"Enough."
"Now isn't the time to analyze the reasons!"
"Our top priority is figuring out how to stop them!"
Elder Zhan's expression was grave.
He turned his gaze to the adjutant beside him.
"Immediately count all Second-Tier Martial Artists capable of fighting!"
The adjutant's fingers flew frantically across the tablet.
Three seconds later.
The adjutant looked up, his expression somewhat grim.
"Commander."
"Because of the operation in Shennongjia."
"Lieutenant Colonel Ye Qingshan and the others were just sent to the medical department and won't be able to fight anytime soon."
"Across the entire military."
"Excluding those needed to guard key defensive lines in various regions."
"There are only twelve Second-Tier Martial Artists left who can be deployed immediately."
Twelve Second-Tier Martial Artists.
Against hundreds of thousands of Sea Beasts, along with a Sea Beast King at the Third-Tier Middle Stage.
It was simply like trying to stop a chariot with a mantis's arms.
The entire conference room fell into dead silence.
Everyone knew what the coastal cities represented.
They were Dragon Country's economic lifeline.
There were tens of millions of unarmed civilians there.
Evacuate?
There was simply no time.
By the time tens of millions of people had been evacuated, the Sea Beasts would have already flattened the coast.
"Let me go!"
Just then.
A tall figure stepped forward.
Lin Yuan's voice was not loud, yet it echoed continuously through the conference room.
Everyone turned their heads in unison.
Though Lin Yuan wore a combat uniform stained with blood, he stood as straight as a pine.
"Major General Lin."
"There are hundreds of thousands of Sea Beasts."
"And a Beast King at the Third-Tier Middle Stage."
"You just went through an extremely intense battle in Shennongjia..."
Elder Zhan's voice was somewhat hoarse.
He looked at the impossibly young man before