Armor-piercing bullets don't believe in carbon-based monsters

Chapter 227 North Sea Whale Loach
Chen Jian reacted quickly and flew out a drone for reconnaissance as soon as he discovered the abnormal signal.

But even so, when the drone arrived at the location where the abnormality occurred, it still did not capture the monster.

The clear pictures sent back showed amazing signs of "landform change".

Large tracts of forest collapsed, and half of the hill collapsed as a whole. A dark pit was vaguely exposed in the center of the collapse, but when the drone approached, it found that the depth of the pit was not enough to hide any monster.

It's the same plot again.

Chen Jian's anxiety grew stronger. He stared at the image uploaded by the PDA and said:
"If this continues, I'm afraid we'll have to change our strategy."

"We have to be proactive and track down the monster."

"Otherwise, we will always be in a passive position and won't even have any idea how to respond."

"If this is really a precursor to the beast tide, then I really don't know how to fight after losing the information advantage."

After the words were spoken, everyone in the room fell silent.

After a moment, Lei Jie took a deep breath and said:
"I'm more concerned about where the hell those monsters have gone."

"Based on the current situation, there is only one reasonable explanation."

"That is, they are all underground."

"Fuxi, are you sure your information is accurate? Are you sure the 'nuclear wall' under this area is not enough to keep these monsters hidden?"

"I am sure."

Fuxi's voice sounded in the headphones.

"The underground nuclear facility is a very special confidential project. Although I was not allowed to access most of the confidential information due to the cautious and conservative attitude of the leaders towards artificial intelligence at that time, I also obtained emergency authorization for some projects after the catastrophe began."

"This includes information on the location and size of underground nuclear facilities."

"If you want me to remotely control the launch of a nuclear bomb, there is no way I can do it."

"I am not even clear about the specific deployment of nuclear weapons."

"But if it involves nuclear facilities and anti-nuclear fortifications, I can guarantee 100% that my information is accurate."

"Because the function of nuclear fortifications is not only nuclear counterattack, but also nuclear protection."

“This is one of my basic functions and tasks.”

"clear."

Lei Jie nodded slowly, paused and said:

"That's totally inexplicable."

"unless."

"terrain."

Chen Jian suddenly interrupted Lei Jie and said:

"Unless the monster itself has already integrated into the terrain, just like the level 2 monster in Jinling."

"If that monster hadn't exposed itself, we would most likely be facing the same situation as we are now."

"You'd never be able to find its exact location from an aerial reconnaissance perspective because it's just a mountain."

"It's very likely the same thing is happening with this monster."

"It may have become static again after a short period of activity. If we want to find it, we can only look closer."

"Too dangerous."

Ji Xing raised his hand and said:
"If we want to go and see, we might as well let the people from the Holy Blood Temple go - for example, Lin Yu's team."

"You're not polite at all."

Chen Jian shook his head in amusement and was about to say something, but at this moment, the low chirping sound rang out again.

"Woo——"

This time, the sound was longer and obviously closer.

"Drone!"

Chen Jian started shouting, and at the same time, without his command, Fuxi had immediately mobilized the drone that had not yet landed and flew towards the direction of the sound.

"Not the west side, this time it's the east side!"

Chen Jian stared at the image sent back by the drone. After a pause, he continued:

"To the east is the sea!"

“I saw it!”

As soon as the words were spoken, everyone looked at the images transmitted by the drone at the same time.

The picture was dark, but on the nearly boundless sea surface that reflected the dim starlight, a whirlpool with a diameter of hundreds of meters was spinning violently.

Billions of bioluminescent algae glow in a giant spiral, like a rotating galaxy.

A huge shadow was swam below the whirlpool. Chen Jian held his breath and observed this horrifying scene. For a moment, he didn't even know whether he should give the order to continue to move closer for reconnaissance.

But in fact, it doesn’t matter whether you get close or not.

A moment later, a water hill as high as a hundred meters gradually rose in the center of the vortex. Dozens of shadows pierced the water surface, and tentacles wrapped in waves rose into the sky, waving disorderly in the air.

The parasitic shellfish were shaken off and fell into the sea as densely as raindrops, causing splashes of water.

Immediately afterwards, the monster's huge body emerged from the water and then slammed heavily into the water.

"Woo——"

Low-frequency sound waves penetrated the air and reached the eardrums of people dozens of kilometers away.

Chen Jian immediately felt a strong sense of nausea. He blinked hard to calm himself down, and at that moment, the monster disappeared into the sea.

The waves surged towards the shore.

The huge potential energy was eventually dissipated before reaching the shore, and the waves stirred up by the monster only caused the fishing boat anchored on the shore to tilt and shake slightly.

But even so, Chen Jian was still extremely shocked.

That's the sea!
Not a lake!
How huge must it be to be able to transmit the waves it stirs up more than ten kilometers away from the coastline to the shore?

Obviously, this is no ordinary monster.

Just from the size, it far surpassed any monster Chen Jian had ever seen before.

"Is this a whale? A mutant whale?"

Reggie asked, stunned.

"do not know."

Chen Jian let out a long breath, thought for a moment and then said:
"It's more of a sea monster than a whale."

"Kraken, do you know it? It's the underwater tentacle monster in the Cthulhu story."

"No."

Before Chen Jian could finish his words, Ji Xing suddenly interrupted him.

Then, she said with a slightly trembling voice:

"I know what it's called."

"This is... the North Sea whale loach."

"This is a level one monster."

"This is the only monster that has been witnessed by both the Mechanicus and the Holy Blood Temple!"

"If the records I've seen are correct, the last time it appeared was about 150 years ago."

"It was migrating south at that time, so the Mechanicus saw it!"

"Now. It's going south too?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Jian's eyes suddenly became sharp.

southward.

