Buddhist player

Chapter 141 Mountain Spirit

As it turned out, it didn't take five minutes.

Just three minutes later, the Devouring Bubble released by Ye Qingheng successfully covered the entire city. Looking up, it looked as if a layer of dark blue water curtain covered their heads.

"—It's definitely out of control."

After closing her eyes and sensing for a while, Ye Qingheng turned to look at Bai Chen and nodded.

"However, I can force it to regress; this is a safety precaution I set up beforehand. Do I need to do that?"

"What is this thing's ability?"

Bai Chen looked up and glanced at the bubble.

Honestly, looking up from below, it actually looks quite beautiful.

"Its prototype is a slime. After multiple evolutions, in addition to its original ability to devour and digest, it also has an extra layer of suppression ability."

Ye Qingheng did not hide her abilities.

"I have three permanent summoning slots, and this Devouring Bubble is one of them. I originally summoned it just to send it into the ruins to rescue people, but I didn't expect it to expand so much."

She frowned slightly as she said this.

"It was working fine in the lab before."

"That's not what I'm asking. What I'm asking is, what modifications did Li Hui make to this thing?"

Bai Chen rolled his eyes.

"It'll definitely behave in the lab. It has no choice but to behave, since who knows how much torture this thing has endured in the lab."

"—She forcibly incorporated a ghost story called 'The Empty Wilderness' into it."

After a slight hesitation, Ye Qingheng gave her answer.

"She asked me if I wanted to increase my combat power, saying she had a way to help me do so, so I—"

"Alright, you don't need to say anything more, I understand."

Bai Chen's lips twitched slightly, and he raised his hand to interrupt the other person.

He knew about this strange tale: he had asked the other party for it before, but the other party refused to give it to him. Unexpectedly, the other party put it here.

"Let's ignore it for now. It'll be a while before the 'Wilderness' phenomenon takes effect. Let it hold off the falling rocks for us while we focus on saving people."

After thinking for a moment, Bai Chen waved his hand.

"By the way, what about the Qing ritual?"

"I asked her to help me find a place to breed mushrooms. The growth of those things requires a certain area of ​​soil. I'm here."

As if sensing something, Ye Qingheng turned her head to look at the street corner.

A few seconds later, a rather cute-looking magic mushroom peeked out from around the corner.

Then came the second, the third, and the fourth —

"Magic Mushroom—did you save the data of the plant you evolved back then?"

Seeing these magic mushrooms hopping and jumping among the ruins, rescuing disaster victims, Bai Chen couldn't help but feel somewhat surprised.

"Yes, it was upgraded several times afterward while retaining its original appearance."

Ye Qingheng reached out and touched a magic mushroom that jumped close to her, then nodded.

"Summoning zombies, rapid reproduction, and juicy flesh are its three main abilities."

"Tender and juicy—?"

"Literally, my evolution is random; I could evolve into anything—this stuff can be used as a reserve food; it makes a really good soup."

Setting down the magic mushroom in her hand, Ye Qingheng spoke calmly.

Bai Chen:

It must be said that the magic mushroom's reproductive ability is truly astonishing.

In less than half an hour, the ruins were filled with swarms of magic mushrooms. The disaster victims were astonished by these creatures they had never seen before, but they were not afraid, as if they had seen too many strange and unusual things before.

—Except when these magic mushrooms line up and jump into the soup pot to make soup for them.

"Has the sky fallen?"

Looking at the hunched old man in front of him, Bai Chen raised an eyebrow in surprise.

There were a large number of disaster victims in the western part of the city, and most of them were injured. Some had even lost half of their bodies and were lying there groaning in pain.

Although he had a large amount of medical supplies, it was still a drop in the ocean in the face of thousands of disaster victims. Fortunately, some of these people were capable and spontaneously organized to rescue the victims without his prompting.

At this moment, Ye Qingheng demonstrated exceptional command skills. What was initially a chaotic scene had been brought under control.

Under her instructions, everything quickly became well-organized.

Since he couldn't leave for the time being, Bai Chen, with the idea of ​​gathering information, found an old man among the disaster victims to ask for some information. However, he didn't expect that the old man would give him a big surprise as soon as he arrived.

"It collapsed."

Gazing at the deep blue curtain of water above, the old man's cloudy eyes seemed to be looking into the distance.

"That night, the sky split open, and the mountain fell through the opening, surrounding the city. The old man was seventy-three years old and had never seen such a sky before."

The swallowing bubble had covered the entire city, and a dark blue water curtain was slowly flowing overhead, like an inverted river. The water curtain was covered with stones of all sizes, some of which had already slid to the ground with the water flow, while others were still embedded there, looking like insects sealed in amber.

Sunlight filtered through the gaps in the water curtain, turning into beams of pale blue light that fell on the ruins and on the injured being carried to safety by the magic mushrooms.

"What strange things happened before the sky collapsed?"

After thinking for a moment, Bai Chen asked the question.

"Strange things? There are too many to count."

The old man seemed to smile slightly as he looked away.

"Long before the sky collapsed, many strange things had happened in this world. The so-called collapse of the sky was just one part of these strange things."

Don't you find our attire strange?

Looking at the old man in front of him, Bai Chen narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Strange? I'm too old for that. I've seen too many strange and bizarre things. Compared to those strange things, you are at least human, and you even saved us. That's enough."

The old man glanced at him and sighed softly.

"You are people from outside. People from outside are very capable, I can see that, but there are some things that no matter how capable you are, they are useless. This thing can stop rocks, but it can't stop mountains. Mountains have tempers, and if they are unhappy, nothing can be done."

Catching his breath, the old man struggled to his feet.

"Young people, if you want to stop this mountain, you must find out why it is angry. Otherwise, no matter what you do, it will be useless."

"Angry? Angry about what?"

Bai Chen frowned.

"I don't know, you'll have to find the answer yourselves."

Turning around, the old man's voice sounded very soft, as if he were talking to himself.

"—Perhaps they're angry that we forgot."

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