was something that both Lu Chi and Li Tianran were hesitant about at this time.

In the Beast Nest, the number of enemies is too much larger than this Pioneer Corps. If they rush in rashly, they may be wiped out in one wave.

But if they give up, then Lu Chi's killing of this raiding team will be meaningless.

The destruction of a raiding team is nothing to the beast tide. They can quickly replace it with new members, and with this warning, the enemy will be wary, and it may not be so easy to infiltrate the Beast Nest next time...

And lead the troops of other countries to destroy the Beast Nest...

In this way, the large amount of resources stored in the Beast Nest's warehouse will be acquired by other countries. According to the information obtained, only 30% of the resources looted in the Beast Nest have been used, and 70% are currently piled up in the warehouse.

If the news is spread, it is equivalent to giving away the resources that Murphira had previously been robbed of and resources from other regions to others.

On Kuangxi Island, Li Tianran was also lost in thought.

"Should I take this risk?" Li Tianran thought for a long time. He didn't have much time left. If the Beast Nest found out that the raiding team had not returned after two hours, they would immediately realize that an accident had occurred, and it would be too late by then.

He had to make a decision before that.

"If this Beast Nest cannot be destroyed, Murphira's resources will not be able to be transported to Kuangxi Island, which will disrupt all my previous plans!" Li Tianran suddenly stood up, dialed Lu Chi's satellite phone, and said decisively:

"You guys first find a way to infiltrate the Beast Nest, and I will spare no effort to support you!"

"F*** it, let's do it!"