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Chapter 237 - Sudden Development (I)
Chapter 237 - Sudden Development (I)
Chapter 237: Sudden Development (I)
Two days later, at the martial arts bureau in Jiangnan province.
Ever since the radioactive dragon was spotted in the eastern sea of Jiangnan province, there was no other trace of its presence. However, the major cities along the coast of the Daxia Kingdom did not let down their guard and continued to prepare for a battle.
Chen Yiming followed the route he had memorized and arrived at the location. In front of him was a 13-story building with rows of armed soldiers guarding the entrance.
Although he still had zero contribution points and could not exchange them for any rewards, there were many books and a lot of information that were worth reading and freely available, especially those with information about the otherworld.
“Please show me your identification.”
When Chen Yiming approached the door, the guard immediately stopped him.
Chen Yiming took out his identification documents proving that he was a consultant from the security bureau and handed it over.
The soldier guarding the entrance checked the documents carefully. After confirming that they were authentic, he returned them and let Chen Yiming pass through.
There was a special service counter in the hall on the first floor. A young and beautiful lady was sitting inside, looking ahead with a smile and ready to provide assistance at any time.
There were four machines on each side that looked a little like the ATMs in the banks. Their purpose was for one to check their contribution points and rewards.
There were also martial arts experts stationed at this place. Chen Yiming glanced at them and saw that they were at least at the warrior realm, and there were probably dozens of them.
Chen Yiming ignored the smiling lady and walked towards the sign beside the stairs. He saw that the second, third and fourth floors were free areas.
When he reached the second floor, he realized that the layout was similar to a library.
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He looked around and saw that there were about 20 to 30 people inside. They were all here to read up on various information, and all of them were sitting quietly in their seats.
Next, Chen Yiming explored the free area.
He learned a lot about the space-travel passage linked to the otherworld, as well as the overall martial arts situation in Jiangnan province. For example, there were about seven to eight thousand warriors in the entire province.
This meant that compared to the number of ordinary people, warriors were one in a million. It matched the number of warriors in East Lake City, his hometown.
As for the number of people in the second and third stages of the warrior realm, and those who were already in the master realm, such information could not be found in the free area.
Another example was the number of space-travel passages in the entire Jiangnan province. There were a total of 22 space-travel passages from the south to the north of the province. Most of the space-travel passages only had some troops surveying the situation near them.
The humans did not have enough strength to control all the space-travel passages, so they could only let the areas around them become paradises for the mutant beasts.
There was information on thousands of known species of otherworld creatures, and these creatures were much stronger than the mutant beasts on the blue planet.
The book briefly mentioned several common but terrifying creatures.
Stone golems were strange creatures that were born from the earth. They ranged in height from dozens of meters to hundreds of meters and were commonly found in every region of the otherworld.
These creatures spent most of their time sleeping. There was not much danger if one did not deliberately disturb them. There were also records of these creatures accidentally entering the blue planet through a space-travel passage.
A few years ago, a stone golem that was more than 100 meters tall suddenly appeared in Gaul Nation. Just by moving, it could cause a terrifying amount of damage.
Hundreds of thousands of troops had formed up and tried all types of attacks except for nuclear weapons, but they did not cause much damage. In fact, the large body of the stone golem was not even injured.
In the end, only the martial arts masters from the Western countries managed to injure it. However, they were still unable to kill the stone golem and could only watch helplessly as it escaped back into the space-travel passage.
There were also the demon trees, which was the collective name for the plants that had intelligence from the otherworld. Like the stone golems, they were also commonly found in every region of the otherworld.
This was because as long as humans explored the otherworld, they would naturally have to enter the forest. At this time, the demon trees could be considered the most terrifying killers.
The book introduced the demon trees as the creatures from the otherworld that had killed the most human explorers.
Just as Chen Yiming was absorbed in his reading and preparing for his future exploration of the otherworld, Liu Sujuan, his exclusive contact, came over anxiously again.
“What’s the matter? Why didn’t you just call me?” Chen Yiming frowned and asked.
Due to the threat of the radioactive dragon, he had kept his phone by his side for the past two days, and he made sure that it was charged.
“I can’t explain it over the phone,” Liu Sujuan explained in a low voice.
The real reason was that Liu Sujuan did not want to become a contact person who only communicated via the phone. Therefore, as long as it was not something really urgent, she would come over personally to pass him the message.
Chen Yiming nodded and put the book back on the shelf.
The two of them quickly left the Jiangnan Martial Arts Bureau and boarded a helicopter. However, they did not go to the beach from before, but flew northeast instead.
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Chen Yiming alighted from the helicopter and saw the logo of the River Bay nuclear power plant.
A large number of workers were tearing down the entire power plant. Large trucks were transporting the parts away. However, the nuclear power plant was huge, and it was not something that could be easily demolished.
The head of the security bureau, Xie Jimin, paced back and forth in the open space with his hands behind his back. An army of more than 10,000 soldiers were gathered around him, more than 10 times the number of soldiers by the beach.
“Consultant Chen, you’re here.”
Xie Jimin quickly walked over.
“Is there any news about the radiation dragon?” Chen Yiming asked.
“There’s news, but it’s not from our side.
Instead, the radioactive dragon attacked the nuclear power plant on a floating island in Japan. After eating its fill, it escaped back into the sea,” Xie Jimin nodded and explained quickly.
Hearing this, Chen Yiming’s head was filled with questions.
Every country on the blue planet had built many nuclear power plants. Why did this radiation dragon choose to go somewhere so far away? After being spotted in the waters of the Daxia Kingdom, it turned around and headed to Japan.
“Although the real reason has yet to be found, there’s a high chance that it’s related to Japan’s secret developments.”
Seeing Chen Yiming’s confusion, Xie Jimin provided a hint.
“…”
Chen Yiming understood immediately.
Similar to how Western Australia had discarded their nuclear waste into the otherworld, it was Japan’s actions that had caused the radiation dragon to appear on their own land.
Anything related to nuclear waste would attract the radioactive dragon that fed on it, like a light in the night.
“Then why did you call me here today?” Chen Yiming asked again.
He could have just passed on the message via the phone, and there was no need for him to come personally.
“From the attack on the nuclear power plant on the floating island by the radioactive dragon, the large countries on the blue planet are all within the other party’s attack range.
Not only that, but the problematic space-travel passage could also produce a second creature similar to the radioactive dragon,” Xie Jimin said in a low voice.
With that, he pointed at the nuclear power plant that was being demolished and continued, “Coincidentally, there’s only one nuclear power plant in Jiangnan province, so I’m asking Consultant Chen to stay here until the nuclear power plant is completely demolished.
Due to the danger of nuclear radiation, the corresponding contribution points will be double that of the usual amount for a mission of this level. I wonder if Consultant Chen is willing to accept the mission?”
“Of course,” Chen Yiming agreed after some thought.