I've already reached the Nascent Soul stage, and you're saying I didn't time travel?

Chapter 111 An Era of Great Change!
The live stream had just started in the afternoon.

Qi Xuan was seen riding Sunday at high speed through the forest.

A rapid thud of footsteps echoed as the trees rustled past with incredible speed.

Seeing this, many netizens felt very envious:
"I'm so envious! Sunday's speed is probably faster than a supercar, right?"

"The speed is about the same as a supercar, but it's much cooler than a supercar. What supercar can run like that in the forest?"

"The important thing is that even if you were given Sunday, you wouldn't be able to sit still. The terrifying impact would send you flying on the spot."

“I heard that Saudi Arabia is trying to tame a wild boar that they bought, and the trainer was almost killed on the spot by that wild boar.”

"Of course, the Wild Boar King is not so easy to tame, but now that everyone is becoming a martial artist, the Wild Boar King, which used to seem terrifying, is not so bad anymore. Perhaps in a while, we will see martial artists riding lions and tigers on the streets. The status of these large beasts will gradually be reduced to pets in front of human martial artists."

"But we also have to consider the safety of ordinary people. If we let wild beasts roam freely, even if they are well controlled, what if they attack ordinary people?"

"It's definitely not allowed in China, but it's hard to say about abroad. There have been cases of wild animals escaping from private zoos and eating people in the streets before, haven't there?"

"Ordinary beasts no longer attract me. What I want now is a giant-toothed demon boar like Qi Shen, even if it's a little smaller."

"I remember that the island nation's exploration team was wiped out by the giant-toothed monster boars. Should we be able to capture some this time we come to the island?"

"Wasn't the plan to use missiles to wipe out the beasts?"

"Although the beasts on the island are extremely dangerous, the exploration team would definitely want to capture them alive as much as possible, because the research value of live animals is far greater than that of a pile of corpses."

"Let's get them captured alive on the island! Whether I can ride the Giant-Toothed Demon Boar in the future depends on the exploration team!"

"But those big guys aren't easy to capture alive, are they?"

"That depends on the capabilities of the exploration team. Anyway, they are more professional than us, and their think tank has definitely prepared various methods. Let's wait and see. They should be going to the island this afternoon."

"Wait a minute, I remember we were supposed to start arriving on the island this morning, why has it been postponed again?"

"It is said that intelligence has come from the island about the missing exploration team, but the situation seems to be not good. There have been some changes to the overall plan for the land-island exploration, and a team is being prepared to be sent to investigate the situation of the missing exploration team."

"Hiss! Could there be another hidden monster?"

"There are so many unexplored areas on the mainland and islands, no one can say for sure."

"Speaking of which, don't you guys think Qi Shen's exploration direction is very clear? He's been running all the way without stopping."

"It's quite clear. Could it be that he has intelligence related to the natives?"

……

Just as netizens speculated, Qi Xuan did indeed possess intelligence related to the indigenous people.

To be precise, they had obtained information about the monk's murder.

[Nangong] This token must have been specially crafted and is bound to the cultivator's life. If the cultivator is killed, it will send a notification to a certain location and mark the murderer.

If that were all, it wouldn't be anything special. Many identity tokens that aren't even magical artifacts can be crafted into these functions by a weapon refiner.

The problem is that the cultivator had been dead for an unknown period of time. Logically, even the strongest mark should have dissipated long ago. However, when he touched the other party's bones, the token was reactivated and marked the murderer again, which is quite terrifying.

The mark on the [Nangong] token is practically indelible.

Or it may be so well hidden that the murderer never even noticed.

From any perspective, the value of this token is no less than that of a second-grade spiritual item.

The fact that the victim, who was not even at the Foundation Establishment stage and was in the late Qi Refining stage, possessed such a token is something that makes one think deeply.

If the token is only worn when hunting, and is simply to prevent hunters from encountering any accidents while out hunting, then it is understandable.

Alternatively, his identity within the tribe might be unique, such as a tribal prince, the son of a tribal chief, or the male favorite of a tribal female chief, making it possible for him to obtain such a high-level token.

But what if that's not the case, and every member of the tribe is equipped with such a token—

To possess such a powerful token at the Qi Refining stage not only indicates that the tribe has a powerful weapon refiner, but also that the tribe itself is extremely powerful.

Because even the materials for tokens are not easy to find, and if they were found, they shouldn't be wasted like this. The fact that they can use them to make tokens instead of magical artifacts shows that they don't lack them at all and have sufficient reserves.

The phrase "ample reserves" implies the need for extremely strong military force to guarantee them.

Multiple Foundation Establishment Stages?

Or is it in the late stage of Foundation Establishment?

Or perhaps it's the Golden Elixir?

