After the Spring Festival, disaster followed. Famine spread from many villages. In the apocalypse, many villages built walls to block zombies and mutated beasts. However, in the face of mutated birds descending from the sky, people were helpless. One or two mutated birds were nothing, but when swarms of mutated birds rained down from the sky, farmers felt like dying. The crops they had worked hard on for a year were all eaten by birds!
Every village had its own walls built according to local conditions, and this was also a tradition. Whenever a chaotic era arrived, villagers would choose to "build stockades for self-protection." Everyone would huddle together for warmth and build defensive fortifications. As long as they could survive, they could do anything, let alone build defensive fortifications, even build bunkers.
However, the lack of food was not a problem that could be solved easily. Food did not grow out of thin air, especially in the current lack of fertilizer, where the land had no means to restore its fertility, and the efficiency of planting crops could not be improved. It could be said that the food in the fields was everyone's last hope. As a result, mutated birds appeared, and more than half of the food was gone. It was almost impossible to even think of surviving.
Thus, villagers without food were forced to leave the villages they had lived in for a long time to find places with food. These places were generally cities, because a lot of food was stored in the granaries in the cities in the end. There must be food reserves in the city.
However, the people in the city were unhappy. If you ate the food in the granaries, what would happen to us? Are we going to eat the northwest wind?
Then, some cities closed their gates and prohibited outsiders from entering. The disaster victims had no choice but to beg their way to other places. The places along the way that were not affected by the disaster, seeing the famine, rushed to buy food in the market. At this time, panic had already appeared. No one wanted to starve to death, so the food in the market was snapped up, and the famine continued to spread.
The famine first appeared in the north, then in the south, and finally, the whole country experienced famine.
After Yuzhou was sealed off, it was isolated from the outside world, and there was not much change. Moreover, in Yuzhou, each person's purchase of food was limited daily, so there was no possibility of panic buying.
Shen Feng was still worried that a large number of disaster victims would flood in after the New Year, but an unexpected situation occurred. Because Yuzhou was sealed off, the army often set up checkpoints on the roads to block them, which prevented disaster victims from entering Yuzhou. Moreover, the Sichuan and Yunnan provinces in the west were not greatly affected, so there were no disaster victims from the west.
Discovering this, Shen Feng was relieved and thought, "Fortunately, Yuzhou has enough reserves. If disaster victims don't come, it's fine. All the food can be stored. If we encounter a year of disaster in the future, we won't be too panicked with food in hand."
While Shen Feng was handling daily affairs, Yu Muhe suddenly found him and said, "City Lord, people from the Qinghong Gang have not appeared recently. We were supposed to meet at the delivery point, but they never showed up. Later, someone from the Qinghong Gang told me that Mr. Wang Aoye will personally come to Yuzhou to explain, so please do not make a fuss."
Hearing this answer, Shen Feng frowned and thought, "Could this be what Qian Bufei reminded me to pay attention to before? Wang Aoye also sensed something was wrong, so he specifically stopped smuggling?"
While Shen Feng was contemplating, three days later, Wang Aoye arrived in Yuzhou. His identity was noble, and his appearance would attract attention wherever he went. Newspapers from all over would mention this matter. Wang Aoye was not very famous before, but he was at least a powerful ability user, with many capable people under him. With such a noble status, he would be treated with courtesy wherever he went. However, at this time, Wang Aoye appeared in Yuzhou without anyone knowing.
Shen Feng also specifically found a secret room to entertain Wang Aoye and asked, "Brother, what do you mean? Have you discovered any danger? Otherwise, why are you looking for me at this time?"
Wang Aoye took off the cloak he was wearing and said, "I didn't expect your news to be quite well-informed. I haven't discovered any danger for the time being, but someone has told me the news of danger, so I would rather believe it than not. Let's suspend business for now. As for the possible crisis later, we will have to deal with it together."
Shen Feng quickly asked, "What danger? Who informed you?"
Wang Aoye smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know who leaked the news, but the content of the news is that the guys from the Heavenly Dragon Bureau are targeting us, and they will make a move while we are doing business, to cut off our trade routes in one fell swoop and deter the southeast."
Upon hearing this, Shen Feng felt it was troublesome. Yuzhou was already blocked by headquarters, so even doing business with other places was impossible. In this situation, the Heavenly Dragon Bureau was going to cut off their only smuggling route, which was a desperate move.
"Damn it, it's the Heavenly Dragon Bureau again. These bastards are targeting me, aren't they? They wanted to control my Yuzhou before, and now they want to cut off my trade routes. They simply don't take me seriously," Shen Feng said angrily.
Seeing Shen Feng's reaction, Wang Aoye knew that Shen Feng was very angry at this moment, so he quickly said, "So, why don't we set a trap for the guys from the Heavenly Dragon Bureau?"
Shen Feng quickly asked, "What do you mean?"
Wang Aoye then said, "My method is very simple: it's to play a trick of luring the snake out of its hole. Find a group of fearless people to transport precious goods, and carelessly reveal the information, preferably making it widely known. Then the Heavenly Dragon Bureau will definitely take this opportunity to make a move, and we will ambush them, causing heavy losses to the Heavenly Dragon Bureau."
