After turning on the notebook, Jia Yan didn't immediately start working. At this point, he wasn't as anxious as before, so he decided to check his information first.
Since he returned to Huaxia, he hadn't checked any online news.
After all, Jia Yan was unaware of the current situation with the metal monsters and the ongoing war in Huaxia. If the area of Qinghai-Tibet had already been completely invaded by the metal monsters, it would be dangerous for him to go there.
Jia Yan skillfully opened a web page and searched for information about the metal monsters.
Sure enough, there were numerous news articles about the metal monsters online, and surprisingly, these news were mostly positive. Some talked about how the metal monsters could bring about a century of technological advancement for humanity, while others claimed that the metal monsters were not a threat, and humans only needed to study them for some time to completely eradicate them.
As for the war, there wasn't much concealment. After all, with so many refugees from various regions, it was impossible to hide the truth.
However, under the government's message of not fearing the metal monsters, the news of cities falling one after another didn't seem as alarming. It was as if the war was something humanity was destined to win, and gain something from the metal monsters.
Nevertheless, at this time, people indeed needed some positive news as morale boosters. Jia Yan didn't think there was anything wrong with what the Huaxia government was doing. After all, during the war with the Wa country in the past, the reports were similarly exaggerated. Killing a thousand enemies would turn a frontline commander into three thousand, and a rear command center into five thousand. By the time it was reported to the national level, killing ten thousand enemies became a national event!
That's just how war works. It's not necessarily dishonest, as both the populace and the lower-ranking soldiers need morale.
In fact, at this moment, there were also many clear-minded people online. These netizens posted analyses of battles, and their conclusions were quite discouraging.
The metal monsters, with just one type, had brought Huaxia to its knees. Although other countries also faced similar types of metal monsters, those in Huaxia were quite different from those in the Americas.
Did this imply that there were actually many types of metal monsters? Were there still other types of metal monsters yet to appear?
If more powerful metal monsters appeared, what would happen then?
These speculations and discussions filled the entire internet, as it was a matter concerning the entire war. Even experts and scholars got involved in the discussion. For these people, it wasn't necessarily about the topics themselves being captivating, but rather a means to gain recognition. So, at this time, the internet was flooded not only with videos from various experts and professors but also with many posts analyzing the situation.
It was impossible for Jia Yan to read all of them, so he casually picked some of the more popular articles and posts to read.
It was indeed the first time Jia Yan learned of the huge panic caused by the metal monsters around the world. And these metal monsters had spread to every corner of the Earth!
He had a pensive expression. This situation was somewhat beyond Jia Yan's expectations. Although he had vaguely guessed something similar when he first encountered the metal monsters in Huaxia, he never dared to believe that his guess was correct. But now, with the facts right in front of him, it seemed as if the whole world had plunged into a crisis of metal monsters in no time. The progress of this situation was truly unexpected for Jia Yan!
"Could it be that by luring out the metal monster on Mount Fuji, I was only the trigger for this event? With such a huge number of metal monsters, they were bound to appear sooner or later!" Jia Yan couldn't help but feel a bit guilty about luring out the metal monsters onto the surface world. But after seeing the posts online, that feeling faded a bit. After all, if the metal monsters had appeared unintentionally by him, their numbers wouldn't have been so large. This indicated that these metal monsters had probably already planned to attack the surface world long ago. Otherwise, how could such a huge army appear?
But what exactly were the metal monsters? Where did they come from? Could it be that there was a vast space underground, similar to the northern underground world of Huaxia, or even larger?
As Jia Yan pondered over these matters, his mind wandered.
"Huh, they're discussing about me here too!"
Jia Yan scrolled through the mouse and saw that some posts were discussing the giant mosquito monster, which piqued his interest. He wanted to see how humans viewed him.
"The combat power of the giant mosquito monster is formidable. Witnesses say that in the province of Mindi, a huge mosquito monster, never seen before, engaged in a fierce battle with an army of thousands of metal monsters, and after killing more than three hundred metal monsters, it flew away."
