Upon hearing the leader of the Jingnan Special Operations Group state his purpose directly, Wang Zheng remembered that he had indeed asked the other party to help investigate whether Wu Huan had done anything during the winter vacation.
At the time, I only heard Dang Liantao say that a small-scale invasion of sea monsters had occurred at the harbor, which destroyed several coastal towns, but the casualties were not too great and the people were properly resettled.
As for other detailed information, they are still investigating, but the matter has been delayed again and again, to the point that Wang Zheng himself almost forgot about it.
Several months have passed now, and only now are we getting definite news.
When Wang Zheng thought about how Mei Yiqi had come to congratulate him on his return to Jingnan, he realized he hadn't seen Wu Huan, that little girl.
Finally, I learned from Chu Xiaoman that she rushed back to the harbor as soon as her vacation started. Out of curiosity, I quickly turned on my computer, logged into my military region network account, and began to look into the information carefully.
At the same time, he jokingly said:
"Brother Dang, this happened so long ago, why did it take so long this time? I almost forgot about it if you hadn't mentioned it. I just wanted to offer my opinion, but I mean, isn't the work efficiency a bit low...?"
Hearing Wang Zheng's shameless mockery, Dang Liantao was so angry he laughed, and couldn't help but curse back:
"You really think I have nothing better to do than run errands for you, huh?"
All you gave me was an address, and it's in ruins that's already been destroyed by the monsters that came ashore, and you expect me to investigate? I'm lucky if I can even find anyone there.
Do you even know how many small towns were destroyed, and how much people were moving around during the reconstruction of the disaster-stricken areas? Do you think I have eyes in the sky?
Moreover, we already had news last month, but you went to the capital for the competition again. In order not to affect you, we waited until after your competition to tell you.
If it weren't for the fact that I finished this mission quickly and got back to Jingnan today, you'd be waiting for me for a long time..."
"Alright, alright, I was wrong, okay? I know you, the Party Captain, have made great contributions."
Seriously, this guy's got the age to be a captain, and I only complained a couple of times, but he went on and on, practically beating me up. I'm not going to say anything more to him..."
Wang Zheng hung up the phone decisively, leaving Dang Liantao on the other end unsure whether to laugh or cry.
However, to be fair, although Wang Zheng's strength has now far surpassed his own, his way of getting along with the people in the military region hasn't changed much.
They didn't become arrogant because of their improved strength; at most, they just became a little more mischievous.
He's only 17, after all; he's a young man, so it's not impossible for him to understand.
Dang Liantao also greatly admired Wang Zheng's personality; otherwise, he wouldn't have kept helping him investigate and contacted him as soon as he returned to the military region.
But when he thought of Wang Zheng's character, Dang Liantao couldn't help but smile. After cursing the kid under his breath, he went to report on his mission.
As for our young master Wang, looking at the information on the screen, he finally understood why Wu Huan, that little girl, came back with such a murderous aura after the winter break, and why she was now rushing back to the harbor in such a hurry.
It turns out that during the Spring Festival half a year ago, in addition to the large-scale invasion of strange beasts and the siege of cities by the demon king in Yunnan, the northernmost port city in Jiangnan and some coastlines south of Dongshan Province also experienced a beast tide.
However, these strange sea creatures had been attacking the shore, so they were not taken seriously at first.
In recent years, due to the revival of spiritual energy, most marine creatures in shallow sea areas have evolved amphibious combat capabilities.
Although they may be affected and find it more difficult to move around after coming ashore, most fourth-grade sea beasts, after gaining intelligence, will seek opportunities to come ashore, given the numerous natural enemies in the vast ocean, the harsh living environment, and their longing for land.
Over the years, these strange beasts have gradually developed a tacit understanding with the border military region, and they will not venture too deep into the area, but will rest on the coast for a period of time every year.
In response to this situation, the country has also established special troops to guard the area, building border defenses and stationing them along most of the coastline.
Not only were designated areas for the activity of the alien beasts prohibited from venturing into them, but the beasts that crossed the boundaries were also regularly cleared out, which indirectly increased the income.
Originally, after the country made concessions and gave up some areas, it had been living in peace with these strange sea creatures, maintaining a tacit understanding with each other.
Therefore, when this large-scale emergence of strange beasts from the sea occurred, it did not initially attract much attention.
But for some reason, things started to go wrong.
In the past, a designated area would have at most three to five thousand sea beasts, but now the number has exceeded that by more than ten times.
Countless alien beasts that surged into the coastal area were pushed and swept across the set-up barriers, resulting in numerous deaths and injuries. The number of alien beasts trampled and crushed to death along the way was even greater than the number killed by the military region.
Even some high-level alien beasts from the deep sea went berserk and charged toward the shore.
By the time the observers realized the size of the sea monster was unusual, it was too late.
Despite having high-level Awakened warriors in the military region, it was still a drop in the ocean against the countless sea monster tides, including the sixth-grade alien beasts.
By the time troops stationed in various locations arrived to provide support, the defensive measures in each area had already been breached.
In a short time, many villages and towns along the long coastline were destroyed, and Wu Huan's hometown happened to be in one of these small fishing villages.
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