After Lu Xian saw that the soul-confusing formation he had set up had trapped the tree people, he became somewhat smug and directly said to Jin Zijue, who had been questioning him earlier, "Do you believe it now? My formation has trapped the tree people, and this oil is enough to burn until noon. At that time, the City Lord only needs to use his special ability to blow away the mist and sun-dry the tree people to death."
Jin Zijue couldn't stand Lu Xian's petty demeanor and said coldly, "Don't celebrate too early. What if it's cloudy today and there's no sun? Let's see if your plan can still succeed."
"Old Jin, let me correct your point. Ultraviolet rays exist even on cloudy days. Don't disbelieve me. Even on cloudy days, sunlight that passes through the clouds can kill tree people," Shen Feng said with a smile. 138 Reading Network
Jin Zijue shrugged and said, "Then I'll wait to see you kill the tree people. Originally, there were only fifty or so tree people among the mutated plants. Now, killing thirty of them at once will cause problems for the mutated plants' foraging in the future."
Jin Zijue didn't want to argue with Lu Xian anymore. Anyway, they were dealing with tree people, so why argue until their faces turned red?
After the tree people were surrounded by the heatwaves, the heat-detecting fruits on their bodies became useless because the air around them was filled with chaotic heat. The tree people could not distinguish their surroundings at all. Many prey were still hanging on the tree people, most of which were mutated birds. This was because many mutated birds had no vision at night, and the tree people only needed to swing their vines to catch them in the trees.
The mutated plants hiding underground relied on the tree people's hunting to obtain energy. Biological activities all require energy support, and mutated plants are no exception to this theorem. From the Big Bang, the flow of energy has begun. If the energy in the universe stopped flowing, then this universe would be declared dead.
The mutated plants deep in the caves were still waiting for the tree people to bring back prey to replenish their energy. Unfortunately, the tree people were now trapped, and it was not so easy to bring back prey.
At this moment, two panting figures appeared: Qi Lingshan and Zhang Zi. Both were covered in sweat and looked very tired.
Seeing this, Jin Zijue couldn't help but tease them, "Did you two come after some strenuous exercise? You must be tired."
Jin Zijue's remark was quite malicious because "strenuous exercise" had a double meaning, including doing "shameful things." It had to be said that Jin Zijue was very annoying when he spoke.
Zhang Zi, clearly accustomed to Jin Zijue's lack of seriousness, rolled her eyes at him and said, "Do you think everyone is like you, a stud? We are on a mission, not what your dirty mind imagines."
Qi Lingshan also couldn't help but complain, "These tree people are too monstrous. We thought that by freezing them, we could limit their speed, but it wasn't like that at all. As soon as they were covered with a thick layer of ice, the ice pieces would fall off with every step they took. We couldn't stop them at all, and we were exhausted."
"If you say so, then tree people are really impervious to weapons and water, and fire. But don't worry, when daytime comes, we'll let these tree people know what's what," Shen Feng said with a smile.
Qi Lingshan and Zhang Zi had clearly failed to deal with the tree people. If they were to rely on them to keep the tree people outside, it would be like drawing water with a bamboo basket. Fortunately, Lu Xian, by chance, figured out the tree people's operating principles and set up the soul-confusing formation to trap them.
Surrounded by flames and heatwaves, the tree people wandered around, completely unaware of where to go. It was fortunate that Lu Xian had been an ability user for several years; otherwise, he wouldn't have been clear enough about the flow of heat. It could only be said that your greatest enemy often understands you the best. For the tree people, Lu Xian understood the method of heat perception even better.
Qi Lingshan and Zhang Zi went to rest. With a few ability users guarding them, Zhang Zi and Qi Lingshan fell asleep immediately. Entangling the tree people was clearly not an easy task, and these two were completely exhausted. Not long after falling asleep, they started snoring, and Zhang Zi was no exception.
After waiting for more than three hours, dawn broke. At this time, the gasoline in the barrels had also burned down, and the fire had weakened considerably, but it was still emitting heat.
Tree people would try to capture objects with high heat, but they would not do so when facing flames. For tree people, the temperature of flames was too high; their vines would be ignited as soon as they extended them, so these tree people didn't even dare to approach the flames.
Xiao Sheng and Jin Zijue immediately looked at Shen Feng and said, "You can make your move now."
Shen Feng nodded and then instantly used his ability "Vast East Wind." After the ability was unleashed, a strong wind immediately swept through the sky, bringing with it gusts of cold air that blew away much of the mist in the forest. It was a beautiful day with a clear sky, and the sun had already risen, casting its rays diagonally into the forest.
Upon seeing this, everyone was full of confidence. Once the white mist in the forest was blown away, the sunlight could shine unimpeded on the tree people in the forest.
When the sunlight penetrated the dense coniferous forest and finally shone upon the tree people, their outer skin immediately began to dry and wither. Seeing this, Shen Feng smiled triumphantly, thinking, "Even if they are impervious to weapons and water, and fire, what does it matter? Now they are still being restrained by the sunlight?"
