Li Tianran wasn't a god; he couldn't simultaneously ensure the safety of his soldiers and kill the Marine Apostle. To gain a more advantageous position, he could only choose this seemingly cold and ruthless battle plan.

After the war, he could only choose to compensate those soldiers as much as possible, granting them honor and providing their living families with more benefits...

Qin Yiming stood by, knowing this was already the best possible outcome.

"Go, the fifth Apocalyptic Era is about to descend. Before that, take care of the matters left behind by this war," Li Tianran said with a wave of his hand.

Qin Yiming accepted the order and left.

Soon, the results of the war spread throughout the world.

While countries around the world cheered at the news of another Apostle being killed, they also noticed the release of the Battle of Frenzied Reef Island records.

In these records, Li Tianran did not mention the Pioneer Legion, but instead highlighted the Thirteenth Division, which had been annihilated in the war, and bestowed high honors upon them.

This outcome puzzled many, but those who knew the inside story let out a long sigh.

In this war against the ancient civilization, too many armies had been wiped out like dust. At least the Thirteenth Division had left its name in human history...

...

The chaos left by the war was quickly cleaned up, and Li Tianran ordered Sky City to return to the sea area where Frenzied Reef Island used to be.

The [Leap] skill had a seven-day cooldown, meaning Frenzied Reef Island couldn't return to the human defense line until after the fifth Apocalyptic Era began.

And once the ancient civilization's technological weapons fully recovered, they might immediately launch a frantic retaliation against the human world. Without Frenzied Reef Island to guard them, and with the Triangular Tower tribe temporarily unwilling to participate in the war, Li Tianran needed enough power to act as a defense, to withstand the first wave of the ancient civilization's offensive frenzy.

"How long until the Gonggong Battleship is completed?" Li Tianran asked in a deep voice, watching Sky City disappear into the distance.

"It's expected to be fully completed on the fifteenth!" Qin Yiming replied. "That's seventeen percent faster than the original schedule!"

The fifteenth...

Li Tianran narrowed his eyes. That was ten days from now, the first week after the fifth Apocalyptic Era revived!

"Make sure it's completed on time," Li Tianran said steadily.

"Boss, we now have the Kunlun Dreadnought, Sky City, and Frenzied Reef Island, plus the Triangular Towers who are half on our side. With this level of power, even if the ancient civilization's technological weapons are fully restored, they're definitely no match for us." Qin Yiming raised his eyebrows and grinned. "The fifth Apocalyptic Era might be the only disaster that doesn't weaken our strength, but actually makes us stronger."

"And it's not just the ancient civilization that will be unlocking weapons at that time; Sky City will also be entering a state of full firepower!"

Li Tianran laughed upon hearing this. Seizing Sky City was the most correct thing he had ever done. Through his research on Sky City during this time, he increasingly felt the terrifying nature of the ancient civilization's technology.

Some of the weapons in the Miracle Buildings were things that had only existed in human concepts, but they had already become reality in the ancient civilization.

If Li Tianran hadn't obtained Sky City and hadn't foreseen the existence of these weapons, he might have been caught off guard by those weapons on the first day the fifth Apocalyptic Era descended!

"It's a pity, if we could have seized the Marine Apostle's Miracle Building as well, our advantage would be even greater..." Li Tianran sighed. He, like Cyclone Apostle before him, had a very strong interest in the Marine Apostle's Miracle Building.

But in the end, the Marine Apostle chose the most tragic way, letting the Giant Ark be buried with it, all reduced to ruins, without leaving Li Tianran even a piece of usable alloy.

"The Marine Apostle's body has been sent to the research lab. It's said that its cells have been found to contain a gene that's particularly powerful in absorbing and converting energy. If we can make use of it, I believe our biotechnology will reach new heights." Qin Yiming's face was full of smiles.

