Chapter 469: Wanyang City! Ivory Weaving Web Spider! The Filamentous Silk in the Air!

Su Yang jumped off the bed, pulled on his pants, threw on his military uniform, and opened the office door.

The Emergency Unit could encounter urgent missions at any time, twenty-four hours a day.

Personnel on duty within the Emergency Unit worked in twenty-four-hour shifts, and all members were on standby at all times.

The young messenger, out of breath, saw Su Yang and gasped: "Captain Su, urgent mission!"

Su Yang swiftly fastened his military coat buttons: "What's the mission?"

"Wanyang City has sent a distress call—they've recently discovered massive numbers of Ivory Weaving Web Spiders near the city!"

Ivory Weaving Web Spider: Gold-rank growth-potential monstrous beast.

Named for its skill in weaving webs and leaping, its ferocious nature, and its body covered in ivory-like patterns.

The Ivory Weaving Web Spider is also a social monstrous beast.

A monstrous beast evolved from insects during the Early stage of the Cataclysm, most with strong reproductive capabilities.

Among Gold-rank monstrous beasts, the Ivory Weaving Web Spider's combat ability is weak, but its reproduction rate ranks among the highest.

It is one of the very few Gold-rank monstrous beasts in the southwest capable of becoming an uncontrollable plague.

But Su Yang had never encountered an Ivory Weaving Web Spider before.

These beasts usually inhabit the western regions of the southwest; he wasn't very familiar with them.

Rumor says they came over from India.

Wanyang City's mayor, Yu Hao, believed that if things continued this way, the Ivory Weaving Web Spiders could pose a serious threat to the city, so he requested support from the Emergency Unit.

For situations like Wanyang City's, the Emergency Unit always dispatches an emergency team if manpower is available.

Some crises must be crushed in the cradle.

If we wait until the Ivory Weaving Web Spiders actually attack the city, our reinforcements might arrive too late.

At this moment, Hao Ren also heard about the urgent mission and ran out of his dormitory.

Su Yang ordered: "Captain Hao, immediately assemble your team—we have an urgent mission!"

"Yes, Captain Su!"

The sharp alarm for emergency assembly rang out; members of the Fourteenth Emergency Team quickly gathered on the small square.

At this time, Su Yang also learned of Ma Wenhong's orders from the messenger.

According to the intelligence from Wanyang City, the Ivory Weaving Web Spiders near the city were indeed spreading uncontrollably.

Ma Wenhong ordered Su Yang's Fourteenth Team to rush to Wanyang City to assist in handling the Ivory Weaving Web Spider infestation.

The Fourteenth Emergency Team's sixty-seven Beast Tamers had assembled.

After announcing the Emergency Unit's orders, Su Yang gave them twenty minutes to pack and prepare for departure.

Thirteen minutes later, the last team member arrived.

Outside the camp, all Beast Tamers released their flying-type companion beasts.

Su Yang released Storm Eagle, leapt onto Liu Mengyun's Black Tiger Eagle, and led the flight toward Wanyang City.

Standing on the Black Tiger Eagle's back, behind him were sixty-seven Gold-rank flying-type companion beasts.

Wanyang City lies at the extreme western edge of the southwest, a somewhat distant journey from Changwu City.

Even at full speed, Gold-rank flying-type companion beasts require over twenty days to reach it.

Halfway there, Liu Mengyun began informing Su Yang about Wanyang City's situation.

Wanyang City itself was quite powerful: it had two Platinum-rank Beast Tamers and over a hundred Gold-rank Beast Tamers, placing it among the top-tier cities in the southwest.

Inside Wanyang City, over five thousand Indians resided.

Among the Beast Tamer forces, nearly half were Indians.

Wanyang City's deputy mayor, Platinum-rank Beast Tamer Tan Shulong, possessed half-Indian blood.

Most of these Indians had fled into Wanyang City thirty years ago after the fall of India's Jilat City, accepted by Wanyang City's former mayor.

