73: The second mutant crab, the shadow under the sea

Yang Dian's bad premonition came true.

Amidst ripples, the seawater suddenly surged like a fountain.

A mutated crab, even larger than the previous one, with a dark black carapace, burst out of the sea and jumped onto the beach.

The black giant crab, upon surfacing, immediately ran to the red crab that was already burrowed in the sand.

“Click, click~”

“Click, click~”

After an exchange, a surge of emotion named 'fury' emanated from the black giant crab.

Even from over 30 meters away, Yang Dian could still feel the chilling killing intent it exuded.

“This crab, it might actually have become a spirit.”

After muttering, a hazy red mist reappeared on Yang Dian's right hand, eventually transforming into Qi Blood Dragon Scales, adhering tightly to his skin.

“I'll attack, you defend, and you attack from a distance?”

Yang Wei touched the bloody hole in his stomach, his face grim as he nodded:

“I can still take three more hits.”

Li Yu's expression was resolute:

“I will definitely blow out its eyeballs!”

Yang Dian crouched low:

“Then let's go together!”

As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Dian was about to launch his attack when two muffled gunshots rang out from behind him.

And what burst open even before the gunshots were the black crab's two eyeballs.

The Special Administration Bureau's reinforcements had arrived.

Watching the black giant crab momentarily stunned before going berserk, even smashing the red crab's carapace with one pincer, Yang Dian was first taken aback, then let out a sigh of relief and chuckled:

“It seems we won't have to fight to the death after all.”

No sooner had he spoken than a figure descended from the sky, holding a sniper rifle taller than a person, landing beside the three.

“Holy crap, that person can fly!”

“Holy crap, what a huge and cool Dragon Sniper, I want it so bad!”

Turning his head to glance at the constantly exclaiming crowd, Yang Dian then looked at the petite newcomer.

Perhaps guessing Yang Dian's confusion, Li Yu introduced first:

“This is Zhou Lin, the captain of the second squad of our Huizhou Special Administration Bureau's combat division. Her talent is flight.”

After introducing Zhou Lin to Yang Dian, she then looked at Zhou Lin and said:

“Captain Zhou, this is a comrade from the Fuzhou Paranormal Management Bureau.”

“If it weren't for him, I would have been crushed to death by the mutated crab's pincer just now.”

At this point, she suddenly faltered.

Yang Dian only said he was from Fuzhou on a mission to Huizhou, but he didn't say what his mission was or what his name was.

Seeing this, Yang Dian extended his right hand to Zhou Lin, who was petite, no more than 1.5 meters tall, but looked heroic and spirited holding the Dragon Sniper:

“Fuzhou Paranormal Management Bureau, Yang Dian.”

Zhou Lin wrinkled her nose, extended her right hand, and shook Yang Dian's:

“Huizhou Special Administration Bureau, Zhou Lin.”

As she spoke, she glanced at the Second-Level Peacekeeper epaulet on Yang Dian's shoulder, representing the Special Administration Bureau.

She wanted to ask Yang Dian what he was doing in Huizhou.

But remembering that Yang Dian had just saved someone from their Huizhou Special Administration Bureau, she could only sigh inwardly, suppressing the words about to escape her lips, and changed the subject:

“Captain Yang, as far as I know, a hundred-meter-tall giant octopus, named the Sea King Class Creature Neptune Octopus, appeared in Yangjiao Bay in your Fuzhou City, right?”

Yang Dian first shook his head:

“I'm not a captain, just an ordinary member of a squad.”

“As for the Neptune Octopus appearing, that's true.”

“It happened the night before yesterday.”

“Unfortunately, I didn't witness the Neptune Octopus's appearance with my own eyes, only saw a few sets of photos.”

At this point, Yang Dian suddenly recalled the sudden sense of trepidation he felt the night before last, just before boarding the armed helicopter.

‘The direction from which the trepidation came was Yangjiao Bay.’

‘So at that time, the Neptune Octopus had already reached Yangjiao Bay?’

‘Did I suddenly feel trepidation because I was being targeted by the Neptune Octopus then?’

Recalling that scene, Yang Dian suddenly felt a chill.

If the Neptune Octopus had suddenly attacked at that time... ‘It’s actually not regrettable at all that I didn’t witness the Neptune Octopus’s appearance with my own eyes.’

Just as Yang Dian was still feeling lingering fear, another person in a Special Administration Bureau uniform jogged over to them.

“Captain, Captain Yang.”

He first greeted Zhou Lin and Yang Wei, then glanced at Yang Dian.

Although he didn't know Yang Dian, seeing the uniform on Yang Dian and confirming he was one of their own, he continued:

“It's confirmed, these two mutated crabs are the same two mutated crabs that were photographed by tourists in Huishui Bay two months ago.”

“These two mutated crabs have always been active in Huishui Bay. We don't know why they suddenly came to Yueliang Bay (Moon Bay) today.”

After speaking, he picked up the tablet in his hand, opened the image comparison, and presented it to Zhou Lin.

Zhou Lin took the tablet, looked at it for a few moments, and then suddenly spoke:

“These two mutated crabs have a strong sense of territory. Why would they suddenly appear in Yueliang Bay (Moon Bay)?”

“Has Huishui Bay been checked? Have any anomalies been found?”

“Not yet, but after receiving word that the situation here is under control, the first team has already gone to Huishui Bay to investigate.”

“And the intelligence department has also mobilized the Skynet satellite and sent us some photos of Huishui Bay.”

Zhou Lin nodded, then handed the tablet to Yang Dian:

“What do you think?”

Yang Dian took the tablet, feeling a bit speechless.

What could he think?

This was his first time in Huizhou, and he hadn't even been in Daya Bay for a few hours.

This was also the first time he encountered these two crabs; what could he possibly figure out?

However, since the person had already handed him the tablet, he should at least make an effort.

Even if it was just for show.

After sliding the tablet a few times, Yang Dian actually discovered a few key points:

Comparing the photos, he then looked at the black giant crab, whose two eyes had been blown out and was also starting to burrow into the sand:

“That black mutated crab is missing a leg.”

Yang Dian pointed to the photo, then to the crab burrowing in the sand:

“In this picture, the crab has four legs on both sides, but look at that crab, it only has three legs on its right side.”

“Also, look at its back.”

“Although not obvious, if you look closely, you can see cracks.”

“It looks like it was hit hard by something.”

“A big guy might have arrived in Huishui Bay.”

“They were driven away by that big guy and had nowhere to go, so they followed the coastline to Yueliang Bay (Moon Bay).”

As he spoke, Yang Dian quickly swiped through the photos, finally pointing to one photo and saying:

“Here.”

“Compared to the photos taken two days ago, it seems like some things have been added.”

Zhou Lin took the tablet and looked at it, then frowned.

Although she was the captain of the second squad of the combat division, 'spot the difference' was really not her strong suit.

So she handed the tablet back to the newcomer:

“Xiao Xiang, send this photo to the intelligence department and ask them to identify any differences from before.”

Xiang Yu nodded, just about to send the photo, but a video sent by the intelligence department suddenly changed his mind:

“Captain, no need to send it, the intelligence department has news.”

As he spoke, he placed the tablet flat in front of everyone.

In the image, the seawater surged.

A large, dark shadow abruptly appeared beneath the surface of the sea...