Chapter 113 Jinjiang Exclusive
Looking at the sea of fire outside, Lu Xuan's face suddenly changed. He quickly woke up the other three people in the house and shouted, "Go to the cave!"
The three sleepy-eyed people were puzzled, but when they saw the firelight through the window, they suddenly became alert. Without asking any questions, they hurried out with pale faces.
Lu Xuan watched them run to the square, called the village chief and asked him to wake up everyone, stepped on the hoverboard and looked around, and found that the wildfire had spread over a very wide area, and almost everything within sight was on fire.
A wildfire of this scale cannot be put out by one person alone, even for him.
Lu Xuan gave up the idea of solving the problem himself. He used his wind ability to quickly cut down a large area of trees around to create an isolation zone, and used his earth ability to erect an earth wall as a barrier.
After that, he closed the safe house, glanced at the fruit forest, hesitated for a moment, then went over to take the beehive, and turned around to chase Lu Qing and the other two.
As he crossed the square, Lu Xuan paused slightly and looked up at the towering tree that had silently provided shelter to the villagers for two months.
The night wind blew the increasingly thick smoke towards them.
Lu Xuan knew that this was not the time to express his feelings, so he placed his hand on the huge trunk of the giant tree and poured his wood-related supernatural power into it. Finally, he stroked the trunk and whispered "Come on!" When passing by the small cave, he waved his hand casually. Then, when he was about to walk towards the big cave, he heard a shrill scream from the sea of fire that was faintly visible behind him not far from the isolation zone.
The voice sounds familiar, perhaps it's... Zhou?
Why would the other person be wandering outside for no reason at this time of night when everyone is asleep?
Unless... Lu Xuan's expression turned stern, and a sneer slipped out of the corner of his lips. He pretended not to hear the increasingly faint wailing and quickly entered the large cave with the door opened.
The villagers who were awakened were already in chaos.
Some people complained that the night watchmen didn't notice someone coming to steal vegetables last time, and they almost missed such a big danger this time.
In fact, it’s not really the fault of the night watchman.
There happened to be no moon these two days, and the area where the fire initially broke out was quite far from the cave. There were also huge trees in the square blocking the view, so even if one was blinded, it would be impossible to notice anything unusual.
Now the people in the cave can see the fire, but it also means that the wildfire is right in front of them and cannot be avoided.
When Li Tie saw Lu Xuan, he hurriedly asked him about the situation outside.
Lu Xuan said succinctly, "The wildfire is very large and will probably burn for many days. In addition, this wildfire is probably not caused naturally but by humans."
Man-made——!?
Before the villagers could be shocked, they heard Lu Xuan talk about the screams he had just heard and his judgment of the other party's identity.
As the arsonist, he was trapped to death by the fire. Either Zhou had no intention of living, or he misjudged the intensity of the fire and didn't have time to escape, thus trapping himself.
But the villagers obviously didn't care about the cause of Zhou's death, they were almost furious.
Miao Jinfeng was so angry that her face turned blue. "What the hell is that bitch Zhou Jinhua doing? How dare she set fire in this weather!"
Others couldn't help but curse, "If she wants to die, then go ahead and die. Why is she dragging us down with her?"
"Fuck her eight generations of ancestors! How come this vicious woman didn't die in that earthquake? She's such a jinx!"
The whole village was almost implicated by a madman. It is no exaggeration to say that they are now ready to dig up the Zhou family's ancestral graves and scatter the ashes.
"Now is not the time to curse." Wu Cheng, who also looked unhappy, reminded in a deep voice: "The smell of smoke is already coming in."
The villagers immediately panicked.
"Quick, close the door!"
"Lock it, lock it!"
"This door should be able to withstand the fire, right?"
Lu Xuan: "Don't worry, it can withstand even if it is burned by fire." He used his supernatural powers to test the strength when he first bought it. It is produced by Star Alliance, so the quality is guaranteed.
After the security door was locked, Li Tie sighed, "Once this door is locked today, I'm afraid we'll have no choice but to hide in the cave and not be able to leave for a while."
