Make me leave the team? My beast girl and I can win easily.

When Lin Yu led the beast girls to the location of the source crystal mine by warship according to the map, the special forces at the border were already building fortifications.

This area is an open valley surrounded by low hills.

In the center of the valley, a huge crack appeared in the ground, and a faint golden light could be seen shimmering deep within it.

That's the unique luster of the source crystal ore.

The 1,000 soldiers of the special forces are working hard.

Some were setting up temporary camps, some were setting up defensive runes, and some were surveying the entrance to the mine.

Several engineers were gathered together, discussing something while looking at the blueprints.

Upon seeing Lin Yu and his group descend from the sky, the officer who was directing the operation immediately came to greet them.

He was a man in his thirties, with dark skin and the marks of time on his face. His shoulder insignia showed that he was the commander of this special task force, surnamed Zhou, and everyone called him Battalion Commander Zhou.

"Captain Lin Yu!" Battalion Commander Zhou saluted, his face beaming with joy. "You've arrived! That's wonderful!"

Lin Yu nodded and looked around: "How's the progress?"

Battalion Commander Zhou pointed to the defensive fortifications that were being erected: "One-third of the rune array has been set up, and it is expected to be fully completed by tomorrow."

"Preliminary exploration of the mine has also begun. The reserves of source crystals inside are very rich, enough to mine for at least a year."

He paused, his expression turning serious: "However..."

Before he could finish speaking, a rapid flapping sound of wings came from the sky.

A hawk-man scout swooped down and landed in front of Lin Yu. Without even catching his breath, he spoke immediately:

"Battalion Commander Zhou, something terrible has happened!"

Battalion Commander Zhou's expression changed.

The eagle-man scout quickly reported: "The Thunder Lizard Clan and Blood Bat Clan have noticed the commotion here!"

"They're amassing a large army and heading this way!"

"What about the quantity?" Lin Yu asked.

"The Thunder Lizard Clan has mobilized at least three thousand Thunder Lizard Beasts, and the Blood Bat Clan has also mobilized its entire force, at least five thousand!"

Battalion Commander Zhou's face turned deathly pale instantly.

Three thousand thunder lizards, five thousand blood bats, and more than eight thousand alien races of level 60 and above!

On our side, there are only a thousand defenders!

Even with Lin Yu's team and the Dawn Battle Group included, there are still less than 1,300 people!

How can we fight this?!

"Convene an emergency meeting immediately!" Battalion Commander Zhou made the decision without hesitation.

……

Inside the temporary command tent, the atmosphere was so heavy it seemed like water could drip from it.

The map was spread out on the table, and Battalion Commander Zhou and his staff surrounded it, their brows furrowed.

An advisor pointed to two directions on the map: "The Thunder Lizard Clan is coming from the east, and the Blood Bat Clan is coming from the west. They're trying to attack us from both sides and surround us!"

Another staff officer said, "We can divide our forces for defense, five hundred men on the east and five hundred on the west, relying on fortifications—"

"No," Battalion Commander Zhou interrupted him. "If we split up, we won't be able to hold off either side. The Thunder Lizards and Blood Bats are all level 60 or higher, and their individual combat capabilities are stronger than ours."

"Five hundred men against three thousand thunder lizards, five hundred men against five thousand blood bats, that's sending our brothers to their deaths."

"Then concentrate our forces to attack one side?"

"What about the other side? Should we let them outflank us?"

The staff officers argued back and forth for a long time, but they still couldn't come up with a feasible solution.

Finally, everyone looked at Lin Yu sitting in the corner.

That look in his eyes was like a drowning person looking at a lifebuoy.

Battalion Commander Zhou took a deep breath, walked up to Lin Yu, and solemnly saluted.

"Captain Lin Yu, we're completely out of ideas. We have no choice but to ask you for help."

He paused, then added, "We all know that you previously led a small team to help the border repel the Naga Holy King's 50,000-strong elite army."

"While the thunder lizards and blood bats are numerous, they are nothing compared to the elite Naga forces. Please help us!"

Lin Yu held the Taotie, leaned back in her chair, and looked indifferent.

After listening to Battalion Commander Zhou's words, he smiled slightly.

"Want to crush them?"

Battalion Commander Zhou nodded vigorously.

Lin Yu said, "Actually, all you need is a dream."

A dream?

