Tian Mei smiled with satisfaction.
"Alright, I'm not teasing you anymore. It's not your Brother Li, but someone named Zhou Tong who left you a message."
Brother Zhou?
Yue Hai's heart tightened again. If it were just Li Chonglou looking for him, it might be about other matters. But if it was Zhou Tong, it was highly probable that something had happened at the company and he was needed for help.
Thinking of this, Yue Hai quickly took the phone from Tian Mei.
Zhou Tong had left a total of three messages. Two of them were inquiring about his situation, and the last one was from not long ago. Of course, he also saw Chen Peiyue's message.
Yue Hai's heart rose again, and he quickly clicked on the last two.
The content was basically the same, all about the Yuan Bei incident and its aftermath. The้้ป points mentioned were also about the choice Li Chonglou had given Chen Pao and the others.
Yes, before Chen Peiyue left a message, Zhou Tong had thought of him one step ahead. The difference was that Zhou Tong was asking for his opinion, while Chen Peiyue was more trying to persuade him to return quickly and join them.
After listening, Yue Hai suddenly stood up.
"Damn, this kind of thing actually happened! Why didn't they notify me earlier to go back!"
Tian Mei, who was listening the whole time, also had a shocked expression on her face.
The underground world?
Did such a thing exist in this world?
However, she quickly reacted and sat up straight with a serious expression.
"Xiao Hai, you want to go too?"
Yue Hai replied without hesitation: "It's not that I want to, I must go!"
"But they also said that this trip is considered a near-death experience!"
A survival rate of only thirty percent was no different from a near-death experience. For cultivators, a death rate exceeding fifty percent already required serious consideration.
Yue Hai shook his head: "No, even if it's truly a near-death experience, I must go."
Yue Hai's attitude was exceptionally firm, which was something Tian Mei had not expected.
She didn't know that in Yue Hai's heart, pursuing strength was his greatest motivation. Otherwise, he wouldn't have followed Li Chonglou back then, nor would he be here for special training now!
The two of them suddenly fell silent.
After a while, Yue Hai spoke first: "Sister Tian Mei, I understand what you mean, but I have a reason to go. Besides being for Brother Li, if I lose this opportunity, I might regret it for the rest of my life."
Yue Hai could feel Tian Mei's intentions during this period.
Although he didn't know why someone who had a private male companion would suddenly care so much about a stranger, Yue Hai could distinguish sincerity from falsehood. Especially after staying here for a while.
He could feel this sincerity very clearly.
Therefore, Yue Hai also knew why Tian Mei had such a reaction.
However, the next moment, Tian Mei's words made his expression freeze.
"You men are always like this. But it's good. If you can't even protect the people you want to protect, then no matter how much you say, it's all fake. Go, come back soon. I still have follow-up plans that haven't been implemented yet."
Tian Mei smiled slightly, then lay down again, returning to her usual lazy demeanor.
"You agree?"
Tian Mei asked back with a smile: "If I say no, would you not go?"
Yue Hai was silent.
Tian Mei rolled her eyes: "Just teasing you. If such a magical place really exists, it's also an opportunity for you. It just so happens that I also need a powerful helper here, so you have to come back alive."
Towards the end, a strange glint flashed in Tian Mei's eyes, but Yue Hai didn't notice it. Instead, he grinned and said: "Don't worry, I won't die that easily."
Yue Hai's appearance was already top-tier. When he changed his clothes back then, he could instantly charm even the shop assistant. He was one of the few handsome men Li Chonglou had ever seen.
With this smile, it was like lush grass blooming outside the city. Even Tian Mei, who was used to seeing handsome men, was momentarily stunned.
It seemed like it, but also completely unlike it.
Tian Mei felt her heart flutter, and she quickly turned away, pretending to be tired. She waved her jade hand and said, "Hurry up and go. Remember what you promised me, to come back alive, and return soon."
Yue Hai nodded, said goodbye to her, and then eagerly turned and left.
Time passed quickly.
In the blink of an eye, a week had passed since Li Chonglou returned to the underground world.
Yue Hai had already returned to the company and reunited with everyone. Chen Pao and the others had also made their decision and were ready to go out and take a gamble!
However, there was still no news from Li Chonglou.
Even people from the General Bureau had come twice, saying they wanted Li Chonglou to go to the General Bureau to discuss matters, but they couldn't find him.
In the underground world.
Although there was only one exit from the safe zone, the area within a ten-kilometer radius centered on the safe zone was actually the human activity range. However, there were differences.
If the safe zone was compared to a square, and its exit was on the left, then directly in front of and above the exit were semi-safe areas.
Semi-safe meant that although it was not within the scope of the safe zone, most of the areas had been carefully surveyed, and the territories of various mutated beasts were almost completely clear. Moving in this area, as long as one did not act recklessly or encounter any unexpected events, it was still considered safe.
To the right of the safe zone was a Level 1 area, meaning the danger level was one.
Below the safe zone was a Level 3 area. Not only was the terrain complex, but the territories of the mutated beasts were also intricate. Occasionally, Level 6 or even Level 7 mutated beasts would appear in territories that originally only had Level 5 beasts, and their patterns were difficult to grasp, so Level 2 was skipped.
Li Chonglou, along with the Knife Squad he was following, had arrived at the right side of the safe zone, the Level 1 area.
"Xiao Li, hurry up. It's been seven days. If we wait one more day, we can go back."
In a mountain valley, the big man from the Knife Squad who had opened the door for Li Chonglou was hiding in the grass and shouting to Li Chonglou not far away.
The valley was flanked by bare cliffs, but the grass below was exceptionally lush. Even the most common weeds were as tall as a person. An adult could completely conceal their body by bending over in them.
The big man was currently hiding in a patch of dense grass. About twenty meters in front of him, Li Chonglou was driving three two-meter-tall wild boar mutated beasts towards them.
In seven days, Li Chonglou had also learned that the Knife Gang's mission was to clear a beast nest, a mutated wild boar nest.
Although their strength was not too strong, only around Level 4, and the elite monsters were only at Level 5, the sheer numbers were overwhelming.
At that time, Li Chonglou had followed them in and taken a look. In an underground space of over a thousand square meters, mutated beasts were densely packed, numbering at least several thousand!