Chapter 271: The Method to Break Through the Tree Wall

“Special Operations?” Kamiyu felt very curious, recalling memories from anime where they stole Gundams at the beginning and stirred up trouble.

“The paths leading to the Fear Emperor Core Zone are all blocked by dense tree vines, branches, and aerial roots. Flying is a good method,” Li Changde said.

“But the airship is so large. Wouldn’t it get stuck if we fly through the forest?” Jack asked.

At this moment, Xu Zhike, the leader of the BUG research group, spoke like someone who had finally been asked a question that allowed him to show off: “We won’t fly through the forest; we’ll fly above the tree canopy.”

Upon hearing this, everyone was shocked, and even Kamiyu widened her eyes.

“Surpassing the Fear Emperor Tree, flying right over its head? That’s truly genius,” Kamiyu praised without hesitation.

“You flatter me, Miss Kamiyu,” Xu Zhike said.

“Actually, the more important reason we’re doing this is that by leaving the range of the Fear Emperor Tree, we won’t be detected by the Ability Users. This will make our special operations much smoother,” Xu Zhike continued to explain.

Xiao Zhong followed up by reporting to Kamiyu: “Miss Kamiyu, because the Fear Emperor Tree’s canopy is extremely dense, people underneath the tree cannot see what’s outside above their heads. Additionally, our Black Sphere imagery will scan the canopy in advance to check for any Ability Users. For the special operations mission, we will eliminate both visible and hidden Ability User sentries beforehand, so there’s no need to worry about being discovered.”

Kamiyu nodded, thinking that delegating authority indeed had its benefits. Many things she couldn’t think of, others would come up with solutions and perfect them for her.

“There’s no tree canopy above us, so we can fly straight up. But how do we get down?” Jack asked.

“There are two methods. One is Miss Kamiyu’s attack—her attack can pierce through the tree canopy. The second method is to use the triple-barreled magic main cannon, firing diagonally upward to penetrate the canopy, giving us an opportunity to descend,” Xu Zhike replied.

Kamiyu excitedly looked up toward the distant tree canopy and said, “This sounds fun. The enemy will think our main cannon missed, but it’s actually preparing for airborne troops from the sky.”

“The airborne troops’ mission is to destroy the tree wall that the Fear Emperor has set up to block our artillery fire. How do you plan to do that? Presumably, the Fear Emperor has already prepared, and the tree wall has properties resistant to poison and fire. Otherwise, we could just blast the wall apart,” Jack said, seemingly challenging the researchers, but actually doing it for Kamiyu to refine the combat plan.

One researcher, seeing Jack continuously asking questions, frowned and was about to speak.

Xiao Zhong interrupted here, joking, “Captain Jack feels like a thesis defense supervisor. Don’t mind it, everyone; we’re all on the same side.”

Li Changde, also considering the need for unity, chimed in: “That’s right. With a great enemy before us, where every advance in righteousness is met with greater evil, we must remain vigilant even in times of peace.”

Kamiyu raised her eyebrows. What was happening? It seemed tense, yet also peaceful. Her little brain was indeed not very sensitive to matters of power and strategy.

Once again, she muddled through another crisis of trust, and her subordinates solved another problem for her.

Xu Zhike waved his hand and said, “Doubt leads to progress, no need for everyone to get so worked up. Captain Jack is on the frontlines of combat, so of course we should give his words serious consideration.”

“It’s like this: we’ve actually used the Magic Cannon to bombard the tree walls around the core zone of the Fear Emperor Tree. They really are fireproof and poison-resistant. We had to expend three to four times more artillery shells to achieve the same level of destruction as before.”

Kamiyu furrowed her brows. This was indeed a major problem that could render all their current efforts futile.

“However, we sent our Frontline Team deep behind enemy lines and retrieved valuable samples. We discovered that the roots of the tree walls are still made of the original material—they wither as soon as they come into contact with Poison Shells. It’s only the parts of the tree walls that protrude above the ground that are fire and poison-resistant.” Xu Zhike looked toward Li Changde, thanking him for agreeing to such a bold operation.

Kamiyu widened her eyes as she looked at them. “Impressive! You’ve accomplished so much while I was away.”

Li Changde also thanked Xiao Zhong: “It was all thanks to Xiao Zhong’s Black Sphere footage, which allowed my Frontline Team members to perfectly avoid the enemy’s overt and covert sentries and infiltrate deep behind enemy lines.”

Kamiyu grew increasingly excited inside. It seemed her Sanctuary had matured to the point where it could independently organize high-risk, high-reward combat operations.

In this standoff with the Fear Emperor, it might appear evenly matched on the surface, but in reality, her side had quietly gained a significant advantage.

“Amazing, truly amazing. This way, even if the Fear Emperor creates tree walls, they won’t be able to stop our advance. I can’t wait to see the look of disbelief and furious frustration on that clown’s face when the tree walls it worked so hard to build crumble helplessly before us,” Kamiyu said eagerly.

Jack snorted through his nose. “Then you’ll have to lead a special operations team and stir up trouble at the very front to witness the Fear Emperor’s ridiculous expression firsthand.”

“Fine, I’ll go. Who’s afraid of whom?”

Kamiyu asked, “I remember that besides being fired from the Magic Cannon, Magic Artillery Shells can also be detonated like timed bombs. Have you figured out how to use Poison Shells to poison the tree walls all at once?”

Li Changde added, “When I was in the Crimson Earth, I once borrowed a batch of Magic Artillery Shells from people in other Sanctuaries to exploit a bug while grinding a Dungeon Boss. I know how to use Magic Artillery Shells independently.”

Kamiyu made a goldfish-mouth expression and said, “Wow, there’s always someone better out there. We really shouldn’t underestimate everyone.”

Xu Zhike said politely, “We’ve also figured out a method for using Magic Artillery Shells independently—using one shell to ignite another. Guild Leader Li, we can discuss how to improve it later.”

Kamiyu nodded and said to Jack, “See? This is the power of the collective. We don’t always have to come up with solutions on our own.”

However, she had her own method too: Life Potions—the Aging Mode of Life Bullets. No matter how tenacious the enemy, as long as it’s alive, it can’t withstand aging. She could use Aging Bullets to wither the tree walls.

Kamiyu thought to herself, there are always more solutions than difficulties. Now it’s time to go back and prepare more Life Bullets and craft weapons and armor for the other players in the airborne troops.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Fear Emperor was truly intimidated by Kamiyu’s Poison Shells and Fire-Element Shells, suffering severe damage. Originally only half a step away from Reviving, he had now regressed to eighty percent completion.

To repair himself and expend his core Strength to transform the Fire-Resistant and Poison-Resistant Tree Wall, his core Strength was reduced to less than sixty percent.

“If I Revive in this state, I will not be able to achieve immortality and could very well be Killed by those brats. Damn those brats, damn them.”

“There aren’t enough people yet. I need to kill more to replenish my core Strength.”

“Reporting to Fear Emperor, a group of Players has been spotted entering the Tree Realm from various directions. I can serve you by capturing them all,” said Men San, who had now reached the fifth rank and taken the place of Hungry Ghost Shara.