"Is your life more important or your birthday?! Stop the car!" Fang Xiyue told the driver to stop the car, but the girl in the passenger seat wouldn't budge.
Suddenly, a violent tremor struck, and the car shook violently. "Oh no, it's a mudslide!" Su Zheyu shouted, looking at the situation ahead.
Fang Xiyue reacted quickly, immediately opening the car door and shouting, "Everyone, jump out of the car!"
Su Zheyu was the first to follow, and the girl in the passenger seat also unbuckled her seatbelt, but the driver gripped the steering wheel tightly and refused to leave. "I can't abandon the car!" He slammed on the brakes, but the road was slippery and it was downhill, so the car continued forward due to inertia.
"It's too late, jump!" Su Zheyu shouted as he reached forward to unbuckle the driver's seatbelt.
The driver still refused, forcefully breaking free from Su Zheyu's hand in an attempt to stabilize the vehicle. Seeing that it was too late, Su Zheyu had no choice but to jump out of the car first. Shortly after he jumped, the car plunged into the mudslide area, instantly losing control and sliding towards the abyss.
"Ah!" The girl who had been sitting in the passenger seat screamed, trying to grab the driver, but it was too late. The car plunged into the abyss and disappeared into the rolling mudslide.
"Run!" How could a mudslide be confined to just a small area? Fang Xiyue grabbed the girl and ran, with Su Zheyu protecting them from behind.
The number in the sky had changed from 4/4 to 3/4. The mudslide was moving very fast, and the three people were running as fast as they could. "Run up the hillside!"
Fang Xiyue suddenly remembered what she learned in junior high school geography class: if you encounter a mudslide, you should run in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the mudslide, and run up the hillsides on both sides.
The three stumbled and fell to the top of the hillside, only stopping when they were sure it was safe.
The girl was terrified. She had only managed to run away on instinct and with Fang Xiyue's help, but they didn't rest for long, because they knew that something else would happen to kill them.
The three of them descended the mountain from another direction, still wanting to get to the village as soon as possible. However, less than two hours later, another landslide occurred, causing a huge crack in the mountain, and the girl fell into it.
The number in the sky changed to 2/2. Su Zheyu gripped Fang Xiyue's hand tightly and continued running. Because of their good skills, the two of them moved more freely when no one was watching, so they quickly escaped danger.
For the next two days, they were trapped on the mountain and encountered dangers from time to time, but they were all resolved one by one. For them, it was easier when there were fewer people than when there were more people.
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Fang Xiyue stood on the street. This was the final level. The disaster was zombies, and the number in the sky was 1/1, which meant that she only needed to survive to pass the level.
She was holding a steel pipe in her hand, which she had found on the street corner the moment she arrived.
After going through these challenges, she no longer subconsciously thinks about her superpowers. Instead, she fights entirely on instinct. She only has one life, and if she's not ruthless, she'll only face death.
Fang Xiyue charged into the horde of zombies with a steel pipe in her hand. Her movements were nimble and fluid, and even without a sharp steel pipe, she could still plunge it deep into the heads of the zombies.
When she got tired of fighting, she would sneak into a nearby building to rest. It wasn't in her nature to play the victim, and besides, she had a vague feeling that the person who brought them here didn't have any bad intentions.
Fang Xiyue repeated the steps of killing zombies, collecting supplies, and resting. After three days, Fang Xiyue felt dizzy and returned to the street.
She was surrounded by people, the same positions they had taken when they thought there was an enemy attack. Everyone was there, and they were waking up one after another. Fang Xiyue saw that everyone looked the same as before, but their auras were completely different. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe it as a complete transformation.
"It's good that everyone is alright!"
"They're back! They're back!"
"We're all still alive! Waaah~"
Jun Nanxuan and the others reached out and hugged Fang Xiyue. Countless times they had thought they were going to die like this, but thankfully, they had pulled through.
Fang Xiyue didn't tell everyone about the trial grounds first, but instead had everyone undergo testing. The results were excellent; many people successfully broke through their barriers, and many people's mental strength and physical constitution increased by two levels.
When they saw the results, everyone was stunned and realized that the trial was actually meant to train them, not to kill them.
Everyone was initially delighted to have successfully passed the test and saved others, but later they realized that everyone had entered the trial, just at different levels of difficulty.
"Do you think Commander Fang did this?"
"I think so, shh, let's just keep it to ourselves!"
"[Tongzi, you intervened, didn't you?]" Fang Xiyue asked.
[Yes, host. Everyone has become dependent because everything has gone too smoothly. This is why everyone's physical and mental strength have not improved. I took advantage of the fact that he set up this training ground.]
Now that everyone has made breakthroughs, proving that this method works, I'm sorry, host, I didn't even tell you. The system picked at its fingers, afraid that Fang Xiyue would scold it.
【Tongzi, thank you.】 Fang Xiyue could clearly feel that everyone had made a qualitative leap.
【System, do you know something else?】 Fang Xiyue still felt something was off; she felt the system was hiding something from her.
[Host, the apocalypse on Earth is indeed as you guessed, deliberately caused by an advanced civilization. They wanted to invade Earth, so they released the zombie virus.]
But they didn't expect the zombies to be dealt with so quickly, so they sent down insectoids, animals, and plants, but you guys ate them all. I bet they're brewing something big right now.
Does that mean they'll be here soon?
That's right. The advanced civilization's homeworld is severely polluted, and they rely on technology for sustenance, lacking fresh fruits and vegetables. So, when they accidentally witnessed the lives of the less advanced civilization, they developed a desire to invade.
Fang Xiyue had a clear idea of what was going on, but she was also very anxious. If they really came to invade, could they really hold out?
Are their weapons powerful? If the two sides are evenly matched, then there is still hope of winning the battle. But if the other side is stronger, then fighting is pointless, right?
"Impressive, but we're not bad either. My system shop has a lot of their weapons; we can just buy them directly." The system proudly puffed out its little belly.
[How long will it take?] You need to have a clear idea of the timeframe.
"They are billions of light-years away from us, so it will take them about a year to get here," the system replied after calculating.
【Okay.】The time is neither too long nor too short, there is still a chance. As long as we make good use of the time, we have a chance of winning.
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