My carefree life in space

Chapter 94 The Beast Tide Arrives

On the other side, An Yuanheng, Li Fei, Lu Xiang, and others were doing a smooth cleanup.

They encountered only low-level beasts along the way, and with their tacit cooperation, the beasts were quickly killed, while they only suffered minor injuries.

Mo Ze had been keeping an eye on their movements, and seeing this, he felt relieved. He left a wisp of his divine sense behind to deal with any unexpected situations, and then sped off into the forest.

During his spiritual survey just now, he noticed some unusual activity in the direction of the forest. Since he wasn't needed here for the time being, he decided to go and take a look, which was also the purpose of his visit today.

The closer they got to the forest, the more obvious the unusual activity became, with low-level beasts frequently rushing out of the forest in a panic.

Mo Ze was greatly alarmed. Many people knew what this phenomenon represented.

On the bright side, there's a battle between high-level beasts in the forest, and some low-level beasts were caught in the crossfire, fleeing the forest in panic to protect themselves.

To put it in the worst possible light, it's a phenomenon no one wants to see: a beast tide.

Hopefully it's not the latter, otherwise countless people will die, especially since J56 is an undeveloped planet. Apart from the safe zone inhabited by humans, the defense facilities in other places are not perfect, and it is simply not capable of fighting against the powerful beast tide.

The unusual activity here also attracted the attention of the military. A small team carrying out a cleanup mission in the vicinity discovered more and more low-level alien beasts. At first, they did not think much of it and just assumed that it was a disturbance caused by the large-scale cleanup of alien beasts.

When they noticed that these low-level beasts had strange eyes and seemed to be bewitched, they realized something was wrong and headed towards the forest.

On their way to the forest, they reported the situation to Commander-in-Chief Fang Hongzhang.

Upon receiving news of unusual activity in the forest, Fang Hongzhang immediately sounded the alarm. As a soldier, he knew more about certain situations, such as beast tides.

Even without faith, he was praying silently, hoping it wasn't the worst-case scenario, otherwise...

Fang Hongzhang immediately ordered the team that discovered the anomaly to go ahead and investigate the cause, and to report any findings immediately.

Logically, evacuating the entire planet would be the safest and most secure course of action, but that's not realistic.

Not to mention the current unclear situation, what reason would we give if we rashly evacuated everyone? Could we just conclude that a beast tide has appeared based on some unusual movements? If so, what would become of the army's prestige?

More importantly, there are now many people living on J56, and more and more people are coming, making it a trend toward becoming a habitable planet.

If so many people were to be evacuated at once, even if the spaceport's throughput capacity were sufficient, it would still take a very long time to completely evacuate them.

To avoid panic, speculation about the beast tide should not be released to the public at this time, but the task of clearing out the beasts must be suspended.

So, after An Yuanheng and his group killed another level-two alien beast, they received a notice requiring them to evacuate the mining area immediately.

An Yuanheng and the others looked at each other in bewilderment. They were still wondering why there were so many strange beasts today, and now they were being told to evacuate the mining area.

Just as the group was hesitating, Mo Ze appeared.

He had also received a notification that he was back now so that the others could leave first.

"You should go back first and not linger here."

"What happened?" Sensing the seriousness in Mo Ze's words, An Yuanheng voiced everyone's doubts.

All eyes turned to Mo Ze, hoping he could answer their questions.

"The situation is unclear right now, so for your safety, just do as I say." Mo Ze didn't say anything more.

"What about you? Aren't you coming back with us?" Because of his relationship with Lin Shushu, An Yuanheng hoped that they would come together and go back together.

"I'll stay and find out what's going on." Mo Ze didn't want to say more. After telling them to go back quickly, he disappeared in a flash, much to their surprise.

"This...he...just flew away like that?" Li Fei couldn't believe his eyes. He looked at his friends and found that they had the same shock in their eyes as he did.

"Alright, everyone stop looking, let's go back quickly," An Yuanheng said, drawing everyone's attention back.

“Yes, judging from the situation, this is a serious matter, and it’s not something we should get involved in,” Yang Feng said, expressing his opinion.

Everyone nodded in agreement. They were well aware of their own limitations, and there were some things that were beyond their control. All they could do was avoid causing trouble.

Mo Ze was just about to enter the forest to check the situation when he received a notification from the military. Thinking of An Yuanheng and the others, he immediately turned back to tell them to leave first, otherwise they might keep waiting for him.

Upon returning, Mo Ze encountered a military squad that had come ahead to assess the situation. Without alerting them, Mo Ze followed their aircraft, flying towards the forest.

The closer they got to the forest, the more strange beasts they encountered. Mo Ze floated in the air, watching the endless stream of beasts below, his expression growing serious.

The military squad also wore a solemn expression; the situation was more serious than they had imagined. The further they flew into the forest, the more unusual the atmosphere became.

Hundreds of kilometers from the forest, the team stopped; if they went any further, they couldn't guarantee they would escape unscathed.

"Let's choose this spot!" Squad leader Chen Qiong instructed the other members.

Following instructions, the team members launched the camera equipment into the sky above the forest. While waiting for the footage to be transmitted back, everyone felt very heavy-hearted.

"I hope things aren't that bad!" Chen Qiong muttered to himself, gazing towards the forest.

However, things didn't turn out as he expected.

"The device is working properly and is transmitting images in real time..." As the device's voice prompt came on, everyone's attention focused on the screen.

When the scene appeared, everyone gasped.

In the scene, countless strange beasts ran wildly through the forest, causing tall trees to collapse and raising clouds of dust wherever they went. A strong sense of shock and oppression swept over everyone.

The immense destructive power and the billowing dust once made the scene appear hazy and gray.

After a moment of shock, Chen Qiong immediately reacted. He shakily opened his communicator and reported the situation to his superiors, "Report, a beast tide has appeared, requesting backup!"

Fang Hongzhang received the news of the beast tide immediately, along with extremely shocking video footage.

Ignoring his shock, he immediately mobilized all available personnel to the vicinity of the forest to prevent the beasts from rushing towards the human settlements. At the same time, he issued a public notice informing the public of the situation and urging everyone to remain within the safe zone and not venture out.

Fang Hongzhang knew that this news would cause a huge sensation once it was announced, but he couldn't worry about that for now. The public had the right to know, and whether they stayed or left was up to them.