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"That's not what I'm talking about." Peng Fei said, "Let me tell you, my body has failed to the limit, and I can't regenerate it for the time being. In fact, if that monster insists on attacking for another half minute, I will definitely die. β
As soon as the words fell, the ground shook violently. This time the earthquake was much more violent than every previous one, and soon the ground cracked open and a crack in the ground appeared! Peng Fei and Luo Ruzhi couldn't stand steadily, and watched as the ambulance used to escape fell into the crack!
The earthquake lasted about five minutes. After the earthquake ended, Peng Fei stood up. Luo Ruzhi, who was not far from him, had already passed out, but fortunately, there were only some bruises on his body, which were not serious. Luo Ruzhi used to be a mercenary, and his physical fitness was quite good, even he was knocked unconscious, which shows that the intensity of this earthquake is not small.
Peng Fei walked to the edge of the cracked ground, his eyes looking very helpless. The crack in the ground is actually not too deep, and it has reached the depth of the underground passage that everyone walked before, if Xiao Yang uses the vajra body after he comes back, he can still drag it up. However, the ambulance had been completely smashed into a pile of scrap metal, and even if it was towed, it would no longer be usable.
There is still one and a half hours left, and now it is not even the location of the original starting point. That is, the waterfront where the boats are parked is more than 71 km from here. At the time of the destruction of the ambulance, this is almost a distance that can be equated with despair.
Peng Fei pressed the intercom button. It is not yet at the point of exhaustion. Contact Xiao Yang, and maybe come up with a way out of the predicament.
However, the reality disappointed Peng Fei again. The intercom was full of noise, and no one could be reached. Repeated earthquakes caused the electromagnetic waves in the vicinity to be disturbed, and all communication equipment was ineffective. So even though everyone is within range of the walkie-talkie, there is still no way to get in touch with each other.
It stands to reason that Peng Fei should wake up Luo Ruzhi at this time, and the two of them should walk towards the airport together, meeting with others before making plans.
But Peng Fei didn't do it right away. He casually looked up at the night sky, and it occurred to him that if he could fly like Alexia, all problems would be solved.
The sage's prompt was to "bring Jill to the target ship within three hours", and did not say that the rest of the team should also board the ship immediately. As long as you can fly, you can put Jill on the ship before the time limit expires. As for the rest of the team, let them climb to a nearby higher hill first, and then try to carry them to the ship one by one before the island sinks.
In fact, Peng Fei's idea is not entirely whimsical. Alexia, who had just retreated, had wings and was able to fly at great speed. Alexia's virus is also in the same category as Peng Fei, and although the former's virus seems to be more powerful, it is not much different in nature. Therefore, Peng Fei may really be able to grow wings like Alexia and soar in the blue sky.
At this time, Luo Ruzhi came to his senses.
"Communication was disrupted and no one else could be reached. The car is also finished. Peng Fei explained the current situation to Luo Ruzhi.
"Then let's go to the airport first and meet the captain." Luo Ruzhi immediately thought of the wisest countermeasure. Peng Fei nodded and followed him towards the airport. They also wanted to use the running, but at this time the road was in tatters, and it was easy to fall while running, so they had to walk.
As Peng Fei walked, he focused his thoughts on his back, wanting to build a pair of wings. A few hours ago, he could easily conjure blades from his body, and with a slight influence of his will on the generation of those blades, he should be able to build wings.
Five minutes later, Peng Fei really had a pair of wings stretched out from his back. The wings were almost identical to Alexia's, well-proportioned and elegant. Luo Ruzhi also noticed Peng Fei's wings at this time, and exclaimed, "What is that?" β
"Maybe I can fly, right?" Peng Fei said this, vibrating his wings, wanting to fly. His wings vibrated at a very fast rate and made a buzzing sound like thousands of bumblebees in flight.
As his wings vibrate, Peng Fei's body gradually lifted off the ground, flying about a meter high - and then fell. The lifting force provided by this pair of wing vibrations was simply not enough to support Peng Fei's body to fly in the air, and it couldn't even make him hover.
