The end of the world is approaching, I'm handing myself over to the country.

Hey bro, check your private messages, the price's negotiable.

[The meat of a boss-level creature contains an unknown amount of energy. If a pet ate this, wouldn't it evolve twice on the spot?]

Wait, blind student, I've spotted something brilliant.

A bold red bullet comment floated across the screen.

[If pets can eat what humans eat, then conversely, if pets can evolve by eating monster meat, wouldn't we humans also become stronger if we ate it?]

There was a brief pause in the live stream.

Immediately afterwards, the number of bullet comments exploded.

Holy crap! Genius!

Now I finally understand why Master Zhuge died so young. It's because you were born a thousand years later, and he had to avoid your brilliance.

[That makes sense. Why should only pets evolve? We're both carbon-based life forms. If pets can evolve, why can't I?]

Eating the boss monster's flesh might awaken a special ability or double all your attributes!

Don't stop me, I'm going to the beach to find some bargains! I'll grill a spider leg and have some!

Dafei looked at the comments and his throat bobbed again.

He turned his head and looked at the few pieces of monster remains scattered in the ruins in the distance.

Although most of it was burned to ashes, some of the edges were still preserved.

A faint aroma of meat mixed with the smell of burning wafted into my nostrils.

Dafei involuntarily took a step forward.

The online discussion is becoming increasingly heated.

Many daring players have begun searching for relatively intact monster corpses in the ruins.

If we did a live stream right now, the viewership would definitely skyrocket!

Just as this greedy thought was about to turn into actual action.

Dafei's phone suddenly emitted a piercing alarm sound.

A top-level, network-wide push notification forcibly covered the live stream screen.

[Urgent Notice: Consuming the flesh and blood of high-level mutated creatures is strictly prohibited!]

Dafei stared at the red text on the screen and stopped in his tracks.

The live chat exploded instantly.

"Haha, that's hilarious. The official prediction was exactly what we predicted."

"Why can't we eat it? Is the government trying to monopolize the resources?"

"So, all the good stuff is reserved for those higher up, right?"

Below the official announcement, a surveillance video was immediately released.

The video shows the beach in Z city.

A boy is holding a fist-sized, dark red piece of meat.

It was left behind after the elite-level spider monster exploded, and he picked it up.

He opened his mouth and swallowed the piece of meat whole.

Ten seconds later.

The boy suddenly collapsed to the ground, his hands gripping his neck tightly.

His exposed skin quickly became congested with blood, turning a strange purplish-red color.

Blue veins bulged and swelled on the skin.

The muscles began to twitch and swell irregularly.

He spewed out large amounts of white foam and blood.

"Bang!"

With a dull thud, the boy's left arm exploded.

Next came the right leg and chest.

In just half a minute, the person was fried into a pile of minced meat.

The video ends here.

Detailed text descriptions were attached below the announcement.

[Following an emergency analysis by the Academy of Sciences, it has been confirmed that the flesh and blood of the mutated creature do indeed contain powerful energy.]

Consuming small amounts of servant-level monster meat can slightly enhance a human's physique.

However, the higher the monster's level, the greater the violent energy contained within its flesh and blood.

The human body is too weak to withstand the impact of high-level energy.

Consuming large quantities of monster flesh, or the flesh of boss-level or higher monsters, will only result in one outcome—death by explosion.

Below, there is also an explanation about pet evolution.

Pets are able to digest food because they belong to a mutated system, possessing powerful digestive functions and special energy conversion organs.

Humans started from a very low level, consuming large amounts of animal meat, and simply couldn't digest that energy.

Unused energy accumulating in the body can cause irreversible damage.

Please do not attempt this lightly. Life is precious, and living is even more valuable. The official recipe is already being prepared; please give us a little time.

The live stream chat was instantly emptied.

A full half minute passed before a few lines of text appeared sporadically.

"Excuse me, I want to live a few more days."

"This way of dying is too gruesome, I can't afford to mess with them."

Dafei swallowed hard and silently withdrew his foot from the ruins.

Cold sweat soaked his back.

......

S City coastline.

The enormous shadow of the Blazing Dragon was cast on the boiling sea.

The golden scales reflected a dazzling red light in the sunlight.

Its massive body hovered in mid-air, each flap of its wings creating a scorching hurricane.

below.

The once dense and invincible swarm of spider monsters was now completely thrown into disarray.

Several large, leader-level spiders had been reduced to charcoal, emitting a pungent smell of roasted meat.

Without the suppression of high-level combat power, the ordinary and elite spider monsters completely lost their fighting spirit.

They let out sharp cries, their eight long legs thrashing wildly on the beach as they desperately retreated towards the deep sea.

As they trampled on each other, dark green bodily fluids splattered everywhere.

The defeat was inevitable.

Everyone on the defensive line breathed a sigh of relief, and many collapsed in the ruins, panting heavily.

"ah--!!!"

Sudden.

From the far reaches of the deep sea came an extremely sharp and penetrating screech.

The sound wave ripped through the sky, carrying an irresistible will, and swept across the entire coastline.

The horde of spider monsters, who were frantically trying to escape, suddenly froze in place.

Their massive bodies trembled violently.

next second.

All the spider monsters turned their heads in unison, facing the coastline of S City again.

Their carapaces glowed with an eerie red light, and their previously retreating movements instantly turned into a frenzied attack.

The monster horde, which had been scattered like sand, has regrouped.

This time, they charged more than twice as fast as before.

They completely abandoned defense and launched a purely suicidal charge.

On the sea, a dark, monstrous tide surged once more, several times larger than before.

The Fiery Dragon opened its massive maw and spewed out a scorching dragon breath.

The crimson pillar of flames carved out a vacuum zone hundreds of meters long on the sea surface.

Thousands of low-level spiders instantly vaporized in the high temperature.

But this is nothing compared to the sheer number of monsters.

The gap was immediately filled by monsters surging up from behind.

The Blazing Dragon roared in fury.

Its size is so large that each attack can cause devastating damage, but the frequency and coverage of its attacks are ultimately limited.

It can easily tear apart boss-level monsters.

However, they could not stop the tide of low-level monsters that surged in like a tsunami.

The missile launch base in City S was completely destroyed by the leader-level spider.

Without the support of heavy missile bombardment, a fatal vacuum appeared in the defense line.

More and more spider monsters are washing ashore on the beach.

"I have a sword, follow me!"

With a loud shout, Mo Fang rode his Arctic Wolf and charged directly into the center of the battlefield.

He was followed by a huge crowd and an army of pets.

The official Awakened Ones were not lagging behind at all.

When the boss-level monster appeared, they retreated in time, so it didn't cause them much loss.

Their strength has been largely preserved.

Retreat is not running away; protecting others requires first protecting yourself.

The crowd that had retreated to the rear due to the appearance of the boss-level monster has now picked up their weapons again and rushed back to the front line.

But this feeble resistance was utterly inadequate against the sheer number of monsters.