Chapter 29 Accident
◎There's no way, she gave too much◎
"What method?" Everyone looked at Qin Shu.
"That giant column actually stores a lot of water." Otherwise, she wouldn't have been so obsessed with bringing that giant column back. After all, she originally wanted to use it as a water reserve and a defense tool. She just thought that when she was really out of water and hungry, she could still take a bite of it.
You should know that the giant saguaro cactus is a rare non-toxic and edible plant in the desert.
However, because it rained later and Yue Shanshan knew how to distill water, Qin Shu finally forgot about the giant column.
"Never mind, let's give it a try!" The athlete had no idea how many ants he had swatted off his body. If this continued, he would not be able to hold on any longer.
Of the group, only Elia, who had run away last night out of fear of insects, wasn't particularly attracted to ants. So, upon hearing this, although she felt it was disgusting and terrifying to be near them, she still volunteered, "I'll go."
After all, everyone has contributed, but she has never been able to help. Now that she is needed, she also wants to do something for everyone.
Because of fear, she held her breath tightly, biting her lower lip tightly with her teeth, and her whole face was as pale as a piece of paper. She stared at the position of the giant column without moving, then rushed forward, grabbed one end of the giant column, closed her eyes, and ran back with her legs desperately.
Fortunately, the school was afraid that they would get injured during military training, so they provided them with top-notch protective gloves and military training uniforms. Otherwise, with so many spikes, Elia really wouldn't have been able to drag the giant saguaro back.
Just because she ran too fast just now, Elia's cheek was scratched by the dry plants, but she couldn't feel it at all now. She just closed her eyes and ran forward desperately until she felt someone holding her up. Then she knelt on the ground exhausted.
"Thank you for your hard work. Leave the next step to us." It was Qin Shu who supported Elijah. She kicked away the ants around Elijah and helped Elijah take a step back.
This leaves room for Ji Feiran and other athletes to perform.
These guys were also very powerful. They quickly picked up rocks from all around and smashed them at the giant pillars. The hard giant pillars instantly broke into several pieces and juice came out.
"Hurry, hurry, don't waste it." Seeing that the juice was about to flow into the sand, Ji Feiran hurriedly scooped up a handful, and without thinking, he put on Yue Shanshan's hands and touched them. After all, Yue Shanshan was the most diligent in catching insect eggs yesterday, so naturally the scent on her hands was extremely strong.
The other people also rushed forward, each grabbed a few pieces of giant pillars, and rubbed them on their bodies desperately.
The scene was like a group of wild animals scrambling to divide the melon.
As Ji Feiran wiped the liquid, he shouted, "Leave some for Lao Peng and the others!"
Finally, after using up half of the broken giant column, the ants finally lost their target. Fearing the sun, they dived back into the ground, but -
Their tent camp, because it was in the shade, became a paradise for ants.
"Anyway, I'm going to go find Lao Peng first. We'll have to think of a way to deal with this camp later." Ji Feiran was worried that his teammates had also provoked the desert army ants. If they were not prepared, these ants would crawl into their collars or cuffs. Being bitten and poisoned would be a minor concern, but he was afraid that the whole person would be besieged and eaten by the ants.
"I'll go with you." The athlete who ran very fast said, and even took off his coat, wrapped the unused giant column, and ran away with Ji Feiran.
"What should we do next?" Yue Shanshan looked at the dense ants on the other side of the tent and felt a little worried.
All their supplies are there, and there are only two days left in military training. If they want to survive, they must snatch these things back, otherwise they will have to rob others.
"Get rid of that can." Qin Shu said calmly.
"What should we do? Wash it with water? We didn't even touch it directly, but we were contaminated with the smell of the insect eggs. The eggs exploded directly in the jar. I guess no amount of water can wash them away." Elia's legs were still a little weak. She felt that the sand under her was extremely hot, but she still insisted on sitting on the ground and did not stand up.
"Why now?" Yue Shanshan at the side suddenly asked, "Why didn't these ants appear last night or this morning, but only now?"
This sentence, coupled with the shadow that appeared behind the athlete before, instantly gave Qin Shu inspiration.
"Because they didn't know there were insect eggs here, their ability to sense the scent of insect eggs is limited by distance. Perhaps when Peng Ke and his men went to grab supplies, they entered the range where they could detect the scent, which led these desert army ants to follow them all the way here."
"That is to say..." Yue Shanshan turned her head and looked at Qin Shu.
"If you bury this jar deep enough, there will be no smell of insect eggs on the surface." Qin Shu met Yue Shanshan's eyes and calmly took over what she wanted to say.
