While running quickly, he lowered his voice and asked the minister in his arms worriedly, "Minister, what's wrong with you? Please don't scare me."

"So scary, that man just now, so scary."

It was the first time that Lingya heard such a weak voice from the minister. She couldn't help but look back at Ouyang Xuan, not understanding why such an ordinary-looking person could scare the minister like this.

"Is he from the other world?"

"Absolutely. And he's the one who killed countless monsters. Just the aura from him makes me feel like I'm going to die." The minister poked his head out of the fur ball he had shrunk into. "Suzume, let's go quickly and stay away from that man."

"it is good."

The minister was so frightened that Lingya didn't dare to stay any longer and walked quickly towards the tram.

After finding a seat on the tram, the minister in Lingya's arms could finally stick his head out without worry. Just as he stretched his neck a little, the minister immediately shrank back and turned into a big ball of fur again, curled up on Lingya's legs. Lingya also covered the small ball of minister on her legs because she saw Ouyang Xuan and the other two also walked in.

Sanye also felt it was quite strange. What was wrong with the girl sitting next to her? She looked so disheveled, as if she had just come out of the fields. Her shoes seemed to be broken and were still held in her hands. Moreover, when she saw them coming in, her curled up body with her head down trembled.

"Boss, that girl looks so strange." Sanye whispered in Ouyang Falcon's ear, "Is she a monster or something?"

Mitsuha, who had just come into contact with the other world, felt that everything strange and wrong looked like a monster.

"He should be learning magic like animal taming." Ouyang Xuan glanced at Ling Ya, then looked at the minister who was curled up on her legs.

"Her cat-like pet is very sensitive to murderous auras. It must have sensed the remaining murderous aura in me from when I was fighting monsters before."

"Eh--"

There were not many people on the tram at noon. In this carriage, besides Lingya and the minister, there were only Ouyang Xuan and three others. This made Lingya feel like the pressure was about to explode. The minister in her arms curled up quietly in Lingya's arms like a ball of fur, without making a sound or moving. If Lingya had not felt the minister's body moving rhythmically with his breathing, she would have suspected that the minister was suffocated to death by her.

There was no other sound on the tram except the sound of the tram running and the rustling of Kaguya and Mitsuha flipping through documents. The whole tram was very quiet.

Why is this tram so slow? There are still a dozen stops to go, and I feel like the air inside this tram is about to freeze. Help, Minister, Minister, please say something!

Frightened by the minister's panic-stricken look, Lingya subconsciously thought that Ouyang Xuan was some kind of super evil ghost who ate children for every meal. When she saw Ouyang Xuan and others sitting in the same row of seats as her, Lingya wanted to run away, but the sequelae of sprinting in the air-raid shelter for half an hour came at this time. Her legs were sore and hungry. She didn't feel much when she was shaking in the back of the pickup truck, but now that she was sitting on the stable tram, she felt tired.

Simply put, because of fear and fatigue, Lingya's legs became weak and she didn't leave.

Just as Suzuya was praying that the train would go faster, a loud sound echoed throughout the entire car, a gurgling sound.

Lingya was in a hurry to go out in the morning and only ate a very small sandwich. After a period of intense exercise, the food in her stomach was long gone. Lingya was so hungry that she felt a little pain in her stomach. But compared to her stomach, Lingya felt more uncomfortable on her face. She was so embarrassed that her face turned as red as an apple.

No way, why are you ringing at this time? I'm in a huge crisis right now. Stomach, can't you just hold on? Damn it!

"Well, I have a chocolate bar here. Do you want some?" Kaguya walked up to Suzuya and handed her a chocolate bar with a smile.

Is this an angel?

Lingya thought in her heart.

"No, thank you. I'm not hungry."

Although she said "no thanks" with her mouth, Suzuya's hand went against her brain and took the chocolate bar that Kaguya handed to her.

Chapter 30: The Earthworm

When her fingers touched the plastic wrapping of the chocolate bar, it made a crackling sound, and Lingya suddenly realized that she had reached out subconsciously. It seemed that because she was too hungry, her system was not functioning properly.

"Thank you, thank you."

Since she had already extended her hand, Suzuya felt embarrassed to take it back, so she had to accept Kaguya's chocolate bar.

Lingya didn't know what brand this chocolate bar was, but the fact that it was covered with Italian words that she couldn't understand made Lingya think that it must be quite expensive.

