"Bzzzz—"
The white Ground Effect Vehicle hovered two meters above the sea surface, speeding along at 400 kilometers per hour, raising a wall of water behind it as it sped by.
Along the way, all the regular fishing boats and sea fishing vessels were left gaping as they saw the white missile-like craft zoom past.
Far from the coast, with Ah Bai's encouragement, the Ground Effect Vehicle's speed reached a terrifying 500 kilometers per hour. If it were anyone else on board, they'd probably be unable to handle the wind pressure and puke their guts out.
"The stuff from the Security Bureau is pretty durable! And at this speed, it still hasn't come apart..."
Sitting in his seat with his seatbelt fastened, Master Fuli glanced at the navigation and speedometer, and marveled.
"Old Feng said it could be modified further, but I have no money." With joy on his face, Ah Bai fiddled with the throttle, speaking to Master Fuli: "Upgraded to the top level, it weighs several hundred tons, can traverse the seas without issue, but the problem is, there's no money left."
Compared to the one Master Fuli used before, this Ground Effect Vehicle had actually been sent back to the factory for extreme modifications.
The original engine had a new formula added; apart from the looks, it was entirely different inside. It even had face and password recognition for double anti-theft protection.
In Xia Dong's Institute of Mechanical Engineering, research on Ground Effect Vehicles had been ongoing. For inter-island transportation, regular ships were too inefficient, whereas the high-speed stability of Ground Effect Vehicles was very suitable, plus they saved fuel!
The Ground Effect Vehicle Ah Bai was using served, in a sense, as a verification of its safety.
This craft focused on nothing but speed and reliability.
When you sat in the Ground Effect Vehicle, the highest technology you could see besides the engine and the body was the phone in your hand. And you, my steely-willed comrade, were the only real leather-wrapped thing on board!
The Ground Effect Vehicle journeyed southward, crossing the straits and heading straight for Eli Island.
Ah Bai began to slow down when gray dolphins leapt out of the water, saluting Master Fuli with their fins.
Orcas patrolled around the island, while massive blue and humpback whales, invited by the orcas, slowly swam in the dim sea depths like warriors ready for action, measuring over thirty meters long.
"On the island, our secret base can get us the positions of the scientific research ships."
Ah Bai introduced the small foreign island to Master Fuli. On the island was an intelligence hut they had "found," containing a speaker that, when asked, would provide intelligence and nautical charts.
The intelligence speaker was as magical as the magical conch from the cartoons in Ah Bai's memory.
"Once we have the charts, we can board!" Master Fuli nodded slightly, tossing the box placed in the Ground Effect Vehicle into the sea, where an orca grabbed it in its mouth for safekeeping.
After acquiring the charts, Ah Bai threw a rugged cell phone into the sea for the gray dolphins.
Ah Bai barked, exiting his giant wolf form and returning to a regular Chow Chow dog, jumping into the water and clinging onto the dolphin's back, holding tightly onto the fish fin.
Master Fuli did the same, riding a dolphin and speeding toward the open sea under the cover of night.
A moment later.
A large ship nearly sixty meters long and over ten meters wide appeared before them. The dolphins prepared to go into stealth mode, ready to swim underwater to the research ship's bottom and stow away on board for some borrowing (?)
"No, Ah Bai, let's go straight for the biggest one, the one we want to tow back to the port..."
Seeing the dolphins start to dive, Master Fuli waved a hand at Ah Bai, signaling it to ignore these small fry.
The main target tonight was that destroyer.
Normally, Master Fuli was uninterested in destroyers, as it wasn't like they could come to Xia Country to bombard him.
But now was different.
Given the upcoming schedule, he might face off against Vimal on an open sea island.
Therefore, the presence of this destroyer was, to Master Fuli, quite the annoyance since the destroyer could really fire ship-to-air missiles and give him a serious kick in the butt.
Thus, Master Fuli planned to go over and take off the destroyer's engine screws, cutting all engine oil pipes for the ship-to-air missiles it carried.
