Chapter 98: Thrilling Skybridge (revised)
Feng Xu immediately recognized the woman wearing a silver-grey mask in the group of people.
He was a little excited, and because of his excitement, even the tension caused by the sudden acid rain was diluted a lot. After that night, he always regretted not asking the other party's name.
He saw the other party glanced at them, and thought she would recognize him - after all, he was 1.88 meters tall here, and the whole person stood out from the crowd. In addition, he had not put on the protective mask yet, and his face was not bad. He was also the focus in the crowd.
But the other party just glanced at the crowd, and went straight past them to the upstairs. He immediately picked up the mask and followed, not even caring about Bai Yu who was still wearing protective clothing.
The latter frowned and called him, and seeing that he ignored her, she couldn't help but feel anxious.
Normally, Feng Xu would ignore her, and she didn't care about his attitude. After all, she just wanted to find a place to eat and live for free.
Feng Xu was just the one who could provide these. That day, after she was chased away by others because of You Xi's words, she happened to meet Feng Xu who was driving back to the villa area when she was dragging her luggage to take a bus.
In the past two years, she has always lived in You Xi's house, so Feng Xu naturally knew her. In her eyes, Feng Xu was just a fool, and he was the real rich and stupid, but in the final analysis, he was quite righteous and loyal, not a deep-minded person.
When the other party saw her dragging her luggage and leaving from the direction of the villa area alone, and checking the bus schedule at the bus stop, he stopped the car and asked her what was wrong.
When he heard that she and Youxi had a quarrel and were chased away, he actually seemed very interested and asked her if she had any difficulties. If so, he could help her, or find a place to have a meal and chat.
Bai Yu didn't think Feng Xu was interested in her. She could see that he had other intentions, but she also had other intentions, so she asked him directly if he could take her in.
Both of them had other intentions, and neither of them thought there was anything wrong with a girl living alone in a boy's house. So that day, after Youxi "physically slapped" a group of people who wanted to cheat and eat and drink and went home, she didn't know that Bai Yu had taken Feng Xu's car and moved into the villa next door.
Feng Xu had always wanted to ask Bai Yu about Youxi's weaknesses, such as what she was afraid of, some living habits, and all kinds of racking his brains to give Youxi a taste of strength.
Bai Yu thought Feng Xu was very retarded. He didn't dare to say that he liked someone, and he had to use this elementary school student way to show his presence. He was childish and low-age.
She was tired of eating the food cooked by Feng Xu's aunt these days, so today she suggested to have a meal at the restaurant at the foot of the mountain, and by the way, she talked about the interesting things when You Xi just entered college.
Unexpectedly, she encountered acid rain. Seeing that Feng Xu seemed to not want to care about her and went upstairs alone, she couldn't help but feel anxious and hurriedly put on protective clothing .
**
On the glass terrace facing east on the second floor.
This time, You Xi was not immediately blinded by the number of star coins and the superior conditions of no punishment for failure. In fact, she had felt it before, but this time the feeling was even stronger.
Youxi: Since coming to this world, three of the four random missions are related to Feng Xu. Why?
Especially this mission, which actually has 80 star coins. In the past, she only earned no more than a hundred or eighty star coins each time she traveled through the world.
If this was an intermediate or upper-middle level world, it would be fine, but the level of this world is medium-low, equivalent to a zombie world. And now a small random mission has 80 star coins, and there is no punishment for failure (no death).
What does this mean?
This means that the Star House system really wants her to accept this mission, and does not want her to choose to be conservative and refuse because she is afraid that she cannot complete it considering the current situation.
Youxi: It feels like you seem to want Feng Xu to be alive? Why? Could it be... related to the system tower?
[Do you accept it? 】
【Automatic negation countdown 30 seconds: 30, 29...】
Youxi: ...
again?
Youxi: Take it!
There are star coins for completion, no penalty for failure, why not take it?
Moreover, every time the system does not directly answer a question, it means that her guess is close to the truth. Her son is still easy to guess...
【...】
【Random task (special hidden task) accepted: progress 5%】
Youxi was surprised. She just accepted the task and did nothing, but the progress was 5%?
Why?
She soon found out why. With the sound of anxious footsteps coming up the stairs, Feng Xu, wearing a protective mask, ran to her side with a smile on his face and greeted her warmly: "See you again! What a coincidence! Why are you here? I haven't thanked you properly for the last time. What's your name? My name is Feng Xu. Are you a resident of our villa area? Where do you live?"