The villagers were silent for a moment, and then someone suddenly said, "Those people in the cave to the west..."
The women, still furious, blurted out, "Who cares if they live or die!"
Old Master Zhang hesitated and said, "It was the Zhou family who caused the wildfire. The others are as innocent as we are..." He paused halfway through his words, obviously thinking of the key point.
Regardless of whether they were innocent or not, the wildfire was about to reach the square, and they couldn't risk their lives to run out and save a group of people with whom they had already fallen out.
Li Tie: "Take care of yourself first."
Lu Xuan: "If they were smarter, they might have survived."
The two spoke almost at the same time.
After hearing this, the others all looked at Lu Xuan. Miao Jinfeng asked, "Xuan, what do you mean by this?" How to survive?
Lu Xuan said calmly: "On the way here, I opened the security door of the grocery store cave. There were a lot of supplies inside, including air conditioners. If I had sensed the danger before the wildfire came and seized the opportunity to hide in it, I might have survived. If I had missed the opportunity..." That was their fate too.
Everyone understood his hidden meaning, but they didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Instead, they completely let go of the burden in their hearts.
As for the disaster victims, perhaps God really gave them a glimmer of hope.
When Lu Xuan discovered the fire, someone in the disaster-stricken cave had just gotten up at night and smelled the smoke and discovered the forest fire.
A group of disaster victims who were tortured beyond recognition by the peak season ran out in panic. Driven by instinct, they subconsciously fled to the Giant Tree Square.
Inevitably, some people fell behind along the way, and some even instinctively pushed the people around them to ensure their own survival. Lei Shan exerted force and threw Xu Dawu, who was about to pass him, to the back.
The latter was caught off guard and stumbled and fell. By chance, he hit a stone and fainted.
But Lei Shan was not able to escape successfully. In the dark night, he panicked and went in the wrong direction without knowing it. He ran for his life. When he reacted, the flames were burning towards his dissatisfied and frightened face.
"ah--!"
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While the disaster victims were fleeing as quickly as possible, the people of Yunlu Village were packing their luggage to go down to the cave.
At first everyone was wondering why they had to go down?
Karst caves are not as comfortable to live in as mountain caves. They usually go there mainly because they have a large range of activities and can also fish and mine. They will return to the caves to sleep.
Lu Xuan did not hide the truth from them: "This mountain range is vast and has lush vegetation. Once a wildfire starts, it will take three to five days to put it out. There will be no rain for the next ten days and there will be an earthquake in five days. The cave will collapse when it does."
Originally, according to the initial weather companion, the cave was safe until the end of the extreme hot season.
The changes are mostly due to the fact that the cave was shaken out, affecting the surrounding geology and causing a chain reaction.
When a landslide occurs in a cave, the large cave above will naturally be affected.
If there had been no wildfire, Lu Xuan could have asked the villagers to take shelter in the square before the earthquake, and then consider how to clear the collapsed area afterwards.
But now, this method doesn't work.
They couldn't get out of the cave at all.
They now had only one choice - to find another exit to escape from the cave, which was so vast and interconnected that it had not been fully explored so far.
The villagers were unwilling to believe that such a huge underground world would collapse. It could also be said that they felt it was a pity and were unwilling to accept this fact.
But they are even more unwilling to gamble with their lives.
So, let’s go!
The sooner you set out, the greater your chances of survival!
As the villagers hurriedly packed up their own quarantine cabins, air conditioners, and everything that could be packed, Lu Xuan remembered the viewers who were quite resentful of him for not broadcasting during the wolf attack, and casually turned on the live broadcast.
Millions of night owls soon flocked into the live broadcast room, as well as viewers who had a time difference with Lu Xuan and were at their most energetic time during the day.
【??? Late night surprise?】
【Why did it suddenly start broadcasting in the middle of the night? 】
[Wow! They secretly started the show without even notifying me in advance. I almost missed it!]
[Huh? We're in a big cave? Why is the anchor here? And why are the villagers packing their bags?]
