Chapter 336 Weakness (1/2)

Peach Bay—this was the territory of the Gloaming Oceanic Manta Ray that Gao Peng had encountered.

A wharf was supposed to have been built here during the last century, but because the project plans were altered, the land was left as it was.

Of course, to even be considered for a wharf in the first place meant the waters here were deep. Not only was the surface area of the sea greater than that of the land, but it also possessed the natural advantage of being vertically expansive.

Because of this, the number of monsters in the sea was many times that of those on the land, causing the competition among the monster population to be particularly fierce.

Beneath the calm surface of the sea, all the monsters in the surroundings suddenly felt an inexplicable pull to gather together. What was strange was that they didn't fight or quarrel among themselves, but remained surprisingly agreeable with each other.

Sonar images of the deep-sea monsters beneath them were projected onto a screen. Even though their actual appearance couldn't be seen, it was still possible to make educated guesses on the sizes, forms, and characteristics of these monsters based on the images. From there, they could then calculate a portion of the monsters' types through a comparison of the monsters' forms and characteristics with the database.

After a careful screening of the data, based on comparisons of average sizes for each monster type, they were basically able to analyze the monsters' level and abilities.

Even though the data generated was only for a portion of the monsters, the little that was garnered was already enough to cause quite a few headaches in the military.

”Why are these monsters not fighting each other despite being gathered in one place? This is most unusual.” The bespectacled researcher adjusted his glasses confusedly as he raked through his hair with his hands.

”There's only one possibility,” said the commander-in-chief of Yang Cheng's military, Wang Ze, calmly. ”There's a monster out there whose tier is high enough to suppress them all, causing them to remain docile in close quarters.”

Upon hearing these words, a heavy silence settled over the room.

At the time, there were only two confirmed Lord-tier monsters. The fact that these two Lord-tier monsters passed by each other without the slightest sign of conflict…

One of these was the Gloaming Oceanic Manta Ray from the information Gao Peng had provided. The other was a Sand Shadow Carpet Shark, its body exceeding 100 feet long. For a Sand Shadow Carpet Shark of this size, it had most likely achieved Lord-tier ranking, unless it had a rare mutation that made it giant.

Suddenly, the wind seemed to have been knocked out of the small room they were in.

All those sitting before the screen felt shivers run up their backs, dozens of tiny goosebumps crawling across their skin.

On the screen, what originally appeared to be a small swarm of light green creatures of various sizes had rapidly dispersed in all directions within seconds.

It happened in the blink of an eye. The entire screen turned a light, leafy green. It was such a beautiful color and yet those who saw it felt as if their hearts were in their mouths.

Now, the sonar equipment was of an improved model. Because all living things had their own magnetic field, the light waves emitted by the equipment would be reflected back upon encountering them, and from there project the corresponding imagery onto the screen. To have the entire screen turn light green…

”Increase the altitude of the drones.” Wang Ze ordered calmly.

The drones sped into the sky and stopped several thousand yards above sea level. Finally, the screen wasn't covered in light green in its entirety, but showed some sort of outline, as if it were reflecting irregularly shaped island.

In terms of surface area, it was approximately a whopping million square feet and seemed to be highly irregular in form.

However, this was no inanimate object, but an unknown living monster.