Everyone in the tent was stunned.

Battalion Commander Zhou blinked, thinking he had misheard: "Captain Lin Yu, you mean... a dream?"

Lin Yu nodded.

The staff officers looked at each other in bewilderment.

Someone muttered under their breath, "Can a dream really defeat eight thousand alien races?"

The person next to him quickly nudged him, signaling him to be quiet.

Lin Yu did not explain.

He stood up, picked up the Taotie, and walked out.

"Battalion Commander Zhou, have your men focus all their attention on the excavation and mining of the source crystal mine."

"As for defense work—"

He turned around and smiled calmly.

"Leave it to me. After all, I have a share in this source crystal mine, so I definitely have to protect it."

Battalion Commander Zhou opened his mouth as if to say something, but seeing Lin Yu's nonchalant expression, he swallowed his words.

He recalled the legends circulating at the border—

Lin Yu's gluttonous beast battles the Naga Holy King alone; Lin Yu's beast girl summons a divine projection...

Someone like that shouldn't be bragging, right?

He gritted his teeth and nodded.

"Okay! Let's do as Captain Lin Yu says!"

He turned to his staff and gave the following orders:

"Leave a small team for perimeter security, and the rest of you will be fully engaged in base construction and mine extraction!"

The staff officers were taken aback for a moment, but military orders are absolute, so they immediately went to carry them out.

Lin Yu stepped out of the tent, preparing to choose a good spot to "wait for the rabbit to come to the tree stump," when a crisp voice came from behind him:

"Captain Lin Yu, wait for me!"

Lin Yu turned around.

Yan Shuang jogged up to catch up, her long, icy blue hair fluttering in the wind, a blush of excitement on her face.

"Captain Lin Yu, let me assist you!" she said, her eyes sparkling. "I want to see how you resolve this matter with a dream!"

Before Lin Yu could even speak, the beast girls around him had already changed their expressions.

Lin Ya, clutching a bag of potato chips, glanced sideways at Yan Shuang and muttered, "Why is she here again..."

Lin Duo peeked out from behind Lin Xue, whispering, "The way she looks at Master is so strange..."

Lin Shan closed the book, glanced at Yan Shuang indifferently, and didn't say anything, but her eyes held a hint of scrutiny.

Lin Qing was more direct.

She clung to Lin Yu's arm, her eyes fixed on Yan Shuang with a chilling gaze that could freeze a person into an ice sculpture.

Lin Hui peeked out from Lin Yu's arms, looked at Yan Shuang curiously, and asked in a childish voice, "Sister, do you want to help Master? Can you fight?"

Yan Shuang felt a little uneasy being stared at by a group of beast girls, but her stubbornness kicked in.

She took a deep breath, met those gazes, and walked to Lin Yu's side.

"I know you don't like me," she said frankly, "but I just want to learn from Captain Lin Yu. He's stronger and more capable than me, and I want to see how he does it."

She looked at Lin Yu with a serious expression: "Captain Lin Yu, please let me go with you. I promise I won't cause any trouble."

Lin Yu looked at her stubborn expression and smiled helplessly.

He glanced at the beast girls around him—

Lin Ya was pouting, Lin Duo was stealing glances, Lin Shan was expressionless, Lin Qing's eyes were even colder, Lin Hui tilted her head curiously, and Taotie was yawning.

He sighed.

"Alright, let's go."

Yan Shuang's eyes lit up, and she immediately stood behind him.

Lin Qing's gaze grew even colder.

Not long after, a loud rumbling sound came from afar.

The ground began to tremble, as if a thousand horses were galloping.

On the eastern horizon, billowing smoke and dust filled the air, and countless enormous figures appeared and disappeared within it.

That's the Thunder Lizard Clan.

They look like giant lizards, but are larger than rhinoceroses, covered in dark blue scales, with a row of sharp bone spurs on their backs.

What's most striking is their eyes—

Arcs of electricity danced in his vertical pupils, flashing with lightning with every blink.

When they run, their limbs touch the ground, splashing up large amounts of mud, and the bone spurs on their backs collide with each other, making a metallic clanging sound.

The western sky was shrouded in a blood-red, dark cloud.

Those are the Blood Bats.

They are larger than eagles, with a wingspan of over five meters, and their bodies are covered with dark red fur.

