Chapter 67
"You... heard it too?"
Gu Qingming's voice was a little hoarse.
That voice was like a poisonous snake hovering and whispering on one's shoulder, terrifying and more or less unpleasant at the same time.
“…I heard it.”
Chu Zhongyuan took a deep breath.
"Those three chimes it mentioned, could they be thunder?"
As Chu Zhongyuan's voice fell, a green lightning flashed across the sky outside, like a ferocious feathered serpent.
“Ding ding ding—”
As soon as Chu Zhongyuan expressed his guess, the four people's mobile phones were instantly occupied by the danger countdown of the CPA exclusive APP.
"Alert! Alert! A mysterious natural disaster is approaching! Alert, alert!"
The cold and sharp sound of electronic machinery rang out from everyone's mobile phone, like ghosts from the underworld demanding their lives.
"Mysterious factor natural disaster?! My old master..."
Zheng Qiuji's face looked terribly ugly and he almost lost his composure.
The mysterious factor disaster, also known as the en disaster, refers to all natural disasters caused by the adjustment of the mysterious factor concentration. There are various forms such as tsunamis, hurricanes, space earthquakes, elemental fire seas, etc. The mysterious factor space earthquake that the four people from the Superpower Society encountered in Linling before is one of them.
Like natural disasters caused by geological movements and atmospheric activities, natural disasters are also divided into various levels according to the degree of disaster, and according to the different levels, CPA's APP will give relevant responses in a timely manner.
You know, the space earthquake in Lin Ling did not arouse APP's vigilance, but the impending disaster this time seems to be far more serious than that time, so serious that APP's warning began to sound in advance.
"The countdown starts now - 40 -"
Inorganic electronic mechanical sounds ruthlessly rang out from everyone's mobile phones, announcing the impending disaster.
"No? What kind of disaster was it, a spacequake or a hurricane? Or a lightning storm?!"
Luo Dong's face turned pale with fright. The mechanical sounds were like ghosts urging his death, counting down the time for the sword of Damocles to fall.
“35——”
The vibrations that were difficult to ignore spread from deep underground to everyone's side. Gu Qingming watched the exquisitely decorated crystal chandelier in the living room swinging from side to side like a pendulum in an amusement park, as if shaking its head and sighing.
All the liquids around that could be seen were shaking. The strange vibrations came from the deepest part of the land beneath the feet, making it impossible to stand steadily.
A mess of earthquake self-rescue guides and mysterious natural disaster self-rescue guides flashed through the minds of the four high school students. Logically, they should have left the house quickly and ran to an open area outside, but no one knew whether the heavy rain outside that had not stopped yet contained some special mysterious influence. The conflicting safety regulations froze the inexperienced high school students in place in an instant.
“Ding-ling-ling——!”
Before they could make a decision, someone's cell phone rang, and Gu Qingming quickly ran over and pressed the answer button and the speakerphone.
They didn't bring walkie-talkies when they came to Luo Dong's house this time. The only ones who could contact them at this time should be Cao Sheng, Lu Ze, or other members of CPA.
Cao Sheng's anxious voice sounded on the other end of the phone.
"Hello?! Gu Qingming, Chu Zhongyuan! Can you hear me?"
"We have detected that a serious 'dragon sucking water' incident is about to occur around Qianlong Lake. Look around to see if there is any higher ground - sizzle -"
"Sizzle - be careful to avoid disaster! - Sizzle -"
Perhaps because it was raining heavily throughout Lantai City, the equipment in some places was damaged and the signal was very poor. Cao Sheng's voice was quickly drowned out by the "crackling" sound of the electric current.
"Escape from the disaster? High ground?"
Luo Dong quickly extracted these two pieces of information from it, and looked relieved as he clung tightly to the refrigerator that was fixed to the ground.
Zheng Qiuji was hiding under the table. He seemed to know a lot about Qianlong Lake and added one sentence.
"That's fine. This villa area is the highest place around Qianlong Lake. Even if Qianlong Lake bursts its banks, it won't flood here..."
“25——”
Gu Qingming, Chu Zhongyuan, and Luo Dong's faces turned black and red in an instant, and they shouted at the same time.
"Shut up, Word Spirit!"
Zheng Qiuji quickly covered his mouth.
The heavy rain was still falling outside. Amid the sound of the rain, a vague voice could be heard from afar, but I couldn't make out what the voice was shouting.
"Swish--swish, swish--"
The unpleasant crackling sound rang out again, but this time it didn't come from the phone, but from around them.
The voltage was quite unstable. Under the continuous attack of heavy rain, the power-connected equipment outside seemed unable to hold on. At the last moment of the countdown, it made an unpleasant groaning sound and went on strike completely.
With a swish, the surroundings fell into terrible darkness again.
“5——4——”
The sound of rain outside the house was mixed with people's panicked shouts, car horns and footsteps. It seemed that something terrible had happened, causing the rich people in this villa area to want to escape in a hurry despite the heavy rain.
