After Shen Feng informed Qian Bufei of his plan, Qian Bufei looked at Shen Feng with a strange expression and asked, "You're not using me, are you? Mr. Shen, I know you have a grudge against the Tianlong Bureau. If you're asking me to lure Long Qian here and then seize the opportunity to kill him, I won't help you with that."
Everyone in China now knows that Shen Feng and headquarters have a disagreement. Furthermore, the people from the Tianlong Bureau had offended Shen Feng before, and the result was that the Tianlong Bureau was slaughtered by Shen Feng twice. In Yuzhou, Shen Feng massacred a group of psychics, and in the end, all the elites of the Tianlong Bureau were annihilated. The second time was in the Wild Man Mountain in Wuling Mountain, where the last forces of the Tianlong Bureau were also killed. The Tianlong Bureau announced its dissolution. Now, Shen Feng says he wants to ask Long Qian to help, which doesn't seem like a good plan.
Shen Feng quickly explained, "Don't worry, I can distinguish between public and private matters. If the road through the Mushroom Forest is opened, Yuzhou can also use the Burma Road to transport supplies. This is a great thing for Yuzhou. As for Long Qian and me, it's just a matter of past grievances. I guarantee that if you find Long Qian, I definitely won't lay a hand on him."
Hearing Shen Feng's guarantee, Qian Bufei nodded seriously and said, "Then it's settled. If I invite Long Qian here, you absolutely cannot make a move, otherwise I will be letting down headquarters. I will commit suicide to atone to the world."
Shen Feng then repeatedly guaranteed. At this moment, Shen Feng also wanted to leave, but it was clear that the task could not be completed quickly. Therefore, Shen Feng temporarily put aside his hatred. As long as Long Qian could help him complete the mission quickly, his hatred could also be temporarily put aside.
Qian Bufei immediately contacted his superiors to inform them to relay the matter to headquarters. At this time, headquarters could deploy three psychics from Yanjing, and Long Qian was likely to be free. Asking Long Qian to help, if the crisis in the Mushroom Forest could ultimately be resolved, it would be a great achievement.
However, Yunnan Province had been continuously requesting Long Qian's support, but headquarters had always refused, and the reasons were very valid: "Long Qian is currently under confinement because he annihilated a large number of psychics from the Tianlong Bureau. No one can release Long Qian from confinement. Furthermore, making amends for his mistakes is also not allowed."
Yunnan Province was very helpless. They clearly wanted Long Qian, who controlled insects, to come to Yunnan Province to help complete the mission. This would have been a good outcome for everyone, but in the end, headquarters cruelly rejected Yunnan Province's suggestion. Yunnan Province could only think of other ways.
In fact, how could headquarters dislike a win-win situation? It was simply impossible to agree to Yunnan Province's request because Long Qian had already gone to the Middle East, and it was impossible to find him. At this time, Long Qian needed to find the extraterrestrial meteorite and bring it to Yanjing. Only then could Long Qian regain his position as captain of the Tianlong Bureau.
At this moment, Shen Feng could only control the wind direction of the camp to ensure that the spores in the Mushroom Forest were blown away. Only when the spores in the Mushroom Forest were blown away could the camp be free from threat. Otherwise, no one knew when they would ingest the spores.
After waiting for a week, the heavy weapons finally arrived, including towed howitzers, smoothbore guns, and even tanks. The shells were also abundant. It could be said that Yunnan Province had mobilized everything. As long as a port could be obtained, the impoverished situation in Yunnan Province could be changed. In this context, all the people in Yunnan Province supported the opening of the road.
The battle began again. The infantry first cleared the way, penetrating deep into the Mushroom Forest. The tanks followed behind. The only drawback was that the tanks could only advance along the road, so the half-meter-high mushrooms on the road also needed to be cleared.
The land that had been polluted by wastewater containing heavy metals did not have any mushrooms growing on it, which indicated that the method of attacking with wastewater was effective. In the places where wastewater had been splashed, fungi could no longer grow. Perhaps this situation would only change decades later.
As the army resumed its advance, there was movement in the Mushroom Forest again. Giant mutated beasts directly advanced towards the army. The mutated beasts were preventing the army from advancing. After Shen Feng discovered mutated beasts approaching, he immediately reminded the soldiers. With Shen Feng patrolling around, he could detect any disturbance and issue a warning.
Chu Chaoyan did not come this time because she was too terrified of the terrifying Mushroom Forest. This place was too strange, and one could easily be parasitized by fungi. Chu Chaoyan simply stayed in the camp to search for information, to see if she could find any special information.
Now, Shen Feng also wanted to see how the army's combat effectiveness would be when facing mutated beasts.
