Starting as an infant, with parents who are blond-haired delinquents?

Perhaps they share the same thought as Shen Qiangwei: they've come here for tourism.

The students from Class 2 who participated in the mission were the twin brothers Ma Wen and Ma Wu. Ma Wen was skilled in the mental level, while Ma Wu was skilled in martial arts.

Liu Daniu possesses immense strength. He absorbed the crystal cores of several first-tier demonic bulls and successfully developed the extremely powerful martial art, Bull Charge.

Che Zhen, the only girl in Class 2, has excellent flexibility and is skilled in grappling.

Cheng Liang is unremarkable, but his spiritual power seems to be quite high, reaching 430P, which has a kind of beauty in its intensity.

Whether it's Class 1 or Class 2, they all share a common characteristic.

That means being an expert swimmer.

Since this mission takes place on an island surrounded by the sea, the battles with the monsters will most likely take place at sea.

In the ocean, some of humanity's special skills and advantages disappear, making it full of difficulties and challenges.

Zhu Bopi, being very experienced, pointed out the problem first.

"It's not a big problem."

Inside the cabin, Tan Yue opened a small black and gold box.

The regulations for the use of advanced battle armor and spirit armor are very strict. Depending on one's spiritual level, one can only carry and use one or a few advanced battle armors or spirit armor components that one is capable of controlling.

Therefore, she was very well prepared.

"A set of Tier 1 Water Serpent Armor powered primarily by the crystal cores of the Sea Monster and the Shuttlehead Water Serpent, as well as a Squid-shaped spirit armor for different parts."

Both are designed for underwater use. The Water Serpent Armor allows the user to move freely in the sea like a sea serpent, making it a lightweight, agile, and fast-moving armor.

The squid-themed armor, originally a squid battle armor with a transparent squid as its energy core, can blend seamlessly into the underwater landscape, concealing itself.

When Tan Yue tossed two tennis ball-shaped metal spheres onto the table, before Zhu Bobi could speak, Marvin, who was also at a strong mental level, took out his crab-shaped spirit armor.

At the same time, she asked in confusion, "Doesn't the school stipulate that students can only bring spiritual weapons that match their own use? How come you have battle armor, Tan Yue?"

Could it be a privilege reserved for those with connections? There's no need for that. As far as she knows, Tan Yue could never reach the level of the third layer, which allows her to control an entire set of cutting-edge armor.

This time, Zhu Bobi took the initiative to answer: "There are also some for Brother Qiang."

"I didn't mean that Tan Yue brought a lot of items, but that she brought battle armor. Advanced battle armor requires at least a third level of mental cultivation to control and use. How could she bring this..."

Suddenly, his sleeve was tugged by his twin brother. Despite his low-level mental cultivation, he didn't seem to be that quick-witted until he was reminded.

He then realized what was happening and looked solemnly at Zhang Chaoqiang, who was resting with his eyes closed and a calm expression.

Does this mean that this kid has reached the third level of spiritual development?

Obviously, yes, Zhang Chaoqiang never mentioned this information on his own; everyone else discovered it themselves. In other words, they didn't know when Zhang Chaoqiang was promoted to the third level.

However, having already awakened to the second-level advanced stage during the activation ceremony, advancing to the third stage now is not an unbelievable thing.

Before the fighter jets officially landed, the customers who had been silent the whole way shielded their eyes from the afterglow of the setting sun.

The light of dusk shone through his hands, illuminating the veins and bone lines on his palms.

His hand has fully recovered, but like his father's, it bears the unavoidable scars.

These scars will eventually evolve into thick calluses, representing part of his experience. Having been God once, he is more composed.

He shows no mercy to demonic beasts.

With a time difference of nearly five hours, the fighter jets landed on the main island of Hagen, a border country, at almost six o'clock.

From the moment they landed, the Sky Eye device placed by Yuhua Martial Arts School was officially deployed in their area, thus revealing the whereabouts and specific details of Zhang Chaoqiang and the others.

It allows them to receive information in real time.

"Thank you so much for your help..."

Upon landing, the ruler of the border state of Hagen, a small territory consisting of only a few hundred islands, along with a group of high-ranking officials, came to treat the students of Yuhua Martial Arts School with utmost respect.

This left them somewhat bewildered. Hagen was a small border state, but surely it didn't have to be so humble?

With only a few days' worth of light luggage, and accompanied by the local island leaders, they traveled to islands with varying degrees of animal infestation to address the situation.

Zhang Chaoqiang and ten others were led by an old man named Almin, who wore a white turban.

They arrived at a small island called A3, where the monster risk level was low-tier, Tier 1.

This is a small island with a total area of ​​less than 200 square kilometers, which is more remote than other islands.

"Dear guests, we live by the sea and rely on the sea for our livelihood. Please don't be offended by our simple meal to welcome you who have come from afar to help us!"

Before eating, the Hagan people, who worship the water god, offer the first bite of water or food to the sea.

He broke off the tail of a steamed fish and threw it into the sea.

Please don't find it offensive...

"It's a very good meal, don't mind at all." Ma Wen was careless, and Che Zhen and the others quickly waved their hands.

Zhang Chaoqiang also focused his attention on the beast disaster.

He looked at Armin's haggard face, covered with dense red spots, and his body was weathered by the hardships of a beachcomber.

"Grandpa Armin, please give us a brief explanation of the situation regarding the island and the beast plague."

