Fang Er stared at them, completely bewildered.
"Brother Li, just say what you need to say. This is making me feel lost..."
"You feel lost?" Li Chengzong asked, feigning anger.
"Tell me yourself, how many 'Little Bird' class carriers has Old Huang gotten from you?"
"What's the matter? Is he the only one who's your brother? Are the rest of us not?"
Hearing this, Fang Er finally understood.
Good heavens, this guy was jealous.
He shot Li Chengzong a speechless look.
"Brother Li, if I recall correctly, you're from the Northwest Military Region, right?"
"You don't have any naval units under you, so what good would an aircraft carrier be to you?"
Before Li Chengzong could speak, Zhao Fan from the Southeast Military Region shoved him off the sofa and, pulling Fang Er's hand affectionately, said with a smile.
"Hey, hey, hey! Brother Fang! He might not need it, but my brother and I do!"
Li Chengzong: ???
What the hell?
"Get out of the way!"
Shen Zihong from the Southwest Military Region also sidled up, casually pushing Li Chengzong aside, and with Zhao Fan flanking Fang Er, sandwiched him in between.
Li Chengzong's face instantly turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
His bull-like eyes were fixed on Zhao Fan, his breath coming in ragged puffs, as if he were ready to throw down at any moment.
Seeing this, Fang Er quickly waved his hands, "Hold on, hold on!"
"The 'Little Bird' carriers are easy enough to arrange, but I have something else I need your help with this time."
"Who can get me a Jiaolong submersible?"
"'Little Bird' carriers, one for one!"
Li Chengzong's temper subsided significantly. Things from the water were destined to have nothing to do with him...
Although he did have a Jiaolong, it wasn't the kind Fang Er wanted...
Zhao Fan and Shen Zihong, however, were delighted.
"Deal!"
They both spoke at the same time, looking at Fang Er with excitement.
The next second, they started bickering.
Zhao Fan: I'll provide the entire operational crew!
Shen Zihong: I'll match that! Plus a logistics support team!
Zhao Fan: Match! Plus a deep-sea mothership!
Shen Zihong: I'll add too, plus my daughter! You dare to match that!
Zhao Fan: Holy hell, you're cheating!
Fang Er, with black lines all over his forehead, looked at the two of them and quickly intervened.
"Alright, alright, I'll trade for two. Brothers, don't fall out over this..."
He had originally only intended to get one, but since he could get another, why not?
The 'Little Bird' carriers...
Those things weren't valuable!
He'd even find them too cumbersome to use as bricks during a fight...
Too big, and they'd easily injure his own men.
The B2 was much more convenient!
Of course, Fang Er absolutely could not agree to Shen Zihong's offer of his daughter.
This place practiced monogamy, and he was still a bit unaccustomed to it.
Sharing a large bed was much more satisfying!
At night, he could even cover his eyes and guess who he was holding by feel; he quite enjoyed that game...
By the time the main business was concluded, Huang Tagu still hadn't shown his face.
After asking several times, Li Chengzong finally explained the reason.
Old Huang had actually been tricked back to the capital by them...
A brilliant plan of luring the tiger away from its mountain!
After staying here for nearly half a month, Fang Er made trips to the Southwest and Southeast.
He personally delivered the aircraft carriers.
And he also learned how to operate the Jiaolong deep-sea submersible.
...
Parallel world, Great Qin.
Mariana Trench.
The Jiaolong was slowly descending. Inside the cabin, there were only Fang Er and Xi Tong.
No resupplies or support were needed in front of them.
Everything they required was abundantly stocked in the system's warehouse.
The spotlights were turned on, and they looked out through the observation window.
It was a deep blue world!
Dreamlike and ethereal!
As they continued to descend, the marine life they could see became increasingly scarce.
Once the depth reached a thousand meters, the marine life they encountered was progressively uglier.
Fang Er even saw a legendary Goblin Shark.
That thing was truly hideously ugly!
While others developed strategically, this guy had developed with complete abandon...
Perhaps it was because the environment here was perpetually dark?
Or perhaps it was because they couldn't see what they looked like?
Further down, a coral forest appeared outside the window, looking dazzlingly beautiful under the glare of the spotlights.
They descended all the way to the deepest part of the trench, and the outside was desolate!
Xi Tong piloted the Jiaolong, moving slowly through the trench, while Fang Er sat by the window, searching for anything unusual.
This search was rather tedious.
And it was in the pitch-black depths of the sea.
If it were just Fang Er, he probably couldn't last half a day.
But luckily, Xi Tong was there to keep him company.
They searched the seabed for a full three days...
The smell of narcissus permeated the entire Jiaolong submersible from this pair of scoundrels!
"Hmm... why did you stop?!"
Xi Tong glared at him in dissatisfaction.
Fang Er's gaze, however, was fixed intently on the observation window.
"Look over there quickly!"
Behind the Jiaolong, in the area they had just passed, the seabed was covered in sand and mud.
But now, after the mud and sand were stirred up, something like a water curtain was revealed beneath them!
It was an arc, seemingly a dome!
"Are you even a man, to just stop like that?!"
Xi Tong was displeased with his reaction. Even if they found something unusual, it wasn't going anywhere, couldn't they finish what they were doing first?
"Hahahaha, keep going, keep going!"
Fang Er glanced at his phone and then burst into laughter.
In the confession of the lizard-man, a piece of information had been mentioned.
The portal from the Mariana Trench to the Myriad Realms was not always open. If calculated according to Earth time, it opened roughly once every half a month.
This thing might be the portal the lizard-man mentioned, and all that was left was to wait patiently.
Five days passed, and the Jiaolong remained parked next to the dome.
Inside the cabin, used toilet paper was strewn everywhere.
In addition to the Jiaolong's built-in air purification system, Fang Er had also placed several air purifiers inside.
He couldn't help it; they had been inside for nearly ten days.
The smell of roasted meat, dishes, wine, and narcissus mixed together.
It was quite intoxicating...
"Hey? Sister Tong, it's been so long, why isn't your belly getting bigger?"
Fang Er asked, stroking her flat abdomen, with some confusion.
The system rolled its eyes at him.
"What, you want me to give birth to a little system for you?"
"Hehehehe, that wouldn't be impossible, would it? At least let Fang Xin and the others have one each?"
"Dream on!"
"Ai ai ai, speaking of which, don't bite me!"
"Ouch... it hurts, it hurts..."
"Not good, stop quickly!"
Suddenly, Fang Er felt the Jiaolong begin to shake. He quickly stopped Xi Tong's attack. The seawater outside the Jiaolong had become turbulent.
The dome was slowly cracking open!
Endless seawater poured in from the widening cracks.
The Jiaolong was also pushed by the seawater, rapidly approaching the opening!
"Holy cow, isn't the opening of this door a bit too dramatic!"
Fang Er stared at the scene with wide eyes, and a piece of news suddenly flashed through his mind.
The Mariana Trench swallowed hundreds of billions of tons of seawater every so often!
Could it be because of this?