A Place Appearing Within the Vortex

Zhou Xiaoran never questioned or hesitated about Lin Fan's arrangements; she always acted immediately.

Therefore, after Lin Fan gave the order, she immediately led Old Chen and Professor Li and other non-combat personnel to begin the operation.

"Send a few people over, and bring more big pots, stoves, electric stoves, and the like!"

"And a knife!"

"Just connect a few more water pipes, and do it quickly."

Zhou Xiaoran spoke in succession.

During this period, her performance had already proven herself in the eyes of Professor Chen and others. Therefore, although everyone was puzzled, no one asked any questions. Instead, they each took charge of a certain 'task' and began to get busy.

Not long after.

More than a hundred meters inside the defensive shield, one large pot after another was set up, and at the same time, many people were holding kitchen knives...

However, many young researchers really don't know where to begin.

Normally, they never cook at home, but now they're being asked to chop up these extremely ferocious-looking Ferocious Beast corpses?

They hesitated, holding their knives and looking at each other, not knowing how to proceed.

Old Chen and Professor Li rolled their eyes at the sight.

"Young people these days have such poor self-care skills!"

"He has the professional skills, but unfortunately he can't even cook..."

"It's just killing fish... no, these fish, shrimp, and crabs are all dead, what's there to be afraid of? Chop them up, wash them clean, and stew them in a big pot!"

The two men, who were originally in their seventies or eighties, were now full of energy. They picked up kitchen knives and began chopping the fish frantically.

Regardless of whether it's too big or too small, as long as a large piece is chopped off, it's washed clean and thrown into the pot...

"It's actually quite hard."

As Old Chen chopped, he muttered to himself, "Is this meat? I feel like it's harder than chopping bones. Hey? The knife's chipped. I need a new one!"

As he switched knives, he glanced at Professor Li and realized that Professor Li was in even worse shape, drenched in sweat and his knife completely mangled...

"Ferocious Beast is Ferocious Beast; even its flesh is so tough."

He muttered something to himself.

Seeing the two of them chopping away so enthusiastically, the younger staff members felt bad just watching and stepped in to help, which finally sped up the process.

More and more 'fish meat' was thrown into the pot to stew. Although the shape and size of the pieces were appalling, at least they were being stewed.

But at that moment, someone suddenly asked, "You're just going to stew it like this?"

"We need to add some cooking wine and ginger to remove the fishy smell, right? Otherwise, it probably won't be edible; these things are definitely very fishy!"

"..."

Everyone was taken aback by his words. Old Chen and said, "That makes sense, but time is of the essence, so how can we worry about so much?"

"This stuff is good for you!"

"..."

"I have some here, how about I share with you?"

Upon hearing this, Old Chen looked over, only to find that it was a winged 'birdman'.

"Who are you?"

"My name is Kang Chu."

The 'Birdman' returned. He had been frantically fleeing for his life, but when he discovered that the protective shield had blocked the tsunami, he turned back.

Seeing the Ferocious Beast frantically attacking the defensive barrier while Old Chen and the others were 'making a fire and cooking', they couldn't help but want to come and join in the fun.

After all, joining in the fun with them is much better than dealing with those young men in Zhongshan Suit carrying long guns and short cannons and standing ready for battle.

Those people... they looked like fierce demons.

At least that's how Kang Chu saw it.

Are you live streaming?

Professor Li frowned. As a typical old scholar, he wasn't interested in these young people's ideas.

"Yes, everyone is eager to know what exactly happened here and whether it will threaten our survival."

"So..."

"Moreover, as you have seen, I am no longer an ordinary person."

Kang Chu sighed, "As the saying goes, with great responsibility comes great ability. Besides, I am a journalist myself. If I don't come to the live broadcast and report at this critical moment, who will tell the public the truth?"

"As the saying goes, 'If no one goes to hell, who will?'"

This guy had such a compassionate look on his face that Old Chen rolled his eyes.

"Sigh, let's not talk about this anymore."

However, Kang Chu was also quick-witted. He knew that continuing the conversation would not do any good, so he suddenly changed the subject. "I have a lot of cooking wine and other things to remove fishy smells here. Do you want some?"

"..."

"Want!"

Old Chen didn't think much of it and said he needed it.

It wasn't that he was being picky, but these Ferocious Beast sea beasts were just too fishy. Smelling that pungent stench, Old Chen seriously doubted he would eat them even if they were cooked.

If there's nothing to remove the fishy smell, there's nothing you can do but force yourself to eat it. But if you have something and don't want it, aren't you just making things difficult for yourself?

Okay.

Kang Chu smiled broadly and shook the Large Account supermarket plastic bag she was carrying, which was full of ginger, scallions, garlic, cooking wine, and various seasonings.

After receiving approval, he held up his phone to livestream while handing various seasonings to Old Chen staff members.

"Why did you bring so many seasonings?"

Old Chen was a little confused.

Who the hell is this person?!

Even if you're a reporter... would a reporter carry such a huge bag of seasonings when going out? And most of it is for removing fishy smells?

What, do you have some kind of precognitive ability that tells you to eat 'seafood'?

