Chapter 1884 - Flanked at the Reservoir (1/2)

Translated by XephiZ

Edited by Aelryinth

“How is that possible, it’s the sturdiest bridge among the three! Even a high-level creature has no chance of destroying it, not to mention there were so many people protecting it!” Shen Qing blurted out in disbelief.

“It was an enormous creature. I met Liu Xi. He told me the demon leeches we stumbled into at SM City Xiamen were falling off the sea monster that destroyed the Haicang Bridge,” Lingling said.

“Falling off? What do you mean?” Shen Qing was confused.

“They were parasites on its skin. The demon leeches were only parasites feeding off the monster’s skin cells,” Lingling said.

Mo Fan and Shen Qing dropped their jaws. They stared at one another speechlessly.

Parasites feeding off the monster’s skin cells…

Wouldn’t that mean the demon leeches were only fleas to the sea monster? How were they half a meter to a meter long?

Exactly how massive was the sea monster that had destroyed the Haicang Bridge? Even the parasites living off its skin were already at plague proportions!

What exactly was the city up against?

“How about the other bridges?” Mo Fan asked.

“Nothing so far, but according to Liu Xi, the monster had a very clear goal in mind. It disappeared right after it rammed into the bridge. It was already gone before the Super Mages were going after it,” Lingling said.

“It only attacked the bridge?” Mo Fan asked.

“Yeah, the sea monsters are intelligent creatures. I believe it is trying to delay the evacuation so the rest of the sea monsters can arrive in time,” Lingling said.

Most demon creatures would attack the humans they saw, but the enormous sea monster had disappeared after accomplishing its mission, without giving the Super Mages a chance to fight it. It was obvious what the creature had in mind!

It was waiting for the real army of sea monsters to arrive!

“We must strengthen the defense of the other two bridges. There is still time. We can still evacuate the people through the Xinglin Bridge and Jimei Bridge, but it will be impossible once they are destroyed too!” Shen Qing exclaimed.

“Mm, the Donghai Magic Association and the Southern Military are already assigning most of their men to the other two bridges. The people on the Haicang Route are heading to the remaining two routes too, but we have a tight schedule to evacuate everyone. We have no idea if we can evacuate the island before the Armor Antenna Sea Monsters show up,” Lingling said.

“Damn it, these sea monsters even know to use tactics!” Mo Fan cursed.

The sea monsters had come well prepared, unlike the demon creatures inland, who only knew to invade human territories with brute force

The depth of the water would decide the active areas for the sea monsters. If the heavy downpour kept going at the current rate, the depth would soon reach fifteen meters in just a few hours, which meant most species of the sea monsters would be able to roam freely throughout the city!

Currently, only certain species of sea monsters could sneak into the city, but the sea monsters had already learned of the humans’ plan to evacuate the city. They had decided to deal a critical blow to disrupt that plan. Most importantly, the enormous sea monster had disappeared right after it had accomplished its mission, instead of fighting with the humans. It was determined to drag out the evacuation until the full army of sea monsters arrived. The people were absolutely terrified of its intelligence.

Perhaps they had to reevaluate the sea monsters’ strength. The same methods they normally used against the demon creatures on land were not necessarily suitable to be used against the more cunning sea monsters. They had to take the sea monsters’ intelligence into consideration now!