Dr. Chen answered bluntly:
"Of course it's a good thing! Beast King's move this time will surely awaken Yamata. Then we'll be able to determine whether Yamata is a guardian or an invader!"
Dr. Chen immediately frowned, having thought of a possibility:
"What if Beast King and Yamata have a grudge, and he came to settle it?"
Dr. Chen considered it carefully, then shook her head again, deciding the idea was unreliable:
"Beast King has been wandering around Sakurajima ever since he appeared, while Yamata has been sleeping beneath Mount Fuji. They should both have lived on this land."
"If they had a grudge, they would have fought long ago. It would be impossible for either side to still be alive today!"
Still feeling somewhat uneasy, Dr. Chen asked General Luo:
"You should have the most detailed data on Yamata's combat assessment. What exactly is Yamata's combat strength?"
General Luo shook his head.
"He has only acted once, and he dealt with the Serrated Mammoth decisively. Dr. Chen, you know the Serrated Mammoth's combat power. It simply can't serve as a reference."
The Serrated Mammoth was a monster only sixty-two meters tall, the weakest of the weak among monsters.
"Therefore, aside from confirming that Yamata is 145 meters long, everything else in the assessment is based on speculation."
Dr. Chen did not care whether it was speculation or blind exaggeration and pressed on:
"I need the specific figures, even if they were fabricated afterward!"
General Luo replied with a bitter smile:
"Titan Beast codename: Yamata. Length: 145 meters. Speed: 9. Strength: 9. Armor: 9!"
"According to the analysis team's estimates... Yamata should already be close to the King of Monsters level. Even if he is not Beast King, he is not far off."
Height and length could not be confused.
The lengths of serpent monsters sounded terrifying at first, but their actual combat power generally had to be cut in half based on their length.
Take the Serpent King, also a serpent monster. He was 112 meters long, yet his combat power was actually quite pitiful.
After hearing the figures from General Luo, even someone as composed as Dr. Chen could barely maintain her expression.
"All three stats are 9... General Luo, I believe your previous judgment now. These numbers really are nonsense."
Giant beasts were like humans. They had strengths and weaknesses.
Take Beast King Godzilla. The base had given him ratings of Speed: 7, Strength: 9, Armor: 9.
As for a giant beast with no shortcomings and all three stats at 9... Dr. Chen had not only never seen one, she had never even heard of one—until now.
Only the evaluation that Yamata was close to Beast King's strength had some value.
"Half a Beast King?"
Dr. Chen watched Beast King Godzilla steadily advancing toward Mount Fuji on the big screen, then finally said:
"Let's keep watching."
"Beast King will find out Yamata's true strength for us!"
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A black body, savage dorsal spines, like a gigantic demon descending with the night.
In satellite imagery from nations around the world, Godzilla, the King of Monsters, had received enormous attention the moment he made landfall.
If the appearance of one King of Monsters was enough to make intelligence agencies across the world instinctively gather related information—
After all, if they encountered one in the future, at least they would know why they were dying.
Then when this Beast King had helped Sakurajima Base kill four monsters in a single day, every well-informed department in the world went wild!
Their thoughts were astonishingly unanimous:
Get me one too! I want one too!
Even though they knew it was nothing more than wishful thinking, there was no harm in dreaming.
After Godzilla appeared following his landing, countless gazes filled with different intentions had been drawn to him.
Commander Lan had not revealed everything, but he had been farsighted enough to share some details with those on good terms with him.
Thus, the theory of Titan Beasts had still spread.
Some had even held remote communications with Commander Lan.
These people suspected that, given Beast King Godzilla's strength, aside from being at the King of Monsters level among monsters—
At the Titan Beast level, should he not also be a king?
King of Titan Beasts?
Although there was no evidence to prove it, this speculation had still become widely accepted.
This encounter with Yamata might explain many things.
If the Titan Beast theory were truly confirmed, then some nations searching everywhere for Titan Beasts according to figures from their own myths and legends might turn into reality.
Take Beast King and Yamata as examples. If Titan Beasts truly existed, they would at the very least possess strength on the level of half a Beast King.
At a time when many nations' coastal defenses were under strain, gaining such a powerful ally would be like a shot in the arm for countless countries barely hanging on!
"A perfectly straight line, leading directly to Mount Fuji!"
"It is certain now. He is going to find Yamata."
Dr. Chen spoke softly.
There was a low-lying area in the waters around Mount Fuji, and it just so happened that coming ashore from there was possible.
