Global Catastrophe: I Became the World Tree-Chapter 339 - 226 All Hands on Deck, Trouble Encountered_2

Chapter 339: Chapter 226 All Hands on Deck, Trouble Encountered_2

They were much smaller in size, allowing the airport to accommodate the landing of 1,000 at a time, which considerably sped up the process.

Still, it took almost half an hour to get all 3,000 waiting soldiers mounted on the birds’ backs.

Bai Yinghui and the other generals silently stood on the tarmac, watching them depart until they could no longer be seen, and then they turned their gazes away.

"Parrot Messenger, that over there is the temporary command center we’ve set up. Let’s go together!" Bai Yinghui invited.

Although they could know the soldiers’ positions and situations through the satellite communicators on them, if something unexpected occurred, such as non-cooperative mutated bird species, then they would need the help of the mutated parrots to coordinate.

"Sure!" Ye Feng nodded and followed him there.

This temporary camp was sufficiently spacious and massive; in fact, it was specifically built for the mutated parrots.

At the moment, there were over a dozen screens, each covered in a dense array of green dots, representing the positions of the soldiers.

According to the plan, the mutated eagles, being powerful, were each able to work independently as a separate group. Mutated black crows and mutated bats were grouped in fives, making up a total of 1,400 groups.

If everything went smoothly, they could screen all the reconnaissance targets at once.

At present, everyone was closely monitoring the screens. In this temporary operation room, there were hundreds of communicators who checked in on each soldier regularly to understand their real-time status.

Ye Feng watched this scene in silence.

When a quarter of an hour passed and everything was still normal, he couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

To be honest, even after the half-hour briefing, he was only seventy to eighty percent confident that these mutated bird species would obediently follow commands.

He had even prepared for the worst, ready to have the mutated eagles kill any disobedient birds on the spot as a bloody deterrent.

Fortunately, it seemed that they would not have to resort to that.

"Everything is normal with the Parrot Messenger now. Based on their flying speed, if all goes well, the flying squadron will leave the national border and enter Ah San Country in an hour and a half,"

"And if we’re even luckier, we might be able to locate all six targets within two hours," Bai Yinghui remarked with a mix of emotion and wistfulness.

Only Dragon Hall could accomplish such a task as no other nation had the capability to deploy 3,000 aircraft for a search at once.

Ye Feng nodded, "Let’s hope everything goes smoothly!"

Time slowly passed, and before long, an hour had elapsed.

The faster flying Mutated Eagle Squadron had mostly entered Ah San Country’s territory and moved towards their respective targets.

By this time, Ye Feng had started to relax.

Having flown for so long, in addition to the fact that the leading Mutated Eagle King wasn’t nearby, but without a single mutated eagle attempting to escape, the likelihood of them doing so now was slim.

In fact, under normal circumstances, even if the vast majority of mutated eagles wouldn’t flee, it was common for a few dozen out of a thousand, those with more untamed and wild natures, to escape.

But the problem was that the Cold Calamity had set in. Once they left Yang City, the temperature outside dropped to minus 20 degrees Celsius.

Even though they had reached the Third Order, the low-temperature environment would still be quite harsh for them, and it would not be easy to find enough food.

Realizing their situation in the Donglin Mountain Range, the smart mutated eagles, even if they had thoughts of escaping, would instantly suppress such ideas upon seeing the bleak ice and snow outside.

And as the Mutated Eagle Squadron entered Ah San Country, the command center became truly busy.

"Report from marker 0356, the mutated creature is a mid-stage Fourth Order, not a target object."

"Report, the Mutated Being at marker 1532 is at the Third Order Peak level, it’s just larger in body size but not our target,"

"Report number..."

Soon, one after another, communicators would loudly report after connecting the calls, while the staff beside them quickly recorded and then summarized the information.

The intelligence obtained by the staff members was also updated in real time on the projected big screen for easy viewing by the generals and Mutated Parrots.

Here in Ah San Country, lacking accurate intelligence, the marked suspected targets were more than several times those of other countries, and the workload was immensely huge.

Watching as nearly 50 suspected targets were discounted within a mere five minutes, the officials from Yang City couldn’t help but remark on the high efficiency of the Dragon Hall’s Flying Squadron,

If they had to rely solely on their reconnaissance drones, it was questionable whether they could eliminate even five suspects in 5 minutes.

Moreover, the search was currently conducted only by the Mutated Eagle Squadron, and once the teams of Mutated Black Crows and Mutated Bats also arrived, the efficiency could improve another notch.

However, as time went on, everyone’s good mood gradually faded.

They had searched nearly 200 targets and had not found a single Peak Fourth Order Mutated Creature.

Every now and then, they would glance at the Mutated Parrot standing not far away, staring at the big screen, and they couldn’t help feeling anxious as the atmosphere in the room became tenser.

But at this moment, Ye Feng wasn’t feeling any particular emotion.

He truly couldn’t believe that in such a vast area of land, he wouldn’t be able to find six Mutated Beings that had reached the Peak Fourth Order.

The tense atmosphere dissipated only when the first Peak Fourth Order Mutated Creature was found in the 20th minute.

And, as luck would have it, just three minutes later, they found the second Peak Fourth Order Mutated Being.

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Then the three Contracted Animals carrying the Evolution Fruit would see which was closest and send it over first.

Over the next half hour, another two creatures at the Peak Fourth Order were successively discovered.

At this point, they only needed to find two more Peak Fourth Order Mutated Beings to declare a complete success.

And half of the target area in Ah San Country had yet to be searched; as long as they weren’t too unlucky, completing the mission after sweeping this area should be no issue.

It seemed like things were progressing in a positive direction, and after another 5 minutes, they found the fifth target; now only the last one remained.

But it was then that several soldiers sent back urgent communications.

Upon receiving the details, the communicator’s face changed color instantly, and he ran quickly to report to Bai Yinghui,

"Report to the commander, a special situation has arisen. Mutated Rhino number 95 has encountered a Fifth Order Mutated Golden Eagle, presumably out searching for food, and it has targeted the Mutated Rhino undergoing a breakthrough."

"Just now, it clashed with nearby Mutated Eagle Teams and in a brief conflict, our side suffered 2 dead and 1 injured, and a soldier has also been lost,"

On hearing this, not only did Bai Yinghui’s face change but Ye Feng’s did as well,

"How many of our Mutated Bird Species are within a 100-kilometer radius of that area?" Ye Feng asked directly.

One of the staff members beside him replied to the question, "We have a total of 65 Mutated Eagles, 84 Mutated Crows, and 72 Mutated Bats."

Hearing just that number, Ye Feng’s heart sank, he turned to Bai Yinghui and said, "The forces at my disposal are not enough to stop it, not even with the assistance of the nearby Hawk Messengers. According to our agreement, it is time for you to dispatch fighter jets for assistance."