Chapter 928 Its Origin
If it were just a photo, netizens might not believe it so easily. After all, with today's advanced photo editing technology, flying and disappearing are no problem, let alone just creating a bizarre monster.
However, most of the videos released by the parties involved at the scene were taken from different angles.
The video features a colossal creature with a shark's head, thick turtle limbs, and a body covered in stitched details. It roars to the sky, its gaping maw seemingly ready to devour people and tear them to pieces. The scene evokes a vivid sense of fear and despair in viewers who are actually there.
[My God, what kind of monster is that? A shark? A turtle? Or a whale?]
[Based on the analysis of the extracted clear images, the head is that of a shark, the limbs are those of a giant turtle, the tail should be that of a whale, and the fins also seem a bit off. It looks like a monster that has been pieced together and patched up!]
[Where did this thing even appear? A mutation? I remember seeing a giant octopus that mutated due to radiation not long ago, but it only looked about ten times larger than a normal octopus. This is on a completely different scale!]
[This is terrifying! Marine life magnified ten times is already scary enough, but this pieced-together creature is unheard of. It's utterly grotesque, and I feel like just looking at it would give me nightmares. Are my friends in City A okay? Can you tell me if this is all real? Is it really not a gimmick, a monster deliberately created with special effects?]
[I'm a resident of City A, and I can responsibly tell you, it's true. The ferry crossing has been sealed off. I'm currently at home, terrified, absolutely terrified that this monster will come ashore, after all, it has turtle limbs.]
[Get it ashore!!! We absolutely cannot let it get ashore. With those teeth, it's definitely a carnivore; if it gets ashore, everyone will be in danger!]
The appearance of the monster sparked heated discussions and widespread fear online, while Captain Liu and his team at the scene were also in a state of panic and disarray.
After Captain Liu saw the monster clearly, he immediately sent out a distress signal. However, it would take some time to dispatch people.
The monster was clearly impatient. After it capsized the cargo ship that Ye Wanxi and her companion were on, it quickly swam towards the shore, clearly intending to go ashore.
The crowd, already fleeing in panic at the sight of the monster, became even more terrified, their legs went weak, and they screamed even louder.
When Captain Liu and the others saw the monster's movements, their hearts skipped a beat, and they instinctively gripped their weapons tighter.
Several young men from special departments immediately took out their precious magical artifacts, given to them by their Taoist elders, and stood behind Captain Liu and the others, ready for battle.
Their faces also bore the same trepidation and fear of the unknown. They didn't know if the things they had in their hands could harm the monster, but this moment did not allow them to back down. Even if there was only a slight chance, they had to try.
Because behind them lies a place where hundreds of thousands of people live. If even they retreat, then no one will be able to protect those unarmed people!
The monster climbed its limbs up the riverbank at the ferry crossing, slowly making its way up. Just as it was about to reach the land, a huge current of water suddenly shot up from the side and hit it directly.
The force of this current was no less than, or even greater than, the force of its impact on the cargo ship.
The monster seemed completely unprepared to be attacked, and caught off guard, it was swept sideways by the current.
With a splash, it fell back into the sea below the ferry, creating a huge spray that nearly submerged several cargo ships moored at the ferry.
Captain Liu and the others were stunned by this sudden turn of events. It wasn't until the curtain of water splashed up by the monster falling into the water fell that they could see two figures gracefully descending from mid-air.
"Miss Ye, Mr. Feng!"
Captain Liu saw a glimmer of light in the eyes of the two men and immediately ran over to them.
"Thank goodness you're all alright. I thought you were..." still trapped inside that capsized cargo ship.
To everyone's surprise, both of them were unharmed, and apart from their shoes being a little wet, they were completely unscathed!
"We're sorry to have worried you. We got out before the boat capsized."
Ye Wanxi gave a brief explanation and then turned her attention to the monster that had reappeared.
"This thing..."
When Captain Liu saw her asking, he hurriedly explained, "This monster was hiding under the cargo ship you were on. Not long after you went in, it started ramming the ship. After capsizing it, it tried to go ashore. When it rammed the ship, the monitor in charge of this area told me that the monitoring equipment could only detect it from fifty meters away; it would be damaged if it got too close. It is very likely that it is good at sonic attacks."
"A sonic attack?" Ye Wanxi frowned.
"Yes. However, it hasn't been around for long. Apart from making a sound when it first appeared, it hasn't shown any particularly aggressive behavior. We can't be sure what kind of harm it will cause to people yet."
As soon as Captain Liu finished speaking, a young man suddenly ran over and said, "It seems there are conclusions about this monster online."
"What?" Captain Liu and Ye Wanxi were all stunned when they heard this. They were all confused and clueless about the situation, but those who studied and discussed the photos and videos had already come to a conclusion?
Captain Liu took the tablet handed to him and glanced at it, only to find that it was a discussion thread on a forum.
This is a forum that focuses on marine ecological environment, and the post that the other party showed him is now highlighted at the very top of the forum.
[Does this monster look familiar to you? Like, that eerie, yet strangely familiar feeling?]
Now that you mention it, something does seem a bit off.
[Actually, I wanted to say this when the video came out: doesn't that shark look like the giant shark that died after eating marine debris and plastic bags, as reported in the news a few days ago?]
"Ah, yes, yes, that giant shark had a spot on its head that I remember very clearly; I remembered it instantly. It looks a lot like this monster."
[The same goes for that turtle's leg. I remember it was about six months old when a dead giant turtle was pulled up from the coast near my house. After the autopsy, they said they found a huge nylon fishing net inside, and that net killed it.]
[...]
This forum was originally designed to focus on the marine ecological environment, and people often share news reports related to the marine environment on the forum.
Most of the regulars on this forum are familiar with this, which is why they were able to immediately connect this monster with the many creatures that were born in the sea but also died tragically there.
(End of this chapter)
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