1700 The Grim Situation from the Ocean (1/2)
Edited by Aelryinth
Mo Fan noticed quite a few people inside the hall when he arrived.
He was planning to find himself a vacant seat like a bystander, but Mu Linsheng quickly came over and led him to the seat for the host.
Mo Fan abruptly realized he was the master here. The entire land was in his name!
”Don't mind me, keep going!” Mo Fan waved his hand casually, signaling the others not to be so courteous around him.
The truth was, no one was being courteous. Mo Fan was just being dramatic!
”The Shoreline Alliance has sounded an alarm to warn us of a potential calamity. According to their rough estimates, the Asian countries along the coastline will face it first. Japan and our East China Sea are in a great crisis!” Mu Linsheng proclaimed.
A few people in the Shoreline Alliance's uniform were sitting next to Mi Linsheng. They were obviously sent here to alert the people along the coastline.
The rest of the headquarters cities had a certain level of defense to protect them from a potential calamity, but Feiniao City was a new headquarters city, and the city was not necessarily more developed than Fanxue Mountain. Therefore, the authorities of Feiniao City and the representatives of the Shoreline Alliance and the Magic Association had arranged a meeting at Fanxue Mountain.
”Take a look at this map!” A woman from the Shoreline Alliance projected a map onto the screen.
Mo Fan followed the voice and noticed the woman was quite good-looking...(cough cough), the relationship between him and Mu Ningxue had only come to fruition. He could not afford to check other women out. He had to control himself!
Mo Fan shifted his attention to the screen, showing a photograph taken from high up in the sky. The layer of clouds was faintly discernible, with a dark blue ocean below it. However, one side of the screen was densely covered by glimmering silver-white objects.
”Those things are a kind of Shelled Salamander. According to a patrol squad from Hawaii, the photograph is only showing the tip of an iceberg. The Shelled Salamanders can easily cover a country with their numbers. They are riding the waves and approaching us slowly,” the woman in the Shoreline Alliance's uniform informed them.
”What was their altitude when the photo was taken?” Shao Yu asked.
”Ten thousand meters.”
A huge portion of the photograph was occupied by the demon creatures, even though it was taken from a height of ten thousand meters. How many of these creatures were there out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean?
Mo Fan was not interested in the meeting in the first place. He was constantly staring at Mu Ningxue, but his face filled with astonishment when he heard her description.
”Do these demon creatures actually live in the Pacific Ocean?” Mo Fan asked.
”I just got rid of a bunch of Salamander Demons recently. Could you identify them?” Mo Fan told her. He immediately asked Lingling to send the information of the Salamander Demons to his phone.
Lingling responded quickly.
Shao Yu glanced at Mo Fan, who had been carefree most of the time, and asked, ”Where did you stumble into these creatures?”
”I accepted a quest from a Councilman. The Thousand Islands Lake was overrun by these Salamander Demons. They were reproducing like a factory, but their numbers were nowhere close to the numbers of the creatures in the Pacific Ocean. I can feel my scalp turning numb just by looking at them!” Mo Fan answered.
”We came to alert you beforehand so you could carry out some preventive measures. We'll notify you as soon as we have any updates,” the woman from the Shoreline Alliance spoke up. She rose to her feet and nodded politely at the others before leaving the room with her colleagues.
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The people left in the room were all close acquaintances once the representatives of the Shoreline Alliance left. They were mostly authorities from Feiniao City who were relatively close with Mu Linsheng, Mu Ningxue, and Mu Zhuoyun. Mo Fan only knew the deputy mayor of Feiniao City.
”When will those creatures reach our coastline?” Mu Zhuoyun asked.
”It's hard to say. Japan is most likely their first target, and we are next. If we want to prepare ourselves, we should send some people to Japan and help them familiarize themselves with those creatures first...” Mu Linsheng suggested.
”Japan? We aren't close to them! Even if they found a way to handle the creatures, they aren't generous enough to share their findings with us!” Mu Zhuoyun harrumphed.
”The Shoreline Alliance has already set up a branch of the Research Union in Japan to analyze those creatures. I believe we still have some time to spare before the calamity reaches us, but it's definitely going to be our biggest threat for the next few years. We should work together with the Shoreline Alliance and gather some funds to send some people to Japan,” Mu Linsheng calmly replied.
”Who should we send?”
”I'll go!” a young woman seated in the back rows piped up.
Mo Fan was rather surprised when he saw the woman.