Origin Paradise!

Zhuang Ya raised the heavy sword with both hands and swung it fiercely, the force of which was heavy.

"A snake lurks in the grass."

The heavy sword thrust out openly from directly in front, sending gusts of wind through the air.

Zhuang Ya demonstrated the sword technique once, which was extremely fierce and powerful, with wide and sweeping movements that could shatter wood and break rocks with every gesture.

Jiang He was silent for a moment, then said, "You have your own understanding."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

As dawn broke, Ah Da and Ah Er had already cooked the earthworm meat on the lawn outside the window, and smoke was rising. Across the river was the Fortress Military Academy. There were actually quite a few higher education institutions in the Fortress Academy District, but none of them could compare with this talent reserve base of the Ninth Army Group. Over the decades, officers from the military academy filled all levels of the army group, dominating the field.

Jiang He led Zhuang Ya to the lawn, but the latter showed no intention of changing her new dress. Ah Da and Ah Er were very perceptive and praised the fourth young lady's dress.

"Simple yet exquisite, wonderful."

"Simple, dignified and understated, this dress is beautiful."

Jiang He glanced back. The maid outfit was just ordinary and didn't reveal anything. Even in a proper palace, there wouldn't be any clothing style that was too indecent. However, Zhuang Ya's appearance was extremely exquisite and outstanding. Right now, she looked like a beautiful and lively porcelain doll.

"The giant snake is hungry."

Zhuang Ya stared blankly at the roasted meat.

Jiang He silently removed the "agile" comment from her mind.

"You cut off your share, and the rest is for both of us."

The earth dragon was seven meters long. It was someone who punched it into the jeep. With plenty of raw materials, the ways of processing ingredients have also increased accordingly. Meat and vegetables were spread all over the grass of more than ten square meters.

Ah Da and Ah Er each cut off a large piece of leg meat, which is the limit of a normal person's appetite. Then they saw Zhuang Ya's gaping maw, and the millstone-thick faucet head was swallowed in one gulp.

The incredibly eerie chewing sound, the teeth crunching through the hard bones, was terrifying. Zhuang Ya chewed a few times and then swallowed it whole. The snake demon's stomach, with its three hundred years of cultivation, quickly squeezed and digested the food.

Ah Da and Ah Er were dumbfounded. Who would have thought that their boss was even better? His hands grew the sharp claws that were unique to Blood Bat Knights. Cutting flesh and bones was only a matter of seconds. Food was constantly being put into his mouth to be chewed and swallowed.

The two devoured the earth dragon meat in a flash, and in less than a quarter of an hour, only a few scattered bone fragments remained on the lawn.

[Binge eating progress bar: 5%]

Jiang He glanced at the data. He had eaten at the park cafeteria and had a picnic on the lawn. The progress bar had only increased to 5%, which was a bit slow. The Venus Hotel banquet was to be held tomorrow night, which was likely a prelude to the academy's survival competition. In other words, he had a day and a half of free time.

"Are you full?"

Zhuang Ya gently shook her head. Her true form was sixty meters long, and the snake demon's feeding pattern was similar to eating for three years straight after a single meal, so she was still far from being truly full.

"Wait seven hours, then we'll go steal some wild beast meat."

Jiang He turned and walked into the villa, sitting cross-legged on the sofa to cultivate. He had not yet finished his daily practice of the Withering and Flourishing Heart Sutra. After his spiritual value improved, his daily cultivation time also increased.

Ah Da and Ah Er were lying on the lawn playing cards and bragging when Zhuang Ya walked into the villa and carried a table to study.

The morning news was being broadcast on television.

[Ninth Fortress Broadcasting Station reports: A terrorist attack occurred in the commercial district last night, resulting in nine deaths and sixteen injuries. The Security Bureau discovered vampire remains at the scene. This incident is suspected to have been jointly orchestrated by vampires and the Fallen Order. The case is still under further investigation.]