Fox Fox didn't know how to repair missiles and engines.
But when it came to dismantling, Fox Fox was the most destructive pet; when Lin Ying dismantled a villa, the economic loss started at tens of thousands. While Master Fuli hadn't dismantled anything before, he was quite confident about it.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak—"
As they approached the destroyer, Master Fuli suddenly sensed an unusual ocean current flowing past them, while the dolphins opened their mouths and emitted "squeak, squeak" sounds.
Master Fuli, please hide a bit; there's sonar.
The destroyer's sonar was releasing multi-beam detection signals outward.
These old rogue dolphins knew about sonar and had already figured out a way to avoid it. Each dolphin emitted a curse-like noise, creating weak interference and affecting the sonar's final imaging, allowing the not-so-large Master Fuli and Boss Bai to slip by undetected.
The dolphins also consciously blocked in front, using their bodies to obscure the presence of unusual items.
A fox and Doggy at the sea bottom would certainly be too conspicuous and suspicious, and the sonar operators weren't fools.
But with the dolphins' interference and blocking, they could mildly affect the sonar operators' detection time.
Within this time created by the dolphins, it was already enough for Master Fuli to climb aboard the ship.
"Awooo—"
The gray dolphins leaped with all their might, Ah Bai's form rapidly expanded into a giant wolf, soaring through the air, throwing Master Fuli toward the high ship deck with his hands.
"To hell with you!"
Master Fuli, like an arrow off the string, arrived on the ship deck by the anti-aircraft guns in no time, forcefully kicking the cannon barrel coming out of the fortress to the side.
Immediately afterward, under the stunned gaze of those on the bridge, Master Fuli burrowed into the turret and began unscrewing the bolts.
"Everyone get out! Squat on the deck! Quickly!"
Master Fuli faced the bridge, which was the command room of the destroyer, holding up the thick barrel of the anti-aircraft gun, threatening to smash it against their ship's bridge.
"Nonono—"
The commander in the bridge, eyes wide, frantically waved his hands, signaling the Arctic Fox not to act rashly.
Should this hit smash down, wrecking the bridge equipment would mean the destroyer would have to go back to the factory for a major overhaul.
With the speed of bureaucratic red-tape, he estimated he'd be executed by electric chair before they even started repairing the ship!
As soon as the ground crew and other warriors received the invasion alert, they immediately armed themselves and ran out, raising their automatic rifles to find the target.
But as soon as they poured out.
Seeing the scene before them, they were all stunned, the rifles they had just raised were instinctively lowered, staring blankly at the scene on the destroyer's deck.
The drenched Arctic Fox, under the moonlight and the sea breeze, had fur slightly flowing, and you could vaguely see the moonlight through the gaps in its fur.
The fox standing upright, standing straight on the destroyer's turret, held up the cannon barrel, pointing it toward the bridge, jabbing at the bridge's metal armor.
"...WTF?"
A dumbfounded soldier instinctively looked down at the burning stick in his hand, then back up at the terrifying fox holding up the metal cannon barrel. After a few glances, he snapped out of it, threw the automatic rifle in his hand onto the deck.
"Screw this!"
"Whoever wants to deal with this can, the stupid accountant didn't even pay last month's salary, and now they want me to fight these supernatural creatures, anyone else can go, screw this!"
Upon seeing Master Fuli, the first soldier to regain his senses tossed his gun aside and jumped straight into the sea, swimming quickly toward the research ship five nautical miles away.
Can't deal with this anymore.
They already owed wages for Halloween, and now they're actually telling me to go fight these strange things.
Not everyone, unlike the commander, knew about the existence of Spirit Beasts. For the ordinary soldier who saw Master Fuli, the ghost stories from horror movies echoed in their minds.
"Hey! Johnny, the automatic rifle costs nine thousand three!" another soldier, regaining his senses, exclaimed, picking up his brother's gun and jumping into the sea, chasing after Johnny:
"You lose the smart WiFi firearm, and they'll dock nine thousand three from your pay!"