Rags to Riches: The Rise of a Dual-Talent Prodigy-Chapter 465 - 459: Go, all of you go, leaving is good...
Xi Mingde glanced at Xi Pingzhe, who didn’t look well, wanted to say something but swallowed it down, and left with the convoy and the students.
He had to prioritize the safe departure of the students. Surely, Little Zhe with Qian Qi would be fine.
"You guys should go first too." Qian Qi said to Sheng Qing and Xu Jinghong, "Can you drive a hovercar?"
Xu Jinghong shook his head, Sheng Qing thought for a moment, "Halfway."
What on earth does driving halfway mean?
Qian Qi cast a suspicious glance at Sheng Qing, then handed over her hovercar keys to Sheng Qing, "Later, I’ll set it on autopilot to recognize the route. There are two sets of B-level Defense Armor under the seat, put them on, and don’t leave the hovercar unless absolutely necessary."
Her implication was to prevent the two from opening the hovercar to save people out of kindness.
In Qian Qi’s perception of emotions, people are not equal. The lives of those she cares about hold much greater value than others, so she didn’t want Sheng Qing and Xu Jinghong to put themselves in danger out of kindness.
Sheng Qing nodded, earnestly promised, "Don’t worry, he doesn’t have the strength to open the door."
Xu Jinghong looked up, confused: Huh?
After sending everyone off, Qian Qi’s furrowed brow still did not relax.
She had actually researched the Magic Locust Tide before. Those in agriculture often pay attention to natural disasters and pest situations, so she had studied the reproduction speed and general movement direction of the Magic Locust Tide extensively.
She also looked into some of the damages caused by the Magic Locust Tide.
Because the Magic Locust Tide left such a terrifying impression, once it appeared, humans would inevitably panic, trying every possible way to escape to other places, leading to an unavoidable phenomenon.
Traffic jams.
A large number of vehicles would block the roads, exposed outside buildings, making them more susceptible to the Magic Locust Tide’s attack. Historically, the first Magic Locust Tide only ate meat, not sucking blood, causing rivers of blood in two nearby cities, with vehicles slipping, sticking, and frequent accidents occurring.
Even though the students from the Beast Taming Department were now turning and running, the truth was whether they could escape was uncertain. Maybe the neighboring city and highway were already blocked.
During the second Magic Locust Tide, an S-level Fire Element Awakener self-destructed inside the city, sacrificing a few to save many, burning for three days and nights to severely damage the Magic Locust Tide.
"Qian Qi, are you really not going to help?" Leng Yuntian saw her gesturing to Er Ya, as if she was about to leave too, and coldly asked.
"No." Qian Qi was annoyed, waving her hand without much good mood, saying, "Go yourself if you want to."
"I’ll go by myself then!" Leng Yuntian, stubborn as well, immediately turned and said to Yan Shuiyue, "Shui Yue, let’s go over there first!"
Yan Shuiyue instinctively looked at Qian Qi, seeing her unresponsive, then looked at the two old men who had not yet left.
The two old men immediately looked away, Uncle Sun said to Qian Qi, "Qiaoqiao, do you need our help? If not, we’ll go with the team first?"
Yan Shuiyue: Uncle Sun!!!
Qian Qi waved her hand, supporting Er Ya’s leg, her tone as sorrowful as an old mother sending off her children after the New Year: "Go, go, it’s good to go..."
Uncle Sun and Uncle Li glanced at each other and got on the last car.
There were still more important things waiting for them. Since this little girl didn’t insist on them staying, they would go do that more important task first.
In the end, only Leng Yuntian, Yan Shuiyue, Qian Qi, Su Ang, and Xi Pingzhe remained in place.
"Are you really not going?" Leng Yuntian asked again persistently, with his neck stiff.
Qian Qi also stiffened her neck, "Not going! I advise you not to go either, or else someone will have to save you!"
"Hmph! I’m not that bad!" Leng Yuntian got on his hovercar, shouting to Yan Shuiyue, "Shui Yue! Let’s go! We’re not hanging out with these cold-hearted stone people!"
Yan Shuiyue rubbed her temples. She used to think Leng Yuntian was pretentious, but it turned out he was also so childish, like a kid who couldn’t get candy.
But she couldn’t just leave Leng Yuntian alone; otherwise, it wouldn’t be easy to explain to Uncle Leng later, so she had to follow him into the car, heading towards Jing Six District.
Qian Qi looked at the distant hovercar, stroked Er Ya’s leg fur, becoming increasingly sorrowful, "Ah, living dad, who can live longer than you?"
Er Ya was tickled a bit, and kicked Qian Qi.
Su Ang stood nearby, slowly putting away the Light Brain, "I can temporarily cut off the signal at the head of the Magic Locust Tide, making them change direction. However, at that time, the ones at risk might be other cities."
He couldn’t completely slaughter the Magic Locust Tide; they were dense and small in size. Once they appeared in the city, even he couldn’t avoid humans on a large scale and only kill those locusts.
A small-scale slaughter wouldn’t have much effect either, as the Magic Locust Tide would quickly reproduce the next generation.
Xi Pingzhe, whose face was pale, suddenly sneered coldly at that moment, his usually bright and spirited deer-like eyes returning to the sharpness they had when he first met Qian Qi.
He glared at Su Ang with disgust, as if looking through him at another person, his tone cold and disdainful: "What’s the use of saying that? It’s all useless nonsense!"
He thought this man was formidable. Double S-level Awakener, thought by everyone to be the world’s strongest, now seemed so-so!
He didn’t deserve his master! Couldn’t protect his master either!
"Master will definitely be killed by you in the future!!!" The young man in the baseball jacket was agitated, his body trembling slightly, the tuft of hair on his head aligning with the intense gaze, directed straight at Su Ang.
Qian Qi raised her hand, patting Xi Pingzhe’s head, "Don’t worry."
With tears welling up, Xi Pingzhe turned his head, holding back the dampness in his eyes, dryly saying, "Master, let’s go, I don’t want you to die."
"Not going." Qian Qi pressed down on his cowlick again, "Let’s go check on Leng Yuntian and Yan Shuiyue; I’m not comfortable with them."
"Master!" Xi Pingzhe quickly turned back, shocked and frightened to intervene, "No! You have no idea how terrifying the Magic Locust Tide is! Even if you have an A-level Defense Armor, those locusts will choke your breath and suffocate you to death!"
"Then I can’t let Leng Yuntian and Yan Shuiyue take the risk, can I?" Qian Qi said.
"But..." Xi Pingzhe was anxious to say more but was silenced by Qian Qi’s pressing down on his restless cowlick, "Xi Pingzhe, don’t be afraid."
Little Zhe, don’t be afraid.
I promise I’ll come back alive.
Like a mother’s whisper, tears immediately fell from Xi Pingzhe’s eyes. He stubbornly tilted his head back to hold back the tears, his voice hoarse, "Liar, all liars."
Mom won’t come back, and Master won’t come back either!
Qian Qi used her index finger to tie a dead knot in Xi Pingzhe’s cowlick, then satisfactorily retracted her hand, "Stop crying, the wind hurts your eyes. Come, let’s go with Master and show you, what it means to be a locust without too much greed!"
Xi Pingzhe’s sobs halted, raising his head in confusion.
Being a locust without too much greed?
What is that?
