215: mental shield

Such a terrifying discovery shocked the entire Bruno Institute.

What a terrifying Awakened Beast it was.

It possessed an almost immortal characteristic and incredibly terrifying adaptability.

If not for the limitations of its growth conditions, perhaps humanity would not have had the chance to develop.

These seemingly simple white organisms would have directly covered the entire continent.

Completely severing all life.

In the air?

The air was indeed not the territory of the Mist Fungus, but it was also extremely difficult for humans to survive in the air.

Humans, having lost the ground as their base, would be like rootless duckweed, completely unable to survive on the Blue Star.

At that point, escaping Earth and seeking hope in the universe might be the only option.

Fear began to spread.

Especially for Nash, the primary researcher of the Mist Fungus.

The more he understood, the more he feared this seemingly simple organism.

This was an almost unsolvable Awakened Beast.

However, after the fear came excitement.

Although the Mist Fungus was terrifying, as long as humanity thoroughly understood its characteristics,

it could turn an enemy into a friend, allowing it to be used as a weapon in battle.

As long as targeted and careful research was conducted,

the Mist Fungus would eventually be completely controlled by humans.

As for violently breaking through the Mist Fungus?

Such a ridiculous idea had never appeared in Nash's mind.

This was simply impossible.

Even the terrifyingly powerful Black Fiend was helpless against the Mist Fungus.

There was simply no creature on the Blue Star that could violently resist the Mist Fungus.

Fortunately, this exploration of the Misty Forest was not without its rewards.

The unit 001 mecha, rescued by the Black Fiend, brought back enough samples of the Mist Fungus.

As long as they were researched, a way to crack it would surely be found.

Violence might be the simplest and most direct way to solve problems, but it was by no means the only way.

The main body and spores of the Mist Fungus possessed terrifying Mental Power pollution capabilities.

This ability was deadly enough for any creature.

Even with careful protection and mechanical assistance, a large number of personnel were sacrificed during the cultivation process of the Mist Fungus.

Fortunately, their sacrifices were not in vain.

After countless lives were paid as a price, he gradually discovered the truth about the Mist Fungus.

It was an anaerobic fungus that lived underground.

Oxygen, which was indispensable for humans, was the most detested thing for them.

When faced with high-purity oxygen, the Mist Fungus showed a clear tendency to escape.

This meant that humans had already mastered a method to restrict the Mist Fungus.

As long as resources were sufficient, they could restrict the growth of the Mist Fungus through oxygen.

However, this was only a temporary solution, as the incredibly numerous Mist Fungus had already grown.

To eliminate them, further research was still needed.

The Mist Fungus was, after all, an Awakened Beast that had mutated from fungi.

It still retained many fungal characteristics.

Water was one of the extremely important resources for them.

Attempting to dehydrate the grown Mist Fungus quickly yielded dried Mist Fungus that had lost its aggressiveness.

Dried Mist Fungus had basically lost all offensive capabilities.

It was shriveled, tenacious, and possessed extremely high strength, seemingly an excellent material.

However, it could absolutely not become a material that could be used in large quantities.

Because it possessed terrifying danger.

Once exposed to the air, dried Mist Fungus would begin to absorb a large amount of free water in the air.

Once enough water was absorbed, the Mist Fungus would revive, reawakening into terrifying Mist Fungus.

This characteristic made it impossible for dried Mist Fungus to become a material for resistance.

As for other methods to destroy the Mist Fungus?

Facing strong acids, strong alkalis, high temperatures, low temperatures, electric currents, electromagnetism, radiation, and other offensive methods,

the Mist Fungus all exhibited good resistance.

In a short time, America simply could not find a way to completely destroy the Mist Fungus.

They could only sigh in despair.

However, Nash had not forgotten the main purpose of America's exploration of the Misty Forest.

He began to use dried Mist Fungus as experimental material to study its resistance to Mental Power attacks.

Although the spores suspended in the air also possessed the characteristic of resisting Mental Power attacks,

due to being too difficult to control,

and potentially causing a world-ending disaster, they were naturally directly discarded by Nash.

Soon.

Nash discovered that dried Mist Fungus had terrifying resistance to Mental Power attacks.

