Please be my partner.

These were certainly not things the dragon told Melron, but rather clues that Melron noticed from the rules he deciphered after entering the Beast Universe.

Let those who get rich first help those who are still poor, so that everyone can achieve common prosperity?

Do not!

Those who get rich first will only cut off the bridges to success, leaving those who come after with no way to go!

The world is like a game of chess. There are only so many places on the chessboard where you can place your pieces. If you can place one more piece, I will have to place one less.

This is a struggle for interests.

Pulling himself out of his thoughts, Mellen emerged from the secret realm and, facing Song Fei's hopeful gaze, said, "There's nothing inside."

Song Fei was taken aback and subconsciously asked, "What 'nothing'?"

Murren shook his head and said, "It means exactly what it says..."

Mellen briefly explained the situation in the secret realm, and Song Fei sighed with regret after listening.

Looking around, Mellen said, "The protective shield here can last for ten years. As for the rest, you can handle it."

Song Fei was overjoyed upon hearing this. Mellen's meaning was clear: he wanted to hand these matters over to Baoshi Academy for handling.

Both the empty secret space and this 'safe zone' in the center of the volcanic cluster are of considerable value.

From the very beginning, Mellen has been talking about 'exchange,' so naturally he will give Baoshi Academy enough benefits. If you want the horse to run, you have to feed it; it's a mutually beneficial arrangement.

Chapter 752 Mysterious and Unpredictable

Wind Demon Ridge, this was originally the territory of the Wind Demon Dragon.

Of course, "mountain range" is just an old name. Over the years, the terrain here is no longer what it used to be. Mellen found his way here by locating the secret realm little by little based on the coordinates given by Black Teng.

This place is quite far from the current human activity area, much farther than the volcanic cluster of Ruins No. 9, so it is not of much value to Baoshi Academy. Therefore, Mellen did not bring the former along, but only took a set of secret realm positioning devices.

Upon arriving at the target area, Mellen first released his own aura to intimidate the surrounding monsters to prevent them from being disturbed, and then set up the spatial secret realm measurement instrument.

In fact, given Mellen's strength, capturing the secret realm attached to the main world would not be difficult. However, according to Song Fei, once the spatial secret realm measuring instrument is activated, it can more easily identify spatial fluctuations. Its operation is somewhat similar to the echo ability of bats.

Why wouldn't Mellen be happy to save some effort?

Once the instrument is turned on, spatial waves spread out, penetrating the barriers of space and reverberating at a deeper level.

There was no need to wait for the instruments to receive the information returned by the spatial waves. From Mellen's perspective, space was like a calm surface of water rippling with waves, and he could see the 'reefs' at a glance.

Having experienced opening one ancient ruin after another over this period, Mellen is no longer unfamiliar with it. He has also taken the initiative to learn about the relationship between the changes in time and space and the rules of the ruins, so that he can ensure that no accidents will occur when opening these ancient ruins.

This is also one of the reasons why Mellen didn't need the Posh Spencer Academy to come along.

Soon, Mellen completed the location of the ruins and adjusted the opening frequency according to the spacetime fluctuation parameters. At this time, the space realm calculation instrument had only completed less than one percent of the progress.

After putting away the instrument, Mellen floated in the air. He gently tapped his finger in the void, and an invisible wave spread out. Then, silver lines appeared in the surrounding space, overlapping each other to form a slightly abstract geometric pattern.

Immediately afterwards, the geometric pattern splits in two like a gate.

Mellen briefly observed the area before stepping inside.

The Stormterror's Realm has an environment similar to the outside world, which is good news for Melon because it means that the realm and the main world are connected, which explains the high degree of homogeneity.

With just a thought, Mellen observed the entire secret realm thoroughly. In a few steps, he arrived in front of a nest. In Mellen's perception, there were numerous, but extremely faint, auras within the nest.

Without hesitation, Mellen went straight in and saw a spacious area with four or five hundred huge crystals neatly arranged, each containing a sleeping wind demon dragon.