Sharp fangs protruded from his lips, and his scarlet eyes gleamed with a bloodthirsty light in the darkness.

When they fly, their wings flap, emitting eerie ultrasonic waves that are so piercing they send chills down your spine.

The two armies arrived from different directions at great speed, clearly having a prior understanding and intending to attack from both sides.

The small squad of soldiers responsible for perimeter security saw this and their legs went weak.

"Team, team leader... so many..."

The captain was also pale, but he gritted his teeth and gripped his weapon tightly.

"Don't panic! Captain Lin Yu said to leave it to him!"

The soldiers looked at each other in bewilderment.

Should it be given to Lin Yu?

Can Lin Yu alone hold off eight thousand alien races?

But military orders are absolute, and they had no choice but to grit their teeth and stick to their posts, while their hearts were pounding with anxiety.

Just then, something unexpected happened.

Strange phenomena appeared simultaneously in the east and west.

The ground began to shake, but not in the way a thunder lizard would run; rather, something was rising from the ground.

Countless towering trees burst forth from the ground!

They grow at an astonishing rate, reaching tens of meters in height in the blink of an eye, with lush foliage that blocks out the sun.

To the east, a forest rose abruptly from the ground, blocking the path of the Thunder Lizard Clan.

To the west, another forest rose abruptly from the ground, blocking the Blood Bat Clan's advance.

The two forests, like two green walls, firmly kept the two armies outside.

The special mission soldiers were stunned.

"W-What is this?!"

"A forest?! How did it suddenly grow out of nowhere?!"

"It's Captain Lin Yu! It must be Captain Lin Yu!"

Yan Shuang was also stunned.

She stood beside Lin Yu and watched as he raised his hand, and then the two forests appeared out of thin air.

"This is...wood magic?" she murmured. "No, wood magic couldn't possibly create such a large forest..."

Lin Shan said calmly, "This is my skill, [Flourishing Wood]."

"The Lord used the power of his laws to unleash this effect, and it was even better than if I had used it myself."

Yan Shuang looked at Lin Shan, her eyes filled with shock.

She knew Lin Yu was strong, but she didn't expect him to be this strong—

It can even perfectly replicate teammates' skills, and the effects are even better!

What kind of monster is this?!

The Thunder Lizard Clan and the Blood Bat Clan were also taken aback by the sudden appearance of the forest.

The army of Thunder Lizards halted at the edge of the forest. The Thunder Lizard King, leading the army, raised his head, his vertical pupils crackling with electricity as he warily stared at the eerie forest.

It has lived for over a hundred years and has never seen such a sight.

Forests don't grow slowly; they appear in an instant.

This is by no means a natural phenomenon, but rather a man-made one.

Humanity's trap!

It wanted to order a detour, but looked left and right—

The forest stretched for dozens of miles, completely blocking all paths leading to the source crystal mine.

If you take a detour, it will take several more days.

This amount of time was enough for humans to empty out the source crystal mine.

After a moment of internal struggle, the Thunder Lizard King finally gritted his teeth and gave the order:

"All troops on alert! Accelerate through the forest!"

It did not believe that a forest could stop its three thousand troops.

On the other side, the Blood Bat King made the same decision.

Five thousand blood bats, like a crimson cloud, rushed into the forest.

Lin Yu smiled faintly as he watched the two armies charge into the forest.

He took something out of his spatial ring.

It was a crystal ball the size of a fist, completely transparent, with faint mist flowing inside.

Occasionally, blurry images flash through the mist—mountains, rivers, cities, battlefields…

【The Dream Weaver's Crystal Ball】

This was one of the items he obtained while breaking the national record in the school instance, and it came with a powerful skill—Dreamy Sinking.

This skill can be used on a target when they are experiencing intense emotions. After the skill is activated, the target will be trapped in an illusion woven by the item's owner.

After Lin Yu's advancement, she can not only use the skills of the beast girls, but also extract skills from items.

He held the Dream Weaver's Crystal Ball in his palm and closed his eyes.

"Extract Skill - Dreamlike Sinking"

As soon as he finished speaking, the mist inside the crystal ball surged violently, then transformed into an invisible ray of light that merged into Lin Yu's body.

Lin Yu opened her eyes and looked at the two forests.

"Addendum—The Dream Ends."

He added this skill to the magical forest created by [Luxuriant Wood].

