Published: February 19, 2025
Passing by each other, dead and resurrected, countless mutated creatures, including many oceanic humans from the Deep Sea Forbidden Zone, have been closely watching.
To guard against high-level mutated beasts attacking the land and causing damage to coastal cities, countless resources have been spent to establish a coastal sensing network.
Additionally, in recent years, human authorities have dispatched warships on multiple occasions to hunt down some high-level mutated creatures with the assistance of high-level cultivators.
More than ten years ago, a powerful king-level being even descended to slay a mythical behemoth that had destroyed a coastal city before fleeing back into the ocean.
However, such situations are relatively rare; normally, action is only taken when high-level mutated beasts attack coastal cities or nearshore vessels, posing threats to humans.
Moreover, if a high-risk potential mutated creature is detected and deemed a possible danger to humans, it will also be eliminated in advance.
Thus, the intelligence categorizing it as extremely dangerous quickly reached the highest levels of the military district.
In less than ten minutes, a small meeting was convened to discuss whether to use Heavenly Base Weapons.
Around a circular conference table, a middle-aged man in his fifties occupied the main seat, with four others sitting beside him. The two men on the left both exuded the aura of high-level cultivators.
Meanwhile, the two individuals on the right were just ordinary people, albeit with the demeanor of researchers.
Once everyone was seated, the middle-aged man looked to the right and said in a deep voice, “Old Li, what are your thoughts on this newly emerged monarch-level mutated creature?”
The elder known as Old Li flipped through several high-definition satellite images in his hands, comparing the data, and pondered for a moment before replying, “My view is quite conservative.”
“Since it was first observed, the satellite has captured it on the ocean's surface four times, each time moving further from the coast.”
“From its movement trajectory, this mutated creature is approaching the deep sea.”
“Normally, once it grows to the ninth level, its biological instincts will push it to break through through the deep sea fissures into the mythical world.”
“Of course, this is predicated on its ability to grow to the ninth level; mutated creatures are more brutal and could very well be devoured by a stronger beast in just a few days.”
“Additionally, to my knowledge, there have been no reports of creatures resembling this mutated beast in recent incidents of high-level attacks on fishing vessels along the coast.”
“Thus, for the time being, I assess that it does not pose strong hostility towards humans. My recommendation is to continue monitoring it; as humans retreat from the ocean, our conflicts with marine creatures are minimal.”
“Otherwise, if we take the initiative and fail to kill it, allowing it to escape into the deep sea, we might witness a repeat of events from ten years ago.”
“And given this mutated creature's greater potential, the threat it poses could be even larger then.”
After the elder finished speaking, the middle-aged man nodded slightly and turned to the other middle-aged man beside Old Li, “Mr. Zhang, what are your thoughts?”
The middle-aged man, deep in thought, said, “My focus is similar to Old Li's, leaning towards caution. This marine mutated creature is capable of coming ashore and has a high intelligence.”
“Even at just the seventh level, it already knows how to utilize king-level intimidation to subdue other mutated creatures and hunt cooperatively, having already categorized its ‘society’ status.”
“This can be seen from how, after the battle, it was the creature code-named Thunder Blaze that drove away the turtle-like creature, keeping the spoils for itself.”
“In this case, we must be more cautious. We should either prepare thoroughly, such as sending another Cloud Sea-class warship equipped with energy bombardment weapons and a late-stage ninth-level cultivator.”