You Xi: ...
"Are you the one who broke the wall just now? You are so cool, why do you wear this silver-gray mask? Don't you want to leave your name after doing good deeds? You-" "Shut up." Youxi could n't bear it
any longer. She looked back at the "80 Star Coins" and frowned, saying, "Put on your protective mask immediately and follow me closely when you cross the glass bridge!" Feng Xu didn't know what he had thought of or what he had misunderstood. He smiled and looked at her. He hummed softly. Youxi, who had goosebumps all over her body, said: ... The glass terrace is fully enclosed. The glass bridge is an architectural design point nearby. It is three meters wide and about thirty meters long. It crosses the road below and connects to a glass observation deck on the opposite side. On the right side of the observation deck is a staircase leading down to the road. On the left side of the observation deck, there is a direct elevator, which should be the elevator that goes directly to the subway station that the couple's male partner mentioned. There is no support point under the overpass, and the ground is made of a huge piece of glass with no joints. This also means that if the glass ground is damaged in one place, the entire overpass may be affected. Fortunately, the broken glass is now on the left wall. The only problem is that the wall is damaged more, and a lot of acid rain has splashed in, which has spread horizontally to the middle part. The three-meter width only leaves a safe distance of more than one meter for passage, and at the same time, you must be alert to the raindrops flying in from outside. No one dares to guarantee that the protective clothing and protective shoes on their bodies can block such acid rain. Everyone has seen the miserable situation of pedestrians on the road being corroded by acid rain just now, and no one wants to get a little rain on them. You Xi checked the situation and analyzed it quickly. She reached into the backpack (Xingwu Warehouse) hanging in front of her to get the metal umbrella, and grabbed Feng Xu with the other hand and walked towards the glass bridge. They had only stepped onto the bridge for a few steps when someone ran over from the restaurant terrace and rushed to Feng Xu's side in a few steps: "Wait! I'll go with you!"
Almost at the moment when the other person ran onto the overpass, Youxi felt the glass floor beneath her feet tremble. It was a very subtle feeling, and if her five senses had not been strengthened several times, she would not have been able to feel it at all.
Without hesitation, she immediately used the metal umbrella in her hand to hold the person who was running towards her, and said to her, "Hurry up and retreat."
Bai Yu was pushed back a few steps, and just as she was about to speak, she saw the other person also pulling Feng Xu back.
Youxi's eyes quickly scanned the entire glass overpass, and finally found another damaged hole and a crack that had spread on the ground near the damaged wall on the left side.
As they were stopping and retreating, other people from the first floor of the restaurant came up. You Xi turned around and looked at them. His eyes swept over the only person in the team who was not wearing full body protective equipment. He took out a protective mask from his backpack and threw it to him: "Protective against acid and gas."
The other party took it: "Thank you!"
You Xi didn't want to create panic and make them squeeze together, so he quickly said: "Two people in a group, after passing, the next group will go up, and those who didn't pass will go up." Before that, other people should stay in the glass terrace and not step onto the overpass. Do you understand?"
After the incident of breaking the wall, no one in the cafe had any objection to her words. Instead, several guests in the restaurant pushed the crowd forward with an unconvinced look on their faces: "Why should we listen to you?"
You Xi stepped aside directly: "Then you go first."
The glass overpass was interrupted, and the broken wall and the acid rain that flowed in looked particularly terrifying.
Those people took two steps and retreated awkwardly: "You should go first." They needed someone to explore the way.
"Don't waste time anymore, form your own team." You Xi grabbed Feng Xu again, turned around and stepped onto the overpass. Bai Yu subconsciously wanted to follow, but You Xi stopped her, "You can choose to go first, or the next batch?"
Bai Yu looked at Feng Xu, who didn't say anything, so she could only step back: "You go first."
You Xi pulled Feng Xu and walked quickly to the other side with slightly light steps.
When the two of them walked on it at the same time, the glass floor did not tremble like before, indicating that it was within the tolerable range. There were less than 20 people here, and as long as they followed the plan, everyone could pass safely in a very short time.
They soon came to the middle of the damaged wall. Youxi opened the metal umbrella, which was foldable and had a particularly large surface. She held the umbrella in the direction of the damage to allow Feng Xu to pass through. Then she looked at the right angle and threw the umbrella towards the damaged part of the wall. The metal umbrella surface immediately got stuck in the damaged part of the glass wall, blocking the acid rain outside.
