The little warmth between Gege and Yang Jing was completely destroyed by Chris's unromantic voice, which made Gege glare at Chris in dissatisfaction. Chris shrank his neck helplessly, and the guys behind him laughed unscrupulously.

Yang Jing also frowned, but he knew the priorities of the matter.

Typhoons in the western Pacific are no joke. Once they make landfall, the damage they cause is far greater than that of a hydrogen bomb. Among all natural disasters, typhoons are recognized as the most severe.

The western Pacific Ocean is prone to typhoons during the summer and autumn. During these months each year, typhoons often cause huge losses to countries along the coast of the western Pacific Ocean. From Japan to China to the Philippines, these are the countries that suffer the most from typhoons.

If it was just a typhoon, it would be okay. But if a typhoon and an astronomical tide overlap, it would easily trigger a large-scale storm surge, which is not much less powerful than a tsunami. It would definitely be an extreme natural disaster that could destroy many lives.

Yang Jing was well aware of the power of the typhoon, so he just frowned and said, "Okay, let's set off now and try to get things done here before the typhoon arrives, and then we'll find a safe place to avoid the typhoon."

After squatting for a while, Yang Jing asked again: "Has Morris rented our car?"

"I just called and the car has been rented. The rental company will deliver it right away."

In fact, we had originally planned to rent a helicopter after arriving in Bilak, but we didn’t expect that Typhoon No. 4 was approaching and the wind speed in the mountainous area was gradually increasing. In this case, it was obviously not a safe thing to fly a helicopter into the mountains, so we decided to drive into the mountains temporarily.

Fortunately, Bilak is a tourist city with quite a few car rental companies. After a short while, Morris arrived at the dock with four Prados.

Everyone packed up and put their belongings in the trunk of the car before getting in and driving east along the newly built ring road around the island.

This ring road around the island is a new road that was built only a few years ago. Starting from Bilak and heading east for seven kilometers is Bato, where the road splits into two. One continues along the coastline, while the other goes directly north along the Bato River Valley and eventually leads to the city of Panganiban at the northern end of the island.

Although the road from Bilak to Bato is not long, the scenery is extremely beautiful because the road is right on the seaside, especially in the area between the two cities. There is a mountain three or four hundred meters high to the north of the road, and the Pacific Ocean is twenty or thirty meters away to the south. The road passes through an area less than fifty meters wide, allowing you to truly experience the feeling of mountains and sea.

However, this road is quite easy to travel. After about ten minutes from the city of Bilak, you will arrive at Bato, located west of the Bato River estuary.

However, the car did not cross the Bato River and enter Bato, but went north along the forked road. Because the fourth hidden location is located in the mountainous area near the center of the island, the exact location is in the San Miguel area, near the intersection of the Bato River and one of its main tributaries.

Bato is located at the mouth of the Bato River, but the city does not have a port, so neither yachts nor ferries can reach here directly, and must pass through Bilak. Fortunately, the two cities are not far apart, especially after the construction of the ring road around the island, the connection between the two places has become closer.

Bato is also a tourist city, because the famous stone church is in the city, and because of the beautiful scenery, many wealthy people have built private villas on the mountains near the city. On the road to the north, you can see a small asphalt road branching off from the road from time to time, then going up the hillside and finally disappearing into the lush woods.

These small roads are all private roads built by wealthy families. At the end of the road, there must be one or a group of luxurious villas. The gap between the rich and the poor in the Philippines can also be vividly reflected in these private roads.

"Boss, the gray-white building on the other side of the river on your right is the famous stone church." Morris said as he drove.

Yang Jing and Gege looked to the right, and sure enough, on the other side of the surging Batu River, among the lush trees, they could see a gray-white building.

"That is the Stone Church, also called the Bato Church or the Church of St. John the Baptist. It is the oldest church on the entire island of Catanduanes. Many tourists come here to visit this ancient church every year."

Gege shook Yang Jing's arm and said, "Yang Jing, let's go down and take a look. We finally came here. Since we can't go inside to see this church, we can still take a look here. Can you go down and take some photos for me?"

Yang Jing would definitely not refuse such a request, and he also liked this church very much, so he asked Morris to park the car on the side of the road, and then got out of the car with Gege.

"Wow, the air here is so fresh, even better than in the city just now." Gege took a deep breath as soon as she got off the car. As she said, the air here is obviously much better than the air in Bilak. After all, this place has entered the mountainous area, and there are lush jungles everywhere.

Although it is more than 200 meters away, this ancient church can still be clearly seen across the river.

The church is built at the foot of a small hill in the north of Bato City. The terrain is lower than here, so you can clearly see the church from here.

The shape of the church is very interesting. Looking from a high place, the church looks like a cross, and the roof is covered with green vegetation, so the original color of the roof can no longer be seen.

Yang Jing looked at the peculiarly shaped church with great interest and said, "This church is really interesting. I have never seen a church of this shape before."

This is not an idle remark. Yang Jing studied in the UK for two years and has seen many churches, but this is the first time he has seen a church like this one.

"Come on, take some pictures for me." Gege jumped for joy as she found a good position and posed for Yang Jing to take the pictures.

Yang Jing took out his cell phone and took a few photos. Then he put the phone in Valentina's hand and said, "Yuna, take a few photos of the two of us."

Valentina raised her cell phone with a smile and took several photos of the two people who were being affectionate.

But as she was taking pictures, Valentina showed a look of shock on her face. She couldn't help but put down the phone in her hand and stared blankly at the sky behind Yang Jing and Gege, as if she saw something terrifying...