In the middle of the night, the ground began to shake again. These small aftershocks happened almost daily, and everyone had gotten used to them.

With the efforts of these days, the raw materials were accumulating more and more, but having raw materials was not enough. You had to make them into explosives, landmines, and the like, which function outside the line of sight to ensure personal safety—something that Jiang Xue experimented with repeatedly.

Making explosive packs required hemp rope. The hemp rope needed to be made by soaking, tearing, drying, and soaking again the skins of plants with many fibers, repeatedly, to finally make hemp rope.

Although Jiang Xue was from modern times, in this situation, she still believed in the power of many people.

While others were busy looking for materials, she was with Shui Clan Twelve Mu and Shui Yixuan, conducting repeated experiments.

During this process, the water level of other dammed lakes kept increasing because the rain hadn’t stopped. Though it was light, it was relentless. Most importantly, you couldn’t just place explosives wherever you wanted. Fortunately, she had been in the Special Forces, and after repeatedly surveying the terrain, she drew up a sketch.

Explosive packs were easier to make than landmines, but the key was that the weather wasn’t clear. They couldn’t even find a suitable place for the detonation. If the raw materials weren’t dry, it couldn’t ignite, making Jiang Xue so anxious she almost wanted to use her space for experiments.

Now she was even prepared for the worst; if push came to shove, she would personally place the explosive packs, ensure they ignited, and then find a way to hide in the space.

If the rain continued like this, although the dammed lake would eventually collapse, it’s unclear if it would develop in the direction they wanted.

Shui Yixuan spoke more directly: "Let’s wait for it to burst its banks; it doesn’t matter where it collapses. People have already evacuated. Heaven doesn’t favor us, so all our efforts have been in vain."

No one expected this jinx to become reality. Before the dammed lake could burst its banks, another severe tremor similar to the previous major earthquake occurred, causing instant chaos. Everyone ran outside. Jiang Xue considered how much effort they had put into accumulating the raw materials, and if they left now, they’d get crushed under the mountain, making all efforts futile.

So she planned to take advantage of everyone running outside to store the raw materials into her space. Unexpectedly, this earthquake was far scarier than she imagined. As she stored the items into space one moment, the rocks inside started falling the next. Massive rocks were falling, and she was about to get trapped. In the critical moment, a white figure rushed in, pulled her by the shoulder, and dragged her out. Instantly, the mountain collapsed, and everyone utilized Qinggong to dodge the rocks and earth rolling down the mountainside, nobody could care about anyone else.

At this moment, Jiang Xue felt grateful she had chosen highly skilled martial artists, knowing the dangers of such situations. However, as the mountain was crumbling like a cliff, even those with high martial skills couldn’t gather together. The earthquake shattered everyone apart; others she naturally couldn’t help, as she seemed to be Shui Yixuan’s burden.

Others were already struggling to escape alone, and he wasn’t assured with her on his back, switching to a Princess Carry. This small act moved her greatly.

"Put me down quickly, carrying me slows you down. If you were alone, you could escape effortlessly."

"Don’t talk; who says we can’t run? I will definitely get you out safely."

His voice was slightly panting, weaving between the chaos, using the surrounding vegetation. Just then, they both heard something, turned their heads, and Jiang Xue widened her eyes: "The dam burst! It’s a mudslide, a mudslide! Don’t go downhill; we need to go higher." 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

However, the earthquake continued. Rocks were falling everywhere. Running downhill was already incredibly taxing, but running uphill—forget avoiding those rocks—whether Shui Yixuan’s stamina could keep up was a big problem.

As the mudslide got closer and closer, Jiang Xue gritted her teeth and made a decision...

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"Why did you drag him in here?" Liang Tian’s voice was somewhat unhappy.

To rescue the two of them, Jiang Xue had no choice but to use sedatives to knock out Shui Yixuan and drag him into the space, panting heavily, just three seconds before the mudslide arrived.