"Wow, you are great!" Feng Xu almost wanted to applaud.
Youxi didn't say anything, but dragged people through the remaining passages quickly to the observation deck, and then told Feng Xu to press the elevator.
Seeing that they had passed safely, the people in the terrace of the restaurant opposite started to cross the overpass in pairs.
It was smooth at first, and about half of the people passed safely. The direct elevator was soon full. You Xi signaled Feng Xu to go down to the subway station with the others, and she would take a look. However, Feng Xu flashed out at the moment before the elevator door closed. Bai Yu wanted to pull him but failed.
"I'll wait for you to go down together." Feng Xu's voice came from the mask.
It would not affect the mission much if he went down early or late, and You Xi nodded.
It was smooth here, but there was some friction at the other end of the overpass.
A mother and daughter who were eating in a restaurant had to wait at the back when they came up because they were too slow to put on protective clothing. They were anxious waiting. So, after the mother and daughter whispered a few words, the daughter asked the man who was about to take his turn, saying that her mother was not feeling well and wanted to go first.
The man wanted to save face, so he agreed. His girlfriend immediately got angry and asked him why he made the decision for her. Did he agree because she was pretty?
The mother and daughter ignored the couple's argument and took the opportunity to pass them and go up the overpass. The girl was furious and reached out and pulled the other girl hard.
"What are you doing!" The daughter staggered and fell heavily on the glass floor with a thud.
No one noticed that a crack on the broken glass floor began to spread and expand due to the heavy blow.
"Go back to your team! That jerk is willing to give way, but I am not!" She wanted to leave, but was pulled by the other mother. The two entangled for a few times, and finally the mother was also pushed away.
The girl in love didn't hesitate, turned around and walked forward.
You Xi heard the slight cracking sound of the glass. She took a few steps back to the overpass and found that the crack in the broken glass floor in the middle of the overpass had expanded to half.
Across the overpass, the restaurant wall was not in good condition either. The bricks were corroded and soft, and were falling off bit by bit.
At this moment, there were only the mother and daughter, the man in love, a restaurant employee, the middle-aged office man in the coffee shop, and the father and daughter.
The girl in love walked the fastest and had already walked one-third of the way. The middle-aged office man had long been impatient to wait. Seeing that several people were blocking the way there, and only the girl in love was crossing the overpass alone, he stretched out his hand to push away the person in front of him and rushed directly up.
Everyone was afraid of the acid rain on the ground, so they all walked on the right side after getting on the bridge. He caught up with the couple in a few steps, and because he thought she was walking too slowly, he pushed her and rushed in front of her.
The girl was about to reach the damaged part of the wall, and was afraid of getting touched by the acid rain on the ground, so she slowed down her pace. She was pushed by him without any preparation, and her body fell heavily on the glass floor. The glass floor, which was already cracked, could not withstand several impacts and shook.
The metal umbrella stuck on the wall loosened due to the shaking. A gust of wind blew outside, and the metal umbrella fell, and the acid rain poured back, hitting the middle-aged office man.
Acid rain fell all over his head and body. His protective suit could not resist and immediately began to corrode. He slapped the smoking protective suit and screamed in fear. The overpass shook even more violently.
Feng Xu saw this and subconsciously wanted to rush onto the bridge, but was pulled back by You Xi.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm going to help!" He looked at her in confusion, "Why are you holding me?"
"The cracks in the glass floor of the overpass have widened. If you go up there, you won't help, but will add weight and chaos--"
On the other side of the overpass, everyone was frightened by the acid rain and the middle-aged man lying on the ground screaming. They froze for a moment and no one dared to go up the bridge.
The girl who had fallen looked back at her boyfriend who was not moving far away, sneered, and got up again without knowing where she got the strength to walk along the right glass wall and quickly passed the slightly shaking overpass.
The middle-aged man was still lying near the gap in the wall, rolling and screaming. You Xi frowned and looked at the hesitant person on the other side, and shouted at the other side: "Hurry up, it's more dangerous to wait any longer!" The hesitant person
moved again. The restaurant staff ran up first and passed quickly, followed by the daughter of the father and daughter in the cafe. Among the mother and daughter who wanted to cut in line just now, the mother twisted her foot when she was entangled with her lover's daughter, and she pushed her daughter to let her go first.
