Earth Element Ability?

As night fell and the zombie horde thinned, the streets grew quiet.

"We can go now!"

Shen Jin glanced at Sun Can, who was still unconscious. It looked like he'd have to do more work today.

"Right! Shang Qian, I seem to remember some employees had foldable electric bikes? Were they charging on the third floor? Can we still find them?"

"Ah? There were two, I think I had them blocked in the stairwell."

The two searched the stairwell and finally found two foldable electric bikes under a pile of bed boards.

In reality, non-foldable ones were also useful, but the foldable ones were just the right size to fit into the package.

"Alright, you carry it,"

Shen Jin turned and headed back to the room.

Shang Qian: ???

Fortunately, she remembered she needed his help, so she endured it.

Straining, she dragged the two foldable electric bikes into the room. Shen Jin leaned out the window, looking down at the zombies that were no longer gathered, and the dirt pillar he had placed that morning:

The Sky-Piercing Dirt Pillar.

"From now on, don't make a sound. Do exactly as I say, understand?"

Shang Qian quickly covered her mouth, "Mmmph mmmph~"

"."

"Stand on that dirt pillar outside."

Just as I expected! He's going to use his Earth-based Ability! I'm so excited, can I also travel through the earth like Tu Xingsun from the myths? Shang Qian eagerly anticipated the miracle she was about to witness and...

his god-like skills!

While Shang Qian stepped onto the dirt pillar, Shen Jin took out his pickaxe and smashed the two foldable electric bikes, blockifying them!

They shrank into thumb-sized models and were sucked into the package.

Shen Jin scooped up Sun Can with his right hand, putting force into his waist.

"Hngh!"

He couldn't lift him. Fall!

He switched to using both hands, dragging Sun Can to the window.

Hiss!

So damn heavy!

Shen Jin's face turned red. With Shang Qian's cooperation, they finally managed to get Sun Can onto the dirt pillar.

The 1-square-meter space was occupied by three people, making it feel cramped.

Shang Qian, in particular, was tightly gripping Shen Jin's trouser pocket.

"Stand still, hold onto Sun Can."

Shen Jin flipped his left shovel, and a chunk of the dirt pillar was instantly knocked off.

1 meter suspended in the air!

Crack!

The three people fell onto the dirt block below, just barely managing to stand steady.

Shang Qian's face turned pale!

(゜-゜)

Is it really that stiff?

"Shen Jin... I think you might need to... practice your Earth-based Ability properly."

Huh? Earth-based Ability?

Shen Jin was a little confused but immediately realized, "Ah! I just awakened it."

"Heh, I can tell. So you still need a medium to cast it, right?"

Shen Jin glanced at his large... shovel.

He nodded. It wasn't wrong to put it that way.

"Your shovel is like a magic wand in Harry Potter, isn't it? It helps you communicate with the earth."

Shang Qian felt her understanding of abilities deepen. It's just that the 'magic wand' had a rather down-to-earth appearance, didn't it?

But since it's about communicating with the earth, being down-to-earth isn't too much, right?

Shen Jin felt Shang Qian's ability to overthink was quite strong.

No wonder she was so desperate to die back then; she must have imagined her future miserable life...

Sure enough, taking her with him was the right decision!

I'm such a genius!

"Biu~"

The three were suspended in the air, then falling. Shang Qian clearly couldn't handle the pace; it must have been her first time experiencing something like this, and she was a bit scared.

"Biu, biu~"

They repeatedly suspended, fell, and then steadied themselves.

As they neared the bottom, Shang Qian was so frightened she closed her eyes.

Shen Jin, seeing the last four meters, raised his hand and scattered twelve dirt blocks.

He formed a "convex" shaped terrain.

They leaned against the wall, standing in the center of the tallest dirt pillar, which would effectively prevent them from being surrounded by zombies as they approached the ground.

"Hold on tight!"

Shen Jin held a shovel in each hand, aimed at the ground below, and swung them rapidly.

"Qiu qiu qiu!"

Dirt blocks were continuously shattered by the Blockify Ability. A sense of weightlessness washed over them.

The descent speed was many times faster than before, and they were tightly encased in dirt, greatly increasing their sense of security.

Soon, the two arrived at the underground tunnel together.

After Shang Qian stabilized herself, her face was flushed. The previous descent, akin to riding a freefall amusement ride, had clearly caught her off guard. She was still feeling dizzy.

Shen Jin smirked, seeing her reaction.

He looked at his Qilin Arm with great satisfaction.

To better survive in the apocalypse, he had trained specifically every day for the past three months.

This was the foundation of his survival!

"Perfect! Riding home, anime, movies, my little niece, here I come! Woohoo~"

Shen Jin, behind Shang Qian, directly produced two electric bikes.

However, one came out intact, and the other was in pieces.

"Damn! It's like this again."

"Huh? What's like this?"

Shang Qian leaned against the wall with one hand, her steps unsteady. It seemed the 'Earth-based Ability' from earlier had taken a toll on her.

Shen Jin silently kicked the pile of scattered parts in front of Shang Qian:

"You don't even know how to fix an electric bike, do you? It's time to show your value!"

Damn it! Every time he used the pickaxe to smash electronics, various accidents would happen. Either they were completely destroyed, or only the machine casing remained.

Whether blockifying electronics with the pickaxe would work depended entirely on luck.

No, he really needed to craft a Wrench.

Shen Jin remembered playing the game 'Minecraft' before. There was an 'Industrial Mod' that allowed the crafting of various high-tech appliances and tools, including a wrench specifically for dealing with electronics.

Completing the beginner's quest was urgent! Perhaps it would even unlock the Industrial Mod.

At this moment, Shang Qian looked at the electric bike parts scattered on the ground, her mind struggling to process:

"Wait, when did you move these two electric bikes up here? And why is one completely fine, while the other's casing is intact but all the internal parts have fallen out? Don't you find that very strange???"

"Don't worry about that, just tell me if you can fix it."

Shang Qian pointed to her own delicate face with an expression of disbelief, "Do I look like someone who can fix electric bikes?"

Shen Jin glanced at her and nodded, "You don't, indeed. Then I hope your stamina is a bit better."

Finally, he wasn't making such strange demands. Shang Qian breathed a sigh of relief. "I usually go to the gym, so my stamina is pretty decent. Huh? Huh? Huh!"

Shen Jin placed Sun Can on the back seat and rode off on the intact electric bike.

He left Shang Qian alone in the tunnel, dumbfounded.

No way! He just left like that?

What happened to the promised Tu Xingsun? What happened to soaring through the underground? What happened to his incredible skills?

As expected, those two are the real couple.

Shang Qian could only hurry to catch up, her two large hair clips swinging back and forth.

Little did she know, Shen Jin suddenly turned back.

Shang Qian almost burst into tears. This dark tunnel, and she was just a woman, she was scared!

"I knew it, you wouldn't abandon me."

Shen Jin looked utterly bewildered and threw a few dirt and stone blocks at the hole they came down from, filling it up.

"Oh, I'll patch up the hole. You just go straight, my place is at the end of the tunnel!"

"My"

"Home"

"Now"

Shang Qian watched Shen Jin's back as he rode away on his electric scooter, the sound of his voice still echoing in the tunnel.

(°ー°〃)

Shang Qian shivered alone in the tunnel.

Tonight, the winter in Q City was especially cold.