Chapter 5: Rain-Filled Torrent

"Stingy!" Zhao Yuxin scolded, then took another piece for the dinosaur doll.

The dinosaur doll swallowed the wolf meat in one gulp, but still showed no signs of spitting out any traded supplies.

"More! But there's no food left on the vehicle!" Zhao Yuxin said angrily, "These remaining two pieces of meat are for us to eat; there's none for you!"

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom...

At this moment, thunder began to rumble in the sky, which immediately caught the attention of Zhu Zhiquan and Zhao Yuxin.

Zhao Yuxin: "Is it going to rain? Fortunately, our Tricycle has a sunshade."

Zhu Zhiquan: "But this shade doesn't cover me."

Zhao Yuxin: "In that case, we'll wait for the rain to stop before setting off."

Zhu Zhiquan: "Fine, but I'll open the Material Box in front first."

Zhu Zhiquan opened the Material Box and obtained a statue from inside.

Name: Beast Attracting Sculpture

Grade: Green

Description: As long as it is installed on the vehicle, it can attract one small animal every day to come and crash into the vehicle to its death.

Zhu Zhiquan installed the Beast Attracting Sculpture on the Tricycle and opened the panel to check the information on the World Channel. Zhao Yuxin, who was beside him, also saw the information about the Beast Attracting Sculpture and felt curious about how this thing could attract small animals.

Station Master Who Loves Iron: "Yo, it's going to rain? I didn't expect to see rain the first time I came to the desert."

Little Orange Who Loves Sugar: "Yeah, what good luck. It seems my face won't crack."

A Jiuba Zhougong: "But the problem is, how should we protect ourselves from the rain?"

Duyan Chuanzhang: "I'm very lucky here; I opened a waterproof tarp."

Bei Ye Xiao Mi Di: "Everyone be careful, if it rains in the desert, it's easy for floods to occur, especially in a canyon like this located in the desert!"

Seeing the message sent by Bei Ye Xiao Mi Di, everyone's expressions changed, and then they immediately erupted in panic.

The moment Zhu Zhiquan saw the message, he hurried to the driver's seat to pedal the tricycle. Zhao Yuxin asked in confusion, "What's wrong, little brother?"

Zhu Zhiquan said anxiously, "Look at the World Channel!"

Zhao Yuxin hurriedly looked at the World Channel, and her face instantly turned deathly pale. "Oh no, then let's get out of here quickly!"

Zhu Zhiquan pedaled the Tricycle rapidly; if the quality of the Tricycle hadn't been so poor, Zhu Zhiquan would have definitely pedaled with all his might.

Sure enough, the Game System sent out an announcement: "Hello players, this morning the system is launching a new event - Rain-Filled Torrent.

Goal: Evade the pursuit of the flood in the rainy canyon; there will be some small items along the way to help you survive the crisis. Note! These small items can only be touched by your vehicles! I wish all players a pleasant event."

Just as the game announcement finished playing, bean-sized raindrops came crashing down with a pitter-patter. The rainwater quickly gathered into small streams on the ground, and the Tricycle began to struggle as it traveled on the muddy terrain.

Zhu Zhiquan asked, "How many supplies do we have?"

Zhao Yuxin: "After trading, we now have three bottles of water, eleven units of wood, one unit of metal, two portions of wolf meat, three wolf skins, five sheets of Buli, and the resources inside the dinosaur doll that haven't been counted yet."

Zhu Zhiquan: "Assuming we abandon the Tricycle, can we take everything with us?"

Zhao Yuxin: "Are you sure? Not to mention anything else, do you know how heavy these are?"

Zhu Zhiquan stopped talking and kept pedaling the Tricycle. Suddenly, Zhao Yuxin shouted, "Brake!"

Screech~

Thud!!!

The Tricycle stopped just in time, and a stone the size of a head landed half a meter away from the Tricycle.

"I'll drive. My Bat Wing Ear can detect these dangers earlier than you."

