APTnovel Chapter 106 Ye Feng was too reckless
Chapter 106 Ye Feng was too reckless
The airship cruised slowly over the southern mountains, its engines emitting a low hum.
Zhang Lizhuo, the patrol officer, stood in front of the porthole with his hands behind his back and his brows furrowed into a deep frown.
They have been searching for half a day.
Starting from Jiangcheng, passing through Xuanwu Fortress, bypassing Baihu Fortress, and heading south.
All the fortresses passed along the way.
Numbers three, five, seven, and nine were all empty.
Not to mention Ye Feng's three thousand new troops, they didn't even see a single strange beast.
Those military fortresses, which had fallen for years, were now just empty walls and piles of animal droppings.
"Where did Ye Feng and his men go?" Zhang Lizhuo finally couldn't help but ask, his voice filled with barely suppressed frustration.
Cao Keyuan sat on a folding chair in the rear cabin of the airship, arms crossed, his face not looking too good.
He closed his eyes, as if he were resting.
But his constantly twitching eyelids betrayed his inner anxiety.
Director Zhou leaned against the bulkhead, one hand holding the edge of the porthole.
Old Zhang squatted in the corner, a cigarette dangling from his mouth, his face deeply wrinkled, and he remained silent.
A somber atmosphere filled the airship; no one wanted to speak.
"Could it be..." Director Zhou hesitated, choosing his words carefully, "that he led his men deep into the southern mountains?"
"They went to attack Azure Dragon Fortress?"
Qinglong Fortress is the human race's most forward fortress, located hundreds of kilometers deep in the southern mountains.
It is now the core lair of the alien beasts.
There are at least dozens of fifth-tier alien beasts inside.
It is said that there are also sixth-tier exotic beasts guarding the area.
Zhang Lizhuo turned around and looked at Director Zhou, his expression as if he were looking at a madman.
"Go deep into the southern mountains? Is he insane? Even a seventh-level Venerable wouldn't dare to venture so easily into the deepest part of the southern mountains!"
He paused, then his tone became even more stern.
"That's the lair of the strange beasts. It's been entrenched there for countless generations, accumulating countless beast kings—who can say for sure?"
"On the surface, there are only three half-step sixth-tier beast kings, but those are just for show."
Behind them is a black dragon at the half-step seventh rank, and that black dragon is unconventional, having befriended several other half-step seventh-rank clansmen.
"Those brothers also have quite a few sixth-tier beast kings under their command."
"Why do you think the southern mountains haven't been reclaimed for so many years? It's not that the humans don't want to, it's that they can't win!"
Cao Keyuan opened his eyes, glanced at Zhang Lizhuo, and then closed them again.
Of course he knows these things.
He had served as the garrison commander of Jiangcheng for more than a decade and had a much deeper understanding of the southern mountains than Zhang Lizhuo.
But what good is knowing? Ye Feng is already gone.
"This Ye Feng is too reckless." Zhang Lizhuo sighed, his voice revealing a sense of helplessness at the "young man's ignorance of the immensity of the world."
"Young people, it's good to be energetic, but you can't be reckless."
"And you, Jiangcheng! The nineteen-year-old city lord!"
"This is utter nonsense!"
"Inspector Zhang," Cao Keyuan finally spoke, his voice not loud.
"Although Ye Feng is young, his strength is truly formidable!"
"Strength!" Zhang Lizhuo sneered.
"I heard that Ye Feng was only a quasi-martial artist half a month ago?"
"What kind of strength can one gain in just half a month?"
"What level can a 19-year-old boy reach in half a month?"
"Are you willing to compromise on anything just to unite with the powerful families?"
"I'm not arguing with you! It's no use what I say now. We've found the person, see for yourself. Inspector Zhang, please have the driver speed up and head straight to Qinglong Fortress."
"Azure Dragon Fortress?" Zhang Lizhuo was taken aback. "That's the Beast King's lair. What if Ye Feng didn't go there? Wouldn't we be walking right into a trap?"
"He went," Cao Keyuan said. "He will definitely go back."
Zhang Lizhuo looked into Cao Keyuan's eyes, remained silent for a moment, and then turned to the driver.
"Fine! I'm not doing this damn Ye Feng! I'm doing it for those three thousand soldiers!"
"What if Ye Feng's recklessness leads to heavy losses for the three thousand soldiers of Jiangcheng!"
