Chapter 49 Torrential Rain and Extreme Cold? 7

Chapter Forty-Nine

Looking at the buildings far away in front of her, Lin Xia sighed helplessly.

The bad news is that there's no road ahead, but the good news is that the ice here isn't as thick as in the city.

Lin Xia looked at the ground. It seemed that she could only go underground. Unfortunately, she didn't have an Earth Element Card, so she had no choice but to dig.

It's 7 p.m. and there's not a single ray of light outside except for the lightning. She ate another batch of compressed biscuits and drank some water, and then built herself a larger wooden and rubber house. This time, she made it more elaborate, sealing it tightly with rubber.

After adjusting their posture, they put the wooden crate over their body and exchanged it for an entrenching tool, a headlamp, a special mask, and an oxygen cylinder.

After exchanging for the [Gold Element Card], she upgraded her entrenching tool and started digging diagonally downwards. She put the things she dug out into her spatial storage. At first, it was all ice blocks and construction debris. Once the storage was full, she came out and dumped the trash outside.

But Lin Xia dug down to three meters underground before the soil was completely dry, and she dug down to five meters underground before she felt safe.

But the deeper she dug, the more full the space became. After going back and forth so many times, she got annoyed and simply spent 600 survival points to exchange for two 3m3 space rings, increasing her space to 12m3. This reduced the number of times she had to go out and also reduced the risk.

She kept adjusting her direction with a compass, not intending to dig very far, just enough to reach the next building.

Suddenly, someone fell down behind her. The person was on guard as soon as they got down, and only breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the person in front of them and the tunnel behind them: "You scared me to death! I thought there was a landslide. Fellow diggers, let's work together! I'm exhausted from digging all day."

"Are you also an earth-type ability user? I don't have enough earth-type abilities. If it weren't for the two [Earth Element Cards], I wouldn't have been able to dig this far. It's exhausting."

Backup successful: 1 Earth Element Card backed up, requires 100 Survival Points.

Lin Xia's lips curled up slightly; it was just like a pillow appearing when you're sleepy.

"Hey, why aren't you saying anything? I'm telling you, we need to hurry, otherwise if there's an earthquake or a volcanic eruption, we'll be stuck underground."

"Let's dig together."

"You scared me to death! I thought you were going to kill me and steal my treasure. You didn't say anything. You dug really deep, deeper than mine. I still have some superpowers. You take the soil back first, I'll keep digging."

Lin Xia chuckled as she saw that the person had only one backup. She decided to go back and clear out her storage space, thinking that the person might also have a storage space.

The person's voice sounded quite young. After being so quiet for so many days, it was nice to hear someone still chattering away energetically.

After going outside, they saw people peeking out of the cave. When they saw Lin Xia come out, they asked, "Are you digging a shelter, or where are you going to dig?"

Lin Xia pointed to the building that could be seen from outside, said nothing, and went back inside.

The people outside discussed it and two of them came down. The others took their things and tried to widen the opening of the cave so they could hide there.

Lin Xia directly exchanged for 3 [Earth-type Ability Cards], and while climbing inside, he used his mental power to sense the earth-type ability.

The earth element energy was even more concentrated. As soon as she returned, the person was panting heavily and about to speak: "Hey, let's add each other as friends, it'll be easier to keep in touch."

Lin Xia thought for a moment, deciding against using her as a friend. She first hid her name in the group chat, randomly changing it to "[Red Rain Pours Down]", and then invited the person to join. The person stopped and glanced at it a few times: "There's such a good thing?"

As soon as he agreed to join the group chat, Lin Xia saw his name: Lazy Cat.

Lin Xia recognized this person, but she didn't expect him to be a man. She had always thought he was a woman. She saw him chatting with Ji Wei in the group. Since everyone noticed that she had changed her name, no one mentioned her identity.

"I can't do it anymore, you dig first, I'll go dump the soil."

"Hey, you've come at the right time. Are there a lot of people? Come on, help carry the soil so we can get there faster."

"I'll go up and call for help."

......

Lin Xia ignored their conversation and focused her mental energy on the earth element. She quickly realized that she could control the earth in front of her at will, much more easily than when she used an entrenching tool.

With her mental energy carrying 30 units of earth-elemental energy, she casually waved it in the direction she favored, and the hard soil in front of her softened, returning to her side as the earth-elemental energy she controlled returned to her side.

Lin Xia was startled when she saw the hole nearly 50 meters in front of her, and quickly put the soil into her spatial storage.

When Lazy Cat returned, he was stunned to see the neatly arranged cave over 100 meters long, along with piles of soil.

"Sister Hongyu, you're amazing! Compared to you, I'm just a little brother. Come on, let me carry the soil. If you can't handle it, I'll take over. It'll be good for me to regain my powers."

Lazy Cat diligently carried the soil, and as time went on, more and more people came down, forming a long line, carrying it out bit by bit at a very fast pace.

By the time Lin Xia finally managed to dig accurately out of the building in front of her, it was already 3 a.m. She had used up two whole earth element cards.

After she came out, people gradually climbed over and scattered throughout the house.

Lazy Cat seemed very excited: "Sister Hongyu, at this speed, we'll be at the air-raid shelter soon."

Lin Xia was not optimistic. It was only about 300 meters away, and they were going to spend 8 hours and use two elemental cards. Could this game really give them that much time?

Moreover, being underground is extremely dangerous. In the event of an earthquake, she might still have the ability to protect herself, but what about ordinary people? They would probably be buried alive.

"Sister Hongyu, what's wrong?" Lazy Cat asked hurriedly after talking for a while and noticing that Lin Xia hadn't said a word.

Lin Xia shook her head, stood up, shook off the dirt, washed her hands with water, and expressed her concerns in the group chat.

Lazy Cat was quite optimistic: "It's okay. If there really is an earthquake, we can just build a shelter underground. I've discovered that as long as we keep stacking earth energy, we can create a very sturdy fortress. As long as it doesn't turn into metal, it's safe."

Suddenly, she saw the words "backup available".

Lin Xia paused, then walked around the room, pretending to check her surroundings.

Backup successful: Backup space backpack *1, survival points required: 50

[Space Backpack: Ten storage slots, each slot can store only one item, and identical items can be stacked up to 99.]

Lin Xia discovered that she could actually use her mental power to sense the contents of this spatial backpack. She glanced at Lazy Cat but couldn't see his space. She wasn't sure if it was a change after her mental power broke through 100, or if she had never encountered this kind of spatial backpack before.

It seems that mental power is indeed very magical. She hopes that this is a change after mental power breaks through 100, because there is still a lot to explore about mental power.

She scanned the contents of the space backpack with her mental energy; it contained clothes, food, and various elemental cards. However, a few items stored separately at the back surprised her greatly.