With Ouyang Xuan, a man whose background was unclear and whose specific job was unknown, Lingya was not going to eat here. Since the packaging was there, she was not afraid of it getting dirty. Lingya put the chocolate bar in her pocket and would eat it after getting off the bus.

Unable to bear the atmosphere and pressure in the carriage, Lingya chose to get off halfway. After all, this was a tram, the destination was the same, and there would be another train coming in a few minutes. Why should she stay with someone who looked super dangerous?

After resting for a while, Suzuya's legs had recovered a lot, at least she could walk. She hugged the minister and silently bowed to Kaguya, then walked to the door and prepared to get off the car.

"Ms. Shinomiya, do you know her?" asked Mitsuha.

"I don't know her." Kaguya shook her head. "I just saw that she was hungry, so I gave her some snacks that I always have on hand."

"The boss just said that she's some kind of animal tamer or something, that the white thing she's holding is a monster. It's too dangerous to approach her without any precautions."

"What's there to be afraid of? Isn't Lord Ou here?"

Kaguya looked at Ouyang Falcon with eyes full of trust. To Kaguya, even if the sky fell, Ouyang Falcon would have a way to push it back.

"Is the boss so powerful?" Sanye, who had never seen Ouyang Sun fight, asked subconsciously.

"Of course!" Kaguya's voice rose a little. "Master Ou is not only incredibly intelligent and physically imposing, but in the surface world he was a top student admitted to the University of Tokyo. In the inner world, he is also a renowned and powerful Taoist priest. From humans to monsters, everyone knows Master Ou's name."

"He can turn stones into gold, fly through the air, shoot lasers from his eyes, and unleash thunder from his palms. Lord Ou is truly powerful. There's nothing Lord Ou can't do, only things we can't imagine. I was once attacked by a nightmare and fell into a nightmare of fear and despair. It was Lord Ou who, despite the danger, sneaked into my dream and saved me."

"Master Ou is not only a powerful hero, but also a very gentle and considerate person. It can be said that Master Ou is the most perfect man in the world!"

When the host of the super topic, Kaguya, finished saying all this, her face flushed and she looked very cheerful. But when she saw the stunned Mitsuha, Kaguya froze. It was not because she felt ashamed of trying her best to praise Ouyang Falcon in front of outsiders, but because she remembered one thing: the two of them came out together with Ouyang Falcon.

Kaguya's head turned slowly to look at Ouyang Falcon. Fortunately, Ouyang Falcon didn't seem to hear what Kaguya had just said. He was just silently operating something on his mobile phone. When he saw Kaguya looking at him, Ouyang Falcon simply nodded in greeting.

Seeing Ouyang Falcon's cold reaction, Kaguya felt somewhat relieved that her impolite behavior had not been noticed by Ouyang Falcon, but also somewhat disappointed as it seemed that Ouyang Falcon had not heard what she had just said.

It was visibly that Kaguya looked completely depressed. She sat slumped on the tram, with the sides of her delicate oval face bulging a little. It was a rare occasion for Kaguya to throw a tantrum.

I guess what I just did was a confession, but why didn’t Lord Ou react at all? Am I really that insignificant in his heart?

Looking at the lost Kaguya, Mitsuha glared at Ouyang Falcon angrily, but she immediately stopped the next second because she remembered that she seemed to have no qualifications and reasons.

While Kaguya and Mitsuha weren't looking, Ouyang Falcon's chat history with Yang No and Kotoko was refreshing at a rate of three messages per second. The content of these new messages varied, but they all clearly conveyed two words to Ouyang Falcon: Go! Charge!

"Sigong." Ouyang Xuan put away his phone.

"Yes, Lord Ou." Upon hearing this, Kaguya trembled all over and raised her big watery eyes.

"Just now you—"

Boom!

A roar came from the horizon, and the tram that had been running smoothly just a second ago was like having its brakes slammed on. Most of the passengers could not keep their balance due to the huge inertia.

The tram under his feet was shaking violently, but Ouyang Jun's body sitting on the chair was still as steady as a rock. Kaguya, who was sitting next to Ouyang Jun, staggered and almost fell to the ground, but was pulled up by Ouyang Jun as soon as her body moved. Ouyang Jun held Kaguya's shoulders.

Kaguya, who was closest to Ouyang Sun, received support from Ouyang Sun, but Sanye, who was farther away, did not receive such treatment at all. She spun around on the ground like grass blown by the wind, and finally got up from the ground with stars in her eyes.

