Chapter 324 If I don't see you again, I'll really go crazy

"Jinli... Jinli..."

"Where are you……"

A familiar and cherished voice rang out, calling out again and again.

"Qidi! I'm here!" Ning Jinli exclaimed, suddenly opening her eyes.

After she came to her senses, she realized that she was dreaming.

Being alive is a hallucination created when one's body is extremely exhausted.

But those repeated calls felt so real, making her heart pound and giving her a strange renewed strength.

In the pitch-black darkness, Ning Jinli groped her way to check on Shangguan Ying's condition.

He was barely breathing, had multiple severe fractures throughout his body, and was basically on the verge of death.

However, a trace of internal energy remained within him to protect his heart meridian.

Ning Jinli wanted to inject more internal energy into her, but her own internal injuries were severe, and she was powerless to do so. The little bit of strength she had just mustered was merely a last gasp before death.

Thud... Thud...

In the darkness, a dull thud could be heard in the distance; it was the Advent Legion soldiers pursuing her trying to break open the hole.

Ning Jinli braced herself with her hands on the ground, dragging her body against the rock wall.

She can't do anything right now, and she can clearly feel her life slipping away rapidly. She'll probably be dead before the descending legion even captures her.

"Am I really going to die like this...?" Ning Jinli sighed softly.

She was not afraid of death.

However, she was unwilling to accept that she had failed to save Shangguan Ying, unwilling to accept that she had not yet seen the descending legion defeated, and even more unwilling to accept that she had not found the first parallel world and brought back those top scientists from China.

besides……

She has not yet met Xiao Qidi.

Just as her consciousness was fading, she suddenly felt a void behind her, instantly losing her support, and fell backward without warning.

Then, light appeared before my eyes.

She couldn't see clearly at first, but could barely make out a few blurry figures approaching.

Several people reached out and gently placed their hands on her shoulders, and a powerful yet gentle warmth slowly flowed into her entire body.

Ning Jinli felt her vitality return and her vision become clear. She immediately sprang to her feet and unleashed a powerful aura that sent the others flying.

“Fairy Jinli, don’t be nervous, we’re not bad people,” one of them said softly, raising both hands.

Ning Jinli was taken aback.

Fairy Jinli... that title...

The next second, she suddenly realized that the scene around her looked very familiar.

Cave, statue, candlelight...

Is this the Fairy Temple in Linxian City?!

Everything around me was no different from what I had seen in the Fairy Temple, but it felt like there were some inexplicable changes.

The people who had just rescued her were all wearing simple, plain clothes, but the fabric was unusual and not like ordinary cloth.

"Where is this..." Ning Jinli's mind went blank for half a second, "Who are you..."

"I've tried my best to keep this place as it is, and you still can't recognize it? Humph, what a heartless woman." A deep voice rang out.

Ning Jinli quickly turned around.

A tall and imposing figure appeared before her.

Although he has matured a lot compared to before, the boyish charm he had when we first met still remains in his eyes.

Ning Jinli seemed frozen in place, only her pupils trembling violently.

She never expected that she would find the first parallel world she had been searching for so long at this time.

Overwhelmed by a flood of emotions, countless words caught in my throat, and I couldn't utter a sound of sobbing.

Xiao Qidi had a stern face, intending to ask her properly when they met whether it was for some other reason that she closed the time-space portal, or whether she was really so heartless as to not want to see her again.

It caused him to worry and overthink for countless years without being able to figure it out, often making him furious.

Anyway, I have to give her the cold shoulder first.

However, when he saw Ning Jinli standing there, her large, trembling eyes filled with tears, and she choking back sobs, Xiao Qidi instantly lost his temper and felt a surge of heartache instead.

"Never mind, sigh..."

Xiao Qidi sighed helplessly, softened his forced sullen face, walked up to Ning Jinli, and opened his long arms, ready to give her a big hug.

"Jinli, you know I've waited for a very long time—"

"Sister Ying is dying!" Ning Jinli interrupted Xiao Qidi's tender gaze with great anxiety. "Call the doctor right away!"

She left those words behind, turned and rushed back to the spot she had just crossed over to, returning to the cave in the blink of an eye.

Xiao Qidi's arms froze in mid-air, and his cheeks twitched a few times.

Soon, Ning Jinli carried Shangguan Ying over.

She had no time to ponder why a time portal had suddenly appeared, connecting her current location to the Fairy Temple in World 1. At that moment, her only concern was Shangguan Ying's safety.

