I was just fishing, how did I become a Great Old One?

Jianghai City, Deep Blue Plaza, underground private cold storage.

"Click—"

A crisp sound echoed in the empty warehouse.

Holding the Poseidon Trident stolen from Atlantis, Jiang Li easily skewered a piece of meat as big as a millstone from a burrowing worm, as if using a toothpick to pick up fruit.

This divine artifact, once symbolizing supreme authority over the ocean and capable of unleashing monstrous tsunamis, is now crackling with electric sparks, functioning as a fully automatic heated tableware. Under the scorching heat of divine power, the once rock-hard demon worm meat quickly turns golden brown and crispy, emitting an enticing aroma of oil.

"Yes, this fork is really useful. It has a built-in electric grill function and can control the temperature."

Jiang Li took a bite of the meat and nodded in satisfaction.

"It's a bit long, though, so it's easy to poke the ceiling when you're eating."

Beside him, Wang Ergou was holding a laptop and quickly jotting something down.

"Boss, our 'Deep Sea Noble Series' set meals have been very well received, with reservations already booked until next year. However, recently many regular customers have commented that while we offer a wide variety of wild game, it seems to be lacking some 'land-based delicacies'."

"A grand dish on land?"

Jiang Li swallowed the meat in his mouth and turned his gaze to the giant world map hanging on the wall.

His gaze crossed the Atlantic Ocean and settled on the mysterious sea area known as the "Death Triangle"—Bermuda.

"Perfect timing, I've been wanting to try something different."

Jiang Li wiped the grease from his mouth. "Eating too much seafood will give me gout. We need to get some red meat. I heard that the Bermuda Triangle leads to the inner world? The dinosaurs there... I guess they count as red meat?"

"Dinosaur?!"

Wang Ergou's hand trembled, and the laptop almost fell to the ground.

"Boss, you mean the Tyrannosaurus Rex? Those things... are edible?"

"Why can't we eat it? It's a large free-range chicken!"

Jiang Li said with certainty, "Think about it, dinosaurs were the ancestors of birds, so Tyrannosaurus Rex meat must have been similar to chicken, just with coarser fibers. If you coated it in breadcrumbs and fried it... tsk tsk, that would be a whole family bucket of food from the Earth's core!"

The more he thought about it, the more he craved it, as if he could already smell the aroma of fried chicken.

"Pass down the order! The Black Pearl is to undergo maintenance! Bring all the barbecue seasoning and fried chicken powder! This time we're going to do something big!"

"Target—The Inner Earth! Capture the Tyrannosaurus Rex!"

……

Two days later, in the Bermuda Triangle in the western Atlantic Ocean.

This place is a navigator's nightmare, a forbidden zone that modern science cannot explain.

The sky was a sickly grayish-yellow, with low-hanging clouds that seemed almost within reach. There was no wind on the sea, yet strange undercurrents surged within it. Compasses here were completely useless, spinning wildly like they were dancing disco.

The Black Pearl, like a black blade, sliced ​​through this desolate sea.

At the bow of the ship, two subwoofers were playing "Where is the Road Ahead?", adding a touch of tragic (not really) atmosphere to this unknown journey.

"Boss, something's not right here."

Liu Wei stood in the driver's seat, staring at the wildly fluctuating data on the dashboard, cold sweat beading on his forehead.

"The radar is full of static, and the communication equipment is down. And... look at the sky."

Jiang Li walked onto the deck and looked up.

In the gray-yellow clouds, several old-fashioned propeller planes were quietly hovering in mid-air.

They maintained their flight posture, the propellers were still spinning, but their positions remained unchanged, as if they were glued to the sky by some kind of invisible glue.

That was the famous "Squadron 19," a bomber formation that mysteriously disappeared decades ago.

"Is this... time frozen?"

Wang Defa (the Immortal Captain) was knowledgeable and saw through the trick at a glance.

"This is a turbulent zone of spacetime, where the past, present, and future intertwine. Those planes aren't frozen in place; they're trapped in a time loop."

"That's amazing?"

