268: Chapter 268 You unleashed a hundred-meter tsunami, Wang Ya split the sea in two.

Zhao Dingshan stood at the Hongqiao Command Center and grabbed the communicator.

"Coastal defense artillery, turn to the port area."

"Rocket battalion, load up."

"All Esper squads, move to level-one combat positions!"

On the radar screen, a red dot covering half the port was rising.

The seabed rose.

Seashells, rusted shipwrecks, and broken iron chains emerged from the mud.

A black spine pushed through the seawater, and a humanoid upper body stood up, while the lower half remained hidden in the sea.

It held a trident.

Several rotting human corpses hung from the tips of the trident.

Seawater poured down along its shoulders, smashing the remaining containers in the port.

It looked down at the coastal defense positions and opened its mouth, which was filled with fine teeth.

"Land."

"Just a piece of dry fishing ground."

The voice pushed water vapor across the port area.

The soldiers in the front row covered their ears as blood flowed from their ear canals.

Two low-level Espers bumped into the bunker, and the guns in their hands fell into the slush.

Zhao Dingshan wiped the blood from the side of his face.

"Fire!"

The coastal defense artillery roared in unison.

Rockets dragged tails of flame across the port and slammed into the center of the seabed.

Shells fell one after another; mud, ship planks, and the corpses of sea fish were tossed into mid-air.

Firelight covered the black figure.

Someone in the position shouted.

"It's a hit!"

The next moment, the shout got stuck in their throat.

The smoke and dust were torn apart by the sea wind.

The King of the Deep Sea was still standing in the same place.

Thirty meters in front of it, a circular water curtain hung in the air.

All the shells detonated outside the water curtain, leaving only constantly spreading ripples.

Not even a seashell on its shoulder had fallen off.

The trident lifted, pointing at the coastal defense positions.

"Stones that make noise."

"You rely on these to guard the land?"

Zhao Dingshan stared at the monitoring screen.

The seawater that had retreated three kilometers away paused for half a second.

Immediately after, the entire East China Sea began to roll back.

The water level at the port jumped up continuously.

Ten meters.

Thirty meters.

Seventy meters.

A hundred-meter wall of waves passed over the port cranes, blocking the red moon above the front-line soldiers' heads.

"Full retreat!"

Just as Zhao Dingshan's order was transmitted, the outer positions were already in chaos.

Vehicles were squeezed into the passages.

Tracks crushed supply crates.

An A-rank Earth-type Esper slammed both hands onto the ground, and concrete and soil surged out, forming a levee tens of meters high.

A Wind-type Esper leaped onto a guard tower and unleashed several wind blades, attempting to cut through the wave crest.

The tsunami hit the levee.

The wall broke apart from the center.

The Earth-type Esper was smashed into the command vehicle by rubble.

The Wind-type Esper had just torn open a gap, but the seawater from behind filled the breach again.

Both were blown away by the water pressure.

The King of the Deep Sea stepped behind the wave crest, its trident pointing toward the Shanghai urban area.

"This place will become the ocean's nursery."

"The flesh and blood on land will be used to feed my cubs."

...

Tiangong No. 1.

Several screens in the master control room flashed red simultaneously.

Yu Qingyi stood in front of the personnel dispatch console.

She had spent three days regrouping the outer circle laborers according to their skills, injuries, and family relationships.

Yu Qingyi pressed her palm against an old hairpin, the cracks on the edge of the hairpin digging into her flesh.

She glanced at the Shanghai evacuation list that Feng Qingwu was coordinating, saw the sorting of Sanlin Tang, but did not speak.

Lin Yuan looked at her.

Yu Qingyi let go of the hairpin.

She knew what was at stake.

Lin Yuan withdrew his gaze.

The water level data on the screen was still rising.

In the previous life's fifth round of the red moon, mutated sea beasts also landed along the coast.

But at that time, there had never been a King of the Deep Sea that could speak human language and mobilize the East China Sea.

The wind from a butterfly's wings had already changed the future beyond recognition.

Liu Qing pushed up her thick glasses.

"The tsunami energy comes from the East China Sea. It uses itself as a node to pull the surrounding water."

Lin Yuan watched the water flow trajectory.

"At least SS-rank."

Footsteps came from the door of the master control room.

Wang Ya walked in.

Gray-white water patterns emerged on her chest and arms.

The gray-white ring at the edge of her eyes rotated continuously, and the water in the cup was climbing up the side of the cup.

The Jiangcheng water veins were also being pulled by the East China Sea.

Wang Ya walked in front of Lin Yuan.

