Eternal life begins with saving my clan-Chapter 448: Things are getting More Complicated.

On You Connect, the sudden rampage of the beast tide had spread like wildfire, everyone with a Spirit Comms had already heard the devastating news.

The Larila Kingdom, which had been peaceful for centuries, was now in chaos.

Towns had vanished overnight, and it seemed the beast rampage wouldn’t stop anytime soon.

With each passing day, reports of towns being wiped out flooded You Connect, sending a cold shiver down the spines of everyone who read them.

’What is going on?’

The Human Kingdom and the Necoris Kingdom were now on high alert.

Merchants who had been trading with the mixed-race clans quickly ceased all business.

The situation was growing more dire with each passing hour.

To contain the beast tide, the Larilia Queen had deployed her imperial army to combat the monstrous horde.

But the following day, shocking news spread across the Magma Plain.

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers had been slaughtered—and they hadn’t even slowed the beast tide down.

Against this terrifying horde, the once-mighty Larilia Imperial Army was as insignificant as ants.

Still, before the army’s complete annihilation, scouts had managed to capture images of the horrifying creatures and send them back to the royal palace.

Soon after, the images appeared on You Connect, sending waves of panic through the populace.

Many were stunned when they saw how ordinary beasts had mutated into towering monstrosities.

The weakest among them stood three meters tall, their bloodshot eyes burning with pure savagery.

The images left everyone horrified.

What had happened to the beasts in the Burning Hinterland?

Even a fool could tell that something unnatural was occurring deep within the forest’s cursed depths.

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Inside the Larilia Imperial Palace, the Queen sat on her throne, issuing command after command.

Her expression was grave, her heart weighed down by a sense of looming dread.

"How many towns have we lost?" she asked, rubbing her temples.

"Your Majesty, we’ve lost fifteen towns," a slim elderly man responded, his voice filled with sorrow.

"We can’t let this continue," she muttered, frustration and anger mixing in her tone.

"Have you begun evacuating the closest town to the last beast attack?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, we’ve already begun. But… it won’t be easy." His voice carried deep uncertainty.

Evacuating tens of thousands of people overnight was a monumental task.

And with the beast tide advancing, the situation was growing more chaotic by the second.

Suddenly—

A sturdy young man burst into the palace, his face pale with fear.

"Your Majesty…!" he called out breathlessly.

The Queen’s heart clenched. "What? Speak quickly."

"The evacuation team has been annihilated by the beast tide," the man reported, his voice shaking.

"At this very moment… the beasts are slaughtering the townspeople."

"What?!"

The Queen leapt to her feet, her golden eyes wide with disbelief.

How could this happen?

The old advisor beside her staggered, his face drained of color.

"H-How did this happen?" he stammered.

"The report said the beast tide wouldn’t arrive for another five hours. What changed?"

"Your Majesty… it was the avian beasts," the messenger revealed grimly.

"They intercepted our men, slowing them down giving the horde enough time to arrive."

The Queen and her trusted advisor were stunned.

Up until now, they had believed the beasts were simply mindless monsters, hunting without direction or strategy.

Now, they realized they were wrong.

This was not a random rampage.

This was a coordinated attack.

Something or someone was controlling the beasts from the shadows.

The Queen sank back into her throne, her mind racing.

She had tried everything but nothing had stopped the tide.

Now, she was out of options.

"My Queen," her old advisor spoke cautiously, "I suggest we request help from the Humans."

His words snapped her out of her thoughts.

She turned to him, her gaze complicated.

"I’ve already done that," she admitted.

"Really? So… what was their response?"

"Nothing."

Her voice trembled, laced with resentment.

She had submitted to the rule of the humans, hoping that in times of need, they would protect her people.

But now, when her kingdom needed them most they had ignored her plea.

A wave of bitterness filled her chest.

She had trusted them.

Under the Celestial Heavenly Store, she had opened her kingdom’s borders.

She had allowed humans to move freely in her land.

Many of her people had even formed bonds with them, living side by side.

And yet, this was their response?

She clenched her fists.

Even though she knew she was being selfish, she couldn’t help but feel betrayed.

The death of her people filled her with a sorrow she hadn’t felt in decades.

But as a Queen, she could not afford to grieve.

She had to act.

"Relay my command," she said firmly, her voice regaining strength.

"The next closest town must evacuate immediately."

She paused, then added, "The evacuation teams must be split into smaller groups."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The guard saluted before rushing out of the palace.

The Queen turned to her advisor, her gaze unwavering. freewebnoveℓ.com

"What do we do now?" he asked.

She let out a small, bitter laugh.

"What else?" she said.

"We fight. I refuse to believe these beasts or whoever is behind them don’t have a weakness."

Her advisor nodded solemnly.

If they were going to die, then they would die fighting.

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Unbeknownst to the Queen, Zimo, Deng Kun, and Lang Bai had already arrived in the Larilia Kingdom.

They had not responded to the Queen’s plea, because they didn’t know what they were dealing with yet.

More importantly, this was the last known location of the old spider before it vanished.

They had to be cautious.

As the trio traveled deeper into the kingdom, they witnessed the carnage firsthand.

The beast tide’s destruction was far more terrifying than they had imagined.

They did not stop.

Instead, they increased their speed, driven by a deep sense of urgency.

But when they reached the Burning Hinterland’s outskirts, they froze in their tracks.

Their hearts skipped a beat.

The land had turned eerily black, a strange mist rising from the soil.

But that was not what made them stop.

From the ground, they saw the corpses of the fallen mixed-race people… rising.

Their lifeless bodies reanimated, walking mindlessly toward the forest.

Deng Kun’s face drained of color.

"What the hell is happening?" he muttered.

Zimo did not respond.

His gaze remained locked on the undead creatures, a sharp glint in his eyes.

"I guess we won’t know until we enter the forest," he said.

Then—

Whoosh!

He vanished, heading straight into the Burning Hinterland’s depths.