I can gain insights into martial arts.

Inside the makeshift treatment area set up by the police officers, Chen Mochuan treated his wounds, received simple bandaging, and completed a detailed statement. Several volunteer martial artists who had fought alongside him earlier came over to chat with him warmly.

Knowing that his current state was not suitable for cultivation or exploring memory fragments, Chen Mochuan was happy to relax and chat with them.

The martial arts instructor, whose waist was wrapped in several bandages and whose face was still somewhat pale, came over specifically to express his gratitude. "Young man, I'm so glad you saved me in time today, otherwise I would definitely have been killed by that wild boar cub!"

Chen Mochuan quickly and sincerely said, "Brother, you flatter me. It was thanks to you that I withstood the pressure at the beginning and figured out the wild boar's attack patterns that I dared to confront it."

Li Xuan, who had been coordinating the aftermath nearby, saw the lively conversation and strode over, laughing heartily, "Young man, don't be so modest. I didn't expect that I misjudged you at first, thinking you were just an ordinary student... If you hadn't stepped forward at the crucial moment, we would all be in real danger today."

"If you ask me, with your talent and temperament, you're definitely a 'top six' prospect! I've seen plenty of geniuses back in the military, and you're absolutely one of them! If I were in the admissions office at Yunhan University, I'd have to specially recruit you by now!"

Chen Mochuan repeatedly said he didn't deserve such praise.

And so, the group of martial arts practitioners who had just survived a life-or-death ordeal gathered together and naturally began to discuss the battle and martial arts philosophy they had just experienced. The atmosphere was very lively, and they even added each other as friends on messaging apps, agreeing to exchange ideas and spar again when they had the chance in the future.

During the exchange, Chen Mochuan also used the discussion with everyone to verify some of his vague insights from actual combat with the theory, sorted out his own martial arts, and unexpectedly benefited from it.

[You discussed martial arts with others, gained insights, reflected on your own martial arts skills, and developed a deeper understanding of the way of martial arts.]

【Crushing Mountain Fist: Proficient (21%) → Proficient (22%)】

[Thunder Step: Mastery (22%) → Mastery (23%)]

Although the improvement wasn't significant compared to the battle just now, he was quite pleased with the ability to cultivate anytime, anywhere.

As the night drew near ten o'clock, the sky was pitch black, and on the pedestrian street illuminated by the temporary emergency lights, everyone's personal terminals vibrated almost simultaneously.

A prominent official announcement popped up on the screen: "The ferocious beasts throughout Antu City have been eradicated through a joint operation by the military and police. The main threat has now been eliminated, and the Level 2 threat level has been officially lifted. Citizens who have taken refuge outside are requested to return home in an orderly manner. If any abnormalities are discovered, please report them to the police immediately."

This disaster is finally over!

People stranded on the pedestrian street burst into cheers, and many embraced and wept, celebrating their survival.

The police officers on site immediately took action, bringing in more than a dozen hoverbuses to organize stranded citizens to return home in batches, based on their residential areas.

While queuing to board the bus, Chen Mochuan was surprised to find that Li Xuan lived in the same residential area as him. However, Xinghu Residential Area is a relatively large residential area in Dongcheng District, and the two lived at opposite ends of the building, which were quite far apart. They rarely saw each other, so they had no impression of each other before.

After agreeing to visit each other more often and look out for one another, they went home separately at the entrance of the residential area.

Lying on his familiar bed, Chen Mochuan completely relaxed. He couldn't help but smile as he recalled what Bobo had said to him when he said goodbye on the pedestrian street: "I want to practice martial arts in the future and become someone like my brother who can protect everyone!"

After resting for a while and regaining some of his energy, Chen Mochuan sank his consciousness into the depths of his mind and began to examine the memory fragments of the eight ferocious beasts.

He first chose the remnant spirit of a spotted dog to try. A similar feeling came over him last time. He quickly examined the other's memories from the special perspective of immersing himself in the spotted dog.

