11: Yellow Secret Realm
After the brief meeting ended, it was already past eight in the evening, but almost no one left the Comprehensive Experiment Building; everyone continued working.
In the Cultivation room, Zhang Sheng opened his talent panel.
The talent panel now contained three major sections: Skills, Cultivation Technique, and Spell.
"Skills: Running (Perfected State); Throwing (Perfected State)..."
"Cultivation Technique: Heavenly Circulation Method (Beginner: 5/10)"
"Spell: Spring Breeze Turning into Rain Technique (Beginner: 3/10)"
Time approached nearly one in the morning before everyone gradually left the Experiment Building.
Zhang Sheng's Heavenly Circulation Method and Spring Breeze Turning into Rain Technique both increased by two points of proficiency.
By tomorrow, the progress of the Heavenly Circulation Method would reach the proficient level.
Returning to his dormitory, Zhang Sheng immediately fell asleep.
Early the next morning, before seven o'clock, Zhang Sheng woke up naturally. Perhaps due to Cultivating the Heavenly Circulation Method, his sleep quality was exceptionally high; just five or six hours eliminated all fatigue, leaving him full of energy.
Arriving at the restaurant on the second floor of the Comprehensive Experiment Building, Zhang Sheng found that almost everyone had already arrived, and he had become one of the last few.
However, everyone's expressions were extremely grim.
Zhang Sheng walked up to Professor Liu and Bai Mingzhu, who were Eating, and asked, "Professor, what is this?"
"Eat first. We'll talk about it when we get to the laboratory later."
In the heavy atmosphere, Zhang Sheng and the others finished their meal.
Upon reaching the laboratory, the two senior students were already there.
"Look!" Professor Liu turned on the teaching display screen.
A scene was playing, seemingly captured by a high-definition camera.
The camera focused on a white light gate. Suddenly, a black claw stretched out from the Secret Realm, followed by a scaly head.
This was a monster resembling a scorpion, about the size of a domestic pig. The common knowledge of cultivation referred to it as a Yao Beast.
One, two—a total of hundreds rushed out of the Secret Realm. Furthermore, one of them had a shell that shone jet black and was massive, easily the size of a yak.
Professor Liu clicked pause: "Initially, after our Armed Police Officers killed these monsters, we found that the Secret Realm would disappear. That way, we couldn't continue mining the items inside, which was a waste."
"Then, we deliberately left some Yao Beasts, and found that these Yao Beasts did not pass through the portal into our world."
"However, an accident occurred. Early this morning, almost simultaneously, all the first batch of Secret Realms that appeared changed, and the Secret Realm Yao Beasts entered Earth through the light gates."
Next, Professor Liu clicked continue playback.
In the scene, as the last scorpion Yao Beast crawled out of the light gate, the light gate vanished, followed by scattered gunfire.
The machine guns of the Armed Police Force were sweeping these monsters. Although the monsters possessed iron-like scales, they couldn't withstand armor-piercing rounds, and the Yao Beasts quickly became piles of bloody corpses.
Watching such a bloody scene, Senior Sister Bai Mingzhu nearly threw up, and even Zhang Sheng and the two senior students felt slightly nauseous.
"The strange thing is that after these Yao Beasts entered Earth, even killing them did not cause items like jade plaques to drop."
"This is the situation domestically. We've heard that overseas, especially in the African region, there have been numerous incidents of Yao Beasts Eating people."
"Moreover, in some uninhabited areas, there must be undiscovered light gates. You should understand what this means!"
New Secret Realms were constantly appearing around the globe, and danger was quietly approaching.
"Teacher, if that's all there is to it, even if these Yao Beasts appear on Earth, we can use thermal weapons to eliminate them. What is there to fear?" Cheng Hao, who was nearby, asked.
As if knowing the doubts in everyone's hearts, Professor Liu played a new video clip.
"Just this morning, after the earliest white Secret Realm disappeared, we discovered a brand new Secret Realm in a large mountain. We can confirm that it wasn't there before; it appeared suddenly."
The image showed a yellow light gate, taller than the white light gate, approximately ten meters high and arched. The surface of the gate flowed with yellow light.
It just appeared out of thin air.
"What is this?"
"Our assault team, fully armed, entered it. A squad of twenty people, but only three came out alive." As he spoke, Zhang Sheng noticed the professor's eyes redden.
"Among those who sacrificed themselves, one was a student I taught—your senior."
Then, Zhang Sheng saw the valuable footage brought back by the surviving soldiers.
In the footage, our soldiers had just entered the Secret Realm, which was a densely vegetated jungle.
Everything was filled with a primal aura; trees towered into the clouds, and vines and strange plants were everywhere.
Sunlight streamed through the gaps between the tree leaves, forming columns of light.
All team members carefully observed their surroundings, maintaining a special formation as they advanced slowly. Just as one member prepared to launch a drone.
A black figure flashed past. It was a Yao Beast covered in black spots, resembling a leopard, its eyes gleaming with bright purple light.
It wasn't large, but its speed was extreme; a single leap covered more than twenty meters.
"Be careful!"
The soldier filming wanted to give a warning, but it was too late!
The black Yao Beast leaped rapidly across the tree trunks, like a phantom.
In an instant, the black Yao Beast approached the foremost soldier. A cold flash of light appeared, and the soldier clutched his neck as blood gushed out like a fountain.
The speed was too fast. The soldiers were brutally killed before they even had time to turn their guns. Several soldiers in succession fell into pools of blood.
This level of strength definitely far surpassed the previous scorpion Yao Beasts.
Bai Mingzhu finally couldn't hold it in and threw up, tears dripping uncontrollably.
"The Yellow Secret Realm signifies immense danger. Even fully armed soldiers are not enough. Fortunately, the light gate is large enough, and we have already dispatched armored units into it. We just don't know the latest battle results."
"However, our concern is whether the monsters in these Yellow Secret Realms will enter Earth seven days from now, just like the monsters from the white Secret Realms, and whether even more dangerous Secret Realms will appear later?"
After Professor Liu said this, the group fell into a brief silence.
White Secret Realms, Yellow Secret Realms—it seemed they had fallen into a great crisis. The excitement of the previous day was completely gone, replaced by endless panic; even breathing felt difficult.
"We must use the products from the Secret Realms to become stronger as quickly as possible, focusing on training Cultivators who possess top-tier Talent. This is the consensus of the higher-ups. New legislation will be issued soon!" Professor Liu stated gravely.
"Of course, our current mission is to complete the breeding of the golden spirit rice. I hope everyone exerts their full effort; perhaps our time is limited." After speaking, the professor glanced at his watch and hurriedly left with his folder.
The four of them, including Zhang Sheng, all had grim expressions and began their respective Cultivation and breeding tasks for the day.
Returning to his Cultivation room, Zhang Sheng felt heavy-hearted, his mind filled with the images of the soldiers being brutally murdered.
He even imagined he was that soldier, unconsciously touching his neck, his palms sweating. Clearly, this was not a suitable time for Refining Essence into Qi, so Zhang Sheng opened the common knowledge of cultivation to check the information.
"Qi Sea Realm!"
Zhang Sheng saw the description regarding Cultivation Realms and had a flash of realization.
That black Yao Beast was very likely in the Qi Sea Realm!