Chapter 530: Delving into the Fourth Layer
Seeing Feng Ling’s face turn red, Ling Feng, looking embarrassed, chuckled and said, "You should have said something earlier, I had no idea, or I would have avoided it."
After finishing speaking, he turned around and walked back to Li Fei’er and the others.
A few minutes later, the two girls also walked over. When they reached Ling Feng, Feng Ling asked with her head lowered, "When can you let me out?"
Ling Feng looked up at her and said, "It’s hard to say, I need to get the approval from my superiors. I’m not trying to make things difficult for you on purpose."
"I know."
Feng Ling nodded her head. Although she had been captured, she felt very comfortable in this mysterious place, surrounded by other girls who were all very nice to her. Truth be told, she was starting to like it here a bit.
But she was the Saintess of the Black Dragon Sect and Ling Feng was a member of the Security Bureau; the two sides were inherently in opposition. Plus, with Elder Mu in the mix, the situation was a bit delicate.
Hearing what Ling Feng said, Feng Ling had no other choice but to stop asking.
At that moment, Xun Qianqian, Joanna, and Miao Lanlan entered through the doorway.
As soon as he saw the three of them, Ling Feng immediately smiled, "Where have you been?"
"Cultivating, what else!" Xun Qianqian replied.
Ling Feng was taken aback, "Ah? Where?"
"The Third Layer. We found a place rich in Spiritual Energy to meditate, and we’ve been doing that these days!" Xun Qianqian said.
"Really? How effective has it been?" Ling Feng asked, curious.
"It’s been decent. How about your progress? Can you get into the Fourth Layer yet?"
"Yeah, I can. I’ll take you in a bit!"
Hearing the three girls were working so hard to improve themselves, Ling Feng instantly agreed without a second thought.
Just as they were about to set off, Chen Yuhe and Mo Jiaolan arrived.
Seeing the two of them, Ling Feng said with a smile, "Perfect timing, Jiaolan, we need to get the processing and packaging factory going!"
Mo Jiaolan was stunned, "That urgent?"
"Yeah, an enormous octopus just died, at least ten thousand pounds. It would be such a waste to leave it there!" Ling Feng said, laughing.
"Ten thousand pounds..."
Not just Mo Jiaolan, but everyone else was taken aback.
Then Mo Jiaolan said with a wry smile, "But even if we start preparing to build the factory now, by the time it’s up and ready for processing and packaging, the octopus will have rotted away, right?"
"Don’t worry about that, I’ve found the environment of the Fourth Layer Heaven to be quite special. The cut-off octopus leg didn’t go bad!" Ling Feng said.
"Really? Could there be no bacteria inside?" Mo Jiaolan asked.
Ling Feng stared in surprise, then came to a realization, "If you hadn’t mentioned it, I wouldn’t have thought of that. It seems that must be the case!"
Food spoilage and decay are caused by bacteria, and the octopus meat in the Fourth Layer Heaven not spoiling indicates that it’s a sterile environment!
Realizing this, Ling Feng smiled at Mo Jiaolan, "In that case, there’s no rush to build the factory. Since it won’t spoil, we can just leave it there."
"Okay, I’ll help you with the contact later," Mo Jiaolan nodded.
"Then you all have fun. I’m going to take Qianqian and the others to the Fourth Layer. The Spiritual Energy there is rich and suitable for their cultivation. I’ll try to raise their realm as quickly as possible."
Ling Feng said a sentence, and then left the place with Xun Qianqian, Joanna, and Miao Lanlan.
While those words were spoken, Feng Ling had been at his side, listening in confusion; she didn’t understand what they were discussing.
However, she did figure out that they were in a very special place, and that Ling Feng was an extraordinarily special person!
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As they stepped into the Fourth Layer, the harsh winds caused the long hair of the three girls to flutter wildly, and their dresses made rustling sounds.
They quickly adapted to the environment here. Looking at Ling Feng holding a machine gun, Xun Qianqian couldn’t help but ask, "Did you use that to kill the octopus?"
"Yeah, it’s simple and direct, right?" Ling Feng asked with a gleam in his eyes.
Xun Qianqian gave a thumbs up: "You’re awesome!"
Ling Feng chuckled, looking at the three girls, "I’m planning to continue exploring ahead. Follow behind me and be careful!"
"Don’t worry, we all have battle experience. We can take care of ourselves!" Joanna said.
"Let’s go then!"
Ling Feng, carrying the Gatling, with Wang Cai and Xiao Qiang leading the way, and the three young and beautiful girls following behind, started a new round of their adventure journey.
Passing by the giant octopus, the three women stopped to marvel for a while. They hadn’t expected the Fourth Layer to have such massive creatures. Compared to the three earlier layers, this place was hardly the peaceful haven they seemed.
Ling Feng had walked several dozen meters ahead when he felt the ground shake beneath his feet. His first reaction was to look at Wang Cai and the others’ responses.
Seeing the three creatures excited and not at all afraid, he knew that this time what probably emerged were the octopus’s legs.
Indeed, moments later, a hole broke in the ground ahead, and a giant octopus leg emerged!
Ling Feng chuckled, no longer needing to wield his knife in close combat. From a distance, he aimed the Gatling at the target, and after a burst of gunfire, the giant octopus leg was shredded by bullets and landed on the ground with a thud.
In the following hours, Ling Feng and the others progressed while battling, penetrating more than two thousand meters into the Fourth Layer Heaven.
After the tenth octopus leg was taken down, there were no new ones emerging after several hundred meters, and Ling Feng soon arrived beside a cliff.
Their current location was atop the cliff, and below was an incredibly large basin that was too vast to see the edges.
Ling Feng looked around, searching for a place to descend to the bottom of the cliff. Unexpectedly, within a nearby range of almost a thousand meters, there were sheer walls, making it impossible to go down.
The cliff was over a hundred meters tall; jumping down directly was clearly not an option, even with his current power level, it was a sure way to death!
"This is troublesome. It seems we need to get some ropes to get down there," Ling Feng said, scratching his head.
"No need to hurry. We haven’t finished exploring this area. What’s the rush to get to the center?" Joanna said.
Ling Feng thought about it and agreed. They had come here in a straight line, and the areas to the sides had yet to be explored.
"Okay, let’s follow the edge of this cliff and see. Maybe there’s a place to go down ahead!" Ling Feng said, nodding.
Just as they were about to move, Xun Qianqian suddenly pointed into the basin and exclaimed loudly, "Look, what is that?"
Following her shout, everyone turned to look and noticed a blurry green object in the far distance in the basin below.
Because the distance was too great, it was unclear what it was, but the color stood out against the surroundings, making it quite conspicuous.
Ling Feng squinted his eyes, "I can’t see clearly. I’ll get a pair of binoculars and take another look when I get back!"