The sound was utterly soul-stirring, as if emanating from the depths of one's heart, an extremely unpleasant, piercing shriek that threatened to deafen the ears.
Ye Tiancheng instinctively covered his ears, displaying an expression of extreme discomfort. Fortunately, the fat man's shovel strike temporarily freed him from the tentacles' grip.
The fat man and Ye Tiancheng were sent flying a considerable distance. As Ye Tiancheng sat up, he realized he owed his life to the fat man this time, or rather, he had been saved by him.
"Brother Ye, what in the world was that? Like an octopus, I saw with my own eyes, that thing was sucking you in with its tentacles. I know it's difficult, especially when you couldn't break free, but I couldn't help myself. I saw it, and I had to hit it with my shovel."
The fat man had always been this brave, and today Ye Tiancheng truly witnessed what a formidable man was. When he truly acted, he wouldn't back down from anyone, not even the King of Heaven.
"Alright, the situation in the water is not simple. There's definitely some monster about to emerge. Didn't you say you brought explosives last time? Don't hold back, throw them in. I want to go fishing with explosives."
"Okay, I want to see what kind of demons and monsters are lurking in this water. We must blow it up, blow it up until the bottom is visible, that would be best!"
The fat man was always eager for more action. Previously, Ye Tiancheng had always been the one in charge. Now that Ye Tiancheng agreed to use explosives, the fat man had been itching to use this tactic. After all, using explosives was truly exhilarating; it would be great if everything was blown to smithereens.
"Brother Ye, move a bit closer to the edge. The explosives I brought this time are very powerful. I don't want to hurt you. If you were actually hit, the consequences would be unimaginable."
Hearing the fat man say this, Ye Tiancheng could imagine how potent the explosives were. He quickly retreated several steps, not wanting to get hurt.
"Brother Ye, watch closely. This lake is only the size of a palm, and my explosives are incredibly powerful. They can easily flatten this lake. Just watch, I'm not bragging. I'll show you how capable I, Fatty, am."
The fat man, despite his usual憨厚 (simple and honest) demeanor, was fiercer than anyone when it came to fighting. The ferocity in his eyes made Ye Tiancheng shiver.
"Go ahead, Fatty. Your brother is eagerly awaiting."
Ye Tiancheng was indeed eagerly awaiting. The last time he saw the power of the fat man's explosives was when they were searching for a snow lotus. Now, after such a long time, Ye Tiancheng hadn't had the chance to experience Fatty's formidable power again.
The fat man wrapped all the explosives in a special material and then threw them into the lake. The moment they hit the water, it was evident that the explosives were heavy, splashing water quite high.
"Brother Ye, then I'm going to do it!"
The fat man was impatient. He quickly moved a safe distance away with Ye Tiancheng and remotely detonated the explosives.
The moment the fat man pressed the button, an extremely loud explosion erupted. The explosion sent lake water splashing incredibly high, as if reaching the height of a towering tree. The once small lake was instantly dealt with, blown into a large pit.
"Brother Ye, come quickly and see! I think this monster was badly hit by my explosives. I saw a pile of messy things fly out just now. This is going to be interesting."
The fat man had observed closely and felt that many tentacles flew out. He thought the monster must have been injured by the explosives, otherwise, its tentacles wouldn't have flown out.
The fat man quickly ran over. Indeed, the tentacles on the ground were still writhing stubbornly, but even with their persistent wriggling, they were separated from the main body and could only meet their demise.
"They have quite tenacious vitality. It seems if I, Fatty, don't finish them off, you won't know how powerful I, Fatty, am! I fear you insidious and cunning fellows might come back to life, and then all my efforts would be in vain!"
At this moment, the fat man became more cautious. He quickly took out his shovel and began to furiously attack the writhing, not-yet-dead tentacles on the ground.
As the fat man chopped down the tentacles, he was also vanquishing demons and monsters, his experience points soaring continuously. His shovel was also imbued with a powerful demonic energy.
"You're truly sending me resources. I never thought I, Fatty, would have such a powerful day. Truly, fortune turns. Now I've finally stood up."
The fat man felt very excited. After so many days of toiling, the process was comparable to fetching scriptures from the West, truly difficult. He felt that the time for harvest had finally arrived, a feeling that was indescribable.
"Fatty, thanks to you. It seems violence is the best way to deal with these杂碎 (scum). Being too nice to these杂碎 feels like a waste of our emotions."
After the fat man's onslaught, the monsters were finally dealt with. The fat man ran over to look. In the large pit, only two round eyeballs remained. Anyone else would have been terrified, but fortunately, the fat man had seen quite a bit of the world and could handle such minor situations.
"Brother Ye, come quickly and look! This is too disgusting. There are so many eyeballs here. I'm going to throw up my dinner! Help!"