Jiang Li looked at those "antique" airplanes and, instead of being afraid, became interested.

"Hey, do you guys think there might be canned goods from decades ago on the plane? Or some old, aged wine?"

Everyone: "..."

What time is it and you're still thinking about food?

"Boss, watch out! There's something ahead!"

Suddenly, Big Yellow started barking wildly at the sea fog ahead.

From the thick fog, a huge, brightly lit luxury cruise ship slowly emerged.

It was a giant ship in the style of the last century, with the name "Titanic" written on its hull in faded colors.

It should have sunk in the icy sea, but now it has mysteriously appeared in this tropical sea.

The deck was filled with gentlemen and ladies in evening gowns. They held wine glasses and wore stiff, strange smiles, as if attending a ball that would never end.

"My goodness...is this a ghost ship?"

Wang Ergou was so frightened that he hid behind Lei Meng.

"No, this is a spacetime projection."

The [Mi-Go Brain] on the console emitted an electronic voice.

"The magnetic field in this area has distorted reality, and this ship is a remnant of history. But if we accidentally crash into it, we will also be drawn into that inevitable causal law."

"Hit it?"

Jiang Li looked at the giant ship and suddenly shouted, "Old Liu! Move closer!"

"What? Boss! That's a ship that hit an iceberg! What bad luck!"

"What's there to be afraid of? Our bow is equipped with [Wind Source Crystals], which are much harder than icebergs!"

Jiang Li exclaimed excitedly, "Besides, there must be a lot of good wine on that ship! Look at what those people are holding, it's all 1982 Lafite... no, it's 1912 red wine!"

"That's a century-old vintage! We could easily get a few bottles back as samples for Vlad (the vampire brewer)!"

The Black Pearl reluctantly approached.

The two ships did not actually collide, but rather created a peculiar overlap.

Jiang Li jumped directly onto the deck of the Titanic.

The "ghost" passengers ignored his arrival, mechanically raising their glasses, smiling, and conversing as before.

Excuse me! Excuse me! I'm collecting recyclables!

Jiang Li walked through the crowd and headed straight for the wine cabinet in the banquet hall.

With a wave of his hand, he swept all the unopened vintage champagne and brandy into his spatial bag.

"This ham looks good, although it's a bit dry, but it should be aged ham. I'll take it!"

"This plate is silver? I'll take it!"

After looting the ship, Jiang Li returned to the Black Pearl with satisfaction.

As the two ships separated, the ghostly Titanic once again vanished into the mist, continuing its endless voyage of death.

"A very fruitful harvest!"

Jiang Li patted the bag full of wine, "Now we can hold another 'Centennial Vintage Tasting Event' when we get back."

……

After passing through the spacetime turbulence zone, the sea ahead suddenly became eerily calm.

The seawater here is no longer flowing; it's like a black mirror.

But in the center of the mirror, there is a huge, bottomless black hole.

That wasn't a whirlpool, but a real "hole." The seawater flowed to the edge, but instead of filling in, it cascaded down like a waterfall, only to mysteriously atomize and disappear in mid-air.

Gravity well.

The entrance to the inner Earth.

"This is it!"

Migo's brain was racing with data: "Gravity constant anomaly! Spatial curvature folding! Below is a separate little world!"

"Excellent!"

Jiang Li stood at the bow of the ship, looking at the bottomless abyss.

"Everyone buckle up! We're about to ride the log flume!"

"Charge!"

The Black Pearl, at full speed, shot out of the sea like a black cannonball and plunged into the huge hole.

"Aaaaaahh ...

As the feeling of weightlessness washed over them, the screams of Wang Ergou and the others echoed through the abyss.

The spaceship plummeted rapidly into the darkness.

The surrounding area was filled with bizarre bands of light, which were magnetic auroras from inside the Earth's crust.

I don't know how much time has passed.

The speed of the fall suddenly slowed down.

A reverse force of gravity held the ship up.

"Bang!"

The Black Pearl passed through a thick layer of clouds and the view suddenly opened up before it.

