Chapter 178: S-Class Scale

The Ocean Mutant Beasts are the most populous Mutant Beasts in the world. Even before the Apocalypse, humanity had not fully explored the vast ocean.

With the arrival of the Apocalypse, the Ocean Mutant Beasts underwent a frenzied evolution, giving rise to a large number of powerful Mutant Beasts.

Fortunately, most of these oceanic Mutant Beasts were not interested in land-based creatures, or humanity's situation would not be as good as it is now.

The only exception was Hai Chen City, which happened to be located on an island and was targeted by some Ocean Mutant Beasts.

The one that targeted Hai Chen City was an eighth-order Ocean Mutant Beast, Shark King!

On land, eighth-order Mutant Beasts are called emperors, while in the ocean, they are called kings. In human eyes, an emperor seems more advanced than a king, but in the eyes of Mutant Beasts, they are creatures of the same level.

Shark King was a Mutant Beast that had just been promoted to the rank of king, and its targeting of Hai Chen City was an accident.

Originally, Shark King didn't care about humans, as there were enough Mutant Beasts in the ocean for them to eat and evolve. However, one day, it ate a human and found that humans had a better effect on its evolution. So it set its sights on Hai Chen City.

Other Base Cities were located inland and were out of its reach, but Hai Chen City was unlucky enough to be the closest to it.

This is why the number of Ocean Mutant Beasts has increased significantly in recent times.

Shark King had tried to attack Hai Chen City once before, but it was stopped by a human emperor. Even the weakest human emperor was at least an Eighth Order Mid-Term, which was not something Shark King could contend with. If it weren't for the fact that the human emperor was bound underwater and unable to use all of his power, Shark King might not have been able to escape.

However, Shark King did not give up and continued to watch Hai Chen City closely.

Before communication was restored, only the top officials of other Base Cities knew about these things, and ordinary people didn't know that the people of Hai Chen City were living in such difficult circumstances.

Upon hearing his subordinate's report, Hai Chen City's Controller, Song Jiangtao, furrowed his brow tightly.

When Shark King had attacked before, it was stopped by the East Emperor, and a simple treaty was established that no beings above the eighth-order level could enter Hai Chen City. Despite being threatened by this, Shark King had agreed to the treaty for the time being, but it had not given up on attacking Hai Chen City.

Similar situations had become commonplace, and Song Jiangtao casually asked, "What is the scale of this attack?"

"The scale of this attack... is D-class," said the deputy who spoke with a puzzled look on his face.

It should be noted that the scale of the recent attacks on Hai Chen City had been at least B-class, with scenes of at least tens of thousands of Mutant Beasts charging up.

A D-class attack scale meant that the enemy's numbers were less than a thousand. They weren't here to attack the city, but to make a joke, right?

Instinctively, Song Jiangtao felt that something was off, so he went directly to the city wall and looked into the distance.

He saw a group of wet and slippery sea creatures, no, Ocean Mutant Beasts, jumping towards the city wall.

There was no other way, as they were all Mutant Beasts that lived in the sea and could only move in this way on land.

Due to the Octopus King's existence, the octopus's status had been greatly elevated, making it a royal family. No one dared to drive the octopuses to their deaths, as that would be making enemies with the Octopus King.

Whether in the sea or on land, the octopus was a top-notch Mutant Beast, and its royal status was quite secure.

Upon careful observation by Song Jiangtao, he did not find anything special about these Ocean Mutant Beasts. They were all third or fourth-order Mutant Beasts, and the leader was a fifth-order Mutant Beast. Did they really think they could attack the city with such strength?

When these Ocean Mutant Beasts approached the edge of the city wall, they all exploded at the same time!

"Oh no, their bodily fluids are corroding the city walls!" someone exclaimed in shock.

The once sturdy walls were now riddled with holes, all caused by the self-destructing ocean Mutant Beasts from earlier.

"Quick, kill them!"

"We can't kill them, their bodily fluids will still splash onto the walls."

"Well then, what do we do? They're still self-destructing."

The soldiers on the walls argued amongst themselves. Song Jiangtao felt a twinge of regret as the Controller of Base City. He should have ordered the long-range killing of these Mutant Beasts, but he wanted to see what tricks they had up their sleeves. As a result, he suffered the consequences.

"Kill them!"

With Song Jiangtao's command, the small number of Mutant Beasts were quickly killed, leaving behind a lot of green fluid that corroded the ground and even the walls.

"What's that? New Mutant Beasts? I've never seen them before," someone said.

"Our city walls can withstand attacks from Fifth Order and even Sixth Order Mutant Beasts, but they can't withstand the bodily fluids of these Mutant Beasts. What's going on?"

"Quick, have someone collect this fluid for research!"

After some experimentation, they finally found a way to collect this highly corrosive fluid using the skin of an ocean Mutant Beast.

"Why didn't I think of that? Mutant Beasts can contain such corrosive fluids in their bodies, which means their skin isn't afraid of corrosion. Does that mean we need to wrap the entire city wall with Mutant Beast skin?"

This far-fetched plan was not approved. For one, the city wall was so large that it would require a huge amount of skin, possibly enough to cover several Base Cities. More importantly, the skin needed here was from ocean Mutant Beasts, which other Base Cities did not have.

Just as humans were worried, an alarm sounded, and the ocean Mutant Beasts launched another attack!

"Oh no, Controller, this attack is S-level!" Deputy said, frightened.

B-level numbered in the tens of thousands, A-level in the tens of thousands, and S-level started at one hundred thousand!

One hundred thousand Mutant Beasts charged towards Haichen City, led by a Seventh Order peak Mutant Beast. This meant that the Controller was being tied down.

They could only rely on their own strength and Mutant Beasts to fight. The final outcome was hard to predict.

"Sound the highest level of alarm. This time, we, Haichen City, have to fight to the death," Song Jiangtao threw away his cigarette and said.

Woo, woo, woo...

The highest level of alarm sounded, and everyone in Base City knew that this battle would determine whether or not they could survive.

Some people quickly posted the news on forums, leaving behind their own last words. At this moment, people from other Base Cities remained silent, watching the news coming from Haichen City.

Once Haichen City was destroyed, it would be the second Base City to be destroyed by humans. This meant that human Base Cities were no longer safe!

Humans, there's nowhere to hide!