Chapter 240 - 222: A Good Place
Just as Camille was about to be mauled by the suddenly awakened White Tiger, Mai Shengxi, who had miraculously escaped from the helicopter, opened his mouth wide and unleashed a piercing shriek.
The sound stabbed at Jiang Si’s eardrums, and she instinctively blocked all noise from outside the Barrier.
Mai Shengxi saw his sonic wave take effect, but less than a second later, everyone on the ship affected by it had already recovered.
’This Barrier... it’s even stronger than I imagined.’
Mai Shengxi glanced at the dying Camille and was about to flee when he saw Jiang Si raise a sniper rifle. CRACK—
The bullet sped toward Mai Shengxi.
Mai Shengxi didn’t have Camille’s Instant Teleportation ability. No matter how nimble he was, he couldn’t dodge the speeding bullet.
Mai Shengxi was shot and fell to the ground. On Jiang Si’s command, Dai Mao immediately dragged his corpse back.
Meanwhile, Qin Shen spat Camille’s corpse from his jaws, flinging it onto the deck.
For a moment, it was as if the world had returned to stillness.
Jiang Si gently stroked Qin Shen, who was still in his true form. "Does it still hurt?" she asked.
Qin Shen shook his head. He pulled Mai Shengxi’s jacket over and, a moment later, transformed back into his human form.
Jiang Si immediately pulled a down jacket from her dimensional space and bundled Qin Shen up tightly in it.
She was just about to say something when the excruciating pain she had been suppressing suddenly erupted.
Jiang Si collapsed, her body going limp as her consciousness began to fade.
Seeing the strange light shifting in her eyes, Qin Shen hurriedly scooped her up, crying, "Sisi! Sisi!!!"
Jiang Si felt her body slipping from her control. There was a sea of magma to the north, yet she felt an uncontrollable urge to go that way.
It was as if someone was compelling her, or as if another soul was residing in her body.
Jiang Si gritted her teeth, veins popping on her forehead, fighting a battle that felt like it would tear her apart from the inside.
The others watched in horror, terrified to see Jiang Si in such agony.
Before anyone could do anything, the sky suddenly filled with dark, oppressive clouds. Everyone grew tense, bracing for a new danger.
The Barrier Space, which Jiang Si could no longer control, had already collapsed.
Suddenly, a single, bean-sized raindrop slammed down. The corrosive water instantly made Jiang Linhai’s tentacles SIZZLE, the pain like fire.
Jiang Linhai cried out, "It’s acid rain! Everyone, get in the cabin!"
Jiang Linhai started to move Jiang Si into the cabin with his tentacles, but Qin Shen had already scooped her up, holding her protectively.
The group scrambled into the cabin. POUR—
The rain came down in a sudden torrent.
The corrosive acid rain warped the brand-new yacht, twisting its shape.
It began to slowly eat its way downward.
No matter how powerful they were, they had no way to stop the relentless acid rain.
With the last vestiges of her consciousness, Jiang Si listened to the drumming of the rain. She thought of the volcano and the glacial air colliding—this acid rain was the result. It could easily be enough to dissolve the entire ship, taking them all with it.
’Leaving on the Vulture is completely out of the question now.’
’And the helicopter in my dimensional space is even more useless.’
’The only thing that can save everyone is if I restore the Barrier Space.’
"WAAAAAH—"
As if sensing the danger, Bao’er suddenly began to howl in Shen Baoying’s arms.
Jiang Si thought of the baby’s mother, who had gone missing while searching for Jiang Linhai. In that instant, her resolve hardened.
She pointed to the two corpses that had been dragged in. "Get me their Superpower Stones," she told Qin Shen. "I have to see if this will work."
Qin Shen’s brow furrowed tightly. ’She’s only in this state because she absorbed too many Superpower Stones already.’
’If she absorbs two more... I’m afraid she won’t be able to handle it.’
HISS...
The safe space on the yacht was shrinking. Rainwater seeped in, forcing everyone to scramble away from the leaks as cries of panic rang out.
Jiang Si felt her own control slipping. "Give them to me, now!" she screamed at Qin Shen.
Jiang Linhai and Shen Baoying clung to each other in heart-wrenching anxiety. They wanted to speak, but no words would come.
’If they stopped Jiang Si, they might all be corroded by the acid rain.’
Qin Shen pulled her into a fierce, tight hug, then released her. He rose and, with his sharp claws, gouged the Superpower Stones from the two bodies.
The others, seeing Superpower Stones for the first time, stared with wide, shining eyes.
’So this is what makes Jiang Si and the others more than human?’
Before accepting the Superpower Stones, Jiang Si gave everyone a long, deep look. She turned to Qin Shen with a smile, then reached out to touch the stones.
Others had to swallow Superpower Stones to absorb them.
But for Jiang Si, the moment she touched them, the Superpower Stones seemed to leap into her, as if they couldn’t wait to become part of her body.