Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Outside the Bamboo Sea Nature Reserve spiritual realm.
Not long after Zheng Guodong got off the plane, he rushed over to this place that caused him extreme discomfort.
“The spiritual aura here seems to be quite dense.”
Zheng Guodong furrowed his brows and looked toward the valley. The sky was filled with a mist-like spiritual aura glowing with ethereal colors.
Spiritual auras could only be seen by people with transcendent physiques. Moreover, if the spiritual aura was not concentrated enough, it would be very difficult for any color to appear.
Currently, Bamboo Sea Nature Reserve—no, it had already merged with Lingxiao Peak Nature Reserve—was a gigantic spiritual realm that had expanded by nearly ten kilometers compared to before.
Zheng Guodong glanced at his back.
With countless tents had already been set up, many soldiers were pacing back and forth between them.
He also noticed that several tents were filled with weapons and ammunition.
They were currently outside Little Li Village, and this was just a temporary camp.
Ever since the villagers moved away, the houses in Little Li Village had been vacant. However, in the past two months, the place suffered greatly under the destructive nature of those mutated creatures.
According to the plan, they would advance into the spiritual realm for an attack in a few hours.
It was indeed impossible to set up camp in this place that already became the border of the spiritual realm.
If they camped at the foot of the mountain, they would be too far away from the spiritual realm, and it would be even harder for the soldiers to march. Naturally, setting up camp halfway up the mountain was out of the question. That was an absolute rule.
However, the good news was that the artillery troops were already advancing towards this camp. It should not be a problem to baptize the entire spiritual realm in artillery fire.
Zheng Guodong could feel the tension that engulfed the camp.
Zheng Guodong knew very well what a spiritual realm meant to these ordinary people.
Transcendent beings like them often died in spiritual realms that were full of mutated creatures, not to mention these soldiers who only had weapons for their defense.
Now, the Bamboo Sea Nature Reserve spiritual realm had been upgraded to a Red Extreme Danger Zone.
This meant that the higher-ups believed that there might be mutated beasts of Grade-D or higher inside.
It had been confirmed that a Grade-D mutated beast was not afraid of ordinary bullets at all. Even a few thousand bullets would not be able to break its defense.
The number of armor-piercing bullets and high-explosive artillery shells could never match up to the number of mutated beasts.
Furthermore, nobody could be certain that it could take one of these weapons to kill one beast.
Strangely enough, the last time their team of sixteen people entered this place, they did not encounter many mutated beasts. At that time, he was puzzled.
After all, even if it was a Grade-E spiritual realm with a very diluted spiritual aura, it was abnormal to see so few mutated beasts around.
Now that he thought about it, perhaps they were extremely lucky back then to not bump into those beasts.
Or perhaps, there was another more pessimistic possibility.
Within this spiritual realm, there was a Grade-C mutated beast that commanded the entire spirit realm whose spiritual intelligence developed into advanced stages. It might have ruled over all other mutated creatures.
The mutated beast must have thought that those transcendent beings who were far inferior to him posed no threats and merely wished to drive them away.
That was the only possible explanation for Jia Lin and the other two to be able to escape from the spiritual realm even though they encountered those giant wolves.
Of course, that was just the worst-case scenario. This hypothesis was unproven.
After all, even though this place was upgraded to a Red Extreme Danger Zone, the density of spiritual aura in the peripheral areas did not exceed twenty thousand.
Based on his calculations, even the area with the highest density of spiritual aura should only come up to twenty-four thousand.
If it exceeded twenty-four thousand, then it could be aptly called Red Extreme Danger Zone.
This also proved that there were Grade-C mutated beasts within the spiritual realm. Ordinary firearms were completely ineffective against them!
“Hopefully, the spiritual aura density indicator won’t be like last time.”
He could hear the rumbles in his ears like intermittent minor earthquakes, and it brought Zheng Guodong back to the horrors he felt.
Even though he was unsure if these were simply illusions, he had a feeling that the rumbles were very close to them.
Zheng Guodong sighed. Suddenly, a strong gust of wind blew. He looked up at the sky involuntarily.
The dark clouds that covered half the sky seemed to be floating over toward them.
He frowned and walked into a tent.
Inside the tent, twenty transcendent beings were resting while being on their guard.
Unlike last time, these twenty people were not rookies who would be entering the spiritual realm for the first time. Although they were around Middle Rank Grade-D, all of them survived the spiritual realm—people deserving of being called transcendent beings.
“Greetings, Captain Zheng!” When the twenty people saw Zheng Guodong entering their tent, they stood up in unison. Each of them stood straight, and their faces were filled with determination and courage. They gave off the aura of actual military soldiers.
“Have a seat.” Zhen Guodong was reminded of the rookies that he brought with him last time.
If they could be more like these people…
“Captain Zheng, we’ve received orders to follow your lead!” A transcendent being stood up and announced.
Zheng Guodong nodded. “Let’s skip the pleasantries. We’ll lead an attack on the center of the Bamboo Sea Nature Reserve at exactly four o’clock in the afternoon. Before that, the artillery will clear our path with a concentrated attack, provided it doesn’t rain.”
However, just as he said that, there was a flash of white light outside the tent, followed by a loud boom!
Rumble…
At this moment, heavy rain poured.
“Tsk.” Zheng Guodong understood that continuing on their original attack plans was impossible.
It was already difficult for the artillery squad to ascend the mountain, what more on muddy paths formed by the heavy rain.
Even if they reached the foot of the mountain, it would be difficult for them to reach their current location in a short time. If they encountered any landslides, it would be even harder for them to advance.
Zheng Guodong recalled how they encountered endless downpours the last time he brought his team here too.
He waited for two hours.
However, the rain did not stop.
Although the rain gradually calmed down, it continued to drizzle. The rumbling sounds coming from the valley did not stop either.
News had just arrived at the foot of the mountain. The artillery troops were indeed stuck in the mud and could not reach their destination anytime soon.
It seemed that if they still wished to launch an attack based on their original plan, they would have to do so directly from where they were.
There was nothing Zheng Guodong could do about that.
Summer had just begun, and this rain came too quickly. Nobody knew when it would stop.
In this harsh weather, they would definitely suffer tremendous losses if they acted rashly. Without the support of the artillery troops, marching in the rain would also be extremely dangerous.
“Oh, well. I hope the rain stops soon,” Zheng Guodong mumbled and sighed.
His power was also affected by the pitter-patters. Even the all-consuming flames that could burn everything in its path would be halted by rain.
Night fell, and the rain did not stop.
Zheng Guodong and the other transcendent beings were patrolling around their encampment in their raincoats.
The rain was noisy and loud with constant rumbles. Zheng Guodong did not dare to be careless.
Among all mutated beasts, there had always been more nocturnal creatures.
If a few of them took advantage of the night and the rain to attack, it would definitely cause great casualties!
“Captain Zheng, did you hear that?”
One of his squad members suddenly said as he looked in the direction where the mountain was in the darkness.
“I heard it too. Is it a bird or some other animal?”
“No, it feels like the disgusting sounds insects make to me…”
Zheng Guodong’s head nearly exploded as it dawned on him!
He roared, “Attention, all troops! Our enemy is attacking!”
Hundreds of light pillars shot into the sky and between the ruined buildings in the village. In the night sky, a huge army of mutated birds, mutated insects, and other mutated beasts were charging toward the encampment!