From the Metropolis to the Strongest in the Cosmos

Chapter 144: Chapter 144: Global Panic

Meanwhile, in a women’s dormitory at Hai University, several young women were gathered, watching a video.

"That great white shark is terrifying."

"Is this what a mutated ocean creature is? Who could possibly stand against that?"

These young women looked familiar—they were Zhou Yao’s roommates, Zhang Yan and the others.

Zhou Yao was also in the dorm, her expression grave as she watched the video on screen. Li Yang had already called to tell her about the massive changes happening with the ocean creatures.

As everyone watched, some couldn’t even bear to look, unwilling to see all the people on the ship become the great white shark’s dinner!

Just then, a figure suddenly flew in from the distance at incredible speed. Upon arriving, he swung the longsword in his hand.

Instantly, a flash of lightning-laced sword energy shot out, slicing through the great white shark’s body.

Under the power of that lightning sword flash, the great white shark was instantly split in two.

"Superman! It’s Superman!"

"The great white shark was killed."

"Who is that young man? How can he just stand there in midair?"

"Is that one of the Cultivators on Earth they mentioned in the news?"

Seeing this scene, everyone was utterly shocked.

But beyond the shock, they grew excited!

This was especially true for the young men. What boy hadn’t dreamed of wuxia or cultivation? And now, they were witnessing a scene straight out of those fantasies!

The internet exploded. Meanwhile, in Zhou Yao’s dorm, the stunned expressions on the faces of Zhang Yan and the other girls were a picture of utter disbelief, their mouths agape.

"Li Yang?"

Li Yang had only appeared for a moment. After killing the great white shark, he left immediately. Other people didn’t know who he was, but they did.

He was, after all, their roommate Zhou Yao’s boyfriend.

But this was the same Li Yang who, in their eyes, hadn’t even gone to college and didn’t have a job. Now he could fly, unleash lightning from his sword with a single swing, and effortlessly slay a great white shark over twenty meters long?

It was like discovering that an ordinary person you knew was suddenly a god. The feeling was just too overwhelming.

Once the shock wore off, they all suddenly turned to look at Zhou Yao.

"Yaoyao, that was Li Yang just now, wasn’t it?"

"Is Li Yang an immortal?"

"Yaoyao..."

Zhang Yan and the others were full of questions, desperate to ask Zhou Yao.

As they did, a clear trace of fear was visible in Zhang Yan’s eyes. She had, after all, bad-mouthed Li Yang in the past. ’If Li Yang finds out,’ she thought, ’what if he just... hits me with his sword...’

Zhou Yao didn’t answer. She clutched her phone, her eyes filled with obvious worry.

...

"Yueyue, that’s Li Yang!"

Having already returned to shore, Qin Yue and Chu Tingting were also clutching their phones, staring at the video. Chu Tingting couldn’t help but exclaim.

Qin Yue was silent, her eyes glued to the screen.

...

"Brother Hai, it’s Yangyang."

Zhao Rou and Li Guohai were also watching the video.

...

"Holy crap, Brother Li is an immortal."

Li Yang’s best friend from high school, Sun Datao, stared at his phone, dumbfounded.

...

In just a short time, everyone who knew Li Yang was staring in utter shock.

On the screen, the narrator’s voice continued.

"What you just saw was a Cultivator from our Hua Country, one with King Level strength!"

"Right now, mutated ocean creatures aren’t just appearing here; they’re in other places as well. We’ll now turn our cameras to another location!"

With that, the camera feed cut to another live broadcast.

To make people believe and follow instructions, they had to show all sorts of real footage. There could be no more hiding things!

The new scene showed a fishing boat with seven people on board.

Then, a giant sea serpent appeared.

Its enormous head, its flickering, hissing tongue... it looked even more terrifying than the great white shark.

"Come on, Superman!"

"Superman can definitely kill this mutated sea serpent!"

Watching this scene, the viewers clenched their fists, hoping for Superman to appear.

But this time, no one came. The giant sea serpent coiled its body around the fishing boat, dragging the vessel and everyone on it into the ocean, leaving no trace behind.

"Those seven people were dragged into the water."

"They’re gone. The sea serpent killed them."

Instantly, the color drained from everyone’s faces.

Just moments ago, Li Yang’s slaying of the great white shark had made them feel that even with these terrifying mutated beasts, they had nothing to worry about.

But now, seven living people had been taken by the giant sea serpent in the blink of an eye.

From the looks of it, there was no way those seven could have survived. They had died right before the viewers’ very eyes.

"The ocean is vast, and right now, these mutated Ocean Giant Beasts are almost everywhere. We don’t have enough Cultivators to watch over every single area."

The narrator’s voice rang out: "The best solution is to stay away from the ocean!"

Hearing this, a profound sense of crisis finally washed over the public.

’What if that had been them on the ship...’

Driven by this sense of crisis, people finally began to move, heading inland!

Meanwhile, nations all over the world mobilized, beginning to arrange housing and other necessities for the evacuees.

...

As nations around the world scrambled into action, a figure appeared high above Earth’s ocean. It was a lifeform with completely blue skin, strange tentacles growing from its head, and a tail. It was Jin Mola.

He was, however, frowning slightly.

’Such a massive disaster is happening on Earth, yet Shen Xuan hasn’t chosen to contact other civilizations and expose the planet?’

He had been waiting for news, but none came from the other side. Shen Xuan hadn’t contacted any other civilizations at all.

Before, he had feared Shen Xuan would expose the planet. Now, he hoped Shen Xuan would do it voluntarily, but this time, Shen Xuan was not acting as he wished.

’Does he really think he has what it takes to handle this crisis of mutated ocean creatures?’

A cold sneer appeared on Jin Mola’s face. ’Still hoping for some prodigy to appear on Earth, for it to become a free planet?’

He clenched his right hand, and another bottle of blue potion appeared within it.

After twenty years of mining, he had accumulated a great deal of wealth. And although the Blue Spirit Potion was expensive, it was actually a failed product for power enhancement. After all, using it meant certain death, so no powerful expert would ever choose to use it.

Because of this, its price was actually not that high.

Its only real value was in deliberately mutating creatures to create training grounds for tempering prodigies.

Of course, his purpose for releasing it on Earth now was not to temper prodigies.

CRACK!

The bottle of Blue Spirit Potion shattered, and its contents flowed directly into the ocean.

"Shen Xuan, since you won’t make contact, I’ll just add a little something extra to the mix for Earth! Let’s see how you handle this!"

Jin Mola’s face was devoid of all emotion. Even if every living thing on Earth died, he wouldn’t feel the slightest flicker of sentiment.

BOOM!

As the Blue Spirit Potion dissolved into the seawater, the entire ocean seemed to boil instantly. From the depths, the furious roars of sea creatures could be heard.

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