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Chapter 171 Internal Strife Among the Beasts
Two figures emerged from the mine and flew towards Anning City.
Song Chen followed beside Zhou Wangyue, the Wings of Gale maintaining a steady speed.
He turned his head and glanced at Zhou Wangyue.
"Teacher, you said there would be a big operation in two months when we were at the mouth of the Heng River, and told me to come back to Tianhai as soon as possible."
"They said back then it was too big to talk about over the phone. Are you able to talk about it now?"
After defeating the Earth Dragon King, Song Chen was in a great mood and asked the question that had been on his mind.
Zhou Wangyue did not answer immediately. He looked ahead, then raised his right hand and pointed north.
"The matter is over there."
Song Chen looked in the direction he was pointing.
In the north, beyond the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, across grasslands and permafrost, it extends all the way to the top of this planet.
Arctic.
Zhou Wangyue began, "You should know that, like humans, the alien beasts are highly organized."
Song Chen nodded, "The strange beast is not a wild animal."
Wild animals won't abduct nuclear industry talent from around the world to teach them how to build nuclear bombs, nor will they create the illusion of "peaceful coexistence" with humans on Guangchang Island.
Mythical beasts possess language, social structures, territorial awareness, and strategic thinking.
The higher the rank, the higher the intelligence. At the third rank and above, the intelligence of the beasts is no less than that of human martial artists, and in some aspects, they are even stronger.
"Where there is intelligence, there will be social order," Zhou Wangyue continued.
"Over the course of fifty years, the alien beasts around the world have gradually formed their own power structures."
"At the very top of this structure are the three royal families and the sixteen royal families."
The three royal clans: the Whale Clan, the Sea Dragon Clan, and the Sky Wolf Clan.
Song Chen remembered these names.
During the Cloud Wave Island incident, the sixth-tier beast king of the giant whale clan bit off a third of the island in one bite.
He was chased into the depths of the sea by that beast king, fighting from the surface to the sky and to the bottom of the sea. That was the closest he ever came to death.
The whale race is one of the three royal families and the absolute overlords of the ocean.
The Sea Dragon Clan also dwells in the deep sea, rivaling the Giant Whale Clan.
On land, there is only one royal family: the Sirius Clan.
"Is this related to the Sirius Clan?" Song Chen asked.
Zhou Wangyue nodded slightly: "That's right."
"The Sirius race is distributed all over the world, but their main base is in the Arctic."
"To be precise, all the permafrost, ice fields, and tundra within the Arctic Circle belong to the Sirius Clan."
"The king of the Sirius Clan is a peak sixth-tier Sirius King who has existed for over forty years. In theory, all beast kings above the fifth tier on the entire continent obey the orders of the Sirius Clan."
In theory.
Song Chen caught the word.
"The problem lies with the Ice Demons."
The Ice Demon Clan is one of the sixteen royal clans.
Song Chen had read records of the Ice Demon Clan, describing them as humanoid beasts covered in ice crystal-like exoskeletons, possessing extremely high intelligence, living in groups, and having a strong sense of territory.
Its original territory is Greenland and the surrounding ice fields within the Arctic Circle.
They rank among the top of the sixteen royal families, and their strength far surpasses that of ordinary royal families.
"In the past two years, the Ice Demon Clan's development speed has exceeded the expectations of all intelligence agencies."
"Their numbers quadrupled in two years, and their territory expanded fivefold."
"Radiating outwards from Greenland, it has already controlled nearly one-third of the ice sheet within the Arctic Circle."
"The number of sixth-tier individuals within the clan that we have discovered exceeds five."
Song Chen frowned slightly, "Five heads, six steps."
There are only twelve sixth-tier martial artists in the entire Great Xia Dynasty, and a royal family of exotic beasts has at least five sixth-tier beasts.
This means that the Ice Demon Clan's top-tier combat power is approaching the level of a major human power.
Zhou Wangyue continued speaking, while Song Chen listened quietly.
"The Sirius Clan is the royal family of the land, and the Ice Demon Clan is the royal family."
