“Has the Beast God really left completely?”

Feng Xun could not help but ask Fan Zhou to confirm.

He had always devoutly believed in Beast God. Now that he had seen Beast God with his own eyes and knew that Beast God was even more gentle and tolerant than he had imagined, the sense of loss in his heart was far deeper than Fan Zhou’s.

He was afraid he had not fully understood Beast God’s words. He still held onto a sliver of hope in his heart.

But Fan Zhou could only break that last sliver of hope: “Yes, he has completely left. He has gone to another world. We’ll never see him again.”

Just a moment ago, he had still been worried there were people here, layering one safety measure after another.

But now, he only hoped the master of this place could return.

He did not believe in Beast God, but he needed a god like this.

Unfortunately, this god was not coming back…

His little hand gently tugged the fur on Feng Xun’s head: “Let’s go in. You are the luckiest little fluffball—everything here was left for you by Beast God.”

Feng Xun: “……”

It felt as though a heavy stone was pressing down on his chest, suffocating him, and his eyes reddened uncontrollably.

“I’m not the luckiest fluffball. I didn’t even get to see him with my own eyes.”

“How are you not the luckiest? Hundreds of years later, you’re the only one who got to see him.”

Fan Zhou could not help but gently pat his ear: “The Beast God left you tasty things, fun things. He wants to see your smiling face, not you crying.”

After hearing this, Feng Xun felt even more upset. He lifted his head to look at those toys. Actually, he recognized them all—because Fan Zhou had described them to him before.

Now that the descriptions matched the real thing, he stared blankly at them for a while, then raised his paw and stepped into the base.

He walked toward the mechas.

He and Fan Zhou had worried that the one in the temple might be unsafe, so they had not tried it on.

But the ones in front of him now were all safe. He walked up to one, raised his paw, gently touched it, and even pressed the button on the mecha’s back, though he did not get inside.

He then went to examine the robots. These robots had various functions—some were for playing, able to run and fly, while others could do all kinds of tasks.

He touched this one, tapped that one, and finally came to the front of the submarine. Not only was he curious about this object, Fan Zhou was too.

A submarine, eh—he had not expected Beast God to even prepare this. Beast God not only wanted the luckiest fluffball to be able to fly in the sky, but also to fly in the ocean.

The submarine had the shape of a big round ball, like an egg. The interior space was quite large, over a hundred square meters, divided into several sections, with bedroom and kitchen, and it could even launch attacks on fish—it was fully equipped.

It was clear that Beast God hoped his luckiest little cutie could admire the underwater scenery while enjoying the freshest seafood.

After Fan Zhou finished explaining the submarine’s functions, Feng Xun’s eyes reddened again.

Even for something like a toy, Beast God had gone to such lengths to ensure the fluffball could be comfortable and happy.

Seeing Feng Xun like this made Fan Zhou feel awful too. He transformed into human form, sprawled over the white wolf and stroked him all over to coax and comfort him. When he saw that Feng Xun’s mood was still low, he simply pushed Feng Xun into the mecha.

Maybe seeing the blue sky and white clouds would help improve his mood.

The mecha’s interior space was quite large, and the height could be adjusted. In his previous life, Fan Zhou’s body size was average, but in the beastman world he was considered petite, so he and Feng Xun could easily ride one mecha together.

After getting into the mecha, he operated the buttons. The buttons could rotate, and by rotating them, the speed could be adjusted.

When the mecha started moving, it stepped across the metal floor with a glowing clang clang clang of metal collisions. As soon as this sound rang out, Feng Xun’s attention was immediately pulled away quite a bit.

He looked at the control panel.

Although this mecha operated in a foolproof manner, its internal instruments were quite sophisticated. Once activated, a 3D screen appeared before them, allowing a full 360-degree observation of everything within a thousand meters of the mecha.

At this point, Feng Xun’s attention was completely drawn in.

Fan Zhou also widened his eyes. He had not expected that once the toy-like mecha was truly activated, its interior would not be toy-like at all. He clicked his tongue twice and thought, With Hu Tu’s intelligence that’s only good for scheming and backstabbing, can he even understand this?

But with Feng Xun’s intelligence, he definitely could understand!

Sure enough, after flying for less than ten minutes, Feng Xun asked to operate it independently. So he let go and obediently stayed nestled in Feng Xun’s arms, focusing solely on the scenery around the mecha.

