CHAPTER 677: CHAPTER 82: BEAST ORIGIN WORLD, UNUSUAL BLOODLINE

"Flesh Transformation?"

Seeing this phenomenon, Richard immediately recalled the previous intelligence about Elemental Lords undergoing Flesh Transformation.

"Is this the Beast Origin?"

Watching the beast herd continuously attacking the Control Bureau team from afar, Richard confirmed his thoughts.

This wolf pack was incredibly large, roughly numbering in the thousands. In a world where intelligent creatures exist, such a large wolf pack would be nearly impossible.

Wolf packs require a lot of food and enough territory. And territory happens to be what all intelligent creatures crave after developing to a certain stage.

Unless it’s some desolate land, intelligent creatures will absolutely find ways to claim it.

And the other side of this rift is a lush grassland, a place where intelligent creatures absolutely wouldn’t leave unclaimed.

"But why did this team enter the Beast Origin?"

Richard felt like he had found something key, but couldn’t figure it out. However, being able to enter the Beast Origin was undoubtedly a good thing for him.

This special world has so many areas worth researching.

Upon entering the Beast Origin, Richard immediately sensed an invasion of Power of Dimension. But it was unclear if it was due to Richard being a Flesh Creature, or if this was just how the erosion was.

This erosion was so weak in Richard’s perception that it would take enough time to erode a cell for it to die of old age.

Noting this sign, Richard casually waved his hand, and an invisible storm flew out of his sleeve. The frenzied Wind Blade swept through the wolf pack like a meat grinder, and in an instant, an explosion of blood red erupted, with hundreds of magical wolves being torn into blood mist by the strike.

The remaining magical wolves, seeing this scene, immediately turned tail and ran into the distance without hesitation.

The team’s crisis was resolved instantly.

Ankarena breathed a sigh of relief, while beside her, Bal was too shocked to say a complete sentence.

Richard walked over to Ankarena’s side.

"Ankarena, how did you enter this world?"

Ankarena straightened her body and shook her head slightly, saying, "Sir, I have no idea how we came in."

She then began to recount the scene at that time.

Although the Control Bureau’s expedition team sped up midway, the excessively winding route still caused them to arrive later than Bal’s expedition team.

After discovering that the door to the ruins had been opened, she immediately reported the news to the base and led a team into the ruins.

Since Bal and his team hadn’t cleared their footprints along the way, Ankarena quickly followed the stairs and found the already opened experiment layer of the expedition team.

Bang!

White light flashed across Ankarena’s fingertips, and the next moment, the head of the expedition team member mutated by Power of Dimension exploded into fragments.

Ankarena unemotionally pinned the Control Bureau’s badge on her chest and told the remaining expedition team members, "This ruin has been taken over by the Control Bureau, please cooperate with our work."

Upon hearing Ankarena’s order, the leader of the expedition team instantly felt as if he were plunged into an ice cave, his face turning light blue, nearly collapsing.

"I knew this ruin was ready for good deeds."

Control Bureau members walked out from behind Ankarena, holding a restraint suit specifically for dealing with Awakeners. The expedition team’s guards tightened their guns and subtly aimed their barrels, but were quickly stopped by the leader.

"Don’t resist, otherwise even if you die you won’t get any pension."

The leader, having infiltrated the Awakener World for many years, knew too much about the rumors of the Control Bureau. For the Control Bureau, making an Awakener disappear was as easy as crushing an insect on the ground.

Ankarena was very satisfied with the leader’s compliance, although the Control Bureau wasn’t afraid of the monastery behind the expedition team, less trouble is always welcome.

After putting the restraints on the Awakeners, Ankarena raised her hand, and two members led the guards out. Then she glanced at the remaining members, and her facial expression softened slightly.

"You two professors need not be nervous. As long as you cooperate, I assure you can return intact. Professor Bal can attest to what I’m saying."

Hearing Ankarena say this, Bal felt like a thunderbolt went off in his mind.

"We’ve indeed met before! What happened on my last expedition?"

Bal was somewhat emotionally unstable, but returned to rationality instantly under Ankarena’s cold gaze.

"You two only need to remember, anything you’ve forgotten is a message that will bring trouble for you and for us."

Professor Loren’s face looked slightly blue, not knowing if it was illness or fear.

"I will cooperate with you, as long as you guarantee our safety."

...

"Let’s speed it up," Richard suddenly interjected.

Beside him, the Space Rift caused by the contract had already started to gradually heal. If they delayed any longer, these people would have to stay in the Beast Origin.