"I won't let you get away with this!"
"Full speed ahead, target: Azure Dragon Fortress."
The airship changed direction, its engines roaring even louder, and sped towards the depths of the southern mountains.
Zhang Lizhuo walked back to the porthole, his anger having subsided considerably. Looking at the mountains rushing past below, he suddenly remembered something.
"By the way, don't you have satellite phones? Why don't you just give him a call and you'll find out?"
Cao Keyuan's expression froze.
Director Zhou's hand, which was pushing up his glasses, froze in mid-air.
The cigarette in Old Zhang's mouth fell to the ground.
The three people looked at each other, their faces bearing the same expression.
awkward!
"No signal," Cao Keyuan said dryly.
"No signal?" Zhang Lizhuo turned his head and looked at them with the eyes of someone looking at cavemen.
"This is the middle of nowhere, of course there's no signal. I'm talking about satellite phones!"
Cao Keyuan's lips twitched.
Director Zhou's face flushed slightly.
Old Zhang bent down, picked up the cigarette, put it back in his mouth, and pretended not to have heard anything.
They certainly knew what a satellite phone was.
But Jiangcheng is poor.
Over the years, we've been suppressed by powerful families, resulting in annual fiscal deficits and insufficient military spending. Where would we find the money to buy such high-tech gadgets?
A satellite phone costs at least several million.
That's enough to pay the monthly salaries of several hundred soldiers.
However, Jiangcheng is now considered quite wealthy.
They raided the Li and Zhao families' property and also obtained a lot of valuable items from Ye Feng.
Forget satellite phones, we could easily buy several airships.
He just hadn't gotten used to the feeling of being "rich".
Judging from the expressions of the three people, Zhang Lizhuo could roughly guess what was going on.
He recalled the three spiritual weapons he had seen in the square of the Jiangcheng City Lord's Mansion and couldn't help but shake his head.
"You guys—a garrison commander, a bureau chief, and a veteran—each possess a top-tier spiritual weapon, yet you don't even have a satellite phone when you go out. Who would believe that?"
The three remained silent.
The more you try to explain something, the worse it gets.
Zhang Lizhuo took out his satellite phone from his pocket and dialed the number of the Jiangcheng City Lord's Mansion.
The phone rang a few times before being answered, and a young voice came from the other end.
"Hello, Jiangcheng City Lord's Mansion."
"I am Zhang Lizhuo, Inspector of Shanhe Prefecture." Zhang Lizhuo's voice returned to its official tone.
"Find out Major Ye Feng's whereabouts immediately."
There was a few seconds of silence on the other end, followed by the sound of keyboard typing.
A moment later, the young voice rang out again.
"Sir, Major Ye sent a message from White Tiger Fortress yesterday, saying that he is going to recapture Azure Dragon Fortress."
Zhang Lizhuo's fingers tightened slightly.
"That's all?"
That's all. There was no further contact after that.
Zhang Lizhuo hung up the phone, his face ashen.
"Azure Dragon Fortress. He really went to Azure Dragon Fortress."
Cao Keyuan's expression also changed.
He guessed it.
But when my guess was confirmed, my heart still clenched.
That's the lair of the strange beasts. On the surface, there are only three half-step sixth-tier beast kings.
But everyone knows what level of existence stands behind those three beast kings.
That's the Black Dragon Emperor, who's halfway to the seventh rank.
"Full speed ahead." Cao Keyuan stood up, walked to the porthole, and looked at the mountain range that was getting closer and closer to the south.
"quick."
The airship had already reached its maximum speed, but in Cao Keyuan's eyes, it was still too slow.
Zhang Lizhuo stood beside him, his tone grave.
"If those three half-step seventh-tier giant dragons are also in Azure Dragon Fortress, the four of us going there would just be suicide."
"I'll still go," Cao Keyuan said.
Zhang Lizhuo looked at him, then at Director Zhou and Old Zhang.
There was no hesitation or fear on the faces of the three people, only a calm that said, "What needs to be done must be done."
He thought back to his youth, when he had thought the same thing.
"Alright." Zhang Lizhuo put away the satellite phone. "Then let's go together. If all else fails, the four of us can fight that Black Dragon Emperor to the death."
Just then!
"Oh no! A powerful aura is flying this way!"
"Extremely fast!"