Ye Tiancheng directly instructed the fat man, "Don't hesitate, just deal with them. Destroy those eyeballs for me."
"Okay, here I come!"
The fat man was initially hesitant to act carelessly, but now that Ye Tiancheng had spoken, he had no reason to hold back. He just needed to get to it.
The fat man, holding his shovel, jumped directly into the pit. Then, wielding his shovel, he began to hack relentlessly at the two eyeballs.
The two eyeballs were directly shattered by the fat man's ferocity, and a lot of strange substances flowed out, looking extremely disgusting, making one want to vomit.
"It's so smelly, Brother Ye, I swear, I haven't been attacked by such a severe stench in a long time!"
The fat man almost vomited right in front of Ye Tiancheng. While the eyeballs themselves were not harmful, they had caused the fat man no small amount of distress. Just this stench attack alone was enough to make one suffer immensely.
"There's black energy!"
Ye Tiancheng realized he had underestimated the situation. He hadn't detected any black energy earlier and thought it had nothing to do with Ouyang Xunuo. Now he understood that these two eyeballs were the key, containing black energy. Just as the fat man was caught off guard, it tried to attack him. At the critical moment, Ye Tiancheng stepped in to help, completely dispersing the black energy.
"Brother Ye, thank goodness for you! You scared me to death. This is too terrifying. I almost lost my life. How can these monsters be so insidious!"
The fat man was still in shock. A moment of carelessness, and he didn't know what would have happened to him. It seemed he needed to be more careful in the future. Even a moment of inattention could lead to eternal damnation, which would be tragic.
The fat man was still very much in fear. At first, he only thought the two eyeballs looked disgusting, a visually unsettling sight. He never expected them to harbor such a hidden trick. If Ye Tiancheng hadn't blocked the black energy, it would have likely consumed the fat man.
After all, the shovel had no special properties for dealing with black energy. The fat man also deeply understood that if it weren't for his luck, he might have lost his life.
"Alright, everything is fine now. Ouyang Xunuo set up such a grand scheme, intending for them to jump in. Fortunately, for us brothers, we still have some brains and wouldn't easily fall into someone else's trap."
Ye Tiancheng was also very clear-headed. Without careful planning step by step, he and the fat man would sooner or later become thorns in someone's side, and such an unwelcome presence would certainly be eliminated.
"Brother Ye, come quickly and look! Something is shining in this large pit. Come and see. I was so disgusted by those two eyeballs earlier that my eyes aren't working well now. I can only rely on your discerning eye to take a look."
Ye Tiancheng went over and indeed found something shining in the large pit. He quickly used his true energy to open a certain width and was surprised to discover that there was indeed something inside, and it was like diamonds, very precious, making one feel an urge to claim it as their own upon seeing it.
"They look like diamonds. Women like diamonds, but they don't attract me much as men."
Ye Tiancheng appeared uninterested. This greatly worried the fat man. For the fat man, it wasn't that simple. He felt this place was quite remarkable. A stinking fish pit actually yielded diamonds. This was like wealth falling from the sky. If the fat man couldn't catch it, he would feel deeply regretful.
"Brother Ye, that's not quite right. While women do prefer diamonds, I, as a man, also like them. The main thing is they are very valuable. A small piece like this costs tens of thousands, much more valuable than gold."
Ye Tiancheng hadn't thought of this. It was mainly because Ye Tiancheng was too insensitive to money, which was why he felt that even if diamonds were found in the fish pit, it wasn't anything special.
"You're right. Let's put them away then. This is also a considerable fortune. Our company wants to open a branch, so this is a good opportunity to plan things out, which would be good."
He said this so that Ye Tiancheng could comfortably collect the discovered treasures. Otherwise, with Ye Tiancheng's noble character, he might disdain picking up things found on the ground. But the fat man really wanted to take them.
The feeling of discovering treasure was truly exciting. So the fat man knew the value of these diamonds. Even though they hadn't been processed yet, he couldn't resist wanting to claim them quickly.
He quickly grabbed a cloth bag and put all the diamonds found in the pit into the bag.
"Brother Ye, I don't want to exaggerate, but I think my brother and I have really struck it rich this time. With so many diamonds, as long as we find a reliable merchant, we can sell them for a very good price. Forget one branch, we can open several branches casually. After all, we have money and can be willful."
The fat man felt that with money, one could stand at the top of the food chain. Just like Ye Tiancheng, who was a great philanthropist, it didn't matter if he came from a farming background; he could still command influence.
Anyone who knew him, wherever Ye Tiancheng was, he was always surrounded by admiration. Later, when Ye Tiancheng became an ordinary person, even though he was now the owner of a small company, he no longer had the same grandeur.