TheConqueroroftheUniverse

Chapter 49 The First Fruitless Exploration

Li Ping'an was diving into the icy Gloomy Dragon Pool.

At the same time, on the 88th floor of a towering Hilton Hotel in Nanzhili City, a tall handsome young man lit a cigarette in a luxury presidential suite.

In this dim room, his sharp eyes were bloodshot, which implied that he was likely to have been sleepless all night.

However, his eyes were still sharp, as if they could have pierced the world. He blankly watched the heavy rain outside the window at night.

Not far away there in the living room, several strong assistants were busy with the electronic equipment. Their skillful actions showed that they had rich experiences.

The handsome young man drew heavily on his cigarette. The original dim cigarette butt instantaneous change of red bright, which was slightly dazzling in the dark room.

He glanced at the expensive Patek Philippe on his wrist, crushed the cigarette butt into the ashtray and turned around to ask his assistants, "Any results? When will the rain relent?"

A pretty plump woman with the black-brimmed glasses respectfully answered, "Childe Qian, the current data shows that it's just the middle of this rain, so the storm will wane in at least three days."

"Three days?"

The young man frowned and kept snapping his fingers, "It's too late. There're only five days left as for the time given by my master. The plan cannot be delayed for so long!"

Looking at the plump woman's eyes, he added, "What about the teams of Xiangyun Gene, Fairy Island Creature, and MAD Group?"

The woman replied with respect, "Childe Qian, they are staying at their own hotels now. According to our CCTV system, we found that they have mobilized many cars, so perhaps they will be ready to set off this morning."

The young man nodded and said, "Everyone couldn't wait for it, right? That's great. The bigger risk it is, the more chances we have. It's time to explore Gloomy Dragon Pool!"

With his eyesight getting sharper, he ordered calmly, "Ask all members of the Tiangang team to be ready for the battle immediately and then head for Gloomy Dragon Pool in an hour and a half."

"Yes."

...

The Gloomy Dragon Pool, a central area of Taihang Mountain.

Li Ping'an, like an agile fish, slowly dived into the chilly deep pool that was dark as ink.

Nourished by the mysterious pool water and with his strong body, he was able to endure the fierce coldness. Unfortunately, the visibility under the pool was poor. Without any professional diving gear, he could dive at most twenty or thirty meters deep, yet not any deeper.

He couldn't hold his breath anymore, so he quickly returned to the surface of the pool.

After trying seven or eight times, Li Ping'an almost explored the whole area of Gloomy Dragon Pool, but he couldn't find any sign of energy.

Now, it was almost dawn and it still rained heavily, but there were less lightning and thunder.

"Sh*t! I' don't want to give up. What the hell is this damned Gloomy Dragon Pool?"

Splatter!

When Li Ping'an surfaced again, he took a deep breath and clenched his fists.

He looked so powerful like he could cut the hill open with his bare hands but couldn't have any chance to show his real strength.

Not far from there, Lin Jianjia sat in the forest. When she saw Li Ping'an surface again and look angry, she was agitated.

In this situation, to avoid causing something horrible, she didn't dare to make any loud noise. So, she tried her best to gesture at Li Ping'an to warn him that he should just come back for further plan.

Li Ping'an kept an eye on Lin Jianjia, so he saw her actions. Even if he didn't want to give up, he knew that the creature in Gloomy Dragon Pool would be stronger when daylight came.

If Li Ping'an didn't seize the chance to get back and kept exploring the pool, he would be killed and fed the creature in the pool. He wanted to live longer, so he would not make any bold decisions.

When he made sure that he had no other chances, he quickly swam toward the bank without any hesitation, like an agile fish.

He hoped that it would still rain tonight, so he would have another chance to explore the pool.

Seeing that Li Ping'an had stopped diving, Lin Jianjia took out a sigh of relief and gestured at him to guide him back.

After Li Ping'an returned to the beach to pack up his combat equipment, he jumped several times to Lin Jianjia.

"Daniu, what is Gloomy Dragon Pool like under the water?"

Lin Jianjia inquired and passed the water bottle to Li Ping'an. In the bottle was hot fragrant tea boiled by a smokeless stove.

After taking a mouthful of hot tea, Li Ping'an got warmer and relaxed. He whispered, "The pool is weird. It is too dark to see anything. I have explored the center of it a dozen times, but I can't find any trace of energy. I could only dive around twenty meters deep, and I could not dive deeper."

"No trace of energy?"

Lin Jianjia frowned and asked, "It's impossible. If it doesn't have any energy, why will those plutocrats send teams to explore it at a huge cost?"

Li Ping'an shook his head and said, "We don't have enough experience, so we didn't make full preparations. If I have professional diving equipment, I can explore it deeper. And I may discover something."

"..."

Lin Jianjia was speechless.

