Apocalyptic Flood: Sexy Beauty Neighbor's Midnight Plea for Food

Chapter 979: Chapter 372: The Sudden Appearance of the Spiritual Ability Sect

"How does Ying Yue Qiu have a boat?"

Han Xiangman was somewhat suspicious and couldn’t help but ask in a low voice.

Liang Yuan stared at the boat, shook his head slightly, and said, "It’s unlikely to be Ying Yue Qiu’s."

"Why?" Han Xiangman asked, puzzled.

"Look at this boat; it’s entirely made of wood, clearly not a product of modern industrial manufacturing."

"Lishui Garden doesn’t have enough timber to support boat manufacturing."

Han Xiangman couldn’t help but say, "Could Ying Yue Qiu have looted it during this time?"

Liang Yuan shook his head slightly, "Unlikely. The force behind crafting such a boat must be substantial, and there aren’t many Superpower Users who can fight in Lishui Garden."

"What should we do now?"

Liang Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Let’s secure the boat first; we’ll head into the building to find Ying Yue Qiu."

Han Xiangman immediately nodded, leapt into the water.

The surrounding water automatically enclosed her, forming a spherical water bubble.

Liang Yuan stored the small boat in the inventory, his Spiritual Power also forming a Barrier around him.

The two submerged underwater, quickly heading towards the building where Ying Yue Qiu was located.

Soon, they entered the building from below the water, silently emerging along an underwater corridor.

As soon as they surfaced, the thick scent of blood assaulted their senses.

Liang Yuan looked around and saw numerous corpses floating on the water’s surface, mostly male.

Liang Yuan and Han Xiangman exchanged glances and tacitly headed into the corridor.

They passed through the corridor and reached the connecting bridge.

Liang Yuan peered through the connecting bridge and saw a number of corpses lying on the first floor as well.

Meanwhile, the sounds of roaring and explosions echoed from upstairs.

Liang Yuan and Han Xiangman quickly dashed up the stairs.

When they arrived, they saw several figures engaged in fierce combat.

"Sister Qiu, you go quickly, I’ll hold them off!"

A roar erupted as Lin Wu lifted an iron door and charged at several Superpower Users opposite him.

One of the Superpower Users sneered, "A Strength Ability User relying solely on brute force, do you think you can cross us?"

"Get lost!"

The Superpower User roared, and in an instant, sound waves burst forth from his mouth.

The air twisted instantly, waves cascading outward.

Lin Wu, along with the door, was flung backward with a crash.

The connecting bridge was broken, and Lin Wu plummeted straight into the water.

Ying Yue Qiu’s expression changed dramatically, and with a Thunder Fist, the thunder roared and blasted the enemy facing her away.

She then moved swiftly, as fast as lightning, and quickly leaped out of the building.

But just as she leapt out, a Superpower User suddenly cast out a fine net with force.

Whoosh!

The fine net immediately enveloped Ying Yue Qiu, trapping her.

The next moment, two more Superpower Users drew gun-like items, and with two bangs.

From the guns were not bullets but two Arrows!

The two Arrows hit Ying Yue Qiu’s shoulder and calf instantly.

Immediately, Ying Yue Qiu’s body convulsed violently, and her entire power deflated like a punctured balloon, her Superpower dissipating in an instant!

One of the Superpower Users swiftly picked up the net, stepping into the void, flying quickly towards the massive wooden boat opposite.

Liang Yuan and Han Xiangman witnessed the whole scene, observing the strange guns and the group, their expressions changing.

Neither of them acted rashly, and Liang Yuan’s body glowed with an earthen yellow light, quickly blending into the wall to hide his traces.

Han Xiangman also took out an Earth Escape Talisman Stone and did the same.

Both of them were not impulsive people and naturally would not rush to help in a moment of heat.

Soon after, the group of Superpower Users quickly searched the building for supplies, capturing Superpower Users and ordinary people, loading them all onto the wooden boat.

