The helicopter did not fully land, hovering about thirty centimeters above the ground instead. Jiang Yan Hai was the first to rush over. He leaped up onto the helicopter and stood by the door.
When the second person rushed over, Jiang Yan Hai grabbed his arm and hauled him inside. Then, one after another, everyone jumped aboard, including Lu Shi.
Once they were all aboard, Jiang Yan Hai shouted into the comms channel, "Take off!"
The pilot immediately pulled up, and the helicopter rapidly gained altitude. At that moment, the entire mountain behind them began to collapse! The Teleportation Gate had a diameter of 1,300 meters! What had been exposed was merely the tip of the iceberg.
And the structures supporting it underground could not possibly have all been solid. There was likely an enormous underground space below as well. Now that the main support had suddenly vanished, the entire underground area immediately began to cave in.
The whole stretch of ground started sinking, and the thunderous noise made many of the surrounding trees seem to topple straight into the massive pit.
But this was not much of a problem for Jiang Yan Hai and the others. From high above, they watched the apocalyptic scene below. Then, a tremendous wolf howl suddenly rang out from the distant forest, and Jiang Yan Hai immediately began issuing orders through his headset.
The helicopter immediately flew in that direction. Before long, under Jiang Yan Hai and the others' watchful eyes, enormous numbers of Red Mad Wolves emerged from somewhere within the distant forest. There had to be at least ten thousand of them. Could they have been inside that underground space all along?
They all came pouring out, then fled wildly toward the southwest as if they had encountered something terrifying. Countless packs