While Yu Ziyu was absorbed in spreading the dense fog, in a mysterious corner of this nation, a middle-aged military officer with a square face, dressed in uniform, sat quietly in his office.
"Knock knock…"
Frowning, the officer sighed, "Come in."
"Yes, sir."
With that, a young soldier, dusty and hurried, quickly entered the room.
"Sir, recently, the mutated beast uprisings in our province have intensified, and injury incidents have become more frequent."
As he spoke, the young soldier spread out a map and pointed to several newly circled red zones, his tone serious:
"In these locations, the concentration of spiritual power has also increased. There are signs of mutated beasts becoming a prevailing force."
"Is that so?"
Looking at the solemn young soldier, Yan Gaoyuan, the middle-aged officer sighed.
This wasn't the first time the spiritual power concentration had surged.
Since the existence of spiritual power was confirmed, the country had repeatedly detected abnormal rises in spiritual energy concentrations across various regions.
Such phenomena often meant stronger mutated beasts were about to emerge.
One of the most infamous cases was the "Penghu Incident."
Penghu, an archipelago near the inland, was nicknamed the "Bermuda Triangle of Asia." Since 1967, there had been eleven air accidents in the Penghu sea area.
But that shocking record was broken in just the past six months.
In half a year, there were already 17 plane crashes and over 20 missing ships.
Such horrifying statistics unsettled even the highest officials.
But what could be done?
Two months ago, the country confirmed that a terrifying group of mutated crows and sea beasts had taken residence there.
Mutated crows swallowed passenger planes; mutated sea beasts dragged ships under.
The two combined forces had transformed the Penghu waters into a death zone.
Experts often say: "With greater power, mutated beasts become more territorial; any creature that dares enter their domain is viewed as prey."
Passenger planes and ships, which produce huge noise, were prime targets.
However, the country was at a loss regarding these mutated crows and sea monsters.
The crow swarms were manageable—special forces had been assigned to snipe them.
But the mutated sea monsters? Their exact location remained unknown.
The ocean's depths were an alien territory to humans.
Especially now, with the resurgence of spiritual power, the deep sea was becoming a sort of "forbidden zone."
It was known that spiritual power first revived in the ocean.
Who knows what monsters lurked deep underwater?
Shaking his head, the square-faced officer showed helplessness.
Having served for over thirty years, this was the first time he felt truly challenged.
Fortunately, the major incidents were handled by special forces.
His current duty was to oversee the province's spiritual anomalies.
If any unusual or dangerous changes occurred, he had to quash them before they could grow.
According to some experts, with evolution, mutated beasts might no longer be satisfied with their territories and begin true hunting.
If that happened, mutated beast attacks on cities would become imaginable.
As the lieutenant general guarding this area, the weight on his shoulders was heavy.
"Organize the areas where detected spiritual power peaks exceed 5,000 and submit them to me."
"Yes, sir."
Nodding, Yan Gaoyuan glanced at the map, a twitch appearing at the corner of his eye.
Spiritual power peak above 5,000...
Emmmm, this time the officer's scalp might be tingling.
The spiritual power peak was a standard to measure the strength of spiritual energy.
Generally, areas with peaks above 5,000 were very likely to spawn mutated beasts with spiritual power peaks over 5,000.
Notably, beings with peaks above 1,000 already posed a threat to soldiers armed with firearms.
Those with peaks over 5,000 could ignore bullets and conventional weapons altogether.
In other words, these were truly fearsome creatures, monsters that only the military or similarly ranked strong warriors could confront.
If such creatures invaded cities, the disaster they caused would be unimaginable.
Thus, preventing and eliminating creatures of this level was the responsibility of this secretive agency.
Shortly after Yan Gaoyuan handed the map to the square-faced officer, a shout of surprise erupted in the office.
"What? Eight locations with spiritual power peaks above 5,000?"
"And one peak even reached 18,000? Are you kidding? Are you sure it's not a device malfunction?"
...
Shaking his head like a rattle, Yan Gaoyuan's expression turned serious.
"Sir, these readings are the result of multiple tests, though we cannot rule out the presence of spiritual rivers or spiritual mines."
"Phew…"
Exhaling deeply, the square-faced officer smiled wryly.
"You think spiritual rivers or spiritual mines grow on trees?!"
His gaze sharpened as he looked deeply at one blood-red circled area on the map.
"Beiyu Canyon."
Located in Chuanfu State, deep within the mountains.
Not only is it remote and inaccessible, but the terrain is rugged and steep.
Even the emergence of terrifying mutated beasts there wouldn't be surprising.
But what kind of horror would a mutated beast with a spiritual power peak of 18,000 represent?
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PS:
A spiritual power peak of 1,000 roughly corresponds to Rank 1 Entry.
A peak of 5,000 roughly corresponds to Rank 5 Entry.
A peak of 10,000 is Supernatural Rank 1.
Supernatural Rank 2 peaks are above 100,000.
The greater the rank, the more terrifying the spiritual power gap—otherwise, how could they be called powerful?
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