Facing an enemy as slow as a turtle, Shen Feng had no good solutions. He had no explosives, nor was he a professional demolitions expert. He couldn't crack the opponent's shell in a short time.
"Don't rush, don't rush. Think carefully about how to break through the defenses of an enemy who refuses to come out!" Shen Feng forced himself to calm down. He couldn't be impulsive. Only by calming down could he truly find a solution. Rushing was useless.
Shen Feng began to recall how ancient people attacked cities. Perhaps he could find a solution in these cases. Fire attack was out; stone had excellent heat insulation. At best, the enemy would thicken the stone walls, and he would only be wasting time. Water attack was also out; there wasn't enough water here, especially now that the stone wall was tightly sealed to the ground, making it difficult for water to enter. Since water couldn't get in, the effect of a water attack couldn't be realized.
Just as Shen Feng was frowning, he saw a plastic bucket on the ground not far away, with many pale yellow powders inside. A closer look revealed that these powders were definitely hypnotic pollen. It would be easy to get the pollen up from the rear opening, using just a rope and a bucket. Even a monkey could do it.
"Got it. I don't believe you won't breathe. I'll wait here for a while. Next, you'll have to taste the power of hypnotic pollen!" Shen Feng thought to himself.
Shen Feng waited in the chamber with the two sleeping children. Yin Li was still struggling to crawl towards the distant passage. Shen Feng had pierced her body with a sword, but she was not dead. Instead, her will to survive had erupted, and she still harbored thoughts of escape.
"Traitor, you still want to live? Dream on!" Shen Feng sneered and unleashed a wind blade, directly piercing Yin Li as she crawled. This time, her heart was pierced, and there was no hope for Yin Li to live.
Shen Feng walked to Yin Li's side, pulled out the้จ้ long sword from her back, casually wiped off the blood, and sheathed it.
Mu Xiang waited for a long time in the dark, enclosed space. At first, he could hear the clanging sounds from outside, likely the stone wall being attacked. However, after the attack stopped, the cave became quiet, with no vibrations. This made Mu Xiang feel deeply uneasy, unsure of what had happened outside.
Mu Xiang didn't want to wait for death. His special ability was also very powerful in terms of offense. He unleashed his ability, and then sharp spikes grew from the ground outside. The spikes were fifty centimeters long. If an ordinary person were to be stabbed by them, their legs would be pierced on the spot.
After waiting for a while longer, half an hour passed. Mu Xiang pressed his ear against the stone wall but still heard nothing. Instead, Mu Xiang started to feel dizzy. After thinking about it, he suddenly understood that he was suffering from oxygen deprivation, which was causing the dizziness.
So, Mu Xiang quickly opened the stone wall, preparing to breathe fresh air. However, he only opened a crack. He was worried about a surprise attack, so opening a crack would allow him to breathe fresh air and observe the situation outside.
A crack slowly appeared on the stone wall. Mu Xiang cautiously observed the situation in the chamber and found a bonfire still burning. No one alive was in the cave. The black-clothed figures who had appeared earlier had disappeared, along with the two infants.
Seeing this, Mu Xiang finally let out a long sigh of relief. "Phew, safe!"
Mu Xiang was very fortunate. The enemy seemed to only want to snatch the children and not get bogged down here. Thus, he had managed to save his life.
However, at that moment, Mu Xiang suddenly smelled a strange fragrance. Upon detecting this strange scent, Mu Xiang couldn't help but sneeze: "Achoo."
Mu Xiang guessed that he must have been in the cave for too long, and the smoke in the cave had choked him.
But suddenly, at this moment, Mu Xiang found that the space outside had become somewhat dim and yellow. While he was still wondering, a large cloud of pale yellow pollen entered through the crack. Mu Xiang was caught off guard and inhaled the hypnotic pollen, immediately falling into a deep sleep.
At this moment, Shen Feng jumped down from above. He had tied Xiao Long to his back and held Xiao Hu in his arms, gripping a stalactite at the cave's ceiling with one hand, hanging above. As soon as the opponent couldn't resist and opened the stone wall, he immediately blew the pollen in the bucket, causing Mu Xiang to be hypnotized by the pollen.
Next, Shen Feng continued to unleash wind blades. Rows of wind blades formed and were fired towards the crack in the stone wall. Two thousand wind blades continuously chiseled at the crack, finally creating a fist-sized hole in the stone wall. Then, the sharp wind blades directly shot in, and Mu Xiang, in his sleep, met an untimely end.
After dealing with the enemy, Shen Feng breathed a sigh of relief. Then, holding the treasures in his arms, he softly called out, "Son, wake up, I'm your dad!"
Shen Feng eagerly awaited the children's awakening to see him. However, no matter how Shen Feng called, Xiao Hu was still sleeping soundly. Shen Feng felt that something was wrong. Even if ordinary children slept soundly, they wouldn't sleep this soundly, would they?
Shen Feng took Xiao Long down from his back and began to call out to him, only to find that Xiao Long, who was almost two years old, was also sound asleep. Although his breathing was even, he just wouldn't wake up.
Shen Feng touched Xiao Hu's forehead and found that Xiao Hu's forehead was very hot. This clearly indicated a fever, which greatly frightened Shen Feng. A child with a fever could easily become foolish. The reason was simple: a baby's various bodily functions were in the developmental stage, including the nervous system. Once the body temperature was too high, it could kill a large number of nerve cells, thus causing the child to become foolish.
