Li Keyi and Xu Xing were leading people on a continuous journey. However, before they reached Rongcheng, they saw countless refugees on the ground. These people, under the protection of soldiers, rushed out of Rongcheng. The mutated beasts were manageable; soldiers were constantly clearing them. The number of mutated beasts in Sichuan Province was reduced annually, so their scale was not large. As long as the army led the charge, it was simple for people to escape the city. However, an endless swarm of earth bees was also attacking humans from the sky.
"I didn't expect to encounter refugees here. We need to quickly find out what's happening!" Xu Xing said urgently.
Li Keyi rushed forward, grabbed a refugee, and began to question him, "How is Rongcheng now? Why did you all run out? Did Rongcheng encounter danger?"
Seeing Li Keyi, the renowned Goddess of Light, before him, the refugee's face immediately welled up with tears. He then said, "Goddess, you've come too late! Rongcheng has already been destroyed. It's all collapsed ruins. Fortunately, we hid in the air-raid shelter, which saved us from the earthquake. But now, we can only flee for our lives."
"So, the earthquake really occurred near Rongcheng!" Xu Xing realized her judgment was correct, but knowing this now was of no use.
"Goddess of Light, save us! Save us, we're about to be killed." At this moment, people began to cry for help.
Li Keyi was helpless. The sky was densely packed with earth bees. If it were a single mutated beast, it would be fine; she could kill it with one strike. But now, what appeared before her were earth bees the size of eggs, and at most, the size of a palm. Her laser knife was useless at this moment.
"Xu Xing, we can only do our best for now. In a while, when Chaoyan arrives here, her abilities will help us, and the situation will be much better." Li Keyi knew there wasn't much she could do at this moment, but she could only try her best to cover these people.
Next, Li Keyi immediately unleashed her abilities. All the photons in the air were gathered, and the light in the surrounding area dimmed. Then, a strong radiance erupted from Li Keyi's body. This radiance shot into the sky and continuously shone on the earth bees. After being illuminated by the strong light, the earth bees quickly lost their sight. Without the help of sight, they could not attack humans.
Xu Xing also gripped her long saber and continuously swung it. Any earth bees that approached her were instantly cut to pieces.
Unfortunately, although their abilities were powerful, the damage they inflicted on the earth bees in the sky was very limited. They could only temporarily disrupt the earth bees' attacks, but they could not destroy them on a large scale.
The earth bees continued to attack the people on the ground. The people wore thick clothes. As long as they put on any clothes they could find, they could resist the earth bees' attacks to some extent. However, even with proper defense, there were always weak spots on their bodies. As soon as a weak spot appeared in the earth bees' sight, they would immediately drill into the clothes through these weak spots and then begin their frenzied attacks.
It was very difficult for the earth bees to penetrate the human chest and back, and the defenses in these areas were usually the strongest. However, the pant legs, sleeves, and even collars of clothes were channels through which they could enter. The earth bees had become cunning; they specifically drilled into collars or sleeves. Once inside, they would sting people madly.
As the refugees fled, deaths began to occur. People would often collapse on the ground while running. Upon closer inspection, these people were disfigured. After being stung by the earth bees, many people's bodies began to swell because the bee venom had entered their bodies and started to take effect.
While fighting, Li Keyi did not forget her most important mission: to find Shen Feng's family. So, she immediately grabbed a fully armed soldier and asked, "Do you know where Shen Feng's family is? Since you all escaped, you must know where they are."
"We really don't know about this, because we escaped from different directions. Dispersing and breaking out prevents us from being wiped out in one go. We chose to break out from the south and finally arrived here. As for the others, we have no idea which way they went," the soldier replied honestly.
Li Keyi realized she had miscalculated. She had intended to quickly reach Rongcheng to find Shen Feng's parents, but now it seemed that everyone from Rongcheng had escaped. If Shen Feng's family was not dead, they had also chosen other directions to break out. Humans were not animals that liked to sit and wait for death; when faced with danger, they would often flee. Currently, no one knew where Shen Feng's family had gone.
"How could such a thing happen? If we can't find Shen Feng's family now, they might be in danger!" Li Keyi thought anxiously.
Xu Xing suggested at this moment, "I'll go to Rongcheng immediately. If I find the city lord's family, I will definitely protect them and bring them back. I'll leave this place to you."
