For a long time after Minister Tu finished speaking, no one in the command hall spoke.
It seems that as long as one doesn't speak out and express their refusal through silence, they can avoid accepting this seemingly world-ending reality.
However, this silence cannot last long—
The alarm sounded again in the conference hall, followed by a mechanical hazard report:
[Warning! Warning! The aftershocks of the collapsed "Dog Gate" in Fengxian County have struck again! The ground subsidence has spread to three cities and two provinces surrounding Fengxian! Please act immediately! Residents in the surrounding area are urged to evacuate immediately!]
The alarm startled everyone who was silent and deep in thought. Minister Tu immediately dialed his mobile phone and began issuing orders to the military headquarters, other armed forces on high alert, and police forces in every city.
"The aftershocks of the apocalypse have struck Fengxian again! It is imperative to evacuate all survivor bases in nearby cities and provinces, including Xucheng and Jiangsu, as quickly as possible! Do you understand? Evacuate at top speed! There is absolutely no way to undo the underground collapse!"
"At the same time, we must guard against the potential aftershocks of apocalyptic disasters that could spread from South Korea and Japan to our country. Japan has a nuclear wastewater mutation! South Korea has large-scale acid rain!"
While issuing orders, Minister Tu couldn't help but curse a few times: "Those Koreans still claim to be the best in the world, right? They only managed to retrieve one of the three Doomsday Gates in the entire country, and they destroyed two of them. What a bunch of useless bastards!!"
"And then there's Japan, they're always up to some weird stuff, they even have a nuclear waste mascot. Now the whole country is covered in nuclear waste mascots, they must be thrilled!"
Even though the atmosphere was very serious at the moment, Gou Fugui couldn't help but silently give a thumbs up to Minister Tu's rant.
Those Koreans and their little lives are just so disappointing. Their China had fourteen doomsday gates, but only one collapsed in the end.
Thinking this, Gou Fugui suddenly stood up, along with Xie Tianlang, Song Sanchuan, and Song Feng and Hu Wen's two teams.
"Minister Tu, please provide a helicopter. I want to visit the collapsed Doomsday Gate in Fengxian County."
"Perhaps we can find a way to eliminate the aftermath of the Doomsday Gate and bring the world back to normal there."
"Reporting to the Minister! The second and third squads have also requested to go along."
"The third, fourth, and ninth squads have also applied to go!!"
Minister Tu looked at the soldier standing before him, who, though wounded, remained resolute. Even though he had summoned them to tell them about the current state of the world and to send them to the most dangerous places to seek a glimmer of hope, he felt a pang of sadness when these outstanding soldiers actually stepped forward without hesitation.
He opened his mouth as if to say something, but in the end he just looked intently at the soldiers opposite him and gave his orders.
"Special mission: First and second/third rescue teams to investigate the collapse site of the Doomsday Gate in Feng County. Fourth, fifth, sixth, ninth, and subsequent rescue teams, each leading a regiment of soldiers, to proceed to the national border as quickly as possible to prepare for and respond to any potential aftershocks from the collapse of the Doomsday Gate from neighboring countries."
All the soldiers who stood up immediately straightened up and saluted. In the command hall, a chorus of "Yes, sir!" echoed.
Then, Gou Fugui, Xie Tianlang, and Song Sanchuan, who had just arrived at headquarters, were about to leave again.
Si Wuyai did not follow them, because he believed that his current intellect and power would be best utilized by researching various defensive and soothing medicines.
"Get the potion out of here as soon as possible that can calm most people down and suppress negative energy, understand?! Show that same crazy drive you had in the Misty World!"
Song Sanchuan patted Si Wuyai hard on the shoulder, and what he said sounded incredibly arrogant to a non-professional.
But the professional Si Wuyai did not refute, and even pushed up his glasses with great seriousness: "You are the ones who need to find a way to eliminate the aftermath of the apocalypse as soon as possible. After all, the source of the negative energy that is affecting the destruction of the world is there. Even if I really create a suitable medicine, the world will not recover if the source is not eliminated."
