The moment Yang Lin heard the news, a smile couldn't help but appear on his lips.
This was clearly the effect he had wanted to achieve.
It was not surprising that the Dragon Country Ocean Bureau had made such a decision.
After all, the large-scale migration of marine life was too bizarre.
They would not believe it if you told them that Japan wasn't up to something.
At this moment, their greatest worry was that Japan would dump a large amount of nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean.
Even though they were dumping nuclear wastewater near their own coast, the entire Dragon Country sea area would eventually be affected by the ocean currents.
This was also why the Ocean General Bureau attached so much importance to this matter.
Just as the research vessel was slowly sailing towards Japanese waters, two explosive news items suddenly appeared on international websites.
One news report was about the large-scale migration of marine life that Yang Lin and his team had just experienced.
The other news came from a video released by a well-known director.
The video fully documented what happened at Dolphin Bay, from Japanese fishermen driving the dolphins into the bay, to their wanton slaughter of the dolphins, and then the bay being attacked by sharks, and the dolphins being rescued by the sharks.
These two videos were uploaded to the foreign network almost at the same time.
Not long after they were uploaded, both videos went viral.
The former attracted the attention of marine scholars and research institutions worldwide.
The latter, on the other hand, enraged netizens all over the world.
As both incidents involved Japan, Japan instantly became the target of public criticism.
As a result, Japan's international reputation plummeted.
In addition, the Dragon Country's decision to send a research vessel to investigate the cause of the incident received support from various countries.
However, the members of the research team at the center of the incident had no time to worry about anything else.
Because as they went deeper, they soon discovered that the migration of marine life seemed to have not stopped.
Wherever they went, they saw large numbers of marine creatures retreating from Japanese waters as if they were moving house, and then heading straight into Dragon Country's waters.
This abnormal phenomenon made them unable to focus on anything else.
"My God, why are the marine creatures in this sea area also migrating? What's gotten into them?"
"How polluted must it be for them to collectively move out of Japanese waters?"
"Are they really dumping nuclear wastewater into the ocean?"
"Nuclear wastewater doesn't have this much power, does it?"
"Are all the marine creatures in Japanese waters going to disappear?"
"Look, there are even crabs riding on fish to hitch a ride."
"I suddenly feel that what Director Yang said at the beginning made a lot of sense. It's possible that Japan will really experience an unprecedented major earthquake this time."
As they spoke, the group looked at each other.
However, in order to find out the truth, they could only brace themselves and venture further into the inner sea of Japan.
During this process, they would occasionally encounter fishing boats from Japan.
The fishermen on the boats had clearly also noticed the anomaly of the marine life.
Especially after several hauls yielded no crabs.
Immediately, these fishermen knelt on their fishing boats and began to worship the ocean.
In their eyes, this was clearly a divine punishment from the god of the sea.
It was a warning for their sin of blasphemy against the ocean.
Of course, some were bolder. Upon seeing large numbers of marine creatures swimming towards Dragon Country's waters, they pushed their engines to full throttle, hoping to get a big catch.
Seeing the actions of these fearless fishing boats, Yang Lin just sneered dismissively.
The next moment, countless schools of fish gathered beneath the Japanese fishing boat.
When these fish, which were usually at the mercy of humans, gathered together, they instantly erupted with astonishing power.
With a loud bang, the fishing boat capsized on the spot.
They finally paid the price for their greed.
When this scene was witnessed by other Japanese fishermen, they became even more convinced that this was the ocean's punishment for them.
And the viewers who saw this scene felt incredibly relieved.
"Serves them right. They're not staying with you anymore, and you're still chasing them."
"Exactly. Those who defy nature will eventually be backlashed by nature."
"From today onwards, they are our Dragon Country's fish. Please stop coveting them."
"Yes, these fish belong to Dragon Country from now on. If you want to fish, go and fight with Kimchi Country."
"Why do I feel like so many more people have joined the live stream?"
"Holy crap, they seem to be international friends."
"Heh heh, even international friends are climbing over the wall to watch Dragon Country make fun of the Japanese."
...
Just as everyone was watching the events unfolding on the sea with a sense of schadenfreude, someone on the research vessel suddenly discovered something around the capsized fishing boat.
"Look quickly, it seems something fell into the sea from their boat."
Hearing this, everyone quickly looked in the direction he pointed.
They saw that near the sea where the fishing boat had capsized, in addition to some fishermen who had fallen off the boat, there were also a large number of sea fish that had been caught on board before.
And among these half-dead sea fish lay a behemoth.
Looking at this behemoth, which was not much smaller than their research vessel, everyone was stunned for a moment, and then someone recognized its identity.
"It's a blue whale, an adult blue whale."
"Yes, with this size, only a blue whale can be found in the entire ocean."
"My God, they actually hunted and killed a blue whale."
"No wonder their boat capsized so easily. It turns out they were carrying such a big guy on board."
"Indeed, retribution comes swiftly."
"It's a pity, this blue whale is most likely dead."
"Yes, there's no life to be felt at all. They must have killed it and then brought it onto the boat."
"They are truly greedy. They already captured such a large blue whale, and they still wanted to catch the passing schools of fish."
...
As everyone was chattering, Yang Lin suddenly realized that the blue whale carcass floating on the sea surface not far away seemed a bit unusual.
Vaguely, he seemed to feel a tremor of life.
"How is this possible? This blue whale is clearly dead. Could it be..."
Suddenly, a possibility flashed through Yang Lin's mind.
To verify his guess, he quickly activated the detection radar.
The next moment, a faint light spot appeared on the map.
[Blue whale fetus (near death) Two months until birth, unconscious]
After reading the information displayed by the radar, Yang Lin immediately cursed them as beasts.
From this information, it was clear that the adult blue whale they saw was a pregnant mother whale.
It was a pity that she would never see her child born in this lifetime.
What's more, according to the current situation, the fetus in her belly might not survive either.
However, at this moment, a system prompt suddenly sounded in Yang Lin's mind.