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In this foggy city, for some reason I can always hear the sound of artillery shells tearing through the sky. It's not that artificial rainfall is not needed during the drought season, nor is it that artillery suppression is not needed during the war years.
The new mayor, Song Li, has been in office for less than half a year, but he is already overwhelmed and has white hair.
You know, being a frontier official has always been a lucrative job. Song Li got this position with the help of his family and the forces behind him, and he thought that a bright future was waiting for him.
However, when he first arrived in this foggy city, he was confused. Having lived for more than 50 years, he thought he had seen most things in the world. Even if he had not seen them, he had heard of them. He was absolutely capable and confident to deal with various situations.
However, as soon as he arrived in the foggy city, he was overwhelmed by the overwhelming documents before he could even start his new job. All the documents pointed to one place - Yilong Village!
That's right, it was the mess that Yu Sheng had caused on Thumb Mountain. Originally, Tianyi Pavilion had succeeded, but after Tianyi Pavilion led several ineffective attacks, and even the Nascent Soul cultivators were injured, the 78-kilometer spiritual circle of Thumb Mountain became a forbidden area.
The first few months were fine, and there were still many monks who wanted to enter, but the situation has changed drastically in recent months.
The spirit circle is still dangerous, but some new creatures have appeared, and they are new primates.
The hunting team brought the samples back to the laboratory and watched as these creatures, which originally looked like large bees, slowly grew larger than humans. Then these creatures began to mutate and grew the characteristics of various creatures, such as cat tails, wolf teeth, and tiger claws!
However, they generally still retain the characteristics of animals.
However, just two months ago, things changed. Someone discovered that a different species had been born in the spirit vein, and after a series of battles, they brought back a sample.
This specimen is called a bee man, and it looks like a human. Its wings have been modified and evolved, and when not in use, they are attached to the skin on its back, looking like skin. Its body is exactly the same as a human, except that it has no reproductive organs, and is almost human.
However, bee people seem to be more powerful than humans. They have an efficient social system, and not every one of them has reached the leopard level (minor success). It is preliminarily estimated that there are at least 500 such bee people.
The army has already been mobilized, but to little effect.
Countless snakes, insects, rats and ants blocked the army's advance. Even tanks could not stop these snakes, insects, rats and ants that had fully adapted to the harsh environment.
In desperation, they could only organize the army to advance little by little. However, when the spirit veins were not breathing, the creatures would reproduce rapidly, and there was no end to it.
"What should we do now?" Song Li looked at the urgent documents on the table, his face livid.
It looks like he has to take the blame for this. Due to the spiritual vein, the military does not dare to use large-scale artillery attacks on the area. If the spiritual vein is hit, no one knows how much power will be unleashed.
Yao Long, the Minister of the Western Theater Command, took a puff of his cigar. He was also a new official and not much better than Song Li.
At this time, he was looking for Song Li to think of a solution. He exhaled a puff of cigarette and said lightly: "Tell me what you think!"
"My idea!" Song Li was speechless and shook his head. "What ideas can I have? Can't your military blow this place up in one go?"
Yao Long frowned. If it was that simple, he wouldn't have said it.
He said with a headache: "It seems that it is very dangerous for ordinary soldiers to enter now. We have indeed confirmed a number of safe areas. But there were bombings on the first day, and those ghost things were everywhere on the second day. There is nothing we can do."
"What about biological weapons? Don't you have those powerful weapons?" Song Li said excitedly.
No matter what, it has to be solved quickly. However, Yao Long shook his head and said helplessly, "That's a banned weapon. It can't be used during wartime. And to be honest, I don't think it will work. The creatures in there evolve too fast. Maybe the biological weapons thrown in will be used by them the next day. Remember the bullet bird? I've never heard of a bird that can shoot fruits like bullets. But since the army intervened, this damn bullet bird has appeared in that damn place."
"What should we do now? This is a big deal, I have already reported it!" Song Li said helplessly.
Yao Long was somewhat interested and asked, "What does it say?"
"The higher-ups didn't take it seriously at all! They let me solve it myself! They weren't willing to give us any resources. It seems someone wants us to die here." Song Li said with a depressed look on his face.
That's right, the current situation seems to be just in the spirit circle, no creature is willing to escape from the spirit circle. Occasionally there are one or two, but they can be easily eliminated.
However, the amount of local resources consumed in this way is actually a huge amount.
"It must be resolved as soon as possible!" Yao Long rubbed his forehead and said, "Since the higher-ups can't do anything, let's find the Qiu family. They have been operating in this foggy city for a long time."
"Qiu Family!" Song Li shook his head helplessly and said, "That cowardly family, since your military region did not support them in obtaining this spiritual vein last time, Qiu Xiongyi has been arrested by the higher-ups and is still in jail. Will he help us? Don't be ridiculous."
"Qiu Xiongyi!?" Yao Long thought about it carefully, and then he looked at Song Li and said, "Yes, this mess is actually related to that guy named Yu Sheng. I remember that he is the son-in-law of the Qiu family."
Song Li already knew this, and nodded, saying, "I went to the Qiu family, but they said Yu Sheng had nothing to do with them. And we have no evidence to prove that the abnormality of the spiritual vein is related to Yu Sheng. In addition, Tianyi Pavilion can't destroy that guy, what else can we do?"
After thinking carefully, Yao Long looked at Song Li and said, "It's true that we can't destroy him, but this also proves that he has strength. So, you go tell the Qiu family that if they calm down the spiritual vein, Qiu Xiongyi will be released from the cell immediately. And the ownership of that spiritual vein will also be given to them, the Qiu family."
"This... Will they agree to it? The key is whether they have the ability to do so?" Song Li said uncertainly.
However, Yao Long smiled and said, "A lean camel is bigger than a horse. You think the Qiu family is a tortoise, and others think you are an idiot. Give it a try. Qiu Xiongyi is in the prison of Fog City anyway, and it's just a matter of words to release him. Besides, that spiritual vein is actually useless. Tianyi Pavilion has given it up, so there is not much use for us to take it. Now he has held up 50% of my troops, and the soldiers have to risk their lives to fight some monsters. If this continues, there will be large-scale casualties sooner or later, and you and I will be in trouble."
Song Li nodded. He looked at the fiscal revenue and nodded, saying, "That's true. Damn it, other people who are mayors make a lot of money, but I actually have to pay out of my own pocket."
That’s right, Song Li has already started to lose money, because if he doesn’t, the institutions will no longer be able to squeeze out the money.
Yao Long nodded, looked at Song Li and said, "Anyway, no matter what, we must control the situation first. I'm going back to the front line first."
"Yeah!" Song Li nodded in agreement.
(End of this chapter)