Looking at the ground outside, which had already melted down to three meters, her brows furrowed deeply. She then thought of the dozens of meters of floodwater that had accumulated in City B earlier. Could it be that City B had lost too much moisture before, which was why the rain was so heavy?
Her spiritual power extended outward through the rain curtain. The situation on the mountain peak was not good. Large puddles appeared on the ground, filled with acid rain that had even eroded the area, creating deep grooves.
These gullies, shaped by rainwater, have become deeper and spread outwards at an ever-increasing rate, crisscrossing the mountainside. Acid rain also flows down these gullies to the foot of the mountain.
Many of the mutated plants that remained had died because the acid rain in these puddles eroded the soil beneath them, destroying their roots and stems.
Those mutated plants that are still persisting, even though their bodies above ground have been completely eroded by rainwater, their roots continue to burrow deeper into the ground.
Fortunately, the mutated plants on the eastern mountain peaks have been able to obtain energy continuously, and with the lake water and flesh that Lin Ruo provided them before, they have stored up a lot of energy. Most of them have their roots embedded dozens of meters deep in the ground. As long as their roots are intact, they can regrow their bodies once the acid rain has passed.
Lin Ruo used his mental energy to scan the acid rain in the puddles around the fortress. The water was clear and transparent, and looked completely harmless.
Staring at the constantly corroding soil, she glanced around and then collected the acid rain from the puddles into her still space, storing it in a container made of black jade crystal.
She then deployed her spatial domain and placed large basins made of black jade crystals around her fortress. The acid raindrops fell continuously into these basins, quickly filling them to the brim, and the water level continued to rise.
Seeing this, Lin Ruo's brows relaxed a little, and a smile slowly crept onto her lips. Although the acid rain seemed useless for the time being, no one could guarantee that they wouldn't need it in the future. It was always good to save some of these things that might not appear again in the future, so as not to find that they didn't have them when they wanted to use them later.
Acid rain continued to fall, and the ground continued to collapse with each drop. Lin Ruo's fortress base was completely exposed, supported only by the I-beams on the ground. The fortress was still swaying, especially with a huge mutated tiger moving around inside.
Lin Ruo manipulated his spatial abilities, lowering the fortress into the soil and digging it up again. The fortress fell instantly, and with the support of spatial energy, the descent was slow and extremely stable. Only when the fortress landed in the deep pit did Lin Ruo manipulate the spatial energy to fill the surrounding gaps again.
She let Alu jump around in the house a couple of times to make sure the fortress was no longer shaking, before she felt relieved.
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Time moved forward at a very slow pace. The acid rain lasted for two whole days, and most of the buildings in the B City base collapsed because their bottoms were corroded by the acid rain.
One after another, the houses built of huge stones collapsed to the ground under the corrosive effect of acid rain, just like shoddy construction projects, accompanied by huge "booms" and tremors upon landing.
Then it was dissolved by acid rain at an extremely fast speed, leaving not a trace. The supplies that had not been placed inside were also completely destroyed.
The survivors at the B City base have no time to worry about the collapsed buildings and the loss of supplies. They are anxiously hoping that the acid rain will pass quickly.
Previously, because the underground base was not built very deep, after two days of acid rain corrosion, the top of the underground base was completely exposed to acid rain. If the acid rain does not stop, the side walls of the underground base will soon be corroded.
If this side wall doesn't hold up, and acid rain flows into the underground base, they'll all be in danger.
When the top of the underground base was exposed above ground, all the superhumans in the base began to mobilize, using their abilities to thicken and expand the walls around the base's side walls in an effort to block the corrosion of acid rain as much as possible.
If the underground base in City B is so difficult to withstand, countless survivors on the periphery of the base have been killed or injured. The ground has now collapsed by more than 15 meters, and those who dug shallow holes are the first to be affected.
As the ground continued to collapse, the holes they dug began to leak. Many people didn't have time to escape before they were submerged by the acid rain flowing in, and within moments, their bodies were gone.
The heavy rain continued to fall. By the third day, the rain finally subsided, turning from a downpour into a drizzle. Even so, no one dared to leave their shelter.
The clock on the wall pointed to 9; it was already nine o'clock. The sky outside was dark and gloomy, and there were still several hours until the acid rain ended.
Lin Ruo, who was reading on the second floor, suddenly looked up from her tablet, glanced at the time on the wall, and with a thought, realized it was time. The crystal cores were lying in the acid rain, untouched by anyone. She couldn't miss this freebie.
She took out an enamel cup from her spatial storage, then ran her finger around the cup, and a 5-centimeter-long ice shield appeared around its exterior.
At this moment, the fortress was completely enveloped by the spatial domain. The cup, wrapped in a shield, floated in the air. The next second, it appeared outside the fortress, exposing the surrounding ice shield to the acid rain.
In her previous life, when Lin Ruo encountered acid rain during the apocalypse, she hadn't used her water-based abilities to protect herself. In this life, her abilities have been upgraded several times, and she doesn't know how long her ice shield can withstand the acid rain. For her safety when going out, she still needs to test it in advance.
When the acid rain came into contact with the ice shield outside the cup, it was frozen on the ice shield in the next second. There were no signs of corrosion on the ice shield. Lin Ruo raised her eyebrows slightly, as if she had discovered the characteristic of this acid rain. As long as the acid rain is frozen, the corrosion rate can be slowed down.
With a thought, the acid rain on the ground was frozen, though the temperature wasn't very low, only a few tens of degrees below zero. The ice formed from the acid rain continued to corrode, but the rate of corrosion did slow down.
Lin Ruo scratched his eyebrows. It seemed that only when the temperature reached extremely low levels could the corrosive effects of acid rain be completely stopped.
Seeing this, Lin Ruo understood. As long as she could withstand the acid rain, it would be much easier for her to go out and collect the crystal cores. This shield would save her energy compared to keeping her spatial domain active.
She then took out a container she had previously made from black jade crystals from her spatial storage. Under the influence of the spatial domain, the container gradually melted and turned into a liquid. Lin Ruo then manipulated the liquid to transform it into the shape of a pair of rain boots.
The rain boots fit her feet perfectly.
After putting on her new rain boots, she added three layers of 5-centimeter-thick ice shields around herself before teleporting away from the fortress.
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