Tomb raiding: The awesome life that started from Ganggangyingzi

"After this incident, you shouldn't continue working here, so as not to make certain people wary. Besides, you've contributed for over twenty years; you've done right by the country and the people."

Ji Qiankun was taken aback upon hearing this. He opened his mouth, then nodded. He didn't owe anyone anything, except for Ji Haobo.

As for those passionate slogans that are meant to amuse young people, they simply cannot move someone who has experienced a lot in life.

Okay, I'll do as you say.

The moment he said those words, he suddenly felt a sense of relief and ease.

In his youth, he sacrificed his family and his beliefs, which left him with lifelong regrets. Fortunately, there was still a chance to make amends, so he naturally had to seize the opportunity.

"Then you go and arrange the cleanup here! I'm leaving now."

Ji Haobo was somewhat disheartened. He had originally planned to turn the tide, quell the disaster, and save the land, but it turned out that was just wishful thinking on his part.

He then put away the blue dragon with the water attribute. The creature's appearance hadn't changed much; it was still the original dragon.

Its size of over 100 meters was neither much smaller nor did it transform into a dragon.

Although this guy's cultivation is very solid, it's not so simple for him to complete the transformation.

Before leaving, he nodded to Zhang Menzi in farewell, but then remembered something and looked at Ji Qiankun, saying:

"Shirley and Laura are both pregnant, you should be able to hold your grandchildren next year."

Ji Qiankun, who was arranging for people to plug the breach, was stunned by the news. He didn't even know that Ji Haobo had left. After a long while, laughter broke out on the embankment.

"Hahaha... I'm about to have grandchildren, Zhang Qilin and Yi Laosi, did you hear that? I'm about to have grandchildren, and I'll definitely have many... Hahaha!"

Ji Haobo did not immediately return to Kyoto, but instead headed in another direction, to a place with the First Inland Lake, which was about several hundred miles away.

Half an incense stick's time later, even before getting close, one could see lightning flashing in the sky and deafening roars constantly exploding.

In addition, he sensed a soaring yin energy and heard faint sounds of gunfire.

Moreover, looking down from the air, many low-lying areas on the ground were flooded, which was clearly caused by the breach of the dikes.

Let's rewind to a little over an hour earlier, when the group had been whispering amongst themselves in the tent for quite some time;

With no other options, they arranged for two helicopters to patrol over Pengze Lake while keeping assault boats on standby at the dam.

But not long after, a helicopter suddenly reported that an island could be seen moving in the lake.

Ji Haoran and the others looked at each other in confusion, thinking that the people on the helicopter were seeing things.

After all, it was pitch black and the wind and rain were quite strong, so it was very possible to make a mistake.

But to everyone's surprise, they immediately heard intermittent, panicked shouts coming from the helicopter.

"No... there's... interference with the aircraft, all the instruments... are malfunctioning, ah...!"

This situation caused everyone's expression to change drastically. They immediately ordered people to continue calling, but there was no response at all. Needless to say, something must have happened.

"Quickly send another helicopter to increase altitude, and, while ensuring safety, try to find anything."

Additionally, mark the location of the helicopter crash to pinpoint its location as quickly as possible.

They also had people patrol the lake in speedboats, and if anything seemed amiss, they would immediately go ashore.

Ji Haoran dared not delay. After issuing a series of orders, he led everyone to the dam to check the water level.

To everyone's relief, the water level was now more than a meter lower as a large number of soldiers reinforced and raised the dike.

From this lowest point, there is no need to worry about the water overflowing the dam for the time being.

But their joy didn't last long. A soldier came to report that the second helicopter had seen something, but he hesitated and looked somewhat uncertain.

"Quickly tell me what they saw!"

Seeing the urgency of Ji Haoran and the others, the soldiers couldn't worry about anything else and could only report honestly.

"The helicopter reported that they saw an island moving, surrounded by many things that looked like ghost ships."

However, due to some interference, they dared not get too close, and in the dark, they couldn't see very clearly.

Ignoring the absurdity of the information, Ji Haoran immediately grabbed the soldier with a serious expression and asked:

"Have they noticed where these things are headed?"

"Uh! They don't know for sure, but they guess they want to enter the Yangtze River through Hukou."

"Damn it, we absolutely have to keep those things here. We can't let them enter the Yangtze River, or the problem will get even worse."

Ji Haoran's words left those around him completely bewildered and confused.

"Uh! Excuse me, could you tell me what those things are?"

Black Glasses quickly asked, not wanting to risk his life in a muddle. If it was suicide, he'd better grab the bucket and run.

Ji Haoran glanced at him, and seeing that the others were also full of curiosity, he could only say helplessly:

"You've probably all heard a lot of rumors about Pengze Lake. In the area around Longwang Temple, boats often sink mysteriously."

People say that something is causing the trouble, and that's actually true.

Like that moving island, if I'm not mistaken, it's a giant softshell turtle;

Everything is related to it, such as those shipwrecks that turned into ghost ships.

Everyone listened with skepticism, holding a doubtful attitude, after all, it was somewhat unbelievable.

"This... a turtle as big as an island? Could it be the one that carried Tang Sanzang and his disciples?"

Ji Tianyou's muttering earned him a fierce glare from Ji Haoran, who said irritably:

"Anyway, I've only heard about it and made guesses. We'll know for sure once we go and see for ourselves."

He immediately instructed his soldiers to contact an armed helicopter and a transport plane.

There are also two armed helicopters here. It's not that we're reluctant to call more, but Xia Kingdom is really poor right now and doesn't have much wealth.

Moreover, these aren't the only places where there might be issues; there are other places we need to be on guard against!

Three planes arrived quickly, and the group boarded the transport planes and immediately flew over to the coordinates reported by the reconnaissance plane.

In the short time it takes to drink half a cup of tea, they got close to the reconnaissance plane that had been tracking them.

The people on the transport plane fired several flares into the distance.

In the dim light, a small island could indeed be seen bobbing on the waves in the dark water, surrounded by hundreds of boats of all sizes.

However, all these ships were pitch black, without any lights, only filled with eerie energy and flickering ghostly lights.

"hiss…"

The scene made everyone gasp. Even though they were hundreds of meters away and still in the air, they couldn't help but feel a chill run down their spines.

"Damn... I don't know how big that turtle is, but that small island should be Falling Star Rock, it must be tens of meters in diameter!"