"According to the power structure of the alien beasts, the royal family obeys the imperial family, but the Ice Demon Clan no longer considers itself a royal family."
"They began to disobey the orders of the Sirius Clan, first by delaying, then by being perfunctory, and finally by openly refusing."
"Three months ago, the three groups of envoys sent by the Sirius King to Greenland were all killed by the Ice Demons, and their heads were displayed on the ice plains."
Song Chen's lips twitched.
Slaying a royal envoy and displaying his head in public is, in the political language of humans, called declaring war.
"The Sirius Clan has endured for three months. They are not afraid, but rather they are gathering strength."
"The Sirius Clan's territory spans the entire Arctic Circle, with hundreds of affiliated tribes scattered across the permafrost and ice fields. Mobilizing them all will take time."
"The Great Xia Intelligence Department has received reliable information that the Sirius Clan will soon launch an expedition against the Ice Demon Clan, which will be led personally by the Sirius King."
Song Chen went through the information he received in his mind twice.
The Sirius race set out from their lair in the Arctic, traversed the Arctic ice plains, and embarked on an expedition against the Ice Demons of Greenland.
Along the way, the main force of the Sirius Clan will leave their territory, and the elites of the subordinate clans will be transferred, creating a brief window of opportunity for a power vacuum in the entire Arctic.
"Is the Great Xia going to intervene in this civil war among the alien beasts?"
Zhou Wangyue nodded: "Led by the Great Xia, it has united the North American Federation, the European Union, and the South Asian Union, a total of four major forces."
"It has been decided that each side will send a group of top experts to intervene at the crucial moment of the battle between the Ice Demon Clan and the Sky Wolf Clan."
"The best outcome would be for both races to suffer heavy losses."
"The sixth-tier individuals of the Sirius Clan and the Ice Demon Clan were all severely injured or killed in the battle. The human race's powerful warriors finished off the remaining enemies, completely eliminating the threat of the alien beast royal family and royal family on the land."
"For fifty years, humanity has been on the defensive. If this battle is won, the balance of power on land will be completely reversed."
"The worst-case scenario..."
Zhou Wangyue paused for a moment.
"We also need to break the Ice Demon Clan out of the control of the Sirius Clan. The situation of having only one royal family on the land has lasted for forty years."
"If the Ice Demon Clan can successfully gain independence, the power structure of the beast race will be fractured. A divided beast world is far more beneficial to the human race than a unified beast world under the command of the royal family."
After saying this, Zhou Wangyue looked at Song Chen: "This operation is very important. All countries will offer their best as rewards, so I hope you can participate."
Song Chen didn't speak; he was processing this information.
Three royal families and sixteen royal clans.
The land-based royal family, the Sirius Clan, embarks on an expedition against the Ice King Clan and the Ice Demon Clan.
With the Great Xia leading a coalition of four major powers, the best outcome would be a decisive battle that decides the fate of the world, and at the very least, it would cause the alien beasts to split apart.
This is what Zhou Wangyue couldn't say on the phone, not because the encrypted frequency band wasn't secure enough, but because this matter was too big.
If the information were leaked in advance, both the Sirius Clan and the Ice Demon Clan would have enough time to adjust their strategies, and all of the Human Clan's plans would fall apart.
"When are we leaving?" Song Chen asked.
"The exact timing depends on how well the two sides are fighting. The Sirius Clan is assembling faster than the intelligence department predicted, and the Ice Demon Clan is also preparing for battle. Scouts from both sides have already clashed on the Arctic ice plains."
"The estimated timeframe should be around one month."
Song Chen was thinking that a month from now, he would need to be in a position where he could participate in this battle.
With his current strength, at the mid-stage of the fourth tier, he can fight against the peak of the fifth tier, but this level of strength is not enough to participate in a battle of this level.
Sirius King is at the peak of the sixth rank, and there are quite a few sixth-rank members in the Ice Demon Clan. He needs to advance to the next level.
After they finished speaking, the two fell silent.