Suddenly, numerous rifts tore open across the sky above the Warring Kingdom Civilization, and thick streams of black oil poured from them.0

One rift appeared near Han Wu’s shelter. As the oil hit the sea, it tainted the water. Any living creature that came into contact with the polluted water mutated into a savage beast, driven to slaughter everything in sight. Fish ballooned to ten times their original size, grew limbs, and wielded crude weapons fashioned from fish bones. Shrimp also swelled in size, stood upright, and their antennae transformed into whip-like weapons.2

The first to encounter the mutated beasts were the Deeptide Whales and Deeptrench Frogmen. The...0