The ancient civilization's Apostles were different kinds of creatures. Although they were all secondary evolved beings, they each possessed the outstanding innate advantages of their respective races. For example, the Sky Apostle belonged to the pterosaur clan, which had sharp dragon teeth with powerful attack capabilities. Later, after Li Tianran killed the Sky Apostle, he used its dragon teeth to create a large number of strong, sharp steel knives, which are currently the most powerful cold weapons on Blue Star.

Although several dragon tooth steel knives couldn't pierce the defense of the giant python with [Hardened Diamond Skin] under the Marine Apostle's command, that was only because the user's strength was too weak, like an ant carrying a steel needle, making it difficult to pierce a person's palm.

If any creature comparable in size to the giant python used that steel knife, the diamond-skinned python would have its defenses broken instantly, its abdomen ripped open.

In terms of strength and defense, beast-type, large-sized secondary evolved beings were indeed more advantageous than humans!

"A gene that's particularly powerful in absorbing and converting energy..." Li Tianran thought of the Marine Apostle's miserable state after being bombarded, its body torn apart and its bones exposed. After swallowing only two secondary evolved creatures, the wounds on its body healed seventy to eighty percent in the blink of an eye.

This ability to quickly convert the flesh and blood power of evolved beings into life force was truly amazing.

If it hadn't been severely damaged by the same level of power, it probably wouldn't have been so easy to kill the Marine Apostle!

This ability of the Marine Apostle meant that it would not fear human wave tactics. Even if tens of thousands of secondary evolved Pioneers were used to besiege it, as long as its vital flaw wasn't injured, it could heal from any injury by devouring the corpses of its enemies.

The more it fought, the braver it became!

The more enemies there were, the more invincible it became!

This was the racial advantage of the Marine Apostle!

Li Tianran was very glad that he had only used a large number of mecha warriors and the Cyclone Apostle, a trump card of the same level, to deal with it. Otherwise, even if the entire army of the human world was gathered together, without using mental linking, they would only be delivering food to the Marine Apostle.

"Tell Bai Jingyan, tell me immediately if there's anything he needs, and I will do everything I can to meet his requirements." Li Tianran was very interested in the Marine Apostle's genes. He was looking forward to seeing what power this Apostle could add to him.

In the past, the Sky Apostle's body provided the Pioneers with weapons, allowing them to have the strength to fight against the Followers even in the first stage of evolution. What surprises would the Marine Apostle, who seemed to be even more powerful than the Sky Apostle, bring to Frenzied Reef Island?

...

Bai Jingyan stood in front of the experimental platform with a serious expression. Under the microscope in front of him was a drop of reagent containing the Marine Apostle's blood. He focused on watching the genetic changes in the reagent. After a long time, he sighed, "This race really has unique advantages. Its genes are full of aggression and devouring properties!"

"I've added dozens of radioactive and viral factors to the reagent, but before long, the gene cells taken from the Marine Apostle's body will devour them all and become more and more active and powerful!"

"Apart from extremely high temperatures, I can hardly find any way to kill this gene. Neither bacteria nor radiation can ultimately make it lose its activity, but will only become its food, to be swallowed into its stomach!"

"It can devour almost all active substances!"

Bai Jingyan trembled with excitement. This was the most predatory gene he had ever seen. If it could be transplanted into the human body and perfectly fused, then the life force of the entire human race would be terrifyingly improved!

"However, if it's transplanted into the human body, it's more likely that this aggressive gene will devour the human body's flesh, blood, and bones." Bai Jingyan quickly calmed down again. This gene was too powerful, and to accommodate it, one must be an extremely powerful carrier themselves.

In terms of the current comprehensive evolutionary level of humans, no one can withstand the backlash of the Marine Apostle's genes!

Even secondary evolved Pioneers wouldn't be able to do it.

Unless one reached the level of an Apostle, gene fusion was simply a fantasy.

"If we weaken its effects..." Bai Jingyan narrowed his eyes, just like the evolution potions he had created. Ordinary people's bodies also had difficulty bearing the effects of evolution, so neutralizing agents were needed to weaken the reaction of the evolution potions.

If the devouring effect of the Marine Apostle could be weakened, would it eventually be possible to reach a standard acceptable to the human body?