Chapter 54 Torrential Rain and Extreme Cold? 12

Chapter 54

"I thought you were unconscious. Where did you come from?" Ji Wei asked.

"I was indeed unconscious for a while at first. When I woke up, I was sinking into the ground. I was woken up by the heat! I felt that the volcano was about to erupt!" Lazy Cat broke open a window, and a blast of cold air made him shiver.

After he finished speaking, everyone fell silent. How could they possibly live like this?

"Why is everyone so quiet? The volcano is far away, we should be fine here... right?" Lazy Cat hesitated when he saw that everyone was silent.

"Volcanic eruptions affect temperature. As temperatures rise, ice melts, water vapor increases, which could trigger even larger thunderstorms. And... we don't know how much the ice will melt," Xie Cheng suddenly interjected.

"We have oxygen, so we can just go underground if necessary," Lazy Cat said after a moment's hesitation, not afraid of sinking to the bottom of the water.

"But we don't know the size of that volcanic cluster, how much the temperature will rise, or whether it will trigger another earthquake..." Ji Wei frowned, wondering how he could be both lucky and unlucky at the same time.

"It's okay, we've been here for seven days already. Maybe we'll clear the level before it erupts!" Lazy Cat was quite optimistic: "I need to eat something first, I'm starving."

......

The world fell silent again, except for the thunder. When Ji Wei came looking for her, Lin Xia realized that she had been shaken back to the road she had just walked on, but she didn't recognize it because the road surface was completely unrecognizable.

There were burning trees, overturned ice, frozen muddy roads, and exposed pipes by the roadside, a scene of devastation. There were no insects chirping, no birds singing, and thunder rumbled in the sky. Dark clouds pressed down on the earth, as if we had returned to the time before the creation of the world as described in the book.

The despair in people's hearts seemed to arise from the bottom of their hearts, and the whole world was filled with a strong atmosphere of despair.

Lin Xia withdrew her mental energy. In the past, when she released her mental energy, she could always feel all kinds of emotions, such as greed, anger, ignorance, hatred, love, and desire, which were intertwined and complicated. Even in the previous two apocalyptic worlds, she had thought that the feeling of mental energy should be like that.

But when she released her spiritual power just now, all she felt was despair, a deep despair. That despair seemed to penetrate her spiritual power and reach straight to her heart, making it hard for her to breathe.

Lin Xia was stunned for a long time. It turned out that spiritual power could also sense emotions. She was like a fish in water that could not sense the water. Only when she was out of the water did she realize that what enveloped her was water.

Even someone as oblivious as Lazy Cat could feel this sense of despair, and the entire group fell silent.

......

After an unknown amount of time, Lin Xia suddenly heard the sound of footsteps, growing louder and louder.

The whole world seemed to come alive again. Lin Xia looked in the direction of the footsteps, and after a long time, a group of people in tattered clothes walked over.

Some had wooden crates on their heads, some wore thick cotton-padded coats, some wore lightning protection work clothes, some wore lightning protection helmets, some wore rubber raincoats, and some were wrapped in insulating blankets...

Their eyes shone with a longing for life and a joy at reaching their destination. When Lin Xia saw a woman wearing lightning protection work clothes, her front bulging and making creaking sounds, she was deeply moved.

She felt a surge of warmth in her heart, her nose tingled, and an indescribable emotion welled up from the bottom of her soul.

It's that child. She and her mother are still alive. That's wonderful.

Just then, Lin Xia sensed a change in the air. It was... another thunderstorm was about to break, and these people were still more than 200 meters away from Misty Mountain.

People who had experienced several thunderstorms noticed this and frantically ran up the mountain, crying and screaming.

Without a second thought, Lin Xia activated her mental energy, and a sphere of earth appeared in front of the mother and daughter. A door opened automatically. The woman hesitated for a moment, then rushed inside. The door slammed shut. The woman reacted quickly, bolting the door shut and then sitting down on the ground with her child in her arms.

One after another, mounds of earth appeared on the open ground. People squeezed and pushed their way in, all wanting to get in first, but they all blocked the entrance.

At this moment, the thunderstorm had already begun, and those who ran slowly were instantly struck down even if they had some shelter.

A camera appeared in Lin Xia's hand, and after a few flashes, all the clods of earth grew ten times larger. People rushed inside and hurriedly closed the door.

Thunder roared, and screams came from inside the earthen ball, then slowly subsided, turning into cries of anguish—the cries of survivors.

[Backup update complete: Safe house that can withstand thunderstorms. Updated, but still needs improvement. Requires 10 survival points.]

Feeling her own spiritual power, Lin Xia was overjoyed. She had never realized that spiritual power could sculpt such intricate hinges in an instant, not just the hinges of an entire door, but also the three wide and large door latches inside the door.

All the hinges and door latches are made of the same material as the clay ball and are integrated into one piece.

She felt that her mental energy had undergone a different change, as if it had become more refined, and she even had a different feeling about the earth element energy that had been contained just now.

She couldn't describe the feeling, but she knew that her mental strength had undergone a qualitative change, becoming more flexible and more in sync with her, as if it were her own arm!

Earth energy also became much more compatible with her. With a thought, she was able to command more earth energy with less mental energy, and it was much easier and more effortless. However, it was still not possible without the elemental cards.

Although she spent 500 survival points to exchange for the [Enlarge Camera] and 70 points to exchange for the Earth Ball, she didn't feel bad at all. This time, the gains were too great!

Ji Wei: "I'm crying so hard, really, Sister Hongyu, you're sooooo good to me! I thought they were going to die. They're so lucky to have met you at this time. Waaaaah... I can't stop crying... Waaaah..."

Lazy Cat and Xie Cheng: "What's wrong? What happened?"

Ji Wei added oil and vinegar and explained it again.

Lazy Cat: "Wow, I dare say this game is the luckiest I've ever played in the three games I've experienced! All because of Sister Hongyu!"

Ji Wei looked at it, three games? Who doesn't?

Ji Wei: "Yeah, I've run into Sister Hongyu twice in the three games. Last time, Sister Hongyu carried me to victory. How lucky am I?"

Lazy Cat: "Experiencing the thunderstorm with Sister Hongyu was both thrilling and incredibly reassuring. Sister Hongyu, you are my savior!"

Ji Wei pouted: "Yeah, Sister Hongyu is such a kind person. Whenever I need help, she always helps me the fastest. It's the same in the real world. Sister, I love you!"

Lazy Cat: "Just thinking about being able to contact Sister Hongyu in the future makes me so happy!"

Xie Cheng: "...Of the three games so far, only the last one was played with my sister. It's unforgettable, and I look forward to fighting side by side with her again in the future!"

Lazy Cat: "......"

Ji Wei: "......"