#525 - Chapter 525: An Earthquake That Doesn’t Look Like an Earthquake - I have a space station

"Who knows, maybe they obtained some alien civilization."

"I think that's very likely."

… …

The three of them were muttering there, while Jingqi sat aside, meditating.

"Venerable Saint, now that Ling Luo's brat isn't dead, what do we do next?" An attendant stepped forward and asked.

"Report the situation to the Elder Hall and let them decide," Jingqi replied.

"Yes!" The three attendants also strongly agreed.

The more pressing issue now was not how to deal with Ling Luo, but how to escape unscathed.

They had no aircraft. To return to Modo, they would have to walk west, crossing the vast Gobi and desert regions. This was a long, uninhabited area of over 2000 kilometers. Even traveling at full speed, they could only cover about 200 kilometers per day, taking about 10 days for the entire journey.

And that didn't even account for Ling Luo possibly hunting them down.

Besides walking, Jingqi thought over and over, but he had no other choice.

He wasn't sure if other survival bases were like Ling Luo's, also possessing that terrifying energy shield.

The situation of the various Huaguo bases was completely different from before, which he had not anticipated.

Previously, intelligence had told him that a non-governmental organization called the Huatong Chamber of Commerce was constructing a large number of underground bases within Huaguo. These bases had uniform specifications, advanced designs, and strong defenses.

At the time, he didn't take it seriously.

In his opinion, these things could be destroyed in minutes.

In fact, if there were no energy shields, any base would indeed be like walking on flat ground for him.

But now, he could only flee in a sorry state, unable to do anything.

Walking 2000 kilometers wasn't too difficult a challenge for them. Jingqi was now thinking about something else.

He was starting to not want to kill Ling Luo.

Because he had developed a strong interest in this base.

If these bases could be controlled by him, what would that be like?

He was thinking about how to achieve this.

"Venerable Saint, we should set off," an attendant reminded him after an unknown amount of time.

"Mm!" Jingqi opened his eyes, stood up, and walked towards the outside of the building.

The others, wearing scavenged clothes and carrying found canned goods on their backs, followed behind and set off as well.

Another seven days passed.

During these seven days, the warships sent by Ling Luo would appear once every so often.

However, they did not leave footprints in the snow, so they were not discovered.

The long-term semi-flying state consumed a lot of physical strength, but fortunately, there was enough food, so persisting was not a problem.

"Stop!" On the morning of the eighth day, Jingqi suddenly felt something was wrong.

"Venerable Saint, what's wrong?" an attendant asked.

"There's danger ahead. Hide first," Jingqi said.

"Yes!"

Their current location was in the Bayingol area, on the northern edge of the Taklamakan Desert.

There was no snow, no mountains, no buildings; the ground was bare. Hiding was not an easy task.

They dug a hole in the ground, jumped in, and covered themselves with dirt.

This way, they could blend in with the ground.

"Venerable Saint, we're almost at the Huaguo border now. Is it really necessary to be so careful?" an attendant asked.

"There are six warships ahead that are dozens of times larger than those in Golden City. If you're not afraid of death, you can go take a look," Jingqi replied.

"This… Venerable Saint, this place is very desolate. What are they doing here?" the attendant asked in surprise.

"Shut up!" Jingqi scolded.

The attendant dared not speak anymore and quickly quieted down.

"Clunk, clunk…"

"Rumble, rumble…"

The ground was constantly vibrating slightly.

The stones on the edge of the pit were constantly rolling into the pit under the effect of the vibration.

"What's that sound?" An attendant couldn't help but ask.

"I feel like it's an earthquake," another attendant replied.

Jingqi frowned, carefully feeling the source of the vibration.

He didn't think it was an earthquake.

Because the vibration caused by an earthquake couldn't be so uniform all the time.