The farmlands below Yunmeng Mountain have been under attack daily since planting.
Mostly mutated animals, with a small number of zombies. Due to land modification and seed soaking, Life Water was used.
These mutated animals have keen senses and smelled the scent, thus their numbers are greater than zombies.
The patrol teams would directly kill or drive away scattered mutated animals and zombies they encountered.
However, when the numbers were large, they were no match and could only call for reinforcements. This wasted time, and sometimes reinforcements were not timely.
Dr. You Hen developed a distress flare gun, which not only produced a loud sound audible throughout the entire base but also had different alert levels.
Yellow was for low-level, orange for mid-level, and red for the highest level.
Previously, warning colors were mostly yellow and orange; red was the first time it appeared.
Upon receiving Ji Shiyou's order, all ordinary people quickly and orderly entered the base, and the gates were closed.
Hua Hua, who was feasting at the dining table, returned to her post as a guardian.
Before that, she didn't forget to take a big gulp and clear out a pot of braised pork.
Ji Shiyou and others immediately led the ability users and rushed down the mountain.
After much effort, the harvest was near, and various crops could soon be reaped and picked.
Today, no matter what, they had to repel the invaders and protect the fruits of their labor.
Thus, everyone's faces were filled with determination, resolved to fight to the death.
But as they approached the farmlands, their hearts sank, and the light in their eyes disappeared. Everyone wore a grim expression.
"It's over, all the harvest is lost."
Ji Shiyou's eyes were red, his voice hoarse as he spoke with great sorrow.
This was because countless mutated animals were rampaging through the thousand mu of fertile land, including bears three meters tall and monkeys two meters tall.
There were also swarms of rats over a meter long, estimated to be tens of thousands.
In the distance, dense masses of mutated animals were converging on the farmlands from all directions.
These animals didn't even glance at them, directly pouncing into the farmlands and ravenously devouring the ripe produce.
The patrol team of over two hundred people was using their abilities to kill the surrounding mutated animals, but the effect was minimal.
A thousand mu of land was too vast. The entire base had less than seven thousand ability users combined.
Mutated animals were entering from all directions, and they couldn't stop them at all, only watching helplessly as the ripe crops were ruined.
"Doctor, don't fire!"
On the plaza in front of the base, Dr. You Hen pushed out a laser cannon newly manufactured in his laboratory.
He was about to fire at the farmlands below when Shi Henian stopped him.
In recent days, Dr. You Hen would go to the fields to labor whenever he had time.
Watching the crops grow day by day, thriving, his heart was sweeter than honey.
The harvest was imminent, and unexpectedly, the scent of ripe fruits, vegetables, and grains had attracted a large number of mutated animals.
Seeing everyone's hard work being ruined and eaten, he was heartbroken!
He couldn't help but want to use the laser cannon to kill those detestable creatures, but Shi Henian's reminder.
Made him take his hand off the control panel and punch the laser cannon hard.
Shi Henian was right, the laser cannon's attack range was too large, with the smallest area of effect being a radius of one li.
Ji Shiyou and the others were currently fighting the animals in the farmlands, and it was inevitable they would be injured.
Even without the base's ability users, if he fired this shot, the mutated animals would be eliminated.
The crops within the attack range would also turn to dust. If he fired, there would be no harvest; if he didn't, perhaps a little could be saved.
Watching the animals rampage through the farmlands, unable to do anything, Dr. You Hen felt stifled.
After stopping Dr. You Hen, Shi Henian grabbed a machine gun, wrapped himself with specially made bullets, and charged down the mountain.
He felt heartache seeing the crops destroyed. Since the laser cannon couldn't be used, he would use his gun, killing one by one.
Killing one more might reduce the loss slightly, and the crops would be harmed a little less.
But this was only Shi Henian's unilateral wish. The base's ability users were already fighting desperately.
However, the farmlands were too vast, and the number of mutated animals was too great. They couldn't manage to stop them.
Ba Jiu had already expanded his mental power range to its maximum, hoping to cover all thousand mu of land.
He wanted all those detestable mutated animals to explode. His favorite place now was this farmland.
He would come here every day to smell the fragrance of the fruits and vegetables and check if the rice was ripe.
His brother-in-law had promised him that when the new rice was harvested, he would make soft rice for him with it.
But now, it was all being ruined by that pack of beasts, and he wanted to kill them all.
However, the wider the range of his mental power, the weaker its power would be, making it impossible to make the mutated animals explode.
Moreover, a large number of mutated animals were gathering, wanting to enter the farmlands. His mental power was subjected to fierce impact, making his face pale, and he was about to collapse and be injured.
"Sister, where are you? Come back quickly, or the soft rice won't be made!"
Ba Jiu cried out to Ming Yue in his heart. In his mind, his sister was invincible, and only Ming Yue could resolve this situation.
"Everyone, withdraw from the fields!"
Just as everyone was in despair, a clear voice rang out, and everyone's hearts were lifted.
It was Ming Yue's voice. Ming Yue had returned, their backbone had appeared.
Although they didn't know why Ming Yue told them to retreat, obeying the order was definitely correct.
Everyone immediately abandoned the mutated animals in front of them and withdrew from the farmlands, all looking towards Ming Yue who appeared on the mountain plaza.
The bonfire on the plaza was still burning fiercely, the flames illuminating Ming Yue like a deity.
She stood under the moonlight, amidst the firelight, and with a flick of her right hand, something like cotton appeared in her hand.
Then she threw the object into the sky. It turned out not to be cotton, but a white cloud.
That white cloud instantly drifted above the thousand mu of fertile land and then suddenly enlarged.
It transformed into a boundless sea of clouds, enveloping the entire farmland. Ji Shiyou and the others stood at the edge of the field, close to the sea of clouds.
They could not see what was happening in the farmland. The sea of clouds blocked their vision, like a light veil before their eyes.
Then, the sea of clouds before them suddenly expanded outwards, forming a ring, like a city wall, connecting heaven and earth.
Centered on Yunmeng Mountain, an area of twenty li in radius was enclosed.
Even stranger, the center of the sea of clouds, just like before, had no clouds at all.
And in the farmland before them, the mutated animals lay all over the ground, all unconscious.
Even the mutated animals that hadn't managed to enter the farmland, after the sea of clouds expanded and passed over their bodies, were all unconscious and lying on the ground.
"What are you all standing around for? Quickly organize people to kill these mutated animals.
Remember to bring back the corpses, these are food, don't waste them.
Remember, the area enclosed by the sea of clouds will be our base's territory from now on, an absolutely safe zone.
Lead people to search the entire area. There should still be unconscious animals and zombies. Kill the zombies and transport the animals back. I believe this will be a great harvest.
You should be busy for the next few days. I'm in a hurry to coax my child, and I'll talk about other matters when I return."
Ming Yue flew up from the mountainside, came to Ji Shiyou's side, and hurriedly instructed him.
She then turned back to the base, found a secluded spot, and returned to her space.
There was still a troublesome little brat there, crying loudly, waiting for her to coax him.