Lin Fan stopped and turned to look at Tian Mengyao, saying thoughtfully, "I remember there's an application for civilian explosives in your files. Let's go get the explosives together."
"Right, you..."
Tian Mengyao's mouth fell open, her eyes widened, and she suddenly realized, "So you knew there were monsters in the mountains all along? You you you..."
The last time they went to Luofeng Mountain for an inspection, Lin Fan had asked her for explosives.
Going further back, it was when she first arrived at Luofeng Village that Lin Fan had stepped forward to stop her from developing Luofeng Mountain.
"Xiao Fan, what exactly have you been hiding from everyone?"
Tian Mengyao's expression was solemn.
If this matter got out, it would surely bring panic to all the nearby villagers.
And Luofeng Mountain was within the territory of Luofeng Village, so Luofeng Village would be the first to bear the brunt, and who knew how much trouble it would stir up.
"Prepare the explosives. I'm going to talk to it."
Lin Fan took a deep breath and continued, "If the talk goes well, everyone will be safe. If it doesn't, I'll try to kill it first. If that's not possible, then you can report it to the authorities."
He didn't believe that such a large country had never encountered a situation like Luofeng Village before.
It was just that the authorities had suppressed it, so ordinary people didn't know anything.
Or even if it got out, once the authorities denied it, people would just laugh it off.
"Let's report it directly. My dad..."
When faced with a problem she couldn't solve, Tian Mengyao's first thought was her father.
Lin Fan waved his hand, interrupting her, "Let me try first."
Every effect has a cause.
Lin Fan guessed that the monster probably didn't have much power before, but had become so strong later. Otherwise, why had there never been any news of strange occurrences in Luofeng Mountain before?
Since this monster appeared shortly after he woke up, it must have something to do with him.
Lin Fan suddenly remembered that he had once let some of the purple energy from his dantian leak out in a fit of rage.
And at that time, those wisps of purple energy had drifted in the direction of Luofeng Mountain.
Could it be... that something in Luofeng Mountain had absorbed this purple energy, and then turned into a monster?
Thinking this, Lin Fan felt a surge of guilt.
"Xiao Fan, this is not something you can handle alone."
"How do you know I can't?"
"Don't go, it's dangerous!"
Tian Mengyao nervously grabbed Lin Fan's arm, her face, eyes, and heart filled with worry and fear.
Lin Fan smiled confidently, "Dangerous, maybe a little. But I'm not without the ability to protect myself."
"Protect yourself with what? That's... a monster!"
Tian Mengyao stopped mid-sentence, hurriedly looked around, and only after confirming no one was nearby did she dare to utter the word "monster."
"Wait a moment."
Lin Fan walked to a large tree by the roadside, "See this tree?"
As he spoke, Lin Fan raised his hand and patted the trunk.
"A willow tree. What's wrong? It wouldn't be a monster, would it?"
Tian Mengyao had become suspicious and fearful, afraid to go forward.
"Watch closely!"
Lin Fan's brows furrowed. He took a deep breath, and the purple energy in his dantian surged, circulating throughout his body.
Then, with a "boom," Lin Fan, with lightning speed, threw a punch!
This punch seemed to shatter the air.
Tian Mengyao clearly heard the sound of air being broken ringing in her ears.
Bang!
With a loud noise.
Lin Fan withdrew his fist, shaking off the sawdust from it.
"This..."
Tian Mengyao was dumbfounded.
She saw that the trunk of a perfectly intact adult willow tree now had a large hole in it.
Through the hole, the beautiful scenery of the fields could be clearly seen.
But she had no intention of admiring the scenery.
She couldn't help but step forward and stretch her arm into the hole.
When she was sure it was all real, she stumbled and almost fainted.
Lin Fan caught her and said with a smile, "We've sparred before. Did you think I was afraid of it?"
Tian Mengyao patted her chest, trying to calm her racing heart.
A huge wave of emotion was surging within her, and she couldn't calm down for a long time.
"Prepare the explosives for me. I'm going to meet it. Did you hear me?"
Seeing that she wasn't speaking, Lin Fan patiently explained, "The explosives are just to scare it. I won't blow up the mountain unless it's absolutely necessary, nor will I perish with it. If all else fails, I'll just run away. Then you can report it as you should."
"Okay."
Tian Mengyao came back to her senses and nodded obediently.
She clenched her small fists, now filled with immense confidence in Lin Fan.
Thus, the two quickly retrieved the explosives.
A total of two hundred kilograms of explosives!
Tian Mengyao hadn't even used any connections. If she had, even two thousand kilograms of explosives wouldn't have been a problem.
On the way back, Tian Mengyao was constantly nervous, looking back from time to time.
Two hundred kilograms of explosives were enough to blow up this SUV into pieces.
And she would be utterly annihilated.
Seeing her constant anxiety, Lin Fan kept teasing her from the side, and occasionally told jokes to help her relax.
However, when they returned to the clinic and got out of the car, a slight breeze blew, and she felt a chill down her back.
It turned out that at some point, her back had been soaked in cold sweat.
Of course, it wasn't just the two hundred kilograms of explosives that scared her, but also the lingering fear of being possessed by a monster.
After Lin Fan got out of the car, he complained, "It's already afternoon. How could you drive like a snail?"
"Nonsense!" Tian Mengyao rolled her eyes. "Carrying a load of explosives, if anything went wrong, we'd both be going to heaven!"
"Sigh," Lin Fan chuckled, "Explosives aren't that easy to detonate. You're just worrying for nothing."
"You're still saying that!"
Tian Mengyao pouted and huffed, "I asked you to keep an eye on things in the back, but you sat in the passenger seat and didn't even turn your head once. I had to keep looking back."
Lin Fan smiled and didn't reply. Instead, he walked into the clinic to prepare other weapons.
He used the Red Blood Lingzhi as the main ingredient and prepared some antidote potions.
Other weapons included ropes, silver needles, high-powered flashlights, and so on.
"Xiao Fan, why don't we just organize the villagers to carry all the explosives into the mountain? You can find the monster's lair and detonate all the explosives to kill it. If that's not enough, I'll go get more explosives."
Although Tian Mengyao's tone was resolute, her emotions were very low.
In her heart, Lin Fan's safety was more important than anything else.
"The village is full of old, weak, women, and children. Asking them to do this kind of work would be like asking for their lives. If anything goes wrong, how will you explain it to your superiors?"
Lin Fan finished organizing the last weapon and said, "Haven't we already agreed? I'll go myself and try it out first."
"But..."
Tian Mengyao looked back towards the gate. Seeing that the gate was still closed, she boldly hugged Lin Fan from behind, "I don't want you to go alone on a dangerous mission!"