Peng Fei reincorporated his wings into his body. As he continued to walk forward, he also improved the pair of wings in his body. After the transformation was almost done, Xiao Yang stretched out his wings again.
However, all that awaited him was another failure. At this time, Peng Fei finally realized how naΓ―ve his thoughts were. That Alexia had to go through several complex evolutions before it transformed its body into a structure that could fly. Now I can only do small-scale body modification, so it is impossible to fly into the sky.
But despite thinking so, Peng Fei still didn't give up, and relentlessly transformed the pair of wings made from his body. And Luo Ruzhi, who was walking beside him, kept pressing the intercom button and called everyone unremittingly.
The two walked for another five minutes. Neither of them saw any results in their respective efforts. Peng Fei still couldn't fly, and Luo Ruzhi still hadn't contacted anyone.
Not only that, but there is a very difficult situation in front of them. At some point, water began to accumulate on the ground, and the road became very muddy and made it even more difficult to walk.
"So many water ......" Peng Fei's face turned pale, "Has this island begun to sink now?" β
Luo Ruzhi dipped his fingers in the water, put it in his mouth and licked it, and said to himself: "Light." β
"What does that mean?"
"It's not that the island is sinking, it's that the soil is liquefiing." "Liquefaction of soil is a common occurrence after an earthquake. It refers to the phenomenon of an earthquake causing groundwater to upwell, causing the sand and gravel layer on the surface to be submerged and liquefied. β
Peng Fei let out a long sigh. It's good news that the island won't sink right away, but the liquefaction of the soil is just adding insult to injury. Now they have a large crater caused by the earthquake in front of them, and I don't know how much time it will take to get around this liquefied road condition.
However, at this moment, there was a sudden roar of engines on the left side of the main road.
Peng Fei turned his head sideways in astonishment. Not far on the left side of the road, he saw a large off-road jeep painted in camouflage, with huge tires as tall as a man. The car was running over the stagnant water on the ground and drove majestically.
At this time, the people in the passenger seat of the jeep also saw Peng Fei, and immediately stood up and waved at Peng Fei and Luo Ruzhi: "Peng Fei, Luo Ruzhi!" Great, you're still alive! β
The person who spoke was Xiao Yang, who had been unable to contact him before. In the jeep, Fang Xin, Wang Hanren and Jill were sitting. In other words, all the people are here.
Peng Fei was pleasantly surprised. He never imagined that he would be reunited with his teammates in this way.
Soon, Peng Fei and Luo Ruzhi sat back in the car. The off-road jeep turned around and sped at full speed towards the beach designated by the sages.
In the car, Peng Fei briefly described how he was lucky not to die and how he forced Alexia away. Fang Xin and Wang Hanren next to him escaped from the battle, and the two were embarrassed to speak, so they could only remain silent.
Hearing that Alexia had actually been resurrected, Xiao Yang also showed a worried look on his face. Peng Fei saw that the atmosphere in the car was wrong, so he changed the topic and asked Xiao Yang how the car came about.
So Xiao Yang began to tell about what happened to him and Jill just now.
In front of the door of the underground garage. After trying his best to throw the tracer of his final form up the mountain, Xiao Yang was exhausted. So he followed Jill's advice to take a break and let Jill go to the garage to get gas.
At this moment, he received a communication from Wang Hanren and Fang Xin, and learned the bad news that Peng Fei and Luo Ruzhi were most likely dead. Xiao Yang was worried when he heard the sound of a car engine starting from the garage.
Xiao Yang walked into the garage and saw a military off-road jeep driving towards him. The person sitting in the driver's seat of the jeep was none other than Jill. It turned out that Jill found that the keys to the car were right on the door, so he took the sheep with him.
This off-road jeep was supposed to be Ambrera's, it performed much better than that broken ambulance, and it also had plenty of fuel in it. Being able to get this car is really lucky for Xiao Yang and the others.
