Early morning.

Chen Hao and Xie Xiaofeng had left their home in the Netherworld and headed to City H in the mortal world to meet up with Ye Fei and others.

Not long after, a bus came and took Chen Hao, Ye Fei, the Onmyojis, and members of the Superpower Organization to the airport, where Liu Jiantian had already been waiting for a while.

Following Liu Jiantian, they passed through a special emergency passage for security check and boarded the charter plane prepared for the personnel heading to Hulu Fairy Island, located in the northeast of East Country.

After more than four hours of flight, the plane finally reached City O, which was the closest to Hulu Fairy Island. Upon disembarking, there was a car ready to take the group.

At this time, the dock was heavily guarded by soldiers, and all boats that usually traveled to and from Hulu Fairy Island were now docked at the shore.

After Chen Hao and his companions got out of the car, the guarding soldiers immediately let them pass and arranged a ferry to take them to Hulu Fairy Island.

Half an hour later, amidst a hazy mist over the sea in front, they saw Six Finger Mountain on the nine hundred square kilometers large Hulu Fairy Island.

Six Finger Mountain, located in the central part of Hulu Fairy Island, covered an area of about ninety square kilometers and had an elevation of over a thousand meters. From the angle where Chen Hao and others stood, the Six Finger Mountain looked like a hand with six fingers resting on Hulu Fairy Island.

At that moment, Chen Hao activated his Nether Vision Technique and looked towards the island.

Seconds later, he first saw the closest northwestern port on the island, where dozens of warships equipped with missiles and fighter jets were docked. Not far ahead, in the fishing village, fully equipped soldiers seemed to have set up camp already.

Then, Chen Hao's gaze moved southeast towards Six Finger Mountain. Just as Liu Jiantian had said, most of the island's residents had already evacuated. He saw, apart from uniformly dressed soldiers, war vehicles and tanks driving on the highways and planes hovering in the sky.

A few minutes later, just as Chen Hao's line of sight was about to reach Six Finger Mountain, suddenly a loud "bang" of an explosion sounded.

It was right near his field of vision!

He immediately looked towards the sound, seeing a drone suddenly crash on the mountain.

"How strange!" Chen Hao thought, and then he began searching around the crashed drone.

Soon, he discovered many huge and dark objects in the valley between the third and fourth mountains north of Six Finger Mountain. Upon closer inspection, he realized that these dark objects were indeed a group of giant beasts that looked very similar to lions.

Like black lions, these giant beasts were covered in gray fur, with very long manes extending to their shoulders and chests; however, many of these giant beasts had two forked tails, one long and one short, and they were twice as large as regular lions.

"These must be the Black Lion Beasts," Chen Hao muttered to himself.

At this moment, all the Black Lion Beasts in the mountains were looking towards a lake, emitting deep and low sounds. To Chen Hao's surprise, these Black Lion Beasts could stand like giant gorilla beasts, albeit with a much more hunched back.

After observing for a while, suddenly, a thunderous lion's roar resounded, shaking the nearby trees violently and causing rocks to slide down.

Chen Hao looked towards the top of the third mountain to the north, where a larger Black Lion Beast stood at the peak, looking down with sharp, piercing eyes.

"Roar!" The Black Lion Beasts below responded in unison, then produced even louder roars towards the lake in the valley as if calling out to something.

Curious, Chen Hao then shifted his gaze to the lake. When he looked at the bottom, he saw a glowing tree with semi-translucent leaves and silver flowers that had not decayed or been washed away despite being submerged.

Most of the tree trunk was buried under the mud at the bottom of the lake.

Seeing this, Chen Hao couldn't help but speculate, "Could these Black Lion Beasts be calling out to this tree?"

"What is this strange tree? What did the black lion beasts summon it for?"

"Chen Hao, Chen Hao!" At this moment, Ye Fei's voice called Chen Hao back from his thoughts.

Chen Hao, with a stunned look in his eyes, responded with an "Oh."

"Did I disturb you?"

"No!"

Chen Hao shook his head and then looked at Ye Fei, saying, "Ye Fei, I saw those black lion beasts, a lot of them. Also, I saw a glowing tree at the bottom of the lake."

"A glowing tree?" Ye Fei felt surprised.

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A quarter of an hour later, the boat finally arrived at the northwest harbor of Gourd Immortal Island.

After disembarking, a military officer came up to greet them.

"Everyone has worked hard!" The officer saluted the group and said, "I am the main person in charge of this special operation. You can just call me Elder Cui."

Everyone nodded.

"I heard the Campus Hero is also here," the officer who identified himself as Elder Cui continued, "I wonder which one of you it is?"

Chen Hao looked at Ye Fei beside him, smiled, and then whispered into his ear, "It could be one of your fans."

Ye Fei gave a bitter smile and suddenly spread his arms, placing them on the shoulders of Chen Hao and Xie Xiaofeng, embracing them both as they walked forward, he said, "Campus Hero isn't one person, all three of us are."

Watching the three of them, Elder Cui smiled and nodded, "Very nice, I've long admired your reputation. It's an honor to see all three of you here."

"What's the situation like now?" Ye Fei asked with furrowed brows.

Elder Cui's expression darkened and he sighed helplessly, saying, "There isn't a good way to deal with those black lion beasts for now. Fortunately, they haven't made any moves and have been staying on the mountain for many days."

"What are they doing on the mountain?" Ye Fei continued to ask.

Elder Cui shook his head, somewhat ashamedly, "I don't know, we can't get close to them. Whether it's our sent personnel or drones, they've all been killed or destroyed."

"How many residents on the island haven't been evacuated?" Chen Hao asked.

"Currently, there are still over six thousand, all living in Hua Lian Town on the east side of Six Finger Mountain. Due to their proximity to the black lion beasts, we simply can't mount a rescue. Also, the island's communication tower and transmitter were destroyed by the beasts, so we haven't been able to contact those trapped."

"However," Elder Cui's tone suddenly shifted, "According to yesterday's drone footage, Hua Lian Town is still intact for the time being and appears not to have been attacked by the black lion beasts."

After hearing what Elder Cui had said, Chen Hao turned to look at Zhang Chuiping and Hua Shan, "We need to figure out a way to safely evacuate these people first, then deal with the black lion beasts."

Zhang Chuiping and Hua Shan nodded.

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