In this way, every tree, every leaf, and every vine in the forest becomes a vehicle for skills.

Any creature that enters the forest will be affected by influences from all directions.

The Thunder Lizard King led his army into the forest, initially very wary, his vertical pupils scanning the surroundings, wary of any potential traps.

But after walking several hundred meters, nothing happened.

Only towering trees and dappled sunlight filtering through the gaps in the branches and leaves.

The Thunder Lizard King relaxed a little.

"Keep moving forward, and stay alert!"

It gave the order.

However, it didn't notice that the branches and leaves on the trees around it were trembling slightly, and each tremor released a trace of energy that was invisible to the naked eye.

The energy drifted into the nasal cavities of the thunder lizards, merged into their blood, and entered their brains.

At first, the thunder lizards didn't seem to notice anything.

But as they walked, the scenery before them began to change.

Those towering trees slowly twisted and turned into the shape of humans.

Those hanging vines became weapons for humankind.

Those dappled lights and shadows transformed into the radiant light of human runes.

A thunder lizard cried out in terror, "Humans! Humans!"

Its companion turned its head and saw not trees, but a human warrior wielding a sharp sword, charging towards it!

"kill!"

It roared and pounced on the human.

Its fangs snapped down, and blood spurted out.

But it didn't bite humans, it bit its own companions.

Its companion screamed and swung its claw at its face, tearing off large pieces of scales.

The two thunder lizards started fighting.

Meanwhile, the thunder lizards around them saw two thunder lizards being surrounded and attacked by humans, fighting a bloody battle.

"Help!"

More thunder lizards rushed forward.

But the "humans" they saved were actually their own companions.

The "humans" they attack are also their own comrades.

The forest instantly descended into chaos.

The thunder lizards frantically tore at each other, charged, and electrocuted each other, their screams, roars, and thunderous booms echoing throughout the entire forest.

The situation is exactly the same for the Blood Bat Clan.

The Blood Bat King flew at the forefront and suddenly discovered a large group of human archers in front of him, drawing their bows and aiming their arrows at him.

"Scatter! Dodge the rain of arrows!"

It gave the order in a shrill voice.

The five thousand blood bats immediately scattered and flew in all directions.

But what they saw as "archers" were actually trees.

The "rain of arrows" they were trying to avoid were actually branches and leaves.

They collided and attacked each other, their ultrasonic waves reflecting back and forth in the forest, making them dizzy.

One blood bat screamed and rammed into another, its fangs piercing the other's neck.

The other party screamed and bit back.

Two blood bats wrestled and fell from the sky, crashing to the ground and being trampled by more blood bats.

Blood Bat King witnessed his personal guard captain being surrounded and attacked by a group of "humans," falling with a scream.

It roared and charged down, biting off the neck of a "human".

But it bit off the captain of the guard's neck.

The body of the Royal Guard Captain fell to the ground, and the Blood Bat King stood frozen in mid-air, not understanding why a "human" would turn into the Royal Guard Captain's appearance.

But it didn't have time to think it through, because more "humans" rushed up.

It continued to fight.

Continue the killing.

Continue watching as "humans" become their own kind.

The small squad of soldiers from the special task force responsible for guarding the area stood outside the forest, their eyes practically bulging out of their sockets as they looked at the scene inside.

"W-What's going on?!"

"Why are they fighting amongst themselves?!"

"Rathalos bite Rathalos, Bloodbats bite Bloodbats, is this insane?!"

The captain swallowed hard and muttered, "An illusion...it must be a large-scale illusion!"

"Captain Lin Yu... really solved it all with just a dream..."

The soldiers looked at each other, then all turned to look at the black-haired youth holding the fur ball in the distance.

His eyes were filled with awe.

Yan Shuang was also stunned.

She stood beside Lin Yu and watched as the eight thousand alien troops charged into the forest, only to be engulfed in a frenzied infighting within ten minutes.

The sounds of fighting and screams coming from the forest were more intense than any real battle.

She looked at Lin Yu.

The man stood there, his expression indifferent, a bag of snacks that had somehow appeared in his hand, which he was feeding to the little furball in his arms.

The sunlight shone on him, giving him a pale golden glow.

Yan Shuang's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

She has met many strong people.

A level 100 awakened being like the Azure Cloud Sword Saint, an Ice Mage like Leng Ning Shuang, a Thunder Battle Sovereign like Lei Zhentian…

But no one has ever given her that feeling.