Qi Xuan's gaze darkened slightly.

Regardless of the outcome, it demonstrates that contact with the other party must be approached with utmost caution.

The presence of the single horn on its forehead requires extra caution; sufficient information must be gathered in advance to determine whether to make contact.

Too dangerous, or too hostile, I'd rather live deep in the jungle in spiritual practice than risk contact.

They would probably treat a Qi Refining cultivator differently than a Golden Core cultivator.

Just as he was thinking this, Sunday's pace suddenly slowed down, his back tensed, and his expression became tense.

"A dangerous monster?"

Qi Xuan's expression shifted slightly, and he too began to raise his guard.

He rode his Sunday slowly forward, and soon saw a cave that had been forcibly carved out near a rock formation at the bottom of the slope.

The scene captured on camera shocked netizens:

"Holy crap! This cave is huge?!"

"What kind of ferocious beast would burrow into rocks?"

"As far as I know, there were indeed creatures in the history of Earth that could dig holes in rocks. These creatures were called giant ground sloths. They had huge bodies, amazing upper limb strength, and specialized three-toed claws, which gave them the ability to dig holes in rocks."

This is also the only confirmed species capable of burrowing into rocks; unfortunately, it went extinct more than 10,000 years ago.

"I don't think there's anything wrong with digging holes in rocks. After all, we've seen all sorts of wild beasts on the floating continent. Digging holes in rocks is just a very common skill."

The crux of the matter is the numerous animal skeletons near the cave; I even saw the remains of a woolly-tusked elephant and a red-eared square-eared bear. This guy was far too powerful.”

"Qi Shen, you'd better be careful, don't let yourself crash in a place like this."

"Don't worry, Master Qi is a supreme grandmaster. He can capture any beast with ease."

"Do you think you're some kind of immortal being, able to capture things with ease? I'll really teach you a lesson, then you'll behave."

……

While netizens chatted idly, Qi Xuan was also observing the scene.

Based on the remaining remains of ferocious beasts around him, the traces of its life, and the crawling tracks scattered throughout the area, he determined that it was a spiked crocodile.

Moreover, the lingering atmosphere on the field gave him a vague sense of familiarity.

If nothing unexpected happens, the creature living here is probably the same one that fought with the Six-Clawed Black Serpent for the Demon King Fruit.

Qi Xuan was somewhat surprised.

He can still recall the terrifying scene when the Spiked Demon Crocodile burst out with countless spikes.

Even a powerful six-clawed serpent couldn't avoid it and was severely injured on the spot.

If it weren't for the enormous body of the six-clawed black serpent blocking his way, he probably wouldn't have been able to escape.

I never expected to stumble upon its lair; it's quite a coincidence.

Unfortunately, its lair was just a simple habitat, and it didn't store any special minerals or spiritual items. A quick glance at the surrounding monster skeletons revealed no valuable materials.

"Well, it's lucky it wasn't home, otherwise it would have definitely gotten revenge for what happened the other day."

Qi Xuan shook his head, his gaze falling on the latest crawling trail on the ground, and suddenly his expression shifted slightly.

Most of the tracks on this slope look very free and unrestrained, which is very consistent with its behavior in its habitat. The only one that is the newest is very messy and chaotic.

That's not how you catch prey.

Could it be that it encountered some natural enemy?
Or perhaps they encountered an extremely powerful enemy?

Qi Xuan looked in the direction the trajectory extended, his gaze slowly becoming serious.

The direction indicated by the [Nangong] token is also that direction.

……

United Nations camp.

The place was bustling with noise and chatter.

One after another, exploration teams, carrying large amounts of equipment, set off for various locations.

The second wave of island exploration teams organized this time consisted of a total of twenty-one teams.

The original plan was for twenty teams, but one more was added at the last minute because we received a message from the Southeast Asia Joint Exploration Team that morning.

Although the number of exploration teams this time was less than the twenty-seven teams last time, the number of people in each team increased to two hundred. In addition to well-trained soldiers, they also brought a large number of medical personnel and auxiliary personnel for engineering construction, geological exploration, and biological research.

Behind the exploration team, there are many backup support teams ready to enter and replace them at any time, or even set up relevant outposts.

Yes, they even prepared to set up outposts, intending to keep pushing in until they completely occupied the entire island.

This is not due to the overconfidence of national leaders, but rather a conclusion reached after extensive data collection and comprehensive evaluation. The first wave of exploration teams could only be described as a trial exploration, and it was subject to many limitations, including the inability to use many high-powered weapons and implement many tactics.

However, following the auction of the mainland islands and the dissemination and practice of martial arts, there is now a highly unified opinion worldwide regarding the action of occupying mainland islands to acquire internal resources.

