While Yu Ziyu was intent on spreading the Dense Fog Spread, in a mysterious corner of this nation...
A square-faced, middle-aged soldier in uniform sat quietly in an office.
"Knock, knock..."
Frowning, the middle-aged soldier sighed. "Come in."
"Yes, sir."
As the words fell, a travel-worn young soldier hurried into the office.
"Sir, unrest among Mutated Beasts in our province has intensified recently, and attacks on people have become more frequent."
As he spoke, the young soldier spread out a map and pointed at several red circles that had just been drawn on it, saying gravely:
"The spiritual energy concentrations in these locations have risen even further. There are faint signs that formidable Mutated Beasts are emerging."
"Is that so?"
Looking at the grave-faced young soldier-Yan Gaoyuan-the middle-aged soldier sighed as well.
This was far from the first time spiritual energy concentrations had risen.
Ever since the existence of spiritual energy had been confirmed, the nation had repeatedly discovered abnormal surges in spiritual energy concentrations across various regions.
Such circumstances also meant that more powerful Mutated Beasts might suddenly emerge.
The most famous example was none other than the "Penghu Incident."
Penghu was an archipelago near the mainland.
However, it was known as the "Asian Bermuda." Since 1967, there had been a full eleven air disasters in the waters around Penghu.
Yet that astonishing record had been broken within the past six months.
In just under half a year, seventeen planes had crashed, and as many as twenty ships had gone missing.
Such a horrifying record was enough to unsettle even those in the highest seats of government.
But what could they do?
As early as two months ago, the nation had confirmed that a terrifying flock of mutant crows and mutant sea beasts lurked there.
The mutant crows engulfed passenger planes, while the mutant sea beasts swept ships away.
Together, the two had thoroughly transformed the waters around Penghu into a death zone.
This was precisely what experts often said: "As Mutated Beasts grow stronger, their territorial instincts will intensify. They will regard any creature attempting to enter their territory as prey."
Human passenger planes and ships, which produced tremendous noise, bore the brunt of this.
Yet faced with such mutant crow flocks and mutant sea monsters, the nation truly had no solution for the time being.
The crow flock was manageable.
The nation had already arranged for the Special Forces to snipe them, but even now, the mutant sea monsters' exact location had yet to be found.
The depths of the ocean were unfamiliar territory to humanity.
Especially now, with spiritual energy reviving, the ocean depths were showing signs of becoming a "forbidden zone."
After all, the ocean had been the first place where spiritual energy revived.
And who knew what monsters lurked in its depths now?
Shaking his head, the square-faced, middle-aged soldier looked helpless.
In over thirty years of military service, this was the first time he had felt something was truly difficult to handle.
Fortunately, the Special Forces were dealing with those major incidents. What he needed to do now was monitor the locations within this province where spiritual energy was abnormal.
If any unusual activity or danger was discovered, it had to be nipped in the bud.
After all, according to some experts' conjectures, as these Mutated Beasts evolved, they might no longer be satisfied with their territories and would leave them to begin hunting in the truest sense.
When that happened, it was conceivable that Mutated Beasts would attack cities.
As such, as the lieutenant general guarding this region, the burden on his shoulders was no light one.
"Compile the regions where the highest detected spiritual energy peak exceeds 5,000, then submit them to me."
"Yes, sir."
Nodding, the young soldier, Yan Gaoyuan, glanced at the map, the corner of his eye twitching uncontrollably.
Spiritual energy peaks exceeding 5,000...
Ummm, this time, the commander's scalp will probably go numb.
Spiritual energy peak was a standard humans used to measure the strength of spiritual energy.
Generally speaking, in a region where the highest spiritual energy peak exceeded five thousand, there was a very high likelihood of a Mutated Beast with a spiritual energy peak exceeding five thousand emerging.
Here, it was worth mentioning that creatures with spiritual energy peaks above one thousand were already capable of threatening soldiers armed with firearms.
Creatures with spiritual energy peaks above five thousand could even disregard conventional weapons such as bullets.
In other words, they were monsters with truly terrifying destructive power, which only an army or powerful individuals of the same tier could oppose.
Once monsters of this level poured into a city, the disaster they would cause was easy to imagine.
As such, stopping or even eliminating creatures of this level was also the responsibility of this mysterious organization.
Not long after the young soldier handed the map to the square-faced, middle-aged soldier, an exclamation rang out in the office.
"What? There are a full eight locations with spiritual energy peaks exceeding five thousand?"
"And one even has a spiritual energy peak of eighteen thousand? Are you joking? Are you sure the instruments aren't malfunctioning?"
Shaking his head like a rattle drum, the young soldier, Yan Gaoyuan, looked grave.
"Sir, these are the results of repeated testing. However, we can't rule out the possibility that a spiritual river or spiritual mine has emerged."
"Whew..."
Letting out a deep breath, the square-faced soldier glanced at the young soldier and said with a bitter smile:
"Do you think spiritual rivers and spiritual mines grow on trees?!"
As he spoke, his gaze sharpened slightly, and he took a long look at a region circled in blood-red on the map.
"Beiyu Canyon."
It lay deep in the mountains of the Land of Sichuan Prefecture.
Not only was it isolated, but its mountain roads were also rugged. Even if an exceedingly terrifying mutant beast emerged there, it would be no surprise.
But just how terrifying would a mutant beast with a spiritual energy peak as high as eighteen thousand be?
A spiritual energy peak of one thousand roughly corresponded to Entry-Level One.
A spiritual energy peak of five thousand roughly corresponded to Entry-Level Level 5.
A spiritual energy peak of ten thousand corresponded to the transcendent first order.
Of course, here was a piece of information: the spiritual energy peak of the transcendent second order was above one hundred thousand.
Hehe... Crimson's divisions of combat power were very clear.
The more powerful the tier, the more terrifying the gap in spiritual energy naturally became. Otherwise, how could it be called powerful?
(Event period: June 12 to June 14)
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