Reborn as a lotus, she initially refuses to hand it over to the state.

"A beast tide? Where is this beast tide breaking out? Could it be that the strange beasts in the Black Dragon Mountain forbidden area are about to attack humans?"

"Damn it, I told you long ago, those who are not of our kind will surely have different hearts. That Lord of the Azure Lotus is a hidden danger."

The trainees present discussed the matter amongst themselves, each with an expression of indignation on their face.

"Quiet!"

One of the instructors shouted, and the murmurs subsided.

Zhou Wenshan continued, "This outbreak of beast tide did not occur in Linjiang City, but in Nanjiang City. Currently, six townships on the outskirts of Nanjiang City have lost contact."

"The southeastern defense line of the city is in dire need of attention. The Ninth Bureau and the garrison have already joined the battle, and they now need support."

The entire venue fell silent once again.

Nanjiang City is too close to them; so close that many of the trainees' families live in that city.

In the crowd, a boy's face turned deathly pale instantly.

My home is in Nanjiang.

He frantically pulled out his phone, but the calls he made couldn't get through, and his eyes immediately welled up with tears.

"Answer it, Mom, answer the phone."

Several classmates nearby wanted to offer comfort, but they didn't know what to say at all. Zhou Wenshan looked at this scene with an even more somber expression.

He didn't give everyone time to process this, and said directly, "All students above the second rank will be grouped according to their instructors, with priority given to healing, mental, and defensive types."

"Fire, Lightning, and Metal types are now in the battle reserve."

"Students who have not reached the second level shall remain in the academy and shall not leave the school without permission."

Chen Ziyang couldn't help but whisper, "We're really going to the battlefield."

Chen Xueli glanced at him: "Scared?"

Chen Ziyang opened his mouth, and finally said, "A little."

Chen Xueli said, "It's normal to be afraid. Those who aren't afraid often die even faster. But what must be faced will eventually have to be faced. Isn't what we martial artists are meant to learn to overcome difficulties?"

On the other side, Lin Qingxue looked at Su Wan on the high platform.

Su Wan also happened to see her.

Su Wan stepped down from the platform and stood in front of Lin Qingxue, saying, "You can choose not to go."

Lin Qingxue was stunned: "Why?"

Su Wan said, "Your situation is very special. The front line is too chaotic. If the special power in your body gets out of control, the consequences will be difficult to control."

Lin Qingxue fell silent upon hearing this.

After a moment, she looked up and said, "If anyone is corrupted or scratched by a monster, my power might be able to save them."

Su Wan frowned and said, "This battle is not an ordinary one; many people will die. You can't save that many people."

Lin Qingxue's face turned pale instantly, but she still insisted, "I want to go too."

Su Wan sighed and said, "Fine, since you insist, you'll stay by my side. You're not allowed to act alone without my orders."

Lin Qingxue nodded: "Understood."

Soon, the academy's buses and Ninth Bureau armored vehicles stopped outside the training ground, and batches of instructors and trainees boarded the vehicles.

Lin Qingxue sat by the car window, watching the academy gates open.

She felt an indescribable sense of oppression.

......

at the same time.

Kaoshan Town is located on the outskirts of Nanjiang City.

The town's defense line had completely collapsed, with several patrol vehicles blocking the street corner, their bodies covered in dents and claw marks.

The makeshift shelter made of sandbags was smashed to pieces by the mutated wild boar herd, and the machine guns were still spitting fire wildly.

However, those wild boars had thick skin and tough flesh, and even with blood splattering all over them, they still charged forward recklessly.

boom!

A black-bristled wild boar, almost the size of a small truck, crashed into the side of an armored vehicle.

The entire car was knocked sideways.

The patrolman inside the vehicle yelled, "Retreat! The line can't be held!"

A hoarse roar came through the communicator: "The defenses of Kaoshan Town have fallen! The beast horde has entered the town! Repeat! The beast horde has entered the town!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than several gray wolves burst out of the thick smoke.

They were several times larger than ordinary wolves, with scarlet eyes and claws that made a screeching sound as they scratched the concrete.

A young patrolman had just finished changing his magazine and hadn't even had a chance to raise his gun when he was pounced on by a gray wolf.

His teammate next to him fired with red eyes.

The gray wolf was beaten to a pulp, but even in its dying moments, it still bit the patrolman's shoulder, dragging him several meters away.