When Xiao Qidi saw Shangguan Ying, who was almost unrecognizable from her injuries, his expression became serious.

"Put it down first, let me take a look." Xiao Qidi said, gesturing to the people around him.

Ning Jinli carefully laid Shangguan Ying flat.

Xiao Qidi knelt on one knee, bent down and reached out, and air rippled between his fingers.

“No,” Ning Jinli said quickly, “Even with my skill, I can’t input any more internal energy into her. Her body can’t withstand anything more…”

Before he could finish speaking, he saw Xiao Qidi's large, well-defined hand emitting a faint golden light.

Strands of golden energy entered Shangguan Ying's body, and Shangguan Ying, who had almost stopped breathing, began to slowly rise and fall in her chest.

Ning Jinli stared in disbelief, “Qidi, your...your martial arts skills…”

Xiao Qidi withdrew his hand. "She was almost dead. I just managed to keep her alive by the last thread of her life. As for whether she can be cured, I'll let the doctors do their best."

Soon, professional medical staff arrived.

A two-meter-long, silver-blue, semi-transparent capsule-shaped medical pod floated in mid-air, following alongside the medical staff.

Then, the medical pod opened automatically.

Several soft, white mechanical arms emerged from the cabin and gently lifted Shangguan Ying inside.

Once the hatch is closed, not a single gap can be seen.

Moreover, Shangguan Ying was in a static, suspended state inside the cabin.

"Please do everything in your power to save her life," Xiao Qidi instructed.

"Yes, Mr. Xiao."

After the medical staff left with the medical pod, Ning Jinli was still in a daze for a long time.

“That floating thing…you…what’s going on here?” She pointed at the departing medical staff, her eyes wide as she stared at Xiao Qidi.

Xiao Qidi took a deep breath, stared into Ning Jinli's eyes, then pulled her into his arms and kissed her forcefully.

"Mmm..." Ning Jinli's mouth was sealed, and her whole body felt as if it were being pierced by countless electric currents in that instant.

Xiao Qidi only released her when she was almost out of breath and was so anxious that she was pounding her fists.

"Huff...huff!" Ning Jinli gasped for breath, her face flushed. "You...you're crazy?!"

Xiao Qidi held her hand tightly. "If I don't see you again, I'll really go crazy."

Ning Jinli's cheeks flushed even redder, "Hmph...it's only been fifteen years..."

"Fifteen years?" Xiao Qidi shook his head. "Actually—"

"By the way, is the technology here very advanced?" Ning Jinli asked eagerly. "Even we can't make that machine that put Sister Ying inside."

Xiao Qidi said, "Yes, it's very developed, more developed than you can imagine, because—"

"Then please help us!" Ning Jinli pleaded, her eyes filled with fervor. "Our world is on the verge of collapse!"

A hint of helplessness flashed in Xiao Qidi's eyes.

Forget it, Ning Jinli almost died from severe internal injuries, and Shangguan Ying was also injured and on the verge of death. There must have been a huge disaster in that world. Let's deal with the main problem first, and then explain to people slowly later.

"Jinli, I'll go with you to take a look first. Tell me what happened on your end." Xiao Qidi took her hand and they walked together into the time tunnel.

When the two arrived at the cave, the genetically modified soldiers of the Descending Legion had already dug in and came face to face with them.

Ning Jinli was about to take action.

Xiao Qidi raised his hand to stop her, "Your internal injuries are extremely severe. I used my internal energy to maintain your meridians. You can't fight now, or you'll die. Let me handle this."

Several genetically modified soldiers from the Advent Legion were a head taller and much wider than Xiao Qidi, exuding a powerful sense of oppression just by standing there.

However, the moment they made their move, Xiao Qidi merely raised his palm slightly, and the group was sent flying backward by an invisible force, their massive bodies disappearing into the rock wall.

"Interesting, quite robust." Xiao Qidi narrowed his eyes slightly, his fingers naturally forming a grasping motion.

Crack!

Several genetically modified soldiers wearing specially made alloy armor were instantly crushed into a pile of minced meat by an even more powerful invisible force!

Ning Jinli gasped.

Keep in mind that these are the most powerful genetically modified soldiers in the Advent Legion.

In addition to its extremely advanced armor and weapons, just one of them is enough to be equivalent to the fighting power of a Chinese army of several thousand men.

As a result, in front of Xiao Qidi, he was practically no different from tofu.