These crystals, like amber, sealed all of the Stormterror's life energy within them, while the Stormterror itself voluntarily fell into a state of unconscious slumber. Under this two-pronged approach, the Stormterror's survival was ensured to the greatest extent possible.

Surrounding these crystals are three enormous skeletons. Judging from the faint energy remaining on them, they were originally god-level powerhouses of the Wind Demon Dragon clan.

Clearly, the appearance of these enormous crystals did not come without a price.

The Wind Demon Dragon chose a completely different path from the Blackwing Serpent.

Mellen arrived at the largest crystal, which contained a divine-level wind demon dragon.

With a gentle tap on the crystal, stimulated by a wisp of energy, a crack appeared on the crystal, and the divine wind demon dragon inside the crystal suddenly opened its eyes.

The next moment, the crystal exploded, and the divine-level wind demon dragon stretched its body and slowly floated up.

The surging energy gently brushed over the other crystals, naturally transforming into a gentle force that protected them.

The god-level wind demon dragon looked at Melon, who had disturbed its slumber, its eyes still lingering with the drowsiness of just waking up.

Once the god-level wind demon dragon had regained some consciousness, it looked at Melon with hostility and vigilance, and shouted, "Who are you? Why are you trespassing into my clan's secret realm?!"

Mellen looked at the god-level wind demon dragon and chuckled, "Awake? Since you're awake, take a look at this..."

The phantom of the silver wolf appeared behind Mellen. The aura emanating from the superior directly shocked the divine-level wind demon dragon, causing its scales to rupture and its body to stiffen.

After a long while, the god-level wind demon dragon finally reacted and stammered, "Wolf...Lord Wolf?!"

Mellen nodded slightly and said, "Since we know each other, that makes things easier."

A moment later, on the open ground outside the dragon's nest.

After Mellen's brief explanation, the god-level wind demon dragon Xiaoze had grasped the current situation outside. Overjoyed, it asked, "Lord Wolf, does that mean the catastrophe outside is over?"

After thinking for a moment, Mellen shook his head and said, "Rather than saying that the cataclysm is over, it's more accurate to say that life in the outside world has adapted to the new rules."

"After all, the secret realm is separated from the main world by a layer. The changes in the rules are not as intense as those during the Battle of the Sky Collapse. After hundreds of thousands of years of evolution and adaptation, it is now almost the same as the outside world, although there are still some differences."

This is actually easy to understand. Just like teenagers are in the stage of physical growth, if parents and relatives live together every day, they may not notice any changes in their children. But if they are separated for a month or two, they will be shocked by how much their children have changed when they meet again.

Previously, when Hei Teng left the Black Winged Serpent Secret Realm and entered the main world, it also fell into a weakened state due to the changes in the rules. Fortunately, Hei Teng was a god-level monster and had a strong resistance to changes in the rules. If a monster below the god level had rashly left the secret realm and entered the main world, it would have been lucky if it hadn't died immediately.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ze's face turned somber. It looked towards the nest and murmured sadly to itself, "So, does this mean our people will have to continue sleeping?"

Mellen said, "That's not the case. Although the monsters below the god level in the secret realm cannot adapt to the rules of the outside world, there are ways to work around it. For example, you can actively open the secret realm passage and introduce more rules from the main world into the secret realm so that your people can gradually adapt."

"As long as you control the degree of this, I believe that after a period of time, your people will be able to travel freely to the main world."

Xiao Ze's eyes lit up, and he said respectfully, "Thank you for your guidance, Lord Wolf!"

After resolving these matters, Mellen asked, "Xiao Ze, what do you know about the Battle of the Sky Collapse, specifically the order from the Beast Council to have you hide in the clan's secret realm? Why did the Beast Council suddenly issue such an order? What exactly happened in the main world at that time?!"

Xiaoze was lost in thought, his expression somewhat complicated. After a long while, he sighed and said, "I don't know the specifics either, but in addition to the order to hide in the clan's secret realm, our Wind Demon Dragon received another order."

Mellen's gaze sharpened, and he pressed, "What order was given?!"

Xiao Ze said earnestly, "The Council of Beasts has ordered the Ancestor to lead two other peak-level god-level experts from the clan to a designated location... to repel the invaders!"

