Chapter 290: Unusual Movements in Wuding River, Eliminating Hidden Dangers
"Chirp..."
Above the Wuding River, thousands of feet high in the sky, a large golden eagle was soaring from south to north with its wings spread.
Li Dingguo was looking around at the Wuding River below when he discovered that two large black eagles suddenly appeared in front of him.
"This is……"
"These are the two spirit eagles that Wei Jinfan released on the island in the middle of the lake. Could it be that she came to Wuding River in person to investigate the military situation?"
Li Dingguo had very sharp eyesight. After a careful look, he immediately recognized the two big black eagles that usually lived on the five-colored sacred tree on the island in the middle of the lake.
"Dajin, let's go over and take a look."
He said to the golden eagle.
"Chirp..."
With the golden eagle's sharp eyesight, it had already recognized its two neighbors. Upon hearing its master's order, it hissed and flew towards the two big black eagles.
In the blink of an eye, it came in front of the two big black eagles, stopped moving, and hovered high in the sky.
"Wei Jinfan meets the commander-in-chief!"
"He Guang meets the commander-in-chief!"
Wei Jinfan and He Guang were both masters of the late and middle fourth levels of martial arts respectively. They had good eyesight and spiritual power, so they naturally saw Li Dingguo arriving riding on a golden eagle early on.
The two men hurriedly stopped the big black eagle under them and saluted towards Li Dingguo who came to them.
"Report to the commander-in-chief!"
Wei Jinfan said, "We two came to the Wuding River Basin specifically to check the specific situation and draw a military map."
"It has been three days since the two of us arrived at Wuding River, and the mission is about to be completed."
"At the latest tomorrow morning, we will start returning to the military headquarters."
She reported to Li Dingguo the purpose of her and He Guang's trip.
"Commander-in-chief, we came here to check the specific situation of the Wuding River Basin outside the pass and found a strange situation."
He Guang continued, "The number of various aquatic monsters in the Wuding River seems to be much greater than before."
"We even saw a large group of python monsters moving quickly northward along the Wuding River from south to north."
"This situation is unusual and may cause some trouble to the main force of our navy that will be transferred to the Wuding River for patrol."
"Although the navy soldiers are equipped with enough spiritual cannons and spiritual crossbow carts, and have enough magic cores to activate the protective magic array on the treasure ship, if the strength of these aquatic monsters is too strong, there will be considerable danger."
He secretly thanked himself for coming out in time this time.
Once those water monsters caused serious losses to the naval soldiers, their Military Intelligence Department would be to blame.
"Commander-in-chief, these water monsters, their abnormal behavior, can't be without reason."
Wei Jinfan continued, "If we don't find out the cause of their unusual movements, we will be in a passive position."
"I originally planned to send the latest military map found during this exploration back to the military headquarters, and then return to Wuding River with He Guang to find out the reason."
This matter can be big or small.
It could be a false alarm, or there could be a major change.
As the heads of the Military Intelligence Department, they certainly would not sit idly by and finding out the reasons behind this was the top priority.
Otherwise, once those monsters in the water rioted or something, it would cause irreparable and huge losses to the large number of soldiers and civilians of the Fuxing Army who were about to arrive at the Wuding River and live along the river.
"After we return to the military headquarters, we will send an emergency notice to intelligence personnel from all parties, asking them to go to their respective areas and check the nearby rivers to see if there are other rivers with such abnormal conditions."
Wei Jinfan continued.
"Well, this abnormal situation is obviously not without reason."
Li Dingguo frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and then said, "Well, the two of you, just follow your plan."
"Since the monsters in the Wuding River are moving from south to north, the source of their abnormal movement must be in the northern area of the Wuding River."
"I'll take Da Jin with me and go take a look myself. It would be even better if we can find the reason."
Anyway, there is no rush to return to the base camp. Now that I have arrived at the Wuding River Basin, it is just right to go and find out what is going on.
The three of them discussed other things and then started to act separately.
Li Dingguo rode a golden eagle all the way north along the Wuding River, while Wei Jinfan and He Guang hurried to complete the final tasks of this trip so that they could return to the military headquarters as soon as possible to proceed with the next step.
Any abnormal situation, big or small, that occurs here must be reported to Hongmei as soon as possible so that corresponding arrangements can be made.
If there really is a riot of water monsters, then the problem would be very serious.
"Dajin, lower your flight altitude and maintain a distance of about 5,000 feet from the river surface. Continue to fly steadily."
After Wei Jinfan and He Guang left, Li Dingguo immediately spoke to the golden eagle.