Lu Xuan told them the current situation in a few words, and the audience who were still surprised by the late-night broadcast were suddenly shocked.
[I was right. I thought the host wouldn't suddenly start broadcasting for no reason. It turns out something big must have happened!]
[Is Zhou seriously ill?! This isn't just ruining the host and the villagers, it's also ruining so much of the mountain's flora and fauna!]
【!!! Holy crap! I didn't even think of this! This fire must have destroyed so much food hidden in the mountains... No, it must have destroyed animals! It's so poisonous!!!】
[Also, the aged ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum that the host found deep in the mountains will probably be burned too. What a shame!]
[Fuck! If I hadn't been so angry, I'd kill this lunatic with my own hands!]
[Forget it, forget it. Let's not talk about that unlucky thing. Let's get down to business. The host hasn't found an exit to the outside world yet, and now he says he has to find it within five days. Why does this feel a bit unrealistic?]
[What's there to be afraid of?! If all else fails, use your powers to carve out an escape route. If a level 7 esper were buried alive, it would probably be trending on Starbucks for days.]
[It's hard to say. After all, the host has to protect over a hundred people. What if something unexpected happens and his powers run out?]
[Also, there's no guarantee that the outside world will be safe once you get out. So, just in case, you can't really use up all your superpowers.]
Lu Xuan said calmly, "If the supernatural power doesn't work, just blast a path out. It won't be a big problem."
After achieving multiple achievements this time, the mall unlocked a large number of new products, including several powerful bombs that can blow your way out.
Audience:!!!
…
The villagers quickly packed up their things and came to the cave.
Everything that needed to be said had been said in the cave. Lu Xuan asked everyone to arrange the team according to the order in which they entered the mountain. He only slightly adjusted the positions of the young and strong people who had awakened their special powers, and then set off!
The exploration some time ago basically determined the main extension direction of the cave, so they just had to go directly south.
On the way, the villagers kept whispering to each other, their brows filled with anxiety about the unknown road ahead.
However, the audience in the live broadcast room knew that there was no danger in the short term, so they talked about Lu Xuan's action of leaving the door open for the victims, and openly teased Lu Xuan for his cold appearance but warm heart.
Lu Xuan didn't care.
Even if the security door was opened, it is not certain that many people would be able to escape alive.
Rather than leaving the victims a chance to survive, it was more to prevent the villagers from feeling unnecessary guilt and having a knot in their hearts.
"Ah Xuan." Zhang Chengming moved closer to Lu Xuan and asked, "Did you close down your house before you came back?"
Lu Xuan nodded, "Of course."
The security doors and air conditioners in the grocery store are worth less than 10,000 points in total, but the safe house is worth hundreds of thousands of points, so we naturally cannot give it up.
Lu Qing, who was walking behind Lu Xuan, slapped her forehead and asked, "Where are the vegetables in the yard and the fruit trees in the orchard?"
Lu Xuan said: "If there are not many vegetables, they will not be harvested. There is no time to pull out the fruit trees, so we can only give up."
The audience in the live broadcast room who were chatting among themselves:...Huh?
Um? ? ?
They took a moment to process the meaning of these words, and then couldn't help screaming.
"Aa ...
[Holy crap!!! I thought the wildfires wouldn't affect me, but it turns out!! Is the lucky draw we agreed on not happening anymore?]
【The Zhou guy killed someone! 】
The barrage instantly became filled with "corpses everywhere" and "crying everywhere".
Of course they knew that as long as Lu Xuan kept the fruits for seeds, there would be a chance to grow fruit trees in the future. However, it would take several months to reach the age and yield of the trees in the orchard.
They won’t be able to catch many mutant fruits during this period!
It's so cruel!
Lu Xuan had no other options, and he had no intention of comforting them. The audience could only adjust themselves...
Fart adjustment!
It's not adjustable at all!
Their mutant fruits ahh ...
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For the next three days, the villagers moved through previously explored areas and through unfamiliar cave passages.
They made do with ready-made steamed buns, dumplings and dried meat for food. When they got tired, they would set up camp on the spot and rest for three or four hours in the sleeping bag that Lu Xuan took out, and then continue on their journey.
