Lifting the tent flap, everyone emerged from the command post.
Fang Er held a brand-new Gatling gun forged from Tai Jin. It was entirely gray-black and significantly lighter than an ordinary Gatling gun.
Testing the gun, he fired it while still holding it. The weight of the gun, coupled with the powerful recoil, was completely ignored by Fang Er.
After firing over a dozen belts of ammunition, Li Tai sliced a small piece of Qiongqi rib and placed it on the barrel.
"Sizzle........."
The small rib instantly turned golden brown, its aroma drifting far.
Then, he smugly pulled a bottle from his pocket and liberally sprinkled it over the rib.
Fine black pepper was scattered on top, instantly elevating the fragrance.
"Tsk tsk tsk, what wagyu or Kobe? Compared to this, they're just trash," Li Cheng Zong, smelling the aroma, swallowed hard beside him.
"How is it, Shanzhang, am I exaggerating?"
Li Tai used a fork to lift the rib to his mouth. After a soft chuckle, he revealed a row of pearly white teeth and bit into the meat.
"This kid, why doesn't he understand respecting elders and cherishing the young!" Li Tai Zong became a bit impatient.
Damn it, don't they know a group of commanders are standing here!
When there's good food, shouldn't they offer it first?
Li Tai raised an eyebrow at this remark and retorted with a look of disdain.
"Focus! Focus! You're still a commander, and I've explained it so clearly, yet you haven't grasped the main point!"
Li Cheng Zong: .........
He found himself unable to respond to this retort.
Although Huang Ta Gu had already sent back samples, as a military commander, what should he choose between new equipment and delicious food?
This was not a question!
It was Marshal Hou Jinghao of the Dajipanjun Military Region who couldn't stand it anymore.
"You little brat, what do you know!"
"The materials are right there, and the gun isn't going anywhere."
"But this rib fried with a gun barrel, if you don't taste it, you'll have to do it yourself later!"
With that said, he snatched the rib from Li Tai's hand.
Before Li Tai could even take a bite, the fork in his hand was already empty.
............
Damn it, this king just wanted to show off!
How did it manage to awaken the gluttonous nature of military commanders?
"Holy crap, Old Hou, you're hogging it all!" Li Cheng Zong cursed loudly from the side upon seeing this.
Just as Hou Jinghao had said, the materials had already been sent back, and what could be made from them would have to wait for the laboratory results.
A Gatling gun.
Pah!
It was nothing!
Fang Er shook his head speechlessly at the few of them, waved, and called Ma Chao over, handing him the Gatling gun.
"Test it thoroughly!"
"Shoot until the gun barrel is废!"
"Yes!"
Ma Chao saluted and left with the Gatling gun. Not long after, the continuous sound of gunfire could be heard from a distance.
The process of developing an underground world was full of unknowns, but at the same time, it was tedious.
It was possible to venture far without finding anything.
However, Fang Er and his group had the advantage of numbers.
Three days later, news came from the Third Division's Third Battalion, fifteen hundred kilometers away.
"Unidentified mineral pool discovered, suspected to be the source of the Dijiang's armor!"
Pool!
The fact that this word could be used to describe it indicated that the mineral reserves were definitely not small.
Fang Er, Li Cheng Zong, Hou Jinghao, and others immediately drove towards it.
They were in the command post's two o'clock direction. If we were talking about surface world directions, it would be roughly 60 degrees northwest of Mount Fuji.
After flying over a thousand kilometers by helicopter, the surrounding temperature had noticeably dropped at some point.
The temperature at the command post was around 23 degrees Celsius, but by the time they reached here, it had already dropped to 7 degrees Celsius!
Advancing another three to four hundred kilometers, they saw Battalion Commander Hao Da Niu and his soldiers all looking vigilantly into the distance.
In the direction they were looking was a massive lake!
Spanning thousands of meters, it was filled with a black, viscous liquid!
Not only that, but a large number of Dijiang were frolicking by the lake.
The minerals in the lake were sticking to them, and under the Dijiang's own body heat, they gradually solidified, forming an armor-like structure.
The temperature by the lake was very low, unknown what factor influenced it, it was only around one or two degrees.
The group disembarked from the helicopter. Hou Jinghao, bewildered, pointed at the lake and asked Hao Da Niu.
"You're telling me this is a pool?"
Hao Da Niu was not familiar with him and ignored him, walking up to Fang Er and saluting.
"Hao Da Niu of the Third Division, Third Battalion, Heavenly Fire Army, greetings, General!"
That's right.
Besides his noble title, Fang Er also held the military post of Grand General of the Nation........
He nodded slightly, then walked towards the lake.
So much Tai Jin, this is...
"Splash......."
Just as everyone was marveling at the immense amount of Tai Jin, a bird's head suddenly emerged from the lake, grabbed a Dijiang, and retracted beneath the surface.
What the heck?????
Everyone froze, it was too sudden!
"General, this bird's head appeared once half an hour ago."
Hao Da Niu reported with a serious expression.
Fang Er had initially thought he was seeing things, but hearing him say that, it was clear that there was another creature hidden in the lake.
Bird's head...
What the hell is that?
He had a feeling this underground world was full of mysteries...
Could it be that there was a phoenix hiding at the bottom of the lake?
The bird's head just now, it looked like it had red feathers...
"Splash......."
The sound of liquid being stirred up came from the lake again, and the bird's head suddenly reappeared.
With the speed of lightning, it grabbed a Dijiang and was about to retreat.
"Whoosh........."
A streak of fire flashed past Fang Er's ear. He turned his head in surprise.
He saw Hou Jinghao standing there, holding an empty rocket launcher, with a cigar clamped in his right hand, brought close to the muzzle.
The cigar had been lit, though it was shorter now...
Fang Er: ........
Are all commanders this cool?
Using a Type 40 to shoot at a bird's head, and even using the backblast to light a cigar?
It was simply outrageous!
"Boom!"
The bird's head seemed to sense something was wrong. It released its grip on the Dijiang, letting it drop, and stared fiercely at Hou Jinghao with its bird eyes.
Just as the rocket was about to hit its face, the bird's head lightning-fastly dodged.
The Type 40 fired into empty air.
"Ang........."
The bird let out a high-pitched cry.
Immediately after, everyone was shocked to find that the liquid Tai Jin around it seemed to be boiling, churning violently.
Behind the bird's head, a massive tortoise shell appeared, with a diameter exceeding 10 meters!
"Slurp........"
"Shanzhang, I want to eat Gui Ling Gao..."
The voice of Li Tai beside him made Fang Er speechless.
What a damn Gui Ling Gao!!!