95: The city has been recaptured

"Wang Mian, let's pull back first, then contact Liang Xin and have him use incendiary bombs to eliminate these fungus."

Feng Zhisheng ordered.

Wang Mian nodded, retracted the flamethrower, turned around, and drove back to where the warplane was located.

"Hmm? Why are they leaving? Not going to keep burning?"

Qiao Yu discovered through his fungal vision that the military personnel were driving away, leaving him somewhat confused for a moment.

Although the military was destroying his hard work, why did they suddenly leave out of the blue?

Before Qiao Yu could figure it out, the answer was already right in front of him.

Qiao Yu saw a massive warplane soar up from where the Soldiers had retreated, flying straight toward the residential area.

The warplane streaked across the sky above the residential area, and before Qiao Yu could even wonder, several pitch-black shells were launched down.

When the shells hit the ground and various buildings, flames erupted everywhere, and buildings began to burn.

"Good grief, so they had this move up their sleeve?"

Qiao Yu slapped his forehead; using incendiary bombs could burn a large area of fungus without them having to personally enter the field—the cost-effectiveness was simply too high.

[Reporting to host, based on the current offensive trend, the fungal swarm's volume will decrease at a rate of 100 cubic meters per second.]

"Oh no, their efficiency has ramped up!"

Qiao Yu quickly had the fungal nest's main body migrate underground, while the fungus attached to the surface were either incinerated or scorched.

A fragrance of roasted meat even wafted through the air.

[Fungal migration complete.]

[Based on the current offensive trend, the fungal swarm's volume will decrease at a rate of 0.2 cubic meters per second.]

"Phew..."

Qiao Yu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and let out a sigh of relief. Although there were still some losses, for Qiao Yu, this amount didn't even count as pocket change.

In just five short minutes, as more and more incendiary bombs were dropped, this already dilapidated residential area was tempered by the great fire, with towering black smoke rising above the raging flames.

Feng Zhisheng, Wang Mian, and Li Zheng also felt shocked as they looked at the residential area engulfed in flames.

"Done, mission accomplished!"

Li Zheng shouted excitedly after seeing the warplane return.

"Mission accomplished? What mission? We still have to go to the main city area to investigate later."

Seeing Li Zheng acting smug, Wang Mian immediately poured cold water on him.

"Haha, I forgot."

Li Zheng's carefree attitude lightened the tense atmosphere considerably.

"This fire will probably burn for a few hours. Let's take this time to go investigate the main city area."

Inside the warplane, Feng Zhisheng spoke to the pilot, Zeng Liangxin.

Zeng Liangxin just nodded without saying a word.

"Old Wang, do you think Old Zeng might be a mute? I feel like since I joined the Investigation Team, I haven't seen him speak once. Do you think he can find a girlfriend like that?"

Li Zheng poked Wang Mian with his elbow and asked with a squinting smile.

"Stop being so glib. He's just not a talker; he's a man of action."

Wang Mian shook his head helplessly, seeing Li Zheng's constant laughing and joking manner.

Li Zheng was like a catfish thrown into a school of sardines—annoying, yet sometimes able to fill the entire team with vitality.

Amidst their banter, the warplane took off again, flying toward the main city area.

Seeing the warplane fly away, Qiao Yu also retracted his vision.

"Looking at the direction they're flying, they should be heading toward the main city area."

"Sigh, I didn't expect that killing one person would bring so much trouble. Didn't they say the Wilderness Area is a lawless zone? Foreigners are just foreigners; they care so much about face."

Qiao Yu recalled the process of his previous struggle with the Foreign War God Squad and couldn't think of any oversights for a moment, so he simply stopped worrying about it.

"It's just annoying being investigated all the time. The conveniences Thunder God gave me haven't been used at all. He's fine, just busy running off to study his Domain."

Qiao Yu admitted he was a bit selfish; his heart was more focused on himself than on so-called humanity.

Whether it was being taken as a disciple by Thunder God, joining the Dojo of Limits, or maintaining good relations with Luo Feng's family, it was all just to help him survive better in this world.

He was originally someone who had undergone Transmigration from another world, not a native of this world; he had never felt much of a sense of belonging here.

But he couldn't be a purely evil person who would use any means necessary to gain profit.

"Maybe it's because I still consider this planet my home. Perhaps when I reach the Universe in the future, I'll be able to become cold-blooded."

Standing atop a tall building, Qiao Yu silently watched the distant sky, shook his head helplessly, and sighed.

As a Lord Level monster, the Black-crowned Golden Eagle was directly assigned by Qiao Yu to be the leader of the Fungal Squad, leading other fungus to continue wiping out the monsters in the remaining third of the main city area.

Even in just the remaining third of the main city area, the number of Beast General Rank Monsters was as high as over a dozen, and there were forty to fifty thousand Beast Soldier-level Monster.

A small town that might have originally had only one or two hundred thousand people now had "residents" that had likely increased tenfold after being occupied by monsters.

But thanks to these "residents," Qiao Yu's fungal swarm could continue to grow.

"But the amount required to upgrade to War God Level is just too much—5 million cubic meters of fungal swarm! System, why don't you just go rob someone?"

Qiao Yu cursed at the System in his heart, but the System gave no response.

"Fortunately, I already have over 4 million in fungal swarm volume. Once these remaining monsters are dealt with, it should be enough for me to upgrade to the Primary War God Level."

Thinking of this, Qiao Yu nodded with satisfaction again. Although it had been a roundabout journey, the final harvest was quite good.

Being able to upgrade to Primary War God Level in about a month, he believed that ascending to the Planetary Level was just around the corner!

...In a military camp far away in Jiangnan Base City, another alarm sounded in the Satellite Monitoring Room.

"Why is there abnormal activity in County 0203 again?"

A Soldier wearing a headset looked at the information displayed on the Satellite Monitoring Room screen and let out a helpless sigh.

But after seeing the information transmitted back from the satellite, he immediately became extremely excited.

The Soldier quickly pressed the communication button and reported to his superior immediately.

"Report, abnormal fluctuations have occurred in County 0203."

The officer on the other end of the microphone let out the same sigh as the Soldier had just now upon receiving the report.

"Why is it here again? I remember County 0203 has always been quite stable, hasn't it? There's only one Lord Level Black-crowned Golden Eagle and about twenty Beast General Rank Monsters."

"In this one month, first there was a new type of fungus organism, then the fall of a foreign war god level squad, and now what has been detected?"

After venting his frustration, the officer rubbed the bridge of his nose and asked calmly.

"Reporting to the commander, all monster signals in County 0203 have disappeared!"

"This city... has been reclaimed!"