Evolution from Carp to Divine Dragon - Chapter 165

Chapter 165: It’s Not That You Can’t Eat It

TL: Etude

At this moment, Luo Xue thought for a bit and then said seriously.

“Yes. It looks calm on the surface, but it might actually hide a huge crisis.” Luo Zhendong agreed.

The current situation was indeed a bit strange. It was highly possible that a powerful mutant creature was hiding under the sea.

It must have devoured those mutant sea loaches!

“However, even if there’s a powerful mutant creature, after it devoured those mutant sea loaches, it should go somewhere else to hunt. For now, the risk is relatively low.”

Luo Xue continued.

“What about the fishermen…”

A government official who had come along spoke up instinctively at this moment.

The sea had been closed for a while now, and the fishermen were causing trouble every day.

After all, many of them made a living by catching seafood. Now that the sea was closed, and it had been ongoing for quite a while, it was a significant loss for them.

Recently, seafood prices had skyrocketed to outrageous levels!

“We can only continue to close the sea. Right now, it’s not just Longyin City. Globally, many places have started to close their seas.” Zhang Tiansheng said seriously.

Now, more and more mutant creatures were appearing in oceans worldwide, and the situation was getting worse!

Many regions had reported incidents of fishermen dying at sea.

It looked like accidents, but in fact, many of them were injured or killed by mutant creatures while fishing.

“Globally, many places have started to close their seas!?” The government official was surprised by Zhang Tiansheng’s words.

“Yes, mutant creatures are increasing. Haven’t you noticed that seafood prices are rising worldwide?” Zhang Tiansheng spoke calmly.

“I know about the seafood price hikes, but globally…” The man nodded and then took out his phone to start searching.

As he looked at some information on his phone, his eyes widened.

Seafood prices had risen not just in Longyin City!

It was happening nationwide, and even some overseas seafood prices had soared to outrageous levels!

He hadn’t noticed these past few days that the prices had increased so much!

“This is just the beginning. Soon, normal seafood will be impossible to find.” Zhang Tiansheng said, feeling emotional.

With the rapid mutation of creatures globally, if this continued, normal seafood would surely become extinct!

“By the way, Mr. Zhang, can those mutant creatures be eaten?” A staff member seemed to have thought of something and asked instinctively.

Eating mutant creatures?

Hearing this, everyone was stunned for a moment.

“I was just speaking off the cuff, of course, you can’t eat those things…” Seeing everyone’s expressions, he quickly added.

“No, that’s a very good question. These mutant creatures aren’t necessarily inedible. They are rich in protein and actually taste quite good.” Zhang Tiansheng smiled. “Ordinary people can’t eat them because they contain viruses that could cause problems. However, after becoming warriors, they can consume them as long as they are cooked properly.”

He was telling the truth. Initially, everyone believed these creatures were inedible.

But later, after experiments, it was found that once one’s body cells had fused with the virus and they became warriors who practiced cultivation techniques, they could eat them.

The virus in those mutant creatures no longer affected them.

“I see. So if everyone becomes a warrior, we could hunt mutant creatures for food?” The researcher suddenly understood.

“Yes, that’s the idea. But how many people globally can become warriors, that’s uncertain.” At this, Zhang Tiansheng sighed helplessly.

Not everyone could withstand the virus; some people would die from it.

With the mutation wave intensifying globally, a portion of the world’s population would certainly die off. The question was, how large would that portion be?

Boom!

At that moment, an off-road vehicle was racing over from the distance, and everyone could clearly hear the roar of the engine.

“Hmm? Is that Li Ye coming?” Luo Zhendong looked at the off-road vehicle and quickly realized.

Soon, the off-road vehicle arrived at the coastal area and came to a stop.

“Mr. Zhang, Coach Luo, things are not looking good!” As soon as Li Ye got out of the driver’s seat, he urgently spoke.

His expression had become extremely serious.

“What happened!?” Seeing his anxious look, Luo Zhendong frowned.

Had something happened?

“A mutant creature has appeared on the mountain opposite Dragon Mountain!” Li Ye took a deep breath and then spoke seriously.

“A mutant creature? What kind of mutant creature!?” As soon as he finished speaking, everyone responded immediately.

“Not sure, we can only see one of its feet.” Li Ye shook his head and then took out a tablet from the car, displaying a picture!

The image clearly showed a mutant creature’s foot in the middle of a mountain!

The foot seemed to be protruding from the middle of the mountain!

“What is that!?”

Seeing this, Luo Zhendong’s eyes widened, filled with astonishment.

It was just one foot!

The foot resembled that of a reptilian creature, covered with many black keratinous structures, and had four toes with long, sharp claws.

“Just a short while ago, someone heard a loud noise at the foot of the mountain and saw this foot emerging from the mountain.

And there were rocks constantly falling around it, indicating that a mutant creature is inside the mountain.” Li Ye explained, feeling extremely troubled.

The last crisis had just passed, and now there was another sighting of a mutant creature.

Moreover, this mutant creature seemed even more outrageous!

“Judging by the size of the foot, the creature’s body length should be around thirty meters.

It might be a reptilian creature. Given that mutant Tyrannosaurus Rex appeared in previous civilizational ruins, it’s possible this mountain’s mutant creature is also a dinosaur.” Luo Xue carefully examined the picture, her expression becoming serious as she analyzed.

“A thirty-meter mutant dinosaur!?” Hearing her speculation, everyone around widened their eyes.

When they dealt with those mutant Tyrannosaurus Rex before, they learned that their tough hides and thick skins, except for their relatively fragile eyes, were so resilient that they could withstand bullets!

If this mutant creature awakened, how would they deal with it!?

“Could this be the second civilizational ruin of Longyin City?”

Luo Zhendong seemed to have thought of something and spoke immediately.

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AN: Everyone, recommend this book! I’ve been working overtime every day this month, coming back at ten at night to update, writing until one or two in the morning… I’m exhausted. But I applied to resign at the beginning of the month, so starting from the first of next month, I’ll be taking a break from work to focus entirely on writing this book. Please recommend this to your friends!