"Mr. Lin."

"Let me go."

Su Xiaonuan held her tablet and immediately called up the flight route.

"The helicopter has finished its inspection."

"From Tiangong No. 1 to the Shanghai second defense line, it's forty-three minutes at the fastest."

Lin Motong came down from the stairs.

Anar followed behind her.

"Dad, I'm going too."

Lin Yuan shook his head.

"You still need to suppress the zombie hordes in Jiang-Zhe-Hu Region."

Lin Motong paused for two seconds, then nodded.

"Alright."

Wang Ya looked at her daughter.

Lin Motong walked over and stuffed the teddy bear from Anar's hand into Wang Ya's arms.

"Mom, remember to return it to me after you finish fighting."

Wang Ya hugged the teddy bear, gray-white water patterns crawling over her wrists.

"Mom will come back."

Lin Yuan stood up.

"Su Xiaonuan, take over Shanghai logistics."

"Zhao Dingshan, withdraw from the first defense line, clear out the low-lying areas and abandoned river channels."

"Wang Ya."

He looked at the hundred-meter wave wall on the screen.

"Split the sea."

...

Forty-one minutes later.

Shanghai second defense line.

An Earth-type Esper knelt at the breach of the levee, using his body to maintain the wall.

A Water-type Esper was bleeding from his seven orifices, still changing the direction of the tributaries.

Zhao Dingshan had received retreat requests three times, but he still gritted his teeth and persisted.

The King of the Deep Sea watched its subordinates fall one by one on the beach.

It just smiled, then skewered a crab monster, chewed it in its mouth, and spat it out.

"Your barbecue is not good either."

The Shanghai second defense line was in jeopardy, and Zhao Dingshan had to order an abandonment, preparing to retreat to the side of the Huangpu River.

The tsunami pressed over the outer positions, and the port cranes were reduced to nothing but iron frames under the wave crest.

The helicopter cabin door opened.

Wang Ya jumped down, hugging the teddy bear.

Zhao Dingshan came up to meet her.

"Ms. Wang, the defense line cannot be held!"

Wang Ya handed the teddy bear to a Military Medic.

"Hold this for me."

She walked past the broken levee and stood at the very front.

The hundred-meter wave wall was only two hundred meters away from the position.

One hundred and fifty meters.

One hundred meters.

The water vapor was so heavy that people couldn't open their eyes.

Wang Ya raised both hands and split them to the sides.

Gray-white water patterns spread from under her feet toward the tsunami.

The wall of waves stopped.

The soldiers in the front row raised their heads, forgetting even the command to retreat.

Tens of thousands of tons of seawater hung above their heads.

Wang Ya pressed her arms outward.

The hundred-meter tsunami split from the center.

The torrent on the left rushed into the abandoned river channels that had been cleared in advance.

The seawater on the right crossed the storage area and poured into the low-lying areas of the port.

The Hongqiao defense line was left between the two torrents.

Not a single drop of water fell into the position.

Zhao Dingshan gripped the communicator, his throat rolling twice.

In the full-line channel, only the roar of the seawater changing course remained.

The King of the Deep Sea lowered its head for the first time.

It stared at Wang Ya.

The trident pointed down repeatedly.

Dozens of black-blue water dragons rushed out of the sea, pouncing on the defense line from high altitude, flanks, and underground pipe networks simultaneously.

Wang Ya stepped onto the water flow and rose into mid-air.

She raised her hand and clenched it.

The water dragons stopped halfway.

The black-blue water bodies were invaded by gray-white patterns, and the dragon heads turned one after another, counter-attacking the port area.

The sea monster group had just stepped onto the exposed seabed when they were dragged back into the sea by the rolling torrent.

The trident swept across.

Two water-type authorities collided in the center line of the port.

The seawater was black-blue on one side and covered with gray-white patterns on the other. Containers were swept into the junction, and the iron sheets were twisted into fragments.

The King of the Deep Sea took half a step back.

In the position, soldiers raised their guns again.

The second one.

The third one.

The troops that had just been retreating stopped.

Zhao Dingshan grabbed the communicator.

"Everyone return to combat positions!"

"Clear the landed sea monsters!"

Guns and artillery covered the port area again.

Wang Ya stepped on the water surface without looking back.

She was mobilizing her own power.

The King of the Deep Sea was connected to the entire East China Sea behind it.

Every time they collided, the water surface under her feet would drop a little.

The tsunami that had been split on both sides was also closing in toward the center.

The King of the Deep Sea lowered its trident.

"Shallow-water fish."

"How much of the sea can you block?"