"How could this happen? He suddenly has a fever?" Shen Feng panicked. He had to treat his son immediately, otherwise, if something happened to his son, he would regret it forever.
Shen Feng suddenly remembered that there was a sentry on the mountain earlier. Given the children's condition, perhaps that guy knew something. So, Shen Feng immediately rushed towards the other passage. In just over ten seconds, Shen Feng rushed out of the cave and found the sentry on the mountain, only to discover him dozing off. Looking at the sky, Shen Feng realized that there was already light in the distance.
"Shua," Shen Feng directly drew his sword and cut off the sentry's right arm with one strike.
"Pa!" The right arm fell to the ground, and the sentry woke up from his sleep. Under the stimulation of the intense pain, his sleepiness had completely disappeared.
"Who are you? How did you get here?" the sentry questioned Shen Feng while rolling on the ground.
Shen Feng was wearing a mask, so the other party couldn't recognize him. If he took off the mask, many people would recognize him.
"I'll give you a chance to live. If you answer well, you can live. Why are these two children sleeping all the time? Speak!" Shen Feng asked coldly.
This person had just had his arm severed and was filled with fear. Seeing the two children on the other party, it meant he had come from deep within the cave, making him even more terrified. He quickly replied, "I don't know, please let me go. I have an eighty-year-old mother..."
"Shu," Shen Feng was too lazy to listen to the guy's nonsense and directly swung his sword, precisely cutting off the person's ear.
The one-eared man rolled on the ground, begging, "Good sir, spare my life, good sir, spare my life, I'll tell you everything!"
Shen Feng asked, "You just need to answer about the condition of these two children. If you answer well, I won't kill you!"
At this time, the one-eared man also hesitantly said, "Actually, these two children were too noisy, so to quiet them down, we fed them some pollen..."
Hearing this, Shen Feng was instantly enraged. He hadn't expected these people to be so cruel as to feed pollen that could paralyze ability users to infants. No wonder these two children were sleeping soundly and didn't even cry! It was all the fault of these beasts!
"Good sir, you said you wouldn't kill me, you can't go back on your word!" After revealing the truth, the one-eared man continued to beg for mercy. He just wanted to live. As for the deposit he had received earlier, it was no longer needed!
Shen Feng sneered and said, "That's right, I said I wouldn't kill you, but I didn't say I wouldn't punish you!"
With that, Shen Feng swept his sword horizontally, cutting off the guy's legs at the knees. Blood gushed out uncontrollably. The blood from his right arm was already flowing non-stop, and he could still use his left hand to cover it to reduce blood loss. But now, with his legs also cut off, the rate of blood loss was even faster.
One could only see blood surging wildly, constantly dyeing the ground red. Shen Feng turned and left without any hesitation. He knew that even if he didn't kill the villain in front of him, he was doomed to die anyway, eventually succumbing to excessive blood loss.
Now, Shen Feng knew why the two children were still sleeping, and he was very angry. Children should not be given medication casually, and the pollen was a potent anesthetic. If it caused irreversible damage to the children, it would be truly terrible. Now, these two children must be treated, especially Xiao Hu!
Shen Feng used "Like Wind Following," and began to speed towards the distance. He walked over forests when he encountered them and walked on water when he encountered streams. No terrain could stop Shen Feng's progress, and soon Shen Feng arrived outside Yuzhou City.
However, Yuzhou City was now observing the movements of every infant. If one couldn't state their identity, they would be closely monitored. Shen Feng found it inconvenient to enter the city at this time, so he had to inquire in the street outside the city: "Is there a doctor nearby?"
After asking several people, they all said they didn't know.
Most of the residents outside Yuzhou City were mercenaries and their families. Mercenaries, due to their possession of weapons, were not allowed to reside within the city, which was a common understanding. Life outside the city was naturally inferior to that within the city, with less developed education and healthcare.
Finding a good doctor outside the city was clearly not easy.
Just then, Shen Feng saw a little girl walking towards him, carrying many books. She looked about seven or eight years old, but the books she carried were all lengthy treatises, such as "The Red and the Black," "How the Steel Was Tempered," and even "Das Kapital." It was hard to imagine that these were books read by a little girl.
"Little sister, Uncle has a question for you. Is there a doctor nearby? Preferably a doctor who can treat children!" Shen Feng crouched down and asked.
Yu Zhiling was originally going out to buy books for her brother. Her family's life had improved a lot recently, and she didn't have to be stingy when buying books. Normally, buying books was something her brother did himself, but her brother was not feeling well recently, so she had to do it. She was stopped and questioned.
Without thinking, she directly replied, "I know. There's a doctor who just moved in next to my house. She's a woman, and I heard she came from the east. She seems to be hiding from someone!"
"Little sister, take me to the doctor. I have ration coupons, and I'll give them to you as payment!" Shen Feng said quickly. As long as he could find a doctor, it would be fine. If that didn't work, he would have to risk exposing his identity and enter the city.
Yu Zhiling looked at the green ration coupons in Shen Feng's hand and was immediately tempted. However, she hadn't forgotten her brother's instructions: never take anything from strangers, no matter what! So, she quickly said, "I don't need your reward. Helping others should not be rewarded."
After speaking, the little girl led Shen Feng towards the distance. Shen Feng, carrying Xiao Long on his back and Xiao Hu in his arms, followed the little girl towards her home.