Chapter 172 Escape (1010 extra updates for tips, 12 extra updates for monthly tickets)
Qianzhu County.
The sudden earthquake also destroyed most of the buildings. In just an instant, less than half of the tens of thousands of people in the county were buried under the houses.
Fortunately, most of the houses were low-rise wooden buildings. Although they collapsed, the search and rescue operations were much better than those of houses with several floors.
But the most worrying thing is the continuous pouring rain.
Because the ruins of houses were blocked and the drainage system was damaged, and the rain was too heavy, the simple drainage system of a small county town could not handle it.
In less than half an hour, the water was waist deep.
Looking around, under the gray sky, the sky and the earth are vast, as if it is raining everywhere, and there is no way to drain the water.
If this continues, this place may become a big lake.
This little-known town will remain underwater forever, until someone discovers it after who knows how many years.
The surviving people were holding half bags of grain, gold and silver jewelry, or a few chickens and ducks that they had rescued from the house. They stood on the ruins of the collapsed house, looking at the deeper and deeper water level, feeling helpless.
Li Zhai.
"Is there anyone alive? Everyone come to my side!"
With the sound of rain falling all over his ears, Li Tian found a high ground and shouted at the top of his lungs.
Beside him were his wife who was holding her little son who was crying with fear, his daughter who was still in shock, and a maid in the house.
A transparent air mask was placed above their heads to keep out the heavy rain.
When the earthquake struck, they were eating and did not react at all.
Fortunately, they all have self-activated protective treasures, otherwise the family would really be in order now.
Li Tian shouted for a long time, and his voice became hoarse.
"Dad, stop shouting. The rain is falling so hard that all sounds are washed away. Moreover, the sky is so dark and the water is so deep. Even if they hear it, how can they come here?"
Li Xiuxiu calmed down.
Li Tian shouted, more to release the fear in his heart.
He was actually not afraid, but the whole family was watching him, so he could only pretend to be strong.
At this moment, he was stopped by Li Xiuxiu, and his voice suddenly stopped. Then his eyes turned red and he murmured:
"The earth dragon turns over, this is the earth dragon turns over."
"Can they survive such a heavy rain?"
Both of them value their relationship, and the servants in the house are all old people who have been together for more than ten years. Now that such a big thing has happened, the situation is probably more serious than the worst.
Li Xiuxiu said: "Dad, now is not the time to worry about this. What should we do?"
"The rain is getting heavier and heavier, and the water is coming up. Why don't we find a higher place to take shelter first?"
Li Tian thought for a while, then shook his head and said:
“It’s raining so hard that we can’t go anywhere, and if we leave, what will your brother do if he can’t find us when he comes back?
If such a big thing happens, your brother will definitely come to us."
Li Xiuxiu looked at the water stains that were about to spread to her feet. "But if we don't leave, there will be no place to stand."
Li Tian made a decision immediately: "Take out all the wood, and let's build a raft first so that your mother, brother, and Xiaolu can stand safely."
Hearing this, Li Xiuxiu was about to take action when her expression suddenly changed.
"Mom and dad, be careful!"
She flipped her hand and punched out a fiery red talisman. A fireball as big as a fist hit the water, and sizzling water vapor suddenly appeared.
A scream came out, and a black shadow quickly shrank.
"what is that?"
Several people were quite frightened.
"It's a monster in the water."
Li Xiuxiu looked annoyed.
Just now she used the most convenient fireball charm in a hurry, but she forgot about the environment here, which greatly reduced the power of the fireball charm.
If it were replaced with other attack talismans, such as water arrow talisman and ice stab talisman, the monster in the water might have been killed by now.
"monster!"
Father Li and Mother Li were shocked, and the maid screamed and almost fainted.
"Little miss, don't scare me."
The maid Xiaolu trembled.
Li Xiuxiu was still staring at the water, with cold sweat breaking out on her forehead.
"It hasn't left yet, everyone, be careful. Mom and dad, you must hug your little brother tightly, and hold the jade pendant given by big brother. Little Green, stand behind me."
She is just a rookie in the early stage of Qi refining, and has not experienced any actual combat. It is already very rare to be able to maintain clear thinking at this time.
Suddenly, there was a splashing sound under the water.
Everyone felt their feet slip and almost fell down.
"The monster is destroying the buildings under our feet. It wants to drag us into the water."
Li Xiuxiu soon discovered the purpose of the underwater monster and looked ugly.
"It seems to have intelligence."
At this moment, Aunt Zhang said:
"Axiu, if we can't escape, you should leave us alone. We must escape and find your brother. He will definitely avenge us."
Li Xiuxiu turned her head suddenly, looked at Aunt Zhang, and said in disbelief:
"Mom, what are you talking about? If you want to leave, let's go together!"
