Chapter 1586
Chapter 1586 - 1582: Patrol
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After being forced to work, Lu Ping’an still couldn’t get the vacation he longed for.
Lu Ping’an has his own life, not just a little, but a lot....but now, an endless series of meetings and encounters have filled up his schedule.
"I came here to fight, why have I become an office worker! And the kind that works 24 hours a day, non-stop!"
Anyone who has been a department head knows that if you are in an active position rather than retired, that’s actually the truly non-stop job....Everything that you’re responsible for is your job; as long as you want to work, there’s always something to do.
And if you hold a certain level of position, just one secretary team is not enough, the number of staff who work around your responsibilities is at least in the double digits...The so-called XX offices, XX work committees, they are your agents and the extension of your will; most of the time, they have finished the work before the meeting, you just need to speak and sign comfortably.
𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦
Lu Ping’an adjusted his mindset, before the outbreak of war, he was merely a mascot paid to be there.....but with his identity and position in place, as the nominal head of a military region, even just attending various compulsory publicity events was enough to make him feel like breaking down.
Six functions in one day, from morning until midnight at 12 o’clock, and then attending various balls after midnight, and after returning, he still had to hold summary meetings and write reports.....
"...wait, why am I working earnestly, can’t I just run away?"
It seems, I actually can!
Does it seem irresponsible? But in reality, if he is not there, his subordinates would handle these tasks.....those professional and well-staffed propaganda departments.
Lu Ping’an surprisingly discovered that, as long as he is present, many tasks must invite him to handle....and now, he doesn’t have any processing department, he hasn’t even been to the staff office twice, it’s better to simply delegate authority.
"Run away."
Lu Ping’an had a bit of conscience, but not much.
He directly applied for patrol, and then ran off.....the only thing that could still be said to be somewhat conscientious was leaving behind the secretary team from the Rebirth Commerce, allowing them to handle some liaison work, also meaning he was still nominally on the job.
At present, the military region was still in the midst of rallying troops for war, Lu Ping’an basically had no substantial work, he wasn’t even a member of the official military, it’s better to let the people below do their own work.
"I’m out of here...prepare for the meeting with Lin Nu, right, and the work over at the Ancient city."
The agreed meeting place was ultimately set at the Ancient City and before returning, Lu Ping’an truly completed the work he had reported.
He followed the coastline, stepping on a large shark, patrolling quickly above and beneath the water...don’t say, this time he didn’t find any eighth-tier Magic Monsters, but he encountered a lot of aquatic Demons.
In the unrestricted seabed terrain, Lu Ping’an’s Eye of Truth could be utilized to its utmost, when this lone Hunter approached at the highest speed, even whales met an instant demise.
Dozens, hundreds, over a thousand...when Lu Ping’an completed his patrol and brought back a series of evidence and spoils of war, his mood got worse.
It wasn’t because he encountered any formidable enemies; he himself was a Legion, only an equivalent Legion could stop him. It was because he hunted too many along the way.
Some of them, clearly sentinels of the Exotic Races, but at least eighty percent, were unaffiliated minor forces.
There were Exotic Realm Sea Beasts, wild Fishmen, and even Exotic Races Lu Ping’an himself couldn’t distinguish.
Their weapons were simple, and equipment crude, looking just like ordinary soldiers; in front of Lu Ping’an they hardly survived for ten seconds...but such "trash," once ashore, could easily cause bloodshed of tens or even hundreds of people.
The quantity was too much, so much so that Lu Ping’an couldn’t finish killing them all.
This time, Lu Ping’an felt a bit troubled...
"The more importance placed, the more one feels tied down. If it were on Mercury 42 or another Star-zone, I.....we the Exotic Realm Explorers, would probably think it would be better to stop them, and if we can’t, then it’s their bad luck, but now, we’re trying to minimize losses as much as possible."
Lu Ping’an sighed, this task was nearly impossible.