Richard staying in the Beast Origin was no problem, but the Control Bureau people staying here would be purely courting death.

"Did you do anything special before coming in?"

Ankarena shook her head: "No, at that time I was flipping through the few notebooks Professor Loren found when the Crystal Ball suddenly burst out a rainbow light. By the time we came to our senses, we’d already arrived in this world."

"... Are you sure it was rainbow light?"

Ankarena said solemnly: "Yes, I promise."

Richard thought for a moment, then suddenly raised his finger, drawing a space rift in the air. As the rift was drawn, a few tiny runes flashed in the air.

"Just as I thought," Richard understood in his heart.

The reason he lost contact with the secret realm was due to the interference of dimensional power. Once he uses dimensional power, the rift leading to the secret realm naturally opens.

Richard turned to Ankarena: "Take your people back and tell them that the name of that crystal ball is the Illusory Space-Time Lighthouse. And then tell them that the space around this lighthouse is not stable, sometimes causing dimensional rifts from the power of dimension which is the colored light you encountered."

"So have those scientists stay away from the lighthouse."

"Yes!"

Having said that, Richard was about to leave, but his peripheral vision suddenly caught a figure in the Control Bureau team whose aura was quite unstable. And moreover...

"Ankarena, who is he?"

Ankarena looked towards where Richard was pointing and found it was Bal he was referring to.

"He is Professor Bal. It was thanks to the contract he had with you that we could summon you here this time."

Richard squinted his eyes. Although the life radiation on Bal’s body was growing very slowly, he could be sure that Bal’s physique was steadily increasing.

This was definitely not a normal phenomenon.

The Eye of Truth slightly bloomed, and the next moment, Richard saw that the power of dimension in this world was continuously merging into Bal’s body.

This was a situation not happening to other members of the Control Bureau.

Suddenly, Richard twitched his nose. After multiple life edits, Richard’s senses had reached the limits of human evolution at the fifth level. His counterpart, inheriting his bloodline, also possessed extremely keen basic senses.

And through smell, Richard could clearly tell that some kind of bloodline was awakening within Bal.

"The others can leave, but he stays."

"Yes!"

Although puzzled by Richard’s order to keep Bal, Ankarena believed there must be a reason for it.

Even if there wasn’t, it didn’t matter.

That was not something an action officer needed to ponder.

Watching Ankarena lead the team back through the rift, Bal also intended to follow. But before he could take two steps, Richard blocked his path.

"Boy, you can’t leave just yet."

"Can’t leave? Why?"

Looking at Richard, Bal wanted to utter some bold words, but recalling Richard’s earlier means, he hesitated to speak them out.

"Because staying here is good for both of us."

"What does... what does this mean? Sir, I’m just a teacher, staying here won’t help..."

Richard smiled and shook his head, tapping Bal’s shoulder, and effortlessly tearing off his shirt to reveal the robust muscles that had emerged due to his improving physique.

"Can’t you feel your body evolving? Look at your muscles, have they ever been this robust before?"

Bal glanced down at his own body, his astonishment no less than when Richard casually dealt with the wolf pack.

"This... this... how did this happen?"

"Your ancestor was a powerful figure," Richard said leisurely, "and now his bloodline is awakening within you. This bloodline will grant you strength but will also twist your mind.

However, no need to worry, a twisted mind is normal. At the rate you are evolving, the side effect of a twisted mind is negligible."

"Twisted... mind?"

A flicker of fear crossed Bal’s face. The basic education in the Four-Eyed People’s world was excellent, and regarding self-awareness, Bal clearly had a good understanding.

"No need to be nervous, you can view this twisting as akin to recovering from a long illness," Richard reassured, "You wouldn’t say you’re no longer yourself just because your life core defect has healed."

"Is... is that so?"

Richard’s matter-of-fact attitude left Bal in a daze, likening bloodline awakening to recovery from a long illness; Richard might be the first wizard to say such a thing.

Richard nodded, his expression very serious: "Yes."

"Then why must I stay here?"

"Because you are very in tune with the rules of this world, and your body is growing stronger so quickly because there is an energy in this world nourishing your body."

Bal swallowed, though he could sense that Richard undoubtedly had other intentions for him. Yet, the situation being what it was, he could only comply with Richard’s arrangement.

Otherwise, let alone returning, dying here wouldn’t be much of an issue.

The Control Bureau that could erase memories, if it could erase his memory, naturally could erase the memories of others too.

"Then what do you wish for me to do?"

Richard smiled slightly: "That depends on what I discover. But first, I need a bit of your blood."

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