On the sofa, Jiang He almost choked while practicing his internal energy. The SKS squad alone had accidentally killed more than nine people. The report and the truth were worlds apart. Moreover, there was a previous news report about a serious incident that resulted in two thousand casualties. The actual number of dead and injured was probably a shocking figure to the outside world.

The Ninth Fortress Council Chairman recently appeared and made a public statement. Regarding the increasingly frequent violent incidents since early autumn, the Chairman stated that strict countermeasures will be taken, with a multi-departmental joint crackdown. The Chairman also expressed deep criticism of the Governor, stating that as the primary person in charge of fortress security, the Governor bears undeniable responsibility for civilian casualties. The Governor responded that he will remain loyal to his duty until the very last moment.

Jiang He sensed an impending storm. The repeated terrorist incidents had already threatened the governor's position, and those with ulterior motives might make a big fuss about it. Once a certain limit was crossed, the situation could drastically change. Although the three leaders held considerable power, the Fortress Council was the root of the problem.

[Ninth Fortress Entertainment News Report: Popular female idol Mia Stolaon has finished her tour concert at the Second Fortress and will arrive at the Fortress at a later date. We urge all citizens to remain rational.]

[The Civil Order Association kindly reminds citizens: The anti-alliance organization, the Cult of All Beings, has infiltrated the Ninth Fortress. Association President, Advisor Gu, advises citizens to exercise caution when traveling. Meanwhile, the Civil Order Association will further promote the legalization of wage arrears and resolutely opposes malicious exploitation.]

"It sounds like those guys from the Bureau of Order."

[Major Events Summary: The Joint Survival Competition between the Academy will be held soon. The Administration, the Council, and the Ninth Army Command have issued a joint statement strictly prohibiting all illegal gambling activities.]

Half an hour later, the morning news ended.

Jiang He has already decided where she will go to sneak out for a meal and drinks.

Throughout the entire Ninth Fortress, the largest arms dealer is the Tong family, a prominent family of councilors. The Tong family's technology museum controls the production line for military mechs, which requires a massive amount of wild beast materials. The cost of a single biological military mech is as high as tens of millions, equivalent to the annual military expenditure of hundreds of regular soldiers, not including maintenance and repair costs. The enormous profits involved have made the Tong family one of the most powerful councilor families in the fortress.

Chapter 212 Canteen

Cataclysmic Year 99, January 11st.

In the afternoon, the sky above the fortress remained filled with dark, overcast clouds.

Jiang He finished his daily cultivation, and the progress of the ninth meridian reached one-twentieth.

For a normal martial artist, it often takes more than ten years, or even several decades, to advance from the middle grade to the upper grade. By massively seizing external life force, he forcibly shortened this process, at the cost of consuming a large amount of resources.

Jiang He stopped practicing and exhaled, then slowly stood up. She immediately felt refreshed. Moderate exercise is beneficial to physical and mental health and can replace sleep for recuperation.

"Ready to go."

Not far away, Zhuang Ya threw down her books at the desk and left her seat impatiently. Shuguang Intelligence had hacked into the classroom surveillance network of the primary school of the Fortress Military Academy. As the top academy in the Fortress, the surveillance footage transmitted back real lectures by famous teachers. Although the pace was fast, the quality was guaranteed.

Jiang He picked up Zhuang Ya and drove off.

The academy area is full of tree-lined paths, but they look a little eerie under the dim sky. The food street directly opposite the military academy has hundreds of shops, as well as love hotels, internet cafes, and amusement parks. Centered on the academy, it has significantly boosted the economic development of the surrounding area.

Jiang He gripped the steering wheel and drove past the central Queens district. The Parliament Building had stood for nearly a century, but due to insufficient construction technology at the time, its height was limited to seventeen stories, which resulted in later skyscrapers only reaching a maximum of sixteen stories.

Continuing forward, passing through three major districts, the jeep arrived at the technology district. The two people in the car looked around and were immediately struck by the increased modernity. The cube-shaped stadium, the spiral-shaped technology museum, and the Tong's Industrial Building at the very center were all completely different from the wasteland outside.

