# Chapter 754: A Feint in the East, Attack in the West?
In the temporarily excavated underground space!
Fito and Danny’s group of over two hundred people were roaring madly, cursing nonstop!
(ꐦಥ益ಥꐦ) Aish!
Everyone turned into telegraph operators!
Above, the locust swarm was still dive-bombing, trying to eat Fito and the others!
Fito wiped his face, grinding his teeth until sparks flew: "Jiangnan, this isn’t over!" Then he turned resentfully and gave orders...
"Split into eight groups. The main force goes above ground to find the spatial gate and confuse the Heavenly Eye System!"
"The remaining seven groups, five people each! One meat tank, one earth element, one wind element, and the other two need to be quick and nimble!"
"Use earth遁 to travel underground, avoid being detected by the Huaxia Heavenly Eye System. Find those beast tides we encountered along the way!"
"Then follow my orders!"
Danny was startled: "Find beast tides? Isn’t that walking right into the line of fire? What’s the plan?"
Fito gritted his teeth: "Make Jiangnan pay the price! Move out!"
As soon as they heard it was about causing trouble for Jiangnan, everyone perked up, full of enthusiasm!
Fito sneered coldly. In your words, this would be called "pretending to advance along one path while secretly taking another," wouldn’t it?
...
At this moment, in the temporary underground shelter of Bald Mountain, Jiangnan teleported in!
But he was completely stunned by what he saw!
The cramped underground space had been divided into small stone rooms!
The explorers were starving, their faces yellow and thin, some even lacking the strength to stand!
Many were trapped in rooms, eyes bloodshot, drooling constantly!
"Please, let me eat! I need to eat!"
Water-type condensers tried to feed them water streams, but it couldn't calm them down at all!
Jiangnan's heart ached: "How did it come to this? Can't you hunt beasts for food?"
Ye Zi smiled bitterly: "Hunting is extremely difficult. Before we can even bring back the carcass, most of it gets devoured by the beasts!"
"Worst of all, we don't dare eat. Once we start, we can no longer suppress the gluttonous urge and completely lose our humanity!"
"At that point, people are no longer people in their eyes—they're just meat..."
"Earlier, there were cases of biting others, even biting themselves, so we stopped eating..."
Jiangnan's heart trembled. Once you start, you can't stop, huh?
Having been tormented by the sin of gluttony on the seventh layer for a whole month, it was already remarkable that they still retained their humanity!
"How did you manage to survive?"
Ye Zi rubbed her eyes: "We only drink water. For those on the verge of starving, we feed them a bit of locust meat to keep them alive!"
"Then we tie them up so they don't eat too much. Today we went out to hunt for those who were about to starve!"
"We lose people every time we go out. I... I... wuwu..."
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As she spoke, Ye Zi started crying. A Diamond Eight Star with a powerful heart!
As the leader of the exploration team, every decision she made determined life and death for everyone!
After enduring this long, even the strongest woman couldn't hold on anymore!
At this moment, the explorers, thin as bamboo poles, looked at Jiangnan, their eyes shining with hope.
"Nan Shen, can we still get out alive? I miss my wife and kids..."
"This month has been too hard. I don't even remember what food tastes like!"
"Before, they called me Fatty Sun, Chubby Sun. Now they call me Lightning Sun!"
Jiangnan smiled brightly: "Don't worry. Later, we'll let the brothers have a good meal, eat their fill!"
But an immense pressure crashed down on him!
They were so thin that the fat and muscles in their bodies had been broken down. They barely had any mobility!
Recovering wouldn't happen overnight!
In this situation, how could they lead everyone out of the abyss alive amidst the constant danger?
This smile from Jiangnan was forced!
"Hey? Nan Shen? This big centipede—is it the rations you brought? Can we eat it?"
"Big as it is, it must be delicious!"
"Let me have some. I won't even leave the shell!"
A thousand people stared at the big centipede with green light in their eyes, drooling...
Big Centipede: (°˃᷄﹏˂᷅°)
Have I fallen into a den of thieves?
I tried my best to look inedible, and you still want to eat me?
I'm poisonous!
It looked at Jiangnan pleadingly.
Jiangnan: "Uh... this is our mode of transportation. You can't eat it!"
The big centipede was touched!
A foodie: "Can I just lick it once? Just once!"
Jiangnan: (≖_≖)...
"Alright, you can lick it to satisfy your craving, but no biting, okay?"
In an instant, about a hundred people rushed up and started licking the big centipede!
Big Centipede: ???
In that moment, it didn't dare move!
This Nan person is indeed a devil!
Jiangnan fired off Void Black Holes one after another, carving out dozens of circular spaces in the underground shelter!
