10: Just wait... after tonight... you'll be begging... to feed me.

He suddenly looked up,

glancing at a biological tissue analysis report that had just been preliminarily completed beside him.

A line of bolded conclusion on the report exploded in his mind like a thunderclap:

[Preliminary gene sequencing and cell activity analysis show: Target 'Kraken' individual... physiological age characteristics... are highly likely to be in... the early Juvenile Stage!]

“A juv— a cub?!”

Academician Chen felt a chill shoot straight from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head, leaving him ice-cold!

“A... cub?! In just a few hours... it ate half a city's worth of meat... and its size and strength skyrocketed by a third?! What... what will it look like when it's fully grown?!”

The immense fear and the scientifically incomprehensible paradox,

made him grab the communicator and roar with all his might:

“Connect to Dragon Abyss Pavilion! Highest priority! The Kraken... it... it just completed a terrifying... evolution! It is... a cub!!”

Dragon Abyss Pavilion.

Qin Zheng held the freshly printed, still-wet emergency report, his knuckles white from gripping it tightly.

The cold data and the three characters “Juvenile Stage” on the report burned into his pupils like a red-hot branding iron.

“Devoured countless flesh and blood... weight increased by 480 tons... size increased by 33 meters... surface defense strength and power... increased by 30%...”

He read softly, his voice devoid of emotion,

but the slightly twitching corner of his eye betrayed the inner turmoil.

“Juvenile Stage...”

He slowly raised his head, his gaze seemingly piercing the void, landing on the massive screen in the conference room.

Currently, the screen was split, displaying:

The frenzy of the international public opinion storm, the panicked crowds on the streets of City N, and the shadow in the deep water area of Safety Port No. 3 that appeared even larger and deeper after completing its evolution.

No,

it is still impossible to determine whether the Kraken is friend or foe.

If we allow it to continue evolving at this speed,

my Divine Summer will face immense danger.

Thinking of this,

Qin Zheng picked up the red dedicated telephone on the table, his voice low, decisive, and brooking no argument:

“Order: Effective immediately, suspend all food supply to the ‘Kraken’!”

“Order: Raise the defense level of Safety Port No. 3 to the highest grade! All coastal anti-armor cannons, depth charge launchers, special torpedo arrays... disengage all safeties! Target the core area!”

“Order: All non-combat personnel within the port must evacuate immediately! Combat personnel, enter maximum alert status!”

“Before the results of the... Goryeo East Coast Incident are clear tonight...”

Qin Zheng's voice paused, carrying the finality of burning one's boats,

“All units... stand by! Be vigilant! Do not act without orders!”

The order, like a stream of cold iron, instantly reached Safety Port No. 3.

Woo—!!!

The shrill maximum alert siren of the port tore through the twilight sky!

The massive cranes froze mid-air, and the last truckload of frozen meat stopped at the edge of the pier.

The heavy alloy sluice gate of the feeding port let out a grating screech as it slowly closed.

On the shore,

soldiers ran into their preset positions.

Thick cannon barrels rotated, and cold muzzles lowered, pointing toward the deep water area that had consumed countless tons of meat.

Underwater, the sonar power was maximized, covering the silent shadow like an invisible giant net.

The atmosphere within the port instantly solidified from busy feeding to an iron-tight silence and solemnity.

The air was thick with a murderous aura, not yet mixed with gunpowder smoke, but already strained to the limit.

Deep underwater.

Su Chen's massive, cold vertical pupils seemed to pierce through the murky seawater, the thick observation glass, and layers of obstruction, staring directly at the port command center, and staring directly at the distant Dragon Abyss Pavilion.

The cessation of feeding, the locking of weapons, the spread of killing intent... everything was expected.

Su Chen felt neither anger nor anxiety.

His massive body swayed slowly in the deep water, generating silent undercurrents.

Newly grown, thicker tentacles unfurled and coiled,

adapting to the surging power.

“Just wait... After tonight... you will beg... to feed me.”

...The night was like thick ink, staining the Goryeo Peninsula.

Inside the Presidential Palace, the lights were stark white.

Goryeo President Park Jeong-hwan clutched the anonymous warning from Divine Summer,

his face filled with a cold, disdainful sneer.

He crumpled the paper into a ball, aimed at the trash can in the corner, and flicked his wrist.

“Hmph, Divine Summer People... just because they created a monster, they think the whole world is full of them? Sensationalism!”

He gave a scoff,

the paper ball tracing an arc through the air.

Just as the paper ball was about to drop into the bin—

Ding-a-ling—!!!

The red dedicated telephone on the desk suddenly exploded with sound, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on! The jarring ringtone tore through the silence of the room!

Park Jeong-hwan's hand froze mid-air,

his brows furrowed, and an ominous premonition seized his heart.

He hesitantly grabbed the receiver.

The next second!

“President! Busan... Busan Port! Monster! A Giant Sea Monster is attacking the port!!”

Through the receiver came the front-line commander's tearing shriek, mixed with the sounds of explosions and wails.

The cold sneer on Park Jeong-hwan's face instantly froze, turning into a sheet of ashen dread!

He shot up, roaring into the receiver, spitting saliva onto the mouthpiece:

“aishiba! Stop it! Use any method necessary! Stop it!!!”

...Busan Port.

The port, which had been brightly lit and vibrant just hours ago, had now devolved into a living hell.

Boom—!!!

The sea surface suddenly arched upward as if struck by an invisible giant fist! Ten thousand tons of seawater were displaced! A terrifying behemoth nearly a hundred meters long, carrying an aura of crushing everything in its path, burst out of the ocean!

It was covered in dark red calcified carapaces, layered like ancient coral reef mountains, and viscous, foul-smelling phosphorescence flowed through the gaps in the shell.

Three pairs of compound eyes were embedded in its ferocious head, rotating with a cold and brutal gleam.

At the junction of its thorax and abdomen, twelve pairs of long, slender appendages covered in Sawtooth-like carapaces,

propelled the seawater like massive pillars supporting a mobile fortress.

“A... aishiba!! Wha... what is that?! A gi— a gigantic Mantis Shrimp?!”

On the breakwater fortress, a Goryeo soldier stared at the mountain-like shadow under the searchlights, his voice trembling uncontrollably.

Woo—!!! Woo—!!!

The air defense siren, shrill enough to pierce eardrums, finally sounded! But it was too late!

The Abyssal Giant Pincer Beast's pair of massive Hammer Limbs, located on either side of its head and resembling battering rams, were charged with destructive power. They drew back sharply,

then slammed forward like springs compressed to their limit!

The target—was precisely the core fortress built upon the sturdy breakwater!

Bang—!!!!

An earth-shattering impact!

The reinforced concrete fortress, rumored to withstand heavy artillery bombardment, was like a child's toy block structure before this pure physical force! Instantly pulverized! Collapsed!

Hundreds of Goryeo soldiers who had just entered their combat positions, along with their weapons and concrete debris, were smashed into a fine powder mixed with flesh and steel!

Thick smoke and flames shot into the sky!

“Open fire! aishiba! Tear this monster to shreds!!!”

A Goryeo military officer, eyes bloodshot, roared while waving his pistol.

Da da da da—!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Coastal machine guns spat out dense tongues of fire!

Large-caliber coastal defense cannons roared!