Her aim of going into the mountain this time was to kill Ma Yuan and Cui Chenggang. She also planned to fetch some Teling Herbs to strengthen the base of her Black Hawk Martial Arts Club team.

However, she didn't expect that she would have encountered the great variation. Moreover, she never anticipated that she would have met Li Daniu.

Lin Jianjia didn't complain about anything. She comforted Li Ping'an in a soft voice, "Daniu, don't be so greedy. We have harvested a lot, so we had better think of something good. We have come here, and the rain wouldn't stop in a short time. Perhaps we have another chance tonight."

"If you are determined to explore Gloomy Dragon Pool again, we must make more preparations and set a clearer goal today. You should better take a rest to regain energy so that at night, we will be more likely to make it."

Li Ping'an thought of it the same as Lin Jianjia. As a young man, he was impulsive. But because of his experience in childhood, he would not be easily affected by his feelings. Before calming down, he would never make any decisions.

However, the warm words by Lin Jianjia made Li Ping'an feel better and brighter.

She was right.

They had gained a lot in this trip, and Gloomy Dragon Pool was an additional gift. So, if they got it, it would be better. If not, they didn't lose anything either.

If his attitude towards it was wrong, he would make a tactical mistake.

"Haha."

Looking at Lin Jianjia's beautiful eyes, he sincerely said, "Jianjia, thank you very much."

Lin Jianjia was bewildered. She thought that Li Daniu would say some foolish words. When she was ready to scold him, she found out that Li Daniu was sincere instead, so she awkwardly glared at him and said, "Daniu, you are not too bad."

"..."

When Li Ping'an was about to flirt with Lin Jianjia, he was attracted by her charm revealed unintentionally, so he was stunned.

Lin Jianjia flushed and whispered, "Daniu, what are you looking at?"

Li Ping'an came back to earth and said with a smile, "Jianjia, I gradually think that it is the right thing to join the great Black Hawk Martial Arts Club team."

They quickly came back to the subject after a few jokes.

It was necessary for them to set up a tent right now in the rain because it was not good for them to be showered by raindrops.

However, Li Ping'an lost his baggage, and only Lin Jianjia had a tent. Obviously, Li Ping'an could not share a tent with her.

Li Ping'an was reasonable, so he could not do anything offensive to her. He knew that Lin Jianjia was a warm and considerate girl, but he already had Luohan. Therefore, he couldn't make any promises to Lin Jianjia.

A man should know what he could do and what he could not do.

If he could not protect her and make her feel safe, how could he destroy her future because of his own desires?

Lin Jianjia was also worried that Daniu would say something bold to her.

If so, she didn't know whether she should reject it or not.

Luckily, Li Ping'an was wise enough to prevent her from facing this difficulty. So, her feelings to Li Ping'an changed completely again.

Lin Jianjia originally wanted to have Li Ping'an take a rest, and she could guard the night. After all, Li Ping'an had consumed much energy after exploring Gloomy Dragon Pool.

But Li Ping'an rejected her.

After a long journey, the eyes of Lin Jianjia were bloodshot. If she didn't take a rest, she would collapse.

Nourished by the mysterious pool water, Li Ping'an was not tired. He only needed to take a nap.

Moreover, he vaguely felt that the mysterious stone trace in his chest seemed to be triggered, so he had to find an empty place to examine it.

After Li Ping'an and Lin Jianjia took some energy food, she went to rest in the tent instead of bickering with him.

She knew clearly that she was too weak and that time was precious. It was happy to bicker with Li Ping'an, but it was not responsible for their lives.

Only if she took a good rest and could protect herself would it be good for Li Ping'an, herself and Black Hawk Martial Arts Club team.

If she made full use of time, Li Ping'an could have more time for a rest.

When Lin Jianjia slept in the tent, Li Ping'an took out some fiber ropes thinner than hair and made some defensive traps around the tent.

It was one of the unique army techniques taught by Mr. Wang.

The defensive traps could protect people and the camp and make people alerted at the lowest cost.

After Li Ping'an finished making traps and checked them, he started surveying the surroundings. He wanted to find some equipment left behind by previous adventurers, and the best was diving gears.

After searching for a whole morning, he found some gently used diving equipment that was quite new in the forest, as well as some baggage and weapons.

Unfortunately, their owners had died and become dry and wizened corpses and skeletons in the forest.

When Li Ping'an came back with equipment, Lin Jianjia walked out of the tent.

However, staring at the communication gadget, she looked somewhat serious.

Li Ping'an knew that she wouldn't shoot at random, so he put down the equipment and asked, "Jianjia, what's going on?"

Looking at Li Ping'an, Lin Jianjia bit her red lips and then answered, "Daniu, I have received the news that a few groups of people from major forces have set off this morning and are heading for Gloomy Dragon Pool now!"