Zhu Zhiquan climbed into the carriage and gave the driver's seat to Zhao Yuxin. Zhao Yuxin sat in the driver's seat and, relying on the keen hearing of her Bat Wing Ear, carefully maneuvered the Tricycle to continue moving forward.

Zhu Zhiquan opened the World Channel. At this time, the number in the upper left corner had already dropped to around 2200, and it was still continuously falling.

A Jiuba Zhougong: "Damn! A stone almost hit me just now, that was close!"

Station Master Who Loves Iron: "Don't even mention it, the person above; my teammate was just killed by a falling stone a moment ago! Sigh~"

Huacao Xian: "Wuwu~ Everyone, my roommate kicked me off the vehicle, and more importantly, my leg was injured by a stone. Can someone save me?"

……………

The World Channel was filled with wailing; everyone was shrouded in the shadow of death.

Inside a high-rise building, a gorgeously dressed man watched the players and data changes in the desert world.

The man said excitedly, "Very good, our audience is very satisfied. It seems that completing the leader's targets is just around the corner!"

A subordinate nearby asked, "Editor-in-chief, how do you plan to arrange things after the players survive this crisis?"

Editor-in-chief: "Just wait for my instructions."

Subordinate: "Yes."

Inside the canyon, Zhao Yuxin pedaled the Tricycle to avoid the falling dangers.

Boom!!!

A loud noise came from behind. Zhu Zhiquan looked back with a grave expression. Zhao Yuxin explained, "Don't look, that's the sound of the flood erupting!"

Zhu Zhiquan: "Can you still not see any items?"

Zhao Yuxin listened carefully and discovered three floating bubbles ahead.

"There are three floating bubbles ahead; they should be the small items."

"Can we make it in time?"

"We can make it."

The flood behind was very fast, and in an instant, it was within a thousand meters of Zhu Zhiquan and the others. After turning a corner, Zhao Yuxin touched one of the bubbles.

Boom!!!

A landslide occurred one meter behind them, successfully slowing down the pursuit of the flood. At the same time, the system prompt sounded: "Congratulations on using a Small Landslide."

Zhao Yuxin used the hearing of her Bat Wing Ear to dodge another falling rock, but the long period of driving had left her somewhat exhausted.

Zhu Zhiquan asked, "Are you tired?"

Zhao Yuxin replied, "Not tired! It's just racing against a flood on a stormy day, I've got this in the bag!"

Listening to Zhao Yuxin's heavy breathing, Zhu Zhiquan continued to persuade her, "Alright, don't push yourself! If you can't do it, let me take over!"

"Can you stop being so noisy!" Zhao Yuxin said with some impatience; Zhu Zhiquan had intended to force Zhao Yuxin to rest, but at this moment, the flood behind them roared like a giant beast.

Hearing the surging sound of the flood, Zhao Yuxin seemed to be injected with adrenaline and pedaled the Tricycle desperately. At this time, Zhu Zhiquan also dismantled the sunshade of the Tricycle to reduce the pressure on the Tricycle.

"Warning, warning! Your Tricycle is being damaged; please do not pedal the Tricycle so forcefully."

"Warning, warning! Your Tricycle is being damaged; please do not pedal the Tricycle so forcefully."

"Warning, warning! Your Tricycle is being damaged; please do not pedal the Tricycle so forcefully."

……………

Snap!

The sunshade was dismantled, and the speed of the Tricycle increased by one kilometer per hour, but this bit of speed made little difference against the flood.

Furthermore, the system warnings kept sounding, and the parts of the Tricycle began to show some looseness; no one knew how much longer this Tricycle could hold out.

Zhu Zhiquan was also prepared to abandon the vehicle; fortunately, in this torrential rain, he could see a few small bubbles containing items in the distance.

Just as the flood was about to submerge them, the Tricycle crashed through one of the bubbles, and a beam of light enveloped them.