Those who managed to escape into Wanyang City were all elites from Jilat City—or the families of those elites.

After the Cataclysm, conflicts between nations had virtually vanished entirely…

The Ivory Weaving Web Spider has only Gold-rank growth potential; even if it became a plague, it could never swarm like the demonic sparrows of old.

The Southwest Military's deployment of the Fourteenth Emergency Team was more than sufficient.

After all, the Fourteenth Emergency Team had Su Yang in command, plus two Platinum-rank Beast Tamers: Hao Ren and Liu Mengyun.

Together, they fielded five Platinum-rank Beast Tamers and over two hundred Gold-rank Beast Tamers.

Even if the Ivory Weaving Web Spiders did not attack Wanyang City, they would launch preemptive strikes to reduce their numbers.

Twenty-three days later, Storm Eagle informed Su Yang that massive numbers of Ivory Weaving Web Spiders lay ahead.

In Storm Eagle's vision, the number of Ivory Weaving Web Spiders exceeded ten thousand.

Of course, not all were adult Gold-rank; most were Iron-rank.

What alarmed Su Yang was that Storm Eagle didn't just spot Ivory Weaving Web Spiders—it also saw other spider-type monstrous beasts, like Black Gold Armor Spiders!

This doesn't match the intelligence from Wanyang City at all!

Additionally, Storm Eagle told Su Yang that the air ahead was filled with vast quantities of nearly invisible silk threads.

All excreted by the Ivory Weaving Web Spiders.

"Deputy Liu, how dangerous are the silk threads shot into the air by Ivory Weaving Web Spiders?"

Su Yang turned his head and asked Liu Mengyun directly.

"If the number of Ivory Weaving Web Spiders is this high and there's a dense web of silk, Gold-rank flying-type companion beasts could lose flight capability," Liu Mengyun immediately stood up, his expression grave. "Captain Su, are there silk threads ahead in the air?"

"There are many. Is there a way to deal with them?"

"Yes."

"Then give the order!"

Liu Liu Mengyun nodded and ordered loudly: "All units, form an aerial formation! There are ivory web-weaver silk strands ahead in the air—御兽师 on the edges, command your beast companions to use Strong Gale Wind and blow the silk away! Switch shifts every ten minutes!"

The Fourteenth Emergency Squad immediately organized their formation; the御兽师 on the edges commanded their beast companions to use Strong Gale Wind to disrupt the airflow.

A furious wind blasted instantly in all directions!

Liu Liu Mengyun smoothed her fluttering white hair, her face cold as she leapt onto another Thousand Cloud Wind Crane and shouted:

"I told you to blow the spider silk, not the earth-dragon beasts! If you keep this up, none of you will last ten minutes—everyone, ease up!"

After being shouted at by Liu Liu Mengyun, every member of the Fourteenth Emergency Squad shrank their heads in fear and immediately had their beast companions ease their wind output.

"Even lighter!"

"Even lighter!"

Liu Liu Mengyun glanced at her swirling long hair and said: "Good—maintain this rhythm!"

Soon, Su Yang saw ivory web-weavers appearing on the ground.

They occasionally sprayed fluffy white silk into the air; these white filaments floated suspended, and even a light breeze would carry them skyward.

A Skyward Sparrow shot past from afar.

Su Yang watched with his own eyes as the Skyward Sparrow was swiftly wrapped in thick white silk filaments, losing all flight capability; when it crashed to the ground, its body was draped in transparent spider silk.

Three ivory web-weavers rushed over from nearby to claim the fallen Skyward Sparrow.

Liu Liu Mengyun explained beside him: "Ivory web-weavers came from Tianzhu. They're currently only found along the western edge of our southwest zone. Their combat strength is weak, but due to their high reproduction rate, they occasionally cause disturbances. Large swarms of ivory web-weavers can produce silk capable of threatening Gold-Rank flying ferocious beasts!"