84: The upcoming national martial arts training, world changes, underground world

20 minutes later, Special Administration Bureau building, Conference Room 1.

When Yang Dian entered the conference room, it was already packed with people.

The First and Second Brigades, which had been borrowed by Zhe Province.

The Sixth Brigade, which had always been on missions in towns and villages.

The Information Department of the Second Brigade, which usually didn't participate much in combat team meetings.

Even Professor Shen Fei, the leader of the Third Brigade and head of the Research Institute, had activated a holographic projection to participate in the meeting.

Aside from the Sixth Brigade, who were still en route and hadn't made it back, it could be said that all members of the Fuzhou Paranormal Management Bureau had gathered.

Quietly arriving at his seat, Yang Dian nudged Lin Mo beside him with his elbow:

"Captain, what major event happened? Why has everyone been called over?"

Lin Mo glanced at Yang Dian and whispered:

"The Director is severely injured, and the Deputy Director has died in battle."

Yang Dian's hand trembled, and his pupils suddenly contracted:

"A Street-Level powerhouse died in battle?"

"Did Street-Level or City-Level powerhouses from other countries cause trouble here?"

"Or have those Beast King-type creatures finally incited a beast tide?"

Lin Mo shook his head:

"Neither."

"But it's even more serious than those two situations."

"The Director didn't tell us much, just asked us to gather everyone back."

As the two whispered, the members of the Sixth Brigade finally rushed into the conference room.

Seeing the room full of people, they were visibly stunned.

"Lao Mo, what major event happened? Why have we all been called back?"

Lin Mo turned to look at the Sixth Brigade members who had sat down beside them, and just as he opened his mouth to speak, a large man, whose head and upper body were wrapped in bandages like a mummy, walked into the conference room from a side door and waved his hand to close the door seemingly out of thin air.

He was Wang Wu, the Director of the Fuzhou Paranormal Management Bureau, possessing Peak Street-Level strength, known as the 'Fierce Tiger of Huzhou'.

After standing on the main podium, Wang Wu didn't waste time and directly stated the reason for gathering everyone:

"The organization has made a decision: on September 1st, the day students return for the second half of the year, the Qi Revival will be announced, and the National Martial Arts Training Program will be fully implemented."

As soon as Wang Wu finished speaking, the conference room erupted in a clamor.

"Is that true? Why are they suddenly announcing the Qi Revival and simultaneously implementing the National Martial Arts Training Program?"

"Has the situation gotten out of control somewhere, forcing the organization to initiate the plan early?"

"What do you mean 'early'? The Qi Revival isn't a big secret. Now, abnormal events are becoming more and more frequent in various places. Although it hasn't spread online, it's already circulating privately. It can't be kept secret anymore, the organization might have already prepared for it!"

"I understand announcing the Qi Revival, but I'm a bit confused about implementing National Martial Arts Training. Does the higher-ups have enough resource reserves?"

"Resources are already scarce. With National Martial Arts Training, Geniuses will pop up everywhere, and the amount we get will only be less..."

...After letting the conference room buzz for a while, Wang Wu clapped his hands on the podium to bring silence back to the room:

"Want to know why the higher-ups suddenly implemented National Martial Arts Training?"

"You don't need to ask, I'll tell you."

With that, he opened the projector and displayed a set of photos.

Hmm, Yang Dian had personally visited the scenes in two of the photos.

They were the Neptune Octopus in Yangjiao Bay blowing up three armed helicopters, and two mutated large crabs coming ashore in Yueliang Bay (Moon Bay), killing many tourists.

Besides these, the photos also showed sea beasts attacking people ashore, and a Western warship being attacked by an unknown creature and dragged into the Atlantic Ocean.

"Sea beasts are restless, and a large number of mutated marine creatures are gathering in coastal areas, with a sea beast invasion possible at any time."

After a brief description, he displayed the next set of photos.

In the photos, a roc with a wingspan of a hundred meters soared in the sky; herds of yaks, led by a giant white yak, galloped across the plateau; a black tiger in the snow had bloodthirsty eyes; cumulonimbus clouds gathered over Dongting Lake, forming rain, and a Dragon-shaped creature revealed only a scale or two in the clouds...

"Beast Kings have been frequently restless recently. The Iron-Eating Beast King in Chuan-Shu, which was on good terms with us, is missing. We need to plan ahead."

After speaking, he displayed the third set of photos.

In the third set of photos, there were also three old 'acquaintances' of Yang Dian.

They were the mutated large cockroaches from the Research Institute; the terrifying parasitic worm Ying with its petal-like mouthparts; and the red mutated crab from Yueliang Bay (Moon Bay).

This time, however, the photo gave a close-up of the red mutated crab's belly.

Inside the female crab's abdominal shell, there were baby crabs, born the size of an adult's palm, crawling around.

"Mutant biological variation and inheritance are stabilizing. Five types of mutated organisms capable of stably inheriting paternal and maternal mutated abilities have been discovered domestically."

"Establishing Mutant breeding farms has been listed as a national plan."

At this point, Wang Wu subtly glanced at Yang Dian.

Clearly, he knew that three of the five types were related to Yang Dian.

After glancing at Yang Dian, he took a breath, seemingly giving the people in the conference room time to process.

As everyone gradually recovered from the three sets of photos, he pressed the remote control in his hand and displayed the final video:

"If the first three alone make you think the organization's implementation of National Martial Arts Training is making a mountain out of a molehill, then watch this last video."

As he spoke, the projection screen changed.

A dark region appeared on the projection.

Just as everyone's curiosity was piqued, a series of sounds, resembling footsteps but much louder, came from the player.

As the video camera turned and captured the direction of the sound, everyone in the conference room collectively gasped.

In the dark underground cave, something resembling a Tyrannosaurus Rex's head emerged from a corner of the cave, revealing yellowish, fierce vertical pupils, staring intently at the location of the cameraman.

At this point, the video ended.

"Two months ago, Purple Mountain in the capital suddenly collapsed, creating a sinkhole."

"The terrain inside the sinkhole is complex, and there is extremely chaotic magnetic field interference. High-tech equipment entering the sinkhole, if not activated, is fine, but once activated, it will burn out in just a few minutes."

"The organization dispatched an advance team into the sinkhole's passages, and after penetrating an unknown distance, they discovered an enormous underground world."

"Just as you saw."

"In the underground world, ancient creatures have survived to this day, and their numbers are vast, their strength incredibly powerful."

"Lao Yu died at the hands of this Tyrannosaurus Rex while covering my retreat."

"We don't know if other underground worlds exist besides the Purple Mountain underground world."

"Will those underground worlds also harbor powerful and incredibly brutal ancient creatures?"

"We also don't know if those ancient creatures will rush out of the underground and attack the surface world."

"We can only exert all our efforts, seize the time as much as possible, and enhance the strength of our Citizens."

"We only hope that in the great changes of the future, our Citizens will have the ability to protect themselves."

"Even if it's just a little bit."