It wasn’t until an hour later that the group withdrew from the building, and the boat changed direction to attack several other buildings.

Only then did Liang Yuan emerge from the wall, and Han Xiangman also came out immediately.

"Mr. Liang, who are these people?" she asked with some uncertainty.

Liang Yuan shook his head slightly, "Not clear, let’s see if there are any survivors here and find someone to ask."

The two quickly began their search in the building.

However, after a thorough search, they only found some elderly, weak, sick, and disabled people.

Liang Yuan asked these people, and they all had been bed-ridden for a long time, clueless about what had happened outside.

"Mr. Liang, there’s a discovery here!"

Han Xiangman suddenly called out in a low voice.

Liang Yuan quickly ran to her side and saw that she had found a young girl on the ceiling.

The girl was filled with fear, staring at Han Xiangman and Liang Yuan.

"Don’t kill me, don’t kill me."

Liang Yuan said, "We’re not with that group. Girl, come down first."

The young girl, in tears, paused upon hearing Liang Yuan, took a careful look at him, and then cried out in surprise, "Hey, it’s you!"

Liang Yuan raised an eyebrow, "You know me?"

He was a bit surprised; he hadn’t even entered Lishui Garden before, and someone recognized him here?

The girl quickly said, "I know you, you’re the person who came last time to take Grandpa Li away!"

Han Xiangman and Liang Yuan exchanged glances, and Liang Yuan promptly said, "Yes, young lady, who are you?"

This time, the girl’s courage grew, and she hurriedly climbed down from the ceiling, crying as she pleaded, "Sir, please save me, please save me, I don’t want to be captured by those people, sob sob..."

"Young girl, don’t cry first, what’s your name?"

"I-I am Qu Lingling," the girl cried and said.

Liang Yuan was stunned and surprised, "You are Qu Lingling?"

Han Xiangman was surprised upon hearing those words and looked at Liang Yuan: "You know her?"

Liang Yuan nodded slightly: "Before setting out this time, Professor Li asked for my help, to see if I could rescue a family from Lishui Garden."

Han Xiangman immediately understood, saying: "It’s her and her family?"

"Yes, Professor Li probably owes their family a favor. Last time when he left, it was his first time on the ship with us, and he didn’t dare to ask for anything."

"Afterwards, knowing I would return, he specifically asked me to help with this."

"Little girl, my surname is Liang, just call me Mr. Liang."

Han Xiangman also went over to support Qu Lingling, who was kneeling, and said: "Qu Lingling, is that correct? I’m Han Xiangman. You can call me Sister Xiangman."

"Come, stop crying. We’ve just arrived. Can you tell us what happened here?"

Qu Lingling sobbed and started explaining what happened here while crying.

"Two days ago, that big ship suddenly appeared in nearby waters. They called themselves the Spiritual Ability Sect, but we don’t know where they came from."

"These people have been capturing people and bringing them onto the ship. Over the past two days, they have taken quite a few people, and today they arrived here."

"There are many superpower users on their ship, and they are very strong."

"Sister Qiu led the superpower users to resist all morning, but they have many weapon-like devices, and once they hit, Sister Qiu and the others immediately lost their ability to resist."

As Qu Lingling explained, both Liang Yuan and Han Xiangman frowned.

"Spiritual Ability Sect?"

"Where did this force come from?"

Liang Yuan puzzled, and Han Xiangman naturally hadn’t heard of such a force, shaking her head.

Qu Lingling knew even less; this force seemingly appeared out of nowhere.

Liang Yuan pondered slightly, saying: "Xiangman, you take Qu Lingling to hide first, I’ll go and probe into those people."

Han Xiangman nodded slightly upon hearing this, but couldn’t help but remind: "Be careful, that group is likely not simple."

Liang Yuan nodded. Just looking at the weapons taken from that group, it’s clear this isn’t a ragtag band.

