Everyone divided into several teams to rescue the equipment at the foot of the mountain. Others took their things to the shore and waited for the speedboat to return to the ship.
Qin Wuyong actually didn't forget to carry his huge unfinished "slingshots". He turned around and recorded the firelight and said,
"Oh my god, why do I feel like the whole island has turned into a big bomb?"
Then he approached Lin Chou and winked obscenely,
"Hey, Boss Lin, I guess this mission can't go on anymore. It's very likely that we have to set off back to the base city tomorrow. No matter what they want to study, the fire has burned it like this. There will definitely be no hair left. - This is probably the easiest mission I've ever done in my life."
Many evolvers are very happy.
"This trip is easier than an annual vacation. Is this a welfare bureau?"
"Well, this fire is much more spectacular than the fireworks show in the base city. It must be at least a few hundred meters high..."
While everyone was talking, five speedboats sent out light signals, indicating that they were approaching the coastline.
"Here we go, load the goods."
"Hey, wrap that machine in a layer of waterproofing before putting it on!"
"Wait a minute, why is my box so heavy..."
"Oh, there are soil and rock samples in there."
"wipe."
The equipment was moved away in a hurry, while people stayed and waited.
Seeing that Lin Chou was a little confused, Lei Heng explained with a smile,
"It's an old tradition in scientific research institutes. Speedboats are limited, and equipment and experimental materials have priority."
"..."
It's better not to explain this.
After everyone got on the big boat, they could clearly see through the firelight that layers of bubbles were rising on the water around the island, as if a pot was boiling. From time to time, some small fish and shrimps would float up with the spray.
Qin Wuyong said,
"I'll wipe it. Look at those shrimps over there. They're red! Is the water below really boiling?"
After a large number of bubbles burst, smoke quickly spread out, and everyone smelled a distinct smell of sulfur.
"It won't really explode..."
Lei Heng shook his head,
"Stop the ship farther away. Didn't you contact the backup from the base city a few days ago? I urged you, why haven't they arrived yet?"
In this way, everyone waited until dawn amidst the blazing fire. In the afternoon, the follow-up troops from the scientific research institute arrived, and they came with a group of "big guys".
Three giant cargo ships with a length of 200 meters anchored in the distance - their displacement is too amazing to enter the reef area.
Jin San and Lei Heng came over and said to Lin Chou,
"Boss Lin, Mr. Qin, we have communicated with the base city before and are preparing to establish a permanent observation point here... I hope this strange fire is temporary."
Qin Wuyong said, "So our mission is over, right?"
Lei Heng shook hands with Lin Chou,
"Thank you Mr. Lin for your help and hospitality. It was truly an unforgettable mission experience."
Lin Chou shook his head and said,
"I didn't help much, I just walked around and took a look."
Lei Heng said seriously,
"You can't say that. If it weren't for you on Feiyu, there would still be a problem whether the fleet could have arrived safely. Anyway, thank you very much, Boss Lin. If I, Leihuhu, still have some money in my pocket next time I go back, I will definitely go to Lin Let’s try it in the boss’s shop, haha, I heard that boss Lin’s food is not cheap, and he will give us two old guys a discount when the time comes.”
"sure."
Lin Chou and Qin Wuyong transferred to a frigate, and the frigate made a special trip to send them back to the base city.
On the way back, Qin Wuyong and Lin Chou each carried a homemade fishing rod and leaned on the deck to chat.
"Tsk, why do you think the Research Institute is so interested in that big bomb and establishing a permanent observation point? Are they out of their minds?"
"I don't know. There may be some other arrangements. It's so mysterious. I don't even know what they want to observe on the island, but it's really strange. The feeling at the time was very similar to... "
Lin Chou held back the rest of his words.
Thinking about it now, in fact, when entering and exiting that strange space, the feeling was very similar to traveling through the foggy vortex to Luan Mountain, except that the feeling of "motion sickness" was several times more severe.
"Boss Lin, what are you talking about..."
"Wow~"
A big, arrogant orange-red crab was thrown onto the deck by Lin Chou, interrupting his words at the same time.
Qin Wuyong was stunned, because the crab was not caught by fishing at all, but was pulled up by holding the fishhook tightly with two pliers, as if he had some undying hatred.
Then the crab let go of the fishhook, stood sideways on the deck and clicked its large pincers at the two of them, very fiercely.
Lin Chou was speechless,
"Why is it a crab again?"
Qin Wuyong looked back at the pile of crabs on the deck, and then at the only palm-sized octopus in his bucket that was busy spraying ink. His face was all green.