Regardless of nationality, ethnicity, or religious beliefs, no one wants the island's resources to go to waste.

It must be obtained.

We must increase our research efforts.

The entire island must be fully developed!
An era of great change is about to arrive, and the future destiny of humankind is closely related to it.

Driven by this incredible unity of purpose, the new exploration team was quickly established, and the use of various weapons was swiftly approved.

By now, the island exploration team's equipment is incredibly luxurious.

The upgrades to individual soldier equipment and the large-scale importation of heavy weapons are not mentioned.

Because the fog that had enveloped the island had completely dissipated, shielding and interference had been minimized. Not only could it obtain intelligence support from satellites and other sources at any time, but it could also utilize a variety of new equipment, including drones and robotic dogs.

In addition, each exploration team can also receive long-range fire support, including warships and fighter jets.

If they encounter an unmatched ferocious beast, they will surely know the terrifying power of human firepower.

Referring to the route map brought back by the first exploration team and the relevant intelligence provided by satellite reconnaissance aircraft, the twenty-one exploration teams selected twenty-one locations most suitable for landing and set off from various directions toward the interior of the island.

Although these 21 exploration teams are no longer entirely led by a single nation as before, after comprehensive adjustments, apart from the team specifically responsible for searching for the missing teams, 17 of them will still have a dominant force from a single nation or alliance, such as the Lighthouse or the Great Qian. This situation is almost unavoidable.

The remaining three teams should not be underestimated either. Theoretically, they are all composed of teams from multiple small countries, but in reality, they are backed by top billionaires as individual investors.

In order to obtain permission to land on the island and participate in the island exploration, they also donated a large amount of money to the United Nations to maintain and equip the entire exploration team, and even to bear a portion of the military supplies consumed during this island exploration.

Moreover, this does not mean that they can keep all the resources and treasures they find on the island.

In fact, due to the constraints and balances imposed by the United Nations, coupled with constant monitoring by satellites and reconnaissance aircraft, even if a powerful country gains control of an exploration team, it cannot embezzle the island's resources as it did before. Instead, it must allocate resources reasonably based on factors such as contribution and the consumption of weapons and resources. However, that would be another power struggle altogether.

As for what those three top billionaires could gain from their huge investment, aside from receiving a very small share during the distribution and obtaining advance intelligence about the mainland and various resources, there was basically nothing else. The gains were disproportionate to the costs, and they could easily lose everything. That's why only the three of them entered the game, instead of all the top billionaires rushing in.

As the various exploration teams quickly landed on the island and continued to advance, the long-silent mainland once again echoed with a familiar roar, but this time the roar was much stronger than before.

Northwest of the island, in the jungle.

The British-led expedition team encountered the Sawtooth Tyrannosaurus Rex again, the same creature that had once decimated the entire British Special Air Service.

In fact, they had a better route to choose from, which would have allowed them to avoid these wild beasts in advance, but Britain insisted on going this way.

It's not just about revenge, but also about washing away the shame!

After observing the herd of animals inhabiting the woodland using a drone and determining its approximate location, the team leader immediately ordered the drone to drop a smoke bomb downwards.

Thick smoke billowed into the sky, and several nearby sawtooth salamanders curiously approached.

Just then, a Typhoon fighter jet sped by and accurately dropped several bombs on the target area.

The bombs landed near the forest, accompanied by a series of crisp explosions. Under the action of special fuses, the mother bombs inside the bombs detonated, evenly dispersing the fuel in the bomb bodies into the air. The forest was shrouded in clouds of white mist.

Before the serrated giant salamander on the ground could figure out what was happening, a terrifying, thunderous explosion suddenly rang out, completely detonating the white mist and instantly forming a huge fireball that rapidly expanded in all directions.

The high temperatures and heat continued to spread, and the foehn winds scorched large areas of trees.

Several minutes passed before the drones flew back into the ruins.

Although the lightest thermobaric bomb was selected, the destructive effect was still terrifying. Nearly a hundred sawtooth giant salamanders were reduced to charred remains, including the special species that had previously massacred the entire Special Air Service Regiment, which was reduced to a skeleton.

Only the dozens of serrated giant salamanders scattered at the edge were severely injured or unconscious under the influence of the overpressure field and shock wave caused by the thermobaric bomb, and were no longer able to resist.

Immediately, a large group of team members carrying tranquilizer darts rushed forward and used specially made alloy chains to bind and contain all the remaining serrated giant salamanders. A large number of the corpses were also transported away for related research.

The battle ended swiftly and predictably.

……

On the southwest side of the island lies a vast expanse of sand and gravel.

Several drones hovered overhead, and then dropped smoke bombs as well.

Shortly after, the Strike Eagle fighter jet, which was speeding by, dropped a nickel-cobalt-steel alloy bunker buster.