"Resist? Invaders?!"

At that moment, a flash of insight struck Mellen, and he seemed to have grasped some key information.

After pondering for a long time, Mellen continued, "Did the order mention what kind of intruders they were?"

Xiao Ze shook his head and said, "I don't know. That order was sent to the ancestor. After reading it, the old man only hurriedly told him to go and meet the invaders, and then left with the other two peak god-level beings."

Mellen let out a breath; things were becoming increasingly confusing.

Originally, all the information Mellen received pointed to the 'Battle of the Sky' as some kind of natural disaster, but now it seems there might be other hidden stories.

Murren is now playing a kind of jigsaw puzzle, exploring new information bit by bit, unlocking clues that record the truth, and finally piecing together the truth.

The known situation is that outsiders have invaded the Beast Universe, and the invaders are extremely powerful. This has forced the Beast Council to issue an order for the weaker races to hide in secret realms and to summon at least peak god-level experts to fight against the invaders.

In this invasion, there was no need for ordinary gods to come. Only peak gods, or even peak gods of powerful races like the Wind Demon Dragon, could play a role.

This is somewhat ironic, considering that in that era, the dragon had just led the elite of the Council of Beasts to invade the Starry Universe, only to find that the Starry Universe itself had been invaded by others.

On second thought, Murren felt that the coincidence was too much of a coincidence.

However, the outer universe is vast and boundless, and coincidences are commonplace, so one won't matter.

Putting some thoughts aside, Mellen asked, "Xiao Ze, do you know the location of the Wolf Lord's Secret Realm?"

The wolf clan is a large collection of wolf clans, most of which have united to build a vast secret realm known as the Wolf Lord's Secret Realm.

Of course, apart from these, there are still many powerful wolf packs that have not joined together, but instead remain isolated like lone wolves.

A hint of suspicion flashed in Xiaoze's eyes as he hesitated and asked, "Lord Wolf, you..."

Mellen waved his hand, knowing exactly what Ozawa wanted to ask, and explained directly, "I am not the original Wolf Lord, but a new generation who unexpectedly obtained the Wolf Lord's inheritance. I am currently pursuing the Council of Beasts and the Wolf Clan."

Seeing Mellen's candor, Xiaoze's doubts were somewhat dispelled. It nodded and said, "Although I haven't been there, I've heard about the general location of the Wolf Lord's Secret Realm..."

Xiaoze returned to his lair, clutching a square crystal in his claws, which looked somewhat similar to the crystals used to seal other Wind Terror Dragons.

Mellen knew that this was a special energy substance obtained by the Wind Demon Dragon after it highly concentrated its own power... Wind Soul Crystal.

Wind Soul Crystals have a wide range of applications, but unfortunately, to condense high-purity Wind Soul Crystals, the Wind Demon Dragon needs to overdraw its own life and soul.

Even a god-level Wind Demon Dragon needs three to five years to condense a standard unit of Wind Soul Crystal, so even for the Wind Demon Dragon clan, Wind Soul Crystal is an extremely important strategic resource.

As Xiaoze manipulated it, the crystal lit up and projected a virtual map into the air.

Upon closer inspection, it becomes apparent that the virtual map has a very high resolution; it requires considerable effort to scroll through it before finding what you're looking for.

This is the map recorded by the Wind Demon Dragon Clan back then. Although it is less than one ten-thousandth of the entire Beast Universe and only contains the most basic terrain information, it is still a remarkable treasure.

The landscape has changed dramatically over time, and the terrain of yesteryear is vastly different from that of today. However, by establishing a few benchmarks, it is possible to reconstruct the original topography.

The distance between the Wolf Lord's Secret Realm and the Wind Demon Dragon's Secret Realm can no longer be described as merely distant; it's equivalent to tens of thousands of light-years.

At this scale, even a god-level expert would not be able to travel between the two places in a short time.

The entire universe of beasts is a single continent comparable to a galaxy!

During the era of the Council of Beasts, powerful beings who controlled space opened up channels and established teleportation networks. Unfortunately, these things have long been buried in the dust of history.