"They also have a strong self-healing ability," Ning Jinli whispered, still worried.

"Is that so?" Xiao Qidi's lips curled slightly, and his hand moved casually again.

Whoosh!

Several clumps of still-wriggling flesh exploded into a bloody mist in an instant!

Even the same twisted and deformed Advent Legion armor was pulverized into fine dust!

Ning Jinli was deeply shocked.

The armor of the Descent Legion can withstand even conventional missiles, yet Xiao Qidi still managed to shatter it from a distance without breaking a sweat.

Just how powerful is this guy's martial arts?!

"Let's go." Xiao Qidi gently took Ning Jinli's hand.

When the two emerged from the hole in the cave, the battle outside, both in the air and on the ground, had reached a fever pitch.

Ning Jinli quickly recounted the events that had occurred during this period to Xiao Qidi.

After listening attentively, Xiao Qidi looked at the distant battle situation and said:

"Fortunately, my scientific team successfully connected to this world, otherwise you would have been in real danger. Judging from the battle, the military strength of the Descending Legion is not only far superior to that of your era, but even the various civilizations that came to support you from parallel worlds are slightly inferior to this legion. If we only consider the ability to develop military technology, your uncle Ning Hai is a genius."

"What? Even those parallel world support armies with their advanced time-space teleportation technology are inferior to the Descent Legion?" Ning Jinli was shocked again, her heart almost leaping into her throat.

Doesn't this mean we still can't defeat the Descent Legion?

Xiao Qidi made his judgment after looking at it for less than a minute.

And just as he said, the battlefield situation had begun to change significantly, and the reinforcements from the parallel world were finding it difficult to cope.

On the ground, the surrendered legion was slaughtered by the enraged Chinese survivors. However, as more and more landing legion ground soldiers were deployed to the battlefield, the Chinese offensive was reversed into a defensive retreat.

The situation on the battlefield can change in an instant.

Xiao Qidi naturally couldn't waste any time, so he said, "Send an unmanned mining spaceship over."

"Who are you talking to?" Ning Jinli asked.

Xiao Qidi pointed to his collar, "A miniature communication device is implanted here. Once activated by the user's thoughts, they can communicate directly."

Before the words had even finished,

A beam of light shot out from the cave behind the two people and reached high into the sky. Then, the beam of light widened to nearly fifty meters in an instant, and a shuttle-shaped aircraft flew out from it.

This unique aircraft is about forty meters wide and about one hundred meters long. It is silver-white, with a smooth, streamlined body and no visible exterior.

"This is the mining ship you just mentioned?" Ning Jinli asked. "Are we going to use it to fight the Descent Legion?"

Xiao Qidi smiled slightly, "This is enough."

The mining ship suddenly accelerated without making a sound, leaving only a streak of light in the sky, and arrived at the high altitude of the center of the battlefield in the blink of an eye.

Then it moved back and forth at a speed that was invisible to the naked eye, and wherever it went, all kinds of large and small combat aircraft of the descending legion exploded.

Meanwhile, all the support legion's aircraft that fought against them were unharmed.

Ning Jinli was completely dumbfounded.

How could the technology in Parallel World 1 be so advanced?!

With just one mining ship, without even using weapons, it destroyed most of the Advent Legion's air power purely through incredible speed and terrifyingly precise impact!

With the arrival of this mining ship, the battlefield situation changed once again in an instant.

“The ground! And those things on the ground!” Ning Jinli reminded.

Xiao Qidi said, "Don't worry, I just had the mining ship collect information on the composition of the armor worn by the soldiers of the Descent Legion's ground attack. We've already analyzed it and will take care of it soon."

Two seconds later.

The mining spaceship was surrounded by a dazzling halo of light.

As the light continued to spread, all the genetically modified soldiers on the ground, wearing specially made armor, were uncontrollably lifted into the air.

When they reached a height of 100 meters, their full-body armor suddenly collapsed into a fist-sized sphere at the same moment.

Countless Advent Legion marines died without even a chance to struggle.

“Well, those armors contain some rare special alloys that your era hasn’t developed yet. They can be recycled.” As soon as Xiao Qidi finished speaking, countless spheres in the sky above the hundred meters above instantly turned into fine powder. Then, as the mining ship retracted its aperture, it collected everything cleanly, like pulling in a net.

The things Xiao Qidi showed her one after another far exceeded Ning Jinli's understanding, and her questions grew more and more numerous.