My whole family time-traveled! I became a god during my exile in a famine.

Chapter 186 Flowers Bloom on the Ruins
The old lady was really happy.

Only then did she realize just how capable her daughter and granddaughter were.

She hadn't suffered much hardship during her exile, which was great for her.

After happily finishing their bath, neither the mother-in-law nor the daughter-in-law mentioned it to the men of the Xie family. It was only much later that they realized... how come the mother and daughters were several shades fairer than the others?

That night, everyone slept soundly, without saying a word until dawn.

Before dawn, people gradually got up.

My luggage was packed and tied up last night. This morning, I ate half a steamed bun, hung my things on my body, and was ready to leave.

I was quite excited at first.

But when everyone actually set foot on the scorched land and saw the desolation, they couldn't help but feel a deep sadness.

There were already many cries coming from the surrounding area, and the people in the city were climbing out of the cellars one after another.

The wasteland stretches endlessly, turning the once beautiful landscape into ruins.

No one could look at the scene before them without feeling utterly desolate.

The crowd walked silently across the scorched earth, slowly making their way into the street.

The once bustling main street now stretches as far as the eye can see, with not a single building in good condition; everywhere is a desolate scene of ruins and broken tiles.

Many people sat on the collapsed roofs of their homes, wailing and crying, their voices filled with profound sorrow.

The Zhang sisters, among the many residents emerging from the adjacent underground parking garage, were stunned by the scene before them.

No more, everything is gone.

I felt inexplicably lost and afraid.

The Ping An Inn, which once symbolized the prosperity of Binzhou, has collapsed after three stories.

Fortunately, the people who built the cellar were clever and opened an exit on the other side of the passage. Otherwise, all of them would have been buried under the three layers of collapsed timber and broken tiles.

Even so, it took Su Liuli and several guards from the Prince's Palace two hours to finally break through the stone slab pressing down on her head and get out.

He had just peeked out and breathed a sigh of relief when he froze.

Looking at the ruins and scorched earth before her, she was speechless for a long time.

She only climbed out quickly when the crowd below urged and called out to her.

A group of people came up from the cellar exit one after another, looking around in disbelief.

"How could this be? How could this happen? I must go back to find my mother. She's still in Wan'an Prefecture..."

"Brother Zhou, calm down! In this situation, let's go to the government office to inquire about the situation first."

"You have neither a horse nor a carriage, how will you get back to Wan'an Prefecture? Are you going to rely solely on your two legs?"

"The Imperial Observatory previously stated that this celestial fire disaster was widespread throughout the entire territory. So, could it be that other places were also affected...?"

"Wasn't it said that they would only attack the Central Plains region?"

"That's true. So where do we go now? To Northern Yan?"

"Northern Yan? What Northern Yan? Are you, people of Great Xia, going to Northern Yan to become slaves?"

The crowd discussed the matter animatedly, but most of them were still wailing.

Many women, holding their children, stared blankly at the charred world around them and couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Where is my child? My child is missing! Have you seen my child? My child!"

A disheveled woman, her body a mess of indistinguishable colors, stumbled forward erratically. Just as she was about to bump into the Yu family, she was caught red-handed by Zhao Xun with lightning speed.

"Did you kidnap my child? Did you?" The woman bared her teeth and claws, about to pounce on Zhao Xun's face.

The latter gripped her shoulders, and with a slight effort, the woman, like a limp crab, couldn't pry open Zhao Xun's arm no matter how hard she tried. She could only scream and yell into the air, hurling vile curses, "You vile women, you all want to harm my child and me! It was you, you kidnapped my child! You want to kill him and eat our flesh!"

Zhao Xun loosened his grip and pushed the person aside.

Several old women rushed over and tried to pull the madwoman away, repeatedly apologizing to Zhao Xun, "I'm so sorry, young lady, we're extremely sorry. The child died a few days ago, and the child's mother went mad. Please forgive us if we have done anything too extreme."

A man standing nearby, looking sullen, flicked his sleeves and said, "When she took that child into the cellar, he looked like he was about to die. Who's to blame? She's blaming everyone for suffocating her child. It's ridiculous."

"Then don't come in! Just stay outside! Let's see if the heavenly fire can save your lives. You're so annoying and troublesome, what are you complaining about?"

The man's wife tugged at him hard.

The man retorted, "That's exactly right. I hid inside to save my life, why all the nonsense? If you think this is bad or that is bad, then don't come."

His wife patted him a few times and scolded him a few more times, and only then did the man fall silent.

The old lady, surnamed Yu, murmured "Amitabha" a few times, her expression showing lingering fear.

Madam Nie, her face pale, said softly, "Mother, we should stay away from these people from now on. They're having a hard time themselves, and they probably want to drag us down with them."

"Mother." The eldest daughter, Xin Wanqing, shook her head at Madam Nie, signaling her not to say anything more.

The woman was already in pain from losing her child, and her family had taken advantage of her along with her sixth sister. At this time, it was best not to kick her while she was down and give her any reason to criticize her.

"Alright, let's start the roll call now!" Chang Mianmian held a small megaphone, and Chen Ling approached her with the roster.

The group members have become completely accustomed to the roll call process these past few days.

Now, even under the strange looks from those around him, he can calmly say "Here".

Several minutes had passed since the roll call was completed for hundreds of people...

Chen Ling closed the booklet and nodded. "Team leader, roll call complete. All members are present."

Xie Ninglan couldn't help but want to cover her face with her hands.

Especially seeing the people around them looking at them like they were idiots...

The regimental commander raised his hand and shouted, "Move out!"

"Mom, look, there's a wild chrysanthemum buried under these ruins. Doesn't it look so vibrant?" Xin Nian took out a small flowerpot and planted it with great interest.

"It's truly rare." Xie Ninglan was also somewhat surprised.

Logically speaking, with the earth turned into scorched earth, where did these wild chrysanthemums come from?

"It probably fell out of someone's flowerpot," Xin Nian laughed. "It's so resilient, let's keep it."

"Okay." Xie Ninglan then asked her daughter to take out her precious potted orange plant and watered both the wild chrysanthemum and the orange plant with some wood-type magic.

"Daughter, these little oranges should be ready to eat in a few days."

The two followed at the back of the group, whispering to each other while holding potted plants. The Zhang sisters couldn't help but catch up and stop them.

Where are you going?

Xin Nian glanced at them, noticing everyone around them staring, and reluctantly agreed, "To the Northern Ice Wasteland."

"What are you going to do in a place like that?" Zhang's younger sister exclaimed in a broken voice, staring at them in disbelief.

"What's it to you?" Xin Nian pushed away her hand that was trying to stop her.

The elder sister of the Zhang family frowned. "This is irresponsible of you. Is the governor just going to abandon all the citizens of the city and run away like this?"

"Lord Lu, are you leaving Binzhou?"

Lu Xiangying nodded and patiently explained to the crowd.

(End of this chapter)