In reality, Armin couldn't eat at all; he just watched them eat with a worried expression. He didn't look down on Zhang Chaoqiang because of his age.

The benefactors sent by the Central Kingdom to aid them were at least no weaker than the sea monsters that had taken the lives of dozens of people on their island.

After a while, Armin started calling Zhang Chaoqiang "kid": "Kid, you eat, I'll talk."

"Recently, the harvest from beachcombing has been very poor. Moreover, many people on the island never come back after going out to sea."

We believed it must be the work of sea monsters again, and sure enough, yesterday, several huge and ferocious sea monsters rushed onto the island, bringing a tsunami about three or four stories high that destroyed the houses on the island…

Many islanders suffered…

Armin wore an indescribable expression, one that contained both hatred for the sea monsters and a reluctance to show it on his face, for fear of provoking the beasts' displeasure again and launching another attack.

Even though they felt heartbroken for the suffering of the islanders, they could only keep it to themselves.

Che Zhen then asked, "Yesterday, how many islands within the entire Hagen Kingdom were attacked by monsters?"

Armin: "At Division Eleven, we have the fewest casualties. I heard that nearly a hundred people died on B1 Island. It's a tragedy..."

Zhang Chaoqiang: "When monsters attack human buildings and areas, it is an act that benefits themselves, either to satisfy their destructive desires or to satisfy their hunting desires."

Or perhaps they want to expand their territory.

Zhu Bobi chimed in: "First of all, before we have a clear understanding of the types and strengths of these monsters, we may need to study what they are after."

"Grandpa Armin, we've finished eating. Take us to see the disaster site."

Special incandescent lamps can act as the sun at night, making the island as bright as it is during the day.

The area affected by the tsunami, closer to the northern coast, covers approximately ten square kilometers and is near the coastal pier.

According to Armin, the tsunami was triggered by the sea monster at dusk, and the Hagen people never fish at night, a rule passed down from their ancestors.

In addition, due to its proximity to the pier and the fact that there are not many islanders living along the several-kilometer stretch of road, the area affected by the tsunami only included about twenty concrete buildings.

Seeing the tsunami sweep away houses and leave them in ruins, Tan Yue seemed to see the scene before her eyes, and her whole being, even her emotions, froze.

A martial artist always needs to go through two stages.

One phase involves humans killing monsters.

The second stage is when monsters kill humans.

Under the damned incandescent light, the bloodstains on the ground were clearly visible, and the signs of search and rescue around the collapsed house were very obvious. There were no human remains, but a bloody smell, like the smell of life slipping away, mixed with the saltiness of the sea, assaulted my nostrils.

Not only 12-year-old Tan Yue, but even those high school freshmen had never experienced this second stage before.

The people on the fighter jet at the time were somewhat relaxed and happy, even a little smiling.

The scene was heavy at one point.

"What's wrong, dear children? Are you also powerless to do anything about this?"

Armin's wrinkled eyes twitched, and his legs unconsciously shifted a few steps to the side before he sat down against a collapsed brick wall.

Armin, who had lived for decades, experienced things that were completely opposite to what his students had gone through.

Throughout his life, he witnessed countless monsters slaughtering humans. Fishermen, struggling to make a living, were swallowed whole by monsters circling in the sea, leaving not even a trace.

"No, we are thinking about what exactly caused the sea monsters to launch the tsunami attack."

First of all, a tsunami of this scale, based on the risk level classification, should not be something that a single sea creature could control; I suspect they must have been moving in groups.

The affected area was less than ten square kilometers, and it was only a brief, one-time event; it didn't seem to be motivated by satisfying a sadistic desire.

"It doesn't seem like a territorial dispute."

"Grandpa Armin, is there anything that the monsters need in this area that has been swept away?"

Armin: "The granary!"

Led by Armin, Zhang Chaoqiang shook off the somewhat dazed crowd and, as they hurried toward the granary, explained:

"After the tsunami receded, all the fish and grain stored in the granary over the years disappeared completely."

Zhang Chaoqiang: "Grandpa Armin, could you please ask us if there were any other grain silos at the sites of the attacks on the other islands? And besides this destroyed grain silo, are there any other grain silos on Island A3?"

A response was received quickly.

The remaining ten islands were affected in areas including grain depots.

These eleven islands all share the common characteristic of being located on the outermost edge of the coastline, which is the area closest to the monsters.

In addition to the Hagen people's declining fish catch in recent years, Zhang Chaoqiang was able to make a preliminary judgment that the monsters were after the Hagen people's food.

It's strange that monsters can become stronger by devouring humans, so why do they target those ordinary little fish and shrimp that are nothing special to them?

After discussing with his teammates, Zhang Chaoqiang and Ma Wenma Wu decided to stay near the granary in the northwest.

Che Zhen, Cheng Liang, and Liu Daniu instructed on the construction of defensive structures in the damaged and abandoned areas.

Zhang Chaoqiang turned his head and looked at Tan Yue, whose breathing was still somewhat heavy. He pulled her back and saw that her neck was red because of nervousness and her helplessness in the face of this scene.

Tan Yue was clearly not fully adapted yet, and had been unilaterally killing the monsters all along.

When crushing becomes the norm, it turns into a kind of fun in her eyes.

However, in reality, humans and monsters are always on equal footing; there is killing, and there is being torn apart and slaughtered.