inspire-indiana Chapter 175: Earthquake?
Chapter 175: Earthquake?
Shan Nai instantly teleported back to the side of the flying car, startling Gu Lianyi, who was looking at the snow scene through the car window.
"You...you're really amazing at teleporting!"
Gu Lianyi swallowed hard, watching Shan Nai walk to the other side, open the car door, and get in.
"Right? Actually, this is nothing. I used to be able to fly through the clouds and transform at will!"
Shan Nai suddenly moved closer to Gu Lianyi, wrapped her arms around her chest, twitched her little ears, raised her eyebrows at her, and gave her a playful smile.
Gu Lianyi was slightly shy at the sight of that adorable smile, her face beaming with a silly grin, almost drooling.
She stayed in her seat, not daring to move. Yamane was so close to her! She smelled like jasmine today!
I can! I'm willing!
"The car is going too fast, buckle your seatbelts!"
Shanna smiled and reached out to help her fasten her seatbelt.
With a click, Gu Lianyi's seatbelt retracted to the appropriate tightness.
Gu Lianyi quickly lowered her head, her face slightly flushed, and she clenched the hem of her clothes with both hands, feeling somewhat shy.
Oh, I was helping her fasten her seatbelt...
Gu Lianyi glanced at her quickly and smiled as well.
Don't say she has a wild imagination; just a moment ago, the image of the bride cat girl almost popped into her mind, hahaha.
Gu Lianyi patted her slightly flushed face and wailed inwardly, "Shan Nai won't think I'm a pervert, will she? I'm perfectly normal! It's just that her soft eyes were too alluring when she looked at me! Anyone would be confused."
"Let's go to Qinghuan Mountain near City A. There used to be a lot of wild animals there." Shan Nai started the car.
Shan Nai didn't think there was anything wrong with her behavior just now, and looked at Gu Lianyi with an innocent look.
"Mmm..." Gu Lianyi quickly came to her senses and just nodded.
Knowing that Gu Lianyi would be accompanying Shan Nai on her outing today, the system deliberately refrained from disturbing them.
Instead, he would browse the StarNet in the background, wandering around the spaces of various familiar colleagues, leaving Versailles-style rude comments.
Upon arriving at Qinghuan Mountain, the heavy snow surprisingly stopped.
Gu Lianyi was overjoyed.
The two wasted no time; one carried a halberd and searched for the strange beast in the snow, while the other took pictures everywhere with his flip phone.
The halberd in Gu Lianyi's hand was a cold weapon that she fell in love with at first sight after learning about the weapons section. She bought it immediately and cherished it.
It can attack at both close and long range, and its combination of offense and defense is simply amazing.
'boom--'
A loud bang came from afar, followed by a slight tremor and shaking underfoot.
Both of them stopped what they were doing and looked in the direction of the sound.
Grayish-white clouds floated halfway up the mountain, the majestic mountains were covered with deep white snow, and in the distance, an endless expanse of white smoke seemed to pour out from the valley...
The area around the mountain was eerily quiet. Snowflakes drifted down, and a howling wind blew, causing the bare branches in the forest to sway precariously.
'Gah, gah, gah.'
Suddenly, a flock of crows flew by, emitting hoarse cries that sent chills down one's spine.
[The earthquake on that half of the mountain caused an avalanche at the top. Host.]
"Oh, I guessed it... Will it affect us?" Yama asked in her heart.
[This is unpredictable, but we're not afraid anyway. However, the host could have your friend hide and check the situation.]
A system bubble flew out and kindly told Shan Nai what had happened in the distance. After listening, she turned around and called Gu Lianyi.
……
The other side of the valley.
Ning Lan slowly crawled out of the more than one-meter-thick snow, suffering from multiple fractures that nearly made her lose her balance.
She frowned and touched her chest, her hands stained with blood. "What terrible luck! This awful weather... cough cough... ouch!!"
He must have gotten caught on a tree branch when he landed after parachuting, which punctured his lung.
She gritted her teeth and leaned against a big tree, using her wood-based healing ability to stop her bleeding.
Since Shannai went to the Doomsday Oasis last time, Ning Lan has a huge mess to clean up.
