Chapter 997: Chapter 994: Where Sea Meets Sky
Standing on a high peak, Yang Fei gazed into the distance, trying to discern the location of Yang Wen’s school amidst the city submerged by the sea.
His mind was a bit chaotic.
Such a massive disaster struck suddenly, making it almost impossible for ordinary people to react in time.
Even for a Martial Artist, if luck was bad, it would be difficult to escape.
"Yang Wen, please don’t be in trouble."
Yang Fei thought silently.
He forced himself to calm down.
As he continued to identify directions, his gradually calming mind became clearer.
If Yang Fei had been rescued by Xu Xingzhou and Xu Mao and was still alive, they should have left here long ago.
If they hadn’t escaped in time, they would certainly be staying atop the buildings that had not yet been submerged, waiting for rescue.
Having figured this out, Yang Fei flew forward.
He needed to inspect each place one by one, searching all the places where people could reside.
With his current level of Divine Soul Thought Power, after releasing it, he only needed to scan the upper parts of a building, which was quite easy.
Soon, he flew to the top of the nearest building.
This tall building had only the upper five floors exposed above the sea, with the water rising at least 150 meters, submerging two-thirds of Binhai City, and areas close to the coastline were almost all submerged, with the lower parts of the city also turned into a vast ocean.
On the rooftop of this building, Yang Fei immediately saw the dense crowd of people who had fled here, waiting for rescue.
These people were crowded together, emaciated, with lifeless eyes and cracked lips, obviously trapped for more than ten days, and many were on the verge of death.
Someone spotted Yang Fei, staring in disbelief, rubbing their eyes repeatedly, thinking they were mistaken.
How could someone be flying in the sky?
Was it an illusion?
But soon, these people realized it was not an illusion, but reality.
Perhaps it was due to their continuous praying these days, and the celestial spirits sent an immortal to save them.
"Imm... immortal, please save us."
Someone mustered their strength and called for help.
"Please, help us."
"We haven’t eaten for ten days, those who could swim have escaped when the sea was calm, please save us."
"Why hasn’t the government sent anyone to rescue us, have they abandoned us?"
Suddenly, these disaster victims trapped on the rooftop began to cry for help.
Yang Fei had encountered many people seeking help these days, and whenever he saw them, he’d rescue them. Seeing these people trapped and pleading for help, he, although worried about Yang Wen’s safety, thought that so much time had passed. If Yang Wen were alive, there shouldn’t be a problem; if something really happened, coming now wouldn’t help.
Suppressing his worries, he began his rescue.
There were hundreds of disaster victims on the rooftop alone, and there were five more floors underneath, likely also filled with survivors. The distance to the land was at least several hundred meters, and Yang Fei could only carry two people at a time, making it too slow and exhausting.
He scanned the surroundings and finally spotted a ship floating on the sea, far away.
He flew over, found no one aboard, but the ship was damaged heavily due to various collisions around it.
Fortunately, the hull remained intact; besides the water brought in by huge waves, the ship wasn’t leaking.
Yang Fei waved his palms, using powerful Palm Force to clean the water out of the cabin, and then searched for the switch to ignite the engine but failed.
The fuel tank was broken, and there was no fuel left.
No wonder this large ship was left floating without anyone using it for rescue; it couldn’t be started.
Such a ship that could hold over a hundred people at once couldn’t be propelled by human effort alone, even if it floated.
Fortunately, Yang Fei was no ordinary person.
He flew in the air, bursting several times, finally getting the ship to drift in the desired direction.
Once the ship moved, it became relatively easier to push it from behind.
Nevertheless, moving such a large ship while only being able to fly in the void, entirely relying on powerful Telekinesis to mobilize the Spiritual Power of heaven and earth to provide thrust, by the time he pushed the ship to the side of the building, he was soaked in sweat, having expended half of his True Qi.
The disaster victims on the whole building watched Yang Fei exhaust every possible way to push a large ship over, filled with immense shock beyond being moved.
Is he still human?
He was simply an immortal from legends.
Such a large ship, yet he flew in the air and pushed it over, how strong must he be?
As the ship docked next to the building, people rushed out of the houses and scrambled onto the big ship.
Yang Fei didn’t bother maintaining order.
When people face hope for survival in dire situations, they instinctively seize the opportunity.
He knew even if he could push the ship to shore, he could only save one boatful of people; the others probably couldn’t be saved today.
This consumed too much True Qi and cultivation.
Therefore, he flew into the distance, searching for a long time, and found a large amount of rope.
He tied all the ropes together, attaching one end to a building on the shore and the other end to the water-immersed building.
"There are too many people here needing rescue; you must save yourselves." After dropping a single sentence, Yang Fei left.
He couldn’t ignore those in need, but he wasn’t a savior either.
He had already provided these people with the opportunity to live, and the rest depended on their own efforts.
Almost all the Eastern Divine Continent Coastal Cities faced this devastating sea water backflood disaster.
The inland areas were further restricted by factors like transportation, making rescue not particularly timely.
However, when Yang Fei arrived at other areas of Binhai, he did see some rescue boats in action.
These rescue boats were just too small, with limited people they could transfer at one time.
Some buildings’ occupants had already been transferred away.
Yang Fei felt somewhat relieved.
Humanity could stand at the top of the food chain, develop advanced civilizations, mainly due to unity; most people inherently have a kind heart and won’t just watch others die.
For a moment, he wasn’t in a hurry to partake in the rescue work but instead flew over the city submerged by the ocean, continuously releasing Divine Thought to search.
And so, after half a day passed, he searched all the high grounds that could escape the invasion of seawater but still could not find any sign of Yang Wen.
Even Xu Xingzhou, Xu Mao, Zhang Long, and Qi Tai were nowhere to be found.
However, precisely because of this, he felt relieved.
With the cultivation of Xu Xingzhou and Xu Mao, they shouldn’t all have been swallowed by this disaster.
If none of them were found, it was highly likely they had already escaped.
Thus comforting himself, Yang Fei joined the rescue team.
And so, three days later, all the survivors that could be found above the city were saved ashore, but this once-thriving city was eternally lost beneath the waves.
Yang Fei decided to return to Yunwu Mountain’s Base.
He guessed that if Xu Xingzhou and Xu Mao rescued Yang Wen and were still alive, they would definitely head to Yunwu Mountain first to find him.
Rumble!!!
Just as Yang Fei was about to leave, a massive noise suddenly came from the deep sea far away.
The ground shook violently.
The people on the shore exclaimed in horror, crazily rushing to higher ground.
"It’s happening again!"
"Damn undersea tremor, is the tsunami coming again?"
"This isn’t letting people live."
Screams rang from afar.
Yang Fei felt the faint tremble of the earth, listening to the continuous roars from the deep sea, and a wary expression emerged on his face.
Splash!
Suddenly, a massive sound of water breaking came faintly from the distant ocean’s center.
At the same time, Yang Fei abruptly looked into the sky, feeling a sudden imbalance in the forces between heaven and earth.
Moments later, in the distant deep sea, a gigantic water column shot up to the sky, seemingly pulled by some immense force, soaring ever higher, forming a colossal sea water pillar, as if it wanted to connect heaven and earth into one.