Feng Xun quickly grasped the knack of flying. He was no longer content with the slow, standard flight mode. He began to increase the speed, even changing flight positions, piloting the toy mecha as though it were a fighter jet.

After flying around like that for a while, his previously gloomy mood finally improved.

When they returned to the base and came out of the mecha, he patted it with some emotion and said, “I still miss him.”

“If he could still see this world, if he saw the cool video of you operating the mecha just now, he would definitely be happy,” Fan Zhou hugged him and said seriously.

Really, if the man in the white lab coat were still in this world, he would definitely be shocked by Feng Xun’s abilities and intelligence.

All the beastmen in this world had genetic defects, including the former Feng Xun.

However, Feng Xun was still different from ordinary beastmen. The man in the white lab coat had not modified the white wolf’s claws, but Feng Xun’s claws were even sharper than Xiong Ye and Xiong Jing’s.

Later, Feng Xun’s strength even experienced a qualitative leap.

Feng Xun definitely broke through his original genetic defect. The beastmen lying in the cryo pods at that time also had genetic defects, but in essence, they were born for combat. The man in the white lab coat had clearly said that the base owner wanted to send them to the battlefield according to the original purpose for which they were created.

Since they were meant for the battlefield, this batch of beastmen’s strength must have been higher than that of ordinary beastmen. They definitely had undergone specific genetic modifications or were injected with gene serums or the like.

Therefore, Feng Xun likely shattered the shackles of his original defects in a moment of desperation—his genes broke through, and his strength regressed to an ancestral state.

Feng Xun’s current strength should be the state the base owner desired.

However, Feng Xun’s breakthrough was not perfect; it left him with sequelae of full-body pain and an inability to exert his full power without fear.

This should still be the fault of the genetic defects. After all, the earliest batch of beastmen all had genetic flaws.

Fortunately, the man in the white lab coat had left behind gene medicine. He and Feng Xun could study it slowly.

Of course, the man in the white lab coat might not have cared about the fluffball’s strength, but he definitely cared about the fluffball’s character.

Feng Xun not only had strong power, but his soul was also very pure. He devoutly believed in the Beast God and treated the Beast God’s Ten Commandments as his code of conduct. He had not betrayed the Beast God.

Strong, handsome, and devout—he was definitely the type of fluffball the man in the white lab coat liked most.

Moreover, the man in the white lab coat’s mission was to observe human nature. With Feng Xun around, how could his mission be considered a failure?

What a pity… they did not know whether the man in the white lab coat could still see Feng Xun…

After listening to Fan Zhou’s incisive and thorough analysis, Feng Xun subconsciously straightened his chest. That’s right, he was stronger and more devout than any other beastman. If the Beast God saw him, he would definitely like him.

He took a deep breath, patted the mecha in front of him again, then looked resolutely at Fan Zhou and said, “We must work hard to save the beastmen. We can’t let the Beast God down.”

“He’s already done so much for the beastmen. We must repay his favor.”

“Alright.” Fan Zhou grabbed his hand. He felt much more relieved in his heart—getting back on his feet was what mattered.

“Let’s go check out the bottom floor. There are lots of food-making machines down there.”

“Mm!” Feng Xun nodded vigorously. He really was a bit hungry now. It was already afternoon, and his breakfast had long since been digested.

So the two of them took the elevator to the bottom floor.

Sugar was nothing special to them. In their daily life, they had sweet water and hard nuts, and occasionally they could even taste honey. But those other drink dispensers, especially the one for soda, made Fan Zhou almost drool with craving.

He had not drunk soda in almost a year!

The ingredients for making soda were easy to find. Contrary to what they had imagined—first refining sugar and then looking for other ingredients—these machines merely simulated the taste of carbonated drinks; they could not actually produce real soda.

Therefore, the ingredients the machines needed were easy to gather. They could collect them all near the Holy Mountain.

Fan Zhou did not care whether what he drank was genuine soda or not. As long as it tasted right, that was good enough. If you were already drinking this kind of beverage, who would care whether it was authentic or nutritious?

As long as it satisfied his craving, that was enough.

The same applied to the other machines—most of them could only simulate the taste and could not truly reproduce the original products.

The two of them wrote down the recipes of the food and drinks they most wanted to eat and drink, then opened their backpacks and began eating the dried rations they had prepared that morning — dried meat.