He had already cleaned the coastline once, killing at least one to two thousand, but within his scouting range, the unidentified life forms, still had ninety-five percent survival...he faintly sensed that, within the shadows of the trenches, there were lives even he could not scrutiny.
Even with his frequent clean-ups, it wasn’t very meaningful. In places where he killed, looking solely at the numbers, Magic Monsters and Exotic Races were on the rise... What he killed couldn’t keep up with the speed at which the enemies arrived.
"This is still the nearby seas..."
Currently, what was hindering them most wasn’t the incomplete human defense lines, but the local atmospheric and natural environment.
The numbers were just too many.
And these were probably just the ones swimming over from beneath the sea... They might be searching for the continent subconsciously, and they might not even be aware that they were invaders from the Exotic Realm.
"Have the Southern Archipelagos not collapsed yet?"
"In fact, there have only been minor skirmishes. Outsiders still need time to adapt to the environment. But several islands have fallen, and the islanders... In any case, they are still in desperate struggle, and every nation is receiving dozens of calls for help every day."
Lu Ping’an shook his head; he had actually also interrogated those outsiders.
They were themselves in chaos... These were just losers, but for the invading Ethnic group from the Exotic Realm, casually sending a million of their kind as losers was just a prelude for them.
But allowing these life forms to survive and wander throughout the sea would bring boundless disasters to the world.
It’s worth mentioning that he also found out the temporarily established military regions had all started to build their coastal defense lines... All talk was cheap, only patrolling with sufficient military forces could lead to an interception, something that only the new military regions that had directly mobilized troops from other Ocean Worlds could accomplish.
"Good job."
"I helped you eliminate that Rule-level... The remnants of his race have turned into a defeated army, you guys clean up after."
"There’s a big one in the southwest, I’ll try to intercept it. If I’m lucky, I can take it out. You prepare defenses for the aftermath."
Along the way, Lu Ping’an did lend a hand.
He was surprised to find that his own agility and adaptability underwater were actually higher than those of the Fishmen from the Exotic Realm... His ocean adaptability was quite ordinary, mainly because those Fishmen who had yet to adapt were holding them back, while Lu Ping’an could adapt to ocean environments of multiple worlds at the same time.
After his errand, he couldn’t be bothered to report and attend meetings, and went to clear the area again.
As a result, this "youngest Vice Admiral of the military region" became famous, and a pile of thank-you letters arrived at the headquarters of the Second Squad.
Lu Ping’an himself was a bit dumbfounded... His individual cleaning ability even exceeded the limit of an entire military region; his high-speed underwater movement combined with the distance-ignoring Eye of Truth made him overestimate the underwater combat capabilities of ordinary warriors.
Most patrol teams could still only circle around on the surface; they had no hope of catching up once the Fishmen fled.
Even if the warriors tried their hardest, they might still end up being led around like dogs; the gap in mobility at this moment was unsolvable.
But Lu Ping’an was different; to intercept him, it was best to send a Quasi-God.
His efforts directly halved the coastal crime rate within the week, from an average of more than a dozen cases a day to just a few... The sea level was still too long, and no one could stop all those who came ashore.
The thing Lu Ping’an anticipated also happened—the coastal areas faced a property crisis, with a large number of middle-class families abandoning their property and fleeing. Conversely, property prices in the inland areas actually rose.
During the patrolling process, Lu Ping’an also encountered peers; many military regions had begun to use higher-ranked warriors for patrolling... Although it was clearly unsustainable, it could serve as an emergency measure and buy time to organize the defense lines.
"Isn’t there a better way?"
"There are, like deploying Powerful beast swarms of sharks, laying mines, or contaminating the coastal waters to create dead fish zones..."
"Seems like I can do all of these... The Life system really has no limits."
Although he said that, in the end, Lu Ping’an did nothing... After all, this was Earth, and they had their Mother Star.
"The more I care, the more I’m restrained... I kind of miss the Exotic Realm, at least I could kill freely there."
— End of Chapter 1586 —