The daughter passed through, followed closely by the man she was with. There were still two people left on the opposite side, the mother who sprained her foot, and the father from the cafe.
"You go first!" He wore the protective mask that Youxi gave him and was not afraid of the acidic gas. The wind died down, and the acid rain from the damaged part of the wall no longer flowed back, only some raindrops splashed in. In his opinion, as long as they did not fight or compete, everyone could pass through.
But something unexpected happened. When the middle-aged woman passed the damaged part of the wall, the office man who had been lying on the ground motionless suddenly reached out and grabbed her feet.
The middle-aged woman screamed and fell heavily. The heavy blow caused the entire overpass to shake again, and the glass floor made a creaking and cracking sound. This time, everyone heard this horrible sound.
Youxi looked up and said, "The overpass is about to collapse, run!"
The father moved and ran very fast.
On the other side, the girl looked at her mother who was screaming in pain because her foot was pulled and drenched in acid rain, and begged him, "Save her! Please save her!"
The father hesitated. He didn't have a protective suit on him, and he would definitely be drenched in acid rain if he wanted to save people. He glanced at his daughter, who stood there motionless, as if looking at him. He
gritted his teeth, ran a few steps, helped the middle-aged woman get rid of her pulled foot, lifted her up, and ran towards this side together.
Others saw the broken glass falling to the ground and shouted, "Run faster! Faster!"
The acid rain on the middle-aged woman's protective suit touched the man's hands and body, causing him to twitch in pain. But at this moment, he could no longer care about that. He also saw the crack in the glass spreading from the left side. The crack was chasing him like a death warrant, and he wished he could grow wings and fly over.
In the last few seconds, everything was infinitely magnified before his eyes. The glass overpass could not withstand the repeated heavy blows and finally disintegrated.
You Xi and Feng Xu reached out, one on the left and one on the right, to grab the two people who fell with the glass, dragged them to the observation deck, and ran quickly to the direct elevator with the others.
The overpass collapsed, and the restaurant opposite also began to collapse due to the acid rain. The middle-aged office man fell into the rain below along with the broken glass floor.
When the people went down the elevator, they saw the office man struggling in the acid rain on the ground. He was like a fish thrown onto the shore, twisting and bouncing, and finally sinking...
In the elevator, the girl looked at her rescued mother and the injured rescuer, her voice trembling, and she kept saying thank you and sorry.
**
From the acid rain falling to the evacuation of the people to the subway station, the whole process took only a dozen minutes.
But these ten minutes seemed like several days and nights.
Everyone was in a heavy mood and was silent.
Youxi also didn't say much. In a disaster, sometimes just a small choice can lead to major changes. Who is right or wrong is meaningless in the face of death. People no longer have the energy to blame.
Bai Yu, who was waiting at the subway station, walked towards Feng Xu as soon as he saw them. Youxi looked at the notification that the mission progress had reached 100%, and let go of Feng Xu who had been holding him all the way.
The number of star coins changed to 538. This time, the hidden random mission was not difficult, but the more this was the case, the more it meant that the mission was not the focus, but Feng Xu was.
Feng Xu called her from behind, but she pretended not to hear it, and turned around a few times to blend into the chaotic crowd.
There were a lot of people in the subway station, in the lobby and on the platform. They were all people who rushed down from several subway exits to take shelter when the acid rain fell.
Most of them didn't even have protective clothing and protective masks. Many people were drenched by the rain. At this moment, they all found a place to sit or lie down, moaning and crying out in pain.
Some subway station staff carried buckets to wash away the traces of acid rain left by pedestrians on the ground. The water washed out was foamy, probably soapy water.
Some staff members walked through with medical kits to treat the wounds of the injured. Some
pedestrians inhaled a lot of acid gas, coughed up blood, and were in so much pain that they just wanted to die immediately...
There were also people who happened to be in the subway station when it rained. At this moment, they gathered in other areas, trying to stay away from these people with acid rain and wounds.
Everyone was terrified and confused. The buildings outside were also corroded by the rain. What about those people who were in the buildings and didn't have time to hide in the safe area?
They thought of their relatives. Some people couldn't get through to their parents and cried; some people thought of their children at home and cried in despair...
This black acid rain that suddenly fell on Fancheng also covered several other nearby cities.
According to measurements, the negative acid rain lasted about 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, the pH value of the acid rain rose and finally stayed at around 2.6, and then continued to rain for nearly two or three hours.
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