Chapter: Chapter 230
The black cloud mass stopped spreading near the coast, which might be good news.
“This is truly exaggerated,” said the group leader, standing on the shore and gazing at the dark sky in the distance.
Earlier, the seaside city had dispatched a reconnaissance team to investigate the sky curtain. The results were not optimistic. The environment within the sky curtain was extremely harsh, with strong winds, torrential rain, thunderstorms, and waves several stories high. Any one of these was extremely rare, and now they had all appeared together.
“There are still quite a few tourists who went out to sea by boat. We’ve lost contact with them, and the situation is likely not optimistic,” Lu Siyu said, frowning at her phone. “Look at the range of this cloud mass; it’s even larger than this city.”
The group leader sighed. “I’ve already looked at it. Fortunately, it has stopped expanding. Otherwise, once it covers this place, it will inevitably cause terrible consequences.”
The speed at which this cloud mass appeared and expanded was too fast. The seaside city, having never encountered such a situation, reacted shamefully. If the cloud mass hadn’t stopped at the coast, the city would probably have been in chaos by now.
Well, although the current situation isn’t much better.
The torrential rain falling within the sky curtain was corrosive. It was unclear how strong the corrosiveness was, which was a factor that could not be ignored. At least conventional aircraft could not enter that area.
“As S-class heroes of the Hero Association, it’s time for us to start working,” Lu Siyu said softly. “Although the Hero Association here doesn’t have much combat power, they do have one sturdy aircraft. We can fly into it.”
But the group leader shook her head. “No, the two of us can’t do anything on our own. Let’s wait here. I have a premonition that this is the best course of action right now.”
“Wait here? But…”
“Trust me. Although I can’t see the complete future, I can vaguely see some of the paths leading to the best outcome,” the group leader said softly, looking into the distance. “Were the people near the coast evacuated?”
There were several resort islands near the coast. The people living on those islands were influential figures in human society. If there was a chance to rescue them, they should try their best to do so.
There was nothing they could do for the people covered by the cloud mass. Even if they rushed into the sky curtain, it would be difficult to find those people.
In the face of such extreme winds and rain, even the sturdiest ship was like a toy and couldn’t last long.
It had been almost half a day since the cloud mass was first observed. Half a day was enough for the turbulent waves to destroy those small boats dozens of times.
“You’re talking about those rich people? They were evacuated long ago. Speaking of which, Xi Mengyao was also there. What a coincidence, right?” Lu Siyu’s serious expression briefly disappeared, replaced by a happy one as if she had recalled something pleasant.
Xi Mengyao? The group leader’s eyes widened slightly. This was indeed a coincidence.
She had met Xi Mengyao a few times and had her contact information, but they didn’t see each other often. However, their relationship was still quite good.
Although they were like people from two different worlds, rarely intersecting, this was sometimes an advantage. When something unpleasant or pleasant happened, Xi Mengyao would often confide in the group leader.
As a result, their relationship had improved significantly.
However, this was not the time for reminiscing. “Yes, have them evacuated from this place as soon as possible.”
“We don’t need to say it. Those people are already finding ways to escape,” Lu Siyu pouted. Then, a wisp of blue light that suddenly appeared under the sky curtain in the distance caught her attention. “Hong Ying, look what that is!”
The group leader immediately looked in the direction Lu Siyu pointed. Although it was still too far for her to see clearly, a sense of peace surged in her heart when she saw the blue light.
In that light, there was someone who could bring peace.
^6&*6#$2@6&0*&^0+*8$#^2>2↗ Is it Xiaobai? Or Qianqian?
It should be Qianqian. Xiaobai would definitely go directly to find the culprit to solve the problem when encountering such a situation.
“It’s Qianqian! She’s back with a boat!” the group leader said without hesitation. “Where is the nearest port? Let’s go there.”
“How do you know… Forget it, grab my hand.” Lu Siyu wanted to ask why the group leader could be so sure who the light belonged to so quickly, but thinking of the group leader’s mysterious superpowers, she couldn’t be bothered to investigate further.
The answer would definitely be that it was the effect of her superpowers.
…
“Let’s put in more effort, we’re about to break out of the range of the heavy rain!” The captain had taken over Leticia’s position. This tall man with a stern face and a kind heart felt that everything he had experienced today was like a dream.
To be able to escape, his luck was truly outrageously good.
Thinking of this, he looked at Leticia with deep gratitude. Without this young lady, their entire boat would probably have been buried at sea.
At this moment, Leticia was standing quietly aside, her gaze fixed on the deep darkness behind her. Hearing the captain’s voice, she didn’t look back.
“I will definitely escape on my own, I will definitely do so.”
“You don’t think about fighting when facing a strong enemy, but you think about escaping. That’s not a good habit,” Inphino’s voice echoed in Leticia’s ears. “What if Xiaobai couldn’t defeat that monster?”
“Then I’ll summon the demon army to kill their way here for revenge,” Leticia said jokingly.
Hearing this, Inphino fell into silence for a moment. She felt that Leticia’s plan seemed quite good.
If the Sword Saint had an accident, who in the world could stop the Demon King?
Under the guise of avenging the Sword Saint, they would fight from the space rift all the way to the seaside city. This would mean that the demons had almost pierced through the human world. Along this route, there was also the central city of humanity.
“At that time, I’ll hold the Netherworld in one hand and you, ancestor, in the other. No matter how powerful that monster is, can it defeat my million-strong army?” Leticia said with a relaxed expression. “I think this plan is quite good, don’t you think?”
Upon reflection, this plan was indeed not bad, but Inphino knew that Leticia wouldn’t be able to do such a thing.
“If you could do this, you wouldn’t be Leticia,” she hinted.
