Fan Zhou and Feng Xun returned to the foot of the mountain. The sky was nearly dark. The two of them drank some sweet water, then went hunting.

This time, they deliberately hunted several big-horned beasts and birds.

After a good night’s sleep, and breakfast the next morning, Fan Zhou first tied up two birds and one big-horned beast, then bound them to Feng Xun’s hind legs.

He also stuffed the jerky they hadn’t finished over the past few days into a burlap bag and tied it to Feng Xun’s back.

Since they were going on an expedition, they definitely had to prepare food properly.

Once everything was packed, he transformed into his beast form and jumped onto the top of Feng Xun’s head. The two of them set out again.

Having several prey hanging from his body didn’t mean much to Feng Xun—his steps remained steady as always.

Moreover, since he had already become somewhat used to the slope, his speed was faster than the first time.

They arrived once again at that entrance. Fan Zhou inserted a water blade into the mountain wall, tying the other end of the blade to Feng Xun. This way, if anything unexpected happened, Feng Xun wouldn’t fall.

After finishing all safety precautions, the two of them lay at the entrance and peeked inside. It was empty—completely void of anything.

Fan Zhou used his little paw to wave the water whip and lifted the big-horned beast and the birds up.

He threw the big-horned beast and the birds onto the area at the doorway that resembled a landing pad.

The big-horned beast weighed over a hundred jin. Together with the two birds, the combined weight exceeded two hundred jin, yet they moved about inside that space steadily. There wasn’t the slightest sign of danger.

Fan Zhou used the water whip to push the big-horned beast in front of the silver door.

On the left side of the door were the words from yesterday. On the right side was a green button that looked similar to the buttons inside the mech.

After thinking for a while, Fan Zhou first used the water whip to tightly bind his small body to Feng Xun’s, then used the water whip to lift the big-horned beast and pressed its horn against the green button.

The silver door opened very smoothly, without the rumbling noise from yesterday.

Fan Zhou and Feng Xun held their breath, eyes wide as they looked inside the door.

The area beyond the door was no longer silver. First, there was an open clearing, very similar to the entrance area.

Beyond the clearing was a sectioned-off area that looked like an office space, divided into multiple sections.

The two sections closest to the door—one had a mech inside, and the other had a robot. There were only three mechs, but over a dozen robots of varying sizes!

“As expected…”

Fan Zhou instinctively gripped the fur on top of Feng Xun’s head. Nervousness, fear, and excitement surged inside him, making him want to grin while sneakily stretching out his little head to look around like a thief.

The Beast God really had already left this world, right?

“Fan Zhou, calm down.” Feng Xun felt a bit of pain from his grip and couldn’t help softly calling his name.

Don’t get excited.

There might still be danger!

Hearing this, Fan Zhou quickly retracted his chaotic thoughts. That’s right—right now they still couldn’t be sure whether anyone was here!

“I’ll let the big-horned beast go in and take a look.”

He used the water whip to push the big-horned beast further inside.

The big-horned beast was reluctant, clearly frightened, but with the water whip forcing it along, it could only stagger forward. Its hooves clattered on the metal floor, making a da-da-da sound.

Nothing unusual.

Not the slightest anomaly.

Fan Zhou had the big-horned beast wander around inside for quite a while. Aside from the da-da of hooves, all that could be heard were the cries from the big-horned beast and the birds.

His courage instantly grew a bit.

“Shall we go in and take a look?”

“Alright.” Feng Xun didn’t hesitate in the slightest.

This world was on the brink of collapse. Perhaps, with the bunny’s sweet water, their tribe could barely survive on the Sacred Mountain.

But now that they had discovered this place, no matter what, he and the bunny had to go in and take a look.

He lifted his paw and climbed up onto that landing pad-like space at the entrance.

He didn’t make any extra movements—just walked straight inside. At the doorway, he stopped.

He and Fan Zhou did just as before—stretching their heads to look inside.

Just now, they could only see what was directly in front of the door; they hadn’t been able to see the left and right sides. Now that they were at the entrance, they could finally see clearly.