Zhuang Ya pressed her small face against the car window, curiously looking at the various visually striking buildings. As a snake demon, she used to think that the bustling city was the limit of her imagination. After returning to the real world as an animal companion, she had stayed in Yuwang City the whole time and had no time to go out and see the outside world.

"The world is truly amazing."

Jiang He was speechless. He drove around Tong's Industrial Park, blending into the traffic. The title "Gun-Suppressing Dragon City" was activated, and the three-dimensional model of the building immediately appeared before his eyes. Apart from the chief engineer in charge of its construction, probably no one knew this building better than him at this moment.

The building is sixteen stories high, and the military production line is built underground like an anthill. The raw materials for the production of military mechs—wild beasts—are not hard to find. The residual activity of these extraordinary creatures after death is enough to continue to emit heat for a certain period of time. With the Eye of Truth combined with the Snake Eye and three-dimensional perspective, it is easy to capture the orange-red traces.

Jiang He parked his car in front of a science and technology exhibition hall.

The two got out of the car and entered the exhibition hall. During the morning news broadcast, it was reported that the number of citizens visiting the exhibition had decreased significantly. Both the All Beings Cult and the Fallen Cult were ruthless terrorist organizations that killed without blinking an eye.

The former opposes the Fortress Alliance's high concentration of resources and believes that all parliamentary families must be eliminated, while the latter believes that all people should slumber in the Dark Land, as this is the age of dark creatures, and humanity should relinquish its position and follow the trend of history.

The two entered the toilet stall, and Zhuang Ya blinked when she saw this.

"Orochi, I don't need to go to the toilet."

“I don’t need it either, but the Wild Beast Warehouse is just thirty meters below.”

Jiang He took out the Long-Hate Dragon Spear, gently pressed the spearhead against the ground, gripped the spear tail with his palm, and then added a bright and dark spiral force. The spear immediately began to spin, and its 300-pound weight could instantly destroy the stone.

But a strong wind followed, forcing Jiang He to slow down his digging. As the soil gradually piled up, he sent it all into his portable sanctuary, which had more than enough space in half of Rock Town.

As time passed, the two continued to descend.

An hour later, the ceiling of the underground freezer cracked.

The lingering warmth from the dead beasts emitted plumes of white mist. Jiang He used thorns to block the hole, preventing the mist from flowing up the passage to the toilet and attracting unnecessary attention.

What they saw was like a frozen meat warehouse the size of two football fields, with dead wild beasts hanging on hooks, their dripping blood flowing into countless thin pipes.

Jiang He bypassed surveillance and connected the nano data cable to the charging port, and Shuguang Smart went online.

"Report: Due to limited processing hardware, please minimize your outdoor activities. The local monitoring system has been brought under control. It is expected that the Tong family's production team will enter the warehouse to transport materials at 8:00 AM tomorrow. Please pay attention to your mealtime."

"understood."

Jiang He waved to Zhuang Ya.

"Let's eat, each of us can eat separately."

"hey-hey."

A giant white snake, sixty meters long, appeared and swallowed a wild rhinoceros, a beast the size of half a house, whole. Its golden vertical pupils were filled with satisfaction and joy at its prey.

Jiang He strolled around casually and spotted a mid-level wild beast, the Ironclad Turtle. He immediately pried open its shell and devoured its flesh like it was eating a watermelon. However, after Zhuang Ya revealed her true form, his eating speed was clearly no match for the little guy.

"Master, this is the raw material for Tong's Company's flagship product, the Warrior-type Mech, the superior wild beast, the Eight-Armed Bear. This wild beast is known as a born warrior, possessing extremely strong self-control..."

"Then that would be ten bear paws."

"……Yes."

Jiang He took out the Cold Fang Dagger to cut the bear paw, then stuffed it into his portable sanctuary. This kind of top-quality ingredient should be carefully cooked, but his immediate priority was to eat it raw.