He asked tactfully,
"Hey, Boss Lin, what kind of crab is this? Can't you eat it?"
Lin Chou put the bait on the fishhook and threw it back into the sea.
"Tiger crab, also called Xu crab, has a very average taste and is quite strong. I still think the hairy crab tastes better than the black crabs in the sea. Well, it is similar in color to this one and is also red, so it is also called Red hair crab.”
Qin Wuyong thought that the crab was inedible, so he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. There was no way to regain this balance.
"You can eat it too... Ahem, the taste of tiger crab and red hair crab is very different?"
Lin Chou nodded,
"The taste of the crab meat is nothing special, but the crab roe is very fragrant, but it's not the season for them to be creamed, so I don't have much expectation."
"The red hair crab is different. Its meat is very tender and the meat tastes extremely delicious and sweet. Before the catastrophe, the red hair crab was worth as much as sea cucumbers and abalone. It was known as the three delicacies of the sea. The red hair crab is different from the sun crab. They grow very slowly, gaining only eight ounces of weight every ten years."
Qin Wuyong looked at the washbasin-sized crabs behind him and couldn't help but say,
"That is to say, the largest red hair crab that has grown since the beginning of the catastrophe is only about twenty pounds? How much does it take to be full..."
"Wow~"
There was the sound of water coming out again.
"Huh? Not bad this time, a small grouper."
"Gudong."
Qin Wuyong swallowed his saliva and took a glance.
"Hmm, it's a bit small, but the taste is still..."
"Plop!"
The elbow-long grouper swirled in the water and disappeared. Lin Chou threw the pile of crabs back into the sea.
"No matter how long it grows since I'm young, it won't be enough to eat."
"..."
Qin Wuyong wished he could slap himself and tell you to talk too much.
"Forest..."
"Wow~"
Come again? ?
Qin Wuyong was stunned and so angry that he threw the fishing rod into the sea.
The barrage is like a heartbreaking rainstorm,
"Brother Wuyou: Lin Chou, you hate, hate, hate, the Lun family will punch you in the chest."
"Haha, who shamelessly said that he was some kind of little fishing prince before?"
"We are different~ everyone has different circumstances~"
"↑↑↑Where did it come from upstairs??"
A knowledgeable person asked,
"Wow, what a big seven-star perch. It must be three meters long, right?"
"At least a hundred kilograms, tsk."
Lin Chou casually slapped the seven-star seabass with extremely dark spots and fainted, "Lunch is here, how about grilled seabass?"
Qin Wuyong immediately wiped away his previous defeat, "I'm going to find the charcoal stove!"
There is a charcoal stove and two equipment boxes. The two of them are sitting on the deck enjoying the sea breeze and eating grilled sea bass. The endless sea is under their feet and in the distance. It is very comfortable.
The meat of the sea bass is very tender and has a slight sweetness. It only needs a handful of salt and pepper to make it satisfying.
"Hey."
Qin Wuyong opened his mouth and bit into a large piece of fish, and the juice overflowed.
"Hiss, scald... I'm not telling you, Boss Lin. When eating grilled sea bass, you have to eat it medium-rare. The meat is full of juice and the fat will melt. See if the subcutaneous fat is completely translucent. It's very If cooked, the meat will become older and tougher~"
Lin Chou took out a crystal grinding bottle from his backpack and turned it around gently. A strong and spicy aroma reached his nose. The devil pepper formed a sharp contrast with the white fish meat. One was white and delicate, and the other was red and black. distinct.
"Huh? What did you just say?"
Qin Wuyong sighed, feeling that from today onwards his face was completely humiliated.
"Ah~ It's nothing, nothing. I mean, can you give me some hot pepper?"
"Use whatever you like, grind it a little less, it's very spicy."
Qin Wuyong was sweating profusely after eating.
"Boss Lin, there are still a few days left before we can leave the city after we return. What are you going to do?"
"There's nothing to do."
"Oh..." Qin Wuyong rolled his eyes, "How about following me to the south? I have never been to the territory of a living corpse."
Lin Chou glanced at him,
"Are you going to live broadcast in the south? I heard that it is quite desolate there. A few dozen kilometers to the south is a large area of saline-alkali land, covering hundreds of square kilometers."
"Ha, for the live broadcast, there's no point in going to Zushan. Besides, I heard that there is a gold mine that was abandoned a hundred years ago in the salt-alkali land. I plan to go there and have a look."
Lin Chou said in surprise,
"There are still gold mines in Mingguang?"