“Eh?” Fan Zhou looked to the right and immediately saw an electronic screen not far away. The screen looked like an old-fashioned television, with two buttons on the right—one red, one green. Above the electronic screen was a line of text:

Press the green button to turn on the screen. You will know the whole truth.

He immediately tugged gently at Feng Xun’s fur with his little paw. “Look to the right.”

Feng Xun had already looked over the moment he heard that “eh?” Feng Xun didn’t recognize the electronic screen, but he did recognize the characters on it: “Should we open it?”

“Of course we have to open it.” As Fan Zhou spoke, a water whip appeared again in his paw. The water whip flowed toward the electronic screen and then slapped the green button on the right side of the screen.

In the next second, the electronic screen lit up—it was very smooth, without any pause.

A handsome man appeared on the screen. He was wearing glasses and a white lab coat, sitting behind a desk with his arms casually crossed in front of his chest, a faint smile hanging at the corners of his lips.

He looked very gentle.

Like a scientific researcher.

Fan Zhou: “……”

Feng Xun: “……”

The two of them instinctively held their breath, not daring to make a sound.

Especially Feng Xun—though he was still peeking at the screen, his body had already lowered. At the slightest sign of danger, he would flee this place at the fastest speed.

The man in the white lab coat adjusted his glasses, then opened his mouth to speak. His voice was as gentle as his smile: “Actually, I’ve always been conflicted. I didn’t know whether I should leave this base behind in this world.”

“But most of the little fluffballs are really adorable. And the fluffballs who can find this place must be lucky. Since they’re lucky, of course they should be rewarded.”

“I, this Beast God, have always had a soft heart.”

As he said this, the man in the white lab coat smiled lightly and raised his hand to wave at the camera: “Most fortunate little cutie, congratulations on arriving here.”

Fan Zhou: “……”

He inhaled sharply. So it really was the Beast God!

Feng Xun also widened his eyes. Was this the Beast God he had always devoutly worshipped?

“Let me introduce myself first. I come from the Bureau of Plane Management. The root of it all started with a disagreement between my two superiors during the disposal of a wasteland world.”

“One believed that human nature is inherently good and that these wasteland worlds should be left to develop freely.”

“The other had completely lost faith in human nature and believed these wasteland worlds should be entirely destroyed, to avoid wasting any more plane energy.”

“Neither could convince the other, so I received a task. My mission was to travel to various wasteland worlds and observe human nature.”

“This beastman world was my final stop.”

Fan Zhou stared dumbfounded at the man. So, he wasn’t some hometown deity!

He was someone who… did fast transmigration missions?

Being able to jump between worlds to carry out missions—that had to be fast transmigration, right…

Fan Zhou didn’t have much experience, and that was the only thing he could think of.

Moreover, if the mission was to observe human nature in wasteland worlds, then this beastman world must have once been a wasteland?

Fan Zhou was deep in thought, but Feng Xun looked completely lost. Though he had been diligently learning the written language and things from Fan Zhou’s homeland, the words from this white coat man were too obscure. Fan Zhou had never taught him this—it was a knowledge blind spot for him.

He could only stare blankly at the screen.

The man in the screen looked gently at the camera: “Most fortunate little cutie, I know you don’t understand, but it’s okay. Just remember it. One day, you will understand.”

Feng Xun: “!”

He immediately focused his mind and stared seriously at the screen.

“This beastman world was also a wasteland world. Many years ago, an internal war broke out that wrecked the entire world—every beastman died.”

“But in a secret base located in the far north, there were survivors. This was a batch of cloned beastmen with genetic defects. They were originally meant to be destroyed, but the internal war became too intense. The base owner changed his mind and wanted to train them for battle according to the purpose for which they were created. In the end, the war ended before this could be carried out, and the base owner died. So, this batch of beastmen survived.”

“They were lying in cryogenic chambers. After I arrived in this world, I began transforming it for them.”

“Actually, the Wild Continent is a large island, and the Central Continent is a subsidiary island of it. The other parts of this world are still a complete wasteland. My personal ability is limited—I could only clear out this much space.”

