Chapter 134 The Mutant Old Banyan Tree
"Hey! Commander, I have something to report to you..." Jiang Tao said seriously and excitedly, recounting how he discovered and confirmed the purification ability.
After hearing his explanation, the person on the other end became excited: "Great! I'll send my guards over to pick her up right away. Until then, please make sure she's safe."
Remember, at all costs!
"Yes, sir! I will ensure her safety. Even if our entire regiment sacrifices itself, we will never let her get hurt!" Jiang Tao said solemnly.
After hearing the entire conversation, Xiao Zhang's expression changed. After Jiang Tao hung up the phone, he quickly expressed his opinion:
"Commander, I swear I will keep today's events a secret!"
"If we encounter a large-scale zombie attack later, I will definitely protect Comrade Zuo Shan's safety with my own life!"
"You brat, can't you have any hope for the best?" Jiang Tao slapped his head in exasperation.
The next second, the car began to shake violently.
Jiang Tao couldn't help but curse, "You brat, even if you're excited, you can't drive like this! Do you believe I'll change drivers right now?"
"Commander, it wasn't me..." Xiao Zhang said, feeling wronged. He was driving carefully, and the road conditions ahead were normal; there were no potholes or anything like that.
But why did the car shake so violently?
They have little experience in the apocalypse, while the Feather Fan side has plenty of experience.
She immediately warned, "There's something going on underground!"
Jiang Tao realized at this moment that even if the car accidentally drove into the ditch, it couldn't keep vibrating.
"Mutant plants, or mutated animals that nest underground!" Feather Fan warned again.
At this moment, the vehicles behind encountered the same situation. The vehicle responsible for covering the rear had stopped, and two soldiers in the carriage had already jumped down to check the situation.
However, as soon as they landed, they were entangled by vines that sprouted from the ground.
"Wanwan, try to communicate with it and tell me what its true form is?" Feather Fan immediately relayed the command.
Soon, Wanwan gave the answer: "It is a mutated old banyan tree, and the main body is in the ravine about 100 meters ahead."
There are many hills of varying sizes around Shanggui City, and this is the last hill on the only way to reach Shanggui City.
Once you get over this small hill, the rest of the road is a straight highway.
We were almost at Shanggui City when we unexpectedly encountered such a big problem.
Banyan trees naturally have rich underground root systems, and this old banyan tree is a mutation, so it's hard to imagine just how rich its underground root system is.
In its prime, the feather fan would have given no thought to such a spirit-like old banyan tree.
However, her current ability level has only just broken through to the second tier, making it impossible for her to deal with such a mutated old banyan tree.
Even if Jiang Tao and all his subordinates joined forces, it would probably be difficult to defeat it.
After all, plants are inherently more resilient than humans and animals, especially plants with such extensive underground root systems.
As long as one of its branches remains hidden underground, it will not truly die.
Before Yu Shan could come up with a countermeasure, Jiang Tao had already ordered the superhumans in the convoy to get out of the vehicles and prepare for battle.
The underground roots sprouted from the ground one after another, endlessly.
Jiang Tao was extremely troubled. He was dealing with walking corpses, who were, after all, a species, and everyone knew about their habits and physical structure.
But mutant plants are different; no one can figure out their habits or find their original location.
Feather Fan, no longer concerned with concealment, turned to Jiang Tao, who was sitting by the window, and said:
"Commander Jiang, the culprit this time is a mutated banyan tree. Its main body is in the ravine about 100 meters ahead."
You must be very careful, because its root system is extremely extensive, covering an area of at least 300 meters in radius.
"Okay, I understand, thanks for reminding me!" Jiang Tao said.
He then immediately ordered that the message be conveyed to everyone.
Yu Shan was quite touched by his unconditional trust in her, after all, they had only known each other for three days.
In fact, Jiang Tao's idea was very simple. Since the little princess in front of him was someone that the number one leader had ordered him to protect with his life, then her credibility must have reached at least S level.
At first, the group didn't know what kind of monster was attacking them, but after hearing the information from their leader, they finally understood that it was actually a banyan tree spirit.
For most people, the banyan tree is just one of the most common tree species. Even if it mutates, it shouldn't be that scary, right?
In battle, psychological factors are very important. What was previously thought to be an unknown monster turned out to be just an old banyan tree, and the fear people had of it greatly affected morale.
Now that they know it's just a banyan tree, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
People are always afraid of the unknown, but they are less afraid of the known.
With their morale boosted, the superhumans launched attacks on the banyan tree roots that were whipping at them, trying to block their advance while simultaneously severing the roots.
Seeing this, Yu Shan couldn't help but shake his head inwardly. Dealing with such a giant mutant plant, brute force alone wouldn't work, because it was like an unkillable cockroach. No matter how many roots you cut off, new roots would sprout.
We must find another way.
Yu Shan asked Jiang Tao, "Does our convoy have any spare gasoline?"
“Yes. You mean… use fire?” Jiang Tao, as expected of the leader of the superpowered group, immediately understood upon hearing her words.
A direct assault is not a sure way to defeat this mutated plant. Even if everyone were to die of exhaustion here today, we might not be able to take down this guy with its massive root system.
"Attention! All fire-type ability users, listen to my command! Each of you take a can of gasoline and use your fire-type abilities to help the gasoline burn completely until all the underground roots in this area are burned away!" Jiang Tao decisively issued the order.
Their superpowered group had previously participated in a battle where they used this very tactic to burn dozens of zombies trapped in a small area.
Everyone was quite experienced, and before the leaders could make detailed arrangements, they all climbed onto the third truck, a military supply vehicle, which contained the gasoline they needed most at that moment.
Five fire-type ability users each carried a large bucket of gasoline. One of them, looking pained, said, "Are we really going to use gasoline to start a fire? Gasoline is so precious these days, let alone just burning it for nothing!"
"You don't know anything! Our Commander Jiang has always loved his soldiers like his own children. No matter how precious gasoline is, he would rather burn it for nothing than risk our lives!" another retorted.
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