The Spirit of Gourmet

Chapter 136 Crisis, Rescue!
"Damn it, where did all this water come from?!"

Inside the hut, Zuo Ge looked at the water that had reached his waist and his expression became somewhat frantic.

Ruan Cen and his ancestors transformed the surrounding area to cultivate the courtyard, making it the lowest and flattest area in the vicinity.

Originally, such modifications made halfway up the mountain would not have had any impact, but who would have thought that Wuyin Mountain, which doesn't even have mountain streams, would be able to experience such a large-scale flash flood?
When Zuo Ge and Ruan Cen discovered the flash flood and prepared to escape, the flood had already become a major disaster in a very short time.

Once you step outside, the waist-deep muddy water mixed with a lot of sand and gravel is enough to easily sweep a person away.

Left with no other choice, they could only retreat into Ruan Cen's house. Although it couldn't stop the water from spreading, it could at least protect them from the impact of the flash flood.

But this is only a temporary measure, because the floodwaters have not shown any signs of decreasing and are still rising. Cracks have appeared on the walls of Ruan Cen's house and are gradually expanding.

If their houses are also washed away, they will be directly exposed to the flash flood.

Beside Zuo Ge, Ruan Cen stood silently, her face devoid of the smile that had been constantly on her lips, her expression unusually solemn.

“It’s groundwater.” Ruan Cen took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, “There is very rich groundwater beneath Misty Mountain.”

"The tremor just now disturbed the underground water system, causing it to gush out from the surface like a volcanic eruption."

At this point, a complex look appeared in Ruan Cen's eyes, "I'm sorry, I..."

Just as he was about to say something, Qin Lang's voice suddenly came from outside.

"Mr. Ruan Cen, Mr. Zuo Ge, are you inside?"

"It's Qin Lang?!" Zuo Ge's eyes lit up with surprise. He strode to the window, opened it, and waved wildly outside. "We're all inside!"

"Okay." Qin Lang nodded, and after confirming the two people's positions, he looked at the distance between where he was and the house.

At this moment, the area around the house and the surrounding yard has been covered by the spreading flash flood. Anyone who gets close will be instantly swept away by the flood.

Whether they wanted to enter the house or rescue the people inside, it was impossible in the face of the flash flood.

unless…

"Dongdong, Zhao Qian, have the Food Spirit use [Earth Rock Surge]!"

"Use the raised stone pillars to forcibly open up a path from the past!"

"No problem!" Cao Dongdong looked at Tuantuan who was following beside him. "Tuantuan, use [Earth Rock Surge] with all your might!"

"Keep all the floodwaters out!"

"Feila!"

Tuan Tuan responded, and her body, which was flying high in the sky, was wrapped in earth-yellow earth-elemental power, and she fell heavily to the ground like a meteorite.

In the next instant, stone pillars rose from the ground, precisely intercepting the mountain torrent all the way to Ruan Cen's house door.

"boom!!!"

With a deep rumble, the roaring torrent crashed heavily against rows of stone pillars, splashing high before quickly receding. The speed of the water flow and the height of the water surface on the downstream side of the torrent decreased at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Become!

Qin Lang felt a surge of excitement, while Zhao Qian and Bu Bu also began their actions on the other side.

"Bubu, use Earth Rock Dash!"

Following Zhao Qian's command, Bubu cried out and also fell.

As an Ice-type Food Spirit, its [Earth Rock Slam] is slightly smaller than Tuan Tuan's, but it is sufficient for support and reinforcement.

Two rows of stone pillars densely blocked the water flow, temporarily stopping the waist-high mountain torrent and revealing the muddy ground.

On the other side, Zuo Ge and Mr. Ruan Cen had already noticed the situation. As soon as the flash flood was briefly contained, the two of them helped each other and rushed out of the house to meet up with Qin Lang and the other two. "Thank you so much!" The five of them gathered together, and Zuo Ge couldn't help but excitedly give each of Qin Lang and the other two a hug. "If it weren't for you, Mr. Ruan Cen and I might really have been buried in the flash flood."

"Now is not the time to be happy." Qin Lang shook his head.

The two stone pillars stopped functioning, and the increasingly rampant flash flood, which had been blocked before, erupted again, not only completely submerging the courtyard area once more, but also beginning to spread towards the higher ground where Qin Lang and the others were.

“We need to leave here quickly,” Qin Lang said, glancing at Ruan Cen beside him. “Mr. Ruan Cen, you know Wuyin Mountain best.”

Where do you think we should go?

"Need I say more?" Cao Dongdong couldn't help but say, "Of course we should hurry down the mountain!"

“No.” Ruan Cen shook her head. “If there really is a problem with the underground water system, going down the mountain probably won’t help.”

"This underground water system does not only exist at the foot of Wuyin Mountain, but also on other mountain peaks and in the urban area of ​​Bailushan City."

He paused for a moment, then said, "If we're not careful, this could very well turn into a catastrophe that destroys the entire city of Bailushan!"

Upon hearing this, everyone's faces simultaneously showed astonishment.

Even Qin Lang, who had already guessed that there was a large underground water system under Wuyin Mountain, never expected that the scale would be so large.

"So...what should we do?"

Zhao Qian spoke blankly, her eyes instantly reddening, "I haven't become a powerful Spirit Chef yet, I don't want to be buried here by a flash flood!"

"Why did this happen? We..."

"Zhao Qian, calm down!" Qin Lang gently patted Zhao Qian's shoulder, signaling her to calm down for the time being, and then looked at Ruan Cen.

"Mr. Ruan Cen, you know how to solve this, right?"

As he spoke, his gaze fell on a wooden box in Ruan Cen's hand.

It was a very old box, looking dirty, but when Ruan Cen rushed out of the house, she always held it protectively in her arms.

Clearly, it is not ordinary.

“Yes.” Ruan Cen sighed deeply, a look of guilt on her face. “I’m sorry, I lied to you.”

"The legend of the Fog Keeper is true."

"What?!" Zog couldn't help but widen his eyes. Even in such a critical situation, the legendary news still excited him.

"Mr. Ruan Cen, are you really a descendant of Jock, the man who rides the deer?"

"Are the Fog Keepers really protecting the treasure left behind by Jock?"

"Is the mysterious mist of Misty Mountain really related to that treasure?"

“Yes.” Faced with a series of questions from Zuo Ge, Ruan Cen gave an affirmative answer: “We are indeed protecting something.”

"But there's no use talking about it now," Cao Dongdong scratched his head. "You need to be alive to get the treasure!"

"Could it be that we can use that treasure to solve the flash flood problem?"

"Yes!" Ruan Cen nodded emphatically.

Seeing the surprised expressions on everyone's faces, he spoke in a deep voice.

"That item is a token for summoning the Silver Deer!"

(End of this chapter)