Song Sanchuan grinned: "Don't you even know who we are!"
Si Wuyai laughed when he heard this.
At this moment, Gou Fugui was talking to Zheng Ronghua. He thought that his sister had been specially brought here by Minister Tu to meet with him.
However, this beautiful and decisive older sister gave her younger brother a tight hug before swiftly pushing him away.
"sister?"
Zheng Ronghua said earnestly, "You go do your thing and save the world. And your sister also has important things to do."
"I have found that uplifting and light, soothing music can calm the minds of those who are tainted by negative energy and cannot control their malice and murderous intent."
"Although this may not have any scientific basis, I sang two songs and managed to subdue the two groups of people who suddenly started fighting in the shelter."
"So I'll explain this clearly, and then we'll do a competency test."
"If I can do something for the world I depend on for survival through my singing, then I, Fugui, will not back down in the slightest."
"So, little brother, go. And remember, come back alive. Your sister is fighting alongside you."
Looking at the person in front of him who seemed to be shining brightly, Gou Fugui laughed loudly: "Then I'm going, and I'm sure I'll win. So, sister, what about you?"
The woman with waist-length wavy hair gracefully smoothed her hair, then strode away aggressively in her eight-centimeter high heels.
"From childhood to adulthood, when have you ever won a fight against me?"
"I have never lost a single battle."
Looking at that straight, slender back, the long-haired young man grinned.
Then he boarded the helicopter and exclaimed to Xie Tianlang beside him, "Look at my sister!"
"What kind of scoundrel is good enough for her?"
Xie Tianlang: "..."
What is the most extreme case of a sister-complex?
He's a ruthless person who would criticize himself just to promote his sister.
More than a dozen helicopters flew directly over Fengxian County.
This small county, which was virtually unknown and unnoticed before the collapse of the Doomsday Gate, became the focus of attention for everyone in China when the apocalypse struck.
Even though he had already seen the horrific sight of the collapsed Gate of Doomsday in Fengxian on the big screen, when he saw the giant pit that seemed to lead to the abyss from high above, and the deep cracks in the ground that kept shaking or suddenly appeared around the giant pit, Gou Fugui still felt the gaze that seemed to come from the abyss.
He could even imagine what a desolate and broken world it would be like in this collapsed doomsday gate.
"...So, is the world inside the Doomsday Gate in Feng County a suddenly appearing deep crater in the earth?"
Song Sanchuan spoke with a somewhat strained voice.
"Fugui, if we were to enter such a world, how would you change?"
Gou Fugui glanced at him, and at that moment the helicopter was already hovering over Feng County.
Because the entire Fengxian County had become a bottomless pit, and the surrounding area was full of fissures that could suddenly crack open at any time, there was no intact road in the entire Fengxian County and Xucheng, nor was there a single well-preserved building on the land.
Vehicles are prohibited here.
Even humans or the most agile cats might not be able to walk steadily on the ground that has become a steep cliff due to the location.
The second team leader, Song Feng, observed the situation below with an extremely serious expression. "In this situation, we should get our emergency landing packs and exploration packs, use our parachutes to land in an area where the ground cracks are relatively small, and then walk through the cracked area to head to the Fengxian Giant Pit."
However, given that the closer one gets to the giant pit in Fengxian County, the more severe the ground fissures become, the mere act of falling down would already be a very dangerous thing.
At this moment, the communications and mechanical genius who replaced Song Sanchuan in the second team couldn't help but sigh.
"If only that speed-generating superhuman from America could come and explore such a pit, or that plant-based superhuman from the Native American tribe, who can grow infinitely long vines from his hands, and if he had soil and seeds, he could even plant crops directly."
"Why did I go to four Doomsday Gates but still not get any powerful superpowers?!"
After finishing his sentence, the communications genius looked at Xie Tianlang with bright and expectant eyes. "Captain Xie! I heard from the boss that you obtained a cultivation method after successfully repairing the world? Captain Xie, the method you deduced for strengthening the body's meridians has been summarized into a new military boxing style and promoted throughout the army these past few months! The effect is very good, but..."