Because Lu Xuan had used the vampire vines to explore the way in advance, they did not waste time going back and forth in some dead ends. Apart from encountering two bottomless underground crevices that they crossed without any danger, they did not encounter any other dangers.
I just kept walking in the dim cave, not knowing when I would reach the end. I couldn't help feeling depressed, and a sense of uneasiness began to brew.
The good news is that on the morning of the fourth day, Lu Xuan finally felt a breeze blowing from the passage ahead.
It was a very light breeze, and if it weren't for his keen senses, he wouldn't have been able to detect it at all.
A gust of wind suddenly blew in from the closed underground cave, which meant that the exit they were looking for might be just ahead!
The bad news was that just as Lu Xuan told everyone that there was a suspected exit ahead, the cave began to shake violently.
The villagers, who had just shown expressions of ecstasy, suddenly panicked.
"What happened? An earthquake!?"
"Didn't they say the earthquake would happen tomorrow? How come it's early?"
Lu Xuan frowned and opened the weather companion to take a look. "It's not an earthquake."
He looked in the direction they were coming from. The noise came from behind and was getting closer.
It's not a naturally occurring vibration, so it can only be that something is creating this vibration.
As the shaking became more and more violent, the conical stalactites on the top of the cave began to shatter and fall, and even cracks appeared on the stone pillars around the cave that supported it.
"Oh no! Ah Xuan! The cave seems to be collapsing!" Li Tie's anxious voice came from the crowd.
The villagers couldn't help but scream when they discovered the abnormality, and the timid children cried even louder.
Lu Xuan promoted the growth of the vampire vines and injected a large amount of supernatural power into them to make the vines grow rapidly. Dozens of thick vines quickly supported the top of the cave.
Lu Xuan shouted, "Run forward! I'll go check behind!"
Lei Yan quickly stepped forward and said, "I'll go with you."
"And me!"
"I'll help too."
Following closely behind were Xiong Mao, Zhang Chengming, Wei Xiang and others who had awakened their attacking abilities.
The latter two were awakened a few days ago, one of the wind element and the other of the fire element.
Lu Xuan shook his head: "You guys protect the villagers, I will go alone."
Something that can cause such a noise is not something a newly awakened psychic can handle. If he lets them follow him, he will have to divide his attention to protect or rescue them, and it will be even more troublesome if they get separated.
…
When Lu Xuan arrived at the space connected by the most noisy passage, he found a familiar giant python beating the cave up and down with its tail like crazy.
The reason why it looked familiar was because the color of this giant python was very similar to the one he had killed before, but the one in front of him was bigger, and when it stood up, it almost broke through the top of the cave which was more than ten meters high.
The audience was also shocked.
They were first startled by the huge body of the python, and then someone quickly guessed that the older one was coming after the younger one.
Lu Xuan also guessed the reason, and he knew that to these two giant pythons, they, the two-legged beasts, might be the shameful outsiders.
He never thought that humans were nobler than other animals and could take the lives of other creatures at will. In the end times, there were many mutant animals and plants that were stronger than those with superpowers and dominated the world.
He only believes in the law of the jungle.
Whether you are a human or an animal, if you are strong, you can do whatever you want, but if you are weak... you can only be slaughtered.
The animal kingdom clearly follows this more.
After discovering him, the giant python quickly pointed its head at him, raising its strong tail high, ready to attack.
At the same time, the supernatural power in Lu Xuan's palm also condensed.
A sharp and cold light flashed in his usually lazy and casual eyes. He looked into the equally cold pupils of the giant python and murmured, "I'm sorry, big guy, and then... die."
As soon as the words fell, several giant wind blades filled with murderous intent broke through the air!
…
A quarter of an hour later.
Lu Xuan caught up with the villagers who were walking forward under the protection of the vampire vines.
The three members of the Lu family finally felt relieved when they saw him return safely. Just as they were about to ask him what happened, someone in front of them shouted in surprise, "I saw the exit!!!"
Everyone: “!”
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