"Three—two—one—"
I don't know when the vibration stopped, and the moment the countdown on the APP ended, a sharp and piercing alarm sounded from the phone. The App was quite smart and adjusted the volume of each person's phone to the maximum, for fear that something might happen to the owner because he or she couldn't hear it.
But there are four of Gu Qingming and his group.
In an instant, a quartet of overlapping sounds rang out without paying any attention to the life and death of the human cochlea, and because of the delay and different starts and stops, it was like a symphony of all the pots and pans being smashed.
The next second, a terrible roar, like the violent and mournful cry of some ancient giant creature's anger, was heard, followed by a third loud thunder, sweeping away everything.
Gu Qingming covered his ears tightly. As a wind-type mutant, his five senses were sharper than those of other mutants, and he could not resist the horrific scream at all.
When you feel helpless, a pair of hands reaches out from the darkness, bringing with them a cool, soothing warmth and a familiar fluorescent glow.
The screaming sound soon became much quieter - Chu Zhongyuan knew that Gu Qingming would find it unbearable in this situation, so he erected a space barrier next to Gu Qingming, trying to make the other party feel a little better.
"Remember, superpowers can be developed."
In the first supernatural power training class that Cao Sheng gave them, the brown-haired young man repeated this knowledge in a solemn manner.
"You are at the age of wild imagination. You are luckier than those of me or those who awakened in middle age. So don't be afraid of making mistakes. Try as much as possible, think, and fantasize."
Rigid and dogmatic norms seem to tell high school students that they must write like this, they must answer questions like this, otherwise they will not get high scores, and they will not get the most important grades for high school students.
But Cao Sheng at that time told them: "Dream up."
The fantasies of teenagers are the most bizarre in the world, and they are also the most likely to produce innovations that can change the entire world.
Believe in yourself, just as your supernatural power chooses you because it believes in you.
The moment Chu Zhongyuan heard the terrible scream, some strange scenes that he had never seen before emerged in his mind.
It seemed that a man in blue had once said the same thing to him.
“You can do almost anything if you want to.”
The man's voice was firm and serious, yet gentle as the breeze blowing past. Just like Gu Qingming hugging him in Linling.
With the help of the fluorescent light, Chu Zhongyuan could clearly notice in the darkness that the moment the terrible cry came, Xiao Ming's face turned terribly pale.
The boy's heart felt a slight pain as if there were gravel grinding against it.
Maybe I can do something instead of just watching like this.
It was obvious that Luo Dong and Zheng Qiuji were not in good condition either. Chu Zhongyuan rubbed his ears and felt his entire brain was shaking.
If the en factors are arranged in this order and then exerted with supernatural powers, then without the need for a carrier, can he solidify the space and form something like a barrier?
An idea that had never been tried before appeared in Chu Zhongyuan's mind. He tried it on himself first. After finding that it was indeed feasible, he hurried over to help Gu Qingming and his companions add a barrier.
Chu Zhongyuan already felt a sharp pain in his ears, and he had no doubt that if it continued for a few more seconds, their eardrums would be shattered.
Zheng Qiuji and Luo Dong breathed a sigh of relief at the first moment, perhaps because of some hidden emotion in their hearts. After setting up the barrier, Chu Zhongyuan did not let go of his hands. Instead, he held Gu Qingming's fingers tightly. At the moment when the coldness and warmth touched, a subtle joy bloomed from the boy's heart.
I don’t know whose heart is blossoming with joy.
The moment the terrifying sound like a giant dragon's roar stopped, the sound of rain suddenly intensified.
It seemed as if there was an entire Qianlong Lake in the sky that was upside down and pouring down, and the raindrops hit the ground with terrible force.
"ah--!"
A scream and lightning mixed together. When Gu Qingming came back to his senses from the severe pain in his ears, he realized that his hands were still held by Chu Zhongyuan.
As if he realized something, Chu Zhongyuan quickly pulled his hand back, as if trying to cover up his mistake.
"…Thank you."
The coolness of the touch seemed still lingering on Gu Qingming's fingertips. Gu Qingming stood up with a smile and blinked at Chu Zhongyuan.
"No, nothing, just a small problem, a small problem."
Chu Zhongyuan's body visibly stiffened, and he quickly turned his head away, making his attempt to hide something even more obvious.
Gu Qingming shook his head with amusement. He took a few steps forward and pulled up the two auxiliary types who were lying on the ground with dizziness and whose physical fitness was not as good as that of the combat type. He looked out the window.
"...I'll go take a look outside."
The corners of his lips, which were originally raised, were instantly pressed flat and serious.
Gu Qingming found a few sets of disposable frosted raincoats from above the shoe cabinet next to the front door, put them on himself without bothering to button them up, and rushed out.
Chu Zhongyuan was the first to chase after him. Zheng Qiuji and Luo Dong knocked each other's foreheads, forcing themselves to wake up.
"Hey! You two! Wait for us!"
Zheng Qiuji's face was still pale. He put on a disposable raincoat and shouted a few words helplessly.
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