After finishing the dried meat, the two of them rode the mech out to look for raw materials. After searching for a while and returning to the base, the sky had already turned dark.

The two of them excitedly sorted out the raw materials and then fed them one by one into the machines. In no time, brown-colored soda, coffee, milk tea, as well as cake, chocolate, pizza and other foods came out of the machines.

Fan Zhou set up a water table, then placed everything on it. He pushed the soda toward Feng Xun: “Quick, try it, it tastes better than my water!”

Feng Xun picked up the cup made of an unidentifiable material and stared at the brown liquid. Seeing the dense bubbles on top, he widened his eyes.

Bringing the cup to his mouth, he took a sip.

An unprecedented sweetness exploded in his mouth, and it seemed like tiny bubbles were popping. He couldn’t help but let out a burp.

Fan Zhou burst into laughter. “Is it good?”

He was already happily eating a slice of pizza.

The familiar flatbread paired with cheese and bacon was so delicious he wanted to cry.

Carbs!

Exquisite carbs!

He had been craving this bite so much!

“It’s good.” Feng Xun immediately nodded.

He took another big gulp. The sweet taste flowed down his throat and spread through his entire body, nourishing every single cell.

All the pores on his body seemed to open up, and feeling so comfortable, he couldn’t help but down the rest in one gulp.

“Come, come, eat this.” Fan Zhou stuffed a slice of pizza into his hand. “This is the wheat I told you about, it tastes better than sorghum. And this cake, you should try that too.”

Seeing this, Feng Xun put down the cup in his hand and began attacking the delicious food on the table.

Once the food entered his mouth, he acted just like Fan Zhou. He didn’t even bother using chopsticks; he just wanted to stuff the delicious food into his mouth as fast as possible.

The two of them ate to their heart’s content, especially Feng Xun, who even transformed into beast form. But even so, they still couldn’t finish all the food.

The two of them lay on the ground, stuffed, completely motionless. After the fullness wore off, they moved over to the other food machines and began studying the ingredients.

Since the Beast God had created these machines, then the raw materials used must all exist in this world. Fan Zhou had always wanted to eat noodles and rice, but he hadn’t found those two things yet.

Now seeing that the machines had ingredients labeled as wheat and rice, he finally let out a sigh of relief.

That’s great!

In the next few days, the two of them tried out the panda aircraft, and also collected some surface water to take to the orcs’ dedicated laboratory to test the pollution level.

The test results left the two of them deeply worried. The pollution level had already reached severe levels — no wonder the beastmen had started getting strange illnesses.

They then went to inspect those machines and items specifically designed to treat pollution. All of these items had written instructions. The two of them studied for a while and then went to the nearest lake to do experiments.

Produced by the system, it had to be high-quality. They threw several kinds of chemical agents into the water. According to the instructions, these agents would cause the pollutants in the water to precipitate, and then be naturally broken down by the lakebed soil.

After one day, they took some more lake water to the lab for testing.

This time, the test results showed only barely visible trace pollution in the water.

With these results, the two of them were greatly encouraged. Although this world was vast, the purifying items left by the Beast God were numerous. They didn’t expect to purify all the world’s water sources.

As long as the beastmen stopped getting strange illnesses and food supplies no longer decreased, the two of them would be satisfied.

After finishing this major task, the two of them went to the Beast God’s laboratory.

Fan Zhou had Feng Xun lie in the medical pod to see if it could heal his whole-body pain.

As it turned out, it could not.

So the two of them began researching the gene medicines with varying concentrations.

After two days of research, they still had no clue. Anyway, aside from the full-body pain, Feng Xun had no other symptoms, so it wasn’t urgent at the moment.

So, the two of them used the food machine to make a lot of delicious food again, then packed it up and loaded it into the panda aircraft.

The two of them piloted the panda aircraft back to the Holy Temple.

Such a large aircraft landing in front of the Holy Temple startled all the beastmen. It happened to be morning, and the beastmen had just finished breakfast and were preparing to go out hunting.

The aircraft suddenly came down, and a group of beastmen were so frightened that they hid behind the main gate of the Holy Temple and dared not go out.

Of course, this was mainly because the aircraft looked like a panda, exactly the same as their current Beast Emperor. So even though they were afraid, they were not scared to the point of fleeing in all directions.

