Chapter 250: Welcome to the Ocean Era

The sharp beak pierced Shen Yu’s palm, becoming lodged against the bone for a moment.

He had actually stopped the bird’s attack with his hand.

The host from Sun Nation was stunned for a moment before continuing in an exaggerated tone.

"A struggle driven by survival instinct? Truly touching willpower! Unfortunately, it’s meaningless. The strength of this mutated seagull is enough to lift an adult human."

"His arm will soon be torn off!"

"Previously, a contestant from Monkey Nation was dragged by a similar seagull, slammed into rocks, and killed on the spot."

However, the next second, the scene in the live broadcast stunned the malicious viewers. Their eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

Shen Yu completely disregarded the injury to his left hand. He clenched his fingers tightly around the bird’s hard beak while his right hand reached out and accurately grabbed the seagull’s relatively thin neck.

The mutated seagull’s beak was squeezed shut. Its enormous wings couldn’t spread inside the cramped coffin, and the already damaged wooden box swayed precariously.

Shen Yu noticed that the coffin beneath him was on the verge of collapsing.

He immediately twisted both hands in opposite directions with all his strength.

Crack!

The seagull’s struggle abruptly stopped. Its body went limp, dangling lifelessly from his hands.

The entire process had taken no more than three seconds.

Clean. Efficient.

The entire world watching the livestream was stunned.

Professor Li Shu breathed a sigh of relief, leaning against the table to steady herself.

Zhang Guangwei, whose mouth had been hanging open moments earlier, now wore an expression of delight.

"What kind of reaction speed is that? And that throat grab... It’s far too professional! How could an ordinary person possess such skills?"

"What is Shen Yu’s identity? Why hasn’t his profile been pulled up yet?"

The trolls from other countries who had been preparing to gloat fell silent.

Inside the coffin, Shen Yu disdainfully pushed the seagull off his chest and weakly sat up.

He wiped the blood dripping toward his eyelid with his uninjured right hand. His eyes were filled with confusion.

Wasn’t he supposed to be back home?

He had clearly completed the Evolution Food Company Dungeon.

Where was this place?

Was this another dungeon?

But why could he see his Infinite Death System—or the Goddess Strategy Program?

A voice suddenly sounded in his mind.

[You have killed a Mutated Seagull, gaining 1 Evolution Point.]

[Bonus to the entire population of Dragon Nation: Resource Discovery Rate +0.01.]

[Welcome to the Ocean Era, Pioneer.]

[You are the 100th contestant from Dragon Nation. Your actions will be deeply tied to the fate of your nation, and your performance will be broadcast live to viewers across the world. Please strive to survive. Good luck.]

Wait.

Just surviving was enough?

The voice seemed to come directly from the air, offering no answer to his questions.

Shen Yu looked around.

The Ocean Era?

National fate binding?

Global livestream?

Dragon Nation?

His original world?

The apocalypse, with its raging dungeon invasions, had swept across the globe. All nations were competing to survive, and civilization had crumbled beneath the invasion of anomalies.

Yet in this world, not only did order in Dragon Nation still standing firm, but he had also become its representative in the struggle for national fortune.

He was no longer merely a Captain of an elite team.

Although this world was no longer the one he had originally come from, the shared name between the two nations gave him a strange sense of familiarity.

Shen Yu thought for a moment, then flashed a gentle smile at the camera.

Hmm. I should leave a good impression on the people of this world first.

[Wow! So handsome!]

[Get lost, you love-struck idiot! Is this really the time to admire his face?]

[Handsome? What good is that? Wake up! If he dies, we’re all doomed!]

"Ah!"

Inside the command center, analysts also voiced their concerns.

"Could his mind have been affected?"

However, their worries didn’t last long. The next scene shocked everyone.

Shen Yu twisted the mutated seagull’s neck halfway around.

With a loud tearing sound of muscle and bone, a small stream of dark-red blood surged from the wound.

He sniffed it first, then bent down and pressed his mouth against the wound.

The mocking voices from other countries watching Dragon Nation’s livestream rose one after another.

"Oh my God! How barbaric!"

"Shut up!"

"You don’t understand anything. What he’s doing isn’t barbaric. You’re just a bunch of hypocrites!"

"In the wild, this is an emergency survival technique. Didn’t the first-aid manual explain that?"

"You foreign devils and their lackeys, get out of Dragon Nation’s livestream!"

"Stop embarrassing yourselves here!"

In the game, Shen Yu stopped after drinking only a small amount of fresh arterial blood.

He had overexerted himself during the fight, and his vision was beginning to blur.

He tore off a corner of his shirt and tightly wrapped the seagull’s neck.

If too much blood spilled into the sea, its strong scent might attract predators.

After finishing, he suddenly remembered something.

A moment ago, the system had informed him that he had earned an Evolution Point.

"System," Shen Yu tentatively called out in his mind.

Buzz!

A light-blue, translucent screen unfolded before him.

It displayed only three options:

Decompose. Evolution. Storage.

"I wonder what ability our contestant will awaken this time," a commentator said.

A sequence referred to the evolutionary direction humans began developing after entering the Ocean Era, allowing them to adapt to the environment based on their individual traits.

Each sequence represented a unique survival talent, and there were countless possible types.

According to intelligence compiled by various nations, the most useful sequences for ocean survival were the Tide Listener and the Sea Knight.

A Tide Listener could predict the weather and communicate simply with certain marine creatures.

A Sea Knight could control water currents.

At that moment, Shen Yu naturally couldn’t hear the discussions taking place outside.

He focused on the system.

[Decomposable target detected: Mutated Seagull Corpse.]

[Decomposition will yield: Fresh Meat ×8, Complete Feathers ×20, Hard Beak ×1, Fat ×1, Broken Bones ×5.]

[Confirm decomposition?]

"Confirm."

As soon as the words left his mouth, the seagull’s corpse disappeared in a soft blue light, leaving not even a drop of blood behind.

Immediately, the panel changed.

[Decomposition successful.]

[Obtained: Fresh Meat ×8, Complete Feathers ×20, Hard Beak ×1, Fat ×1, Broken Bones ×5.]

[Stored in Warehouse.]

Shen Yu immediately focused on the Storage option.

An interface resembling a game inventory appeared, quietly holding the materials he had just decomposed.

The meat still carried its fresh, bloody color, and the label "three days" likely referred to its shelf life.

The feathers were neatly stacked, while the beak gleamed with a faint metallic luster.

"What if I directly decompose the ocean?"

Shen Yu placed his hand in the sea and muttered, "Decompose."

Nothing happened.

Apparently, that wouldn’t work.

Finally, his gaze fell on the last option.

Evolution.