Shanhu Villa District, in the grassland behind Villa No. 9.
The tree womb of the Mother Nest Ancient Tree suddenly became active, approximately ten days had passed. The number one tree womb Alien Thorn Worm had gradually taken shape and, just like last time, broke through the barriers of the tree womb, leaping out from inside.
Its appearance was still ferocious, and its strength was similar to the previous time, Second Order Low Grade.
Along with it, the number two tree womb's dependent beast had also successfully gestated.
This was a form taller than the Alien Thorn Worm. After absorbing the Mountain Corpse Giant Rat as the embryonic body, it gradually became enormous.
Now having successfully gestated, that huge beast also broke through the embryonic body and heavily fell from the tree.
"Boom"
The massive creature landed heavily, its seven-meter-tall body creating a large crater in the ground.
Su Han looked at the monstrous figure, rat-headed human-bodied, massive in size, with muscles bulging like hard rocks, radiating a sense of power.
Bonestead Rat Demon, that was the monster's name, and true to its appearance, heavy bony shells nearly enveloped its entire body. Bone spurs sharp as blades grew on its spine, elbows, heels, and other places.
Even the slightly exposed areas were covered with thick, dark tree bark-like skin, obviously not low in defense.
This was a monster armed to the teeth, with a powerful body, sturdy arms, solid legs, and a vine-twisted tail, all displaying tremendous defensive power. Only its pale green eyes, slightly visible, but their oily green gleam was equally chilling.
Su Han was very pleased with the Bonestead Rat Demon. Though only Second Order Low Grade, its presence was almost as formidable as the previous Mountain Corpse Giant Rat.
Such a dependent beast was already quite impressive.
Although it was not an Angel Envoy and had limited potential, as long as resources were sufficient, it could continue to gestate given enough space, and it would eventually become a large army.
"The damage-bearing unit of the legion, and also the charging unit, complementing the Alien Thorn Worm,"
Su Han nodded slightly, then with a thought, the Ancient Worm Tree began to use its Anthropomorphic State skill, and soon the Ancient Worm Tree had transformed into a three-to-four-meter-tall tree person.
From over sixty meters, it had transformed into three to four meters, this Anthropomorphic State skill was indeed something more significant than what Su Han had imagined.
Though its strength was suppressed, the convenience it provided, especially in legion mobilization, was undoubtedly a very potent skill.
Who among those ignorant of the details could imagine, under the sweep of a monster legion, among a group of tall dependent beasts, the inconspicuous tree person was the core of the legion?
And who could imagine, when they try assassinating the tree person, after facing immense dangers and passing through layers of dependent beasts, to reach the assassination target,
only for the tree person to transform, pulling out a form several times larger than their own.
Su Han did not dismiss the dependent beasts and headed towards the outside of Villa No.9, the gestation of the two dependent beasts was a bit sudden, he had thought it would happen at night or a bit later.
But now that they had hatched, it was a good time to see the strength of the Bonestead Rat Demon.
Outside Villa No.9, Zhu Xiong, Gan Xinglei, Zhang Dahai, Ye Kailing, and Guo Gang had already brought people to wait outside, and there were even more people than two days ago.
Although there were incidents yesterday, and they were gathering survivors, both Zhu Xiong and Guo Gang had completed blocking the intersections.
Therefore, today was a major operation. Su Han would first turn the metals at various intersections into solid gates to block them, and then all teams would commence the clearing of monsters.
This time, it was not just dealing with the monsters attacking on the streets, but a floor-by-floor cleaning, which was higher in danger and larger in workload, hence naturally needing more people and needing the help of the Mother Nest Ancient Tree.
"Chief!"
As Su Han appeared, neat greetings rang out. As the camp expanded, survivors who joined later contributed more, and the personnel joining the battle ranks also increased.
The title for Su Han also changed along with the camp. Old Zhu and a few others were the closest ones, both subordinates and friends, so they still called him Su Han.
Stretching over seven hundred meters, it nearly illuminated a large part of the area; some vines even quietly spread over some buildings, making the brightness even more apparent.
Below the ground, Tree-born Worms had begun to spread, bringing the entire area under surveillance.
Though breaking through the cement floor isn't easy, there are plenty of flower beds around, which serve as their entrance and exit.
"Lead the team to clear out the monsters, where the vines reach, don't bother there; outside the vines, dump in the flower beds, as for the survivors, control them all, deal with later,"
"Yes, leader."
About clearing and rescuing, in fact, Su Han didn't need to emphasize; their search team already had a complete process, assessing threat level, nature of the team, followed by inquiries, investigations, and finally acceptance.
With a complete process, even a little bit of trickery won't cause a stir.
It didn't take long for the four teams to start moving separately, with Zhu Xiong slightly lagging behind, following Su Han.
"First we'll go your way, then I'll set up the metal gates one by one,"
Zhu Xiong grinned, "That's great, it's easier to work without foreign monsters."
Zhu Xiong led the way; within his responsibility range, there were seven intersections, including a main road towards North Ridge Avenue, which had the widest road surface. However, Zhu Xiong had also piled up quite a few scrapped cars going back and forth, totaling over a hundred vehicles.
The rest were mostly pedestrian ways and inter-building roads, mostly dual-lane roads, with some single-lane, not difficult to manage.
Su Han arrived in front of the pile of scrapped cars, and Metal Manipulation was directly initiated; a large quantity of metal melted and then, under his control, began to reshape.
Metal columns were driven meters into the ground, pulled horizontally like rebar, embedding into the walls of buildings on both sides.
It took over ten minutes—nearly all the scrapped cars were used, and then, at this across-the-road junction, a metal barrier about four meters high was erected.
Eight pillars, with only the two lanes in the middle forming the actual metal gates, about three centimeters thick.
"Won't four meters be a bit short? Shall I bring some more cars? I reckon if we encounter some larger monsters, this thing couldn't stop them."
Zhu Xiong smacked his lips, airing his concerns, having seen the fight at Bei Qing Grain Warehouse; he had a high sense of crisis and knew about those terrifying creatures among the monsters.
"The ring area is just temporary; it will expand later. Besides, the wall is to prevent those most numerous small monsters. Bigger monsters cannot hide their bodies, and someone will deal with them when the time comes,"
If it can't resist, when large monsters attack, then it must be left to people to defend, and such a wall is to guard against those numerous but extremely annoying creatures.
"That makes sense,"
Zhu Xiong nodded, and Su Han had already said, "Take me to the other six intersections; we'll find a chance to strengthen this one later."
Su Han ran through four areas, which took about two and a half hours, and only then could the closure of the whole ring area be considered complete.
Once the worry was minimized for the four teams, they immediately began to clear the monsters between buildings and within constructions.
Roars rose again; where the vines of the Mother Nest Ancient Tree reached, the presence of monster corpses had begun to be detected.
[Monster flesh detected. Proceed with Fusion?]
Fusion
Su Han commanded the Mother Nest Ancient Tree to continue Fusing; he knew compared to those metal gates, the Mother Nest Ancient Tree was truly the monumental pillar of his territory, so it had to keep Fusing.
Looking at the Mother Nest Ancient Tree, comparable in height to a high-rise building, Su Han showed a satisfied smile; even though it now required more material, clearing the ring area should help in upgrading the Essence of Flesh.
He shifted his gaze, then led the Alien Thorn Worms and the Bonestead Rat Demon towards Nanwang Lake; he needed to see the situation there personally.
And to let the Bonestead Rat Demon try its strength.