160: Earthquake strikes

"Major General Gu, this is our restricted area, please do not trespass!" the soldier guarding the small building immediately stopped Gu Xiheng, who was about to rush in, and spoke seriously.

Gu Xiheng could only stop his pursuit, regretfully pinching the bridge of his nose, momentarily at a loss for what to do!

Ai Yue walked into the small building with a dark expression. At this point, she felt no more waves in her heart regarding what Gu Xiheng had said; she went back to her room and lay on the bed to rest directly.

Time arrived at the third day of the auction. The auction began with the highlight; without any nonsense, the long-awaited energy stones were brought out immediately.

The energy stones were auctioned in portions, with each portion consisting of one gram of powder.

The starting bid for each portion of energy stone powder was ten transparent stones.

Watching with curiosity, Ai Yue also bid for three portions. She found that the ground powder was dark brown and couldn't see anything special about it. She had no choice but to put the energy stones into her backpack, waiting for a future opportunity to use them.

Soon, ten thousand portions were auctioned off. At the end of the auction, the auctioneer went backstage excitedly; he had never enjoyed auctioning things so much.

After the auctioneer stepped down, Gong Qiuqiu walked onto the auction stage elegantly.

"After three days of auctioning, I believe everyone has obtained what they wanted. I won't waste words; at the conclusion of the auction, our Songzhou Safety Tower is providing three top-secret pieces of information for free, which are closely related to us humans."

"The first one concerns the transparent stones. As everyone knows, transparent stones have high value, but no one knows exactly what they are used for!"

"After countless experimental studies by our Safety Tower, we have finally reached a shocking discovery."

At this point, Gong Qiuqiu paused and looked around with a solemn expression. Seeing everyone listening intently, he then continued:

"According to our research, transparent stones can cause a person's Superpower to advance!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the crowd erupted into an uproar.

"Quiet!" Gong Qiuqiu shouted to stop them, then continued: "As for the method of enhancement, it is also very simple. You only need to inject your Superpower into the stone, and the transparent stone will turn into a pool of transparent water. Drinking it will allow you to upgrade your Superpower by one level!"

Hearing Gong Qiuqiu's words, Ai Yue immediately took out a transparent stone and injected her Annihilation Superpower. A moment later, it was indeed as Gong Qiuqiu had described.

The entire transparent stone turned into a pool of water. Ai Yue looked at the crystal-clear water and then glanced at Gong Qiumu, who was looking at the water greedily.

Ai Yue did not hesitate and drank it directly, immediately applying her Healing Superpower to herself with her left hand, carefully sensing the difference brought by that pool of water.

Ai Yue's actions left Gong Qiumu completely stunned. He hadn't expected Ai Yue to dare follow the method his brother had described so directly.

He muttered to himself, "So Sister Ai Yue trusts my brother so much." Suddenly his eyes lit up, "Does that mean there's a chance for them? Ai Yue has a good impression of Gong Qiuqiu! That's why she trusts my brother so much."

Soon Ai Yue discovered that this method was truly effective. She could feel that her Annihilation Superpower had become much stronger.

Just as Ai Yue was about to continue softening transparent stones to upgrade her different Superpowers, the entire auction house suddenly shook violently.

Before people realized what was happening and were looking around in confusion, a sharp, piercing alarm resounded throughout the entire base and over the Trading Center.

Gong Qiumu's face changed drastically. "Oh no, it's an earthquake warning! Sister, run quickly! I need to go find my brother. Be careful!"

After saying that, he vanished in a flash.

Ai Yue hurriedly squeezed out of the auction through the safety exit on the second floor.

The entire auction was in a mess, with everyone struggling to squeeze through the exit.

Ai Yue was lucky enough to leave the auction early.

She used her Extreme Speed Superpower to run quickly toward an open area.

Just as she stopped, she heard the Trading Center, which had only been built for a few months, completely collapse behind her.

The cracks in the ground were expanding rapidly, constantly swallowing the surrounding buildings and the humans struggling for their lives.

In just a moment, the world underwent a drastic change, and wails of sorrow filled the air everywhere.

The earthquake came too quickly, giving humans no chance to react at all.

In the entire auction, one moment people were cheering and celebrating having bid for energy stones, and the next, houses were shaking and the earth was splitting. Those with slow reactions were crushed under the ruins, unable to move. Those who managed to escape the buildings were unlucky enough to fall into the rapidly opening earthquake fissures, with no way to escape.

At this moment, people deeply felt how tiny, helpless, and fragile humans were in the face of natural disasters.

In such a natural disaster, Ai Yue also lacked the ability to help others; it was already difficult enough for her to save herself.

Feeling the constantly trembling earth, Ai Yue didn't look back again. She was worried about the situation of Ai Guosheng and the other two, fearing they might suffer in this earthquake, so she used her Extreme Speed Superpower to run home quickly.

The journey was not smooth. The scale of this earthquake was too large. Several times she encountered unavoidable dangers and only escaped by hiding in her space just in time.

Along the way, she also encountered countless people, as well as fleeing Ancient Centipedes and Devil Frogs.

They should have been fighting to the death, but in such desperate circumstances, neither the Alien Insects nor the humans could care about attacking each other; they were all fleeing for their lives frantically.

This was the first time since the appearance of Alien Insects that humans and Alien Insects coexisted harmoniously.

This earthquake came with a vengeance, and the entire world was filled with screams and wails.

On Ai Yue's escape route, although she had the help of her space, she still fell into ground fissures and was buried several times.

When the shockwaves paused, Ai Yue quickly came out of the space and used the Earth Evasion Technique to crawl out from underground.

While running on the road, a large tree or a huge boulder would occasionally fall from the sky, and sometimes the corpse of an Alien Insect would crash down on her.

Ai Yue avoided them one by one. Due to the earthquake, various natural disasters were triggered: landslides, volcanic eruptions, one after another.

At this time, Ai Yue could no longer afford to think about how others were doing; she could only do her best to rush toward home.

Fortunately, before she left, she had placed the escape pod at home. As long as they safely hid inside the escape pod, Ai Yue could save them even if they were buried deep underground.

She only feared they wouldn't have time to enter.

This earthquake was like the Earth Dragon turning over, flipping the entire ground.

This super earthquake lasted for three days, followed by continuous aftershocks.

Ai Yue desperately escaped through various natural disasters for three days. On the fourth day, she finally safely reached the foot of Nameless Mountain.

Ai Yue was shocked to find that everywhere else was a mess with ravines all over, yet only the Nameless Mountain Range stood safely in place.

On the Nameless Mountain where her home was, it was still full of the fragrance of flowers and the singing of birds, with dense forests and a vibrant appearance.

Ai Yue squeezed her eyes shut hard and looked back again: it was a scene of gloom and thousands of miles of ruins.

Abruptly turning her head back, the mountain before her was still full of life.