Ordinary Mental Power attacks could be immunized with just a thin layer.

This meant that by adding a little dried Mist Fungus to special protective suits or other equipment,

they could be given the characteristic of resisting Mental Power attacks.

This characteristic would become more terrifying as the amount of dried Mist Fungus increased.

Conservatively estimated, as long as the thickness of the dried Mist Fungus could reach three meters, it could almost completely immunize all Mental Power attacks.

Such a discovery simply filled the entire Blue Star with joy.

They finally had a way to counter Mental Power attacks.

Even when facing Awakened Beasts with terrifying Mental Power attack capabilities, they had the power to fight.

They would be able to reclaim more human forbidden zones.

The emergence of dried Mist Fungus contributed an undeniable force to humanity's reoccupation of the Blue Star.

Given the practical characteristics of dried Mist Fungus,

humans gradually abandoned its unpleasant and awkward name, giving it a new name... Mental Shield.

A shield capable of protecting against all Mental Power attacks.

It was indeed very fitting for the characteristics of dried Mist Fungus.

Soon, a data analysis report on the Mental Shield was sent to MacArthur's desk.

Such a major discovery naturally had to be made known to the leader of America first.

This would be a major discovery capable of changing the pattern of the Blue Star.

Mental Shield!

Looking at the document Nash presented, with the striking English letters on the title page, MacArthur eagerly opened the document.

After a long time.

MacArthur placed the document back on the table.

Then he took two deep breaths to calm himself, muttering:

“Finally, we have finally obtained a treasure that can resist Mental Power attacks.”

“Tofur, although you told me this news with some malicious intent,”

“it can still be considered a good deed, barely.”

“I will repay your Lu Country well.”

Towards the end, MacArthur's voice had become somewhat low.

America had always been a country that held grudges.

MacArthur would never let go of those who had wronged him.

Just when humanity re-conquered the Blue Star, America would still need to establish its authority.

At that time, they would make an example of Tofur's Lu Country!

It must be said that the appearance of the Mental Shield gave MacArthur and all of humanity a glimmer of hope to win this battle.

It even made him eagerly anticipate what would happen after victory.

After thinking for a moment, MacArthur called Adolf over and asked, “Adolf, what is the situation at the farm now?”

MacArthur had never forgotten his terrifying old opponent, Tiger King.

Although the opponent had been dormant on the farm for three years without any movement,

the humiliating history brought by the Tiger King was still vivid in his mind.

How could he ignore Lin Tianwei's existence?

Even in his eyes, Lin Tianwei was the first enemy for America to re-establish itself at the pinnacle of the Blue Star.

It was precisely for this reason that MacArthur implemented a plan called Plan S.

Its purpose was to infiltrate the Tiger King Farm and completely grasp the situation of the Tiger King.

However, Plan S was extremely difficult to implement.

It could even be said that it faced the risk of failure at any time.

No other reason.

Although the farm absorbed outsiders recklessly, this did not mean that the farm was easy to infiltrate.

In fact, the reason the Tiger King Farm was so reckless was because it had the confidence to turn any undercover agent.

The facts were exactly as MacArthur feared; America's infiltration of the Tiger King Farm was very unsuccessful.

The farm's life, which was like heaven on earth, was the biggest obstacle to infiltration.

It would cause those sent to execute the infiltration plan to waver.

Questioning whether their actions were correct, whether they should destroy this place that was like heaven.

Clearly, the people here had done nothing.

And had done nothing wrong.

Why should this place be destroyed?

Tiger King?

He was just an Awakened Beast that could be imprisoned with food.

It was even no different from a Zoo before the world mutated.

No matter how fierce the beast, as long as enough food was provided, their wildness could be restrained.

Making them playthings for humans to admire.

Of course, only a portion of people held this idea.

There was also a portion of people who felt that the Tiger King Farm was the source of all evil.

And needed to be humanely destroyed to demonstrate America's strength.

For this portion of people, they would encounter the second difficulty in infiltrating the farm... Ouro.

Ouro, whose inner strength gradually grew, quickly honed his abilities.

After combining Mental Power and his Talent for language, a terrifying chemical reaction occurred.