Xiong Ye also hid behind the door, looking at the aircraft with a face full of fear and curiosity.

Not long after, the door on the aircraft opened, and Fan Zhou and Feng Xun walked out.

Seeing familiar people, Xiong Ye was stunned for a moment, then quickly jumped out from behind the door: “Lord Tu Zhou, Feng Xun!”

How could it be Lord Tu Zhou and Feng Xun?

He had really been frightened just now.

The other beastmen also came running out from behind the door one after another. Their big heads were full of confusion, and Hu Sheng shouted loudly, “Tu Zhou, what is this? So imposing!”

“This is the aircraft bestowed upon Feng Xun and me by the Beast God.”

Fan Zhou stood on the aircraft, smiling as he waved to the beastmen.

Ahem, he was a fluffball too, so this couldn’t be considered a lie.

“Wow! This was bestowed by the Beast God?!”

“No wonder it’s so imposing!”

“Have you seen the Beast God?!”

……

The beastmen asked eagerly and curiously.

This divine tool was much bigger than the one in the Beast God’s courtyard!

“Feng Xun and I saw the Beast God. The Beast God has already fallen into slumber, but before falling asleep, he bestowed many divine tools and delicious foods.”

As Fan Zhou spoke, he had everyone line up. He told Xiong Ye, Hu Sheng, and Bao Cheng to follow him onto the aircraft to carry down those delicacies.

The Beast God was tolerant and fond of fluffiness, so these delicacies would be shared with all who saw them!

Hearing that the Beast God had fallen into slumber, the beastmen all felt a little disappointed. Since they had seen Lord Tu Zhou, why couldn’t they also see the Beast God?

They had heard that many, many years ago, the Beast God often appeared before ordinary beastmen.

However, this disappointment did not last long. Once they received the delicacies distributed by Fan Zhou, their attention shifted entirely to the food.

Exquisite cakes, delicious drinks — these delicacies greatly broadened the beastmen’s horizons. Even though they had just eaten breakfast and their bellies were full, when it came to food of this caliber, they could definitely eat a lot more!

As expected of delicacies bestowed by the Beast God, so delicious it made them want to dance with joy.

At the same time, they gained a deeper understanding of how favored Tu Zhou, this new Grand Priest, was.

Hu Tu had served as the Grand Priest for so many years, and the Beast God hadn’t bestowed anything, yet as soon as Tu Zhou took office, the Beast God gave them soda, an aircraft, and so many delicious things.

Wuwuwu, following Grand Priest Tu Zhou gave them something to look forward to in life!

Fan Zhou and Feng Xun stayed at the Holy Temple for one day, then rode the aircraft back to the base.

After replenishing food at the base, they piloted the aircraft back to the Waterfall Tribe.

By that time, nearly three months had passed since they had left, and summer was approaching.

In the three months since their departure, the Waterfall Tribe had not changed much.

Before they left, they had arranged everything. When it was time to plant, they went to plant, and when there was no work, they thought of ways to get food.

Because the food prepared before last winter had not been sufficient, and the grass seeds sown in early spring had not yet matured, they needed to gather more food to last until the first batch of sorghum could be harvested.

Fan Zhou and Feng Xun’s sudden appearance startled all the beastmen.

After the shock came joy — they had missed Fan Zhou so much!

Even though Fan Zhou and Feng Xun had already distributed the delicacies, they still crowded around Fan Zhou, chattering about everything that had happened during this time.

A batch of beast spirit flowers had already been harvested. Thanks to the irrigation system he and Feng Xun had built, the Waterfall Tribe could now cultivate beast spirit flowers!

The Shell Tribe’s beastmen had come once more. Their main purpose this time was not to trade goods, but to meet the amiable Grand Priest Fan Zhou.

Unfortunately, at that time, Fan Zhou was not present, and they could only leave in regret.

The hardliners led by Hu Rong changed their minds not long after Fan Zhou left. They went to look for the old chieftain Lang Tian and expressed their desire to join the Waterfall Tribe through labor reform.

Lang Tian agreed.

As long as one was willing to go through labor reform, everything could be discussed.

In addition, Yang Da also went to find Lang Tian and very sincerely repented for his past mistakes and malice. He also hoped to join the Waterfall Tribe through labor reform.

This time, Lang Tian did not make the decision on his own. He organized a vote to see the opinions of the people in the Waterfall Tribe.