Just when Li Xiuxiu was confused, the building beneath their feet suddenly collapsed, and a slippery, webbed hand suddenly stretched out and grabbed the maid Xiao Lu's feet.
"Miss, help me!"
Xiao Lu yelled in panic.
Li Xiuxiu responded quickly: "Monster!"
She flicked out the ice spike talisman that she had already held in her hand.
The ice-blue talisman exploded, ice spikes exploded in the water, and soon black and smelly blood gurgled out.
Xiao Lu was startled and picked up a severed hand covered in ice.
"Miss."
Xiao Lu kicked her feet hard and finally kicked the severed hand away.
You can see that the arm of this hand is fat, green in color, with a layer of grease-like sticky substance on the surface, and there are webs between the fingers.
And the monster that was killed just now also surfaced.
It was a monster that looked similar to a human, but its skin was green in color, and its whole body had been pricked with holes by ice thorns, and it was frozen, so that it lost its true appearance.
"What on earth is this? How come there is such a monster in the city?"
"I'm afraid it's caused by this strange rain."
"It's no longer safe here. If there's one monster, there will be two or three."
Father Li stopped saying stupid things about waiting for Li Hu, and bowed down to lift up the beam of the house under his feet.
"Axiu, come and help me, we must leave."
Li Xiuxiu nodded.
Although she is a novice in Qi refining, she has also been tempered with spiritual Qi. In terms of strength, she is not weaker than any adult man, and is much stronger.
At this moment.
Waves of shouts came from deep in the rain.
"Uncle Li! Aunt Zhang! Axiu!"
The sound was like the beating of gold and stone, and even the sound of rain could not cover it up.
Li Xiuxiu's face lit up: "It's Brother Zhu's voice."
"Brother Zhu, we are here!"
She shouted in the direction of the sound.
Father Li and Mother Li also expressed surprise: "Xiao Zhu is here!"
Zhu Gui has taken great care of the Li family over the years. He comes to visit every now and then and is even closer than their son.
Although Zhu Gui often said that this was the boss's explanation, in the eyes of Li's father and Li's mother, he had already regarded this honest young man as his nephew.
Moreover, Zhu Gui was much more capable than their daughter. No matter what problems they encountered, they only needed to tell Zhu Gui and they would take care of things safely.
But Li Xiuxiu's voice was also buried by the sound of rain.
The sound got farther and farther away.
Li Xiuxiu suddenly got wise and took out a lighting charm and threw it into the air.
The light of the lighting talisman was like a small sun, illuminating the entire sky above Li's house.
Zhu Gui, who was looking for someone, saw the light, his face lit up, and he said to Xu Xinlan, who was holding a spiritual tablet beside him:
"Miss Xu, the person is over there, let's go over there."
Xu Xinlan nodded slightly and said to the puppet holding her behind her:
"Xiao An, let's go there together."
Fang Chang left a total of three puppets to the Xu family, two of which were destroyed by the earthquake and heavy rain.
The other one is this second-level five-element puppet named Xiao An.
This is the same version of the Little King Kong that Fang Chang made based on the puppet drawings left by Fang's father. It is more powerful than the Little King Kong of the past. He gave it to Mr. Xu and did not take it back afterwards.
After all, the little King Kong back then was only the first level of the best, and it was definitely inferior to the second level.
So the two of them flew towards the light.
That's right, it's flying.
While Fang Chang was busy preparing for his wedding.
With the help of the essence and blood of a certain salted fish zombie, as well as spiritual techniques such as the Corpse King Technique, this humble guy has quietly broken through to the realm of iron zombies and gained the ability to fly with weapons.
Without such strength, he would not dare to risk finding someone in this situation.
After about a cup of tea.
When Li Xiuxiu was wondering whether to place a lighting charm, two blurry figures flew over in front of her sight.
By now the rain had reached their ankles.
"Brother Zhu, we are here."
Li Xiuxiu waved wildly.
Soon, figures approached, it was Zhu Gui and Xu Xinlan.
Seeing Xu Xinlan, Li Xiuxiu's expression froze.
"It is you."
It's always a little awkward when former love rivals meet.
Although neither of them has ever gotten someone.
"Sister Axiu."
Xu Xinlan smiled slightly, looking a little more generous at the moment.
Perhaps it was living alone that made her think about many things clearly.
People always learn to grow up alone after losing support.
"Okay, let's talk about old times later. Let's find a safe place first. We won't be able to hear the rain for a while.
When I came here just now, half of the city was already flooded."
Zhu Gui's eyes suddenly moved and he saw the ice corpse that had not yet melted in the water.
"what is that?"
Li Xiuxiu quickly replied: "It was an underwater monster, and I beat it to death with the Ice Thorn Talisman."
"Underwater monster."
Zhu Gui didn't have time to study it carefully.
Among the seven people here, apart from him, only Li Xiuxiu counts as half of them, and there are also puppets who take care of Xu Xinlan.
