chapter 999: the sea monsters invades

inside a dark conference room, high-ranking military personnel from the three joint cities attended the meeting of high command. only the members of tidalsong city attended in the flesh; the rest appeared as holograms.noÌv(el)b\\jnn
"ten minutes ago, we lost contact with the blackshell army. five minutes ago, we lost contact with the razorfang army. now, the tidalsong army isn't responding to our calls or messages. who can tell me what happened?"
a tidalsong officer questioned the group while containing his rage.
considering the loyalty and discipline of the tidalsong army, there was no reason for tidalsong soldiers to ghost them. as such, something bad must have happened to the tidalsong army.
after a brief moment of silence, the hologram image of a blackshell officer replied, "that's what i want to ask razorfang. "didn't you weasels assure us that this joint military operation was guaranteed success?"
"how come we have encountered nothing but problems since we initiated this war?" the blackshell officer asked.
"problems?" the tidalsong officer furrowed his brows before asking with confusion, "what problems have you possibly encountered on your side? why haven't you mentioned any of it until now?"
"hah..." the blackshell officer exhaled before replying, "if you were me, would you have the face to mention that your own general tried to abandon his army?"
"what did you just say? your general abandoned his army?"
the high command members who attended the meeting were immediately shocked and dumbfounded by blackshell city's revelation.
indeed, they would be deeply ashamed if they learned about such a humiliating matter. how could their pride allow them to put themselves out for embarrassment?
since it was such a humiliating matter, why did blackshell city's side decide to mention it? why not, of all times?
"what happened?" the tidalsong officer frowned with a bad feeling.
"just moments ago, we finally received an update on the blackshell army from our cloud fortress surveillance team..." the blackshell officer spoke slowly before stating with
difficulty, "except, there is no more blackshell army."
"it was a complete massacre. everyone was killed, slaughtered by the enemy," the blackshell officer uttered with gritted teeth and bloodshot eyes.
"impossible!"
tidalsong officers and razorfang officers immediately denied the possibility. they couldn't believe such unbelievable news. however, blackshell city had no reason to lie to them either.
"how can your blackshell army be so weak and useless?" a razorfang officer accused with naked contempt.
"our blackshell army is weak and useless? ridiculous!" the blackshell officer sneered before unleashing his boiling fury, "have you not thought that maybe the enemy was too strong instead?!"
"what the fuck has your sides been doing since the start of this operation?! how could none of you even find out the enemy's true strength?! our blackshell city has paid a disastrous price for your incompetency!"
only satellites could provide superior real-time surveillance and help them determine who destroyed their armies. orders were quickly passed to the military districts of blackshell city, razorfang city, and tidalsong city.
half an hour later, the restricted hangars accommodating starships from the ancient era opened for the first time since the founding of the celestial kingdom.
the seafloor shook with constant tremors as large seamounts near their cities moved, creating vast openings for the hidden starships to emerge. the hangars' great age and lack of maintenance caused problems, delaying their openings.
still, they were eventually fixed in the end.
sometime later, the first black starship emerged from the abyssal darkness on the seafloor.
with its gradual ascent, the celestials' confidence also rose.
unfortunately, disaster struck when they least expected it.
boom!
an enormous blurred shadow suddenly slapped against the large starship from over the nearby seamount. the impact easily tore apart the starship's sturdy hull and split it into two
pieces.
the two halves then sunk back into the abyssal darkness before a rumbled explosion shook
the seawater.
over at blackshell city, where the first starship was struck and destroyed, the celestial
soldiers were alarmed.
"w-what just happened? border surveillance, answer me! what just attack us!?"
"th-th-th...! th-th...!!"
inside the border surveillance room, the celestial soldier stared at his computer screen with
eyes widened in sheer horror, shock, and disbelief.
"th-th, th, your sister! stop fucking stuttering and tell me what it is, soldier!"
"t-the sea monsters are here! they have invaded the inner sea!"
the furious border captain smacked his subordinate on the head to reset his brain before the
shocking news was spat out.