229: Chapter 229 Nighttime Dungeon Under Upgrade

"Finally, we're almost there."

Looking at the city ahead, Chen Fan let out a long sigh of relief.

After several consecutive hours of flying over an endless expanse of ocean, he was feeling quite stifled.

The Mechanical Dragon flew into the city area and slowly descended.

Leviathan, meanwhile, swam through the inland river and into the sinkhole.

As soon as they landed, Zhou Tao came up to greet them.

"Welcome, General Chen, for your inspection."

Chen Fan chuckled, "Instead of doing all this pomp and circumstance, you'd be better off giving me some incredible news."

Zhou Tao also laughed, "Forty fighter jets and five helicopters—would that count as good news?"

Chen Fan's eyes lit up, and he nodded, "That's not bad. How come? Did efficiency improve?"

Zhou Tao nodded, "We've vigorously developed our industrial chain, and with everyone involved, we've accelerated the production schedule."

His gaze kept drifting toward Leviathan, and he seemed hesitant to speak.

Chen Fan smiled to himself.

No one but him could take the superpower supplies from Leviathan.

He figured Zhou Tao must have been on edge the entire time he had been gone.

After all, without him appearing, Zhou Tao couldn't get the superpower supplies, and the repairs for the aircraft carrier and other equipment couldn't be sped up.

If they were invaded by external enemies at this point, they would truly be finished.

"Want some superpower supplies?" Chen Fan's lips curled up slightly.

Zhou Tao gave an awkward smile and scratched his head, "We are a bit short. We've been busy building aircraft lately, and we haven't had the resources to repair the aircraft carrier and destroyers."

Seeing Chen Fan staring at him, he quickly added, "But there's no rush; after all, the divine beast's output is limited..."

Chen Fan frowned, "Limited?"

He remembered that after the superpower supplies produced by Leviathan were used by others, their warships could be controlled via the superpower controller.

The previous aircraft were controlled by the Commander-in-Chief and his team, who then used them for suicide attacks.

This was a crucial part of Chen Fan's future plans; if production couldn't keep up, wouldn't it all be for nothing?

Thinking of this, Chen Fan turned to look at the Reaper: "Have you been slacking off?"

"Iya—wuwuwu."

The Reaper acted cute and scrambled into the sinkhole as if fleeing.

"General Chen, please don't blame it. It's because the quality of our food is too low, which leads to low output."

"I see." Chen Fan rubbed his chin.

It seems he really needs to get more energy to feed it.

"If it really doesn't work out, General Chen, you can just take this batch of divine supplies... As for the aircraft... we'll owe you."

Zhou Tao was a decent guy; seeing Chen Fan looking troubled, he gritted his teeth and said.

Hearing this, Chen Fan smiled and shook his head, "I'm afraid if you owe me, your city will be invaded by external enemies."

Chen Fan looked at his 240 million superpower supplies and waved his hand.

Instantly, ten million super energy chips piled up on the ground; there were so many that some even spilled into the sinkhole.

"Our current stock can last for a while longer, we can wait... Wait, what the f*ck?"

Zhou Tao was stunned, his pupils dilated rapidly, and he pinched his thigh hard.

"Hiss... that hurts!"

"My god! So many divine supplies!"

"Am I dreaming?!!"

Chen Fan smiled, "Is this enough for you to repair the aircraft carrier and help me build aircraft?"

"Enough! More than enough!"

Zhou Tao took a deep breath, his eyes shining: "With so much divine energy, I can rally more people to participate in construction. By the time General Chen comes next time, I might be able to give you an even bigger surprise."

Chen Fan raised an eyebrow and nodded slightly, "Ten million supplies, if converted into fighter jets, would be over three hundred. Once you're done building them, I'll give you another batch."

Zhou Tao was overwhelmed with excitement, gripping Chen Fan's right hand tightly with both of his.

He was smart enough not to ask about the source of these supplies.

Taking a deep breath, he shouted, "Men, collect the divine supplies!"

"Yes! Chief!"

The soldiers around them could barely contain themselves. Upon hearing Zhou Tao's order, they immediately swarmed forward.

Boxes of superpower supplies were packed up and transported to the warehouse.

Chen Fan put the 45 aircraft into his system space and began to modify them.

With the bonus from the forerunner title, he would be able to finish the modifications in two hours.

By then, he would have 85 fighter jets and 25 anti-submarine helicopters.

After finishing things here, Chen Fan said goodbye to Zhou Tao and prepared to head to the Holy Gate.

He wanted to confirm two things:

First, whether the same Holy Gate could be opened with different keys to teleport to different locations.

Second, whether he could teleport into the Night Instance while it was upgrading.

If he could, perhaps he could get a glimpse of scenes he had never seen before.

Soon.

Chen Fan flew to the location of the Holy Gate on the dragon.

After feeding the Reaper another thousand energy, the dragon dove straight into the Holy Gate.

[Ding!]

[After opening the Holy Gate, the player will be teleported to the City of Sin. Do you want to open it?]

"It really works."

Chen Fan's eyes lit up, and he took a few deep breaths.

"Yes!"

[Opening successful, teleporting.]

A golden light enveloped both Chen Fan and the dragon. After a bout of dizziness, the dragon landed on the lawn.

"Whew... I really can get in."

Chen Fan caught his breath and looked up at the sky.

At just one glance, he was stunned on the spot.

Within his Exploration field of view, the mist-like, smoke-like flocculent mass in the sky had expanded countless times, almost completely obscuring the entire sky.

However, perhaps because its size had spread out, a glowing sphere was faintly visible in the middle of a patch of the flocculent mass.

A faint light shone down through the flocculent mass.

The entire Night Instance was actually illuminated to some extent.

With the help of this light, Chen Fan clearly saw the tentacles extending down from the sky.

Dense, countless tentacles; some were extending, others were retracting.

Every retracting tentacle was coiled around some pitch-black objects.

"So... the Night Instance isn't always in a state of night?"

"It's this eerie existence that's blocking the sunlight."

"These black objects... are actually pirate ships?"

"It's feeding on pirate ships?"

"No! That's not right!"

"It must be feeding on the magic dragon crystal core!"

Chen Fan suddenly realized.

Suddenly.

The floating tentacles in the sky paused simultaneously, as if they had sensed Chen Fan's presence, and the heads of all the tentacles turned toward him.

The aura of death permeated the air, and Chen Fan's chest suddenly felt tight.

The adverse reaction of entering the dungeon without the tentacle prop had actually appeared.

"Run!" Chen Fan growled in a trembling voice.

Davian also swallowed hard, suppressing his discomfort, and steered the Mechanical Dragon to turn and dive back into the vortex.

This movement seemed to trigger a chain reaction.

Countless tentacles whipped crazily toward the Mechanical Dragon.

Chen Fan watched this scene in horror, the command for the Spirit World already at his throat.

"Get me in!"

Davian shouted, the Mechanical Dragon reached top speed, and instantly dove into the vortex.