Chapter 655

Chapter 655: Zhou Liao’s Crisis

Year 6125 in the Xia calendar, Haigang City

Lin Jiang’s secretary team has changed again, all are cultivators at the Building Foundation Period, still women, but Lin Jiang is not willing to sacrifice looks anymore, instead, he directly uses the methods of cultivators.

The position of the secretary is very important, they help Lin Jiang deal with most affairs, have great power, a slight mistake could cause great losses to Lin Jiang, if they have rebellious intentions, it is enough to pose a fatal threat to Lin Jiang, so Lin Jiang can only prioritize the cunning over righteousness.

"Reported by Huaxia News, recently, Zhou Liao United States awarded the National Hero Medal to its second golden core cultivator, in recognition of her outstanding contribution in the fight against the demon race, this is the second golden core cultivator of Zhou Liao United States…"

"Morning news from Huaxia, yesterday, the Green Cloud Republic dispatched five golden core cultivators to launch an attack on the Qing River basin in the Green Cloud region, intending to clear all demons in the Qing River basin…"

"News from Huaxia Daily, the various countries of the Penglai Continent have recently unified and renamed as the Wangxian Divine Kingdom, with Wangxian Sect as its state religion, the Wangxian Divine Kingdom has produced fifteen golden core cultivators, the most in the world. Now the Wangxian Divine Kingdom…"

Lin Jiang is still listening to the key news selected by artificial intelligence, both the Green Cloud and Zhou Liao have produced golden core cultivators, with five in Green Cloud and two in Zhou Liao. They have been awarded high honors, and golden core cultivator has become an indicator of a country’s strength. After all, only a strong country can cultivate golden core cultivators in this period.

Surprisingly, on the Ying Continent, the remnants of the Wangxian Sect not only unified Ying Continent but also trained fifteen golden core cultivators, more than what Huaxia has openly. During this period, they are the most eye-catching presence among the human race.

"I can’t understand why you forgive those traitors who betrayed their ancestors, and even help them make elixirs."

Cao Ying also heard this news, and she was immediately upset. These Wangxian Sect remnants not only betrayed their leader, Lin Jiang, but also set up their own faction using the Wangxian Sect’s name. This was something Cao Ying found hard to bear.

"Be more forgiving. If it wasn’t for them supporting Ying Continent, it would already be under the control of the demon race, wouldn’t it?"

Lin Jiang chuckled and shook his head. When he ordered Zhou Bang’s death, he also sent people to hunt them down, but without success, as he didn’t have much cultivator power back then.

Later, their leader Zheng Yi secretly sent someone to make peace. Lin Jiang decided not to trouble them anymore because he had realized the rise of the demon race and needed them to organize the resistance of Ying Continent against the demons.

So, Lin Jiang not only spared them but also supported them. They didn’t have powerful alchemists, so they sent the gathered pill treasures to Huaxia for refinement, of course, for a high price, making a substantial profit.

"Hmph, if you send people to Ying Continent, do better than them."

"Little Ying, human energy is limited, and cultivators are no exception. There are only twenty-four hours in a day, not enough time and energy to manage the entire world, so don’t worry so much."

"I’m not worried at all. I’m doing this for your own good. If the traitors are not punished, what will happen when everyone starts rebelling in the future?"

"Cold dish, never mind that, are you still going into battle recently?"

"I’m not going, can’t kill them all, can’t kill them at all, too many monsters."

Cao Ying said she had been hunting and killing monsters for years, but every time she killed a group, new monsters would appear quickly, she just couldn’t kill them all, she had given up.

Of course, the most important thing was that she didn’t lack resources anymore. The entire Huaxia was under Lin Jiang’s control, and Huaxia’s territory included the whole of the former Yun State, most of He State, and one-third of Liu State, plus the former Wilderness area, such a large area with countless resources, in addition, Lin Jiang was actively draining resources from other places, so many resources that could not be spent.

"Yes, too many monsters, the proportion of land they occupy has increased, it’s almost forty percent now."

Lin Jiang opened the map, showing the distribution of human and monster forces, the reshuffling of territories was almost complete, humans, after surviving natural selection, had to abandon a lot of land, occupied by monsters, the strength of the monsters also increased.

"The dormant monsters won’t wake up, they will never rise to power, oh, why can’t we find them?"

Cao Ying shook her head, currently, the world’s monsters were at most fourth rank, and their advancement was becoming increasingly difficult, unable to match up with these dormant cultivators, only the dormant monster race was their great concern, unfortunately, after searching for many years, they still hadn’t found the dormant monster race.

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In the year 6126 of the Xia calendar,

In the eastern sea area of Zhou Liao, 1500 miles away from the coast, there stands an ocean observation station. This station serves both military and civilian purposes, functioning as an observation post, a lookout, and a lighthouse, playing a very important role.

"Darn it, another typhoon is coming. Quickly close the doors and windows. Our supplies won’t arrive for another half a month."

The station chief looked at the howling wind outside. The sky had turned as dark as night, even though it was only noon.

"Chief, should we release the anti-interference drone? In this kind of weather, those monsters are most likely to take advantage and attack."

"Has the drone been checked?"

"Yes, it has been checked, everything is fine."

"Then release it. If anything goes wrong, we’ll request for a replacement from above, to avoid being blamed if a fourth-level monster appears near the shore later."

The chief nodded. He took over because he failed to detect a raiding monster during a thunderstorm two years ago, resulting in the presence of a fourth-level monster near Zhou Liao. Although that fourth-level monster was eventually killed, it still caused them a great loss.

He had worked hard to become the station chief, and couldn’t afford to lose his job over this. As for the drone, if it broke, so be it, since it wasn’t his own.

Soon, the drone was flown out, swaying in the strong wind as it flew forward. This type of drone was already the most advanced, but the chances of it getting damaged in such extreme weather were high.

"Station chief, the drone is broken."

In less than ten minutes, they lost contact with the drone, and it was gone.

"Are there any more drones?"

"Yes, there are three more."

"Release them again, including the underwater sonar, everything. Is there a problem with the radar?"

"The radar is working fine."

"Good, then let’s continue working."

The leader nodded and told everyone to continue working. Even in extreme weather, they had to stay at their posts.

Twenty minutes later, a storm arrived. The drones lost contact again, and the tiny raindrops sounded like beans hitting the observation station’s windows.

"Leader, leader…"

Just then, one observer suddenly cried out in fear.

"What’s wrong?"

"Radar, radar…"

"What’s wrong with the radar? Is it broken?"

Seeing the observer’s terrified expression, the leader thought the radar was broken. But when he looked at the radar screen, he was stunned. The screen was filled with countless red dots, almost covering the entire screen.

Small fish couldn’t be detected by the radar, only those of a certain size could. With so many targets, the leader instantly knew what was happening.

"Boom"

Before the station master could react, the observation station was suddenly hit hard, and everyone almost fell to the ground.

"There is something underwater."

"A monster is coming."

"What should we do?"

"I want to go home."

The observation station was in chaos, with someone screaming, the station master yelling desperately, and finally having to sound the alarm to quiet everyone down.

"The observation station is over a thousand kilometers away from the coastline. There is a typhoon outside now, with a minimum wind force of twelve. Can our small boat escape back?"

"Station master, what should we do now?"

"Messenger, quickly contact the higher-ups, tell them about the situation here, ask for support from the higher-ups, and prepare to defend the coastal city from the monster attacks. Everyone else, follow me to the armory, get weapons to fight against the monsters."

The leader said calmly, they had no way to escape now, they could only fight to the end, hoping that the weapons at the observation station would help them hold on until reinforcements arrive.