"Team Leader Xie! Boss! War God!! I just want to ask, can you fly on a sword?! Or cultivate directly by stepping through the air?!"
Xie Tianlang's lips twitched upon hearing this, and then he suddenly looked at Song Sanchuan with a very loving gaze.
Compared to this new chatterbox and chuunibyou kid, Song Sanchuan is definitely a superior product.
Xie Tianlang did not answer the question from this immature mechanical genius. Instead, he turned his gaze to Gou Fugui, who was moving his body and wrists beside him.
The long-haired youth had no expression on his face, but his increasingly bright eyes revealed his seriousness and fighting spirit.
Everyone inside the helicopter noticed Xie Tianlang's gaze, and the mechanical genius from the second team also turned to look at Gou Fugui.
The way geniuses look at rich kids is more complicated.
Of course, everyone in their rescue team knew this legendary figure who had been personally recruited into the military by Minister Tu.
He is said to be the first person to actually find and repair the core of the world.
It is said that he has already experienced five, no, now six Doomsday Gates, and all six of them were closed with the best result of "successfully repairing the core".
Even Xie Tianlang, the army's acknowledged war god, was defeated by this man.
There are many legends about this handsome young man with long hair, but today is the first time he has seen him.
Upon closer inspection, he simply couldn't equate this person, who didn't seem impressive at all, with the rumors he'd heard.
In particular, he simply couldn't believe that this person was someone even less capable than Captain Xie.
"Uh, Mr. Gou, what are you doing? Shouldn't you be putting on your parachute at this time?"
"I heard that your awakened superpower is a personal space. This is an extremely dangerous, unknown area, you..."
Before he could finish speaking, Song Sanchuan kicked him back into his seat.
"What are you idiot babbling about? Sit back down and shut your mouth, or I'm afraid your face will be so swollen you won't be able to show your face in public!"
How dare you, a weakling, question Fugui's abilities?!
Didn't you see my Fugui-like expression, like I'm about to unleash a powerful attack?
"Senior! But he only has a special ability called a personal space! I'm afraid he's too weak to handle it!"
His doubts and concerns were not unfounded.
Then this genius idiot saw the long-haired youth raise his eyebrows at him, while simultaneously reaching out and pressing down on Song Feng's shoulder, who was already wearing his backpack and parachute.
"Although this kid doesn't seem very smart, he did say one thing right."
"This place is extremely dangerous and unknown. Non-combatants and ordinary combatants should just stay up there and keep watch."
"Don't jump down to deliver it."
Ordinary combatant Song Feng: "..."
I think we also...
Gou Fugui pushed him back: "I already told you you guys can't do it. It'll just be Xie Tianlang and me going. Sanchuan, you control the second little tit and connect with our information as much as possible."
Song Sanchuan immediately responded, opened his notebook, and took out his No. 2 Little Tit.
The second team's dimwitted genius was about to say something more when he suddenly widened his eyes in disbelief—
He saw the long-haired youth jump straight out of the helicopter, hundreds of meters high, without wearing any equipment!
He was jumping with Captain Xie, who was also not wearing any equipment!
"I……!!"
The idiot genius frantically clung to the helicopter's cabin door and looked down, his heart pounding and his pupils shrinking, terrified of seeing people torn to pieces.
But what did he see?!
As a loud eagle's cry rang out, the long-haired youth who was plummeting to the limit in his sight seemed to burst with golden light, and then!
He transformed!
A very valiant-looking owl appeared in the sky in his place.
An eagle soars through the sky!
The owl's wings swept across the sky before it swooped down, heading straight for the doomsday pit in Feng County, a place no one has been able to personally explore to this day.
A feather drifted into the cabin, and the mechanical genius of the second team reached out and caught it. After a moment, his eyes shone with boundless admiration and excitement:
"Holy shit!!"
"So incredibly cool!!"
While he was still in shock at Ying Fugui's transformation in mid-air, he glanced down and saw Xie Tianlang, who, just before falling to the ground, paused in mid-air for a moment before flipping over and landing steadily.
Another wolf has been wiped out.
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