"Isn't this nonsense? Everyone online says it's impossible. Giant mosquito monsters have appeared before, and they've always focused on close combat. It's impossible for them to engage in combat with those metal monsters if it's just close combat!"
"Those above are idiots. It's me who fought, I am a god!"
"Kowtow to the third floor, the third floor god, please accept the knees of the little brother!"
"Third and fourth floors are idiots, but regarding the opinion of the OP, I want to say, this thing is true. I contacted a friend who escaped from that place this morning, and he said he personally witnessed the giant mosquito fighting the metal monsters. That giant mosquito seemed to have long-range attack capabilities, which were the ones that killed the metal monsters!"
"The fifth floor actually knows people from the war zone. How is it over there now? Some say that the war zone has been completely wiped out of all life. Have many people died?"
"The sixth floor, let me tell you, metal monsters are killers. I escaped from the war zone myself. My hometown has been destroyed by metal monsters, and I witnessed hundreds of people being killed by metal monsters right before my eyes."
One message after another flashed before Jia Yan's eyes. In these messages, Jia Yan gained a lot of information.
After all, although he had speculated before that the metal monsters were likely to launch large-scale military operations, he hadn't expected that within such a short period, Huaxia and other countries in the world would all become so terrifying.
In just one week, the estimated death toll globally had exceeded three million!
And this rate was increasing at a rate of at least five hundred thousand people per day! Just the casualties in Wa country alone exceeded one million, although other countries also suffered significant casualties, but because the metal monsters appeared a little later there, the situation was better than in Wa country.
However, the situation was still far from optimistic. Because Jia Yan knew the true combat power of the metal monsters, he read a bit of tension in the articles published by the government, and even a hint of fear in that tension.
Jia Yan didn't know what the human high-level officials were nervous about. Although humanity was currently at a disadvantage, the metal monsters actually had many flaws. As long as these flaws were grasped, defeating them shouldn't be too difficult!
Could there be something else that was not known to the public?
This thought came to Jia Yan, and he seemed to grasp some inspiration, but this inspiration came and went quickly. By the time he wanted to carefully analyze it, he couldn't think of anything!
At this point, Jia Yan had gathered enough intelligence. He glanced at the location of the so-called secret research institution. It was quite coincidental that the vast area there seemed to be free from the worry of metal monsters.
Turning off the computer, Jia Yan found that it would take a while for the power to be fully charged. So, regardless of whether the family would protest later, he, with his huge body, walked to their sofa and sat down!
Comfortable!
Jia Yan realized that humans truly were creatures who could enjoy life. He hadn't experienced this comfortable feeling since his rebirth, and it seemed that this family was relatively well-off. Even the sofa was made of genuine leather, which allowed Jia Yan to enjoy it for a while!
The giant mosquito reclined on the soft sofa, its body slightly drooping.
It had been a long time since he had felt this way, enjoying rest.
Before, every time he rested, it was out of necessity from exhaustion. Moreover, after his rebirth, he basically didn't need to sleep. Now, he truly hadn't experienced this feeling for a long time.
The giant mosquito was about to fall asleep.
The gleam of light in its compound eyes gradually disappeared, and Jia Yan finally managed to control his mind and slowly entered a state of sleep.
Days of continuous battles had exhausted him.
Mentally tired, physically tired.
So, he needed to rest well.
Thus, the giant mosquito fell asleep on the sofa in this nicely decorated family.
The sofa wasn't small, but it could only accommodate a large portion of Jia Yan's body. But even so, the giant mosquito was quite satisfied. Compared to the ground filled with strange rocks and the countless dangerous places, this sofa was like heaven.
The computer was placed on the ground to charge, and a gentle breeze blew, swaying the curtains. The giant mosquito's sleeping posture looked extremely harmonious.
A good dream!