72: Strange Crow

Xu Qing and Xu Huan looked at Su Jinxuan with expressions of refusal, ordering him not to use his ability, as they still wanted to live.

Su Jinxuan nodded helplessly; his ability was strong, but unfortunately, he couldn't use it.

He stood sadly to the side, not bothering them.

Su Mianmian seized the opportunity; the moment the large fish leaped up, she extended her vines and wrapped around it.

Seeing her succeed, Shi Xu released his mental power to control the large fish.

Xu Qing and Xu Huan jumped into the water, swam behind the large fish, and began to pull out the meteorite.

Working together, it took them a minute to pull out just a little bit.

"How is this stone stuck so deep?"

"It's too hard to pull out!"

Xu Qing was gritting his teeth from pulling, his entire face red from the effort.

At this point, the large fish also gradually became agitated; it realized they wanted to remove the source of its power from its tail and resisted incessantly.

Su Mianmian's face slowly turned pale due to the excessive consumption of her ability from controlling the large fish.

Shi Xu was also not feeling well; the large fish's resistance was too strong, and he was almost unable to control it.

Su Jinxuan, watching the people whose faces were turning unwell, urged loudly from above: "You two, hurry up, they're about to give out."

Once Su Mianmian and Shi Xu couldn't hold on, Xu Qing and Xu Huan would be in great danger.

Su Jinxuan thought for a moment, then jumped down directly, and the three of them began pulling the meteorite.

With Su Jinxuan's help, pulling the meteorite became much smoother.

The moment they pulled out the meteorite, the large fish stiffened as if someone had choked it.

The three of them didn't hesitate; they grabbed the meteorite and climbed up.

Su Mianmian and Shi Xu, seeing them return safely, immediately withdrew their abilities.

As soon as Shi Xu withdrew his ability, a metallic taste surged, and he couldn't help but spit out a large mouthful of blood.

Seeing him like this, Su Mianmian immediately took out spirit spring water from her space, telling him to rinse his mouth first and then drink.

Shi Xu's face was ashen, and Su Mianmian felt particularly uneasy watching him.

She was still too weak; if she hadn't been unable to control the large fish more, Shi Xu wouldn't have had to increase his ability output, leading to excessive ability consumption.

He must be feeling especially uncomfortable now.

Su Mianmian looked at Shi Xu with a pained expression, secretly vowing that she would become stronger and stronger in the future.

She couldn't always be protected by them; one day, she would also be able to protect them.

Su Mianmian's eyes were full of determination, and Shi Xu, seeing this, couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache.

In a chaotic world, everyone must grow.

"What's wrong with it?"

"Why is it suddenly thrashing so violently?"

"It kind of feels like it's not acclimatized."

After coming up, Xu Huan ran to the wall; he had been staring at the large fish and noticed that after it stiffened, it thrashed with all its might.

Su Mianmian walked over, and when she saw its appearance, she understood that her previous conjectures were all correct.

"Isn't it just not acclimatized?"

"It was originally a sea fish, and due to the power of the meteorite, it entered freshwater. Now that the meteorite is gone, it naturally becomes 'unacclimatized,'" Su Mianmian explained coolly, arms crossed, looking at the large fish with a hint of sarcasm.

Xu Huan nodded with understanding upon hearing this.

So it was a sea fish; no wonder it grew so large.

Xu Qing glanced at the meteorite; he hadn't expected it to be so powerful.

"Can this meteorite provide energy to people?"

Su Jinxuan couldn't help but ask curiously.

He looked at the meteorite, his eyes full of curiosity.

This small piece of stone could actually allow a sea fish, which usually lived in saltwater, to live in freshwater, which was truly intriguing.

Su Mianmian shook her head, then nodded.

Su Jinxuan became even more confused at this.

Did she mean yes or no?

"It can upgrade my space, but it's useless to you all."

"You can only upgrade by relying on crystal cores and using your abilities more often," Su Mianmian said with a chuckle, teasingly.