But it was the boss's puppet and he couldn't give any orders.
Zhu Gui threw his hand and saw a piece of green rattan armor spinning around, with a layer of green light armor spread out flat, like a small green bamboo raft.
It was the first magical weapon given to him by Fang Chang - Green Vine Armor.
Fang Chang has given him many rewards over the years, but he is in the body of a zombie, and his body is the best magic weapon, so, um——
To be honest, I am just poor anyway.
After all, if his cultivation can progress so fast, resource consumption will definitely be inevitable.
Especially for that drop of silver blood, even if it was purchased at the internal price, it would consume all the savings he had saved over the years.
If this green vine armor hadn't been of commemorative significance to him, he would have been replaced by spiritual stones and elixirs for training.
Fortunately, this was the case, otherwise he would not have been able to find a magic weapon in a hurry.
"Uncle Li, Aunt Zhang, come up here. I'll take you out of the city first and find a safer place."
Zhu Gui called everyone to board the temporary spaceship.
Li Tian quickly took his wife and children up, and Li Xiuxiu also took the maid up.
"Miss Xu, come up too."
"No, I have Xiao An with me so as not to burden you."
Xu Xinlan clearly felt that as the number of people on the Green Vine Armor increased, Zhu Gui's breathing became tight.
Obviously, it is not an easy task for him to support so many people at once.
"Xiao Zhu, I'm sorry to trouble you."
After hearing Xu Xinlan's words, Li's father, Li's mother and others knew that the leader had placed such a heavy burden on Zhu Gui, and they were quite embarrassed.
Li Xiuxiu quickly took out a bottle of rejuvenating elixir.
"Brother Zhu, this is the elixir my brother gave me. Do you think it's useful?"
Zhu Gui only hesitated slightly, then took the elixir and said:
"This elixir is useful to me, so I won't give it up. I'll return it to you when I get there."
He is now a very poor zombie and has no right to say no.
For the sake of so-called self-esteem, letting oneself have insufficient magic power and putting everyone in danger is something only a fool would do.
Li Xiuxiu smiled and said: "It's okay, I still have it in my storage bag. I will get it for you after Brother Zhu finishes eating."
Zhu Gui: "..."
What a silly girl.
"Sit tight, let's go."
As soon as Zhu Gui made a seal, the green vine armor swayed into the air and flew out of the city.
After all, this is not a specialized flying magic weapon. It is even just a low-grade magic weapon. It cannot block even a slightly larger storm attack.
Now, under the interference of heavy rain, my speed is not much faster than normal people running.
Before he had walked ten miles, Zhu Gui had already swallowed the first elixir.
Facts have proved that the cost of having to fly so many people at once, as well as being prepared for wind and rain, is much greater than Zhu Gui expected.
For a zombie, the difficulty level of weapon flying is still a bit high.
"There seems to be something under the water?"
Suddenly, Li Xiuxiu said uncertainly.
In order to reduce consumption, the green vine armor did not rise very high, only about five or six meters above the water.
Although the light was weak at the moment, with the light of the green vine armor itself, Li Xiuxiu seemed to see a few black shadows flashing under the water.
After being reminded by Li Xiuxiu, Zhu Gui, who concentrated on controlling the flight of the green vine armor, found out his spiritual consciousness.
As a zombie, he is strong in physical defense and has always been weak mentally. The strength of his spiritual consciousness at this time is probably not as high as when Fang Chang was refining his Qi.
But there is also a detection range of hundreds of meters.
So Zhu Gui quickly discovered what was hidden under the water.
He remained calm and made another secret to raise the green vine armor.
"Don't be afraid, there are just a few weak water monsters. Xiu Xiu, fasten your talisman. If any water monster dares to jump out, just fight it."
Li Xiuxiu nodded quickly and took out a stack of talismans from her storage bag.
"No problem, Brother Zhu."
Zhu Gui swallowed and reminded: "There is no need to use so many. The situation is unknown at this time, so the talismans should be used sparingly."
Sure enough, having a good brother is different.
"Oh, good."
Li Xiuxiu put away most of the talismans, but also held five or six at the same time.
"Miss Xu, come up too."
Zhu Gui didn't wait for Xu Xinlan to refuse, and then said: "Now I want to control the magic weapon. After you come up, Xiao An can be free to protect everyone."
Xu Xinlan nodded.
"Oh well."
She asked Xiao An to take her to the green vine armor.
"Sit next to my parents. They have the protective treasures my brother gave them, and they can protect you together."
Seeing that Xu Xinlan wanted to sit alone in the other corner, Li Xiuxiu quickly reminded her in a low voice. But seeing Xu Xinlan's eyes turning around, she quickly cast her eyes down to the water, as if she was on serious alert.
Seeing this, Xu Xinlan smiled slightly and whispered: "Thank you."