Upon landing, the bunker buster penetrated the surface sand and gravel to reach the underground. Detonated by a time-delay fuse, the earth trembled with a deafening roar, and dust billowed everywhere.

Amidst the swirling dust, fragments of golden sand scorpion shells were faintly visible.

This overlord, who ruled over an area spanning several kilometers, has now come to an end.

……

In the mountains and wilderness of a certain island.

The swarm of eight-bladed insects, still in their breeding season, densely covered the ground, resembling falling snow.

An exploration team led by France has returned to this place once again.

Recalling the scene of his team members being massacred by the Eight-Blade Insects not long ago, the captain, who had narrowly escaped death, couldn't help but have bloodshot eyes.

But thinking of the orders from above, he took a deep breath and began to implement the strategy of capturing the enemy alive.

After all, there is a high chance that a precious herb like the Cold Moon Flour will be born in a gathering place of the Eight-Blade Insects.

Therefore, the eight-bladed insect cannot be dealt with as easily as other ferocious beasts; it needs to be captured alive if possible.

Once we figure out their survival and reproduction mechanisms, we might be able to mass-produce the Cold Moon Bloom.

At the captain's command, a group of drones, controlled by pilots, quickly flew above the swarm of eight-bladed insects.

The drones then began dropping sticky foam projectiles downwards.

The sticky foam bombs, once detonated, produced a massive cloud of gelatinous smoke that covered the entire swarm of eight-bladed insects.

The sticky foam formed by the super-adhesive polymer landed on the eight-bladed insects below and immediately stuck them all in place.

In the blink of an eye, the entire swarm of insects was stuck, and no matter how much they struggled, they could not move.

Seeing the easily captured swarm of insects, the captain indifferently gave the order:
"Alright, let's begin the capture."

A large number of team members rushed out like wolves and tigers.

……

In the woodland of the island, a huge beehive stands on the top of the slope, with countless silver-winged wasps flying back and forth around it, buzzing incessantly.

Watching the swarm of bees surrounding the hive from afar, dozens of drones, piloted by the exploration team, swiftly moved forward.

Upon approaching, these drones launched alloy capture nets made of a special alloy.

A large net descended, instantly trapping a large number of silver-winged wasps that were caught off guard.

Upon sensing the attack, silver-winged wasps continuously rushed out of the hive in an attempt to protect it, but their continuous outflow only increased the number of victims.

When the queen bee was finally captured, the exploration team erupted in cheers.

The engineering team then transported large equipment to the slope and began to carefully lift the hive and transport it off the island. The team members who had just gathered a large number of silver-winged wasps also suspended their subsequent exploration and acted as a guard team, closely protecting the hive as it was transported.

This is a precious asset of all mankind and must be strictly protected.

Everything is proceeding smoothly and in an orderly manner.

……

The exploration team that went to the island kept sending out good news. Even though there were some minor losses due to some accidents, everything was within a controllable range.

The joint command was very satisfied with the progress made by all parties.

"At this rate, we might be able to take over the entire island within five days."

"Haha, five days is too conservative a timeframe. At their pace, even with terrain obstacles and various spoils to process, three days would be enough at most."

"If you ask me, it would have been better to just airdrop a batch of troops into the center of the island, with one batch moving in from the outside and another from the inside out. The two sides would have converged much faster."

"We still need to be cautious. The forest in the center of the island is a bit special. Not only are the trees tall and dense, but it is also always shrouded in fog. Even reconnaissance planes have difficulty finding out what's inside, and drones lose contact as soon as they go in. It's better to push in from the outside."

"It's just a dark forest. If we encounter any problems, we'll just blow it up. I don't believe anything can stop us."

"Heh heh, so you're going to blow up all the precious herbs in the forest too, aren't you?"

"This one……"

While heated discussions raged at the UN camp, news of the exploration on the island spread to the outside world through various channels, plunging the entire world into a state of immense joy.
"Haha, I told you the mainland is nothing to fear! So what if they're ferocious beasts? They'll still have to submit to our firepower!"

"It seems that the exploration team that landed on the island this time should be able to gain a lot."

"I heard that the hives of silver-winged wasps have been successfully transported out, so it's possible that honey will be available on the market in the future."

"I'm even more looking forward to the exploration team's other finds on the island, since there must be other kinds of spiritual plants and medicinal herbs there."

"If we could obtain a precious medicine that even Qi Shen doesn't possess, that would be fantastic."

"Haha, I have to show off in the live stream, even if he can't see it, even if I can't eat it, I still have to show off to him."

"Together! Together!"

……

The people outside were overjoyed, but at that moment, a huge light screen suddenly appeared and spread throughout the entire world!
(End of this chapter)