"The method I'm talking about is actually very simple," Chu Chaoyan said. "It's to dispatch new personnel from Yuzhou to fight, and they can work tirelessly. You must have seen this thing before, and many people from Yuzhou have seen it too!"
"How can there be such tireless creatures in the world? It's impossible!" After hearing this in the meeting, everyone immediately refuted it, thinking it was pure fantasy. Even robots would wear out, let alone ordinary personnel.
"Tireless personnel? Are you referring to those treants?" Chang Haojie suddenly thought of something and quickly asked.
The reason he thought of treants was that he had seen them before. Yuzhou had encountered an attack by mutated butterflies, and treants had appeared. However, after Shen Feng returned, he used his abilities to disperse all the mist in Yuzhou. As a result, these treants withered and died upon exposure to ultraviolet rays.
"That's right. The tireless personnel I'm talking about can deal with these insects!" Chu Chaoyan said.
Everyone nodded in agreement after hearing this method. They had previously overlooked the existence of treants. After all, this species had only appeared a few times, so they hadn't paid much attention to it. But now, everyone remembered.
"Actually, if there were someone who could control birds, we could also have these birds deal with the insects. After all, birds are the natural enemies of insects. They have thick feathers that can prevent insect bites, and they digest them quickly. They can eat one to two hundred insects a day. We only need to capture some mutated birds and have people control their movements to launch a devastating strike against these insects. It's a pity that we don't have such ability users under our command. I heard that there are such people along the southeast coast, but unfortunately, they are not here," Chu Chaoyan continued.
Shen Feng thought for a moment and said, "I didn't see how these treants dealt with the insects before. Now you can tell me about the advantages of these treants, and then I'll make a decision!"
Chu Chaoyan stood up and said, "These treants have many advantages and very obvious disadvantages. The advantage is that they will not stop working until they are exhausted. However, the disadvantage is that they cannot be directly exposed to sunlight, because once they are exposed to ultraviolet rays, they will eventually wither and die. Perhaps it is a flaw that appeared during their evolution, making them extremely afraid of ultraviolet rays."
Everyone listened patiently to the explanation, as many people knew nothing about treants. Some had never even seen what a treant looked like. Even though treants had appeared in Yuzhou before, these people couldn't see their appearance clearly in the mist. Now that such important news had emerged, everyone was eager to know.
"The treants are almost entirely made of hard woody material, which can be compared to ironwood. This is a very dense material, so dense that it would sink in water. When attacking, they are not affected by insect bites. Even if insects land on them, they cannot cause damage! Therefore, there is a fundamental difference between treants and humans. Humans are afraid of attacks from hornet wasps, so they are always hesitant in battle, always needing to guard against attacks from all directions, and their minds are extremely tense. But treants do not have this problem!" Shen Feng also recalled his own experience when facing treants.
When Shen Feng first encountered these detestable treants, he was initially very confident because he believed that as long as he kept attacking, he could definitely kill them. However, he later discovered that his fierce attacks only left shallow marks on the treants, unable to damage their core.
Therefore, treants possess very strong defensive capabilities. Most insects that land on them cannot cause effective damage. In this process, treants can control their vines to attack continuously, and their attack range is very wide, within dozens of miles.
"But you also said that these treants have very obvious weaknesses. They will die as soon as they are exposed to sunlight. So, in this situation, how can we ensure that these treants do not die suddenly? Especially since hornet wasps are almost inactive at night and hide in their nests, but are active during the day. At this time, treants are almost never out!" someone asked a tricky question.
"There's no need to worry too much about this problem. Don't forget that we have a young hero among us, Ajie! Come and say hello to everyone," Chu Chaoyan said with a smile.
Chang Haojie said, "Please rest assured, everyone. As long as I stand, there will be mist within dozens of kilometers around you. Then, these treants can operate within the mist without any obstruction."
It was at this moment that everyone realized Chang Haojie's existence for the first time. Especially many mercenary group leaders, because these leaders were always active in the outer city and never came to the inner city, so they were not very familiar with Chang Haojie.
Now, everyone recalled that this young man was the one who used his abilities to cover the entire city with mist when facing the attack of mutated birds. However, he had been hiding in the deep mountains for several years afterward and only returned after many years.
"This is indeed a good plan. Let's proceed with this method, and we will surely be able to turn the tide. We are currently lacking strength, and obtaining the help of a large number of tireless workers is a great thing. Moreover, we can directly send the treants into the depths of the Mian Dian!" Everyone nodded in agreement, thinking it was a good plan.
"Since we have this plan now, I will contact Yuzhou next and ask them to send these treants over during the night!" Shen Feng said.