That feeling... standing next to him, you feel at ease, you feel admiration, and your heart flutters.

She used to think she was very strong and didn't need to rely on anyone.

But now, she suddenly wants to rely on this person.

Even just standing next to him would be enough.

"Captain Lin Yu..." she said softly.

Lin Yu looked at her: "Hmm?"

Yan Shuang opened her mouth, as if to say something, but her face turned red first.

"N-nothing..." She lowered her head, not daring to look at him.

Lin Yu glanced at her with a puzzled look, then continued feeding Taotie.

Yan Shuang secretly looked up at his profile, her heart pounding even faster.

An hour later, the sounds of fighting in the forest gradually subsided.

Lin Yu raised her hand and removed the "Dream of Falling" effect.

Those thunder lizards and blood bats that were still alive awoke from the illusion to find themselves covered in wounds and surrounded by the corpses of their kind.

They were bewildered.

What just happened?

They were clearly fighting against humans, so why did the "humans" around them turn into the corpses of their own kind?

The Thunder Lizard King was covered in blood, had lost a front leg, and had 70% of the bone spurs on its back broken.

It struggled to its feet and looked around blankly.

Of the three thousand thunder lizards, less than a thousand are still standing.

And they were all injured.

The Blood Bat King fared even worse; one of its wings was torn in half, rendering it unable to fly.

Of the five thousand blood bats, less than two thousand remained, most of them groaning on the ground.

It looked toward the black-haired youth outside the forest.

Although it didn't know what had happened, it did know—

All of this was done by that human.

Fear welled up from the bottom of my heart.

It wanted to escape, but it had no wings and couldn't.

It wanted to fight, but its people were demoralized and it was too weak to fight.

Just then, Lin Yu moved.

He carried the Taotie and slowly walked into the forest.

Behind them, the beast girls and Yan Shuang followed.

As the Thunder Lizard King watched him approach, his body trembled involuntarily.

Lin Yu stopped in front of it and looked down at the giant beast that was dozens of times larger than herself.

"Surrender, or die."

His voice was calm, but the Thunder Lizard King sensed the weight in it.

It fell silent.

Lin Yu raised her hand, and a light blue light appeared in her palm.

That was the "spell of enslavement" that Lin Hui taught him.

The light transformed into a rune and drifted toward the Thunder Lizard King.

The Thunder Lizard King looked at the light, struggled for a second, and then lowered its head.

The rune disappeared into its forehead.

A strange feeling welled up inside it—an invisible connection had been formed between it and this human.

It knew that it was now his slave.

Lin Yu nodded in satisfaction.

Then he looked at the Blood Bat King.

The Blood Bat King struggled to stand up, but the injury to his wings was too severe for him to do.

It looked at Lin Yu, its scarlet eyes filled with fear and resentment.

But in the end, it also bowed its head.

The enslavement runes entered its body.

Lin Yu turned around and looked at the still-alive thunder lizards and blood bats.

"Surrender, or die."

A thousand thunder lizards and two thousand blood bats all lowered their heads in unison.

An hour later, the soldiers of the special mission witnessed a scene they would never forget.

More than a thousand thunder lizards, lined up in neat rows, entered the mining area.

They were bound with thick ropes, and huge mine carts were being towed behind them.

The Blood Bats then flew into the mine, using their claws and teeth to carry out the mined Source Crystal ore to the designated location.

The most outrageous one is the thunder lizard.

They not only have to transport ore, but also take turns generating electricity.

The largest thunder lizards were placed in a temporary "power station" where they released the lightning within their bodies, which was then converted into electricity through a special device to power the entire mining base.

The Thunder Lizard King himself took to the field, exploding electricity while simultaneously questioning his existence.

As the king of thunder lizards, it had lived for over a hundred years and never imagined that one day it would become a generator.

The Blood Bat King wasn't much better off.

Its wing injury was half healed by Lin Su's medicine, and it can now fly, but it has to lead its people to transport ore day and night.

As it flew, it wondered: Why did I come to steal this source crystal mine in the first place?

If you don't try to steal it, you won't encounter this devil.

If you hadn't encountered this devil, you wouldn't have become a miner.

If you don't become a miner, you won't...

It sighed and continued flying with the ore in its mouth.