Looting the life force of demons to forge a golden body Martial God-Chapter 398 - 386: Probing and Counterattacking, Commence Action! Mine Laying in the Barracks, Snake Demon on Alert; Undermining the Foundation, Detonation!
Chapter 398: Chapter 386: Probing and Counterattacking, Commence Action! Mine Laying in the Barracks, Snake Demon on Alert; Undermining the Foundation, Detonation!
Chu Feng opened the information terminal to find a message from a young fellow named Lu Teng at the Staff Department.
He was sending messages one after another, too fast to keep up, hoping that Chu Feng wouldn’t go on strike. It looked like he was indeed a bit anxious.
Lu Teng was just a junior liaison officer, whose words carried little weight. Chu Feng didn’t feel the need to bully him and was responding to his messages in a perfunctory manner.
He was willing to bide his time because, despite what he had said about leaving right away, that wasn’t actually his intention.
Saying he would withdraw immediately was just a tactic to put pressure on the Second Army, a clear sign that he was not to be trifled with, so he could protect his own rights.
If he didn’t present himself as a porcupine, everyone would dare to take a bite out of him.
Moreover, if he really turned around and left now, he would have seriously offended the Second Army and left a bad impression on others, which would affect his future harvesting of Attribute Points.
If a situation could be solved through negotiation, it was better to do so.
Of course, if the folks from the Second Army still insisted on bleeding him dry, then sorry, but he was not going to serve them!
...
Ten minutes later, Lu Teng could feel Chu Feng’s impatience even through the screen.
Then he saw two words that made his scalp tingle, "Withdrew."
Lu Teng held the information terminal in his hands, stunned, unable to imagine the stir this message would cause when reported.
As just an intern, he couldn’t bear such a huge burden!
At that moment, the door to the tactical research room was pushed open, and the Deputy Chief of Staff strode in, snatching the information terminal as he announced:
"Commander Li has approved the request, the military merits for deploying the special combat squad will be provided by our army."
"Whew—"
In the research room, all the waiting staff exhaled in unison, and relaxed.
On the other hand, Chu Feng also received a message, saying that Li Zhong had accepted his request, and the remuneration for the special combat squad would be deducted from the Second Army’s share.
Chu Feng shook his head in boredom and scoffed.
That old man Li Zhong was clearly testing his bottom line; it seemed that he still had some reservations about Chu Feng having control over the distribution of military merits. frёeweɓηovel.coɱ
If he backed down this time, perhaps he would face relentless pressure.
"Turns out being too nice is just inviting trouble; the more you’re willing to lose, the more you never stop losing... What a ridiculous world!"
Chu Feng shook his head, composed himself, and began to communicate the operational details with the Staff Department.
Half an hour later, he transformed into a breeze again and slipped out of the ruined building, drifting towards the outskirts of the military camp.
...
Laying timed poison gas bombs and underwater timed explosives was something Chu Feng was very proficient at.
At the operational points set by the Second Army’s Staff Department, he buried about half of his poison stockpile.
The quantity of poison wasn’t enough to cover the entirety of the military camp’s periphery, but it was sufficient to envelop relatively powerful Demon Beast groups and focus on poisoning those big guys.
The weaker Demon Beast groups would then be left to the Second Army’s warriors to mop up.
The Second Army had already started to mobilize nearby soldiers at full speed to support, expecting to arrive at the battlefield within five minutes after the timed explosives detonated to encircle the Demon Clan.
The three Hunyuan Realm experts sent by the special combat squad would also reach the scene with the soldiers.
After planting the poison mines, Chu Feng’s gaze turned towards the Inner City, the place that gave him a slight sense of crisis.
After a brief pause, he moved again, sneaking towards the Inner City.
...
Re-entering the Inner City, Chu Feng became even more cautious, also noticing some changes within the Inner City.
’The atmosphere has become tenser.’
He slightly narrowed his eyes, looking at a Spirit-Eye Serpent Demon twenty meters away from him, and tentatively moved closer.
