Evolution from Carp to Divine Dragon - Chapter 187

Chapter 187: Global Anomalies

TL: Etude

The impact he felt now allowed him to roughly estimate its strength and combat power.

It was certainly around fifteen hundred, perhaps even higher!

Moreover, the characteristics of this mutant creature were still unknown!

“The mutant creature inside this metal door has become so much stronger just by being separated by a single metal door.”

The giant red fire crocodile he had devoured earlier paled in comparison to the mutant creature inside this metal door!

“My current combat power, with the effect of Super Night Battle, is barely at fifteen hundred.”

“If I use Super Berserk, my combat power will be even higher, but the duration of Super Berserk is too short. It can only be used as a one-hit kill move.”

Lin Hao hesitated for a moment before giving up on the idea of challenging the mutant creature inside the metal door.

He decided to bide his time and wait for his combat power to increase before making a move!

The night passed quickly.

At this moment, the entire Dragon Nation was in an uproar because of the skyrocketing prices of seafood.

“The price of seafood is outrageous!”

“This small green dragon costs two thousand yuan per jin?”

“You think that’s bad? Over here, green crabs are three hundred yuan per jin!”

“Don’t even mention green crabs, clams are ridiculously expensive too!”

“…”

Today’s hot search was all about the rising seafood prices across the country.

The discussions were extremely heated.

“With the sea ban everywhere, where can you get seafood? You think it’s expensive? We think it’s expensive too!”

“Don’t complain, there’s plenty of demand!”

“Foreign countries have stopped exporting, there must be a major problem in the ocean. It might be related to waste leakage. Now, every sold seafood item is one less available!”

“…”

Some merchants began to argue back as they faced buyers’ protests.

Moreover, many people in the country started to sense something was wrong.

Although there was a fishing ban period every year, and the fishing bans varied by region, now there was a nationwide sea ban!

People were prohibited from approaching the coast!

Many couldn’t even go to the beach for tourism!

As soon as this news spread, many people across the country went crazy.

After all, this involved the tourism and fishing industries!

There were, of course, many protests, and in the past two days, the hot search was all about this issue.

Some had initially used this to criticize Dragon Nation’s handling of the situation, but soon, news of sea bans started coming from abroad too!

“Ah Ming, look, the latest news. Other countries are also starting to ban the sea!”

“People were criticizing our country’s lack of freedom, but now they’re banning the sea too. Something must be wrong!”

At this moment, in a residence in Longyin City, two teenagers wearing Longyin High School uniforms were discussing the recent events.

It wasn’t just them; discussions about this matter were increasing in all major groups.

Especially the people in Longyin City, who had already known about many strange incidents happening in the city. With the global sea bans now occurring, it felt even more unsettling.

“Yeah, I feel like something big is going to happen.”

The boy called Ah Ming held a small dead green crab with tweezers and then looked at its mouth under a microscope.

“Ah Bin, there’s something wrong with this thing!”

After seeing the green crab’s mouth clearly through the microscope, Ah Ming’s eyes widened, and even his voice trembled.

Excitement, fear, shock… all these complex emotions appeared in his eyes.

“No wonder it was able to bite you…”

Ah Ming muttered to himself.

Typically, the structure of a crab’s mouth consists of a pair of mandibles on the inside, two pairs of maxillae, and three pairs of maxillipeds, making it quite complex.

But inside the mouth of this crab, there were sharp spikes!

There were two rows of sharp spikes on both sides!

Just looking at them was shocking!

“Let me see!”

Hearing Ah Ming’s words, Ah Bin was also a bit surprised.

The two of them were very interested in biology, having not only purchased a microscope but also many other tools.

Earlier today, when they were catching green crabs, Ah Bin was bitten by this small green crab. It bit down hard, causing intense pain, and he had to kill the small crab to get it off. The wound on his arm looked like a piece of flesh had been bitten off, which was outrageous.

After disinfecting and treating the wound, they noticed something was off about the crab. How could its mouth cause such an injury? So they brought it back to examine it.

“Take a look.” Ah Bin stood up and let Ah Ming examine it.

“Holy shit! Holy shit!!!”

Under the microscope, the teeth inside the crab’s mouth were clearly visible!

“The teeth are densely packed and so sharp. No wonder it hurt so much when it bit me!” Ah Bin’s scalp tingled at the sight.

If a larger green crab had such teeth, it could probably bite off a chunk of his arm!

“This green crab must have mutated, right?” He couldn’t help but speak up.

“Definitely.” Ah Ming nodded seriously. “I think it might be due to some countries secretly discharging wastewater, causing ocean pollution and making the organisms mutate! And the mutations are severe!”

His expression turned serious as he spoke.

Some countries had been secretly discharging radioactive wastewater, and it had been reported that this could have global effects on water resources and might cause biological deformities. But those reports had gradually decreased.

Looking at these small green crabs now, the first thing that came to his mind was that radioactive wastewater had entered the ocean, causing biological mutations!

“Possibly. But the extent of this mutation is too extreme. Is this crab evolving towards an alien-like form?” Ah Bin continued.

He found it strange that the small green crab had bitten him with its mouth instead of using its pincers!

The bite was excruciating!

It nearly took a small chunk of flesh off!

“Who knows, this is too bizarre. In a few days, the nearshore areas here might be completely sealed off.” Ah Ming thought for a moment and continued.

“Should we go and catch another one to check?”

The two of them exchanged glances and then nodded seriously.

Both very curious about biology, they wanted to see if all the green crabs had undergone such changes!

Meanwhile, many people were at the mangroves catching crabs.

Given the high price of green crabs, catching them was quite profitable!

“Is this the place where the flood dragon appeared?”

“I want to see if it dares to come out when Big B arrives!”

At this moment, the internet celebrity Big B had already arrived in the mangrove area, preparing to meet up with Brother Long for an exploration.

The mangrove area was vast, and Lin Hao hadn’t been to this particular spot that night.

Devouring green crabs wouldn’t yield many evolution points, so after completing his task, he had left.

“I don’t believe it. I won’t encounter such a creature again this time.”

Big B thought about his previous experience of wetting his pants at the Longyin Reservoir and his face darkened.

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