"Well, to my shame, I bought this at the supermarket."

Kang Chu coughed lightly, saying he felt ashamed, but his expression remained unchanged. "When I came over just now, I found a lot of 'seafood.' You hadn't prepared to stew it yet, and when I saw it, I thought I'd get a couple to try..."

Professor Li, who was listening nearby, was speechless.

"She's a foodie?"

"Wrong!"

Old Chen realized. "Where are the supermarkets still open around here?"

"You stole it, didn't you?!"

"You can't say that! When I was passing by, I noticed that a supermarket window wasn't closed properly, and I was worried that a thief might break in, so I went in to check it out."

"In the end, we didn't find the thief, but we happened to see these things, so... but I did pay for them!"

"Mobile payment!"

Old Chen: "(ˉ_￣)..."

"Let's stew it first and then figure it out!"

The group didn't pursue the matter further. Instead, they washed the ginger, scallions, and garlic, chopped them, mixed them with cooking wine and various seasonings, and threw them into several large pots to remove the fishy smell and enhance the flavor.

Glug glug.

The broth quickly turned white, and as the steam rose, although it still had a slightly fishy smell, it also emitted a fragrant aroma.

Inside the live stream room.

Many viewers couldn't help but swallow hard.

"It looks delicious!"

"Damn, are these things Spirit Beast or monsters? But whatever they are, eating them will definitely bring great benefits!"

"What a pity, we won't be able to eat it..."

"..."

Bob was still watching the live stream. At this moment, he hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Could we have our submarine sneak into the South Sea Area and hunt a few of these seafoods?"

"Eating it should be good for us too!?"

Everyone: "..."

"You can give it a try."

"But we must be prepared for casualties."

"These things are amazing..."

Lin Fan continued to hunt down various Ferocious Beast.

However, with the hunting, the number of Ferocious Beast finally began to decrease, but even so, we cannot let our guard down.

Liu Gang and his men remained on high alert, their fingers constantly on the trigger, ready to fire at any moment.

And at that very moment.

Outside the defensive barrier, waves suddenly surged, rising dozens of feet high.

Immediately afterwards, a huge, Ferocious Beast emerged from the water, with a round head and... incredibly long tentacles that sent chills down one's spine, making it easy to recognize.

"Octopus?!"

"This is fucking huge!!"

Holy crap!

Whether at the scene or in the live broadcast room, countless people were shocked and exclaimed "Holy crap!"

Simply because this octopus was so huge.

Those tentacles were probably thousands of meters long. Now that they were up in the water, they looked like an invincible sea monster, capable of destroying everything.

Even more astonishing is that it can use its suction cups to climb the defensive shield as if it were a 'solid' wall, which is unbelievable.

"Careful!"

Zhou Xiaoran's expression was solemn.

But at that moment, a sword light slashed down, instantly severing several of its tentacles. The octopus cried out in pain and tried to escape.

However, Lin Fan arrived and gave him no chance to escape. His flying sword transformed into a streak of light and completely slain him.

then...

This fellow led the enormous, mountain-like octopus into the defensive formation.

"Roast this thing!"

After saying that, he charged back in.

Within Lin Fan's perception.

This octopus is the strongest Ferocious Beast we have encountered so far, and it already possesses the combat power of the Foundation Establishment Late-Stage.

The ferocity of marine life and their rapid evolution made Lin Fan somewhat alarmed.

But there's no need to be afraid.

The hunt continues.

This state of affairs remained the norm for a long time afterward, so Lin Fan didn't intend to continue hunting indefinitely.

In the time that followed, a huge crab with gleaming iron claws appeared, but Lin Fan killed it directly.

A mutated conch-like Ferocious Beast burrowed underground and directly entered the defensive barrier, but it was still managed to be destroyed by Liu Gang and the others working together...

Time goes by.

The first batch of fish soup is ready.

The seawater was gradually receding, and although the Ferocious Beast ' attacks continued, they were far less ferocious than before.

Even if Lin Fan doesn't intervene again, the defensive shield shouldn't have any problems.

Under these circumstances, Lin Fan didn't stay idle either; he joined everyone in drinking fish soup and eating fish.

During this process, Zhou Xiaoran made almost no breakthroughs.

Although there was no movement, it didn't escape Lin Fan's notice. He chuckled and nodded at her, and Zhou Xiaoran smiled.

"It smells so fishy!"

"But it's also very delicious."

"After eating, I felt warm all over and full of energy!"

"Ah, that feels so good..."

Everyone was amazed, Kang Chu offered continuous commentary, describing her feelings in detail to the audience.

Lin Fan then approached Liu Gang and said, "I'll leave the rest to you."

"No problem!"

Liu Gang nodded; it was their duty, so naturally they wouldn't refuse.

"As for us..."

Lin Fan then looked at Old Chen and Zhou Xiaoran: "Let's go somewhere first."

During the Divine Sense scan, the source of this tsunami, the place where the vortex appeared, has undergone a major change!

He had to go and see.

The first milk tea of autumn... I don't know what this meme is, but it's been flooding my WeChat Moments. Does anyone know? Some people are even saying it's the first incense stick of the Ghost Festival, uh...