novelraw #304 - Chapter 304 Alarm
#304 - Chapter 304 Alarm
“So, you pulled that flower off your head?”
“Yeah.”
“No side effects at all?”
“Nope, I'm immune to any abnormal conditions. A mere little flower can only increase my combat power.”
“Awesome.”
Yan Cheng was extremely envious of Qi Jing's “Endurance” skill, which unconditionally immunized him against any debuffs. It was simply outrageous.
“I won’t put this flower back on for now; it’s too much trouble when sleeping.”
Qi Jing returned the “Old Knife Sheep’s Sealed Flower” to his dimension.
Normally, when this little red flower was worn on his head, it would suppress ninety percent of his strength. When pulled out, it would restore all the suppressed strength at once.
Although it could only increase his power up to ten times, it was still very powerful.
But it had a characteristic: after being pulled out, it would become violent and attack indiscriminately. Therefore, Qi Jing had never used it, keeping it in his dimension's storage.
It wasn't until a few days ago, when he began preparing for the trial, that he remembered the flower’s existence.
At the time, he thought that with his “Endurance” skill, he might be able to immunize himself against all its side effects. So, he wore it on his head for several days, planning to pull it out to amplify his strength when facing a strong enemy.
Of course, he would only pull it out after everyone had been put into his dimension, so that whether or not it triggered berserking, nothing would happen.
Fortunately, the effect of Endurance was indeed powerful.
It not only immunized him against the usual ninety percent suppression but also prevented berserking when released, forcibly turning this flower with full side effects into a strength amplifier that made him stronger when pulled out.
It's just that wearing a flower hairpin on his head all the time was a bit unsightly and not very comfortable.
“Just wearing a flower hairpin on your head allows you to become ten times stronger at any time, and you’re still being picky? If I were you, I would never take it off even for a moment.”
Hearing Yan Cheng's words, Qi Jing directly stuck a cowlick on his head:
“You have so much hair; how can we compare? A bald head feels uncomfortable even with one strand of hair, but you wouldn't mind having a tractor on your head.”
“That’s called temperament, the temperament of art.”
The cowlick on Yan Cheng's head also stood up, showing his pride.
“Let's go, prepare to land on the island.”
After coming out of the sky where Cen Xi rescued him, they had been drifting on a small raft.
Without an engine or a sail, they could only rely on Qi Jing's Crane Control Capturing Dragon and Tan Zuoyin's Chicken Talisman telekinesis to move forward.
However, the speed was not slow, and it only took them less than an hour to reach this island with a teleportation base.
Calling it a base, it was actually just a two-story house of less than a hundred square meters, probably just arranged for a few staff members to guard the teleportation gate.
“Congratulations on passing the Sea Trial.”
As soon as Qi Jing pushed open the door of this small base, he saw a stubble-faced uncle sitting on a recliner behind the door.
The layout here was very simple. Besides the wall full of monitoring screens, there was only a table, a computer, and two chairs.
“Hello, Uncle.”
“Yeah, the teleportation gate is in the back room, go ahead.”
Qi Jing didn't rush to leave but leaned over and asked:
“Um, Uncle, can anyone use the teleportation gate here?”
Now that he had passed the Level 2 Trial, he could roam the vast Otherworld at will, so it was necessary to ask how much the “tariff” was for each teleportation.
The uncle said with his eyes closed:
“Same as on Earth, ten points each time, but you don’t need to pay this time. It's free once when you pass the Level 2 Trial.”
“Thank you, Uncle.”
After Qi Jing finished asking, Yan Cheng leaned over and asked:
“Uncle, what is this guy in the screen doing?”
He had been staring at the screen for a while and noticed that someone in a diving suit was tinkering with something underwater, with his back to the screen.
“Oh, he’s inspecting the equipment.
We are located at the northernmost part of the archipelago and need to be wary of powerful alien beasts coming from the seabed. So, we have set up many biological detection devices. Once we detect a very powerful alien beast approaching, we will sound the alarm and call people to deal with them.
Each monitor represents a device, but the monitoring range is not as large as the life detection range.”
Yan Cheng asked curiously again:
“Oh, Uncle, is the work here boring? How long have you been working here?”
“Not boring, and very simple. The work here is task-based. If you want to come, you can take a guarding task on Otherworld Jie. It’s half a month at a time, and the reward is pretty good.”
The uncle pointed to the almanac hanging next to him:
“I’ve been here for fourteen days, and I can go back and change shifts tomorrow. It’s very comfortable.”
Each time, he only needed to guard for half a month to earn points enough to live happily for six months. For a carefree person like him, it was a super job.
He was already fantasizing about where to go for the next half year.
First, find a middleman to resell the points, then go to the Mausoleum of the First Emperor, then to the grottoes, and after visiting, go climb a mountain…
“Uncle, Uncle, the red light here is on, and there’s an alarm. Is something wrong?”
Yan Cheng's voice woke up the uncle who was fantasizing.
After they saw the uncle start to daydream, they were just about to leave when they heard the alarm, so they immediately reminded the uncle.
“Huh? It’s ringing? Damn!”
The uncle looked at the screen corresponding to the flashing red button. It was the device being repaired that was sending the signal!
He quickly pressed the glowing red button and said to the repairman in the video:
“Little Du, Little Du, there is a powerful creature approaching your location, retreat quickly, retreat quickly! Little Du, Little Du, can you hear me? Retreat quickly!”
But the person in the picture didn't seem to hear at all, showing no signs of escaping, still tinkering with something with his back to the screen.
“Little Du, Little Du, answer quickly if you hear me? Damn! Is the communicator broken?”
Qi Jing saw this scene and was just about to step in when a familiar voice suddenly came from behind him:
“Where is the location indicator?”
It was Team Leader Hong Xiaole!
“Here, here.”
The uncle quickly handed the handheld location indicator on the side of the table to Hong Xiaole, and then she disappeared “whoosh” in an instant.
“This speed, so she's this powerful.”
He thought the two of them were just recent graduates when she and her bestie came through the teleportation gate earlier.
But judging by this skill, she was at least a combatant who had graduated for several years, or a champion from the academy or something.
“Hey, shucks, I thought we could be helpful.” Yan Cheng sighed.
Song Jiang glanced at him:
“At your speed, the daylily will be cold by the time you get there.”
Since the alarm went off, someone would definitely arrive in time.
Even if it wasn't Hong Xiaole, it would be someone else. It wasn't their turn to act.
“Eh? What are you guys doing here? Have you seen Fatty Hong?”
Cen Xi and Hong Xiaole had just walked out of the teleportation camp when they heard an alarm coming from the teleportation gate behind them.
Hong Xiaole shouted “I'll go!” to the rescue personnel stationed there and rushed back to the teleportation gate.
After she and the rescue personnel briefly explained Hong Xiaole's information, they only saw Qi Jing and the others when they came out of the teleportation gate.
Qi Jing said, “Sister Hong just took the indicator to rescue someone.”
“Alright, she runs faster than I fly, so I won’t go.”
Cen Xi plopped down on another chair:
“I’ll wait here for her to come back.”