During the meeting, some other matters were also announced. Many of these were to encourage everyone to be invigorated and to persevere, as victory would surely be achieved. Moreover, a large amount of food had been sent from the rear to supplement everyone's strength. This was a rare and good thing. It was difficult for ordinary people to get a bite of meat in the apocalypse, but now, to reward everyone, a lot of meat products had been specially transported from the rear, which was also a way to boost morale.
Around three to four in the morning, the sound of helicopters suddenly echoed in the sky. Upon closer inspection, it could be seen that helicopters were appearing one after another above them. On the ground, people had already set up guiding markers on the flat ground. Searchlights illuminated the ground brightly, as if it were daytime. Under these circumstances, the helicopters slowly descended.
Under the helicopters, many colossal objects were suspended. One could vaguely see that beneath the helicopters were huge humanoid objects. When they reached the ground, they startled many people because they were giant figures, similar to ordinary primates, with four limbs, a brain, and a torso. Their way of walking was also very similar to humans.
Many people immediately recognized what was hanging under the helicopters: they were giant treants. Just looking at them instilled an infinite sense of dread, because ordinary people are afraid of large animals. This is the so-called megalophobia. Now, ten-meter-tall treants appeared before them, how could people not feel fear?
"I'll set off now. It will be dawn soon. I will immediately take these treants to scout ahead. These treants should be able to communicate with me, as I have cooperated with them before. As long as I have an obligation, these treants will enter the mist and will not run around," Chang Haojie said.
"Then be careful. I estimate we'll need to find an ability user from Yuzhou to protect your second sister. If you encounter danger, fly high and contact me by phone. I will come to support you as soon as possible. If you don't encounter any problems, then call me every two hours to report your situation, and that will be enough!" Shen Feng said to Chang Haojie.
Chang Haojie nodded, then packed a lot of supplies and prepared to set off. His method of movement was quite special because he didn't need to walk on the ground. He just needed to throw the required supplies onto the clouds, and he himself could ride the clouds to fly far away.
Therefore, even when carrying a lot of supplies, he could move easily. For the convenience of communication, he even brought a portable radio, which could be used for calls and reporting his situation at critical moments.
Soon, a large amount of mist appeared in the air. Upon seeing this mist, many treants seemed to have received a signal and began to move with heavy steps into the mist. The mist then flew towards the darkness in the distance, and the treants advanced with the mist, entering many tropical rainforests. As soon as they entered, they detected many things making noises in the forest and immediately controlled their vines to attack these noisy insects.
"Only a few dozen of these treants are too few. We need more treants in the future, and we can only keep manufacturing them and sending them from Yuzhou. We need at least 10,000 treants to resolve the dangers in the south!" Chu Chaoyan said.
"It's alright. Our pressure will be shared. We will flank from all sides, and Chang Haojie will attack from the center. At least this way, the hornet wasps will be unable to attend to both ends, and the subsequent operations will be more convenient," Shen Feng said, relieved.
With the addition of the treants, the army's advance indeed accelerated. Many hornet wasps had never seen treants before. When they discovered moving objects, they flew forward one after another and stung the treants with their venomous stingers. Unfortunately, their stingers could not penetrate, and instead, these hornet wasps died one after another because their stingers could only be used once, and they would die after using them.
The treants worked tirelessly because they only had two fatal weaknesses. One was exposure to sunlight, and the other was the possibility of exhausting their energy. The energy they carried was actually the large tree tumor on their heads. These tumors contained evolution genes. If they consumed the evolution genes without replenishment, the treants would stop moving and take root on the spot, becoming real trees.
The hornet wasps were already unable to move in the mist-filled space because their vision was obstructed, and they could not effectively see what was ahead. Therefore, their flight speed became slow. Moreover, due to the mist, the moisture would dampen the hornet wasps' wings, making their flight more energy-consuming. This environment was very uncomfortable for hornet wasps.
In the mountainous forests in the rear, hornet wasps were still breeding and foraging everywhere. As soon as they detected the presence of humans or other animals, they would immediately pursue them, kill them, and then decompose their bodies to bring back to the nest to feed the larvae.
However, gradually, the hornet wasps in these core areas also discovered that something was wrong. Their numbers were constantly decreasing. Even though they rapidly hatched larvae and allowed them to mature and fly to the front lines to fight, their territory was still shrinking, and their numbers were sharply declining.
Thus, in this situation, some hornet wasps felt fear. Led by the queen bee, a small portion of the hornet wasps flew towards Southeast Asia, to other countries like Indonesia and Malaysia. The drive to survive is an animal instinct, even for insects. Upon realizing that they could not resolve the danger posed by humans, these small groups of insects chose to flee. After all, fleeing, though shameful, is often the most effective.