“To make the Wild Continent more livable, I dug some caves into the mountains so they’d have places to stay. They were a bunch of fluffballs who knew nothing. Even if they made mistakes and were exiled to the Wild Continent, I still couldn’t bear for them to suffer too much.”

Fan Zhou widened his eyes upon hearing this— the Wild Continent was an island?

……

Indeed, the Wild Continent and the Central Continent did not have a trace of the post-apocalyptic world.

Relying solely on individual power, it would certainly be impossible to shape an entire world into a primitive form.

Moreover, this Beast God had even considered such a small matter as digging holes…

No wonder he had felt something strange about the Waterfall Tribe, as if someone had used an excavator to dig into the vertical mountain—so it really had been dug out by someone!

“They needed food, so I developed flora and fauna and placed them into the forest. To make this world feel more real, I also exchanged some plants and animals from the system.”

Fan Zhou: “……”

He knew something about this world wasn’t normal!

There were no large predators in the forest capable of overpowering the beastmen, and the beastmen’s staple food was big horn beasts and mud beasts—there were very few types of prey.

The man in the white lab coat continued, “Their genes all had defects. They could not transform into humanoid forms, they could not reproduce, so I developed a genetic drug to let them transform freely and give birth to offspring.”

“They also needed medicine. Hunting would cause injuries and bleeding. I worried they wouldn’t be able to distinguish between transformation drugs and regular medicine, so I improved the genetic drug and merged the two into one.”

“This is the Beast Spirit Flower.”

“It can allow beastmen to transform, and it can also heal all external wounds. But the medicine can’t be consumed too frequently, so I made the Beast Spirit Flower taste very bitter.”

“……”

Fan Zhou couldn’t help but lift his little paw to cover his mouth—Heavens! The Beast Spirit Flower was actually a genetic drug?!

Feng Xun did not understand what a genetic drug was, but he did understand this part: the Beast Spirit Flower was indeed developed by the Beast God standing before them!

Moreover, in order to prevent beastmen from eating it recklessly, the Beast God had even altered its taste!

No wonder the Beast Spirit Flower was so miraculous—turns out it was specially developed by the Beast God!

“I prepared all this, and then released that batch of beastmen from the cryogenic chambers. I taught the beastmen how to hunt and gather. I taught them to use fire to keep warm and cook.”

“But since I was observing human nature, I established the Holy Temple, and appointed the High Priest, the Beast Emperor, and the Enforcer.”

“Beastman society had gained its most basic structure, and I no longer appeared frequently. However, I set up surveillance in many places.”

“The very first High Priest was quite good, he strictly followed the Ten Commandments of the Beast God that I had set, not daring to disobey.”

“While I was cleaning up pollution in other areas, I continued observing that High Priest. After confirming that he truly had no selfish motives, I entered the hibernation chamber and would occasionally fall into sleep.”

“The third generation High Priest, he was a fox.”

The man in the white lab coat sighed softly as he spoke, and the smile faded from his face.

“He showed favoritism to his own child. At first, he was biased when distributing meat. Later, when his child wanted to become the swordbearer of the Enforcer, he arranged for other beastmen to cripple his grandson’s competitor during a hunt.”

“After I showed up and punished him, he repented, and I forgave him.”

“Actually, I should have left this world at that point—my mission was already complete. But these fluffballs were simply too hard for me to let go, so after eliminating some pollution, I went back into hibernation.”

“When I woke up, the fourth generation High Priest had already appeared. Perhaps I had not shown myself in too long—shortly after becoming High Priest, he began using his position for personal gain.”

“Beastmen outside the Holy Temple wanted their children to enter the Hall, so they brought gifts to curry favor with the High Priest.”

“This High Priest selected young beastmen based on the value of the gifts they gave.”

“I did not scold him. I merely appeared and rescued a beastman with a broken leg, but the fourth generation High Priest was so terrified that he restrained himself significantly afterward.”

“By that time, I had already stayed in this world for nearly three hundred years. I should have left.”

A look of reluctance surged onto the face of the man in the white lab coat.

“Most of the fluffballs are extremely adorable. But this is a post-apocalyptic world, so before leaving, I cleared out the pollution once more to let the fluffballs grow freely.”

