Ke Meng froze for a moment at the news, then remembered the Horn of the Sea's side effect.
"Di Ping fell asleep?" Ke Meng asked.
"Our people have already called out to him from the shore and out at sea. There was no response."
Clearly, he really had fallen asleep.
"When did he fall asleep?" Director Lei pressed.
The timing was a little too coincidental. It was exactly when the Despair Mist had disappeared.
"Our instruments detected a sharp drop in wave amplitude two hours ago, but because we lacked experience, we only just confirmed that Di Ping is asleep."
An official handed over the monitoring station's records. The wave amplitudes from two hours ago and ten minutes ago were worlds apart.
Two hours ago, towering waves had still raged.
Two hours later, the sea had become calm. Occasionally, a few small waves stirred, but the rest of the time it was like stagnant water, absurdly still.
Even with the tides, the waves were unnaturally quiet.
The side effect of falling asleep was far more serious than anyone had imagined. If the world's oceans could no longer circulate, there would be major trouble.
Wake Di Ping. We have to wake him!
A thought flashed through Ke Meng's mind: if they did not wake him, something would go wrong with the calm sea.
"I'm going to the shore to take a look," Ke Meng said immediately.
"I'm going too," Director Lei said gravely.
"Me too."
"Everyone wants to go, huh? We might as well go together."
When their fellow members in Whale City heard that Di Ping had fallen asleep, they signed up without hesitation to go inspect the sea.
Whale City was already on the coast, so there was no need to travel to the neighboring city.
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