Chapter 242 EU Naval Command

Inside the EU naval command center, dozens of blond-haired, blue-eyed EU officers sat at communication consoles, their screens displaying electronic maps with numerous red dots.

These red dots represented the EU's fleet!

"The Nanfu Fleet, subordinate to the White Elephant Division, has been out of contact with headquarters since last night. We have made seven inquiries in the past twelve hours, all without response," a female officer reported to her superior.

"Has the satellite positioning been lost?" the superior asked.

"According to satellite positioning, the Nanfu Fleet is currently near an island in the North Sea," the female officer said. "Should we dispatch a reconnaissance team to investigate?"

The superior officer paused for a moment, then said, "Make an eighth inquiry. If there is still no response, send the reconnaissance team to patrol according to the marked location!"

The female officer nodded, but just as she was about to leave, a technician shouted, "The Nanfu Fleet is requesting contact!"

The superior officer and the female officer raised their eyebrows simultaneously. "Connect immediately!"

Soon, the communication request was accepted, and an image appeared on one of the command center's electronic screens.

"Roar!"

Suddenly, a ferocious beast king appeared on the screen, its roar shaking the heavens!

Because the image was so close, the people in the command center could almost see the flesh and blood between the beast king's teeth!

The image suddenly began to shake violently, as if the recording system had been damaged. Everyone stared wide-eyed at the scene.

They saw a large number of beast kings appearing in the sea, filling the entire screen. They were rushing towards the fleet, their eyes filled with the most vicious killing intent.

Crack!

Sizzle!

With the sound of an electric current, the entire image went dark, and communication was cut off!

Soon, those in the command center saw the red dot representing the fleet slowly disappear from the satellite map…

The atmosphere in the command center became heavy.

"The Nanfu Fleet… was attacked by beast kings and completely sunk," the female officer said in a trembling voice.

The superior officer rubbed his brow, then asked, "We only have this short video. Did our real-time monitoring satellites capture anything?"

"Since the outbreak of the beast tide, there seem to be special groups among these beast kings that can interfere with certain light wave signals. Our real-time monitoring satellites have lost monitoring rights in many areas. Our monitoring satellites also have no monitoring rights over the Nanfu Fleet's location," the female officer said, shaking her head.

Some Zhinau-type (Intelligence Brain) beast kings can interfere with radio signals, making it impossible for some human equipment to operate normally. However, on the Kuangsha (Mad Sand) Islands, this was not due to the interference of the Zhinau-type beast kings. Since upgrading the level 3 shelter, Li Tianran's interference radar coverage area had also been expanded, and the Kuangsha Islands were within the coverage area.

Hearing this answer, the superior officer fell silent.

It was very common for a fleet to be attacked and sunk by beast kings in the current world situation. It could only be said that the Nanfu Fleet was unlucky.

"Should we send an armed helicopter team?" the female officer asked.

The superior officer waved his hand impatiently. "Those beasts are very intelligent and will not stay there waiting for your support… Moreover, they have recently become very interested in human technology and will definitely drag those warships away."

"Departing from the airport closest to the Nanfu Fleet's disappearance point and arriving there would take five hours, which is enough time for those beasts to destroy all traces."

The female officer opened her mouth, then asked, "Then what do you mean?"

"Report the losses!" the superior officer said, waving his hand.

The female officer immediately understood.

The EU upper echelons were currently going crazy for various scarce resources, and it seemed that no one cared much about the fate of a fleet that did not belong to the main force.

This was just an accident…

That’s what everyone thought.

…

Li Tianran sat in a helicopter, overlooking the Kuangsha Islands and the sea below, a strange emotion spreading in his heart.

"Boss! I really admire you! How did you convince these sea beast kings to attract the firepower for you?" Tang Su asked, resting her chin on her hand with an exaggerated expression.

Li Tianran smiled.

These beast kings were very intelligent, and Li Tianran had buried deadly bombs in their physical flaws. When they saw with their own eyes their companions dying in large numbers at Li Tianran's hands, they could only have two emotions.

One was extreme hatred, and the other was extreme fear.

The beast kings who had extreme hatred had already been killed by Li Tianran, and the remaining ones were just guys who were extremely afraid of Li Tianran.

Having grasped their fate, it wasn't too difficult to get these frightened guys to do something for him!

"Boss, if we take these warships back and改造 (gaizao - transform) them, we'll have a complete army with sea, land, and air forces!" Tang Su exclaimed, "We can be considered to have the prototype of a small country!"

"It's so cool!"

Listening to Tang Su's words, Lu Chi, who was the absolute main force in this operation, seemed very calm.

Li Tianran took a deep breath.

Capturing a fleet and increasing his armed forces made Li Tianran feel great, but through this incident, he also had another emotion.

That was a sense of crisis.

In order to obtain this fleet, Li Tianran was careful and painstakingly designed an entire trap, fearing that the news would leak out and he would face the EU's crazy retaliation.

Wasn't this a kind of sorrow of insufficient strength?

If Li Tianran now possessed nuclear-level power, why would he have to go around in such a roundabout way?