Scenes flashed by quickly, and he discovered that the spotted dog's memories were more complete and clearer than those of the previous ferocious rat. Moreover, unlike the ferocious rat that lived in the wilderness of the surface world, this spotted dog's life was a blur, and almost all of its memories were of living in that dark underground world where ferocious beasts roamed.

This was also the first time Chen Mochuan had ever truly "seen" the underground world so directly. To his surprise, although the underground world could not receive sunlight, it was not an eternal darkness as he had imagined.

Although some areas are indeed deep and devoid of light, many other places are covered with or grow a large amount of faintly glowing moss, fungi, or minerals on the rock walls, making them not at all dark.

There are even some special areas with strong light sources, extremely bright, no less than the earth's surface illuminated by the sun. However, the spotted dog is weak and has a limited range of activity, so it can only go to such "bright" places a limited number of times, and its memory fragments are relatively vague. This is something that has not been mentioned in martial arts general knowledge textbooks.

With curiosity, Chen Mochuan carefully observed the peculiar environment of the underground world before turning his attention back to the spotted dog.

This spotted dog lives in a group of hundreds of its kind, with its own small territory. It often fights with other ferocious beasts for territory and resources under the leadership of its clan leader.

If they win, they can keep the corpses of the dead on both sides as food and enjoy a period of rest and recuperation.

If they lose, they leave behind the corpses of their own kind and frantically search for new territory with the remaining tribes, only to be followed by another bloody battle soon after.

During relatively peaceful times, it will also go out to forage for food, mostly hunting weaker ferocious beasts or underground creatures. In rare cases where it is extremely hungry and has no prey, it will also kill its old and weak kin.

All of this fully demonstrates the simple yet savage social structure and survival rules of the beasts in the underground world: it is purely a matter of the survival of the fittest, where strength is everything.

Chen Mochuan quickly skipped over these somewhat monotonous and repetitive daily trivialities, focusing his attention on finding the unique canine experiences of the spotted dog.

It wasn't until browsing through the memories of the spotted dog's last day of life, which is today, that some obvious changes appeared.

The memory fragments show that the spotted dogs were fighting back against the enemy, which attacked their territory with another group of ferocious beasts.

At the height of the battle, at a certain moment, all the ferocious beasts on the battlefield seemed to simultaneously feel a call from the depths of their souls. The two sides of ferocious beasts, who were fighting fiercely just a second ago, suddenly stopped fighting in unison.

Immediately afterwards, the two groups of ferocious beasts, led by their respective leaders, abandoned their territories and ran towards a certain direction in the underground world, merging into an even larger torrent of ferocious beasts and entering a special passage that seemed to have been opened up beforehand.

The passage was filled with countless ferocious beasts of all kinds. Even mortal enemies who would fight to the death on sight did not attack each other at this moment. All the beasts maintained an eerie calm and ran wildly toward the faint light at the end of the passage.

Before long, the spotted dog followed the beast tide out of the underground fissure and was exposed to the warm sunlight for the first time.

Even though it discovered that a large-scale battle seemed to be taking place nearby, the surface world before it, which was far more colorful and vibrant than the underground world, still excited it, filling it with primal curiosity and a predatory desire.

However, the tribal leader did not give it the opportunity to move freely, and directly led the entire tribe to rush towards the Chengbo River, not far away, despite the aftershocks of the surrounding battles.

Unfortunately, the leader's aura was too strong, making it too obvious a target. It was quickly intercepted and killed on the spot by a human martial artist. The leader, however, was selectively ignored due to its weak strength. It was very lucky to take advantage of the chaos to jump into the Chengbo River and drift downstream, eventually sneaking into the city.

During this time, it got separated from its pack by the rapid current and two other spotted dogs, so it instinctively clung to a powerful steelback wild boar and formed a temporary small group.

Then, we followed them ashore and entered the pedestrian street that they saw as full of "food".

This memory ended abruptly when Chen Mochuan punched him to death.

After examining the fragments of the spotted dog's memories, Chen Mochuan finally understood why such a large-scale Level II calamity had occurred in Antu City.