In the end, Yang Da barely won by one vote and obtained the opportunity for labor reform.

The prey that Feng Xun had previously captured had given birth to quite a few cubs, and the ranch had expanded again.

Some beastmen from the White Flower Tribe went to find Song Li. They also wanted to learn arithmetic. Song Li did not refuse and taught those few beastmen arithmetic every evening after work.

Many beastmen of the Waterfall Tribe had already moved into mud houses.

Now that the beastmen of the Waterfall Tribe were wealthy, after having fulfilled their greatest goal of being well-fed and well-clothed, they began to have other needs.

The White Flower Tribe was no longer satisfied with their old small shacks. After spring began, they worked hard to make mud bricks and had now also moved into mud houses.

…

Lu Xin and Xiong Wu were actually still there. After sending the beastmen from the Giant Bear Tribe, they had not returned but had stayed in the Waterfall Tribe.

Because when they had just arrived at the Waterfall Tribe, they happened to encounter a group of wandering beastmen attacking the Waterfall Tribe. If the beastmen from the Giant Bear Tribe had not suddenly appeared, the Waterfall Tribe would have been in big trouble.

That group of wandering beastmen numbered over two hundred. Each of them was brave and skilled in battle, and the attack was launched at night! Although they worked together to drive those wandering beastmen away, Xiong Wu and Lu Xin still felt uneasy, so the two of them as a couple stayed on. And they had remained ever since.

Fan Zhou and Feng Xun had not expected this, and immediately asked if there had been any casualties.

Naturally, there were none. The Waterfall Tribe had Beast Spirit Flowers. Injured beastmen would be fine after eating the Beast Spirit Flower.

Fan Zhou let out a sigh of relief, but obviously this matter could not be left at that. Anyway, the Wild Continent was actually just a large island. Those wandering beastmen who had escaped could not have gone far. After he and Feng Xun finished handling the tribe’s miscellaneous matters, they would definitely capture all those wandering beastmen and send them to labor reform.

The crops of the Waterfall Tribe were all irrigated with spring water from the mountain. The level of pollution in the spring water was not severe. Fan Zhou and Feng Xun were in no hurry to purify it. After feeding the crops and livestock some sweet water, they returned to the base.

After restocking a round of food, they began to take the aircraft toward the other continents.

They wanted to see this wasteland world.

The aircraft flew for two days and finally left the Wild Continent. After crossing the ocean, they soon saw a large, lush continent full of branches and leaves.

This wasteland world had already been abandoned for several hundred years. Even if there had been pollution back then, after several rounds of purification by the Beast God, the ground could now naturally grow plants.

Germination, growth, withering—this cycle had repeated for hundreds of years.

The spring mud that had formed over these hundreds of years had already buried the traces of war that once existed. Besides plants, Fan Zhou found no remnants of steel and concrete cities.

However, on the edge of that continent, they saw a distinct large rift. After lowering the height of the aircraft, they saw the full view of this large rift.

The rift was over a hundred meters deep. Although there were plants growing inside, there were not many. It looked similar to the forests on the Wild Continent.

The two of them could not understand why such a large rift existed, and it even extended into the sea. But clearly, this rift must not have existed for long.

After observing for a while and collecting some seawater, the two returned to the base.

The pollution concentration of the seawater had also reached a severe level. Thinking about the state of things in a few years, the two placed the task of removing pollution as their top priority.

However, in order to make it easier to maintain contact with the Holy Temple and the Waterfall Tribe, they taught Xiong Ye how to use the mecha and also placed a mecha at the Waterfall Tribe.

The mecha at the Waterfall Tribe was operated by Xiong Jing.

The Beast God was particularly fond of giant pandas, and Fan Zhou liked them too.

As they communicated more with those two places, other beastmen gradually learned the location of the Sacred Mountain.

The Sacred Mountain had become much more lively than before, and many beastmen came to make pilgrimages.

Being delayed by these beastmen, the great undertaking of purification by Fan Zhou and Feng Xun progressed very slowly.

Of course, even more importantly, Fan Zhou himself wanted to know what exactly had happened in the following years that caused the pollution to suddenly worsen.

He did not dare use up all the purification items.

If he used them all now, what would they do if something unexpected happened later?

He was waiting—waiting for the winter that Que Yu had mentioned, the one in which many animals and plants had died.