Wilderness: I Tame Beasts to Survive

Chapter 342: Chapter 246: Evacuation Plan (Part 2)

Han Ning cleared his throat, organized his thoughts, and began to speak:

"First is the search for the Gray Demon Whale. This is the most important task. If there are no Gray Demon Whales on this entire continent, we’ll have to come up with another evacuation plan. I’ve already entrusted this matter to Akatos and the Dragon Blood Race, so we should have news soon."

Back in Night Nether City, he hadn’t found any living Gray Demon Whales, but... he did find some related materials about them.

Gray Demon Whales enjoy traversing the endless, dark void of the Abyss. Due to their unique physiology, they can enter the Netherworld. Therefore... there’s a high probability they can still be found within the Grudge Abyss.

However, most wild, purebred Gray Demon Whales prefer to live in the Netherworld. Only the ones selectively bred and improved by the Alataku People have a chance of appearing within the Abyss. So, even now, Han Ning didn’t know if any Gray Demon Whale populations still survived in the Grudge Abyss.

Even if there were, given their habit of consuming enormous amounts of Energy daily and their low intelligence, they would have either been captured by other Abyssal Races to be raised as Contracted Soul Beasts or simply starved to death.

Han Ning had a Plan B. If he really couldn’t find any Gray Demon Whales, he could search for subspecies or even hybrids with their bloodline. Using the purification method provided by his panel, he could rapidly cultivate them and gradually purify their lineage.

"I’ll stay at the academy for a few days to rest and discuss the detailed plan with everyone. After that, I will head to the Jade Forest to ask about ways to find the Gray Demon Whales."

"In the meantime, everyone else can start on other preparations."

"Assuming we find a Gray Demon Whale, we will face three problems: energy, food, and safety."

"The last two are relatively simple, and I believe we can solve them. The most important is the energy problem..."

"I’ll need about twenty Beast Masters of at least Tier One, preferably Tier Two, to learn the Alataku language. They will use it to study their Spiritual Talisman Arrays so we can inscribe various Spiritual Energy Circuits—for weight reduction, defense, detection, monitoring, and so on—onto the Gray Demon Whale."

"’Spiritual Energy Circuit’ is a bit of a mouthful, so I’ll just call them Arrays from now on. Anyway, this stuff is similar to the arrays from the legends of our Xia Country."

"Gray Demon Whales are enormous and consume countless amounts of Spiritual Energy daily. This is why their numbers are so low and their individual power is generally not very high. Inscribing Arrays on them can accelerate their growth, reduce their Spiritual Energy consumption, extend their travel range, and solve many other issues. This is a critical task."

"Furthermore, only by inscribing a defensive Spiritual Energy Shield Array can we construct the necessary buildings on its body and prepare for long-term habitation."

"Ahem, I have a question." Teacher Li, who was in charge of logistics, raised his hand.

"Please, go ahead."

"How long will the journey take? If it can fly, shouldn’t we be able to cross the ocean in ten to fifteen days? Or is the ocean beyond the Insect Continent endless?" Teacher Li asked the question on his mind.

"Subspace turbulence affects spatial stability, causing our travel path to be folded. Even with a star chart, I estimate it will take at least three to five months to reach the next new continent."

As for traveling through the Netherworld, Han Ning dismissed the idea immediately. It was too dangerous. He worried they would all be wiped out before they got very far.

If they traveled through the real world and encountered an unexpected disaster, they could scatter and flee, and some might survive.

But in the Netherworld, no one would survive such an incident.

"What a massive undertaking... All right, I understand. Please continue," Teacher Li said with a nod.

"Twenty people is just the minimum. I’ll need all of you to go back and get a headcount of our Beast Masters. During this time, I’ll work on obtaining a large amount of resources for nurturing Spiritual Power from the other Alien Races. Please have everyone hurry to refine enough Concentration Liquid to use with the Four Symbols Meditation Technique. We need to get as many people as possible to break through to Tier Two."

"Aside from those inscribing the Arrays, we’ll need about another one hundred people to learn how to pilot the Gray Demon Whale. You can think of it as a living spaceship. Piloting, data collection, hazard detection... all these tasks require dedicated personnel, and it’s best if they are all Beast Masters."