"Why not! The Research Institute is a big money maker. In the early years, they were looking for minerals everywhere, but they seemed to have no results. I heard that the mine has been mined intermittently for more than 20 years and nothing can be extracted. It is said that it is that Primitive gold nuggets the size of millstones have been found inside.”
Lin Chou was shocked, "The size of a millstone??"
"Yes! When the mine was first abandoned, many people who didn't want their lives went there to pan for gold. Those who made a fortune were more likely to lose their lives. At that time, the living corpses were not as peaceful as they are now, and the wilderness was running around. In groups, the gold rush is over, and the living corpses have been tortured for the most part.”
Lin Chou had a little more smile on his face.
"A living corpse should be worth more than gold now, right?"
Qin Wuyong scratched his head,
"Hey, it's actually true. Ordinary zombies have over a thousand points. I heard that there were millions of zombies buried around the mine at that time. Now that's all money... Base City's capabilities It is limited, and the number of living corpses needed every day is also limited. If you bring a large number of them back, there is no place to raise them, and each living corpse can be eaten horribly. Although most of the living corpses brought back by hunters are not enough, but If there is a large zombie wave, the base city can only bear the pain and bury the living corpses, there is no other way."
"If you say that, I would like to go take a look."
Qin Wuyong was overjoyed, "Boss Lin is also interested in gold mines?"
Lin Chou said, "Well, I'm not interested in gold mines. I'm interested in the things that may grow in gold mines."
Qin Wuyong's eyes lit up,
"That's just right, Boss Lin. You won't let out of the base city when you enter it. You don't want to get into a dog hole, do you... Well, let's just get off the ship and run to the north?"
Lin Chou thought about it and decided that it would not delay the business.
"Okay, but I have to go back to Yanhui Mountain first."
"Okay, then I'll wait for you at the Zhengdong Gate."
Then he said to the recorder,
"What about that? As requested by everyone, I will draw a female fan this time. Hey, here comes the bonus. Boss Lin will go with us!"
No matter how hard Qin Wuyong tried, after the ship docked, Lin Chou rode Qin Wuyong's motorcycle back to Yanhui Mountain at the port.
In fact, he felt a little guilty. After all, he threw Gungun and the big-breasted sister back to the mountains to spend a miserable New Year, and no one would be happy to leave them alone!
"Ahem, I'm back!"
"..."
I searched all over, but there was no one there except a fat cow with rolling flesh that popped out - and the furry cow came to help my boss. He put the fur ball on his head and started rolling around, which was quite joyful.
"Oooh, ooh~!"
Sigouzi's voice came from the back mountain. Lin Chou followed the voice and saw a scene that made him stunned.
Dozens of large, round buckets were lined up beside the stream (that is, Lin Chou's fish pond). Those were the buckets Nian Yi had sent to contain the angry frogs. Comrade Xiaoqing, the golden-threaded dragon, was busy pouring the angry frogs into the gluttonous mouth. , the empty barrels next to him piled up into a hill.
The crispy carp that Lin Chou carefully raised flew out of the water automatically under the power of rolling, and were disemboweled and scaled off by the invisible force in mid-air. The big-breasted sister raised a bonfire on the river beach and waited. After these fish are floated on the fire, they are sprinkled with various seasonings.
Si Gouzi's tail was spinning at the speed of the fan beside him, eagerly waiting for the offal in the fish's belly to fall in front of him.
Lin Chou was confused. The plot seemed to be different from what he thought. ?
Holding Yuan Shouyi, his anger sank into his Dantian, Lin Chou shouted:
“My fish!!!”
"Ouch?"
When Si Gouzi heard the sound, he ducked into the reeds with his tail between his legs and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
Turn around,
"Ouch!"
The big-breasted sister was full of joy, "Hey, boss, when did you come back?"
While Lin Chou was still pondering the meaning of Chi Zhi's smile, a black and white thing quickly enlarged in front of his eyes - "Bang!"
Three minutes later, Lin Chou crawled out from under the rolling bear's paw with difficulty.
"Do you know your body..."
"Whoa!"
A tongue full of spikes gave him a baptism of love from his feet to his head. Youdao got what he paid for, his clothes were fine, but his pants were licked into rags, and Gungun was still ready to use The huge bear head rolled back and forth in his arms (or crushed him to the ground?) several times.
"Stop, stop, stop!"
Gungun's face was full of doubts, his big eyes began to discharge,
"Ouch?"
Lin Chou wiped the saliva from his face.
"Mom, please pull off my pants... Fortunately, I have thick skin to protect myself, otherwise it would really kill me..."
He has completely given up on the idea of launching an army to hold him accountable - it's better to change his pants and be naked.