Upon hearing that it could upgrade her space, Su Jinxuan immediately handed the meteorite to her.

"Then you take it to upgrade; anyway, it's of no use to us."

"Throwing it away might even give power to other things, which would be more trouble than it's worth."

After Su Jinxuan finished speaking, the others nodded in agreement.

Su Mianmian knew they had no objections; she reached out, took the meteorite, and threw it into her space.

The next second, she lost contact with her space.

Although Su Mianmian knew this meant her space was upgrading, she still couldn't help but panic for a moment when the connection was lost.

Shi Xu, seeing her pale face, walked to her side and asked with a puzzled expression: "Mianmian, what's wrong?"

Could it be that the meteorite couldn't upgrade it?

Su Mianmian shook her head at him, "The space is upgrading now; I can't contact it."

Shi Xu, seeing this, reached out and stroked her head, comforting her.

In a place they couldn't see, a crow was silently watching their every move.

Shi Xu seemed to sense something; he glanced towards where the crow was hiding.

The crow felt like it was being stared at by a demon; it flapped a few times and flew away.

Shi Xu watched it, a hint of undetectable killing intent flashing in his eyes.

This crow was truly suspicious.

If he saw it again, he must catch it.

Shi Xu lowered his head, making the expression in his eyes unreadable.

Su Mianmian seemed to sense something; she looked at Shi Xu and asked curiously: "Shi Xu, did you see something?"

It wasn't surprising that she asked this; every time Shi Xu encountered something, he was like this, silent and unnerving to look at.

Shi Xu nodded and mentioned the crow.

He particularly emphasized that they should be vigilant when outside.

Su Mianmian nodded, and the others also nodded.

The large fish in the water had unknowingly died; it floated on the surface, belly exposed, looking like a giant corpse.

Su Mianmian looked at it and frowned.

"It's not good for it to just float there, but I don't know how to deal with it."

"Do you have any ideas?" Su Mianmian asked Shi Xu and the others, looking troubled.

Shi Xu's idea was to drag the large fish to the rooftop and burn it while there wasn't much rain.

Xu Qing and the others had no objections; they said they couldn't think of anything else.

Su Mianmian nodded in agreement.

It took several of them a great deal of effort to finally drag the large fish to the rooftop.

Once it lay on the rooftop, there was no space left for them to walk.

To make it burn faster, they even used oil.

"First, inflate the inflatable boat."

"We'll throw the kindling after we're all in the inflatable boat."

"Otherwise, we might be wiped out," Shi Xu reminded them helplessly, looking at the people who hadn't realized they wouldn't have time to run once the fire was lit.

Upon hearing this, Su Mianmian immediately took out an inflatable boat from her space.

Xu Qing and Su Jinxuan inflated it, and in a short while, the inflatable boat was ready.

The group got into the inflatable boat, and Shi Xu threw a ball of fire onto the large fish.

Seeing the fire quickly ignite, Xu Qing accelerated frantically.

Soon, they left the burning rooftop.

"Fortunately, Shi Xu was thoughtful; otherwise, we would have had to jump into the water to escape."

"Just thinking about it is exciting," Su Mianmian praised, looking at the fire getting further and further away behind them.

Shi Xu smiled and said nothing.

After considerable delay, it was already past one in the morning when they arrived at the cold storage.

Su Mianmian looked at the cold storage built on high ground and couldn't help but give a thumbs-up to the original designer.

That person truly had great foresight.

If it weren't for him, they might not have been able to retrieve this batch of supplies.

Shi Xu and Su Jinxuan went to unlock it, while Su Mianmian and Xu Qing watched them from the side.

Xu Huan, on the other hand, was alone, vigilantly watching the surroundings.

With a "beep," the lock opened.

As soon as the door opened, cold air surged out.

Su Mianmian, caught off guard, shivered, and the next second, she let out a sneeze.

Shi Xu pulled her away and said with a helpless expression: "You really don't make it easy for me."