Previously, the army had not expected there to be so many mutated beasts in the Mushroom Forest. They were caught off guard and suffered losses. However, now that heavy firepower had caught up, no matter how large the mutated beasts were, they could not cause any damage.
When the mutated beasts appeared, the cannons fired. Huge shells were fired, and the mutated beasts in the Mushroom Forest were giant goats, green peacocks, and even long-tailed lizards. When the shells landed on these mutated beasts, they immediately exploded, and the mutated beasts were instantly mangled.
However, even though they were severely injured, the mutated beasts were still attacking the army frantically at this time, as if they could not feel the pain. They were only attacking, and tears were flowing from their eyes. Perhaps the mutated beasts did not want to die, but their brains were controlled, and their nerve centers were no longer under their control, so they could only watch themselves die. As for more things, they could not do anything.
Upon seeing this, Shen Feng quickly said, "Attack the heads of these animals. The heads of these animals are their weak points. Even if they are controlled, as long as the brain is destroyed, the mutated beasts' actions can be stopped instantly."
Shen Feng informed the frontline commander of what he had observed. The commander said helplessly, "We also know this. However, these mutated beasts are all moving. It is too difficult to hit the heads of the mutated beasts while they are moving. We can only use firepower coverage to blast these mutated beasts into pieces."
Shen Feng also understood this. If he could see the weakness of the mutated beasts, others could also discover this weakness. However, even if the weakness was discovered, it was not so easy to attack it.
Fortunately, the army was well-prepared at this time. Tanks and mobile artillery were firing alternately. Although the mutated beasts were huge, they could not get close in the end. The shells landed on the ground with a "rumble," constantly creating large pits. The giant mushrooms also fell under the bombardment of the shells. As the giant mushrooms fell, they crushed more mushrooms. Mushrooms, which originally had no stems and only mycelium, had unstable foundations, so they fell one after another like dominoes.
The three mutated beasts that led the charge died under the shells. A few hundred meters away, the ground was pitted and uneven, as if it had been plowed. It was unclear whether the red soil was originally this color or stained with blood.
Seeing this result, Shen Feng breathed a sigh of relief and thought, "Even if we plow the ground with shells, we can plow all the way to Ruili and pass through eighty kilometers of the Mushroom Forest. It shouldn't be difficult. I don't believe the mutated beasts in the Mushroom Forest are endless."
Next, mutated beasts kept rushing out of the forest, completely desperately trying to stop the army's advance. This was because the army had already advanced three kilometers into the Mushroom Forest, and all the spores within this range had been blown away by Shen Feng. The only thing that could stop the army was the mutated beasts.
Shen Feng also discovered an abnormality during his observation. The mutated beasts that came to intercept were not small individuals; almost all of them were of giant size, at least Tier 4 mutated beasts. Generally speaking, it was good to have Tier 4 mutated beasts in the mountains, but the mutated beasts that appeared in the Mushroom Forest were all Tier 4 or above.
"What are the mutated beasts in here eating to grow so large? Or is there actually treasure in the Mushroom Forest?" Shen Feng thought to himself.
However, even these giant mutated beasts eventually died tragically under the shells. The bombardment of the shells was something that flesh and blood could not resist. Even giant bunkers were afraid of artillery bombardment. Now, mutated beasts were just enlarged animals, and they also could not withstand the bombardment of shells.
The shrapnel after the explosion had great destructive power. Under such circumstances, the shrapnel tore apart the bodies of the beasts, and the shock wave generated by the explosion directly attacked the internal organs of the mutated beasts. It took an average of ten minutes to kill a giant mutated beast. It could be said that no matter how many mutated beasts came, they could not stop the army's advance in the face of modern firepower.
After seeing the combat methods of the Yunnan Army, Shen Feng was also shocked and thought, "This is the combat effectiveness of a regular army. The quality of these soldiers is much higher than that of the Yuzhou soldiers."
Shen Feng truly discovered the gap. Previously, Shen Feng felt that his army was quite good, but after truly seeing the level of a regular army in field operations, Shen Feng realized that the Yuzhou army still had a long way to go to learn.
With the shells clearing the way, the army pushed forward 8 kilometers into the Mushroom Forest. Such speed was exhilarating, especially Shen Feng, who was overjoyed to see this situation and thought, "It seems that all fear comes from insufficient firepower. This saying is absolutely true."
At dusk, the army prepared to return. A road had been opened in the forest, but the surrounding mushrooms were tall and densely packed. In this situation, the forest was much darker, and many places were unclear.
At this moment, a mycelium on the ground suddenly wrapped around a soldier's ankle and dragged him into the depths of the Mushroom Forest.
Encountering this situation, the soldier quickly shouted, "Help! Save me, I'm being taken away!"