The Snake Demon was slithering forward, and when Chu Feng got within 15 meters, it suddenly stopped in its tracks. Then, a pair of large compound eyes turned in Chu Feng’s direction.
Chu Feng immediately moved in the opposite direction, widening the distance.
But what tightened his heart slightly was that the Snake Demon didn’t just look around suspiciously for a moment and then look away as before.
Instead, it raised its head high, revealing its sharp venomous fangs, and moved toward Chu Feng with a guarded stance.
Chu Feng immediately quickened his pace and swiftly left.
From a distance, he saw the Snake Demon circle around the spot where he had just been, seemingly reluctant to leave.
"..."
Chu Feng watched the departing Snake Demon, knowing that the situation had indeed changed, and the Spirit-Eye Serpent Demon seemed to be on alert.
He turned his head and, avoiding the Serpent Demons nearby, found a deserted cave and snuck in.
...
Afterwards, Chu Feng trekked cautiously, but in the narrow caves, it was impossible to completely avoid each Serpent Demon.
There was even a time when he inadvertently entered a circle formed unintentionally by a group of Serpent Demons, almost alerting them.
He made a snap decision, using the cover of a corner, where the Serpent Demons couldn’t see him, he grabbed a solitary Serpent Demon, snapped its neck, and stuffed it into his Grotto Heaven, creating a gap that allowed him to narrowly escape the group of Serpent Demons.
It wasn’t until he reached the deepest part of the cave, by a massive stone pillar, that he finally exhaled in relief and sent out a message on the information terminal, "I’ve taken position, ready to act."
In less than two seconds, a reply came through the information terminal, "You may proceed."
This action referred to undermining the foundation - sabotage!
—Upon seeing the three-dimensional map of the underground cave provided by Chu Feng, the Staff Department’s first reaction was to collapse the cave!
Killing the Spirit-Eye Serpent Demon in such a way was straightforward and effort-saving, and at the very least, it would eliminate a large portion of the lower-Realm Serpent Demons.
To formulate the plan, the staff dragged the logistic construction engineers out of their beds to help analyze the cave’s stress points.
Chu Feng looked up at the stone pillar beside him, which stood over ten meters tall. According to the Staff Department, this pillar was one of the load-bearing ones, playing a pivotal role in supporting the entire cave system.
In the area he had traversed, there were 12 such pillars, and the Staff Department guessed that there might be an additional three.
Based on the engineers’ calculations, if he brought down these 15 pillars, the entire cave would collapse.
At the very least, it would destroy a large half of the cave, crushing and suffocating some Serpent Demons, while driving the survivors to the surface.
Then, in combination with poison gas, there was a great chance to kill off most of them!
If Hunyuan Realm Serpent Demons appeared, then it would be the turn of the Hunyuan Realm masters to take action.
Even if the Hunyuan Realm Serpent Demons didn’t show up, it would be fine. Once the cleaning warriors arrived, they could dig them out and systematically kill them one by one.
—Of course, all this was part of the follow-up plan.
’Hope the plan goes smoothly.’
Chu Feng stepped forward, set up the timed detonation device, and stuck it on the stone pillar, then wrapped it with a piece of lime-colored rag.
From a distance, it looked as if there was just an extra rock on the pillar, not conspicuous at all.
He then left quickly, heading toward the location of the next pillar.
...
An hour later, Chu Feng emerged from the frenzied group of Serpent Demons, somewhat bedraggled as he exited the cave.
’Damn, these beasts are so vigilant, just killing three set off a carpet search?!’
He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, transformed into a breeze, and floated down to the base of the Inner City wall.
Picking up the information terminal and glancing at the time, his expression became excited, and he looked towards the Inner City with satisfaction.
’The time is almost up!’
After ten minutes of silence.
The ground of the Inner City suddenly started to loosen, to tremble.
Then, the surface began to undulate slowly like waves, coupled with intense vibrations.
Soon, the relatively flat terrain in the center of the Inner City began to collapse on a massive scale!
The underground caverns of the Serpent Demons had fallen!