It does not matter.

What matters is, 150 years.

Another one hundred and fifty years.

What happened during that time?

Chen Jian took a deep breath and said:
"Call that Xie Yuan over here."

"They can't hide anything from us anymore." "A level one monster has appeared. This is not just our problem, it's everyone's problem!"

5 minutes later, inside the mansion.

Xie Yuan sat opposite Chen Jian and spoke solemnly in his usual calm tone:

"My Lords, I can assure you that the Holy Blood Temple is completely unaware of this."

"To be precise, we had no idea that the North Sea whale loach had appeared."

"In fact, we did notice movement from the east a few days before you arrived."

"The Holy Father has sent out a team to try to track down the source of the anomaly, and that team is the one led by the eunuch Lin Yu that you saw later."

"Frankly speaking, one of the important reasons why they agreed to your request so readily is because their mission is to explore and track."

“The mission you gave them does not conflict with the mission the Holy Father gave them.”

"We have just received this information and are currently discussing how to inform you of it in a less 'offensive' way."

"But obviously, we were too slow."

"If you have doubted our sincerity, I would like to express my sincerest apologies to you."

"But I still hope you can trust us."

"We had absolutely no advance knowledge of the appearance of whale loaches in the North Sea."

"This is a major risk and crisis even for us. There is no need for us to lie to you about this."

After the words fell, Chen Jian nodded and said:

"No problem, I trust your explanation."

"But that's not the point. The point is, where does this monster come from? What's its relationship with the monster on the east side?"

"From the information we have monitored, these two monsters must be related. They are even communicating through some kind of low-frequency sound waves."

"Don't tell me you think this is just a coincidence. There are no such coincidences in this world!"

"I know."

Xie Yuan nodded immediately, and then replied:

"We share your judgment. This cannot be a coincidence."

"From our perspective, we think this is most likely a sign of the coming of the beast tide."

"--Actually, the adults should have guessed it, right?"

".right."

After getting Chen Jian's answer, Xie Yuan felt slightly relieved.

After a brief pause and organizing his words, he continued:
"The North Sea whale loach is a rather...isolated monster."

"It lives at sea and never comes near the coast."

"However, this does not mean that it poses no threat to humans."

"On the contrary, 150 years ago, when it first appeared, it destroyed almost all the cities that humans had built along the coast."

"That's why the current Tianjin city is built nearly 20 kilometers away from the coast, and the main 'working area' is close to the coast, forming two independent urban areas."

"We have suffered great losses at its hands before, but we have no way to deal with it."

"Until now, we haven't been able to do anything about it."

At this point, Xie Yuan's expression changed a little.

If he had been calm and peaceful before, now there was a hint of fear and worry in his eyes.

He rubbed his left hand subconsciously, looked straight into Chen Jian's eyes, and then said:
"It is just as you said, sir."

“No matter what problems we faced before, after a level one monster was resurrected, all these problems are no longer problems.”

"We must unite to deal with this potential crisis."

"If you need it, the Basilica of the Holy Blood will provide all necessary assistance."

"But I think there is only one urgent thing right now."

"You must rush to the imperial capital as soon as possible to meet the Holy Father."

"I am just an attendant. I have some information, but it is definitely not enough."

"I know very little even about the more detailed information about this monster."

"I only know that it will most likely continue to migrate south, but where is its destination, when will it attack, and what are its weaknesses."

"I know nothing."

"so."

"It goes without saying."

Chen Jian raised his hand and interrupted Xie Yuan's narration.

It is obvious that the other party's attitude at this moment is honest.

If he says he doesn't know, then he really doesn't know.

There was no point in asking him again. It was enough to be sure that the Holy Blood Temple was not deliberately concealing this fact.

Chen Jian stood up and said:
"Go back and get ready."

"We'll set out for the imperial capital at six tomorrow morning."

"Yes, my lord."

Xie Yuan immediately stood up and walked backwards out of the mansion.

Everyone who stayed in the room had a heavy look on their faces. An unprecedented huge pressure poured down on them, making them almost lose the desire to communicate.

But at this moment, Fuxi's voice suddenly sounded.

"Commander, the data analysis of the North Sea whale loach has been completed."

"Its characteristics are not yet clear, but I have detected important clues."

"Say!"

Chen Jian gave the order immediately.

"This monster is generating weak electromagnetic interference."

"???Electromagnetic interference???"

Chen Jian looked up in surprise, and the next second, a data chart appeared on the smart eyepiece.

"According to the data when the monster appeared, when it surfaced, the peak electromagnetic interference field strength within a radius of 1 km reached 142dB, which has caused a relatively minor interference to the cellular network communications and radio communications used by our side."

"Because the interference appeared and disappeared in a short time, I was unable to obtain more detailed data."

"But it is certain that it must have caused electromagnetic interference."

"This may be related to the clue you mentioned earlier that 'the arrival of the beast tide caused the electronic equipment to fail', but the specific connection requires further research."

"clear."

Chen Jian closed his eyes.

Things are getting more complicated.

It can even be said to be interesting.

A monster living in the sea can actually cause electromagnetic interference?

This has exceeded the limits of what he believed a "monster" should be able to do.

So, where does this interference come from?
Did it swallow a ship? Did it swallow a radar station?

Or is the interference generated directly by itself?

What is the principle behind this?
One mystery after another almost swallowed up Chen Jian, even squeezing his brain so hard that it began to ache.

He subconsciously wanted to take off his helmet and breathe a sigh of relief, but at this moment, another new message suddenly popped up.

That was the message from He Shuo.

"Captain, Zeng Yi just got some information about the North Sea whale loach from Zhang Tao."

“This thing isn’t that complicated!”

"It's an amphibian!"

(End of this chapter)