Chapter 254
Noticing the anomaly in the sky, Xi Miao stepped onto her flying sword and flew straight upwards.
The higher you fly, the colder it should get, but here it seems unaffected.
Xi Miao didn't know how high she had flown, but the wind around her was just as warm as the wind below.
Something's not right!
Moreover, upon closer inspection, the surrounding clouds appear almost identical, as if they were written in game code.
She suddenly snapped out of her daze, looked down, and realized that although they had been flying upwards for quite some time, they had only just reached the clouds.
What a clever sleight of hand!
Knowing he couldn't fly any further, Xi Miao pulled out his peerless sword and slashed at the nearby enemies several times.
Her strength is now vastly different from before; she can now easily take the lives of those former 'gods'.
These few slashes may seem close, but their actual energy soared straight to the heavens.
The seemingly calm sky, like a mirror, suddenly developed cracks.
Seeing that this trick worked, Xi Miao immediately followed up with a few more cuts, and this time it wasn't just cracks.
The entire sky shattered along the crack, fragments fell, and finally the true sky was revealed.
The real scene was not as gentle as the fake blue sky we had just seen.
The wind howled, dark clouds covered the sky, and streaks of thunder were hidden in the clouds. Lightning flashed intermittently, as if it could fall at any moment.
The power contained within it is almost like the tribulation lightning in cultivation novels.
The players on the ground gathered when Xi Miao flew into the sky, and when they saw this scene, they gasped in shock.
Before the train survival challenge arrived, everyone was a surfing expert; who hadn't read at least two novels?
"Won't we really be struck by lightning?"
"Heavens! Can this prop withstand this?! Damn it, I don't want to die at the last hurdle on my way home!"
"I don't think I've done many bad things in the past, so this lightning didn't strike me based on the extent of my misdeeds, did it?"
The players below have all sorts of opinions.
Xi Miao, who was above, could see more clearly that the sky covered not only their compound, but also all the people who came to take the exam, all of whom were shrouded in angry clouds.
She glanced in the direction of the ancient Loulan Tower that she had seen earlier.
The dark clouds over there are farther away, which makes the feeling of impending doom even more apparent.
If this lightning really strikes, I estimate that half the people below will be gone.
It was still in the planning stages, but the lightning in the clouds was already bright enough to illuminate the entire garden. Xi Miao's heart raced with the thunder, and she had a vague premonition.
They had to clear the clouds overhead before the lightning struck.
This situation can't be solved with a knife, so Xi Miao landed on the ground and asked the leaders of these organizations.
Tell them to go to the organization and find someone who used to work in a meteorological unit to ask how to deal with such clouds.
Unfortunately, they weren't very lucky. Although they found a staff member at the meteorological bureau, the young woman worked in the administrative office and her daily work consisted entirely of document-related matters, relaying information up and down the chain of command. She had no professional knowledge whatsoever.
She stammered out a suggestion, "How about we send a bomb up there and break up the clouds?"
She briefly explained the methods of artificial rainmaking.
By loading artillery shells with catalysts such as dry ice and silver iodide, and then firing them into clouds, water vapor can be condensed and turned into rain.
After thinking about it for a while, Xi Miao decided it was a desperate measure.
While it cannot completely eliminate thunderclouds, it can thin the cloud layer and reduce some of their power.
This task was quickly assigned to someone who had access to ammunition and materials.
Xi Miao's gaze shifted to the garden. Upon closer inspection, it resembled the Grand View Garden, with pavilions, terraces, and countless houses that could shelter from the wind and rain.
If lightning rods are installed on the roofs of these houses, the inside can be considered a place to hide.
While she was pondering this, many more people came in. Before the lightning struck, they needed to prepare enough lightning rods to put on the roof.
Xi Miao keenly noticed that the courtyard had grown larger with the arrival of the newcomers.
Among the newcomers, there was one person, Xi Miao, whom I was somewhat familiar with.
Princess Fangfang.
Xi Miao remembered that she had many talented people under her command, and her management skills were also quite good.
Xi Miao raised her hand and waved, saying, "Princess Fangfang, this way."
When the matter of the lightning rod was mentioned, Princess Fangfang patted her chest and said that she would take care of it.
"We need to hurry, it won't be long."
Xi Miao glanced at the rolling clouds and gave an approximate timeframe, "We need to get up there within twenty minutes, and then organize the players to hide in the rooms."
Hundreds of thousands of people have already entered, and everything takes time to process.
Twenty minutes already includes the time it takes for people to enter the house, leaving very little time for Princess Fangfang to install the lightning rod.
But Xi Miao had no choice but to leave the whole matter to her, because others had discovered new anomalies in the garden.
Xi Miao rushed over and saw a dog hole under the white wall of the garden.
Right now, something that looks like a maggot, with tentacles sticking out of its mouthparts, is crawling out of the dog hole into the yard.
This thing looks so disgusting that Xi Miao didn't hesitate to stab it when she saw it.
The moment it was cut open, it burst open with juice, and the clouds in the sky seemed to press down even lower.
Other insects started nudging the corpse of the one in front, trying to crawl in through the dog hole.
Xi Miao sensed something was wrong and stopped the other players who wanted to learn how to kill the bugs from her.
A maggot-like insect crawled in, but before it could go even half a meter forward, a tongue suddenly appeared from the dog hole, stuck to it, and instantly pulled the insect back.
All the players present could hear the sound of the filling bursting, followed by the sound of chewing the sticky substance.
Without prior arrangement, the players held their breath for half a second, and some even gasped.
The corpse of the insect that Xi Miao had killed was very tempting to that thing. It hastily swallowed the live insect, and then the long, gray-black stone with scales on it reached in again.
It not only dragged away the dead insects' corpses, but also kept licking the blood splattered on the ground.
The tongue stretched out longer and longer, until it reached Xi Miao.
When chopping insects, sticky bloodstains were left on the blade of the peerless knife.
The moment her tongue got tangled in the knife, Xi Miao tried to make a cut.
The ear-piercing sound of metal cutting instantly made many players instinctively cover their ears.
Xi Miao's heart sank.
There wasn't a single scratch on its tongue.
Her current strength surpasses that of all other players, and Xi Miao can feel the benefits brought by the gems.
If she can't damage this monster, other players probably can't either.
Insects kept crawling into the dog hole, like bait on a fishing rod.
Xi Miao was certain that it wouldn't be long before that insect-loving monster would break through the wall and crawl in.
What should we do then?
For now, all we can do is monitor them and try to find the monster's weakness.
Just as she was pondering this, Xi Miao's private chat message beeped.
She looked up and immediately led the surrounding players into the nearest room.
Just a few seconds after entering, thunder rumbled as if it were falling to the ground for free.
Xi Miao looked out the window, her heart sinking even deeper.
That thing outside the wall, after being struck by lightning a few times, has actually grown even bigger!
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