"That’s all for now... I’ll have to trouble you all to find these personnel first. Of course, I won’t go into detail on matters like food and construction, as you all have plenty of experience with that."

"One more thing. While you can’t lay a foundation on the Gray Demon Whale, it does have some hard, bony structures growing on its back that are connected to its body. Buildings can be secured to these bones. Also... there’s an area inside its body used for storing air, which could temporarily house several hundred people. As for how to plan it all out, I’ll upload a general diagram of the Gray Demon Whale’s anatomy to the database later. The professionals can then design detailed blueprints."

"Will inscribing the Spiritual Arrays solve the energy problem? Do we need to prepare Crystal Stones?" someone asked, raising their hand.

"Of course. And we’ll need a significant number of them. But these are very high-level Crystal Stones, so I’ll figure out a way to get them. You don’t need to worry."

The energy system to power the Gray Demon Whale’s flight requires a total of twenty-four Lord Level Dark Type Crystal Stones for the auxiliary power core. The Weight Reduction Array needs an additional six Lord Level Earth Type Crystal Stones and six Lord Level Thunder Type Crystal Stones. Finally, one Monarch Level Crystal Stone is needed to power the main defensive measures’ Spiritual Energy. This is the minimum configuration. Of course, the Alataku People also designed a series of deluxe upgrades.

Twenty-four Monarch Level, thirty-six Monarch Level...

The Subspace turbulence blows almost constantly, and there might even be dangerous Soul Beasts within it. The defensive core is of the utmost importance.

At this, Han Ning suddenly smiled. "Teacher Liang, everyone’s efforts haven’t been in vain. We’ll be able to move some of our facilities onto the Gray Demon Whale, like the newly cultivated fields, the Insect Nest, and maybe even a power station..."

"A power station?" Leon, who had been listening intently from a corner, asked in confusion.

Of the group of foreigners who had joined the academy after the passenger plane crash, only Leon was present here.

"It was just a thought. Outside the shield, the Subspace turbulence blows all day, providing plenty of wind energy. I’m not very familiar with the Alataku People’s Spiritual Arrays yet, but I was wondering if we could open a small gap to draw some of that wind energy in and use it to provide us with endless electricity," Han Ning explained his theory.

"Spiritual Arrays, you say... I’ll look into it later." Leon rubbed his forehead, a spark of intense interest flashing in his eyes.

"Alright, Han Ning has given us the general overview. Now, I’ll start assigning the initial preparatory tasks..."

Next, Dean Wu began to assign specific tasks to everyone present.

Every single person in the academy began to move, like the interlocking gears of a precision instrument, bustling with activity.

The meeting went on for half a day and still wasn’t over. Dean Wu first arranged for everyone to go to the cafeteria for a meal. As they were leaving, he called out to Han Ning:

"I heard you say you were helping that... Akatos... recover its Beast Master’s Residual Soul. Do Xiuning and the others have similar symptoms?"

"I don’t know for sure yet. I’ll have to go see for myself. Don’t worry, even if you hadn’t mentioned it, I was already planning to see Teacher Lü Xiuning. Dean Wu, you can go handle your business. Leave Teacher Xiuning to me."

Thanks to his continuous Cultivation of the Four Symbols Meditation Technique, his Spiritual Power and the strength of his Contracted Soul Beast had steadily increased. Dean Wu, who was nearly sixty, now looked at least a decade younger than he had at the start of their transmigration. The sparse, graying hair on his head was even starting to turn black again, showing signs of a second spring.

It had to be said, Beast Taming was a man’s best cosmetic treatment.

"Good."

Dean Wu clapped Han Ning firmly on the shoulder, his voice filled with emotion.

"Han Ning, it’s all thanks to you. It’s a shame our strength is so low; there’s not much we can do to help you when it comes to Beast Taming. We can only help you out in your personal life, perhaps. You’re still single, right? I know things are urgent, but I can go ahead and introduce you to a few female students who are efficient, capable, and pretty... You can get to know each other while you work..."

Han Ning: "..."

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