Beast Taming Patrol

"Finally managed to get through the Cooperation Preparatory Camp and soon we'll be heading back to District 11. I see you don't seem too happy?"

Sitting on the transport plane, Qin Nan sprawled in his seat with his legs crossed, leisurely sipping coffee, and glanced at Lin Su across from him, who remained silent, before smiling and speaking up.

"Sister Nan, were you aware from the start that the only deaths in the Preparation Camp would be of instructors?" After a moment of silence, Lin Su spoke in a low voice.

"Is that what's been bothering you?" Qin Nan's expression turned serious.

She put down her coffee on the table, slowly retracted her legs, and nodded gently, "Yes, ever since the first session, not a single student has ever died in the Cooperation Preparatory Camp."

"The Cooperation Preparatory Camp and the Vanguard Combat Camp, one requires full effort to safeguard each student's life, and the other routinely delves into Mutant Beast Nests to exterminate them – these two operational directions have always had the highest death rates on the frontier."

"Although they are the most dangerous," Lin Su's voice grew even lower, "the instructors kept telling us over and over that the Preparatory Camp was very risky and that we could potentially die if we weren't careful."

"There are many reasons for that," Qin Nan said calmly.

"Firstly, if you knew that there was no danger to your lives in the Preparatory Camp, you would only indulge yourselves, become complacent."

"Regardless of whether you take your missions seriously or not, the instructors will do their utmost to protect you. But, your carelessness could lead to more instructor deaths, and that's why you must not know this until the Cooperation Preparatory Camp is over."

"The second reason, and the most important one," Qin Nan looked at Lin Su earnestly, "Guardian Beast Co-operation cannot be granted to the cowardly."

"It represents not just a greater power, but also a heavy responsibility. Once you choose to undertake Guardian Beast Co-operation, you must stand up at the most perilous moments, when no one else can step forward to protect the Yan Huang Alliance."

"With Guardian Beast Co-operation, you bear the responsibility to shield those who are weaker than you."

"This is true not only for ordinary people but also for us researchers," Qin Nan continued, "Don't think that researchers can just comfortably conduct their studies at the rear. When the people in the front, those protecting you, have sacrificed themselves, then it'll be your turn."

"You do know, right? That there's more in this world than just the three Immortal Stages."

"I've heard Instructor Xing mention it," Lin Su said in a deep voice, "but he talked about it as a possibility."

"Sister Nan, are there really other Immortal Stages in this world?"

"Let's not talk about whether there are other Immortal Stages on land," Qin Nan glanced at Lin Su, "Do you think that if the land, which covers 29% of the Blue Star's total surface area, can foster three Immortal Stages, what about the oceans that cover 71% of it?"

Lin Su fell silent.

Qin Nan shook her head slightly, "Before the calamity, Yan Huang district of the Human Alliance and today's Yan Huang Security Alliance were not in the same location. Back then, Zanghai Plateau was the westernmost part of the Yan Huang district; now, it is at the very center of the Yan Huang Security Alliance."

She looked at Lin Su and said word by word, "It was the mutant beasts in the ocean that forced us to abandon our coastal homes." Your journey continues with empire

"The three Immortal Countries have already put enormous pressure on humanity, so now, we huddle inland, not daring to provoke the powers in the oceans."

"Today's peace is nothing but an illusion. There's a good chance that one day, the Yan Huang Alliance will be rapidly destroyed by the joint effort of several Immortal Stages, although the Yan Huang Alliance has taken steps to avoid such a situation, we are always prepared for the worst."

"When the nest is overturned, no egg remains intact."

"Of course, don't feel too pressured," Qin Nan chuckled, "You, a noob, are not yet in a position to worry about such things. Just be clear about what I have said."

Lin Su clenched his fist in silence, then let out a sigh of defeat.

With his current strength as an elite Beast Tamer, facing a crisis that could annihilate the alliance, he truly had little wiggle room.

"Sister Nan, what can I do?"

"What can you do?" Qin Nan smiled, "There's plenty."

"Firstly, as a freshman at Beast Tamer University, you should study hard and attend your classes earnestly."

"Secondly, as a formal researcher in the Evolution Research Institute, you can contribute more to new discoveries. On this point, I have high expectations."

"And lastly," Qin Nan paused, "you should prepare for the second test of the Guardian Beast Co-operation."

Lin Su blinked, then remembered.

To engage in Guardian Beast Co-operation, one had to pass through two tests.

The Cooperation Preparatory Camp was only one of them, and the other was even more mysterious.

"Sister Nan, what exactly is the second test?"

"The Cooperation Preparatory Camp tests courage," Qin Nan said calmly, "Without the courage to face death, you do not qualify for Guardian Beast Co-operation, and the special training, combat missions, and the final assessment in the Preparatory Camp are based on the concept of passing on the torch to ensure that you're not caught off-guard when real crises arise and can quickly take over from the predecessors."

"And after the Cooperation Preparatory Camp, the second test is called the Cooperation Oath. It tests loyalty, loyalty to the alliance," Qin Nan gave Lin Su a glance, "This is also how the alliance ensures that no cultist of mutant beasts can ever obtain the tuning jade."