“Ten people per group, each group equipped with two Type 56 Squad Automatic Weapons and two 40mm Rocket Launchers. Additionally, the two members with the best shooting accuracy will be equipped with Type 56 Semi-automatic Rifles, and the rest will be equipped with Type 56 submachine guns.”
The equipment handed over to the Fierce Shark Special Forces, besides the Type 56 Firearm Family, also included 40mm Rocket Launchers.
Gao Feng originally wanted to request Mortar support, but He Wenqing vetoed it.
Helpless, Gao Feng had to settle for the 40mm Rocket Launcher as supporting fire.
After completing the Re-equipping, everyone in the Fierce Shark Special Forces left the Anji Mountain Radar Station in three buses.
After the buses carrying the Fierce Shark Special Forces arrived near the village where Yang Zhiwen resided, all the special forces members proceeded to the village on foot and assembled at Yang Zhiwen's house.
Just as the Fierce Shark Special Forces were preparing to head to the Otherworld with Yang Zhiwen, an emergency meeting was being held in the South Central Sea conference room in the capital.
“How should we conceal the existence of the Space Gate?”
“We must remember that the Space Gate cannot be moved. If we deploy a large number of personnel and supplies to the Otherworld, it will inevitably attract the attention of other countries.”
“Although the development of the Otherworld will make its existence increasingly difficult to conceal, for our Huaguo, even one more day of concealment is beneficial.”
Indeed, how to conceal the Space Gate is a major problem.
Although Yang Zhiwen’s home was not in a city, Jiang Province was one of Huaguo’s best provinces economically, so even the rural areas had a considerable population density.
The distance between various villages was at most a few hundred meters, and sometimes just across a street.
With such high population density, if the country wanted to mobilize a large amount of manpower and material resources, it would inevitably attract attention.
Although the most eye-catching international event recently was the Superpower Users in the White Elephant Country, once the hype surrounding the White Elephant Country subsided, Huaguo’s actions would certainly draw the attention of America and other nations.
“Why don’t we claim there’s an epidemic and quarantine the area where the Space Gate is located?”
“No, the impact of the epidemic a few years ago was too great; this reason will cause significant panic among the populace.”
“Furthermore, developing the Otherworld requires mobilizing a large number of troops and weaponry; the epidemic excuse is insufficient to justify deploying the military.”
“I have an idea.”
“What idea?”
“However, this idea will have some impact on our nation’s reputation.”
“We can claim that an accident occurred on the Tiangong Space Station, causing some modules to detach and fall into Jiang Province.”
“We can say that the detached part of the Space Station was an important research section. Under the pretext of securing the detached space capsule, we can openly dispatch troops, and at the same time, construct shielding structures to hide the existence of the Space Gate.”
“It’s just that this excuse will negatively affect our Space Station’s international reputation and might impact space cooperation matters with Saudi Arabia.”
“We will use the excuse of the Space Station module accident to implement comprehensive military management over the area where the Space Gate is located.”
“The reputation we lose now is nothing compared to the benefits Huaguo will gain in the future.”
“Good, I will arrange it immediately!”
……
Gao Feng watched as he went from being in a Basement one second to being in a room the next. Even someone like Gao Feng, who remained unfazed amidst gunfire, felt disbelief at that moment.
After Gao Feng brought the Fierce Shark Special Forces to Yang Zhiwen’s house, he learned about his mission.
His mission, along with the Fierce Shark Special Forces, was to go to the Otherworld to help resist the so-called Demon Race.
However, Gao Feng’s excellent psychological resilience allowed him to quickly recover.
He recalled Yang Zhiwen mentioning that the Space Gate’s duration was only five minutes.
During these five minutes, the Fierce Shark Special Forces had to all arrive in the Otherworld and carry as many necessary supplies as possible.
Due to the size of the Space Gate and its connection point to the Otherworld, vehicles could not pass through.
Currently, the only way to transport supplies to the Otherworld was through the most primitive method: manual carrying.
With limited time, Gao Feng and his team needed to transport as much ammunition and supplies as possible.
After most of the Fierce Shark Special Forces arrived in the Otherworld, they quickly secured the surrounding area.
They then began transporting ammunition and supplies using a human chain relay.
Fortunately, the room where the Space Gate was located was spacious enough to store the transported ammunition and supplies on site.
Yang Zhiwen looked around and found no one inside the castle, so he stepped outside.
When Yang Zhiwen emerged, he immediately saw black smoke rising not far away, clearly indicating a large fire.
Judging by the location of the black smoke, the fire must have started within his Territory.
“Could the Demon Race have attacked already?”
Seeing the black smoke, Yang Zhiwen’s first thought was that the Demon Race had launched an attack.
Immediately after, Yang Zhiwen saw that the castle walls were lined with people, and noisy clamor could be heard outside the castle.
Yang Zhiwen went up to the castle wall and looked outside, seeing a large crowd of Commoners gathered outside the castle. It appeared these people were the Domain Residents of his Territory.
“What’s going on? Why is there such a large fire in the Territory?”
Yang Zhiwen asked Derrick, who was standing nearby.
“Lord, you are out.”
“Mm.”
“It’s like this, Lord. Since yesterday, refugees from Yartas County have been flooding into the Territory.”
“After these refugees entered the Territory, at first, they only begged our Domain Residents for food, but as the number of refugees grew, they switched from begging for food to forcibly snatching it.”
“The Domain Residents naturally resisted, so a conflict broke out between the two sides.”
“Because I am unsure of the situation with the Demon Race, I dared not rashly send out the soldiers. Moreover, the Territory only has fifty soldiers and over a hundred able-bodied young men; even if we sent them all out, we couldn't control over ten thousand refugees.”
“But why didn't you let the Domain Residents in?”
“Reporting to the Lord, I received some very bad news from the refugees.”
“What news?”
“The Demon Race has dispatched a large number of Shapeshifting Demons to infiltrate various Territories and create chaos.”
“A large number of refugees poured into the Territory previously. I am unsure if any Shapeshifting Demons infiltrated among them during that time. To ensure the safety of the castle, I did not allow the Domain Residents inside.”
“You did the right thing.”
Hearing Derrick’s words, Yang Zhiwen expressed his understanding.
He had some knowledge of the Demon Race; there were many types of them.
One type was called the Shapeshifting Demon, which could transform into humans, humanoid creatures of similar size, or even animals.
Shapeshifting Demons are a common troop type used by the Demon Race to sow chaos among humans. Although their combat strength is not high, they can often achieve unexpected results.
Even though it is not difficult to identify a Shapeshifting Demon—one only needs to inflict a cut; if the blood that flows out is purple, it can be confirmed to be a Shapeshifting Demon.
However, with the current strength of the Territory, executing this method is not a simple matter.
There are at least two to three thousand Domain Residents gathered outside the castle. Identifying them one by one would require a significant amount of time and energy.
“Let the Domain Residents in; our reinforcements have arrived.”
Reinforcements?
Derrick felt very strange. He had been on the castle wall since yesterday, without even leaving to sleep. If reinforcements had arrived, he certainly would have known.