"Finally out of this jungle."
At this moment, Li Yi saw that familiar abandoned highway, reacquainting himself with the traces of modern civilization, which brought him an indescribable sense of familiarity.
Riding on Niu Niu along this abandoned highway, he soon returned to Tianning City.
At that time, a Thunder Fighter hovering over Tianning City detected Li Yi’s presence and immediately flew over. As the cockpit opened, the AI Lan Ji appeared before Li Yi once again.
"Welcome back, master," Lan Ji greeted with a smile and a sweet voice.
Li Yi asked, "How has the fighter jet been since I left?"
"Reporting to master, the fighter jet is functioning normally. The target, Qingluan Eagle, couldn’t keep up with the Thunder Fighter in a speed contest and was eventually struck by the fighter’s energy cannon, successfully killed, and its genetic information has been successfully recorded," Lan Ji replied.
Li Yi nodded, "Very well, please also contact the relatives of Jiang Mingtian, Hu Fei, and Zhao Fangji, I have important news to convey."
"Searching for the target individuals’ information..." Lan Ji was now hacking into Earth’s communication system, quickly finding the phone numbers of their relatives.
Li Yi briefly explained to them that the three were trapped in the Barbaric World, assured their relatives not to worry too much as they were still alive and not dead, and that he would try his best to rescue them.
After completing this task, he stored Lan Ji and the Thunder Fighter into the Magic Artifact storage, then rode on Niu Niu again with Good Wings, leaving Tianning City and heading back to Tianchang City.
He currently hasn’t hunted a hundred Extraordinary Creatures, so he couldn’t return to Golden Academy and had no choice but to honestly go home.
Niu Niu ran like a speeding train on the highway, from Beihuai City to Shoushan Village, crossing back to the hazardous zone outside Tianning City, and now heading towards Tianchang City, covering a journey of at least two thousand kilometers, yet it showed no signs of fatigue—truly, the stamina of a Barbaric World mutant beast is fearsome.
The flying Good Wings was the same, never landing throughout the journey.
He truly wondered if they could run around the Earth in one go.
"After returning to Tianchang City, I need some time to settle myself, cultivate the Divine Blood, and also properly train these two mutant beasts, while completing the hunting mission from Golden Academy," Li Yi thought to himself.
Li Yi, riding the mutant beasts, returned to Tianchang City.
However, as soon as the mutant beasts entered the ruined city area, they immediately caught the attention of the Investigation Bureau, and soon an investigator was dispatched to inquire what was happening, and the investigator was a familiar face to Li Yi, Zheng Gong.
Now Zheng Gong was no longer the same, with Li Yi’s help, not only had he become a gene warrior, but after diligently cultivating in the Mysterious Object Cultivation Room, he had already broken through to the Spiritual Realm, becoming a captain in the Investigation Bureau, holding a position and status of weight.
"Li Yi." Zheng Gong was delighted to see Li Yi, but then breathed a sigh of relief, "It really is you returning, that’s great, I thought two mutant beasts were going to invade Tianchang City, the Investigation Bureau was so alarmed that they almost called for reinforcements."
"Isn’t that an exaggeration?" Li Yi remarked.
Zheng Gong explained, "The Investigation Bureau has recently set up new detectors around the city that can assess the magnetic field strength of Extraordinary Creatures to gauge their strength. The magnetic fields of the two mutant beasts you brought are already equivalent to those at the Spirit Power Realm, how could we not take it seriously? Currently, not a single person in Tianchang City can handle it, even our captain Zhang Lei is only at the Soul Realm."
"There’s no need to be nervous now, these two mutant beasts are tamed by me, they won’t create trouble in the city, and I will restrain them well. If they dare to kill in the city, I will personally put them down," Li Yi said seriously, also making a guarantee.
"That’s reassuring, but bringing mutant beasts into the city requires an application for a permit, don’t worry, I’ll handle this matter," Zheng Gong said.
Li Yi replied, "I appreciate it, if it really doesn’t work out, I can arrange for them to stay in the ruined city area."
"No trouble at all, although mutant beasts are dangerous, they can increase the defensive forces of Tianchang City if they are on our side, which is good for the people in the city. It’s just that some matters need advance notification to avoid misunderstandings," Zheng Gong finished his explanation and immediately called over a subordinate, then instructed him to handle the procedure.
Li Yi watched as the new investigator continuously took photos of Niu Niu and Good Wings, scanned, and recorded their appearances and shapes, recorded the biological magnetic fields to ensure the uniqueness of their identity information, to prevent another mutant beast with a similar appearance from sneaking into the city.
"How has Tianchang City been recently? All good?" Li Yi casually started chatting.
Zheng Gong smiled and said, "All is normal, though the number of Extraordinary Creatures in the hazardous area is increasing. Captain Zhang Lei says this is a turning point in biological evolution."
"What turning point?" Li Yi asked.
Zheng Gong explained, "Under the nourishment of cosmic energy, regular animals become Fierce Beasts because our energy is polluted, so most of these Fierce Beasts are highly unstable and extremely violent; they are very dangerous. After continuing to absorb cosmic energy, the Fierce Beasts will evolve into Extraordinary Creatures."
"Previously, the evolution time of Fierce Beasts was short, so not many transformed into Extraordinary Creatures, but now, an increasing number of Fierce Beasts are evolving into Extraordinary Creatures, hence the Evolvers going into the hazardous zones to hunt Extraordinary Creatures are under great pressure."