The Development of Soul Beasts

Chapter 100 The Development of Soul Beasts

After delivering the task, You Chen reviewed and gave instructions to the other researchers at the research institute before leaving.

You Chen did not create additional positions for these researchers.

They all work as "logistics personnel" for the beast tamers. There is no clear difference in status between them and the other beast tamers; they are all assisting the beast soldiers in their actions.

It's not that You Chen discriminates against researchers; he himself started his career in research, so how could he possibly discriminate against researchers?

Because most of the Soul Beasts have experienced discrimination in the past, the Soul Beast organization they formed is more united and humane than other forces, and is more like a big family.

Therefore, You Chen deliberately downplayed the difference in status between them. Except for the beast-headed ones who were superior to humans, everyone was an equal companion. There was only a difference in their roles, not in their status.

While it may have reduced the motivation of some people, it has led to greater cohesion and stability.

Previously constrained by his own strength, You Chen naturally sought more stability; otherwise, the rank of the Beast Head wouldn't have been only recently unlocked.

Of course, having the same job rank does not mean having the same merits.

It is only right that one should be paid according to the amount of work done.

As You Chendu walked through the camp, passing Soul Beasts would greet him respectfully and joyfully.

Looking at this thriving scene, and thinking that he had created it all by his own hands, even You Chen felt a sense of pride.

The original Soul Beast was an organization with only a hundred or so members, and all the training was funded by his own personal savings.

However, after several years of development, the organization has expanded to several hundred people and has gradually become profitable.

It's worth noting that You Chen invests enough money each year to ensure the Soul Beasts receive the best training to send Flander to the rooftop. The fact that he can still make a profit under these circumstances speaks volumes.

However, expanding to a size of five or six hundred people is already the current limit for the Soul Beast organization.

It's easy to understand that in this era, the total number of Soul Masters in the entire Douluo Continent was at most two or three hundred thousand (according to the original work). The Beast Transformation Mutants are essentially malignant mutations of Soul Masters. They are essentially people who had the potential to become Soul Masters but failed to be selected.

Beast-mutated mutants are already a tiny minority among Soul Masters, accounting for less than one percent.

There are probably only one or two thousand beast-mutated mutants on the entire continent.

It was manageable with five or six hundred beast-mutated mutants gathered together; with You Chen's help, they were already able to actively conceal their mutant characteristics.

However, if more than a thousand beast-mutated mutants gather together, the number of mutant slaves circulating in the market will be reduced by half. Even if this group has never received much attention, such an obvious change will be hard to ignore for those who are interested.

You Chen naturally informed the Soul Fighting Beasts of this.

Otherwise, although the hundreds of people, especially the later four or five hundred, were indeed loyal to You Chen, their loyalty was not as high as that of the original core group of about a hundred people.

It cannot be ruled out that some extreme individuals harbor ulterior motives, believing that You Chen, despite having the ability to completely resolve the problem of the beast-mutated mutants, is deliberately hiding his abilities, causing their compatriots to suffer.

At this stage, it is impossible for the beast-mutated mutants to be completely unleashed.

It should be noted that both of the continent's two major empires openly auction off mutated beastmen as pets and slaves in their official auction houses.

Many powerful people enjoy collecting these rare pets.

You want to carry out liberation now?

There's no need to go into details about what the outcome will be.

The reason for establishing the Soul Beasts' base in Xingluo is quite simple.

After Qian Renxue infiltrated the Heaven Dou royal family, the Spirit Hall shifted its focus to Heaven Dou, and it can be said that Heaven Dou has now been heavily infiltrated.

You Chen wasn't as wary of the two great empires, but he was different with the Spirit Hall.

If it were discovered that he had secretly established an organization of several hundred people, Bibi Dong would have a reason to deal with him directly.

Therefore, the most important thing is not to be discovered by the Spirit Hall.

In addition, when the Spirit Hall forced the Clear Sky Sect to close its doors and when its four single-attribute clans were besieged, the Star Luo Empire, which was originally an ally of the Clear Sky Sect, chose to stand by and watch. This resulted in damage to the Star Luo Empire's reputation and a decrease in its control over the sects within the country.

At this stage, the Star Luo Empire was unwilling to easily provoke organizations like the Soul Fighting Beasts, which resembled sects, and would usually turn a blind eye to them.

"Given the current potential of the Soul Beasts, even if I cease all intervention in the future, they will most likely become a powerful sect within a few hundred years."

You Chen made this judgment.

But... that's not enough for him.

……

That night.

The appointment of the first Beast Head naturally required You Chen's presence.

There weren't many unnecessary formalities within the Soul Beast camp. After gathering the Soul Beasts in the camp, You Chen simply recounted Ignis's past performances that far surpassed others, as well as her contributions in this operation, and then announced the birth of the new Dragon Leader.

The birth of the first beast head was naturally a major event for the Soul Fighting Beast Organization, and a rare carnival banquet followed.

You Chen chose to leave the merriment to everyone else and quietly left the scene.

Before long, following the coded instructions he had given earlier, Ignis arrived at an empty training ground midway through the banquet.

"leader!"

Upon seeing You Chen, who had been waiting for a long time, Ignis immediately bowed her head in greeting.

"No need."

You Chen waved his hand and said, "Although the Beast Head is still nominally my subordinate, he actually has an equal status with the leader, possesses certain decision-making power, and is already the person in charge of the organization."

"this……"

Ignis paused, then said firmly, "How could I disrespect the leader!?"

You Chen shook his head: "No, this has nothing to do with reverence. It's about the attitude you, as the Beast Leader, must show. If your attitude towards me is no different from before, they won't be able to sense any change in you, they won't be able to feel your majesty... and they won't be able to aspire to it. If being the Beast Leader is the same as not being the Beast Leader, then what's the point of being the Beast Leader?! Ignis, you must set a good example."

If the Soul Fighting Beasts were simply used as suicide soldiers, You Chen wouldn't need to emphasize this so much. Even if the rules stated that the Beast Leader and the Chief were equals, he would subtly let the Soul Fighting Beasts know that the Beast Soldiers submitted to the Beast Leaders, but the Beast Leaders submitted to the Chief.

But things are different now. He doesn't need pawns who only know how to execute orders, but subordinates who can play a more significant role. They can function normally even without his commands or his intervention.

To unleash the initiative of the Soul Beasts, the Beast Head, which is nominally the highest rank they can reach, cannot be merely a pawn that can only act upon receiving their orders.

(End of this chapter)