"What happened? Did Tokyo suffer a third attack?" Mitsuha felt dizzy and sat up from the ground while touching the bump on her forehead.

"It seems like an earthquake." Kaguya's voice became very weak and light. If she moved a little more now, the contact area with Ouyang Jun's body would expand. Just the fact that Ouyang Jun was holding her shoulders now was causing Kaguya's CPU to gradually heat up, and was heading towards a shutdown.

"Why did the earthquake start out of nowhere? My head hurts." Sanye said depressedly, "Boss, this is your employee's body after all. You've already held Miss Shinomiya, can't you give me a hand?"

"If it gets damaged, how am I going to explain it to Miss Amano?"

As an islander, experiencing earthquakes is as common as eating and sleeping. Except for the carriage where Ouyang Xuan and his companions were, the people in other carriages were very experienced. When the tram suddenly stopped at 0.01 seconds, they immediately grabbed anything they could get their hands on to stabilize their bodies. In the sudden braking of the tram caused by this small earthquake, only Sanye fell and suffered a little injury.

Although she was the only one injured and felt a little depressed and unhappy, Sanye still cheered herself up and prepared to get up. But at this moment, a figure flew past in front of Sanye and scared Sanye, who had just stood up, so much that she fell to the ground again. This time it was really painful, and Sanye immediately grimaced.

The person who sprinted in the carriage and ran to the window was Suzuya. She looked out the window with a serious face at the empty space, as if a gate from hell was slowly opening at the horizon. The minister also lay on Suzuya's shoulder and looked out the window with her.

In Lingya's eyes, a dark red vine-like thing was growing rapidly in that empty place, erupting all the way from the ground until it rushed into the clouds. Yin'e, this was the power representing disaster that was sealed behind doors all over the island country. It started from Shikoku and traveled across the country, and then closed every door. This was Lingya's mission now.

"Minister, is that the direction we just came back from?"

"Yes." The minister nodded. "Originally, that door should have been able to hold out for two days, but now it's been opened."

"Damn it, there's no time!"

After saying that, Suzuya turned around and ran. At this time, the tram was temporarily suspended due to a small earthquake. Not only was it suspended, it seemed that the tram lines were also damaged by the earthquake. The entire tram was in a power outage. Even if Suzuya pressed the emergency door opening button, the door could not be opened due to lack of electricity.

"Suzume, there are still many monsters guarding that door. Even if you want to close the door now, you won't be able to defeat those monsters." The minister's tone was very calm, forming a sharp contrast with the anxious Suzuya.

"Then I want to go too! If that cloud falls, all of Tokyo will be hit by a massive earthquake. Who knows how many people will die then."

"How many people will die?" The minister estimated the size of the worm cloud outside and said, "Judging from its size, everyone in Tokyo should be dead. At least everyone in the center will definitely die."

"It's too dangerous for you to go over there now, Suzuya. Let's run quickly, Suzuya."

Compared to the lives of a group of ordinary humans he didn't know, the only person the minister cared about was Suzuya. Even if all the people in Tokyo died, as long as Suzuya was fine, that was enough.

"Now is not the time to joke with you, Minister."

"I'm not kidding Suzuya either. The danger level of this door is beyond Suzuya's ability. Suzuya can't go and die."

Suzuya banged on the door hard and tried to get out, but the minister bit Suzuya's socks and tried to pull her back.

Only the closed-door masters and people who have come into contact with the necessary stones can see the earthworm plague. Ordinary people cannot observe and see the existence of the earthworm plague. No matter whether they are people from the inner world or the outer world, they cannot see the earthworm plague directly. Many times, the disasters caused by the earthworm plague are due to the lack of closed-door masters, resulting in extremely heavy losses.

Ouyang Xuan was not a closed-door master, so he could not see the existence of the earthworm. Also, since he was from the mainland, he had no idea that earthworms existed. Ouyang Xuan could neither see the earthworms rapidly spreading into the sky behind him, nor did he know what Lingya was doing.

However, from the conversation between Lingya and the minister, Ouyang Xuan also knew that they were now going to do something that could save tens of millions of people.

The tram door, which was tightly closed due to the power outage, was as hard as a solid wall to Lingya, but it was as fragile as a piece of paper to Ouyang Xuan. Ouyang Xuan didn't even need to use the power of the bull talisman. He just stood up and kicked the door, and it instantly deformed and flew out.