In just five minutes, a three-meter-tall eight-armed bear was devoured. Jiang He didn't even chew; his gluttonous power had an incredible digestive capacity, and his peak bronze physique gave his esophagus adequate toughness. Even if his bones damaged his digestive system, it could heal itself very effectively. He had transformed into a highly efficient eating machine.

After the three-headed, eight-armed bear was eliminated, Jiang He stuffed the remaining dozens into his portable sanctuary. There were many kinds of wild beasts here, among which the eight-armed bear was the main raw material. He did not intend to stick to one kind of food.

“Master, according to the data model, you could actually take all 13650 wild beasts here. The Rock Sanctuary has enough room to hold them. However, according to the public documents of the Governing Hall, the raw materials in the warehouse here are related to the Tong family’s century-long plan. The Ninth Army is the Tong family’s largest supplier and purchaser. There is a 98% chance that we will face a severe investigation afterward.”

"What about the other 2%?"

"The fortress is destroyed, humanity is wiped out, the world is devastated, and the Tong family is exterminated..."

"So it's bound to be investigated, right?"

"It can be understood this way."

The accumulated resources of a top-tier parliamentary family are considerable. The military mechs deployed by the Ninth Army mainly come from the Tong family. In order to increase production, most of the raw materials that the army hunts are sent here. Of course, there are no exotic blood crystals from wild beasts. They are all consumed internally by the army or sold to obtain funds and military supplies.

Jiang He held onto the snake's tail, while Zhuang Ya continued to eat voraciously.

"Stop eating, help me gather all the wild beasts together."

Chapter 213 Strengthening

night.

The two men evacuated from the underground warehouse, taking with them all the more than 10,000 wild beasts.

Jiang He drove back to the villa and immediately told Ah Da and Ah Er to start a fire. His binge eating progress bar was only 13%, and what he had just eaten was like a pre-dinner dessert.

"The warehouse was robbed. The Tong family will definitely request surveillance footage from the surrounding area from the National Security Bureau during their investigation. What do you suggest we do?"

Faced with this threatening tone towards a child, Zhuang Ya lowered her head and touched her tummy.

"I don't know."

She had absolutely no regrets about having such a big meal.

Jiang He smiled faintly and said, "What will you do if I'm not here?"

no answer.

Jiang He turned her head in surprise and found that the little guy's eyes were already filled with tears.

"Just kidding. I plan to send this car to the Chosen One as a package. Although normally this kind of framing is too childish, fate will handle the aftermath for us. The Tong family and the Chosen One are bound to clash. We can just watch the show."

The jeep arrived at the Fortress Military Academy, where Lin Ye, the chosen one, was the worst student, a stark contrast to his genius sister, and they were often compared.

However, the so-called genius sister has already faded into obscurity.

Jiang He parked the car in the garage, then gave a perfunctory message to the garage manager before leading Zhuang Ya back to the villa.

"Reporting to Master, the actual situation does not match your expectations by more than 10% according to the simulation calculation."

"understood."

Back at the villa, the two went straight to the lawn, where Ah Da and Ah Er had already lit two bonfires.

Zhuang Ya was initially sullen, but after seeing the stewed bear paw, her eyes began to stare blankly into space again.

"You two help her prepare the food, I'll take care of this myself."

"clear."

Jiang He strung up a superior wild beast, the Azure Iron Sturgeon, with the Long-Hate Dragon Spear and roasted it over a fire.

He picked it when it was only three-quarters cooked and started tearing and biting into it from the top.

The meat is so delicious it's astonishing; it's so tender it's like jelly, yet it still retains a chewy texture.

Jiang He then took out twenty more sets of eight-armed bear entrails, made a stew, and pierced the Canglan Iron Sturgeon with thorns, hung them on the fire and roasted them until they were crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.

Zizizi!

Oil drips onto the lawn, filling the air with the aroma of meat.

Jiang He chewed incessantly for a full hour, finally filling the binge-eating progress bar.