Chapter 131: What is more terrifying than a disaster?

At this moment, in the Otherworld, almost everyone alive was staring intently at the dimly glowing virtual screen in mid-air before them.

And as the countdown ended, the names of the two disasters displayed on the system panel made all humans widen their eyes in shock.

[Third Disaster: Acid Rain, Flood]

"What? Acid rain? Flood? I’m doomed!"

"Acid rain... last time it was just called a snow disaster, but the snow was corrosive. This time it directly says ’acid.’ Can it penetrate the roof of a regular shelter?"

"Are you dreaming? Roof? The whole shelter won’t last, okay? Did you selectively ignore the word flood?"

"I’m going to build an Ark. Anyone interested? But tickets are only for women."

"The guy above is crazy. If it’s that kind of flood, let’s all just die together."

"Indeed, the last two didn’t seem too bad. Stocking up on food and water to hide in the shelter during the snow disaster, and reinforcing the shelter during the earthquake did the trick. I think it won’t be so extreme this time..."

"Trading a lot of resources for stone materials."

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Lying in the "Stone Coffin," Lin Yue listened to Bai’s soft snores while watching the messages on the world channel, deep in thought.

"Acid rain plus flood, this system really pulled such a stunt as expected."

Lin Yue felt that he had figured out the system’s pattern.

The third disaster was indeed a combined enhanced version of the first and second.

Acid rain forces people to stay in shelters, while floods drive them out.

And with the mutated creatures’ horde at night...

What a thrill.

The so-called "acid rain" shouldn’t just be like that on Earth. Maybe it’s something highly corrosive, as that person on the world channel said.

Is the high corrosiveness harmful to human skin, or to structures as well?

The former wouldn’t be much, but the latter would mean GAME OVER for everyone.

Lin Yue judged that it definitely wouldn’t be the latter.

The real trouble was the flood.

Lin Yue hadn’t encountered a flood before, but he remembered his childhood city being low-lying, where heavy rain could cause significant water accumulation on the streets in summer. There was even a summer with so much rain that the orphanage’s area had nearly a meter of standing water for two days.

It turned out that several drains were blocked by garbage, causing the situation.

Lin Yue had only seen real floods on TV.

"What will the flood be like? How exactly is the acid rain... I seem to need to find a way..." Lin Yue pondered repeatedly how to tackle these two disasters when suddenly a cold breeze crept in from some gap.

"Achoo!" It was Lin Yue’s first sneeze since arriving in the Otherworld on the sixteenth day.

"By the way, it seems a bit cold?" The Stone Coffin wasn’t as good as a tent. He took out a sheepskin, thought about it, dropped it on the ground, and finally laid out a three-piece set. Before he knew it, his eyelids were heavy.

It wasn’t long before he drifted into a dream in this unfamiliar land.

Unconsciously, the moon set and the sun rose.

At the crack of dawn, Bai opened his eyes, which looked like rubies.

Even though Bai was asleep, it kept a vigil against any wind or noise outside at night, alert for any approaching mutated creatures. As soon as it sensed danger, it would wake instantly.

At first light, it didn’t detect anything unusual, and the people who had surrounded them yesterday hadn’t emerged from the wall, but time was pressing, and it clearly understood where they were.

"Chirp, chirp~" Bai nudged Lin Yue, but the owner showed no response.

"Chirp?" Bai’s little hand touched the master’s face, then quickly retracted!

Why was the master’s face so hot?

"Bai?" Lin Yue finally woke up under Bai’s persistent nudging, but he found his head was heavy and aching, unlike before.

"What’s this..." Lin Yue felt his burning forehead and also noticed his throat was sore. His heart thumped heavily once.

A cold?

In an instant, Lin Yue was wide awake. Sick in this Otherworld?

He took out an emergency kit, rummaged for a long time but found nothing useful. He finally took a last glance at it, pulling out two doses of adrenaline and placing them in the Storage Space.

He quickly packed up the items in the Stone Coffin, removed the stone slab above, and left the one-and-a-half-meter-deep pit, feeling all his muscles aching, as if drained of strength.

"Not good, this..." Lin Yue breathed deeply, feeling it was difficult to even take a single step.

But he also knew if he didn’t quickly leave this place, the people from the Refugee Village might soon find him if they discovered he wasn’t inside the triangular stone wall.

"Chirp? Chirp?" Bai was vigilant of its surroundings. Although it didn’t sense those people’s presence, with the master in such a state, there was no way to fight.

"Bai, let’s... quickly head to the Ancient Secret Realm Gate!" Lin Yue pulled out a rack of lamb ribs, but feeling a bit nauseous at the grease, he opted for a bottle of water instead, drinking it down in one go.

The water eased his parched throat a bit, but the heat on his body didn’t subside at all.

Dragging his heavy steps, Lin Yue walked a few paces before everything around him seemed to spin, causing him to sit down on the ground, gasping for breath. He was puzzled about why this cold came so fiercely.

"Chirp, chirp!" Bai suddenly glanced towards the direction of the wall; it sensed the people inside were probably gathering and might come out at any moment!

It also sensed an unusual and dangerous aura, a force that could devour it and the master entirely!

From the ground, a slight tremor continuously came through. Bai gripped Lin Yue’s clothes, trying to get him up.

"Bai, let’s, let’s head to the Secret Realm first!"

Lin Yue’s head was burning with fever, but he knew the situation. He used the Iron Spear to support himself up and slowly moved towards the Ancient Secret Realm Gate.

He lifted his heavy head and glanced at the wall not far away, and could also hear some different noises coming from further away.

"Chirp!" Bai saw a figure appear atop the wall, followed by more people emerging from within. But it and the master were not far from the Ancient Secret Realm Gate.

"Chirp, chirp!" Bai anxiously cried, seeing those armed individuals getting closer but unable to stray too far from the master.

Lin Yue knew his precarious situation too. He sat down on the ground, took out the Alloy Tactical Crossbow, lit the Flammable Arrow’s tip, and strained to aim at those people running towards him!

Whoosh!

The Crossbow Arrow hit the ground in front of the group, even reaching mere centimeters from the nearest person. The flame on the arrow even caught that person’s pant leg, causing the group to stop abruptly!

Lin Yue instinctively got up and staggered towards the Ancient Secret Realm Gate. He heard shouting behind him but didn’t turn back.

"Chirp!" Bai entered the Secret Realm Gate with Lin Yue before he shut the door.

After seeing Bai enter, Lin Yue immediately took a stone wall from the Storage Space and placed it closely against the Ancient Secret Realm Gate, finally letting out a sigh of relief.

However, dizzily, Lin Yue’s consciousness gradually blurred.

He was well aware that even in this Secret Realm, safety wasn’t guaranteed.

But at this moment, his body was completely out of control.

Everything around him turned pitch black, and his consciousness finally sank entirely into the depths of a fever.

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