If we were too close to the river, we would be easily discovered by the Tatar tribes along the river. It would also alert the monsters in the river, which would be detrimental to the exploration.
It is about five thousand feet away from the river surface, which is just right.
It allows one to clearly observe the movements in the river, while also making it difficult for the Tartars along the coast and the water monsters to discover it.
It may sound like five thousand feet is not a very high distance, but if you think about it, the highest peak on Earth, Mount Everest, is less than three thousand feet, so it is actually very high.
"Chirp!"
The golden eagle let out a soft hiss, then quickly descended to an altitude of about five thousand feet, maintaining a constant flying speed without slowing down or rushing.
"Sure enough, in this Wuding River, all kinds of aquatic monsters have shown unusual movements."
Li Dingguo carefully observed the river surface for a while and found something abnormal.
If the monsters in the water were about to riot, they should not rush to the north, but should attack the Tatar tribes along the coast.
This made Li Dingguo a little confused.
If I am not mistaken, something must have happened in the upper reaches of the Wuding River.
This sudden change had a great impact on the various monster tribes in the Wuding River, causing them to rush towards the source in the north.
But in any case, any abnormal situation occurring in Wuding River would be disadvantageous to the soldiers of the Fusion Army who were about to launch the Wuding River offensive.
There are great risks, especially for naval officers and soldiers.
In this vast world, the total number of various monster tribes is greater than the total number of humans.
Not to mention the seas and oceans, even in the Wuding River, all the monsters combined are at least twice as many as the Tatars living on both sides of the river today.
If they started a full-scale war with the Tatars, the Tatar tribes along the Wuding River would be no match for these monsters.
Just now Li Dingguo saw a group of big black fish, each weighing at least ten thousand kilograms.
Among them, there is even a level five demon king and nearly ten level four big black fish.
This kind of strength far exceeds that of any Tatar tribe along the Wuding River.
Any monster, even fish that live in water, can live on land for a short period of time.
However, the combat effectiveness of fish monsters on land is much weaker than in water, and they can only exert about 50% of their strength at most.
Even if it can only exert 50% of its strength, a random big fish with level 5 cultivation can destroy a small or medium-sized Tartar tribe living along the coast.
All the Tatar tribes on the Dongtao Plain are nomadic people. They do not have any treasure ships, professional navy, or psychic cannons.
Once faced with a massive attack from water monsters, they would not have much power to resist and could only stay away from the river to avoid them.
Fortunately, as long as there is no monster tide, most of the aquatic monsters will not attack humans on land.
Even if they occupy the territory where humans live, they cannot stay there for long. The best place for them to survive is still in the water.
Without this kind of friction of vital interests, as long as they are not stupid, under normal circumstances, they will not actively attack humans living on the shore.
Of course, the beast tide period is an exception.
During the beast tide that occurs once every century, driven by some unknown force, most of the monsters will become red-eyed and will not only violently attack humans, but also other tribes, causing bloodshed everywhere.
Therefore, when the beast tide comes once every hundred years, it is a disaster for the vast majority of living creatures, and at least 10% of the total number of living creatures will be eliminated, especially cultivators.
This is because the flesh and blood of practitioners are a great tonic for practitioners of different ethnic groups.
Apart from ghosts who are interested in ordinary humans, both demon beasts and monsters rarely slaughter ordinary people.
It's not that they are kind-hearted, but eating ordinary people just fills their stomachs and does not bring any benefit to themselves.
In this world where cultivators are respected, any demon beast or monster will not lack ordinary food, and naturally will not kill ordinary people for no reason.
Naturally, few living creatures would do something that has no benefit, even monsters and demons.
In the beast tide that occurs once every century, ordinary people have a much higher chance of survival than cultivators as long as they hide in time.
It's the same in any world. No one will do anything that has no benefit.
That's a waste of your time and energy and there is no point in doing anything.
"Dajin, let's not move forward slowly."
Li Dingguo thought for a moment and said to the golden eagle, "Speed up the flight speed. We need to find the source of this abnormal situation as soon as possible."
After seeing the abnormal behavior of the monsters in the Wuding River, Li Dingguo naturally would not slowly move forward with them and waste his precious time.
"Chirp..."
Upon hearing the master's order, the golden eagle, which was flying lazily and seemed a little bored, immediately became excited. After a hissing, its flying speed suddenly increased!
A moment later, it turned into a ray of golden light, flew towards the north along the sky above the Wuding River, and soon disappeared into the horizon.
(End of this chapter)
