Fang Er had no idea how much trouble his and the others' reckless behavior was causing Li Yannnan, nor did he have the capacity to care.
They had encountered a typhoon!
A super typhoon!
The clouds hung so low they seemed to be just above their heads, accompanied by fierce winds, torrential rain, thunder, and lightning.
The sea below churned as if boiling, with waves cresting over ten meters high.
He watched firsthand as trees were uprooted from an uninhabited island, and the surging waves swept over it, leaving it as if a layer of skin had been scraped off.
"Boom!"
A bolt of lightning exploded right above Fang Er's head, startling him so much he flinched.
"Holy hell! Are we going to die here?"
[Look below quickly!]
Xi Tong exclaimed, pointing at the island they had just passed with shock.
Fang Er quickly looked over and saw a fissure had appeared on the deserted island!
In the midst of the wind and rain, the fissure was still widening.
"Caw..."
After a strange cry, a colossal beast rushed out of the fissure!
The creature was nearly 40 meters long, its body thicker than a water vat, with six claws, four wings, and its entire body covered in scales.
If this had been before, Fang Er might have been stunned for a long time.
But after his journey to the Wan Qu Realm, he quickly recognized what this creature was!
Fei Yi!
Damn it!
Why was there such a thing on the island?
This shouldn't be possible!
But what shocked him even more was yet to come. The appearance of this one Fei Yi seemed to open a new world.
Behind it, a continuous stream of Fei Yi poured out of the fissure, then dove into the sea and disappeared.
Among the Fei Yi, there were also some flying creatures.
Fang Er ignored the ones that were too ugly and lacked distinctive features.
His eyes were fixed on the flock of strange birds that had wings growing from their ribs but only a single leg.
Holy crap!
Bi Fang!
The underground world!
Fang Er instantly realized that this place must be connected to the underground world!
After appearing, the creatures rushed out in all directions like students on holiday.
"No, I need to notify the country quickly to prepare!"
"Otherwise, if these things reach the shore, they could cause countless casualties!"
Although his warehouse was filled with a pile of explosives, he dared not use them in this situation.
Putting aside whether they could destroy this passage, the radiation caused by a nuclear explosion was something he could not accept.
Moreover...
This place was closer to Wokou; why should it be destroyed?
Xi Tong nodded at his words, then looked towards Wokou and said.
[You go back and help them; I'll handle things here!]
"Don't push yourself. If you can't win, run!"
"If Old Li is gone, he's gone. We can just pull another one from a parallel world, but you must not get hurt!"
Fang Er looked at her with burning eyes.
[Hahaha... I can learn to say that properly from Li Er later.]
Xi Tong chuckled, leaned over and kissed him on the cheek, then leaped off the gold-mining ship.
While she was in mid-air, another gold-mining ship appeared and smoothly caught her.
Then, the two began to act separately.
Fang Er sped back towards the Southeast Military Region's base even faster than he had arrived. Upon entering the coastal area, he immediately took out his phone and dialed.
It was the same number that had called him earlier.
As soon as the call was connected, he urged with an anxious tone.
"Get your commander on the phone!"
"I am the commander of the Southeast Military Region, Li Yannnan!"
"An anomaly has occurred on a deserted island in the East China Sea, a passage to the underground world has appeared, and a large number of fierce beasts have escaped. You had better prepare early!"
"What fierce beasts?"
Li Yannnan was somewhat bewildered.
The underground world?
Fierce beasts?
What were these things?
Fang Er quickly said, "Find my people; they will explain to you!"
After saying that, he hung up the phone.
Li Yannnan hung up the phone in confusion. After a moment of hesitation, he had Wang Xuance and others invited over.
After explaining to them what Fang Er had said on the phone, he then looked at them and asked.
"What is the underground world? And what about these fierce beasts?"
Li Tai and Wang Xuance were stunned for a moment, and after a while, they told him everything they knew.
For example, Qiongqi, Dijiang, and so on.
Li Yannnan was dumbfounded: "You mean, the creatures recorded in the Shan Hai Jing, live in the underground world?"
Li Tai nodded: "That's right, and they taste great, and are very nourishing."
"They're just a bit fierce, a bit big, and ordinary people can't deal with them."
Li Yannnan, who had been extremely tense, suddenly relaxed upon hearing this.
He stood up, paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, then let out a burst of laughter.
"Hahahaha, no need to worry!"
"Delicious and highly nutritious! That's all that matters!"
"I guarantee these things will be eaten to the point of becoming a protected species!"
After speaking, he waved to his guards.
"Notify them, the 23rd Army will conduct a collective drill!"
"Aren't they all complaining that the mess hall food is for pigs? Tell them, the opportunity to hunt has arrived!"
"Supply ammunition without restraint; whether you can eat your fill depends on your own abilities!"
He did not doubt the accuracy of Fang Er's information, as he had already received the technical assessment report on the gold-mining ship from the military factory!
It was a product far exceeding the current level of technology!
The fact that Fang Er was willing to sell it to him at a ridiculously low price indicated that these sugar people were friendly and well-intentioned towards the motherland!
Of course, he still had to report this matter to his superiors.
As the orders were issued, the entire military region began to stir.
The 23rd Army was very happy!
The other units, however, had eyes as red as rabbits, and their commanders called Li Yannnan.
"Commander, this is not appropriate!"
"What is not appropriate?"
"Why is it always the 23rd Army that gets to act first!"
"Then I ask you, where do most of the soldiers in the 23rd Army come from?"
"Huguang, but what does that have to do with the mission!"
"They eat better than your soldiers, is that reason sufficient?"
"I..."
It had to be said that the reason given by Li Yannnan was very sufficient!
More than sufficient!
In terms of eating, Huguang was indeed ahead of everyone else in this regard, no, it was ahead of the whole world!
Especially the Old Guang...
The documentary "The Taste of Old Guang" became popular across the country, fully demonstrating their culinary achievements!
Therefore, when the soldiers of the 23rd Army assembled and departed in haste, they carried not only sufficient ammunition but also some provisions.
All sorts of seasonings...
It was just unknown how those fierce beasts would react when they knew what awaited them!