78: The military discovered the anomaly

"Fungal Squad, upgrade! Level 2 Fungal Nest, upgrade!" Qiao Yu commanded in his mind.

The 10 Fungal Squads, totaling one hundred Fungus Monsters that had originally gathered around Qiao Yu, were instantly wrapped in clusters of blood cocoons.

The exterior of the fungal nest residential building where Qiao Yu was located also seemed to form a massive blood cocoon.

After feeling a wave of intense drowsiness, Qiao Yu rested inside the blood cocoon.

Most of the monster groups in the outer suburbs had already been wiped out by Qiao Yu, so he was not worried about being disturbed by monsters.

Furthermore, since he was currently inside the fungal nest, he could respawn infinitely even if he died, so he slept with peace of mind without the slightest worry.

Just as Qiao Yu was upgrading the Fungal Squad and the Level 2 Fungal Nest, an alarm sounded in the Satellite Monitoring Room at a military camp far away in Jiangnan Base City.

A Soldier wearing a microphone looked at the information displayed on the screen in the Satellite Monitoring Room, frowned, pressed a communication key, and reported.

"Report, an abnormal fluctuation has occurred in County 0203."

A steady, deep voice came from the other end of the microphone.

"An abnormal fluctuation in County 0203? I suppose another Lord-level Monster has been born."

Nowadays, satellite resources on Earth were extremely scarce, and coupled with the exceptionally large number of monsters, officials primarily focused on monsters that had reached the Lord Level or surpassed the Lord Level to reach the King Rank.

Because County 0203 was not a large place, even if a Lord-level Monster were born there, it would not be enough for them to play with, and they would soon migrate to larger cities with a higher density of monsters.

This county was filled with High-level Beast General Rank Monsters, which lower-ranked squads could not defeat.

For War God Level Martial Artist Squads, the rewards were too meager, so not many squads were willing to come here to hunt monsters.

"It is currently unclear whether the abnormal fluctuation was caused by fighting among multiple monster groups, a powerful monster being born and fighting for territory, or the appearance of a Lord-level Monster."

"Should we report it to the North Military Region and let their people investigate to avoid any accidents?" the Soldier with the microphone responded.

"Report it to the North Military Region according to the old rules, and let them investigate to follow the procedure."

Since Lord-level Monsters often migrated to larger cities, these officers were not worried that any major accident would happen in County 0203.

An abnormal fluctuation would occur every few months, and nearby military regions were already used to it.

This was also the status quo for most military regions; it was impossible to send troops to exterminate them just because there was a slight fluctuation. At most, they would investigate to see if it would have any impact on the Base City.

If there was no impact, then things would remain peaceful for the time being.

There was no other way; powerful Martial Artists could only be assigned to places that needed them more.

Such small cities could only be surrounded and suppressed at the most critical moments.

There were countless such small cities, and with limited manpower and material resources, the authorities could not spend too much energy dealing with them.

The Soldier in the Satellite Monitoring Room was a newcomer who was not familiar with the situation in this city, so he appeared a bit too nervous.

"Yes!"

The Soldier wearing the microphone responded rigidly, operated the computer a few times, and sent the information about the abnormal fluctuation to the North Military Region of Jiangnan Base City.

"Hmm... by the way, check if there are any coordinate details for other Martial Artist Squads there and notify them to evacuate as soon as possible." The officer on the other end of the microphone responded.

Facing a newcomer, he would also give more suggestions to help them get familiar with the current work as soon as possible.

"Yes!"

The Soldier with the microphone immediately opened the satellite positioning System to scan for the signals of Martial Artist communication watches in County 0203.

After discovering two or three scattered squads, he sent evacuation messages to them collectively.

After receiving the information, the North Military Region immediately arranged for relevant personnel to set out.

A few hours later, a Martial Artist Squad of Soldiers from the North Military Region arrived over County 0203 in a warplane.

According to the coordinate information transmitted by the nearby military region, they flew to the outer suburbs of the county.

"Hehe, I love going on field trips with investigation missions; finally, I can take a break and not have to train." A Soldier said happily inside the warplane.

This warplane was filled with members of their own squad, so they appeared more relaxed and spoke without restraint.

"Alright, alright, don't be too relaxed. Where is the discipline of a Soldier?" A stern voice rang out, scolding the Soldier who was happily slacking off just a moment ago.

"Damn it, if you have the ability, don't lie down while talking; get up and talk..."

In a dilapidated residential area not far from them, the tallest building in this dilapidated residential area suddenly collapsed.

Following that, other surrounding buildings collapsed as well.

In the dilapidated residential area, five Level One Fungus Nests had originally stood, but at this moment, they all merged together.

They formed a massive fungal nest that was over 20 meters high and occupied an area of four or five hundred square meters.

The roof of the fungal nest was composed of lichens, layered upon layers, as if they were tiles of an old-fashioned house, covering the sloped eaves and appearing exceptionally damp.

The standing rooms and dwellings were constructed from umbrella fungi, with bright yellow pointed huts clustered together.

On the ground was an endless network of white Mycelium, as if forming the transportation lines and foundations crisscrossing the residential area.

The air was filled with a fragrance unique to humus, mixed with spore dust; just imagining it made one slightly choke.

The walls of the building seemed like living things, slowly expanding, contracting, and breathing; for a moment, it was hard to say whether it was eerie or magical.

"Look! What is that thing?"

The warplane flying at low altitude clearly spotted Qiao Yu's fungal nest.

The Soldier piloting the warplane discovered the fungal nest beneath him through the screen, frowned, and said with a worried tone.

"What what? What fresh thing is there?"

The Soldier who was fooling around just now immediately stood up, walked to the pilot's side, and looked at the display screen inside the warplane.

"Damn, what the hell is this? It looks so disgusting!"

The others gathered around to watch.

"I seem to have some impression of this; it should be some kind of fungus, moss, or something similar." One of the team members guessed.

"fungus? Moss? Since when has the Wilderness Area had things like this?"

"Are you stupid? Fungi are everywhere, okay? How did you get into university? A fish that slipped through the net of nine-year compulsory education, right?" A group of people teased each other.

"Then is this situation considered normal or abnormal? Should we report it?" The pilot asked.

"Better report it. After all, we've never seen such a situation before, so we have to report it and put it on record. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, it will be our negligence." One of the team members suggested.

"Hmm, what you said makes sense. Why don't we go down and collect some samples to take back."