The situation in Luning County had started to change, but due to the people's fear and respect for the Bohai Sea, a large number of people would rather build simple houses than stay here.
According to them, they were asking for the forgiveness of the Bohai Sea's young Dragon King.
When Zhang Xiaohou and the others arrived at Luning County again, they could already see a large number of wooden houses built with Chinese cedar wood by the beach.
These wooden houses faced the tide, and some of them were even exquisitely carved. They were painted with bright red paint and blue dragon patterns, making them look more like the ancient Dragon King.
It was worth mentioning that some of the villages around Luning County also had wooden houses by the beach, but these wooden houses were not damaged at all.
This made the people even more convinced of the legend of the Chinese cedar houses!
"What era are we living in? Why are they still so superstitious?" Hua Yuezhu said.
"I don't think it's a superstition. After such a terrible thing happened, everyone was under a lot of psychological pressure. This kind of simple ceremony is actually to seek psychological comfort. It's not that people really believe in the existence of the Bohai Sea Dragon King." Tan Feng gave a more rational explanation.
They landed in the coastal area of Luning County, which was about a hundred meters higher than sea level. The dust left behind by the buildings was still on the streets.
"General, what is our mission this time? You haven't explained it to us," Captain Tian asked.
The other officers were also very curious. After all, Zhang Xiaohou had met the military chief yesterday. A mission personally assigned by the military chief must be extraordinary.
"Actually, we know very well what the culprit behind the Dragon King is," Zhang Xiaohou said.
"Does that mean we have to find the footprints and destroy them?"
Zhang Xiaohou shook his head and took out the military's secret letter.
"This time, we are going to face a very special sea monster. For the time being, we can call it the Dragon King Ant," Zhang Xiaohou said.
"Dragon King Ant?"
All the officers and soldiers were stunned.
If that was the case, there were really demons invading Luning County, but why didn't they see anything? What was the form of the Dragon King Ant?
Zhang Xiaohou knew that everyone had doubts, so he asked Tan Feng to fetch ten tons of seawater from the nearby beach.
Tan Feng was a Water Magician. He controlled enough seawater and poured it into a pit surrounded by rocks according to Zhang Xiaohou's request.
"It's inside," Zhang Xiaohou said with certainty.
They all came up and stared at the water in the rock pool, but they saw nothing.
Could it be that the Dragon King Ant was a plankton, too small to be seen by the naked eye?
At this moment, Zhang Xiaohou took out a bottle of thick purple potion from the secret letter and slowly poured it into the 10 tons of seawater.
The thick purple potion quickly spread out, and soon the entire rock pool was dyed a deep purple.
However, there was an extremely small portion of the seawater in the pool that wasn't contaminated by the thick purple liquid. Instead, it maintained its original color. However, due to the purple liquid in the pool, the transparent portion of the water looked more like a giant ant that was constantly swimming!
"This … this is …" Hua Yuezhu covered her mouth in astonishment.
"These are the Dragon King Ants. Their bodies are almost as transparent as the seawater. Even when they are wriggling on the ground, they aren't obvious. They are almost transparent," Zhang Xiaohou said sternly as he pointed at the creatures swimming rapidly in the purple water.
As a matter of fact, it was Zhang Xiaohou's first time seeing the creatures in person. The military had given him the information about the Dragon King Ants, and taught him how to find them from the sea. However, when he actually saw the strange creatures that were able to blend into the water and were transparent, he couldn't help but feel a lingering fear.
In other words, the Dragon King Ants had already crawled into human habitats through the seawater and wetlands without anyone noticing.
The only fortunate thing was that they didn't eat living humans. They were more interested in steel and cement.
"They are actually the devil's worms that were born in the sea. They will destroy our current rock defenses, buildings, and steel structures. Just one of these Dragon King Ants can cause a ten-story residential building to collapse in less than a day.
"In the sea, these Dragon King Ants are so abundant that it's impossible to count them. Now, we only have one terrifying piece of information, which is that a huge army of Dragon King Ants will soon emerge in the Bohai Sea. They will destroy our sea walls and coastal cities in a month or two. When that time comes, our entire country's 20,000-kilometer coastline will lose its armor and be at the mercy of the sea monsters …"
Zhang Xiaohou also understood why the country had to use the Forbidden Spell after learning all the information about the Dragon King Ants!
The entire Bohai Sea was extremely vast, and there were one to three Dragon King Ants in just ten tons of seawater. According to secret information, the number of Dragon King Ants in ten tons of seawater near the nests of the Dragon King Ants could reach dozens or even hundreds of them.
They were an omnipresent army of carnivorous ants in the sea, gnawing at the most important life shield of humans!
"That's too scary. I just swam a few laps in the sea yesterday. I'm still feeling uneasy," Captain Tian, Tian Cheng, said.
"According to the information, these things are not interested in living creatures … at least for now. However, after the sea level rose, some demon creatures across the world mutated. The white cloud that has always been a huge threat to the Pacific Ocean is the scariest mutation. Perhaps the organization is worried that the Dragon King Ants will mutate too, so they decided to use the Forbidden Spell," Zhang Xiaohou said.
Everyone listened attentively and nodded their heads. However, when they heard the words' Forbidden Spell ', their eyes widened in astonishment!
"General Zhang, did you just say it was a Forbidden Spell?"
"Mm, it's a Forbidden Spell," Zhang Xiaohou nodded heavily.
Zhang Xiaohou told his men about the Forbidden Spell after he was done talking about the Dragon King Ants.
Their mission this time was extremely heavy. Even though the Violet Imperial Battalion was not the only troop that was going to complete the mission, they still felt uneasy when they thought about the countdown timer.
"If we don't leave on time, won't we die together with the Dragon King Ants?" Hua Yuezhu asked.
"Yes, so we have to come up with an evacuation plan after we're done with the mission," Zhang Xiaohou said.
All the soldiers fell silent.
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