Villain Rescue System (XV)

On the crystal stairs, Luo Qinglian held the unconscious Shang Li in his left hand, and in his right hand was Cui Lan, who had fallen from the top of the stairs and also fainted.

Damn it, damn it, why did they all fall down one by one?

She pursed her lips anxiously and looked up.

The light of the sun in the sea gradually went out after Cui Lan touched it, leaving only the white crystal in the middle.

The bright and clear seabed gradually darkened, and soon only deep darkness remained before our eyes.

A low roar sounded from below. Luo Qinglian took a deep breath and concentrated his mind to form a ball of fire the size of a fist.

The flame only lit up for a brief moment before being extinguished by the ubiquitous sea water.

But even so, it was enough for her to see the scene below the stairs clearly.

Dozens of hideous sea monsters gathered at the bottom of the broken staircase, ready to strike.

"What's going on?"

She frowned and whispered to herself, "Are these all residents?"

What to do next?

There was no way to defeat them by fighting, but even escaping would be a big problem without any light source.

Fortunately, these strange noises were always suppressed at the bottom, and they seemed unable to swim upstream with the sea water, so their lives were not in danger for the time being.

"Xiao Luo."

Luo Qinglian suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from the left, "I found a way to leave the rift."

Shang Li opened his eyes with great difficulty.

When his consciousness returned to his body, he became weak again.

But this time, there are more than just two systems chattering in my mind.

[Host, how did you deceive so many systems in such a short time? ! ]

568 and 031 screamed for the umpteenth time.

[Where are you from? You are not welcome here, get out of here! ]

【It's you who should get out. 】

Dozens of human-like voices contradicted me, "Who would like someone who talks like a robot?"

“…”

Shang Li impatiently kicked all the systems into the small dark room.

If he didn't block it, he would be annoyed to death by these guys before his energy ran out.

Before Long Aotian integrated into the hub, he played his last role and threw all the systems locked up on the seabed onto Shang Li.

"I have to be a good person from beginning to end. I will leave this slave master to you from now on."

After the young man finished speaking, he flowed into the upward golden river, leaving behind Shang Li who was inexplicably burdened with responsibility.

It was impossible for Shang Li to stay here and be the mayor of the underwater town, especially if he continued to listen to the nonsense of the hateful pink old man.

He has a fragile heart and has tolerated that ungrateful octopus for a long time.

So after passing through a barrier and returning to the present rift in the timeline, Shang Li immediately used the authority given by Long Aotian to take away all the "wisdom" of the town residents.

Finally, I came back here and slowly "woke up".

"Did you find the exit?"

Luo Qinglian didn't care how Shang Li found a way out while in a coma. She already had the awareness of being an outsider.

Having been lurking in the underground supernatural organization for many years, Luo Qinglian is well aware of the principle of "don't listen to what you shouldn't listen to".

Anyway, what we know now is enough for me to go back and write a mission report.

Now all I can do is escape. If I'm lucky, I might be able to bring Cui Lan back to the Superpower Bureau.

“No.”

Shang Li said: "So I plan to just dig a hole directly in the crack wall."

"?"

Luo Qinglian's tone was full of doubt, "Can it be dug out?"

"As long as Cui Lan is there, it will be fine."

Shang Li got rid of her support and sat on the stairs a few steps higher. "His superpowers are not a secret in the Superpower Bureau."

Luo Qinglian was stunned.

By the way, that person’s supernatural power is that he can destroy everything.

This "everything" naturally includes the space wall of the crack.

It is precisely because of this powerful ability that Cui Lan can move freely between the rifts, causing headaches for countless supernatural bureaus.

"My special ability doesn't work."

A few minutes later, Cui Lan, who had slowly woken up, sat on a crystal platform a few steps higher and said quietly, "The energy of the energy core was already consumed when we were in the cave."

"It will take at least three days and three nights to recover the energy to cut through space."

"Otherwise, I would have taken you away when we were in the cave. How could I have waited until now?"

"I remember that your ability shouldn't consume much energy?"

Shang Li leaned his back against Cui Lan's calf, raised his head and said, "When we entered the rift, as the 'sacrifice' that opened the rift, I should be the only one whose power was taken away."

“…”

Cui Lan pondered for a moment, "Maybe it's because of the underwater sun."

“Is this true or false?”

“Believe it or not.” Cui Lan said leisurely.

Shang Li lowered his head and glanced at Luo Qinglian at the bottom, "But isn't Xiao Luo's ability still..."

"Your ability can connect to the Internet, right?"

Cui Lan interrupted him and tapped the man's shoulder with his finger. "Is transmitting energy also within your capabilities?"

Shang Li: "That's true...but Xiao Luo probably doesn't have much energy left."

Luo Qinglian heard the conversation between the two people above and nodded in agreement twice.

"So you've been waiting here?"

"I'm afraid he'll starve to death in less than three days."

“…”

Cui Lan: "Otherwise we can swim back to town from above. There might be fish scraps to eat in the room where we stay."

"Let's not even talk about whether we can swim over these sea monsters when they can't even float up."

Shang Li covered his mouth with his hands and gulped twice in disgust, "I'd rather die than eat that stuff."

The three of them were now sitting on the crystal stairs, sitting in a row from tallest to shortest.

Luo Qinglian sat at the bottom with his feet hanging in the air.

If she moved her legs even slightly, she would hear strange, twisted, and hoarse cries from below.

However, the tension caused by falling into darkness full of unknown dangers was reduced a lot by the jokes of the two people behind.

"Mr. Shang, can your ability draw energy from others?" Luo Qinglian suddenly asked.