Even if the odds of such a coincidence were less than one percent.
But now, after witnessing Godzilla's perfectly straight route, there was no longer any doubt about his final destination!
General Luo spoke from beside her.
"According to records Sakurajima left behind, the Serrated Mammoth woke Yamata when it was still a hundred kilometers from Mount Fuji. But now..."
Without even blinking, Dr. Chen watched and spoke at the same time:
"And now, Beast King has already reached thirty li east of Mount Fuji, yet this active volcano has not shown the slightest reaction!"
"Assuming Yamata is not sleeping too deeply, there are two possibilities now."
"First, Yamata does not regard Godzilla as an enemy. Therefore, he considers the latter's arrival a friendly visit, nothing worth caring about."
"And the second... perhaps Godzilla's concealment ability is far superior to that of the Serrated Mammoth."
Satellite surveillance could effectively track many monsters on land and sea, but that system failed when applied to Godzilla.
Could Godzilla's black body, as though forged from steel, truly block even his aura signals?
Dr. Chen did not draw a conclusion for the moment. She only said in the end:
"He has not yet reached the ten-kilometer red line. We will know the answer then."
Luo Bing marched straight across the abandoned, desolate land. His seemingly leisurely steps covered hundreds of meters each.
If he ran at full speed, reaching a ridiculous speed of one kilometer in three seconds would not be a problem.
The closer he got to Mount Fuji, the more cautious Luo Bing became.
He was not sure what level Yamata's strength had reached, but since the latter could survive and swim in volcanic lava, one thing was certain: his fire resistance had to be maxed out.
"Hm?"
After advancing for some distance and reaching the ten-kilometer red line, Luo Bing keenly sensed an unusual disturbance coming from Mount Fuji.
It seemed as if it was shifting from a dormant state into an active volcano.
But Luo Bing was more inclined to believe it was a sign that the giant beast living within the volcano was waking up.
"The lava temperature is around a thousand degrees. Godzilla's defenses can take it head-on. But I need to be careful. If we really fight, I can't let this eight-headed snake discover my weakness!"
On his back, those seemingly savage and terrifying dorsal spines were actually Luo Bing's weakness.
Luo Bing had not yet evolved the ability to fire beams directly from his dorsal spines. They were more for defense and for gathering energy to charge his breath attack.
If he were attacked from behind, then with those still short little arms...
Luo Bing thought of the key point of this battle, but his steps did not slow in the slightest.
After the crater began to stir, he even picked up his pace!
Yamata, I'm your fan!
"It's starting to move!"
Dr. Chen pointed at the boiling crater on the big screen.
She stepped forward, took the control device from another person's hand, and zoomed in on the area around the crater.
Then, faintly visible beneath that fiery red lava pool, was the vague form of a serpentine figure.
"Yamata! Who knows how long he has been awake."
Dr. Chen muttered, staring intently at the image on the screen.
Meanwhile, on the eastern side of the large display, Beast King's enormous figure could already be seen striding forward!
The two terrifying giant beasts currently known to humanity and provisionally classified as Titan Beasts had finally reached their first meeting!
Luo Bing stood at the crater's edge, looking at Yamata's exclusive pool, lost in thought.
Although he felt that Godzilla's defenses should be able to handle going down there—after all, he had survived a nuclear explosion—
Looking at the entire pool of lava, it would be a lie to say he felt no resistance.
"I won't go down, and you won't come out?"
Luo Bing had already noticed the figure darting about beneath the pool.
But just as Luo Bing was unwilling to go down, that figure seemed unwilling to come out.
It felt like two adults standing on opposite sides of a wire fence, hurling insults at each other without actually fighting.
"If you won't come out, then I'm making the first move!"
Luo Bing opened his mouth slightly and prepared to use Atomic Breath without hesitation.
Since Mount Fuji had already erupted once, there had long been no one nearby.
He could cause as much trouble as he wanted.
This time, the giant beast in the pool seemed unable to remain still.
Passively taking hits was not his style either!
"Hiss-roar!"
An angry serpentine roar rang out as three heads shot out of the pool's surface!
For that instant, Luo Bing thought he had encountered Godzilla's lifelong nemesis!
But after taking a closer look, his face immediately fell.
The multi-headed giant snake before him was entirely fiery red, its three central heads roaring furiously at Luo Bing.
Of the other five heads, three did not dare meet Luo Bing's gaze, vaguely displaying the air of lowering their heads in submission.
And the final two heads...
Their eyes were not even open. They looked like they were sleeping quite soundly.
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