60: Sea king creatures

The mutated octopus was enormous.

How big exactly?

After it appeared, it was even taller than the hundred-meter-high cliff at the mouth of Yangjiao Bay!

The armed helicopters flying next to it looked like toys.

Thanks to advanced modern technology, the footage captured was clear.

Yang Dian could clearly see that when the armed helicopter's bullets rained down on it, they caused no damage.

Bullets capable of penetrating reinforced concrete only created shallow, several-centimeter-deep indentations on the octopus's skin before losing all momentum and bouncing off its resilient hide into the sea.

Only the whistling missiles exploding on its body could tear open bloody gaps, inflicting a slight injury.

It was indeed slight.

To the massive octopus, those gaps were like mere scratches on a hand.

It made it furious, yes.

But unless a vital spot, protected by numerous tentacles, was hit, it was impossible to inflict a fatal wound.

“This monster…”

Just as Yang Dian was marveling at the mutated octopus's power, the octopus was finally completely enraged by the armed helicopters' attacks.

Three tentacles suddenly shot out from the smoke of the missile explosions, striking the armed helicopters like lightning.

Perhaps the tentacles were too fast.

Or perhaps the pilots thought the helicopters were far enough from the mutated octopus that its tentacles couldn't reach them.

Or maybe the pilots were controlled by some mutated ability of the octopus.

In any case.

Facing the octopus's sudden attack, the three armed helicopters made no evasive maneuvers and were directly pierced through by its tentacles!

Indeed, the octopus's tentacles, only about three hundred meters long, possessed extreme extensibility.

They crossed a distance of several kilometers, directly piercing through the armed helicopters!

The video ended, paused on the image of the armed helicopters, pierced through, turning into fireballs and exploding on the spot.

If Yang Dian hadn't seen wrong, the explosion of one of the helicopters seemed to have severed a small section of the mutated octopus's tentacle.

‘This kind of monster should belong to a City-Level creature, right?’

‘If.’

‘If it stealthily approached a warship without the fleet noticing, could it overturn a warship?’

‘If it secretly landed on a small coastal village or town and attacked ordinary people.’

‘Could anyone survive?’

Just as Yang Dian was thinking that the coast was too dangerous and wondering if he should send his family inland, Wang Quan, standing on the podium in the large conference room, spoke again:

“Without a doubt, this mutated octopus possesses City-Level combat power.”

“Without a City-Level combat power to contend with it, and without heavy firepower, it could completely decimate a small city in a short amount of time.”

“And because it appeared in the ocean and is enormous.”

“So, after our discussion, we decided to name it a Sea King Class Creature.”

“Corresponding to the mutated beast king class creatures with City-Level combat power on land.”

“This mutated octopus, we will name it Neptune Octopus, Sea King Class Creature number 001.”

“Analyzing the battle process, and after various detection instruments failed to detect the Neptune Octopus's movements, we confirmed that it possesses at least four abilities: mimicry, stealth, super defense, and rubber tentacles.”

“Last night's battle ended with our side losing three armed helicopters, 17 special forces members killed in action, and a small section of the Neptune Octopus's tentacle severed.”

“After destroying our three armed helicopters and having a small section of its tentacle severed by an armed helicopter, the Neptune Octopus submerged into the sea and disappeared without a trace.”

“We are not sure if it is still hidden in Yangjiao Bay, or if it has moved to other sea areas, or if it has entered the deep sea.”

“But we know that since the Neptune Octopus has appeared, there will certainly be other Sea King Class Creatures in the ocean.”

“Gentlemen.”

“I am here simply to tell you.”

“Humanity's greatest crisis in history may erupt in our generation.”

“Please be extremely vigilant when patrolling the sea areas.”

“If you discover traces of Sea King Class Creatures during patrol, please contact our military department immediately, or report to the Special Administration Bureau headquarters, and contact the Capital Think Tank.”

“By all means, absolutely do not take private action.”

Captain Xiao Yan of the Fifth Squad swallowed, his face full of helplessness:

“Major Wang, are you overestimating us?”

“With our strength, how dare we provoke a king-class creature?”

“Are we afraid they won't be full enough, so we're actively offering ourselves as an extra meal?”

After Uncle Xiao's self-deprecating remark, Lin Mo also spoke up:

“Major Wang, from the perspective of food resources, the deep-sea area should have richer fish resources than the shallow-sea area.”

“The Neptune Octopus is so large, the food it consumes daily must be considerable.”

“Why did it enter the nearshore, and even Yangjiao Bay, where there are hardly any fish resources?”

“There are multiple possibilities, but currently, only one can be confirmed to be related to those beast-men.” Wang Quan replied:

“We conducted experiments on the remaining beast-men's flesh and blood and confirmed that their bodies contain a special substance that has an extremely strong attraction to a portion of carnivorous mutated creatures.”

“Other information awaits further confirmation.”

After speaking, Wang Quan rubbed his temples, a bit tired:

“My main purpose for coming here today was for this matter.”

“Let me emphasize again, if any of you discover abnormal situations in the future, you must report them in a timely manner…”

After elaborating on what newly confirmed abnormal situations included, Wang Quan and the other two drove directly away from the Public Security Bureau.

Watching the three leave, Uncle Xiao suddenly leaned over to Lin Mo:

“Lao Mo, what do you think of those Sea King Class monsters?”

Lin Mo rolled his eyes:

“What can I think?”

“If I see them, I'll avoid them from a distance; I don't want to be an extra meal for them!”

As he spoke, he glanced at Uncle Xiao again:

“And you guys? Is the mission over?”

At the mention of the mission, Uncle Xiao immediately showed a look of disdain:

“Just a wild boar that Awakened the Thick Armor ability. Not strong, just thick-skinned and fast.”

“Assign two or three people, and it could be dealt with in ten days to half a month.”

“To send our entire squad, it's just…”

At this point, Uncle Xiao suddenly fell silent.

He knew that Lin Mo and the second squad's captain, Tian Zhen, were old comrades.

His close comrade had betrayed the organization; if he brought this up again, wouldn't it be like rubbing salt in Lin Mo's wound?

So, after a pause, he shifted his gaze to Yang Dian and extended his right hand to him:

“You're the martial Dao Genius, Little Yang, who just joined the Bureau, right?”

“I'm Uncle Xiao, captain of the Fifth Squad. Xiao as in the moon, Yan as in the three fires, not the Uncle Xiao from Battle Through the Heavens.”

Yang Dian reached out and shook Uncle Xiao's hand:

“Hello, Captain Xiao, I'm Yang Dian.”

Uncle Xiao waved his large hand:

“Don't call me Captain Xiao, just call me Brother Xiao.”

“By the way, Little Yang, your Seventh Squad just formed, just a few people, so you won't get any good missions.”

“Want to come to our Fifth Squad? Our Fifth Squad earns merit points much faster than your Seventh Squad!”

Lin Mo gave Uncle Xiao a punch, annoyed:

“You little Xiaozi, as soon as you come back, you're poaching my people right in front of me. Don't you want to get along?”

While Lin Mo and Uncle Xiao were bantering, Yang Dian's pocket buzzed with a text message notification.

Taking out his phone, he waved at the two:

“Captain, Brother Xiao, my delivery has arrived, I'm going to get it first~”

The heaven and earth treasures from headquarters have arrived…