However, after a part of the tree people's outer skin withered, it stopped. The tree people continued to move in the sunlight, walking tirelessly as before.
Seeing this, Shen Feng and Jin Zijue were stunned. These two had witnessed the tree people's reaction to sunlight before. No matter how powerful a tree person was, it would eventually wither and die under sunlight, without exception. Yet, the tree people now could move under the sunlight.
"How can this be? Is the sunlight not strong enough? Is there not enough ultraviolet radiation?" Jin Zijue quickly asked.
Shen Feng didn't have time to answer Jin Zijue's questions, as he was completely baffled. It was clearly not like this in Fish Town before. Why could the tree people in Siberia resist sunlight? This was too monstrous!
"Could it be that these two types of mutated plants are not of the same type? Therefore, our methods of attack are the same, and naturally, they won't work?" Shen Feng also voiced his opinion. The same offensive method produced different results, so there was only one explanation: the mutated plants in Yuzhou and the mutated plants in Siberia were not the same type. Therefore, the tree people now were unaffected by the sunlight.
"Damn it, if sunlight is also useless, what else can we do? Bomb them with missiles?" Xiao Sheng couldn't help but curse. These tree people were not afraid of weapons, bullets, or freezing. They also had resistance to fire. In such a situation, how could they defeat the tree people?
Shen Feng didn't have a chance to answer this question, but Lu Xian answered directly, "I'm afraid missiles won't solve these damned tree people either. Don't forget they often hide underground. The destructive power of missiles is too small. Unless nuclear bombs are used."
"Dream on. Where do we have nuclear bombs now? Besides, using nuclear bombs to deal with mutated plants is like using cannons to swat mosquitoes," Xiao Sheng disagreed with Lu Xian even more.
It was now daytime, and the beast tide that had hidden in the city at night began to return to the forest. After the animals returned to the forest, conflicts were inevitable, especially the Siberian bears. Normally, bears would hibernate and only wake up the following winter. However, food was particularly scarce this autumn. The bears of previous years would have been well-fed by now, but this year they couldn't eat enough and couldn't sleep through the winter, so they had to forage outside.
Suddenly, a giant wild boar rushed towards Shen Feng from a distance. Behind the boar was a bear more than six meters tall. The bear had red eyes and radiated a violent aura. For it, the fleeing wild boar in front was its dinner for the day.
The wild boar, in its panic, rushed towards Shen Feng. Xiao Sheng condensed a powerful fireball in his hand, ready to throw it to burn the boar to death.
However, upon seeing humans, the wild boar became even more panicked. Wild boars were inherently afraid of humans. Despite its massive size, it changed direction halfway due to fear. By chance, it knocked over an oil barrel in the forest. The burning gasoline flowed out, and coincidentally, there were dry trees nearby, which immediately caught fire.
"You scoundrel, you set a fire!" Jin Zijue exclaimed upon seeing this scene. The oil barrel had fallen. If the fire couldn't be controlled, the surrounding forest would be burned down, and they, who were in the forest, would have nowhere to retreat.
Enraged, Jin Zijue acted directly. A lightning bolt condensed into a spear in his hand and was then hurled out.
With a loud crack, the lightning spear struck the scurrying wild boar in an instant. The powerful current instantly destroyed the wild boar's nervous system, and the boar fell to the ground, its body still twitching.
The red-eyed bear had been starving for a long time. It was now extremely violent, and a ferocious aura emanated from it. Then, the bear charged directly at Shen Feng and his group, seemingly wanting to feast.
"You seek death, you insignificant creature. Die!" Jin Zijue said coldly.
Then, Jin Zijue unleashed another bolt of lightning from his hand, which pierced through the air and instantly struck the bear. The bear's body convulsed, and after standing upright, it roared. After the roar ended, it died.
When raising animals in slaughterhouses abroad, high-voltage current is used for attack. It only takes one second to kill a piglet, and Jin Zijue's fighting style was exactly the same as that of a slaughterhouse. The powerful current would kill the animal instantly, ensuring that the animal died without pain.
However, at this moment, killing the wild boar and the bear was not the most important thing, because a large fire had already appeared in the forest, and the flames were spreading outwards. If this continued, the entire forest would be burned down.
"Quick, quick, wake these two up and tell them to put out the fire!" Lu Xian pointed at the two sleeping figures on the ground. The bear's roar earlier had failed to wake them, which only showed how tired they were. After all, dealing with tree people was not an easy task.
But no matter how tired they were, they couldn't continue sleeping. Now that there was a fire, if it wasn't stopped, everyone would be in danger.
"Qi Lingshan, wake up! Quickly put out the fire, go!" Shen Feng grabbed Qi Lingshan's shoulder and shook him vigorously, hoping that Qi Lingshan would wake up quickly. On the other side, Xiao Sheng was also calling out to Zhang Zi.
Compared to the panicked humans, the tree people were even more at a loss. As the fire spread, the tree people could only retreat continuously, and their living space became increasingly limited.