In the north, there were vast plains. Zhang Xiaohou and the others were flying north along the coastline of the East Sea. They could see a black, winding cliff line separating the vast land from the blue ocean.
At the place where the cliff and the ocean met, white waves continuously appeared. At the milder places, white ripples spread out and gradually dissipated. At the more violent places, white water petals bloomed seven to eight meters high …
"The coastline is shifting to the east," Captain Hua Yuezhu said.
"So we are already in the Bohai Sea. We will reach Qinhuangdao soon," Tan Feng let out a long sigh.
They had flown all the way from the Magic City to Qinhuangdao, north of the Bohai Sea. The dragons had only landed once. In terms of stamina, the dragons were a lot better than the Heavenly Eagles.
If there were a dragon tamer aristocrat in the United Kingdom, the entire military would be reborn!
"There are towns and villages here. Strange, there aren't any dams here. Why does it feel like there are still people living here? Aren't they afraid of the sea monsters?" an officer in charge of reconnaissance asked in confusion.
"The south is attacked by typhoons, storms, waves, and even tsunamis all year round. Most of the sea monsters are still concentrated in the East Sea. The Bohai Sea is relatively peaceful," Tan Feng said.
"But it's still very dangerous. After all, the oceans around the world are on orange alert. The coastlines of some countries are in blue or red alert."
"The safe zone for human activities is shrinking rapidly. Farmland, agriculture, and orchards are all severely affected. When the Headquarter City Plan is fully implemented, what are we going to eat if we don't have any land to grow crops with a population of tens of millions?" Tan Feng said.
The situation was not optimistic at all. As a matter of fact, as long as the sea became hot-tempered, the amount of seafood produced in the country would decrease. Every region would be affected, not to mention the fact that a large area of land was facing abandonment.
Therefore, in order to stockpile more food, some agricultural enterprises did not enter the alert plan right away.
…
"What's down there?" Zhang Xiaohou asked.
"It should be Luning County. It mainly produces seafood and supplies seafood to the whole country. It's considered a business county," Tan Feng replied.
Tan Feng had done his homework before coming here, so he was quite familiar with Qinhuangdao.
"I wonder if my eyes are playing tricks on me," Zhang Xiaohou mumbled to himself.
"What did General Zhang see?" Hua Yuezhu, the captain of the guards, asked.
Zhang Xiaohou pointed to a cluster of dust near the seaside and said, "Just now, I clearly saw that it was a dormitory building facing the sea. It was a very wide and long building, but now …"
In order to see the situation below clearly, Zhang Xiaohou deliberately let the Wyvern fly lower.
They were high up in the sky. Looking down from here, all they could see were houses as small as building blocks. The streets were crisscrossed with very small lines, so Zhang Xiaohou could not be completely sure. He might have seen wrongly.
The flying dragon began to glide downwards. Its wings were completely tilted to the horizontal line. Due to the wind resistance, it swelled up, but it was quite stable. Zhang Xiaohou did not feel the slightest sway.
"It seems like it really collapsed. It's all a pile of ruins. Perhaps the building is no longer needed. There are Earth Elemental explosives personnel blasting it," Tan Feng said.
"They're all in the Orange Zone. Even if these buildings are abandoned, they'll still be a relatively advantageous combat platform for Mages in the future. Why spend the effort and money to blow them up?" Hua Yuezhu voiced her doubts.
Zhang Xiaohou thought so too. Any building near the sea was a foothold for Mages. It could be used to deal with the invasion of the sea monsters in the future.
"General Zhang, look!"
Suddenly, the captain of the scouts pointed to another area of buildings.
It was a gray building. It was a little old, but there were many clothes hanging on the balconies and rooftops. It was obvious that there were people living there.
At that moment, looking down from above, they could see that below the buildings, a group of people was moving slowly in the direction of the land like grains of sand.
In fact, these people were running away. Since Zhang Xiaohou and the others were high up in the sky, the running of these people seemed extremely slow.
There was another huge pile of dust. The cement and brick buildings began to collapse one after another. It was clearly a residential area, but it had all collapsed in just a minute or two.
The collapse was not due to the breaking of the building, nor was it due to the collapse. The floors, load-bearing walls, and pillars had all turned into dust. The dust that was kicked up looked like a huge gray cloud from the sky.
"Are there demon creatures!?" Hua Yuezhu seemed to be more alert.
It was obvious that the explosions were not as serious as they thought, since the residents were still running away.
Luckily, the buildings had all collapsed into dust. Otherwise, the falling parts would have caused a lot of casualties.
"Captain Tian, go down and take a look," Zhang Xiaohou said.
"Affirmative!"
The captain of the scouts swooped down on the Eagle Skydragon. A long spiral of turbulence appeared along the way. It was quite a spectacular sight.
…
After waiting in the air for a while, Captain Tian returned to the team.
Captain Tian saluted and said, "General, we didn't find any demon creatures."
Zhang Xiaohou had been staring at the ground and the wetlands. He did not see any sign of the sea monsters.
"What did the residents say?" Hua Yuezhu asked anxiously.
Tan Feng glared at Hua Yuezhu. Hua Yuezhu realized that she had said too much. She lowered her head as if she had done something wrong.
"What did the residents say?" Zhang Xiaohou repeated helplessly.
"The residents said that something like this has happened in the past. In the past, the local residents would set up wooden houses made of cedar wood by the sea and let the seawater sweep them away. They said that there's a young dragon king in the Bohai Sea that likes cedar wood houses. He took them away to repair his underwater dragon palace," Captain Tian said.
"What young dragon king in the Bohai Sea? How can there be a dragon king other than a sea monster?" Hua Yuezhu could not help but ask.
"The legend of a dragon king can be found in the East China Sea, South China Sea, and Bohai Sea. Different places have different legends," Tan Feng said.
"So it's a common phenomenon in the Bohai Sea?" Zhang Xiaohou asked.
"Yes, that's what the residents said. They said that in recent years, more and more people have forgotten this old tradition, so much so that the Bohai Sea's Little Dragon King got angry. He destroyed some buildings but didn't hurt anyone as a warning," Detective Captain Tian continued.
Zhang Xiaohou showed a puzzled expression.
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