There must be a fairly large organization behind them.

Liang Yuan reminded Han Xiangman twice before leaping and diving into the water.

Swiftly swimming underwater, under the support of Genetic Transformation, Liang Yuan’s body underwent rapid changes.

Just like the previous evolutionary superpower, his hands and feet grew webs, gills appeared behind his ears, and a transparent film grew over his eyes to protect them.

As his body transformed, his swimming speed underwater increased rapidly.

Unlike evolutionary superpower’s passive environmental adaptation, the Genetic Transformation talent allows Liang Yuan to actively change his body to adapt to the environment.

"Indeed, the Hundred-Change Demon Ape genetic species, this kind of transformation technique is truly the best survival option in the post-apocalyptic environment."

Liang Yuan was delighted inside; his spiritual power spread out as he swiftly chased the wooden ship underwater.

Soon he caught up with the wooden ship ahead.

This wooden ship was anchored in front of another building in Lishui Garden, capturing survivors from the building.

Liang Yuan cautiously approached the wooden ship but did not immediately board; he took a look around the ship first.

This wooden ship was indeed made from large wood, with strong buoyancy.

Moreover, the entire hull was inscribed with a large number of inscriptions.

Liang Yuan was very familiar with these inscription patterns; they were clearly rune bone-like runes!

This ship used rune technology!

This increasingly made Liang Yuan feel that the so-called Spiritual Ability Sect had a complicated background.

Liang Yuan’s eyes flashed, extending his palm lightly flicking!

Bzzt!

Water waves gathered, instantly forming a water arrow which shot out fiercely.

Bang!

The water arrow violently hit the hull, producing a loud explosion.

Following that, golden light surged on the wooden ship, forming a membrane like a barrier that protected the hull!

The water arrow shattered but didn’t harm the ship at all!

Seeing this, Liang Yuan’s eyes slightly narrowed.

"Metal Attribute Defense Rune?"

Liang Yuan’s eyes flashed slightly, immediately swimming to another direction of the ship to unleash another water saber.

The water saber fiercely sliced the hull, again producing a booming sound.

The hull’s golden light flashed, with runes flickering as a golden barrier appeared again, blocking Liang Yuan’s water saber.

Liang Yuan finally confirmed that the whole bottom of the wooden ship was inscribed with this golden defense rune.

He carefully examined the runes and suddenly noticed; these runes weren’t singular—they were repeated three times at the bow, stern, and middle of the ship.

"This is... a rune inscribed three times, forming a rune array that increases the area while also boosting defense strength!"

In the field of rune technology, Liang Yuan was considered a master.

The rune configuration before him seemed initially to be a single rune. Upon careful study, it turned out to be one rune replicated thrice and intricately tied together.

Ultimately forming such a talisman array!

A flash of inspiration in his mind left him secretly astounded.

"The person who designed this rune array truly is a genius, thinking to employ such a method to expand the rune’s defense capability and coverage area!"

He immediately thought of his Spirit Turtle Shield!

The Spirit Turtle Shield is a white quality skill; the rune isn’t complex, and imitating it isn’t difficult.

As long as spiritual power is sufficient, it’s actually easy to produce.

The Spirit Turtle Shield’s defense is actually linked to the practitioner’s spiritual power.

With Liang Yuan’s spiritual power, using the Spirit Turtle Shield is naturally far stronger than a regular person using a Spirit Turtle Shield talisman stone to deploy it.

If facing an equally skilled master in spiritual attack, Liang Yuan’s Spirit Turtle Shield is actually not that strong.

But the design concept of this rune array suddenly inspired Liang Yuan.

"Before learning higher-quality skills, it seems possible to use this rune array method to increase my Spirit Turtle Shield’s defense strength and range."

"But how the same rune can be combined into an array is the key difficulty."

Liang Yuan’s thoughts flickered, setting these ideas aside; the urgent matter was to explore the details of this ship.