Everyone (except Jiang Li) stared in shock, their mouths agape, forgetting even to scream.

This is a vast underground world.

The sky above wasn't rock, but a sky emitting a soft white light (it was either an artificial sun from the Earth's core or some kind of luminous mineral vein).

Below us lies a lush primeval forest, with giant ferns reaching hundreds of meters in height, and a winding river meandering through it like a silver ribbon.

In the distance, you can even see rolling mountains and erupting volcanoes.

【The Inner Earth: Agartha】(Agartha is one of the underground civilization ruins in the Cthulhu Mythos).

"Wow! Jurassic Park!"

Jiang Li leaned on the gunwale, looking down at the jungle below, her eyes sparkling.

"This air! This environment! It's absolutely a completely natural and pollution-free farm!"

"Look! What's that?!"

Lei Meng pointed to the jungle below and exclaimed in surprise.

A giant pterosaur with a wingspan of at least twenty meters was seen sweeping across the jungle, carrying a creature that looked like a wild boar.

"That's... a Quetzalcoatlus?!"

"Wow, those wings are huge! When will we ever get to eat all these roasted wings?"

Jiang Li's focus is always so unique.

The Black Pearl slowly landed on a wide riverbank.

Jiang Li and his "hunting team" jumped off the ship and set foot on this prehistoric land.

The air was humid and hot with extremely high oxygen content, making one feel slightly oxygen-intoxicated.

"Rhubarb, sniff around, where can you find one of those two-legged creatures with a huge head?"

Jiang Li gestured to resemble a Tyrannosaurus Rex.

"Woof!" (Over there! There's a strong smell of blood!)

Big Yellow pointed into the depths of the jungle.

The group cautiously entered the jungle.

The plants here are ridiculously large; a single leaf can be used as an umbrella. Dragonflies the size of washbasins and centipedes half a meter long occasionally dart out of the grass.

"Click—"

The sound of trees snapping came from ahead.

The ground began to shake.

"Thump! Thump! Thump!"

The heavy footsteps sounded like drumming.

"They're here! The big guy is here!"

Jiang Li gripped the butcher knife tightly, his face beaming with excitement.

The woods were violently smashed open.

A massive figure appeared before them.

It was as tall as a five-story building, with strong hind legs supporting its heavy body, small forelimbs hanging on its chest, and a huge head covered with dagger-like teeth.

Tyrannosaurus Rex!

But this was no ordinary Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Its skin was an eerie purplish-black, covered with eye-like patterns. A row of sharp bone spurs even grew from its back, emitting faint psionic fluctuations.

【Chaos Tyrannosaurus - Mutant】(A+ grade)

This is a dinosaur that mutated due to the influence of some ancient god's aura deep underground, making it more ferocious and destructive than the ordinary Tyrannosaurus Rex.

"roar--!!!"

The Tyrannosaurus Rex spotted the group of tiny insects and let out a deafening roar.

The sound waves whipped up a gust of wind that nearly sent Wang Ergou flying.

"Holy crap! This chicken...this dragon looks kind of fierce!"

Jiang Li looked at the mouthful of big teeth, but instead of retreating, he moved forward.

"Those thighs! All muscle! Absolutely top-notch!"

"If you made these into fried chicken legs, how much oil would you need?

The Tyrannosaurus Rex lowered its head, its yellow vertical pupils fixed on Jiang Li.

It sensed that the little insect didn't possess any powerful aura (Jiang Li's Return to Simplicity), so it opened its mouth wide and bit down directly.

"Boss, watch out!" Liu Wei shouted, raising the plasma gun to fire.

"Don't shoot! Don't tear the flesh to shreds!"

Jiang Li shouted to stop him.

Faced with that enormous mouth that could swallow a car whole, Jiang Li simply raised his left hand.

"Snapped!"

He slapped the Tyrannosaurus Rex on the chin.

"You think you're so great? You bite me the moment you see me?"

"boom!"

That slap, though seemingly light, contained the power of the rule of [Abyss Suppression].

