Chapter 793 - 492: Hundred-Meter Squid, Global Panic (Part 2)

Chapter 793: Chapter 492: Hundred-Meter Squid, Global Panic (Part 2)

Secondly, most marine creatures have also experienced a significant increase in aggression. Dolphins, blue whales, and killer whales, which were once gentle, are now starting to attack fishing boats, cargo ships, and even coastal city residents.

These small ocean fish that once swarmed in large numbers have now turned into fierce piranhas. If humans touch the seawater, they are bitten by these piranhas. Fishermen who make their living by fishing have seen a sudden increase in mortality and disappearance rates in recent days.

To this end, humanity has deployed countless nuclear submarines and torpedoes in an attempt to drive these mutated creatures back to the seabed.

But it’s to no avail.

The speed of mutation of the marine creatures is too fast. A few days ago, humans could barely resist, but as evolution progresses, even human submarines are starting to struggle.

The mutation of these small creatures is not the most frightening part.

The most terrifying are those giant ocean creatures that were already extremely aggressive, now becoming exceedingly cruel under mutation.

For example, the giant squid.

The giant squid is originally the largest invertebrate in the world.

Its size is almost second only to the blue whale.

Due to the extremely deep habitat of the giant squid, humans still do not know how large a giant squid can grow.

It is known that the largest recorded giant squid was 18.3 meters long and weighed a ton.

Additionally, the giant squid has always been extremely aggressive, even proactively attacking human submarines.

However, due to the squid’s deep habitat, and its muscles gradually weakening as temperatures rise, there are seldom any reports of giant squid attacking humans in shallow waters, and humans have not seen traces of giant squid for a long time.

But now, after evolution has begun, giant squids have reappeared in human sights.

According to news reports.

On April 21st, at 6 PM.

A squid-like sea monster, estimated to be over 70 meters long, appeared along the southern coast of Japan. As soon as it appeared, it devoured numerous vehicles on the shore, including countless tourists playing in the shallow waters and on the beach. With a sweep of its train-like tentacles, it was able to sweep numerous people directly into its mouth.

In just a few minutes, this squid sea monster devoured nearly over a hundred people, and then it retreated back into the ocean. Now, Japan’s officials are still deploying all their military force in search of this squid. Trying to find those humans who were swallowed by this squid.

This event can be said to be the largest calamity caused by a sea monster in this century.

It should be noted that from ancient times to the present, there have been very few sea monsters causing such severe destruction and injury to human habitats. Since humans have evolved to the pinnacle of biology, it has been difficult for natural creatures to cause serious harm to humans.

Even if large creatures intrude into human habitats, they are driven away in a short time.

Not to mention that humans have now created various weapons capable of destroying an entire country.

In the face of various creatures, humans only need one missile to solve the problem, and internet users often joke that no carbon-based life can withstand the power of a missile.

But now, this squid sea monster has given humanity a hard slap in the face.

What missiles, what nuclear bombs, in an unexpected surprise attack, they didn’t even have time to prepare these weapons.

This event has also severely triggered panic among the public in different countries worldwide.

A strong sense of crisis hovers over every one’s heart.

No one knows whether they will be devoured by the large creatures leaping out of the ocean at any moment.

In just a single day.

People living in coastal areas around the world began to migrate inland.

Whether it’s trains, airplanes, or highways, they were all jam-packed in just a single day.

Countless people cried and wailed as they tried to squeeze onto trains but couldn’t even buy a standing ticket, while on the highways, numerous rear-end collisions occurred.

Officials from various places wanted to stabilize social order and organize citizens for orderly evacuation, but they were powerless.

Under the true threat of death, everyone only considers their survival, coupled with the fermentation of public opinion from various self-media, many people even started all kinds of conspiracy theories, believing that these were orchestrated by the higher-ups.

Desperation spreads among the human race. The hot weapons they once prided themselves on now seem to be of little use in the face of these evolved ocean creatures.

At this moment, domestically.

Staring at the news popping up across the country on his phone, Old Yi’s face was ashen.

As one of the few people who knows about Extraordinary Abilities and Crystal Effects, how could he not guess that all these events were caused by those fools who call themselves the International Extraordinary Response Alliance.

Their forcible mining of the Crystal Cluster Veins on the seabed caused a lot of crystal powder to flow into the ocean, break down into a large amount of Evolutionary Energy, leading to rapid evolution of marine creatures.

"Truly foolish, claiming to be the saviors of humanity, yet now committed to actions leading to self-destruction." Old Yi’s fist clenched tightly, making cracking sounds, looking extremely furious.

He was not angry that the other party obtained Extraordinary Abilities and Crystal Clusters.

But that their foolishness cost so many innocent lives.

Moreover, the disaster has erupted for so many days, but countries led by America have not taken any action. They caused the mess, and now others are left to clean it up.

These days, Old Yi has been so busy dealing with various sea monster incidents and disasters happening in coastal areas that he barely had a moment to catch his breath.

Wu Chen and two other Extraordinary Beings, in recent days, have also been running around nationwide, contributing their own strength.

But now the incidents seem to occur more frequently, and the sea monsters appearing are also becoming increasingly powerful.

Even they feel somewhat overwhelmed.

Just as Old Yi was about to catch his breath in his office,

Outside, a subordinate knocked on the door, pushed it open, and reported:

"Commander Yi, tonight is Mercury’s western elongation. Should we dispatch people in advance to observe Mercury’s movements?"

Mentioning Mercury, Old Yi’s eyes flickered slightly. According to Wu Chen and the others, Wang Ye should now be heading to Mercury.

Based on his understanding of Wang Ye, if he wants to do something on Mercury, there’s a high chance he’ll choose a day when Earth can observe Mercury.

That is to say.

During tonight’s western elongation of Mercury, there should be a very high chance of observing unusual circumstances.

"You all prepare the telescopes for observation in advance. Once I finish dealing with the remaining matters, I’ll go over and take a look."

"Yes." The subordinate nodded, then left the office.

Old Yi then continued to unlock his computer, checking the incidents happening nationwide today.

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In the blink of an eye, it was already 2 AM.

After dealing with everything, Old Yi, dragging his exhausted body, arrived at the astronomical observatory.

By this time, many astronomers have already started observing Mercury.

Although this time the angle of Mercury’s elongation is 27.4 degrees, because it’s far from the Sun in a direction parallel to the horizon,

Mercury’s visible height will not be very high. Additionally, due to Mercury’s low albedo, its brightness is very low, making it very difficult to see with the naked eye.

An ordinary person needs to use professional telescopes, to barely see the outline of Mercury.

But Old Yi’s body has been transformed by Wang Ye, and his vision is far beyond that of ordinary people,

Once he arrived at the best observation site, he has already seen Mercury hanging in the night sky with his naked eyes.

As he looked at that planet, almost indistinguishable from other stars, a sense of anticipation inevitably arose in his heart.

In truth, he doesn’t really care what Wang Ye intends to do on Mercury, what he is most concerned about is when Wang Ye will finish his cosmic business and return to Earth.

Given the current level of disaster, they might still barely hold on, but if ocean creatures continue to mutate, the casualty numbers could continue to increase exponentially.

Now, the only person in the world capable of resolving this disaster is likely Wang Ye.