As soon as Xiao Yang and Jill drove the car out of the garage, the earthquake struck. Thankfully, the car was sturdy and basically fine. After the earthquake, Xiao Yang and Jill drove back, and along the way, they ran into Fang Xin and Wang Hanren, who were slightly injured in the earthquake, and picked them up in the car. The jeep continued to drive forward, and finally found Peng Fei and Luo Ruzhi.
"By the way, there's about 1 hour and 20 minutes left." Peng Fei said with some concern, "Is it too late for us to rush to that beach and get on the boat?" β
Fang Xin, who was driving, replied: "The car is now traveling at 90 kilometers per hour, so it can catch up." β
Peng Fei was a lot relieved, but Luo Ruzhi on the side suddenly leaned forward: "What did you say?" 90 km/h? β
Then Luo Ruzhi saw that the number on the LCD speedometer was indeed 90.3km/h.
"What's wrong, Luo Ruzhi? 90 km/h isn't that remarkable, right? Xiao Yang said.
"If you're on the highway, it's a rarity of speeds. On ordinary roads, there are many cars that can drive at this speed. Luo Ruzhi's words changed, "But what is the situation now?" The earthquake caused the soil to liquefy and the road surface to be rotten beyond imagination! You may not know if you haven't experienced it, but I can tell you that in this road condition, an ordinary car can only run at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour at most, and even a tracked tank can only reach a speed of 50 kilometers per hour! β
Hearing Luo Ruzhi's words, Xiao Yang's face also changed: "You mean to say that there is a problem with this speedometer, and the speed of the car has not reached 90 kilometers?" β
Luo Ruzhi looked out of the car. The surrounding hillsides and trees were rapidly receding. After half a minute, Luo Ruzhi retracted his gaze and said, "The speedometer is no problem." The speed of this car is indeed more than 90 kilometers. β
Xiao Yang looked at Luo Ruzhi with a puzzled gaze. Why would he be so sure that the speedometer was fine?
"I was a mercenary for eight years. On the battlefield, bullets don't have long eyes, and if you're not careful, you'll die. I was careful, but at one point I almost went to God. Luo Ruzhi suddenly talked about a topic that didn't seem to have anything to do with it.
No one answered him, so Luo Ruzhi continued to say by himself: "I remember that incident, it happened on a night like now......"
On that day, the driver in Luo Ruzhi's team had just died. It was decided that Luo Ruzhi would drive an armored personnel carrier to attack the enemy's material base that night. The enemy's main force has been diverted, and Luo Ruzhi and the others only need to take the opportunity to blow up the base. When Luo Ruzhi was driving, the speedometer of the troop carrier showed that the speed was 80 kilometers per hour. If they continue to drive at this speed, they will definitely be able to reach the material base within the scheduled time and successfully complete the task.
However, when Luo Ruzhi drove the armored personnel carrier to the enemy's material base, they were greeted by merciless bullets. All 50 comrades-in-arms on the car died in the battle, and only Luo Ruzhi survived......"
The actual speed of that armored car was only 50 kilometers per hour. Because there was a problem with the car's speedometer, it showed a speed of 80 km/h. When the armored vehicle arrived at its destination, it was a full 20 minutes behind schedule. By this time, the enemy garrison had all returned to the base.
Since then, Luo Ruzhi has never believed in the speedometer again. Every time he needs to ride in the car during a mission, he concentrates on observing the movement of the surrounding scenery to judge the speed of the car. By now, he could easily guess the approximate speed of the car.
"According to my judgment, the car does go at speeds of more than 90 kilometers per hour." "From this point of view, the performance of this off-road jeep is really amazing. And one thing that I found strange from the beginning is that I can't tell the origin and model of this military vehicle at all. I knew every military off-road jeep in the world, but I didn't have the slightest impression of this car. I don't think the car feels like something that belongs to this world at all. β
Not something out of this world? Xiao Yang fell into deep thought.
At this time, Jill touched Xiao Yang from behind and asked him in a low voice what Luo Ruzhi was talking about just now. Of course, Luo Ruzhi's words were also spoken in Chinese, and Jill could not understand them.