"Help! Help!"

Someone rushed over, but before they had gone far, more gray wolves pounced from the street corner.

The patrol team could only fire and retreat, and the town was in complete chaos.

On the second floor of an ordinary residential building, a family of four was hiding in the bedroom while the front door downstairs was being banged on loudly.

The mother held her six-year-old daughter tightly, covering her mouth to prevent her from crying out.

The little girl was trembling and crying, "Mommy, is that a dog outside?"

The mother's eyes were red, and she covered the little girl's mouth, saying, "That's not a dog. Listen to Mommy, don't make a sound."

The man stood at the top of the stairs, holding a kitchen knife. His hands were trembling violently, but he gritted his teeth and stood in front of his wife and daughter.

"Don't be afraid, Daddy's here."

Suddenly, the downstairs window shattered, and a gray wolf crashed into the living room through the window, its mouth full of blood.

It looked up, caught the scent from upstairs, and the man's face turned deathly pale.

He knew he couldn't stop them, but he dared not back down now.

The little girl finally couldn't hold back her tears and cried out, "Daddy, I'm scared."

The father took a deep breath, gripped the kitchen knife tightly, and said, "Don't come out, nobody come out."

"We've found you."

Upon hearing the man's voice, the mutated gray wolf rushed upstairs and found the man pointing a kitchen knife at him. The wolf immediately sneered, "Human, you're too weak."

The wolf can actually speak human language?

The man's eyes widened. He had seen too many absurd things in his life, but he never expected that the gray wolf would speak human language.

That's absolutely absurd.

He wanted to protect his wife and daughter, but the gray wolf didn't give him a chance and pounced on him, and the two became entangled in a fight.

The gray wolf was too strong; it opened its mouth and bit off his neck. The girl and her mother hid in the closet and witnessed this scene.

Terrified, the gray wolf, seemingly unaware that they were hiding in the closet, devoured the man right before their eyes.

It chewed on the bone, grinning smugly, and said, "Humans, blood food, delicious. You're all done eating. Now it's your turn."

After finishing eating the man, the gray wolf, as strong as an ox, suddenly came to the cabinet. Its dark green eyes peered through the cracks in the cabinet and it suddenly spoke.

……

In a shopping mall in Kaoshan Town, a beast tide broke out, and the streets were in chaos. People were fleeing, and some were hiding in the mall. Having experienced life and death, everyone couldn't help but cry.

A boy who looked like a high school student was hiding behind a shelf, holding up his phone and recording a video. His voice trembled as he said, "I'm in Kaoshan Town, Nanjiang City. The beast tide has already rushed in."

"There are monsters outside. If anyone sees this video, please, please save us."

The camera shakes, and outside the glass door, a mutated lynx is dragging a corpse across the street.

Everyone in the convenience store was too quiet to even breathe. A little boy was about to cry when his mother covered his mouth.

The high school student's eyes were red as he continued in a low voice, "I can't get through to my parents on the phone, and it seems like the patrol team has left."

"We don't know how much longer we can hold out."

Just then, the lynx outside suddenly stopped moving.

It turned its head directly, its eerie green eyes fixed on the convenience store. The high school student's hand trembled, and he almost dropped his phone.

The next second, the glass door was slammed hard.

Everyone in the convenience store screamed instantly, the video footage shook violently, and a high school student cried out, "It saw us! It saw us!"

The video ends with the roller shutter door being bent and deformed from the impact.

A few minutes later, the video was automatically uploaded to the internet with a title of only one line.

[Kaoshan Town, Nanjiang City, is being attacked by a horde of wild animals. We need help.]

At 2:13 AM, the entire internet exploded.

"Is this real? This isn't a movie?"

"I'm from Nanjiang, and I can't get through to Kaoshan Town by phone anymore!"

My aunt's family lives over there. Does anyone know anything about the situation?

"It's over, the world has really changed. Nanjiang, hold on! I just saw another video, the town's defense line has been breached by a horde of wild boars."

"Where's the official support? Why isn't anyone offering assistance yet?"

"Stop cursing, didn't you hear the gunshots in the video? That's the government taking action." Upon hearing that the government had intervened, everyone fell silent, and countless people frantically shared the video.

Some people cried for help, some questioned the authorities, and some packed their belongings overnight, wanting to escape the mountainous area. The world has changed after all.