Beast Taming: Abyssal Descent
Chapter 524 - 387
"Welcome to the Empire News Channel, I’m your host, Hao Ren. Today, our station will report the latest updates from the Empire."
"The Empire’s 10086 legion, after a month-long campaign, successfully conquered the Secret Realm ’Demon Cave’ in the early hours of today, unlocking the large-scale chain Secret Realm ’Demon’s Sin’."
"The Empire’s 520 Armored Division, after a month-long campaign, successfully eradicated the Kobold tribal stronghold that invaded the Jinxi North Plain last night."
"The Empire..."
Watching the Empire news broadcast on TV, especially the various yet familiar monster forms that appeared in the news,
Mo Qingchen’s mouth twitched unnaturally. He held back the urge to ridicule and instead silently chanted to open the Attribute Panel in his mind.
Player: Mo Qingchen
Level: LV1 (0/100)
Occupation: Magic Card Master (Card Apprentice); Secondary Occupation: Not Unlocked
Life Force: 10/10; Mana Value: 10/10
Basic Attributes:
Power: 1; Agility: 1; Intelligence: 1; Constitution: 1
Free attribute points: 1
Comprehensive Attributes:
Physical Damage: 1; Magic Damage: 1; Physical Defense: 1; Magic Defense: 1; Charm: 99; Luck: 0
Talent: Card Absorption (Mythical)
Card Skill Bar (0/3): Empty
Card Equipment Slot (0/3): Empty
Backpack Space Bar (8/20): Military Shovel (White) X1; Alloy Saber (White) X1; Protective Clothing (White) X1; Velociraptor Fang (White) X1; Swift Dragon Meat (White) X3; Swift Dragon Bone (Gray) X6; Velociraptor Hide (White) X2; Mutated Velociraptor Hide (White) X1.
Since a month ago, it seemed as if Blue Star initiated some switch, and countless Space-Time Gates to Secret Realms appeared on Earth.
At the same time, an unknown force descended upon Earth and swept across the globe in an instant, and then everything became digitized.
As of then, everyone obtained an Attribute Panel, and everyone automatically became a Magic Card Master, with the only difference being each person’s talent and attributes.
Some people awakened powerful talent skills, while others had a blank talent.
According to the Empire’s announced talent tiers, they only announced up to Lord, but through internal channels of the Empire, it was known that the highest talent tier was only Legendary.
And his, Mo Qingchen’s Mythical Talent, is absolutely one of a kind, and it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call it unparalleled talent.
However, although he had the talent, it frustratingly didn’t come with a user manual. For this reason, Mo Qingchen conducted various experiments, but to no avail.
Having a Mythical Talent, of course, he wouldn’t tell everyone, and could only slowly experiment by himself. After all, the idea of silently making a fortune is something Mo Qingchen understands, whether in his previous life or this life.
Indeed, this guy is a Transmigrator, but of the soul-traversing kind, and he has been in this world for 20 years now.
Because his reincarnation technique was solid enough, he was born into the largest super family in Jiangnan and is the son of the patriarch.
The Jiangnan Zi Family, one of the Empire’s top ten super families, ranks fifth and is involved in military, political, and commercial areas—an unquestionable giant family of Jiangnan.
"Mother is calling; Master, please answer the call, or you won’t be getting any allowance this month~"
The intelligent terminal on his wrist rang with a BGM ringtone, which made Mo Qingchen feel utterly hopeless, but he had no choice but to answer.
An immediate holographic projection appeared in front of him.
With brows like dark ink, lips resembling scarlet paint, a head of black hair styled into the trendy hanging cloud bun, adorned with a pair of scarlet phoenix hairpins, and dangling tortoiseshell earrings that glistened brightly, her skin was as smooth as coagulated fat, with a rosy glow, gentle like jade, clear and luminous.
A gown of purple and gold resembling an Eastern ink painting, rich in traditional charm, paired with a peerless beauty, truly made her seem like a fairy from a painting who fell into the mortal world.
"Sonny, had enough fun? The world’s not peaceful outside nowadays, I’ll send someone to bring you home first, don’t bother with your deadbeat father."
The woman in the holographic projection appeared to be only twenty-seven or twenty-eight, but in reality, she was his mother, now already forty-two, newly the main mistress of the Zi Family, and already a mother of four sons.
Speaking of which, his mother Zhu Muyin’s background is also not simple; she is a direct member of the Empire’s number one family, the Zhu Family!
"Mom, I won’t be going back for now; you should bring my younger brother and sister back first."
Mo Qingchen is currently at his own villa in the Moon Bay Villa District of Jiangnan Capital, where he hides an unspeakable big secret. He doesn’t want to give up such a grand opportunity!
"Oh dear, I already brought your brother and sister back before the trouble started a month ago. Now, apart from your two brothers and six sisters, it’s just you, the idle one, still outside."
As the son of the clan leader, Mo Qingchen is ranked ninth in the family, with two elder brothers and six sisters above him, and one younger brother and two younger sisters below.
This is a parallel world to Earth in the previous life, but the Empire rules the world, and the turning point in history appeared on the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen.
Based on the historical materials and various unofficial historical records Mo Qingchen collected while studying, he could responsibly say that this Emperor Chongzhen was definitely also a Transmigrator!
He ascended the throne at eighteen, reigned for ninety-two years, and died at one hundred and ten years old, and his accomplishments could be compared to the legendary Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
In his early years, he reorganized the court, corrected chaos, and quickly quelled domestic rebellions, then moved north to annihilate the barbarian Manchu invaders;
In his middle years, he aggressively developed technology, reopened maritime routes, seized overseas resources and territories, and forcedly dominated the globe;
In his later years, he implemented reforms, actively relinquishing many powers of the imperial authority, allowing the Empire to cross the barrier of the feudal dynasty and survive the crisis of imperial disintegration.
Up to now, the old Zhu Family is still the top of the Empire’s ten super families, and Zhu-named emperors are still the symbol of the entire Empire, revered and loved by the Empire’s citizens.
But some old systems of the feudal society have still been inherited to some extent.