The Tyrannosaurus Rex, weighing tens of tons, was slapped so hard that its head tilted to the side, its entire body lost its balance, and it crashed to the ground, crushing a large number of trees.

"Awoo?"

The Tyrannosaurus Rex was stunned.

It's the king of this jungle! How could it get slapped by a tiny bug?

It tried to struggle to get up.

"Still moving? Behave yourself!"

Jiang Li jumped up and stepped on the Tyrannosaurus Rex's head.

"Big Yellow! Hold its legs down! Lei Meng! Get the rope!"

"Okay!"

A man, a dog, and a cook skillfully began the task of "tying up the chickens".

In less than two minutes, the arrogant Chaos Tyrannosaurus Rex was bound hand and foot, and a large gag (actually a coconut) was put in its mouth.

"Got one!"

Jiang Li patted Tyrannosaurus Rex's thick thigh and smiled with satisfaction.

"This one looks quite young, so the meat shouldn't be dry."

"Ergou, make a phone call... no, signal to the ship and tell them to bring over the biggest cage!"

Just then.

A strange flute melody suddenly came from deep within the jungle.

The flute's sound was sharp and piercing, making people feel irritable.

Immediately afterwards, countless figures emerged from the surrounding bushes.

That is……

A group of upright-walking creatures with lizard heads and tails, wearing primitive leather armor.

[Underground Lizardmen] (Valusians, although also a type of snake people, but a degenerate version).

They were armed with spears and blowguns, and surrounded Jiang Li and the others.

The leading lizardman elder pointed at the bound Tyrannosaurus Rex and roared angrily:

"Hiss... That's our divine beast! Let it go!"

"A mythical beast?"

Jiang Li glanced at the "giant fried chicken" at his feet.

"Did you raise these too?"

He sighed.

"How come people keep pets everywhere? And they all take such good care of them?"

Jiang Li straightened up and looked at the group of lizardmen.

"Since it's domesticated, that makes things easier."

"Besides this chicken, do you have any other creatures here? Like a Triceratops? Stegosaurus? Brontosaurus?"

"I'll take them all! The prices are fair!"

Lizardman Elder: "..."

收？

This is blasphemy against the gods!

"Attack! Kill these invaders!"

At the elder's command, countless poisoned arrows rained down.

"Sigh, they just had to take action."

Jiang Li shook his head helplessly and drew the Poseidon Trident from behind his back.

"I originally wanted to win people over with virtue, but now it seems... I can only win them over with a 'fork'."

"Lightning! Clear the area!"

"Zzzzz—BOOM!!!"

Blue lightning roared through the jungle.

The lizard people instantly experienced what "mass electrotherapy" meant.

Five minutes later.

All the lizardmen knelt on the ground, raising their hands in submission.

"Wouldn't it have been resolved if you had done this earlier?"

Jiang Li planted the trident into the ground.

"Now, take me to your farm... no, your tribe."

"I want to see what other good stuff you have."

……

Deep Blue Aquatic Products returned with a full harvest from this trip to the Earth's core.

Not only did they bring back a live Tyrannosaurus Rex (intending to raise it), but they also brought back dozens of tons of dinosaur meat, a large amount of subterranean specialty fruits, and... a group of lizardmen laborers who were forced to sign "labor contracts" (to raise dinosaurs).

Back in Jianghai City.

Deep Blue Seafood Restaurant has once again caused a sensation.

【Supreme Earth Core Family Bucket】(Tyrannosaurus Rex Meat Fried Chicken + Triceratops Ribs + Pterosaur Roasted Wings).

Price: 66666 yuan/barrel.

Despite its high price, the wild, prehistoric flavor and the feeling of being warmed up and gaining immense strength after eating it have driven countless people crazy.

Jiang Li looked at the booming business, but fell into a new deep thought.

"It seems like we've almost exhausted everything on Earth..."

He produced a new star map (drawn by Miguel Gor's brain).

"Next..."

"Should we go...and take a look at Mars?"

"I heard there's an ancient reservoir on Mars? It seems like something's sealed inside?"

"I wonder what alien fish taste like?"