Chapter 168: Pig manure, nothing but pig manure! She is finished!

Unlike Mingdai’s shock, Zhou Sinian stared at the pile of items on the grass, his eyes wide with pleasant surprise.

"Wow! Mingdai, big firecrackers! These are the big firecrackers I was talking about! They make such a loud sound! Much more fun than the small ones! Let me set one off for you to see!"

As soon as his voice trailed off, his figure darted right into the middle of the grass!

"No, stop!!"

Just as Zhou Sinian was about to touch the mountain-like pile of hand grenades on the ground, almost on pure instinct, Mingdai executed a flying reverse hook kick, sending him floating high up above the explosive pile, dangling precariously in the air.

Startled by this posture, Zhou Sinian struggled vigorously: "Mingdai, let me down quickly! I'll set off a firecracker for you to see!"

Mingdai’s little heart pounded wildly against her ribs!

That is not a firecracker you are setting off!

That is clearly my life!

Taking a deep breath, Mingdai pulled Sinian down beside her, tightly grabbing his sleeve to keep him from wandering off.

Dissatisfied, Zhou Sinian struggled, extremely unhappy with Mingdai preventing him from setting off his fireworks.

"Mingdai, there are so many here, can't I just set off one? Just one, and I'll give the rest to you!"

Mingdai took a deep breath and flatly refused: "No! This is way too dangerous. If you set one off, this entire dimension will probably cease to exist!"

Zhou Sinian paused, looked at the pile of explosives on the ground, and scratched his head: "Really? But I used to set these off all the time, and it seemed... totally fine?"

Mingdai thought: *That's because you weren't blowing yourself up. Given your ruthless track record, whether anyone else could even survive to come looking for you is a mystery.*

After much persuasion, she finally managed to dispel Zhou Sinian's notion of setting off explosives for her entertainment. Ignoring his murmurs, Mingdai carefully separated the explosive pile on the ground.

To her astonishment, she discovered over 300 packs of explosives, 500 hand grenades, and 10 drums of gasoline!

The combined destructive power of these items could easily blow Lookout Mountain off the map without breaking a sweat!!

Mingdai felt profoundly grateful that she was the one who came today. If Mayor Wei had led people here, a cornered Takahashi might actually have detonated the explosives!

Amidst Zhou Sinian's lingering reluctance and endless chatter, Mingdai transferred the items into the warehouse for safekeeping. She also moved the gasoline out, though she refilled the gasoline barrels with pig manure before putting them back.

Once everything was properly arranged, she breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the aggrieved Zhou Sinian.

He cast a most accusatory glance at Mingdai, clearly signaling that she was stingy—with so many big firecrackers, she wouldn't even let him play with a single one!

Helpless, Mingdai could only coax him: "How about this, you act well with the Wild Boar Bride later. If you do a good job, I'll give you one to play with."

Zhou Sinian’s eyes lit up as he rubbed his hands in excitement: "Really? Okay, okay! Just watch me, Mingdai, I'll scare them out of their minds!"

With that, he impatiently changed into the ghost bride's outfit, dragged the wild boar chieftain along, and bared his teeth while practicing their scary expressions.

***

Mingdai had applied the ghost bride's essential makeup to him bright and early. Even though the dimension was brightly lit, Mingdai still felt a slight chill looking at him—let alone in the pitch-black of Lookout Mountain!

Inside the dimension, Zhou Sinian, Mingdai, and the Wild Boar Bride were all fully prepared.

Outside the dimension, the excavation team successfully dug up the entrance to the underground cave.

The outermost wooden door had long since rotted through. With a single tug, half of the door ring pulled right off.

Upon seeing this, Takahashi was not angry at all; instead, she let out a sigh of relief.

*Broken is good. Broken means nobody has touched this place before, and the things inside naturally haven't been taken away!*

Assured that the contents were undisturbed, Takahashi relaxed and slowly sat down, leaning against a nearby rock.

Only after unwinding did she realize her back was drenched in sweat. A gust of chilly wind swept past, causing her to shudder involuntarily.

After shivering, she shook her head with a sense of powerlessness. After all, she was getting old; such a short distance was already beginning to test her limits.

She gazed at the iron door entrance being pried open bit by bit, feeling a sense of inner peace.

Just wait a little longer. Once these supplies were transferred out and the plan was completed, she would finally be able to go home.

She hadn't seen the cherry blossoms and first snow of her hometown in such a long time.

Just as she was immersed in her nostalgia, the iron door was completely pried open!

"Dr. Takahashi, it's open!"

Takahashi stood up excitedly, but due to rising too quickly, a wave of dizziness washed over her, and she pitched forward.

Fortunately, the subordinate guarding her all along caught her just in time, preventing a tragic fall that could have broken her head.

A cold sweat broke out in fright. Once she regained her footing, Takahashi clutched her chest and thanked the man supporting her: "Thank you, Xiao Lin-kun, if it weren't for you..."

As soon as the words left her mouth, both of them were stunned.

Xiao Lin-kun—namely, Dr. Lin from the county hospital—looked at her strangely, feeling that Dr. Takahashi was acting very bizarre today. Normally, she would never make such a low-level mistake.

Usually, they addressed each other formally as Dr. Takahashi and Dr. Lin, even in private conversations.

Takahashi shared the same thought. She pressed her excessively racing heart, sensing that something ominous was about to happen.

"Caw~~ caw~~ caw~~~"

The sudden cawing of crows echoing through the woods startled everyone into a sweat, while simultaneously snapping Takahashi’s straying wits back to reality.

The two walked in silence toward the underground cave, where people had already descended.

Working together in coordination, a dozen people hauled all the crates up from below.

***

Takahashi felt relieved at the sight of the crates.

She stroked the topmost crate, but accidentally brushed against some liquid stains.

That shouldn't be. The underground cave had been specially constructed with poured concrete and was utterly waterproof and moisture-proof; how could there be liquid stains?

One had to know that once these supplies got damp, it would be extremely difficult to use them again!

Consumed by tension, she completely failed to notice that these water stains had a somewhat foul odor and were sticky to the touch.

Xiao Lin, who was assigned to protect her, noticed the abnormality, but before he could speak, Takahashi ordered her subordinates to open the crates!

"Quick, open them and check if they got damp! Why is there water?"

At her command, the subordinates immediately pried open the crates.

The moment the boxes were forced open, absolute silence fell over the scene.

Takahashi’s anxious expression seemed frozen solid on her face.

Will someone please tell her what this pitch-black, sticky, foul-smelling stuff filling the crate was?!

The moment Mingdai and Zhou Sinian had been eagerly anticipating finally arrived!

Watching the identical expressions of shock plastered across the faces of the dozen people outside, the two of them nearly laughed themselves to death.

"Caw~~ caw~~ caw~~~"

The crows' cawing jarred everyone back to their senses. Takahashi pointed a trembling finger at the remaining crates: "Open them! All of them! Open them all!"

Her subordinates immediately sprang into action. In the end, even the gasoline barrels were pried open, yet not a single shred of explosives was found.

Pig manure. It was all pig manure. Aside from pig manure, there was nothing else!

As the mountain breeze swept past, the stench assaulted everyone's nostrils.

"Ugh!"

Those with weak stomachs instantly began dry-heaving.

Takahashi didn't dry-heave, but her complexion had already turned an utter, ghastly shade of white.

With these supplies lost, she was completely finished too!