Chapter 152 - 124: The End of Civilization

Chapter 152: Chapter 124: The End of Civilization

In Magita Port City, the once-thriving Comir Biological was shut down.

The news was a bombshell that kept the tabloids of Magita Port City buzzing for days.

But that was the extent of it. Aside from a few city officials lamenting their loss of income, the incident didn’t have much of an impact.

After all, it was a foreign company. Going out of business was the norm.

The matter didn’t even qualify for a spot on the Kingdom’s news.

In contrast to the public’s muted reaction, undercurrents surged through the Dark Web World.

The truth was, the gangsters had suffered devastating losses in this wave, and there were far too many victims.

According to incomplete statistics, the moment the Mountain Spirit reclaimed the Mountain God’s cells, more than 1,000 gangsters died, and several thousand were left brain-dead.

The number of those who suffered brain damage was even greater.

Such catastrophic personnel losses made it impossible for even the bosses, who had always treated their underlings as expendable, to sit still.

They sought help from the big boss behind the scenes, but the reply they received was that Comir Biological had been shut down for selling contraband, and the matter was to end there.

Even if they were unwilling to accept it, what could they do?

Fortunately, the "culprit" had been found, so they could at least give their men an explanation.

As for what to do with the sudden increase in idiots?

The gangs didn’t support useless people. Of course, they would just give them machetes and send them to seize territory. Who knew, their combat effectiveness might even be greater.

This was arguably the only ripple the "Blood Salt Case" had caused.

Such a minor matter naturally didn’t affect Chen Qi. His report to the Order Keeper headquarters was that "the matter is concluded," and headquarters, as expected, readily accepted his conclusion.

The Kingdom Central Intelligence Agency had already begun closing the case and celebrating their success.

Naturally, Chen Qi had no interest in participating in such a farce. After returning to the metal fortress, he plunged into his work.

Feeding the bird, giving injections, researching 148 types of Character Roots—Chen Qi had plenty to worry about.

Fate seemed to be unusually kind to Chen Qi this time. For a full half-month, not a single bit of trouble came knocking on his door.

To be honest, Chen Qi found it a little unsettling.

* * *

"Hahaha, I finally figured it out!"

’So the purpose of that Spell was to extract Spiritual Energy from the bloodline of the Dog of Death.’

’That player was really creative.’

After half a month of hard work, Chen Qi had finally found the Character Root with the most perfect load-bearing capacity.

He had also mastered the principles and methods of constructing Character Roots through Shape Change, using Flame Text, Cloud Pattern, and Earth Text as a basis.

His success in mastering these principles was largely thanks to the other 147 Character Roots.

After trying every possible successful path, even a fool would know how to construct Character Roots.

And Chen Qi was a smart man.

* * *

’In the Lanyu Kingdom, is Spiritual Energy really that hard to obtain, aside from the points gifted by the game?’

This was the first question that arose in Chen Qi’s mind after he mastered the Spell.

At first, he had thought the Spell was for seizing the Bloodline Ability of the Dog of Death.

But it turned out he had overestimated the player; all they wanted was Spiritual Energy.

This, however, was more logical. In fact, after obtaining the *Inner World General Knowledge*, Chen Qi knew he had probably been overthinking it.

Seizing a Bloodline Ability was an extremely difficult task, something basically impossible for a Transcendent to achieve, even if they also happened to be a player.

Bloodline Abilities were tied to genes. Even just prying into the genes of an ordinary person was something only specialized mega-corporations could do, as it involved an entire system of scientific disciplines.

The big black dog’s bloodline clearly possessed Extraordinary Power, making the task hundreds or even thousands of times more difficult than with an ordinary person.

In truth, bloodline powers weren’t prevalent in the human world. The major Extraordinary systems of the Inner World only treated them as a supplement to their own power.

As a sapient species, humanity had always valued Wisdom.

The ones who truly studied bloodline powers were, ironically, the various Aliens.

This was especially true for those who enjoyed devouring powerful Life Forms; they had gotten good at it through experience.

But when it came to a race that truly used bloodline power as its foundation and evolved it to the extreme, that would be the Beastmen.

* * *

Beastmen were, without a doubt, an incredibly important type of existence in this World.

At least, that’s what the World Government believed, because the *Inner World General Knowledge* dedicated an entire Chapter to a detailed explanation of this type of being.

As everyone knows, sapient life evolved step by step from single-celled organisms.

The birth of Wisdom—or, in other words, the possession of a Soul—is the sole criterion that distinguishes sapient life from other life forms.

After sapient life emerged, it first developed into intelligent groups, which then evolved into tribes, nations, and civilizations.

Humanity, as one form of sapient life, followed this same evolutionary path.

But what if, one day, the Soul of a sapient life form suddenly vanished?

The *Inner World General Knowledge*, using the theories of the High-dimensional Faction, described this process in detail.

* * *

"Since the birth of the Soul originates from a connection formed between the Wisdom Spark produced by our brain’s thoughts and a falling point in a higher dimension,

"what would happen if that connection were to disappear?

"Without our Soul and Wisdom, what kind of existence would we devolve into?

"It is a somber thought, but this phenomenon does exist. And it’s not just individuals who devolve, but entire groups, entire civilizations.

"This is the origin of the Beastmen. As unbelievable as it sounds, they are what remains of even more ancient civilizations."