Before he could understand, the enormous hull of the Little Bird struck the blue-skinned creature squarely.
A sound of cracking bones, accompanied by the roar of the hull crashing onto the ground, reached everyone's ears.
Then, an endless cloud of dust engulfed everyone.
The ground, under the terrifying weight of the Little Bird, was smashed and sunk deep like tofu.
A violent tremor shook the ground beneath their feet, and a wave of air sent everyone flying.
"Cough! Cough!"
When everything around them calmed down, Fang Er, clutching his mouth, got up from the ground and shone his flashlight around.
Smoke and dust.
All he could see was smoke and dust.
Fortunately, the planes in the aircraft carrier's hangar, and the missiles in the ammunition depot, had not exploded.
Otherwise, none of the people present would have been found, not even a speck of dust.
He had only thought of this problem the moment the aircraft carrier slipped away. Now, with a fortunate outcome, he let out a sigh of relief.
"Damn it..."
"That was reckless!"
He waved his hands in front, parting the smoke and dust, and walked towards the aircraft carrier.
While Li Chengzong and Hou Jinghao were still getting up, he took the opportunity to retrieve the aircraft carrier into the system's warehouse.
"Damn it!"
"You almost killed me!"
Li Chengzong cursed, his face contorted in a display of suppressed frustration as he lowered his head to look for Hou Jinghao and the others.
"Are you all dead? If not, give me a sound..."
"Bah! I won't die even if you do!"
Hou Jinghao's voice was still full of vigor.
After all the smoke and dust had dispersed, Hao Da Niu counted the number of people and reported to Fang Er with a somber expression.
"General, twenty-seven brothers have sacrificed their lives."
"No serious injuries!"
Fang Er merely waved his hand at him, then looked towards the large crater created by the aircraft carrier's impact.
The blue-skinned creature had turned into a pulp of mud, embedded in the V-shaped trench gouged into the ground.
The surrounding Di Jiang had long since fled and disappeared.
And the Xuan Gui in the lake had collapsed on the shore, its head drooping.
On its neck was a terrifying wound, its bird's head almost completely severed.
It must have been swept by the aircraft carrier...
"Dig that thing out of the ground for me!"
Li Tai pointed at the pulp of mud that the blue-skinned creature had become and shouted at Hao Da Niu and the others.
The barrier that could block bullets had piqued his interest.
He turned and saw Fang Er walking towards the Xuan Gui alone.
He quickly jogged to catch up, asking curiously, "Mountain Master, aren't you interested in the blue-skinned creature's barrier?"
Fang Er flicked his wrist and gave him a finger flick to the forehead.
"Are you stupid!"
"It's been smashed into mud, what good is it if you dig it out?"
"Should I stir-fry it and put it in a bun?"
Li Tai: .........
"We should add some black pepper, otherwise, it'll be fishy..."
Before he could finish, he saw Fang Er's palm raised and quickly retracted his neck, chuckling.
"Just kidding, just kidding..."
Fang Er was not in the mood for jokes. More than twenty brothers were gone just like that. It had been many years since such a thing had happened.
From a distance, he hadn't seen it clearly. Now, standing before the Xuan Gui, he suddenly felt that this creature...
Was truly plump!
A carapace ten meters in diameter, and a height of four to five meters.
Its neck and bird's head extended at least two meters!
Stepping onto the turtle's back with its claws, the square, box-like object was still intact.
Just now, the blue-skinned creature seemed to have come out from within it!
Li Tai also followed, his earlier joking demeanor replaced by a solemn expression as he asked, "Mountain Master, you said just now that the blue-skinned creature was an alien?"
"That's right!"
"Forty-six billion years ago, they invaded Earth!"
Fang Er spoke the truth without hesitation.
Li Tai: ............
"My heavens!"
"Forty-six billion years ago??"
"Are you kidding me?"
"I've watched Douyin science popularization from later generations, you know. Human history is only a few hundred thousand years old. How do you know about events from forty-six billion years ago?"
"Oh, then you can just assume I'm joking."
Fang Er didn't turn his head, examining the furnishings inside the "box."
The inside of the box was smooth, with only a pile of tubes. Some residual unknown liquid remained on the wall.
"Sleep pod?"
He was unsure.
There were such things in later sci-fi movies, but why was this thing on the back of the Xuan Gui?
"The legendary Xuan Gui is supposed to carry Xi Rang, right?"
"How did it end up doing the work of a Baxia, carrying a coffin?"
"Slap!"
As soon as Li Tai finished speaking, Fang Er slapped the back of his head.
"Shut up! You talk too much!"
"Baxia carries stone tablets, you uneducated fool!"
Li Tai: .........
I just wanted to lighten the mood, why do you keep hitting me...
Meanwhile, Fang Er had already taken out several bottles from his spatial storage and carefully collected the unknown liquid from the "sleep pod."
He would have Li Chengzong take this back to the laboratory for research, perhaps leading to unexpected discoveries.
"General! Look quickly!"
Hao Da Niu's voice suddenly came from behind. Turning around, he saw that Hao Da Niu was holding the strange gun that the blue-skinned creature had held earlier!
The person had been smashed into mud, yet this gun was undamaged?
Fang Er quickly jumped off the turtle's back and ran towards Hao Da Niu, also shouting with concern.
"Put it down! Don't mess with it!"
Hao Da Niu flinched at his words, and the strange gun slipped from his grasp and fell to the ground.
"Hiss..."
Seeing this, Fang Er immediately lunged forward and sprawled on the ground, tearing several holes in his clothes.
"Bang..."
"Bang... Bang..."
The strange gun bounced a few times on the ground before finally lying still.
Fang Er let out a sigh of relief, as if a great burden had been lifted. Damn, I was scared to death!
"Are you an idiot!"
"What if it discharged?"
He got up and scolded Hao Da Niu fiercely.
A single shot from this weapon possessed such terrifying power. If anything went wrong with it in his hands, it was possible that everyone here would be wiped out!
Hao Da Niu quickly took a few steps back, widening the distance between himself and the strange gun on the ground.
The gun was entirely silver, appearing incredibly sleek. The grip had four round holes, seemingly for inserting...
Cough!
Cough!
Fingers...
Besides these holes, there was a groove on the grip, as if something was missing.
After observing for a long time, he couldn't make anything out.
Meanwhile, Chengzong and Hou Jinghao, on the other side, finally noticed something amiss and exchanged glances.
"Damn it? Where's the ship?"