The dozen or so remaining mutant beasts were already riddled with injuries and exhausted. Now that the Soul Beast’s Spiritual Control had suddenly vanished, each of the Advanced Mutant Beasts looked as if they’d lost their minds, standing there in a daze.
Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?
This was the expression on every Advanced Mutant Beast’s face, which in turn left the army rushing out from the base completely bewildered and afraid to make a rash move.
The base’s electric fences and firewalls had been shut down, and nearly everyone had rushed outside.
Now, a large crowd of people stood before these mutant beasts. The beasts didn’t move, and neither did the people. They stared at each other, as if time itself had frozen.
"Sister-in-law, what’s going on with these mutant beasts?"
Xu the Third was completely baffled by the situation with these mutant beasts.
"That Ultra-high-level mutant beast’s Spiritual Control destroyed their brains. Now, they’re essentially brain-dead."
Tang Mo explained.
"Stop staring. If you keep looking, you’ll start getting attached. Let’s get this over with."
Mutant beasts that were brain-dead didn’t even qualify for the Beast Fighting Arena. Only the materials from their bodies were still useful.
S Base had survived this wave of Advanced Mutant Beasts, and the spoils were immense.
If the valuable materials from their bodies were processed properly, S Base’s overall strength would rise to a whole new level.
"Jingjing, is it still breathing?"
Tang Mo asked as she walked over to Jingjing, who was circling the fallen mutant beast.
"Wuu, just barely."
The Soul Beast’s mouth was still moving. Jingjing lay down beside it, listening to what it was saying.
As a mutant beast itself, Jingjing could naturally understand the Soul Beast.
"Momo, it said the Spirit Power Pearl is incredibly powerful and that it underestimated its strength. It also said that the next time one of the pearls appears in the world, humanity won’t be so lucky."
Jingjing translated the Soul Beast’s words for Tang Mo.
The Soul Beast’s words confirmed Tang Mo’s earlier suspicions.
This beast horde had happened precisely because she had fused with the Spirit Power Pearl yesterday.
This was the first time an Earth-rank Mutant Beast had appeared. It seemed there were already many terrifying creatures in this world unknown to humanity.
They were simply waiting for the Attribute Pearls to manifest, one by one, before baring their fangs and pouncing when humanity least expected it.
This beast horde had been a close call. If Tang Mo hadn’t been lucky enough to acquire that treasured axe back in the rainforest, they might not have made it through.
It seemed those Attribute Pearls weren’t so easy to obtain after all.
Having just reaped the rewards of the Spirit Power Pearl, Tang Mo came to a new realization.
’To survive in this apocalypse, one must constantly improve. Otherwise, you’ll be left behind by the faster-evolving mutant beasts and end up as their prey.’
A sense of urgency and constant vigilance were the two things you could never afford to lose if you wanted to survive in this apocalypse.
Even for a place as large as S Base, destruction could come in the blink of an eye.
"Momo, what do we do with this Soul Beast? How is it still not dead?"
Jingjing poked at the Soul Beast’s fur with its little paw.
Tang Mo took out Wind Breaker and slit the Soul Beast’s throat in a single slash.
’All creatures have their own nature. She had no reason to keep a mutant beast as sinister and vicious as this Soul Beast alive. She wouldn’t want to form a contract with it even if she could.’
With the Soul Beast’s spiritual power, it could have easily controlled those mutant beasts without destroying their brains.
But it didn’t.
If it could be so cruel to its own kind, what would it do to an Alien Race?
The dozen or so Advanced Mutant Beasts were quickly finished off. People from the base would handle the cleanup.
In the end, Tang Mo was escorted back into S Base, surrounded by a crowd.
Everyone looked at her with sparkling eyes, their faces filled with adoration.
Standing amidst the crowd and looking at their shining eyes, the first thing that flashed through Tang Mo’s mind wasn’t pride or arrogance.
It was herself from her past life.
Back then, people had shunned her as if she were vermin.
As if she were something filthy, everyone looked at her with contempt and disgust, as if her very existence was a mistake.
’In the apocalypse, for a useless person to be alive was, in itself, a mistake—a waste of resources.’
’The world had never been the one to change. It was just as unforgiving and cold as ever. The only one who had changed was me.’
When Tang Mo returned to the base, Qin Ling immediately pulled her over for a thorough inspection, just like that night he had climbed the wall into her room to check on her.
He only let her go after confirming that all the blood on her was from the mutant beasts.
"Momo, all that matters is you’re back safe! Uncle is so proud of you!"
Wen Jianshu swelled with pride over Tang Mo’s battle performance. At this moment, he wished she were his own daughter.