136: The top leadership was shocked

A disaster level beast tide is far above a level one; while a level one beast tide counts its numbers in the hundreds of millions, a disaster-level beast tide is calculated in groups of billions of monsters. Dealing with that would likely require all the world's Martial Artists to take the field, and even those who have surpassed the War God Level, like Hong and Thunder God, would need to be fully deployed.

The officer standing in the monitoring room felt his heart sink. If a disaster-level beast tide really occurred, his concern would no longer be about whether he could keep his position, but whether he could even stay alive!

"Quick! Detect nearby Martial Artist signals. See if there are any organizational Martial Artists there and have them conduct an on-site observation of the specific situation."

The officer immediately gave the order, and the operator who received the information instantly checked for military Martial Artists near City No. 023.

"Report! The signal of War God Qiao, Qiao Yu, has been detected near City No. 023!"

The operator responded quickly.

"War God Qiao? I remember he's a new member of the Mount Hua Organization."

The officer recalled information about Qiao Yu, who had just joined the military a month ago. He was an Intermediate War God and currently a new member of the organization. His own strength wasn't the most striking in the organization; his most brilliant talent was specifically Beast Taming, and on a massive scale at that.

The officer's eyes lit up at the thought. Since Qiao Yu's ability was Beast Taming, if he could disperse that gathered group of monsters, then this disaster level beast tide might be downgraded.

But on second thought, the officer felt it was somewhat illogical.

The place where the monsters were gathering was the territory of a King-level Monster. With Qiao Yu's level as an Intermediate War God, running into a King-level Monster's territory would be sending a War God to be cannon fodder for nothing.

The officer was torn over whether to inform Qiao Yu of this information. Finally, thinking of all humanity and that Qiao Yu was also a member of the Huaxia Nation Military, he hoped Qiao Yu would give the North Military Region some Face and help scout the situation.

"Send a message to War God Qiao. Ask him to scout the situation of the King-level nest. If the situation is dire, we need to report to superiors as soon as possible and mobilize relevant Martial Artists to evacuate the beast groups!"

The officer ordered the operator.

The operator nodded and quickly sent the message to Qiao Yu's communication device.

However, at this moment, Qiao Yu was deep in sleep within the level 3 fungal nest. Although he could still receive messages, he was unable to reply.

"Report, War God Qiao has not replied."

The operator responded.

The officer felt a pang of bitterness upon hearing the answer. He could only hope that Qiao Yu was too busy dealing with monster battles, rather than being inactive out of fear of death.

While it might be impolite to say, Qiao Yu had only just joined the organization, so his sense of belonging and responsibility would inevitably not be deep.

To put it bluntly, he would do things that were beneficial, but would be unwilling to do things that offered no benefit or even endangered his life.

Although this was human nature, when placed before the nation, one needed to be prepared to Face death with equanimity.

"Report, Sir! Qiao Yu, War God Qiao, he..."

The operator suddenly seemed to have learned something incredible, his tone sounding urgent and frantic.

"Just spit it out! What's with all the fuss?"

The officer frowned and barked.

"Report! Information transmitted back via 3D remote sensing shows that War God Qiao's location is at Taihu Lake, and moreover, it's inside the lake!"

The operator swallowed hard and reported the situation with some trepidation.

If a Martial Artist were on land, even near a King-level Monster's nest, he would be nervous but not this out of sorts. With the strength of a War God Level Martial Artist, as long as they were careful, they could still successfully escape without attracting a King-level Monster.

But if they were in the water, it was essentially equivalent to a death sentence for the Martial Artist.

The ferocity of monsters in the water went without saying, and more importantly, there were hundreds or thousands of times more monsters in the water than on land.

Among them, King-level Monsters were innumerable, and there were even Emperor-level Monsters.

City No. 003 was overwhelmed every year just dealing with King-level Monsters coming ashore from the sea, let alone a Martial Artist entering the water headquarters directly; that was basically certain death.

"You mean War God Qiao's location is in the water?"

The officer stared with wide eyes, asking in disbelief.

The operator nodded, equally unable to believe it.

If a military Martial Artist's signal was in the water, it basically meant the Martial Artist had been swallowed into the belly of a water monster and could no longer be used as a reference.

There were too many water monsters, and with the water's obstruction, it was impossible to accurately detect how many monsters were in there.

The officer paced back and forth, feeling extremely anxious. This time, he really needed to report to his superiors; he likely wouldn't be able to keep his position.

But for the safety of all humanity, even if he couldn't keep his job, he had to fight for a glimmer of hope for mankind.

"Report the current situation to the superiors. Have them dispatch Martial Artists for environmental detection as soon as possible, and prepare to suppress the regional beast tide."

The officer wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, sighed, and spoke weakly.

He knew such efforts might be a drop in the bucket. Once monsters gathered in a King-level Monster's nest, it would take most of the powerhouses from the War God Palace to suppress them.

At that time, who knew how many resources China would have to consume to invite those big shots.

Although the responsibility in the actual situation didn't lie with him—it was caused by the sudden abnormal gathering of monsters—someone always had to take the blame, and who else could it be but him?

Seeing the officer like this, the operator also felt for him, but there was nothing to be done. With great power comes great responsibility; being in a high position meant bearing these burdens.

So, the operator sent a signal to the Kyoto Base City General Military Region, reporting the situation here in full.

When the Kyoto General Military Region received the news, the entire high-level leadership was shaken.

A disaster level beast tide, if it truly broke out, would likely destroy the entire Jiangnan Base City.

The high-level leadership of the General Military Region urgently convened a meeting to discuss the next course of action.

The news of Qiao Yu's death also spread among the high-level officials, who were all silent when facing this news during the meeting.

The organization had lost another Martial Artist with the potential to surpass the War God Level; this was a major loss for China.

"War God Qiao had accepted a War God Palace assessment mission to go to the Wilderness Area, and the location he chose happened to be in the cities surrounding City No. 023."

"Perhaps it was because War God Qiao noticed the abnormal behavior among the monsters beforehand and intended to intervene first, but things went against his wishes, and he was killed in an ambush by water monsters. After all, everyone is very clear about the strength of monsters in the water."

The people at the conference table made reasonable inferences when discussing Qiao Yu's situation.