Fortunately, Mellen himself is strong enough that tens of thousands of light-years won't take him much time.

After marking the Wolf Lord's Secret Realm, Xiao Ze thought for a moment and then carved another mark in the same direction, but at a closer location.

Xiao Ze said, "Lord Wolf, this is the lair of Lord White Mane Wolf. As a god-level powerhouse of the wolf clan, Lord White Mane Wolf must have participated in the great battle back then. If... if Lord White Mane Wolf is still alive, he might return to his lair. If you find him, you might be able to find out what really happened back then."

Mellen's eyes lit up, and he nodded slightly. Ancestral God-level powerhouses are already the pinnacle of the regular universe. Even in the battlefields of Supreme Beings or Gods Above Gods, they have a certain degree of confidence in surviving.

If the Whitemane Wolf truly survived the war and returned to its den, then questioning this eyewitness of the 'invasion war' would undoubtedly help Murren gather more information.

Moreover, it doesn't matter if the White Mane Wolf isn't in his lair; it's just a side trip for Melen. His ultimate goal is always the Wolf Lord's Secret Realm.

If we can find the Wolf Lord's Secret Realm, we can not only get what Melen wants, but we might also be able to use our status as the new Wolf Lord to recruit a group of powerful subordinates.

At this point, Mei Lunli finally managed to find a clue amidst the chaos, and the next step was to follow the trail to uncover more of the truth.

However, Mellen did not leave immediately. Although he always acted as he pleased, he basically maintained the principle of "those who are kind to me are kind, and those who are unkind to me are unkind."

Having obtained important information and valuable maps from Ozawa, Mellen would naturally not hesitate to lend a hand if he could.

With his control over space, Melen easily modified the Stormterror's Realm, allowing it to actively draw in more rules from the main world instead of passively infiltrating it.

For convenience, Melen even made it adjustable to prevent too many main world rules from flooding in at once and causing problems for the wind demon dragons sleeping in the secret realm.

Only after doing all this did Murren resume his journey.

Chapter 753 Arrival at the Wolf Lord's Secret Realm

Because this journey is measured in light-years, Mellen no longer travels in the conventional way, since the speed of light is the upper limit in most conventional universes.

As Murren walked slowly high in the sky, his perspective shifted, and he saw lines of spacetime pulsating in the void. His thoughts extended infinitely along these lines of spacetime.

At one point, Mellen's body pierced through space, and with one step, he had already traversed a distance of several light-years.

Unlike the honeycomb-like spatial structure of the Starry Universe, the space of the Beast Universe is much more stable. Therefore, if Melen wants to traverse a vast distance in one go, he needs to first find the corresponding spacetime lines and then fold the space into curvature.

In layman's terms, the shortest distance between two points is not a straight line, but rather by folding the two points in half.

Thus, the distance that Mellen can traverse at one time depends not only on his strength, but also on his ability to observe spacetime lines and his control over spatial curvature.

In short, in the universe of beasts, both strength and skill are indispensable for long-distance movement.

At first, when Mellen took a step, he could only cover a distance of two or three light-years. This was only because he was strong enough to fly with great force.

However, as Mellen became more familiar with the area, the distances he traversed each time began to increase exponentially... five light-years, seven light-years, eleven light-years, eighteen light-years, twenty-seven light-years...

Half a day later, Mellen was able to traverse distances of hundreds of light-years with each step, and this was far from his limit.

Along the way, as Mellen's senses expanded, he occasionally saw human settlements of varying sizes.

Some of these human forces are very strong, having completed internal integration and begun to expand outwards; others are still very weak, struggling to survive in the cracks; some are even still in the barbaric tribal era, ruled and enslaved by various powerful monsters.

In this day and age, only forces with god-level powerhouses at their helm can barely maintain stability.

Given the vastness of the Myriad Beasts Universe, only Ancestral God-level powerhouses possess the ability to traverse dangerous zones between different factions. However, generally speaking, given the status and importance of Ancestral God-level powerhouses, they cannot simply run around aimlessly.