Chapter 775

As for why the earthquake happened, they didn't know either.

That's exactly why they were sent out!

"What exactly happened here?"

An Hang commanded his beast to descend to low altitude and asked a low-ranking Beast Tamer who was enduring the stench of rotting corpses while extracting beast cores.

"Senior Officer!" The low-ranking Beast Tamer hastily replied respectfully, "It must have been a tsunami, but the tsunami stopped here!"

"Tsunami!"

An Hang took a deep breath.

If it was a tsunami, that would be troublesome.

If the tsunami reached beyond Yangtai City, the situation in the several cities between the coast and Yangtai City was probably dire.

"Let's go!"

An Hang pointed toward three Starlight-ranked experts and continued flying southeast.

What they saw and heard along the way made them more certain than ever that a massive tsunami had truly occurred!

Inland hundreds of kilometers away had also been affected.

This showed just how powerful the tsunami was!

A day later, they arrived at Tianjin City.

Tianjin City's walls had been shattered by the tsunami, and countless houses had collapsed.

Streets and alleys within the city were filled with standing water that hadn't been drained yet.

An Hang stayed in Tianjin City for an hour; he learned from the city's mayor that over two thousand civilians had died in this disaster, most of them residents living outside the city walls.

Property losses were incalculable, but the most critical damage was that nearly all farmland had been destroyed.

The grain stockpiled within Tianjin City would struggle to sustain its over one hundred thousand civilians through the year.

An Hang understood the mayor's meaning.

But now wasn't the time to discuss this.

Besides, he wasn't in charge of grain supplies.

Leaving Tianjin City, the four Beast Tamers continued heading southeast.

"Deputy Team Leader An, two more cities ahead—conditions are likely terrible!"

"Longxi City is built behind Longxi Mountain, so the situation might not be too bad!" An Hang said with a serious face, "I'm worried about Mount Dajiao City—it's too close to the East Sea!"

"Team Leader An, is this tsunami caused by a beast's skill?"

"Definitely a skill!" An Hang nodded seriously. "I asked the Tianjin City mayor—they felt tremors before the event, but they weren't strong. If this had been an earthquake-triggered tsunami, the shaking wouldn't have been so mild."

"What level of sea beast could trigger such a tsunami?"

"Imperial… maybe even Divine. Without seeing it firsthand, who can say for sure?" An Hang said. "It mainly depends on the affected area's scale."

The next afternoon, the four from the Southeast Military Department arrived at Longxi City.

When they saw Longxi City, they all froze.

Longxi City was gone!

Not only was Longxi City gone, but Longxi Mountain, which had stood for thousands of years east of the city… had also vanished!

Where Longxi Mountain should have been, only a gentle rise remained.

If no one had reminded them, and if An Hang and his team hadn't visited Longxi City before, they would never have guessed this place had once been a mountain range.

Where Longxi City had once stood, thick layers of silt now piled up.

Not a single trace of the city remained!

Longxi City had been completely erased!

Only a few Beast Tamers with hollow expressions directed their beasts through the silt, digging and searching.

Over thirty civilians sat numbly atop a tree trunk uprooted and half-buried in silt, staring blankly at the silt stretching to the horizon.

After so many days, all grief, all emotion—everything that could be released—had already been released.

An Hang's face heavy with worry: "This isn't something an Imperial-level sea beast could create. At least Imperial, possibly stronger. Longxi City was merely caught in the aftermath!"

"Deputy Team Leader An!"

A Platinum-ranked Beast Tamer noticed An Hang and flew over on his flying beast.

"Li Ming, how's it going?"

"Nothing's left!"

Truly, nothing was left.

Entire Longxi City had been flattened by the tsunami.

Even the tree roots were buried under thick silt.

Of Longxi City's over one hundred thousand people, only a few hundred remained!

"Have you sent word to the Southeast Military Department?"

At this moment, An Hang didn't know how to comfort him.

Longxi City's destruction wasn't anyone's fault.

It was just bad luck.

In this world, luck matters greatly!

"Sent!"

"What are you digging for?"

Li Ming whispered, "We're digging to see if we can find grain stored underground."

"Understood!" An Hang took a deep breath. "Keep going. The Qianjiangjun Sect has sent us to investigate the earthquake—we need to check Mount Dajiao City."

"They... they should be much like our Xicheng—nothing will be left!" Lide said, gazing toward Mount Dajiao. "This tsunami is extraordinary—by the time it reaches Xicheng, its force will have weakened greatly!"