Yue Shanshan nodded after hearing this and said, "Yes, let them play under the sand by themselves."
Several people quickly took action, each found some tools, and went to a slightly farther place to dig a hole. Soon Ji Feiran also came over with Peng Ke and others. With everyone working together, they dug the hole very quickly.
only--
Things don't always go as planned.
They had only dug half of the pit when they felt the ground they were standing on was shaking. At the same time, the sand around them was collapsing rapidly, filling the pit they had dug tightly.
But the shaking did not stop there, and it shook more and more violently. If Qin Shu had not pulled Yue Shanshan and Elia up, the two of them would have even rolled under the sand dunes along with the quicksand.
"What's going on!?" The athletes' physical fitness was demonstrated at this time. They directly helped take over Yue Shanshan, Elia and others, and led everyone to run diagonally upwards of the sand dune to avoid being dragged into the bottom of the pit by quicksand.
"Earth, earthquake?"
“Can there be earthquakes in the desert?”
"Of course there will be!"
"Oh my god, be careful!!!" Just when everyone finally climbed up a sand dune, the dune unexpectedly began to collapse from the middle. Everything happened too suddenly. By the time they noticed, the top of the dune had already started to pour sand into it crazily, forming a huge whirlpool.
Because Qin Shu was standing right in the middle, she was directly pulled by the sand and half of her body sank.
"Qin Shu!" Yue Shanshan was startled and tried to grab her quickly, but she missed and sank down.
"Hurry and grab my hand!" Peng Ke and Ji Feiran reacted very quickly and stretched out their hands at the same time.
Because Yue Shanshan was on the periphery, she was easily pulled up, but Qin Shu was washed too hard by the force of the rotating sand. Ji Feiran was unable to bring her up immediately and was almost swept into the quicksand himself.
It was Qin Shu who acted decisively and gave her a push, pushing her out.
Qin Shu was buried in the sand and sank.
"Qin Shu!!!"
The voices of her companions were blocked by the sand that came in like a tide, and Qin Shu finally understood why the sand dune collapsed from the middle. It was because there was no sand underground, but a rotten building, a corner of which was collapsed by the earthquake, so the sand collapsed and flowed back.
Because there was sand at the bottom and Qin Shu deliberately adjusted her posture, she didn't feel too much pain when she fell into the building.
However, the sand continued to pour in and would soon fill and bury the building, so Qin Shu did not have much time to escape.
Fortunately, her [Heroic Spirit Recruitment] system was still usable, so she immediately posted a new recruitment, hoping that this time these heroes would respond as quickly as before.
"!" Soon, the system prompted her that someone had taken over her commission.
Qin Shu didn't even bother to see who took it and directly passed the person to her side.
Unexpectedly, the heroic spirit that came to her was a woman who was even more confused than she was.
The description of her as a woman was actually a little inaccurate. After all, most people's hair wasn't black and venomous. It was also said that her forehead and body were covered with dark green scales, paired with bright red lips and pale skin. Even though her green eyes were full of confusion now, it couldn't conceal the evil and terrifying aura she exuded.
In short, this person didn't look like he was here to rescue Qin Shu, but rather to take her life.
"...I took the wrong order. Please find someone else." The woman was dazed for a moment before she spoke up. "My ability is petrification. Desert disasters like this are beyond my control."
"Try harder." Qin Shu quickly placed another commission, but no one answered it this time, so she suddenly grabbed the shoulders of the woman who wanted to leave, ignored the cold and venomous snakes spitting at her, and looked straight into her eyes.
"Ah? How can I work hard on this?" The woman felt like she was hearing a fairy tale.
"Can you control what you petrify?"
"Yes."
"Oh, then you can turn the sand into stone and then control it."
"...I can't do that. I can only turn living things into stone."
Qin Shu remained calm: "Why not non-living things?"
"I haven't thought about that either." The woman tilted her head in self-doubt.
"Then forget it. Just assume you can do it and give it a try first." Qin Shu said, and then silently added, "After you succeed, I'll give you an extra 10,000 achievement points."
The woman had never seen anyone as outrageous as Qin Shu. Was this something worth ten thousand achievements?
"Okay, I'll try!" Two green lights flashed in the woman's eyes, and the poisonous snakes on her head opened their mouths and made hissing sounds.
At first, there was no change around, but soon, the sand began to gather and formed pieces of stone, which were then thrown aside by the woman without touching Qin Shu at all.
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There is still one chapter left, and it will probably take until midnight to finish writing and post it. I'm still working on it...
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