Shen Le's brows drew together in surprise.
There hadn't been any of these last time!
The last time he had been aboard the Sea Street Wanderer, watching the joint military exercise between the West and Japan, there had been none of these!
Metal stakes stood driven into the edge of the harbor and all along the docks. The moment his spiritual power drifted over, he sensed a tremor:
They seemed to be metal stakes, yet it also seemed to come from the spheres atop them—or perhaps something buried within both the spheres and the stakes together, forming a strange force field.
The instant spiritual power touched that field, it triggered vibrations, buzzing, and alarms...
"Looks like they really are in a hurry. Makes sense—a giant black fish, after all~~~"
Shen Le sighed, half in earnest and half in jest. These defensive installations had not been here before, yet they had suddenly appeared now. It was hard for him not to think they had been set up specifically to guard against him.
The bad news was that his future movements and investigations would clearly become much more difficult;
The good news was that there were obviously not enough of these defensive installations yet. They had to be produced and deployed in a hurry at the same time:
Near the edge of the harbor, close to the exit where tourists left, Shen Le sensed a group of workers bustling about and struggling to install these devices.
Perhaps producing them and installing them all over the island was still quite difficult?
And the cost had to be high, too. Of course—if it weren't expensive, how would the people below make progress? And how would Commissioner Smith make his fortune?
"Qing Deng." He called softly in his heart. Little Oil Lamp immediately sprang out