Mobile Shelter

With its round, almost gas-bucket-like appearance, this giant marine creature hidden underwater is actually just a large manatee.

At this moment, there were two bloody holes on the back of the giant manatee, from which blood was constantly gushing out.

Needless to say, it seems the electromagnetic railgun's double shot hit the target squarely.

Dong Qi intended to go to the roof of the vehicle to reload and fire again, but he did not expect that the surrounding defenders would not give the electromagnetic cannon a second chance to attack.

Before the giant manatee could react, an enormous fishing net enveloped it.

Subsequently, Dong Qi, who was originally the main character testing the power of the electromagnetic cannon, was relegated to a supporting role.

The giant manatee, struggling in the net, was pulled ashore without any resistance.

As Dong Qi watched the man in charge of pulling in the net, the muscles bulging on his arm as he pulled the giant manatee, he suddenly thought of a construction site legend.

There's a saying circulating on the construction site: if anyone can lift a steel coil, that coil belongs to them and they can take it away as they please without anyone stopping them.

There are precedents for this kind of thing. For example, in Journey to the West, Sun Wukong took the Golden Cudgel from the Dragon Palace. He could carry it away directly without the Dragon King intervening.

Seeing that a single person could pull the fishing net that caught a giant manatee, Dong Qi understood that the other person was definitely the kind of ruthless person who could carry steel coils away from a construction site.

This person is undoubtedly an Awakened One, and it seems that the superpower they gained is related to strength.

Before the man could pull the manatee caught in the net ashore, the small, mutated marine creatures hidden in the water suddenly went berserk, rushing towards the shore in groups of three or five.

Although the mutated marine creatures rushing towards the coast were in a chaotic and disorganized manner, their sheer numbers were enough to send chills down one's spine.

Upon seeing the mutated marine creatures appear, the personnel responsible for guarding this section of the coast silently drew their long swords and riot shields, and as if by conditioned reflex, they turned around and actively went to meet the mutated marine creatures.

As Dong Qi was loading ammunition into the electromagnetic cannon on the roof of the vehicle, he suddenly heard Wu Yifei say, "Don't underestimate those marine creatures just because they aren't individually strong. There are just too many of them."

The coastal areas belonging to the Great Xia territory are alright; for the time being, they can quickly kill all the invading mutated marine creatures.

But I've heard that some island nations, and some countries with territorial waters, are now powerless to resist the frenzied attacks of those mutated marine creatures, and are about to abandon their territories and begin their escape.

Upon hearing Wu Yifei's words, Dong Qi was somewhat surprised, wondering why the other party would tell him this news.

Wu Yifei ignored Dong Qi's surprised gaze and continued, "According to the information circulating from the General Staff, if those mutated marine creatures continue to invade at this high frequency..."

Even with support from other regions, most coastal areas can only hold out for a month at most unless the bullet production line can be quickly repaired.

"If this time passes, even without the emergence of other types of mutated marine life, the weak mutated marine life that has already appeared will be enough to wear down the people currently holding out along the coast."

After hearing Wu Yifei's detailed explanation, Dong Qi thoughtfully asked, "You wouldn't have told me this information for nothing."

"Tell me, what's the purpose of this information? Is there something you need my help with, or do you want something in return as payment for the information?"

Hearing Dong Qi's blunt question, Wu Yifei was not annoyed. Instead, he said with great appreciation, "Straightforward. I don't really like all those roundabout ways either."

The reason I'm telling you this in advance is actually to ask you for a favor, something that won't be difficult for you.

After finishing speaking, Wu Yifei did not wait for Dong Qi to ask any further questions, and directly stated the specific matter he wanted: "For some reason, I have a bad feeling in my heart, and as time goes by, this feeling is getting stronger and stronger."

So if something unexpected happens here, when you're about to leave, could you please pick me up at the research institute and take me with you?

Of course, I won't let you help me for nothing. When you pick me up, I'll naturally give you a satisfactory fare.

Hearing that Wu Yifei wanted to leave with him, Dong Qi was somewhat puzzled as to why the other party would make this choice. In order to find out, he simply asked directly:

"Aren't you a researcher at the institute? If something goes wrong, instead of acting with your colleagues, you choose to leave with me. Isn't that...?"

Before Dong Qi could finish speaking, Wu Yifei interrupted, "Are you trying to say that I'm mentally ill?"

Since I said I would leave with you, if I don't make things clear, you probably won't contact me when you're ready to leave. So I'll explain this to you and dispel any doubts you may have.

Before the natural disaster struck, the research institute I worked at had a very high level of secrecy. At that time, given your status, let alone entering the institute, even entering the area within five kilometers of the institute would result in being taken away for investigation by security personnel without a special pass.

Even after a natural disaster strikes, even those who have successfully gained supernatural abilities and are now awakened still need to undergo rigorous screening to enter the research institute. Furthermore, for security reasons, various restrictions are imposed on those entering the institute.

Normally, given the high level of secrecy at our research institute, even if we wanted to study those newly emerged mutated marine creatures, we would only capture them and send them to the Kyoto Research Institute.

It would be utterly impossible to establish a temporary research institute along the coast near the battlefield in such a childish manner, as it is now.

You should know that the instruments used in our research institute are among the most advanced in the entire country, and even within the research institute, they have a very high level of protection.

Therefore, the emergence of EMP did not have a significant impact on the instruments in the research institute. However, those precision instruments are power-intensive, and the large-scale power outage prevented all of them from being used.

However, regardless of the circumstances, the best place to study those mutated marine creatures is still the research base in Kyoto, not here.

The specific details of this research institute are classified, and it won't be of much use to you anyway, so I won't go into details.

Although you accepted a commissioned task from the research institute, essentially no one is monitoring your actions; you remain a free agent without supervision.