“I left this base behind. This base was originally produced by the system, and later, after many modifications by me, it became what it is now.”

As he spoke, the man in the white lab coat rose from the table. He hooked a finger at the camera and said, “Come, lucky fluffball, I will introduce everything here to you.”

He finished speaking and walked out.

The camera seemed to be floating in mid-air, always following behind the man in the white lab coat. As he walked, he said, “The entrance is a helipad, and at the very bottom of the base, there is a flying vehicle. This flying vehicle can go anywhere in this world.”

“Its power source is an energy stone I exchanged from the system. It can still fly for another hundred thousand hours. When the energy in the energy stone is used up, it can still absorb solar power.”

As he spoke, the man in the white lab coat entered an elevator. The elevator descended, and soon, he arrived in front of a huge room.

Upon entering the room, a flying vehicle appeared in the camera’s view.

The flying vehicle was not big, less than ten meters long, shaped like a panda, and looked very cute.

The man in the white lab coat introduced the flying vehicle with a smiling face. Just like the mechas of the Holy Temple, this flying vehicle used a foolproof operation system, with only simple buttons.

After coming out of the flying vehicle, the man in the white lab coat sighed and said, “Actually, I also have selfish motives. I hoped that the one who discovered this place would be an adorable giant panda. I even altered the genes of the giant pandas, making their claws sharper than those of other beastmen.”

“Even I, an outsider, have my preferences. How can I expect the beastmen to always be selfless and impartial?”

“This is also the reason why I am tolerant toward the beastmen.”

Fan Zhou: “……”

No wonder Xiong Jing and Xiong Ye’s claws were different from those of other beastmen!

So it was because the Beast God favored them.

But what was going on with the white wolf’s claws?

And what about the white wolf’s strength and body?

At this moment, the man in the white lab coat sighed again. He left the room where the flying vehicle was stored and entered another room.

This room was filled with all kinds of strange-looking machines. A gentle smile appeared on his face again.

“Little lucky cutie, these machines should be more to your liking than the flying vehicle just now. All the machines here are for making delicious food.”

He smiled and patted the machine closest to the door. The machine looked like an ice cream maker and also used a foolproof operation system. It had a few pictures drawn on it and red and green buttons.

“This is a sugar-making machine. Put these few items into the machine, and you can produce sweet, sweet sugar.”

“The ones beside it are beverage machines. Just put in the corresponding items, and you’ll get very delicious drinks~”

“This is…”

With his eyes slightly bright, he introduced over twenty machines in the room, speaking in a tone as if coaxing a baby.

Fan Zhou listened while swallowing his saliva. He really wanted to eat. He was really craving it.

So hungry, he was craving so much!

Feng Xun understood what was being said, and the rabbit on his head tugged at his hair with its little paws again. It was obvious the rabbit was even more excited than he was.

After introducing those machines, the man in the white lab coat walked out of the room and entered yet another room.

This room also had various machines.

Fan Zhou recognized all of these machines. The one closest to the door was a small steam train!

Next to the steam train was a generator!

The man in the white lab coat raised his hand and patted these machines. His expression was a bit emotional. “These are all antiques I exchanged from the system. You might not understand them, and my mission has already reached its conclusion.”

“But I still exchanged these antiques, maybe one day you or your descendants will be able to use them.”

“If this wasteland world is not destroyed.”

Fan Zhou: “……”

He quickly started calculating in his mind how long ago this Beast God had left.

Hu Tu said the Beast God hadn’t appeared for over four hundred years, and just now this Beast God also said that the last time he appeared, the Holy Temple was under the control of the fourth generation High Priest.

After that appearance, this Beast God also cleared the remaining pollution in this world. Even if that took several decades, roughly calculated, this Beast God had still left this world four hundred years ago.

But this world still existed and had not been destroyed!

Maybe the Beast God’s superior changed their mind?

On the screen, the man in the white lab coat left the room where the antique machines were stored and rode the elevator back up.

The elevator arrived at the upper level. He walked out of the elevator and introduced to the camera, “This is the laboratory I specially set up for beastmen. The beastmen can conduct some simple research here.”