He gained a terrifying ability similar to bewitchment.

Capable of subtly influencing everyone around him.

The weekly celebration, the weekly speech, the daily prayer,... these times became Ouro's best times for brainwashing them.

Gradually, their hearts began to waver, and they gradually accepted Ouro's theories.

Eventually, they completely succumbed, transforming from outsiders into members of the farm.

As for the remaining people, they were even easier to deal with.

Even if they survived the first two difficulties, the farm residents would launch invisible counter-infiltration against them.

When everyone around you is right, you will subconsciously believe that what you insist on is wrong.

Once you start to doubt yourself, your heart will begin to waver.

Quickly sliding into the abyss.

With a three-pronged approach, very few Americans could persevere.

Not even a few out of ten thousand people.

The so-called Plan S, the so-called infiltration plan, was entirely for sending development population to the farm.

The few who persevered, however, were almost impossible to steal the farm's core secrets.

Because the farm's core secret would always be only one, and that was Lin Tianwei's own strength.

Lin Tianwei was the reason why the farm still existed.

As long as he existed, the farm could not be destroyed.

Approaching Lin Tianwei without knowing what they were doing to probe for intelligence?

That was no different from seeking death.

So these successful infiltrators were also troubled.

They were cautious, treading on thin ice on the farm, but they could hardly obtain any information.

This situation would cause them to self-doubt.

Doubting whether what they did was worth it.

This would be another ideological slide... In short, attempting to infiltrate the farm was almost impossible.

It was a pity that MacArthur was completely unaware of this.

He was still vigorously carrying out Plan S.

Or perhaps he was actually aware of this, but deterred by Lin Tianwei's undeniable threat.

He could only endlessly invest resources to maintain Plan S, placing his hope on a miracle occurring.

Facing MacArthur's inquiry, Adolf's face immediately flushed.

He was really embarrassed to tell MacArthur that Plan S had basically not gathered any intelligence.

After a moment of thought, he finally decided to say some things that everyone knew, saying:

“The situation at Tiger King Farm is very stable now, basically no different from a regular main city.”

“It is flourishing.”

“Due to some monitoring blind spots at Tiger King Farm,”

“plus, as time goes on, most of our satellites in space are no longer usable due to lack of maintenance.”

“We have very little intelligence, especially regarding the Tiger King.”

“We can only barely know that he needs a terrifying amount of food every day.”

“This food is conveyed to the Tiger King Temple via a conveyor belt, as the Tiger King's food.”

“From his food intake, it seems the Tiger King's size may have also broken through; he definitely cannot be as small as he once was.”

“Roughly estimated, he may have grown to a body length of about eighty meters.”

Speaking of this, Adolf was also filled with emotion for a moment, saying: “Three years, three years is enough to change a lot.”

“Although we have become stronger, the Tiger King is also the same.”

“All human forbidden zones are also the same.”

“If the Polar Bear King Tasika had not been killed by the Tiger King back then, he might have also grown into a behemoth one hundred and twenty meters tall.”

“So we cannot underestimate the Tiger King's strength.”

“It's a pity that even if our undercover agents are willing to sacrifice, they cannot get close to the Tiger King Temple at all.”

“We cannot know the specific situation of the Tiger King at all.”

“If we are to launch an attack on the Tiger King, I suggest adding another half to our assessment of the Tiger King's strength.”

“If you don't kill the snake, you'll be harmed by it.”

“We must cut off all hope of the Tiger King escaping and completely bury him in one go.”

“Otherwise, once the tiger returns to the mountains, with the Tiger King's terrifying speed, he will be the nightmare of our entire America.”

“He won't be foolish enough to stand there and let us kill him!”

“However, from the data and by logical inference, we already possess the strength to completely crush the Tiger King.”

“This is three years later, not three years ago.”

“The Tiger King has completely lost the capital to resist America.”

“The so-called Tiger King Farm? It's just a place for America to cultivate resources.”

“Once we take down the Tiger King Farm, everything hidden within it will be ours for the taking!”

As he spoke, Adolf even excitedly clenched his fists.

As if the Tiger King Farm was already his for the taking.