"The door is open."

"Thank you!"

The way forward was opened, and Ling Ya could only say thank you and jump off the carriage.

Unlike the subways in mainland China, trams often run on the ground, with only a corridor on both sides made of wire mesh for the trams to run. In order to ensure stability, the ground under the rails is covered with hard small stones. Ling Ya, who was not wearing shoes and only a pair of socks, jumped down directly, ready to jump onto the pile of gravel.

"Do you want your foot to be crippled?" Holding Lingya's collar, Ouyang Jun frowned slightly and held Lingya in his hand.

"Now is not the time to worry about my feet. A major earthquake will happen in Tokyo soon. The lives of tens of millions of people will be threatened. Let me go quickly."

"Bad guy! Let go of Suzuya!"

The minister Bai Ranran at Lingya's feet had his hair standing up, and he bit Ouyang Jun's ankle with his teeth bared. The Golden Light Curse was activated instinctively, almost breaking the minister's teeth.

"I, I don't know how to explain it to you, but right now there's a sealed force in Tokyo that's trying to break free. Once it's completely released, it's going to cause a massive earthquake, and all of Tokyo will be destroyed."

"Then let me see what you see in your eyes."

"Eh?"

Lingya, who was held in Ouyang Xuan's hand like a kitten, looked in surprise at a ray of light emerging from Ouyang Xuan's hand, spreading to her body, crawling onto her face, and then returning to Ouyang Xuan's body. Lingya didn't know what was happening.

Ouyang Xuan used a copying spell on Ling Ya, which could temporarily copy other people's innate spells to himself. What Ouyang Xuan was doing now was copying Ling Ya's eyes that could see Yin'er to himself.

When he opened his eyes again, Ouyang Xuan immediately looked back in the direction Ling Ya and the minister had just looked.

"That thing, is it the sealed power you mentioned?"

"Can you see the Earthquake?" Lingya immediately understood. "Yes, that's the Earthquake. When it rises to a certain height, it will fall down, and then it will cause an earthquake. Given the scale of the Earthquake, the earthquake it causes will be no less devastating to Tokyo than an atomic bomb."

"I have to go and close the door immediately, otherwise thousands of people will die."

In order to make Ouyang Xuan believe in herself, Ling Ya emphasized how serious the impact would be once Yin'e fell.

"You're running too slowly."

"Put me down, I'll go borrow a bike later, even if it's a little faster."

Suzuya is not one of the Igarashi family members who can ride a bicycle at the speed of a motorcycle. She just doesn't know how to drive a motorcycle or a car. The fastest mount she can control is a bicycle.

"Shinomiya, Miyamizu, stay here and don't move. I will ask Xiao Hei to come and protect you. Just stay where you are and don't run around. This animal trainer and I will deal with that disaster." Ouyang Jun tucked Ling Ya under his arm and lifted the minister with his other hand.

"I wish Lord Ou good luck in martial arts." Kaguya bowed with a smile.

"Boss, you must pay attention to safety!" Sanye said worriedly.

"Let's go. Can you show me the way?" Ouyang Xuan said to Ling Ya under him.

"Wait, I don't understand what you mean, put me down first."

At this moment, Miss Lingya had no idea what kind of excitement she was going to experience next, and she struggled dissatisfiedly under Ouyang Xuan's arms.

Chapter 31 The Shortest Line

"You guys are running too slowly. I'll fly you over there. Just show me the way."

"You can fly!" Ling Ya said in surprise, "That's great. Do you have any combat spells? There are a lot of monsters gathered near that door. We have to drive them away before we can close the door."

"No evil spirit or monster can get close to you when you close the door, I promise."

"Then I'll leave it to you." Lingya felt that she now trusted the stranger Ouyang Xuan quite a bit, although she was afraid that he would eat her five minutes ago.

"Over there, the door is inside an air-raid shelter built during the war." Lingya pointed in the direction of Yin'er.

"Well, don't move for a while, I'm afraid I can't hold you firmly." With the arm strength of Niu Fuzhu, Lingya will not fall even if she explodes under Ouyang Xuan's arm.

"And you, hold on tight, don't get thrown away." Ouyang Xuan said to the minister who ran onto his shoulder.

"If you dare to lose Ling Ya, I will bite you to death!"

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