"Um?"

Shang Li, who was chatting with Cui Lan, drew his attention back and said, "Of course... I can't do it anymore."

"But if you have any ideas, you can tell me about them."

He said in a gentle voice, "Gather the wisdom of all parties, gather the wisdom of all parties."

"Well, actually it's about using your special ability to connect to the power of those monsters. And then use it for our own benefit... or something like that."

After Luo Qinglian finished speaking, he felt inexplicably uneasy.

"Can it be done?"

Cui Lan poked Shang Li.

"Alas, I can't do that now."

Shang Li said helplessly: "To obtain the other party's energy through 'networking', at least the other party's consent is required."

"Xiao Cui, do you think if I sleep for a while, I can see the location of the exit that the man told me?"

When Cui Lan heard this, she immediately grabbed Shang Li's hair and said coldly, "Don't make it sound like you're going to meet your dream lover."

Shang Li chuckled softly, raised his arm to touch his wife's bony hand, then slid down along the curve and held her wrist.

The fingers exerted a little force at a certain position, and Cui Lan's hand immediately released the force and separated from the black hair.

Cui Lan was not annoyed. She sat quietly in the dark, letting the soft and moist lips fall on the back of her hand.

"Don't worry, I have a way."

Shang Li smiled and said, "Just now I just wanted to chat with you guys more."

Luo Qinglian immediately realized something, "You——"

"I have to say goodbye to you."

Shang Li supported his knees and stood up, leaving a message that sounded like a suicide note, "Xiao Luo, when you return to the mainland, remember to write about me in a more impressive way in the mission report."

"You and Xiao Cui just need to swim directly to the surface of the sea."

"If we have a chance to meet again in the future, please hide it for me."

"Mr. Shang?"

Luo Qinglian didn't have time to think about what his last words meant. She panicked and grabbed Shang Li who was jumping down the stairs in the dark, "Are you planning to stay here?!"

"It's not time to sacrifice yet. Maybe if we wait a little longer, we will..."

“Click.”

Before she could finish her words, Cui Lan stabbed her neck with his hand. "I'm sorry."

Luo Qinglian's eyes rolled back immediately and he fainted.

The strong hand loosened, and Shang Li fell into the pile of monsters without any hindrance.

"See you later."

Cui Lan looked at the bottomless darkness and said softly.

He glanced at the woman he was supporting and thought:

Everyone fainted at least once in this place, which was considered average.

After a while, no one knew what Shang Li did below, and the entire rift began to shake violently.

Then, red flames suddenly burst out from the bottom.

The heavy deep sea was unable to extinguish it, and the flames shot up like arrows through the layers of sea water.

The heat wave brought a huge impact force that instantly shattered the crystal stairs and pushed the two people toward the sea.

Under the double squeeze with the sea water, Cui Lan felt that all the bones in his body were being broken.

The sea water flows rapidly, making a gurgling sound that seems to be about to puncture the eardrums.

"brush--"

After an unknown amount of time, a black head slowly emerged from the sea just as the morning light broke.

He did not immediately push away the long hair that was all over his face, but chose to look through the messy hair first.

Before I could turn my head 360 degrees, I heard the sound of a loud speaker.

"Target found, target found!"

The rescue team of the Special Power Bureau received the support message and patrolled the sea area for several hours.

When he saw someone popping up his head, he started shouting at the top of his voice.

“…”

really.

Cui Lan silently retreated back under the sea, replaced Luo Qinglian, who also had long black hair, and then dived to a depth that was invisible to the sea surface and swam away quietly.

It is impossible that there are no members with special abilities related to water among those who come to the sea rescue, so it is better to escape first.

Fortunately, not long after, a yacht came quickly towards him.

Lu Yao, wearing sunglasses, lay casually on the terrace railing.

Seeing Cui Lan's head emerging from the water, he threw out a rough hemp rope and pulled the person back.

“…”

Cui Lan boarded the yacht smoothly.

He clung to the railing on the side of the yacht but did not climb over and stand on the terrace.

The cold gaze fell through the dark hair onto the person who had spent the whole night comfortably.

Lu Yao had a bad feeling and turned to walk into the cabin, "I'll go get Yu Yu..."

“Boom!”

Before he could finish his words, Cui Lan stepped onto the railing and gave him a solid flying kick.

The movements are clean and neat, without any delay.

Didn't say a word the whole time.

Fortunately, Lu Yao had a strong physique and a body like a double-door refrigerator, so the kick was somewhat merciful and did not cause him any harm.

"Brother Lan!!"

Jiang Mingyu rushed over after hearing the noise and saw Cui Lan, who was soaked like a water ghost, and said in surprise: "You are back!"

"Um."

Cui Lan responded.

Before the young man's field of vision reached the terrace, he had already pulled up Lu Yao, who had been stepped on, and made him stand upright, preventing the man from embarrassing himself in front of Jiang Mingyu.

"I'm going to rest."

Cui Lan glanced past his brother's eager eyes, rubbed his soft hair casually, and entered the cabin.

As a prophet, Lu Yao had already arranged the room. Cui Lan walked into the room alone, locked the door, and then began to take a bath and change clothes in silence.

A moment later, he left the bathroom in fresh clothes.

Cui Lan did not take the initiative to take care of her long hair that was wet on her shoulders, but chose to gently knock on the voice control system installed on the wall.

"Good morning~"

A gentle and peaceful voice replaced the original mechanical female voice, and Shang Li said happily on the palm-sized electronic screen:

"Does this gentleman require a blow-drying service?"