Can't deny.
The brains of these special forces soldiers are quite agile.
To avoid accidental injuries to the villagers of Deyuan Village, they came up with a very simple solution.
That is—distribute supply packages.
The broadcast rang several times, and more than three hundred villagers gradually gathered in a clearing outside the village.
According to drone detection results, there are no tunnels under this clearing, making it a safe area.
Then.
The second step of the rat hunting plan unfolded.
The first squad sent several teams, carefully selecting several locations to quickly break through the tunnels and inject a stimulating chemical gas into them.
This is also a chemical gas with strong lethality to rodents.
Even with the unique constitution of mutated rats, they likely won't fare well.
At the same time.
The drone swarm hovered in the sky, ready, and the special forces were prepared for combat.
A minute later.
"Caw!"
Black No.33 suddenly crowed and flew towards a pump room outside the village.
Captain Gong turned his head and glanced, immediately showing an expression of ecstasy: "The dead rats fell for it!"
The drone had previously surveyed Deyuan Village extensively and conducted a more detailed and broader survey, discovering three tunnels leading to three places outside the village.
The so-called "crafty rabbit has three dens," this is the most vivid interpretation.
This is the third step of the rat hunting plan.
Namely:
When the mutated rats can no longer withstand the chemical weapons and flee their lair, Black No.33 is responsible for determining the mutated rats' movements.
After all, regarding tracking ability, Spirit Crow is much stronger than drones.
The deputy squad leader laughed loudly: "Spirit Crow is so useful!"
This guy had completely forgotten, he previously doubted whether Spirit Crow could find the mutated rats, given the numerous trenches nearby.
Captain Gong, wearing headphones, ordered: "The mutated rats are about to flee from the third exit, as soon as it shows its face, the third group should hit hard!"
The communication channel immediately responded.
"Received!"
"Understood!"
The deputy squad leader laughed again: "Our team members are equipped with infrared night vision devices, so even if the mutated rats can optically camouflage, they can't escape our eyes."
Previously, Black No.33 discovered rat hair that changed color with the environment, leading the special forces to determine that the target had chameleon-like optical invisibility ability.
Five seconds passed.
No movement at the third exit.
The surveillance drone interface showed no changes.
"Caw! Caw!"
Spirit Crow cried repeatedly.
The deputy squad leader was a bit puzzled: "What's with Spirit Crow?"
Captain Gong paused for a moment, suddenly realized, and shouted: "The target is already out, everyone open fire, conduct a blanket attack!"
In the next moment.
Various firepower exploded.
"Dah! Dah!"
That was the burst of assault rifles.
"Boom! Boom!"
That was the launching of powerful grenades.
Additionally, two drones carrying bombs crashed towards the pump room from the air.
These were suicide drones.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
The sound of explosions shook the air.
Several small mushroom clouds rose high.
The pump room instantly collapsed in the explosion, turning into a pile of rubble.
It's worth mentioning that among the grenades, two were packed not with high explosives but with a special aerosol.
After the special grenades exploded, the area within a hundred meters was scattered with colorful paints.
Then.
A mass of active paint resembling a large rat immediately appeared at the edge of the paint region.
This was evidently the mutated rat.
If the grenades had been fired a bit later, this thing likely wouldn't have gotten sprayed with paint.
Captain Gong shouted again: "Shoot! Shoot to kill!"
The deputy squad leader watched this scene and instantly understood everything: "I get it, the superpower the mutated rats possess cannot be viewed with conventional thinking.
"This ability not only allows optical invisibility but also obscures infrared signals.
"No wonder the surveillance footage showed no changes, and the special forces team, equipped with infrared night vision goggles, didn't see the mutated rats come out."
The deputy squad leader involuntarily glanced at Black No.33 in the sky, secretly thinking "Fortunately, Spirit Crow was brought in."
*
Yue Bay District.
Through Black No.33's field of vision, Yang Fan saw the mutated rat overwhelmed by bullets, quickly turning into a rat-shaped sieve.
He smirked slightly: "Finally got it done!"
When the drone exploded just now.
Although the mutated rat had already escaped some distance, flying fragments still injured this thing.
In this situation, it couldn't run fast at all; the special forces team brutally dealt it and smoothly killed this thing.
Yang Fan casually commented: "Black No.33 had already signaled, yet the special forces were a second late in firing, almost letting the mutated rat escape.
"These folks are still stuck in their old ways, always using conventional eyes to measure superpowers."
Soon.
The gunfire completely subsided.
The battle finally ended.
Yang Fan decisively issued a command: "Black No.33, get over there fast."
"Caw!"
Spirit Crow transformed into an arrow, rapidly diving down.
Before landing.
The Soul Stealing Wisp, in its colorless and shapeless strange state, quietly shot out from Spirit Crow's body, instantly burrowing into the rat's body.
Yang Fan immediately smiled.
Got it!
*
North Suburb.
Captain Gong saw the mutated rat through the drone lens.
Although this thing was riddled with bullet holes, its general shape could still be discerned.
Excluding the length of the tail, the body length of the mutated rat exceeded sixty centimeters, much larger than a normal rat.
The incisors in the rat's mouth, along with a pair of sharp claws, surprisingly glimmered with a metallic sheen.
Captain Gong's complexion slightly changed: "No wonder that household of villagers was completely defenseless against the mutated rats."
The deputy squad leader's expression was solemn: "If encountering the mutated rats at close range, we might lose a lot of people."
Captain Gong acknowledged with a sound.
"Caw!"
Black No.33 issued a loud cry, rose from the ground, and flew away.
Captain Gong thought for a moment, raised his hand, and saluted Spirit Crow.
Although there were disagreements with the other party and he didn't like the crow, the crow played a crucial and indispensable role, deserving of this salute.
Other soldiers followed suit and saluted.
Not long after.
Black No.33 faded into a small black dot, disappearing on the horizon.
Captain Gong withdrew his gaze and ordered: "Collect the bodies! Clean the battlefield!"
"Yes!"
The soldiers got busy.
Though he had made achievements, Captain Gong wasn't thrilled.
He whispered: "Judging from the two hunts for mutated creatures, the previous military practices have significant issues.
"If we don't make quick changes, we won't know how many more will die in the future."
The deputy squad leader sighed: "So many have already died."
He repeated "many," indicating shocking casualty numbers.
Ordinary people don't know how severe the situation is; they fight on the front lines, more aware than anyone.
Great Xia Kingdom rushed to recruit twenty million soldiers and proposed a super migration plan involving over two hundred million people, not without reason.
The massive threat posed by mutated creatures is precisely one of the reasons.
Captain Gong continued: "This will be a long war, we need superpower users, a lot of superpower users."
Actually, he didn't previously believe superpower users were formidable; he relied more on his assault rifle, but his thoughts have entirely changed now.
The deputy squad leader deeply agreed, nodding: "Indeed."