The boy, holding a stun gun, approached step by step. He passed the distance Qiu Shui had retreated, and Qiu Shui looked down at him without moving.

The boy pursed his lips and muttered under his breath, "Coward..."

As he spoke, he suddenly raised his hand and sped up to rush towards Qiu Shui!

Qiu Shui stepped back, dodging the stun gun. The electronic butler floated behind her, protecting her. But just then, the boy's hand trembled, and the stun gun fell to the ground.

Snap.

A bolt of electricity exploded in the air, and the boy suddenly squatted down, supporting himself with his hands, as countless currents flowed from his hands.

not good!

Qiu Shui was startled and quickly ran towards the glass. But the electric current was faster than her, flowing into her body before she reached the window.

"ah!"

A scream echoed through the building. Qiu Shui lost control of her legs and fell to the ground. Electric current rapidly flowed through her lower body, about to reach her lower abdomen and upper limbs!

The thought that the massive electric current would burn all her internal organs to a crisp sent cold sweat down her forehead, her face turned deathly pale, and she trembled with fear at the impending disaster.

A few seconds later, the expected pain did not come; the electric current seemed to stop after passing through her leg bone.

Qiu Shui breathed a sigh of relief.

During this time, the boy kept an eye on her.

A smile flickered across his face when he saw her body convulse in fright from the electric shock. But when he saw that nothing happened a few seconds later, his face turned deathly pale.

"How could you..."

The boy stood up, his face no longer as calm as before. He slowly backed away, his face contorted with fear.

He cocked his pistol and fired at Qiu Shui in a fit of rage, but the bullet was blocked by the electronic butler and returned to the muzzle, injuring his finger.

"ah!"

The boy quickly backed away until he reached a place he considered safe, at which point he pressed the alarm button in his hand.

Qiu Shui slowly stood up, and it took her legs a long time to respond.

Because her body needed to work in conjunction with the power of "shamanism," her steward removed her leg bones when she was young and replaced them with bones made of composite materials.

At the same time, the bone marrow inside her leg bone is mixed with a blue liquid that can activate her abilities at any time, complementing her "magical" power of movement.

Now she felt the power of the "witch" within her being gradually activated, and she was confident that she could capture the boy in front of her.

With a slight turn of her knees, she landed in front of the boy before he could even see her, then grabbed his collar with her fingers and threw him over the broken glass hole.

"ah!!!"

The boy fell through the air, letting out a scream. Qiu Shui landed on the ground before him, creating a soft layer of snowflakes with her icicles in the air.

The boy landed quickly on the snowflakes, his body creating a crater in the surface. He sank into the snow, gradually being buried inside.

"You stay here."

Qiu Shui said coldly.

After a brief moment of panic, the boy realized that his lips were purple from the cold and his whole body was shivering. After being buried in the snow for only a few minutes, he actually felt warm and wanted to take off his clothes.

These are signs that someone is about to freeze to death!

"Big sister! Big sister!"

The boy called out to her loudly.

Qiu Shui ignored him and walked towards the other side of the city center.

Along the way, Qiu Shui saw many sunken buildings and a thick layer of dust. She walked cautiously along the narrow path.

There's an aquarium up ahead, and beneath it is a hidden power plant. That power plant was built decades ago and has been supplying power to Tianxi ever since.

Thinking of that, Qiu Shui stopped and looked back. The boy's T-shirt had a sentence printed on it:

Yule Power Plant serves the public.

...

Entering the underground power plant, rows of tunnels running horizontally and vertically come into view, making it feel like a small world.

Yellowed pipes were everywhere, dirty wires were tangled up and hidden in corners, the air smelled of decay, and wild rats could be seen in the distance.

Walking underground, Qiu Shui activated the life detection again and found some strange black charcoal on the stairs leading to the surface.

The charcoal was enormous, but it had an irregular shape.

The housekeeper examined the charcoal for a while, without analyzing its composition, and then directed her deeper underground.

The tunnel was lined with electrical wires and switch boxes. After walking a few steps, Qiu Shui saw an empty space on one side of the tunnel.

"That's the staff dormitory."

The electronic butler said after checking.

Qiu Shui stopped and walked to the wall of the tunnel. She placed her hand there and felt a keyhole.

She used brute force to break the lock and carefully pushed the door open.

Inside the door was a room of about ten square meters. In this small space, there were two beds, a wardrobe, a table, and a television.

The two beds were placed side by side, and the wardrobe contained a few pieces of clothing worn by the elderly and power plant workers. The television was quite old.

Qiu Shui searched inside for a while but found nothing useful. The butler, by hacking into Tian Xi's firewall, found some information about the place.

“These separated spaces are the Tianxi Power Plant, and also the dormitories for the plant’s employees. For many years, the plant’s employees and their families have lived here. But three months ago, the Tianxi City leadership issued an order for all employees to move out of here.”

"Then what?"

Autumn Water awaits the next installment.

"We cannot know what happened in between," the electronic butler replied.

Qiu Shui was somewhat disappointed upon hearing the result.

Unable to find any further clues here, Qiu Shui decided to go to the surface to question the boy. Before leaving the underground power plant, she glanced at the switch next to her.

The power switch on the iron frame was now positioned below, forming an eerie arc.

Qiu Shui glanced at it a few more times and suddenly realized that it was open!

Upon discovering this, she broke out in a cold sweat! After calming down, she nervously checked the power supply and found that it had been completely shut down.

Further inspection of other parts revealed that the backup power supply was also completely gone, with not a trace remaining.

Upon receiving this result, Qiu Shui felt a wave of fear. Knowing there was no danger, she left without hesitation. Inside the underground power plant, she felt suffocated.

Leaving this place, she didn't explore anything further. Heading towards the beginning of the city, the straight road lined with parked flying cars was only a few kilometers away.

She cautiously made her way there, and as she approached a safe area, she gradually relaxed her guard and quickened her pace.

Suddenly, a gunshot rang out, and a pressure shot towards her back.

At this moment, the butler was still seven or eight meters away from her, and a huge stone slab that had been temporarily moved was falling towards her head.

"electronic……"

Qiu Shui uttered those two words on instinct. Before the particles could move, a warm body suddenly pounced on her from behind and brought her to safety.