Fan Zhou, upon hearing this, immediately widened his eyes.

On the operating table in this laboratory, there were many instruments. These instruments, just like the mechas in the Holy Temple, all used foolproof operation systems. Among them was a machine for detecting pollution levels, and just looking at it made his heart burn with excitement.

He just so happened to need such a machine!

Leaving this level, the man in the white lab coat continued upward.

This time, after exiting the elevator, there was a large silver door in front of him, and next to the door was once again a button.

“This is my laboratory. The things inside are very complicated. Little lucky cutie, you definitely won’t understand them.”

The man in the white lab coat pointed to the door and said, “I originally wanted to seal off this floor, but the things inside are very important. Little cutie, perhaps you will need them.”

“Inside, there are medical pods. They can reconnect severed limbs, and can bring dying beastmen back to life.”

“There are also gene serums with relatively high concentration. This batch of beastmen all have genetic defects. Who knows when you’ll need to use the gene serums.”

“Good luck. I hope you’ll never have to use them.”

After he finished speaking, he opened the door and walked in.

Inside were many rooms. The two rooms closest to the door—one held the medical pods, and the other held the gene serums. He spoke slowly about the function and method of use for both.

These were system-made and did not have foolproof buttons; the operations were very complex.

Fan Zhou held his breath and listened more seriously than to anything that had been said before, because Feng Xun needed the gene serum!

Feng Xun’s body had never gotten better. He had always been enduring pain, yet the beast spirit flower was ineffective on him. The gene serums before his eyes might be Feng Xun’s only cure.

Moreover, with the current pollution, could it be that the reason beastmen were contracting strange illnesses was due to genetic defects?

After finishing the introduction of these two things, the man in the white lab coat began introducing the other rooms. This was where he conducted experiments. It was here that he restructured and developed all those foolproof-operating mechas, flying vehicles, robots, and other machines. He also restructured the genes of giant pandas and created plants and animals that did not exist in this world.

He was very versatile—skilled in both biology and mechanics.

Fan Zhou listened until his head was spinning. This had exceeded his capabilities. He was a liberal arts university student—listening to this was like listening to astronomy.

However, even though he had a headache, he did not lose heart.

If he could not understand, he could slowly learn. After all, he had plenty of time.

After finishing that floor’s explanation, the man in the white lab coat took the elevator up another level. This level housed the equipment and chemicals for clearing pollution.

After listening to the explanation for this level, Fan Zhou’s eyes lit up.

He already had a guess in his heart: the beastmen catching strange illnesses, and the dwindling food supply—could it all be related to that yellow rain?

That yellow rain was pollution, the pollution of this wasteland world, the pollution that this Beast God had not finished cleaning up. If he used this equipment and these chemicals to remove the pollution, then wouldn’t the beastmen stop getting sick?

Would the food stop dwindling too?

Thinking of this, he felt excited, watching as the man in the white lab coat went up another level.

This time, the man in the white lab coat arrived at the level where they were currently located.

The man in the white lab coat pointed at the items stored here and said, “Little lucky cutie, this is the gift I left for you—mechas, robots, submarines, excavators, tricycles…”

As he spoke, he laughed. “They’re all toys. The energy stones inside them can let you use them for a very, very long time. You should like them.”

But as he laughed, his expression grew complicated, filled with emotion and reluctance: “All the worlds I’ve been to before were human worlds. This is the only beastman world, and also the world where I stayed the longest.”

“But I have to leave today.”

“Under this base is a massive energy stone. With the base’s current rate of consumption, it can sustain the operation of the base for a thousand years. Little lucky cutie, I hope that when you discover this base, the energy stone hasn’t been depleted, and you can enjoy everything I’ve left behind.”

“I wish you a peaceful beast life, with endless meat to eat and endless toys to play with.”

“Goodbye~”

He waved at the camera, his eyes already slightly red.

A few seconds later, the screen went dark. His voice and figure disappeared.

Fan Zhou stared at that screen in a daze, as though he had lost something. In the end, not even a name was left behind…

Feng Xun also instinctively raised his paw and took a step forward. Beast God had left, completely left…