"Xiao Zhen, send people to hand out Detoxifying Soybeans to everyone. Get the poison out first!"
"Then give them each a Vitality Ginseng. It should replenish a lot of lost blood and qi, at least enough to restore their mobility!"
"Wu Liang, use the supplies from my alternate dimension to cook a big meal for the brothers. Replenish their strength after detox!"
"Ye Zi, count the numbers and tell everyone to prepare for relocation!"
Orders were issued in an orderly fashion, and everyone immediately got to work!
The eighteen people from the Yu Kingdom, under Ye Zi's protection, had managed to survive barely!
Haiti held Ye Zi's hand, crying like pear blossoms in the rain, thanking her endlessly!
Meanwhile, Jiangnan found Ling Feng!
"Brother Feng, we can't stay on the seventh layer anymore. The ground is stripped bare, no food. Even if we detox with soybeans, it won't help!"
"As long as people remain on the seventh layer, they'll be hit by beast tides!"
Ling Feng frowned: "We have no choice but to take everyone down to the eighth layer. But the eighth layer is a resource layer. Their physical condition..."
Jiangnan gritted his teeth: "If we have to, we'll use Dali to boost them. It'll at least give them some self-defense ability!"
Ling Feng swallowed. Damn!
Wouldn't the light they emit illuminate the entire eighth layer?
A "bald-headed army" huh?
Ling Feng gritted his teeth: "That's the only way. The first six layers aren't any better either!"
As time passed, the power of the Detoxifying Soybeans kicked in!
The underground shelter was bombarded with cannon fire, shaking the entire space violently!
But Adams was growing anxious. Why hadn't Fito and the others come yet?
If they didn't come soon, Jiangnan and the others would move out!
...
At the Jingdu Abyss Laboratory, Han Menglu kept observing the underground shelter's surroundings!
Seeing Jiangnan lure away the beast tide, she breathed a sigh of relief!
"What's the situation with the Mi and Ying teams?"
Someone replied: "They found the spatial gate to the eighth layer's entrance! But they haven't gone down yet. They're resting on the spot, probably preparing to enter the resource layer!"
"A few dozen are missing. It should be because of that rain cloud earlier. Should we take action to block them from going down to the eighth layer?"
Han Menglu shook her head: "No need. Let them go down if they want. Our focus is on the underground shelter for now!"
Just then, a staff member spoke with confusion: "A few beast tides are starting to move. Something doesn't seem right!"
Han Menglu frowned: "Zoom in. Let me see!"
The image zoomed in!
Several massive beast tides were charging wildly across the plains!
Aiwei flew excitedly in the sky, using her force field to carry four teammates!
One wood-type dropped several vines, dragging seven or eight beast corpses along the ground, leaving bloody trails!
They were luring the beast tides to chase them!
At the same time, Fito, clad in bone armor, was dragging two giant anacondas across the plains, pulling a huge beast tide!
Seven massive beast tides were rushing from all directions, converging on the underground shelter in a pincer movement!
Han Menglu shot to her feet, her heart sinking to the bottom!
Was the main force searching for the spatial gate just a decoy to confuse the Heavenly Eye?
Had they actually sent small teams underground, avoiding the Heavenly Eye, to lure the beast tides?
A single beast tide was already hard to resist. If these seven converged...
And the shelter still had those explorers weak from hunger!
"Quick! Notify Jiangnan! Someone is causing trouble! Beast tide incoming! Tell everyone to evacuate immediately!"
A staff member: "No good! The plains are empty. They're all in the shelter. They can't see the text we send!"
Han Menglu slammed the table urgently: "Then shake the ground! Send a message alert! Hurry!"
Her heart was frantic. They had to make it in time!
Immediately, a staff member manipulated the ground structure to shake it!
But they didn't dare shake too hard, afraid of collapsing the shelter!
However, at that very moment, over a thousand people in the underground shelter were simultaneously detoxing, creating such a barrage of cannon fire, gun smoke, and explosions!
They didn't need Han Menglu to shake it—they were almost bringing the shelter down themselves!
Voices were barely audible, let alone message alerts!
Finally, three hours later, the detox was over. After eating the Vitality Ginseng, the explorers didn't even get nosebleeds, showing how weak they were!
With the blood and qi replenished, at least their spirits lifted, and they regained some mobility!
But Jiangnan was stunned. The detox was done. Why was the shelter still shaking?
Something was wrong!
He teleported to the plains and saw a line of text!
"Location exposed! Someone is causing trouble! Beast tide converging! Evacuate immediately!"
Jiangnan's heart sank. Was it Fito and the others?
Had the shelter's location been exposed?
He teleported into the air!
Several beast tides had merged into one, a dark mass charging toward the shelter at full speed!
Dust and smoke rolled!
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