Li Keyi looked closely at Xu Xing and noticed that there was no dust on her. As soon as an earth bee landed on her, it would turn to powder. This was because Li Keyi was constantly transmitting shockwaves from her body. Small earth bees, when attacked by these shockwaves, would instantly have their bodies shattered.
Even if Xu Xing stood still, she would not be in any danger.
"Alright then, you go alone from now on. Be sure to find Shen Feng's family, and be careful yourself!" Li Keyi quickly said to Xu Xing.
Xu Xing then separated from Li Keyi and ran towards Rongcheng. Rongcheng was still more than ten kilometers away. Without encountering any danger, Xu Xing could reach her destination in half an hour. Neither the earth bees in the sky nor the mutated beasts on the ground could stop her progress.
Li Keyi tried her best to disrupt the earth bees' actions, hoping to save more people at this moment, but she couldn't. This was because the earth bees specifically attacked unprepared people. As long as they found a weak spot on a person, they could pierce through clothes with their stinger and inject venom, causing the person to die quickly.
As a result, Li Keyi could only watch as the refugees around her fell one by one. Some refugees were still running south, but the earth bees in the sky moved extremely fast. No matter how far these people ran, they could catch up in an instant and continue their attack.
By the afternoon, the situation finally took a turn for the better because Chu Chaoyan finally arrived. She had been advancing rapidly all the way. She encountered several aftershocks, and rocks frequently rolled down from the surrounding mountains. While advancing, they also had to move obstacles out of the way. Arriving here now was the fastest possible.
"Open all the gas cylinders. I want to kill these beasts in the sky," Chu Chaoyan said urgently after seeing Li Keyi and the others fighting with difficulty.
"Understood!" Everyone took the high-pressure gas cylinders from the vehicles and finally opened the valves. Yellow-green gas sprayed out from the high-pressure cylinders. The surrounding soldiers all wore gas masks to avoid inhaling this poisonous gas, while Chu Chaoyan continuously controlled the gas to gather. Chu Chaoyan was now a sixth-tier ability user. She usually did not act, but not acting did not mean her strength was weak.
Chu Chaoyan's abilities were very powerful. The reason she didn't act often was that once she acted, it was easy to accidentally injure her teammates. However, now, Chu Chaoyan couldn't care about that anymore. She shouted to the surroundings, "Everyone get down! Wet some cloth strips and cover your mouths and noses. I will kill all these earth bees in the sky next."
Upon receiving this instruction, the refugees began to act, tearing off cloth strips, wetting them, and covering their mouths and noses.
Under Chu Chaoyan's control, the yellow-green gas continuously diffused into the sky. After being enveloped by the poisonous gas, the earth bees fell to the ground one by one. Earth bees needed oxygen to fly in the sky; without oxygen, they would also die. However, if they inhaled the poisonous gas, they would die even faster.
The yellow-green gas continuously spread through the sky. Wherever it passed, the earth bees all fell to the ground and died, no longer possessing their former might. Seeing this scene, the people finally felt relieved. After fleeing for so long, they could finally survive.
The earth bees sensed that something was wrong. Countless of their companions died after entering the yellow-green gas, indicating that this gas was definitely poisonous. Thus, the earth bees began to avoid the yellow-green gas in the sky and finally chose to leave.
Seeing the earth bees flying farther and farther away, the people finally felt safe. However, as soon as they were safe, a group of people began to cry. After living in the doomsday for ten years, most people had become accustomed to living in Rongcheng. Many had even started new families and thought that living like this was a good choice. Unexpectedly, the crisis struck again, Rongcheng was destroyed, and these people lost their families and homes once more.
"What should we do now? Our homes are destroyed. Wherever we go next, we'll be wanderers!" someone cried bitterly at this moment.
"Although Rongcheng is destroyed, we believe that Lord Fengshen will definitely save us next. Fengshen grew up in Rongcheng, and it's his hometown. He can't just stand by and do nothing!" someone suddenly said to the person beside them.
Upon hearing this, the crowd nodded in agreement, clearly placing their hope in Shen Feng.
However, Li Keyi and Chu Chaoyan felt that something was wrong. After Rongcheng was destroyed, countless refugees would appear. Rongcheng and Yuzhou did not have clear boundaries. Once these refugees ran out of food and homes, their last choice would often be to head to Yuzhou.
"This is bad, Yuzhou is in trouble!" Li Keyi and Chu Chaoyan had the same thought simultaneously.