After hearing this suggestion, Shen Feng considered it carefully and asked, "Where do you think it's easy to make a move?"
Wang Aoye immediately knew that Shen Feng was tempted and replied, "In Wuling Mountain. The terrain here is steep, and the elevation changes greatly. There are mountains and ridges everywhere, especially since there are few people in the mountains now, it is perfect for an ambush."
Shen Feng thought about it. The current Heavenly Dragon Bureau was not as powerful as it was a year ago, because the combat-ready core personnel of the Heavenly Dragon Bureau were killed in Yuzhou before, and at that time, the Heavenly Dragon Bureau also caused huge casualties in Yuzhou. Even now, there were still zombies hanging on the city walls of Yuzhou. Although the Heavenly Dragon Bureau later tricked Qin Kewei into obtaining a lot of ability potions to replenish the lost personnel, they were actually not as powerful as before.
"Are the two of us enough to deal with the Heavenly Dragon Bureau?" Shen Feng couldn't help but ask.
"It's enough," Wang Aoye answered the question affirmatively, and then said to Shen Feng, "Now is the most suitable time. The Heavenly Dragon Bureau people have just celebrated the New Year and are considered smug. At this time, they are bound to be arrogant. Let's take advantage of their lack of experience and ambush them directly. If possible, let's destroy the Heavenly Dragon Bureau."
"Destroy the Heavenly Dragon Bureau? Isn't that too ruthless?" Shen Feng couldn't help but ask.
"Too ruthless?" Wang Aoye was speechless when he heard Shen Feng's words, and then asked, "When you killed more than half of the ability users of the Heavenly Dragon Bureau before, did you feel too ruthless? And what are the people from the Heavenly Dragon Bureau doing now? They are cutting off people's livelihoods. As the saying goes, cutting off people's livelihoods is like killing their parents. Now that your parents are about to be killed, you are still worried if it is too ruthless! When Yue Hengyi was ambushed and executed in public, didn't you think the Heavenly Dragon Bureau was too ruthless?"
Shen Feng finally made up his mind and said, "In that case, let's do it. After killing the ability users, we will split the ability potions equally. Is that okay?"
"Of course, it's okay. On the contrary, you should bring more people. Let's finish it quickly. When the battle begins, it will be a life-or-death situation," Wang Aoye said seriously.
Wuling Mountain was once inhabited by people. No matter how rugged the roads were, as long as humans could reach it, they could live there. Therefore, even the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Andes Mountains were inhabited by humans.
Generally, one enters Wuling Mountain from Zhangjiajie. This is a scenic spot with many famous attractions, such as the White Silk Hanging in the Sky and the Ten-Mile Gallery. These places are very suitable for tourism, but this also proves that there are really many mountains here.
It also snowed in Wuling Mountain. The Little Ice Age had arrived. Summers were getting hotter, and winters were getting colder. This was a large climate that humans could not interfere with. Thus, Wuling Mountain was covered with snow everywhere, and the vast land could be seen in the distance. The mountain roads were also frozen by ice and snow. In this situation, acting was undoubtedly an unwise behavior.
At this moment, a helicopter belonging to the Heavenly Dragon Bureau landed in Zhangjiajie. There were more than a thousand troops here, and life in the city was relatively stable. Long Qian led a group of people down from the helicopter. He and five people came first to gather intelligence, while the real action was yet to come.
"I heard that the trade between Yuzhou and the Qinghong Gang has stopped recently. Could it be that our plan has been discovered?" Yang Yunhe couldn't help but say to Captain Long Qian after landing.
Long Qian pointed to the white mountains in the distance and said, "Look at the snow on the mountain, and you'll know why Yuzhou hasn't been smuggling recently. Isn't it because after it snows in the south, the mountains are heavily snow-covered, and the roads are all ice? Who would smuggle at this time?"
When everyone heard their captain's analysis, they suddenly realized. It turned out that the smuggling activities in Yuzhou had stopped because it had been snowing recently. Moreover, the Heavenly Dragon Bureau's mission had never been publicly announced, so how could outsiders know about this matter?
The focus of drivers in the north and south was different. Southerners, due to living in mountainous areas, had long learned to drive on mountain roads. No matter how rugged they were, they dared to drive. However, after it snowed, they were not very strong. Northern drivers, due to geographical and climatic reasons, were strong in driving in snowy weather. Places that southern drivers dared not drive, northern drivers might pass with a single step on the accelerator.
After arriving in Zhangjiajie, Long Qian immediately began to act. First, he summoned the soldiers and announced that there was a special mission next and asked everyone to prepare for action. This was not the end. Long Qian then sealed off the news of Wuling Mountain, prohibiting ordinary people from entering and exiting Wuling Mountain at will.
After Long Qian prepared many things, he began to inquire about information and prepare to crack down on the transaction between Yuzhou and the Qinghong Gang.
"Captain, someone from Yuzhou sent news that Shen Feng has taken out five unnecessary ability potions for auction, and the transaction will take place in Wuling Mountain in two days. I heard that the Qinghong Gang has also agreed. Our opportunity has come." Wang Like informed the captain of the intelligence he had gathered, with excitement in his eyes.