The three of them paddled quietly all the way and surprisingly crossed over fifty meters without any incidents.
Soon, building 77 was right in front of them.
Suddenly, Liang Yuan’s expression changed, and he shouted in a low voice, "Watch out!"
A huge wave surged up from beneath the water.
A strange fish with a spear-like mouth shot out rapidly.
Before the three could react, the fish’s spear-like mouth pierced into the paddle board, its dorsal fin standing up like a flag.
Liang Yuan’s face darkened. He stomped hard, pushing firmly against the paddle board that was about to flip over.
The paddle board fell back down.
In an instant, Ding Yan made her move, her hand flashing with light as she grabbed the fish’s protruding mouth.
She twisted violently!
The spear-like mouth of the fish broke off instantly.
"It’s a flag fish, everyone be careful!"
Liang Yuan shouted timely.
With its mouth broken, the flag fish struggled fiercely, colliding with the paddle board.
The paddle board was about to flip.
Zhao Kai shouted, "Stop!"
He pressed both palms forcefully on the paddle board.
Massive amounts of freezing mist gushed out from his palms.
In an instant, the paddle board froze solid, merging with the surrounding water surface.
No matter how strong the underwater currents were, they couldn’t move the paddle board at all!
Liang Yuan saw this and couldn’t help but laugh, "Well done!"
Clearly, Zhao Kai had thought carefully about how to control the paddle board after experiencing a capsize last time.
Freezing the paddle board together with the water surface was certainly the best way to stabilize it.
Liang Yuan immediately focused, activating his Spiritual Power.
The flag fish that was struggling suddenly had its eyeballs burst, and with a muffled sound, it lost its vitality and sank to the bottom.
Liang Yuan heard the notification of points being added and smiled slightly, then said, "Let’s go."
Zhao Kai withdrew the freezing mist, and the ice quickly melted as the three resumed paddling.
Though the water was still wavy, they had no more scares or encounters with horrifying monsters.
This was because the three paddled with all their might, crossing the hundred-meter distance in just a few tens of seconds.
The less time spent on the water, the lower the chance of encountering mutant creatures.
The paddle board bumped against the skybridge on the fourteenth floor of building 77.
Liang Yuan and the other two immediately leaped off the paddle board, climbing onto the skybridge already flooded with water.
Liang Yuan grabbed the paddle board and stored it in his inventory, while he spoke, "According to Dong Yan’s information, the mutant cat group likes to gather near the water."
"This is the fourteenth floor, the closest to the water, we have to be careful."
"Our primary goal is to quickly reach the rooftop and set up a zipline."
"Once the zipline is ready, we’ll have an escape route, even if it becomes dangerous, we’ll be able to retreat safely."
Ding Yan and Zhao Kai nodded solemnly. This was the plan they had discussed earlier.
"Brother Liang, according to Dong Yan, the mutant Wansong should be outside her door. Let’s avoid Unit One and go through another unit." Zhao Kai suggested.
Ding Yan asked, "Do we know where those mutant cockroaches are gathering?"
Liang Yuan shook his head, "The letter didn’t say, but cockroaches typically prefer dark, damp places like sewers and kitchens."
"Then again, with their mutation, who knows if their habits have changed."
"We should be cautious. This should be Unit Three, right? Let’s go up from here first."
"I’ll go ahead, Zhao Kai, you cover the rear."
Ding Yan’s eyes flickered slightly as she looked at Liang Yuan, pressed her lips together, with a trace of warmth in her eyes.
He was looking out for her, making her walk in the middle.
Without rejecting his good intentions, she tightened her shoulder straps.
She had modified the shoulder straps, which originally had no chest coverage.
But she borrowed two bras from Yang Mei, crafting two steel plates to her size, shaping them like bowls, and sewing them into the bras.
Then she sewed the bras into the shoulder straps, creating a piece of Heart Guard Armor.
Now, this shoulder strap was complete protective gear, covering her chest, back, and other vital organs.
With her Empowerment Superpower, available to deploy at any moment on any part of her body, her defense was more flexible and stronger than Zhao Kai’s.
As for why she borrowed materials from Yang Mei, it was because Yang Mei was the only one bigger than her in the building.
Besides, Yang Mei had been wealthy before the flood, buying branded bras.
The Milk Candy brand bras were all big and wide, suitable for her.
Thinking of this, she couldn’t help but glare at Liang Yuan.
This bastard must have taken Yang Mei in because of her size.
Liang Yuan was walking ahead when he suddenly felt a chill down his back, making him jump, and he quickly expanded his Spiritual Power.
Within a ten-meter radius, he couldn’t detect any mutant creatures, mystified.
"Be careful, we’re entering the staircase,"
Liang Yuan said in a low voice.
The staircase was dark, severely obstructing their vision, which is why he gave the warning.
Liang Yuan had Spiritual Power, everything within twelve meters was clear to him, unaffected by the dark. But Zhao Kai and Ding Yan couldn’t do this.
Of course, once they were out of the twelve-meter range of his Spiritual Power, he would be ’blind’ too.