“Ancestor, you say that, and I feel so hurt.”
After breaking out of the rain curtain, the rest of the journey was calm. The heavy rain left behind had no effect on the areas outside the black sky curtain.
“Even the water hasn’t been contaminated?” Logically speaking, after the corrosive rainwater fell into the sea, the seawater should have been contaminated. However, even a little distance away from the boundary of the rain curtain, the seawater was still very clean.
This made one suspect whether this heavy rain was an illusion.
“This is too strange. Isn’t this monster really a god?” Leticia scratched her head, looking confused.
Forget it, there was no point in dwelling on such things. Let’s get ashore first.
Not long after, the fishing boat, along with the few small boats, docked.
Undoubtedly, as soon as they docked, their boat was surrounded by a heavily armed army.
Fortunately, Leticia spotted two acquaintances standing on the shore at a glance, which saved her the trouble of explaining. Otherwise, there would have been a lot to sort out.
Escaping from that hell with a few boats, she would definitely be interrogated thoroughly.
“She’s our friend, and also a friend of the Hero Association… Yes, I can confirm… If you don’t believe me, you can verify it with the Hero Association headquarters.”
Standing shoulder to shoulder with the group leader, watching Lu Siyu communicate with the army commander, Leticia stroked her chin, thinking that having friends sometimes was a good thing.
“Group Leader, do you have any clues about that thing?” With time being tight, there was no time for catching up. Leticia got straight to the point.
The group leader’s answer disappointed Leticia. How could the group leader, who had encountered this incident only a few days ago, know more? Before the dark sky curtain appeared, the group leader was basically like a headless fly.
In other words, the group leader knew less than Leticia.
“Alas, we did catch one of the masterminds, but that person didn’t know much either. The most crucial person is still hiding in the center of the storm… But I think that person is probably gone by now.” Leticia shrugged. That kind of monster wouldn’t have the concept of gratitude.
The first thing it would do after breaking free from its seals would be to eliminate all the life around it.
Letisia had already briefly mentioned catching the mastermind once. Bringing it up again made the group leader somewhat speechless.
They really ran into a steel plate and broke themselves.
However, even if they hadn’t run into the steel plate, what they would have faced was a terrifying storm, and the possibility of death was undoubtedly one hundred percent. Unlike now, although the death rate was still close to one hundred percent, at least they could live a little longer.
“What do you plan to do next, Qianqian?”
“Uh, actually, I plan to run as far as I can,” Leticia’s old face blushed, and she muttered softly.
“What did you say, Qianqian? I didn’t hear clearly.” Because Leticia’s voice was too soft, the group leader really couldn’t hear clearly.
Leticia quickly coughed twice and put on a serious expression. “I said I’m going to look for a way to defeat that monster in the city.”
She dared to say she would leave without looking back in front of Bai Ling, but in front of the group leader, Leticia felt she couldn’t afford to lose face.
As is well known, Miss Demon King was particularly concerned about her reputation for certain reasons. Admitting to running away in front of the group leader was quite unacceptable to her.
But she didn’t want to go and fight to the death. Then there were only a few reasons left, right?
Picking a plausible reason at random, Leticia stated that she was doing something very important.
Only reckless people would think of solving problems with their fists. A wise person should learn to solve problems wisely and without bloodshed.
Bai Ling was a reckless person, while Leticia wanted to be smart and avoid fighting if possible.
After all, there was only one life. Once it was lost, it was truly lost.
“Oh, I see!” The group leader didn’t doubt it at all. In her opinion, this dual-pronged strategy was indeed suitable for the current situation.
Xiaobai, who had stronger frontal combat capabilities, would try to solve the problem by force, while the more agile Leticia would return to the place where the conspiracy began to seek a solution through wisdom. How reasonable was the division of labor!
“Yes, yes, we already know the whereabouts of the other person’s lair. Let’s go and raid their home now.” Leticia nodded frantically.
Thanks to her reassuring superpower, Leticia had already located the glasses-wearing man’s residence in the city. If nothing unexpected happened, they could find some crucial clues from that residence.
At this time, Lu Siyu had finished communicating with the army. Although the captain and the others would still be detained, the Anxi sisters and the tour guide could disembark.
Anxi, looking visibly scared, got off the boat holding her sister’s hand. She was still somewhat frightened. The experience of traveling through the fierce winds and rain was truly terrifying.
“Anxi, your home is still quite dangerous. Why don’t you come and stay at our place for a few days?” Leticia called out to Anxi, who was about to leave, and threw her room key card. “This way, it will be more convenient for me to find Xiaoxin.”
Mind-reading was indeed convenient and useful. Once used, Leticia fell in love with this simple and direct feeling.
Based on the principle of using what’s good until it’s broken, Leticia decided to cling to Anxi.
“This… this might not be good?” Anxi, flustered, caught the room key card thrown by Leticia and hesitated. “It seems we’re not suitable to stay in this place.”
She was a thief who frequented dark alleys, while the place Leticia threw the room key card to was the best hotel in the seaside city.
“There’s nothing wrong with it. If anyone dares to say otherwise, I’ll make them have a bad time,” Leticia patted Anxi’s shoulder. “Take it. Perhaps these are the last few days we have.”
Hearing this, the group leader’s eye twitched. “Qianqian, be more confident. We will definitely resolve this crisis.”
“Optimism is a good thing, but we also have to prepare for failure, right? I think you can arrange a fallback plan now and prepare for a counterattack after failure,” Leticia said softly to the group leader. “Don’t be blindly confident. The monster’s strength is terrifying. Even Bai and I are not absolutely sure we can defeat it.”
“Yes, I understand. Qianqian, what you said makes sense,” the group leader was immediately swayed. “But we still can’t give up all hope.”
