Chapter 7: The Flood Assaults

The city gate ahead is less than three hundred meters away!

"Go!"

She unleashed great power, and the family worked together, finally reaching the foot of the city!

At the foot of the city, countless refugees and displaced people had gathered.

They pounded the gate, shouting to open it, but the gate remained tightly shut, showing no sign of opening!

"You filthy scum, still want to enter the city? Dream on! Get out quickly! Otherwise I'll take your lives!"

On the city wall, a few soldier thugs were driving away the refugees, brandishing arrows and firing wildly at the people below!

Screams kept echoing, and as the refugees crowded together, they shoved each other; soon someone fell and was trampled to death.

The cries of women and children, the wails of kids, the curses of the refugees… intertwined like a living hell.

"The flood is coming!"

Suddenly someone shouted, and everyone turned to see a flood roaring in from miles away!

Now the crowd completely panicked!

They cursed the heavens and the earth, desperately trying to smash the gate!

"Open the gate! Quickly open it!"

"Please, Great Lord of the Blue Sky, open the gate, we don't want to die…"

"You troublesome peasants! If we open the gate now, the flood will come and we'll have all of Xiangcheng buried with you! Can't open! Absolutely can't! Anyone who dares to cause trouble, I'll shoot them dead!"

Shen Qingquan saw on the wall Xia Guan, with his thief‑like eyebrows and mouse eyes, shouting at the soldiers. Immediately, those soldiers actually began shooting arrows downwards!

The wall of Xiangcheng stood six zhang tall—equivalent to four or five stories even today. Yet against the flood, it was still unsurmountable.

Otherwise, in a previous life it couldn't have flooded three cities at once.

Among them was Xiangcheng.

Shen Qingquan had been unconscious in her previous life, so she didn't know the details, which is why she decided to seek refuge in Xiangcheng—first, because her grandmother might be in the city.

Second, the city's constructions might still hold back the flood a bit, increasing their chances of survival.

But now, looking at the situation, they were definitely unable to get into the city.

It was chaotic here; staying any longer would only be detrimental.

Shen Qingquan quickly scanned the surroundings, then fixed her gaze on a spot and decisively said, "Head that way!"

They surged out of the crowd, climbing up the mountain hollow!

After moving away from the crowd, she said nothing and took out a pre‑prepared rope from the system's storage!

"Father, Mother, tie the rope to yourselves so we won't be swept away when the flood comes."

Then she surveyed the surrounding trees, finally finding one relatively tall and seemingly hard to break, and said, "Climb the tree!"

"Huh?"

The family was stunned.

"Th‑this… how can that work?"

"Just do as Qinger says!"

Shen Juancheng gave the final word!

Father and daughter exchanged a glance; Shen Juancheng could see that she had changed since waking up at Guanyin Temple. Unwittingly, she had become the family's backbone.

She was his eldest daughter, his most beloved child, and he trusted her.

Shen Qingquan sensed her father's trust and encouragement, and felt a slight warmth in her heart.

"Father, you take Brother! I'll take Mother and Sixth Sister!"

One tree couldn't bear too many people, so they had to find two nearby trees!

Fortunately, the rope produced by the system was the toughest climbing rope. She secured it with a modern Figure Loop Knot, then tied it around Mother's and Sixth Sister's waists.

The climbing rope cost her ten Gold Coins, and she trusted its quality.

"I'll go up first."

Having said that, she slipped twice like a nimble monkey and quickly climbed the tree.

Over there, Shen Juancheng ran into trouble; he had once been a scholar with no martial skill, and after previously bearing Shen Yuhuan's weight, he now couldn't climb at all.

"Father, let me!"

Unexpectedly, Shen Yuhuan ignored his foot injury and forced himself up!

He was hardly any slower than Shen Qingquan!

That was thanks to his hardy childhood of climbing roofs and tearing tiles; he disliked staying in the study, preferring to run around, chase cats, tease dogs, leap up and down, like a tough monkey.

Because of that, Shen Juancheng had beaten him countless times! He didn't expect it would now… actually help!

Shen Qingquan, from the corner of her eye, saw this scene,

and let out a sigh of relief.

At this moment, the flood ahead was drawing ever nearer!

Less than five hundred meters remained!

"Mother! Sixth Sister, hurry up!"

She found a sturdy spot, pulled hard on the rope, hauled Mother up first, then the two together pulled Sixth Sister…

Three hundred meters.

Two hundred meters.

At that moment, a refugee ran over and grabbed Shen Qingci's foot!

"Let me up! Stinky mothers, get out of the way!"

That person even tried to pull Sixth Sister down and climb up himself!

Shen Qingci clung tightly to the tree, but how could her little strength compare with that of an adult man?

"Qingci!"

"Mother, I'm going to help Sixth Sister!"

Shen Qingci's body slid down the tree trunk; she grabbed her wrist, her legs clamped tightly to the trunk, and with one hand she drew a great sword out of thin air and slammed it onto his hand!

The man let out a howl of pain and instantly released his grip!

At that moment, the flood had already reached them!

Twenty meters!

Ten meters!

Five meters!

"Quick, go up!"

She hurled Sixth Sister upward in a flash! The next second, the flood surged in, instantly engulfing her!

"Big sister!"

Shen Qingci screamed, and Ning Shi was stunned! Her whole heart leapt! She clutched the rope tightly, as if it were a lifeline, unaware that the skin on her palm had been worn raw and was bleeding!

"Qinger! My Qinger!"

Below was a vast sea; countless people were swept away by the flood, and cries for help and wails echoed throughout the valley!

Just as Ning Shi was on the brink of despair, with a splash, Shen Qingquan's head emerged from the water a few meters away!

"Qinger!"

"Big sister!"

Great! Big sister is okay!

In an instant, the family of four went from hell back to heaven!

"Big sister, are you okay?"

"I'm fine!"

She was only choked a few times.

Fortunately she was bound by rope, and when the flood struck she held on tightly without letting go. Yet the sudden force of the flood gave her a brief dizziness, as if someone had slammed a brick hard against her forehead!

She nearly lost consciousness, but her family's shouts brought her back to awareness.

At this moment, she must not fall!

The danger hasn't passed yet.

In this life, she will never again watch her family die tragically! She wants them all to live well!

"Big sister, I'm pulling you back!"

Ning Shi and Shen Qingci clutched the rope tightly and finally hauled her back. She clung to the tree trunk, struggling upward. But her clothes were soaked, making the climb even harder.

She stripped off the outermost layer of clothing, leaving only a system‑issued Down Jacket. Fortunately the Down Jacket is highly waterproof; after being submerged this long, very little water seeped in!

Only her pants were completely soaked!? This novel first appeared on 17K Novel Network; read the official version right away!