She reinforced the cruise ship's security measures, and it wasn't until yesterday that she finally managed to get everything sorted out. She plans to fly to Lucky Supermarket today to soak in the hot springs.
Unexpectedly, a blizzard and a hurricane struck during the journey. Under such severe weather conditions, her private plane could not withstand the impact and was on the verge of crashing when passing over Qinghuan Mountain!
With no other option, she and the crew had to parachute to safety.
Who would have thought that the earthquake and avalanche would hit Qinghuan Mountain right after I jumped down!
She possesses supernatural abilities, so she should have no problem surviving; it's just that her supernatural energy is running low.
Before the jump, she used her wood-based auxiliary abilities to create a makeshift 'armor' for herself and the crew.
For now, we can only stop the bleeding, find a place to rest, and then figure out a way to get down the mountain.
Ning Lan picked up a tree branch, tied her long hair up, bit her lip, and got up to find a place to shelter from the wind and snow.
Although the bleeding from the wound had stopped, the internal and external wounds were very deep, and Ning Lan frowned in pain with every step she took.
'Hoo...ha...'
"Ughhhhhh!!"
Suddenly, she heard a series of low growls behind her. The sounds were continuous, growing louder and closer, giving her a bad feeling.
Ning Lan slowed her breathing and turned around.
"..." Seeing the scene not far behind her, Ning Lan gasped, speechless.
Zombies!
A horde of zombies!
A dense, overwhelming mass!
Each one stretched out its hands, its head drooping, its body broken and mutilated. The cold temperature froze its bloody bodies, but it could not stop them from rushing forward with a roar.
"A zombie horde?!" Ning Lan ran her fingers through her thick hair, her mind racing as she considered how to escape.
Why is there such a large wave of zombies in the mountains?
Ning Lan bit her index finger, looked around, and saw what appeared to be a service station in the distance.
By the way, this is very likely the entrance to Qinghuan Mountain for tourists!
Could those zombies behind them be tourists who came here three years ago...?
Ning Lan dared not slow down, using her last remaining superpower to quicken her pace, enduring the pain in her body as she ran forward as much as possible.
‘Click! ’
She took a big step but failed to clear a slope and fell heavily into a snow ditch, twisting her right ankle!
At this moment, Ning Lan really wanted to curse.
"...Is the heavens going to kill me?" Ning Lan lay in the snow, exhaling steam, so angry that she wanted to chop up zombies.
But she doesn't have much special energy, and she's a support-type ability user. If she were to face ability users of a lower rank than her, it would be pure torture, without distinction between support and attack.
However, when facing zombies, support abilities are still at a disadvantage.
Not to mention a horde of zombies.
She quickly scanned the area with her supernatural abilities and found that there were no Level 1 zombies among the group!
How could she possibly fight back? She might as well just die on the spot.
Silent, cold snowflakes landed on Ning Lan's nose, and she reached out and grabbed a handful of snow from beside her.
"It seems like it was like this before..."
The blizzard, coupled with her sprained ankle, reminded her of her past before the apocalypse.
When she was six years old, her parents drowned at sea during a trip, their deaths shrouded in mystery.
But those old fogies in the Ning family were fighting over her custody overnight.
It's utterly ridiculous that even at six years old, she knew that those people's true intention was to seize her parents' shares and the position of head of the Ning Group!
But she was too young and could only be manipulated by others.
Finally, her second uncle took her away and kept her locked in a villa all day, preventing her from contacting the outside world and not even mentioning sending her to school.
The intention shouldn't be too obvious.
At this time, only Secretary Kim's grandfather and the cook, Aunt Rong, were by her side, protecting her with their lives, secretly teaching her, and hiring tutors for her.
Ning Lan was born with exceptional intelligence and could learn anything quickly. She completed her high school studies at the age of 12 and obtained a double degree from a prestigious university at the age of 15.
Aunt Rong has a daughter who is about the same age as her, named Mu Yangyang.
Yangyang was her only close friend when she was young.
He stayed up late with her to study, and together they planned how to gradually reclaim the property that belonged to their parents.
It was also a glimmer of light in her life.
The Ning family has resorted to too many dirty tricks in their pursuit of power. Over the years, she has had countless accidents, but unfortunately, she has never died.
There was even a car accident where Yangyang risked her life to push her away, almost becoming a vegetable herself!