Xiao Yang smiled: "It's nothing. He was just lamenting that the car was performing well. β
"Speaking of which, I think there's something wrong with this car." "At first I thought it was an Ambrera troop car. But now it looks like it's not Ambrera's car at all. β
"What did you say?" Xiao Yang frowned.
"The exterior of the Ambrera unit's special vehicle is ordinary, but on the inside there must be a clear umbrella sign, indicating that it is for Ambrera. This is no exception for both cars and helicopters. "But in this car, I didn't even find an umbrella sign." β
Xiao Yang was taken aback. It's the first time Xiao Yang has heard of Jill's statement, but since this is what Jill said, it shouldn't be wrong. But if this military off-road jeep does not belong to Ambrera, why is it parked in the underground garage of the island's military airport?
Xiao Yang carefully observed the interior of the jeep. Ordinary driver's seat, ordinary steering wheel, ordinary on-board instrument. Ordinary car GPS, ordinary car CD player. Look at yourself again, the ordinary passenger seat, the ordinary red button......
No, wait! This red button, which is as big as a fist, is not ordinary no matter how you look at it!
Xiao Yang took a closer look at the red button and saw two lines of graphics on the right side of the button. The top row is an image of a button in the pop-up state, followed by a row of words normalmode; The next line is an image of a button in the depressed state, followed by the words afloatmode.
Normal mode and floating mode? Xiao Yang was dumbfounded, could this thing really float in the air?
Just as he was thinking about it, Xiao Yang felt that his seat shook, and his whole body was almost ejected from the car. The situation of the others was similar to him, it turned out that the car didn't know what it had hit, and it knocked off.
"The road is getting harder and harder." Fang Xin, who was driving, said. The water on the ground around is at least half a meter deep, and you can't even see the road surface very clearly under the muddy water. The huge tires of the jeep rolled forward with a grunt, riding the wind and waves in the muddy water.
Xiao Yang was a little worried about the speed of travel, and turned his head to look at the LCD speedometer. The number on that is 84.5 km/h. The road conditions have become so bad that the car is only 5 kilometers per hour slower. The performance of this car is astounding.
The car drove forward for another quarter of an hour, and Fang Xin suddenly stepped on the brakes. In front of it was a huge puddle, and I don't know how deep it was. You can't get through this way by wading directly into the water.
"Looks like we're going to have to take a detour." Fang Xin said.
Xiao Yang raised his eyes and looked around. This puddle is extended to the left, and it is not known how big it is. If you take a detour to the left, you can't tell how far you will have to go. The road on the right leads up the hill. There are three or four lower slopes and a high mountain ahead, and you can't go far without climbing that high mountain.
"Let's go to the left." Luo Ruzhi said.
"Why?" Several people asked in unison.
"It's not safe to go up the hill right now. Because of the liquefaction of the soil, there is a high probability that there will be a large mudslide down the mountain. Luo Ruzhi said, "If we are unlucky and encounter a mudslide, we will be overturned with the car and people." β
"It's really a problem. But if you go to the left, you won't have enough time. Xiao Yang said, "Sometimes you need to take risks. If there is a mudslide, I will tell everyone in advance that I will definitely avoid the mudslide. β
Xiao Yang has super hearing and super vision. Even if the mudslide is several kilometers away, he can know the situation in advance. In this way, there is no fear of mudslides suddenly rushing down.
Hearing Xiao Yang say this, Luo Ruzhi no longer objected to opening to the right. However, he asked to drive the car by himself, because his driving skills were better. Xiao Yang nodded, so Luo Ruzhi and Fang Xin switched positions. Luo Ruzhi stepped on the accelerator and drove towards the mountain road.
There is not so much water on the mountain road, but the road is quite slippery. However, the grip of the Jeep's tires is excellent, and the car travels even faster, reaching speeds of up to 100 kilometers per hour. That number alone was terrifying, and the sight of the surrounding trees flying backwards made the people in the car even more stunned. The jeep is like a rocket on the mountain road