255: The clearing operation officially begins

The next morning.

Yang Dian, who had been washing his feet with Shi Sheng until the latter half of the night, climbed out of bed feeling refreshed.

What? You're asking why he didn't just wash them all night, or sleep at the foot-washing parlor, since he was already washing them until the latter half of the night?

The answer is: he's particular about where he sleeps.

He went downstairs and ate a breakfast carefully prepared by Yangs Mother.

Yang Dian then picked up the Little Black Cat, who was purring happily, and looked at Yangs Mother:

“Mom, I’m going out for a few days.”

Yangs Mother was startled for a moment:

“Why are you going out again as soon as you’ve returned?”

Yang Dian waved his hand:

“Sigh, it’s all because of those mutated creatures making trouble.”

“They’ve been restless and causing disturbances, so we’re planning to teach them a lesson and let them know who’s in charge of this Earth.”

Yangs Mother was still a bit worried:

“Nothing will go wrong, will it?”

Yang Dian waved his hand:

“What could go wrong?”

“Your son is invincible on the surface.”

After saying that, he waved his hand again at Yangs Father, who also showed a worried look but said nothing:

“Dad, I’m off to work. If Lele and Tongtong look for me, just tell them I’ll be back in a couple of days.”

With that, he walked out of the house, petted two yellow dog heads, patted the large Moose, then flew out of the village and boarded Liu Wei’s fighter jet.

The fighter jet hovered a thousand meters up, then shot straight southwest... Five minutes later, it arrived above Shennongjia, and Yang Dian took out a wristband and handed it to Liu Wei:

“There are 40 heaven and earth treasures in this wristband. I picked them up from outside.”

“Brother Wei, please help me deliver them to the Resource Department and have them sell them for Merits (merit points).”

Liu Wei, who took the wristband, widened his eyes:

“40 heaven and earth treasures?”

“No, you were only out for 20 days, and you found 40 heaven and earth treasures from outside?”

Yang Dian smiled:

“Otherwise?”

“Brother Wei, do you think Earth's Will’s favor is a joke?”

“These 40 are what’s left; I ate quite a few to improve my strength.”

With that, Yang Dian flew out of the open hatch and waved at Liu Wei:

“I’m going down first.”

Liu Wei nodded seriously:

“I’ll deliver the rare treasure to the Resource Department as soon as possible. You be careful too.”

Yang Dian also nodded at Liu Wei, then flew down.

Seeing Yang Dian leave, Liu Wei closed the hatch and controlled the plane to fly towards the capital.

But halfway there, he suddenly remembered something.

‘Why didn’t he use Qi and blood when he flew down?’

...Naturally, Yang Dian didn’t know that Liu Wei belatedly noticed he hadn’t used Qi and blood to fly.

After all, he had already silently landed behind Yue Shan.

Looking left and right, and seeing no one else, Yang Dian spoke:

“Uncle Yue, is it just the two of us this time?”

Yue Shan’s body trembled, and he turned around, glaring at Yang Dian in annoyance:

“You little brat, are you a ghost? Walking without a sound?”

Yang Dian chuckled:

“How could I have walked here? I clearly flew down from the sky.”

Yue Shan looked up at the sky, frowning:

“Why didn’t I sense your aura?”

At this point, he suddenly thought of something:

“You activated Unity of Man and Nature just to scare me?”

“What kind of weird hobby do you have, kid?”

“Oh, come on~ It’s Uncle Yue, you were spacing out, don’t blame me.” Yang Dian waved his hand, then asked curiously:

“Is it just the two of us coming to Shennongjia this time?”

Yue Shan glanced at Yang Dian’s wristband:

“Don’t you still have over 10 city-guarding robots in your hand?”

“Besides that, there are also 11 space-based satellites in the sky.”

“There are only 5 beast kings in Shennongjia.”

“With our combat power, plus countless heavy armaments, it’s more than enough to deal with them.”

Yang Dian exhaled:

“Beasts truly are uniquely blessed.”

“5 beast kings in Shennongjia, 3 in the Qinling Mountains, 5 in the Kunlun Mountains, 3 in the Tianshan Mountains...”

“Adding up all the large and small mountain ranges in the country, there are a total of thirty to fifty beast kings. Globally, the number exceeds 300.”

“This high-end combat power is almost 10 times that of humans.”

“It’s quite absurd.”

“Actually, it’s not that absurd.” Yue Shan shook his head:

“Wild beasts rely on their bodies to survive; we rely on our brains.”

“Before individual strength reaches a certain level, it ultimately cannot surpass the power of technology.”

“It’s just that some beast kings have special abilities, and we were afraid they would escape the encirclement and retaliate against cities, so we didn’t launch a full-scale attack on them before.”

“But now that they are already stirring, and we have made ample preparations, we naturally must nip the danger in the bud.”

Yang Dian, however, frowned upon hearing this:

“Have you found the reason why those beast kings suddenly became agitated?”

“We have a general idea.” Yue Shan nodded, then looked at Yang Dian:

“Did you not read the report from the Academy of Sciences again?”

Seeing Yang Dian give an embarrassed laugh, Yue Shan shook his head and continued:

“The sudden agitation of the beast kings is related to the sinkholes that have suddenly appeared around the world.”

“The Academy of Sciences extracted a ‘wildness factor’ from around the sinkholes. This factor promotes atavism in wild beasts, making them more aggressive.”

“The Academy of Sciences is currently researching the wildness factor, trying to use it to increase the success rate of Awakening, but progress has been slow...”

During their casual conversation, the sun gradually rose to its zenith.

Standing on the cliff edge of Shennong Peak, one could see dense rows of mecha warriors already lined up, completely encircling the entire Shennongjia.

Huge engineering robots walked on the ridges.

Uprooting trees, splitting rocks, carving mountains, building fortifications... In just a few minutes, they could construct a high-strength concrete bunker half a meter thick.

Amidst the buzzing of propellers, countless helicopters loaded with live ammunition took off, hovering at the edge of Shennongjia, ready to provide support at any moment.

One after another, multi-barreled rocket anti-aircraft vehicles raised their gun mounts, their muzzles pointing directly at the core of Shennongjia.

The smell of gunpowder began to spread over this land, which had once been ravaged by war but had now enjoyed a long period of peace.

Yue Shan walked to the cliff edge and took a deep breath:

“A familiar, but not pleasant, scent.”

Yang Dian took two steps forward to stand beside Yue Shan:

“Uncle Yue, do you have a story?”

Yue Shan shook his head, his voice full of emotion:

“I used to be in the peacekeeping force...”

Amidst Yue Shan’s sigh, a burst of static also came through Yang Dian’s earpiece.

Then a loud voice came through the earpiece:

“All units, please pay attention, all units, please pay attention!”

“The final negotiation with the beast-king-class creatures has begun, the final negotiation with the beast-king-class creatures has begun!”

“All units, please prepare, all units, please prepare...”

Two more minutes later, the loud voice rang out again from the earpiece.

“Attention all units!”

“The beast-king-class creatures have ignored our repeated warnings and have continuously attacked our military outposts and ordinary citizens in recent days.”

“This behavior has caused severe damage to the national security of Huaxia and seriously threatened the safety of our citizens.”

“To protect the personal and property safety of our citizens from threats.”

“The Suppression (eradication) operation officially begins...”

As the sound faded, countless army soldiers activated their mechas, spraying pale blue flames as they flew into the sky.

The anti-aircraft guns, which had already locked onto their targets, emitted smoke and flew towards their targets like rain.

Endless smoke swirled above this primitive forest...