Chapter 75

Nothing else happened after that, and the remaining 200,000-plus survivors lived to see the disaster end at midnight.

During the half-day between crossing the glacier and the end of the natural disaster, Qiao Ning stayed by the glacier, sitting cross-legged to absorb energy and cultivate. She did not communicate with anyone.

Ice Scale lay beside her, seemingly sensing that its master was in a low mood, so it would occasionally take out various things it found interesting or precious from its space, trying to attract its master's attention.

Qiao Ning would cultivate for a while, then play with it and make it something to eat.

It's midnight.

[Congratulations to 260,122 players in server 1408 for successfully surviving the first natural disaster cycle. The following week will be the settlement and maintenance period, during which surviving players will be teleported to the Land Emperor City.]

Seven days later, players will enter the sixth catastrophe cycle and undergo the second trial of the catastrophe.

In 10 seconds, all surviving players in Zone 1408 will be teleported to the City of the Land Emperor. The process may cause slight discomfort, so please be prepared: 10, 9, 8, 7...

This teleportation took longer than the last one.

Qiao Ning waited in the darkness for a long time before the light gradually returned to her.

Looking at the system map, she realized that her current location was a remote small city within the Lu Di City. Perhaps she had already registered to enter the city once, and this time the system directly teleported her into Lu Di City.

The city of Ludi is the size of two Hua Kingdoms, and like modern countries, it has provinces, cities, villages, and towns.

She is currently in a small city called "Minghai".

Qiao Ning didn't take out her car. Instead, she walked to the downtown area, found a decent-looking hotel, and booked the best suite to stay in temporarily.

The group chat kept flashing, but Qiao Ning had no desire to open it and check it.

She doesn't want to deal with anyone or anything right now.

The hotel receptionist was a pretty young woman who really liked Binglin. She was the one who helped Binglin get her hotel access pass.

Every time Qiao Ning took Binglin downstairs, she would greet Binglin and give it some food after getting Qiao Ning's permission. However, Binglin didn't eat any of the food and put it away.

Ice Scale has many habits, one of which is that it will only accept food or items that others insist on giving it and hand them over to Qiao Ning. It never eats or uses anything given to it by others. It seems to only recognize Qiao Ning and only accept everything she gives it.

The more Qiao Ning lived in Lu Di City, the more peaceful she felt, as if she had returned to modern times.

It seems that ever since long ago, as the safe zones have been upgraded and become larger and more comprehensive, players have become increasingly calm and comfortable when staying in them. It's as if they can cast aside all their worries and anxieties, and live a simple life like in the modern world, where all they need are three meals a day.

Especially in Ludi City, the longer you stay, the more you feel like you want to stay here forever and never go anywhere else.

Even Qiao Ning was no exception; she felt that every detail of life here was just as perfect as the ideal world she had always hoped for.

But Qiao Ning had an important question in her mind.

Where did the people in Ludi City come from?

It is said that there is another city lord in Ludi City, whose name and gender are unknown, and it is not even known whether he is human or not. All that is known is that the city lord is the ruler of this super city.

Unfortunately, she couldn't draw the Heavenly Questioning Ticket and couldn't find the answer for herself.

Seven days passed in the blink of an eye, and when it was time to enter the second trial of the natural disaster on the seventh day, the chat channel was filled with wails.

Previously, players didn't want to enter the Cataclysmic Highway world because of the danger, but now their words reveal more of their attachment to the Land Emperor City.

A significant number of people claimed that even if they couldn't return to the modern world, they wanted to stay in Ludi City for a few more days.

Welcome all players in Region 1408 to the sixth Cataclysmic Cycle, "The Second Stage of the Emperor's Trial". Rewards from the previous Cataclysmic Cycle have been settled and sent to players' mailboxes. Please check and claim them in time.

The natural disaster for this trial is: acid rain.

Duration of natural disaster: seven days

Online users: 2 million

All players, please continue your efforts to survive this natural disaster cycle; victory is just around the corner.

Acid rain?

This is indeed a natural disaster that sounds incredibly difficult to survive.

Perhaps because the seventh day of the trial catastrophe didn't provide any warnings, Qiao Ning had no idea what type of catastrophe this was before entering the highway world. When stockpiling supplies in Lu Di City, she relied entirely on random guessing, buying whatever she saw. She stockpiled about a hundred gas masks, originally intended to protect against forest miasma or poisonous gases sprayed by special creatures, but now they came in handy.

A few seconds later, Qiao Ning saw the highway world she was in.

It was on a boundless ocean!

Qiao Ning's car appeared at the starting point of the highway, with nothing connecting it to the starting point. There was no sign of the coastline either.

It's like a glass walkway suddenly appearing on a vast ocean.

Qiao Ning got off the train and stood on the highway. Just by looking down, she could see all sorts of strange and wonderful marine creatures swimming beneath the transparent highway.

Another ancient creature.

She remembered a period of prolonged rainfall in Earth's ancient history, which was said to have lasted for two million years.

Later, not only acid rain appeared, but also acid snow.

Of the creatures that survived this catastrophe, one became the overlord of the next era—the dinosaurs.

Without hesitation, Qiao Ning immediately started building the moisture-absorbing water balloons. The area near the ocean is already humid, and with prolonged rain expected, moisture-absorbing water balloons are essential.

Next, she habitually opened the chat channel for the entire region, only to find that the entire channel was blocked, with only the number of online users displayed at the top: 2 million.

She tried to open private chat and her friend list, but as expected, they were all blocked. Even the trading area was blocked and she couldn't open it.

Qiao Ning switched to the system notification channel and saw the notification message that the system had just released.

[During this natural disaster period, some system functions will be locked and unavailable. Please check the details yourself.]

During this natural disaster cycle, there will be no survival rate limit; all players only need to focus on ensuring their own survival.

[Natural disaster information is released twice daily, at 8:00 AM and 12:00 AM. Players can check the daily disaster situation at any time.]

During this disaster period, the road barriers will not disappear, but players can actively cross them to leave the road. No supply crates will spawn on the road; players will have to obtain all necessary supplies from the surrounding environment.

As soon as Qiao Ning finished reading these messages, she felt a cool sensation on the bridge of her nose, as if water droplets had landed on it.

She raised her hand and touched it, only to feel a little bit of pale red liquid. Was this ancient acid rain?

After a few seconds, the skin that was touched by the raindrops began to feel a burning pain.

Before the torrential rain began, Qiao Ning quickly returned to her car, not daring to get any wet any longer.

This is only the first day of the natural disaster, and the acid rain has already reached this intensity. What will happen in the next few days?