He came out of the collapsed building again, carrying an unconscious girl.
At that moment, a tall boy in the square said, "I'll help too!"
Jiang Chen said nothing. He laid the unconscious girl on the playground.
Then he went back to rescue the next person.
"My ability might be useful!"
A girl in a short skirt stepped out and stood beneath the collapsed building. "Ability, activate—Reinforce!"
Using her reinforcement ability on the school building took a heavy toll on her.
She could only hold on for a little while before she began to run out of strength.
The girl beside her, who wore her hair in two braids, ran over and said, "Yin Zhuang, you're in poor health. Overusing your ability will shorten your lifespan."
"Wei Sheng, my ability is perfect for temporarily reinforcing this building. It'll give them more time to rescue the students still trapped inside."
"I'm fine!"
Yin Zhuang...
It was her—the mysterious, cursed girl said to have awakened over a hundred abilities. Awakening so many had taken a heavy toll on her body, and overusing her abilities would cost her years of life.
Jiang Chen was just about to head in and rescue someone else.
He happened to hear what they had said.
After a moment's silence, he walked up to Yin Zhuang and said, "Here's a Restoration Potion. I hope it helps."
Yin Zhuang thanked him and swallowed the Restoration Potion.
As soon as she drank it, she felt an incredible change come over her weakened body.
It was as if she had endless strength.
Her ability flowed without pause, and her body felt no discomfort at all.
Even a high-grade alchemist's Restoration Potion had never worked this well.
Where had Jiang Chen gotten such an effective Restoration Potion?
This potion's effects surpassed those of a high-grade potion.
A single bottle was worth at least a hundred thousand Purple Gold Coins.
After all, a high-grade potion already cost seventy thousand Purple Gold Coins.
Over the years, she had taken plenty of Restoration Potions because of her health, so she knew their prices well.
If she didn't have a special status and a wealthy family, she couldn't have afforded such expensive Restoration Potions.
After all, on the battlefield, one extra high-grade potion meant one more life saved.
A life couldn't be measured in money.
That was why the price of high-grade potions had kept rising over the years.
Potions even better than high-grade ones were absurdly expensive.
She had tried one before, but it had only been a little more effective than a high-grade potion.
There had been no noticeable difference.
But the Restoration Potion Jiang Chen had casually produced had brought about such a dramatic change in her.
It was simply unbelievable.
Yin Zhuang froze for a moment.
As far as she knew, Jiang Chen had no status or influential background. He was just an ordinary citizen of this city.
How could someone like him have gotten his hands on such a potent Restoration Potion?
For a moment, Yin Zhuang couldn't make sense of it.
Seeing Yin Zhuang's color return, Wei Sheng asked with concern, "Yin Zhuang, how are you feeling now?"
Wei Sheng's words broke Yin Zhuang out of her thoughts. She watched Jiang Chen hurry back inside to rescue people and replied, "I'm fine. I can keep going!"
"Good. I'll stay here with you. If anything happens, tell me right away."
As she spoke, Wei Sheng stood beside Yin Zhuang, guarding her like a sentry.
"I can't let Jiang Chen and the others steal the show. My ability should be useful too!"
A proud red-haired boy spoke up.
He stood before the collapsed building and murmured, "Ability—activate!"
"Space Magic!"
With that, the red-haired boy opened a passage and went in to rescue people!
With him leading the way, more and more people stepped forward. "My ability might help too!"
"Ability—activate!"
"Life Totem!"
A man in a white tracksuit said, "My ability lets me see the pathways of life!"
"Do you see those white dots? They show where there are still signs of life!"
"When you go in, follow the Life Totem's directions to find people!"
As he spoke, the man in the white tracksuit shared the Life Totem with the students heading inside to rescue people!
A map-like image appeared in their minds, with points of light flickering in different places!
After receiving the Life Totem, everyone nodded and said, "I'll take the left!"
"I'll take the right!"
"I'll go through the middle!"
"I'll search underground. My shadow ability should come in handy!"
With that, several people scattered and began rescuing others.
"Yin Zhuang, let me help!"
A girl walked up to Yin Zhuang and spoke up!
Yin Zhuang glanced at her and said, "Thanks!"
"It's nothing. My Earth Spirit ability can summon Earth Spirits to stabilize the foundation for a while. But I've never used it over such a large area before, so I don't know if it'll work," the girl said shyly.
She walked over beside Yin Zhuang, spread her hands, and chanted, "Ability—activate!"
"Summon—Earth Spirit!"
A tiny, ocher-colored figure floated in the air.
The shy girl gave it an order. "Stabilize the ground here."
The little yellow figure nodded adorably, then burrowed underground.
When Jiang Chen came out again, he saw that many people had already been rescued by the others.
The Fatty wasn't among them.
He showed nothing on his face, but inside, he was frantic.
The Fatty was so weak. He didn't know if something had happened to him.
But this wasn't the time to think about that.
The most important thing was to get the Fatty and everyone else out.
With that thought, Jiang Chen rushed back inside and rescued another person.
As people were brought out one by one,
no Spiritual Networks remained connected to Jiang Chen inside the collapsed building.
The Life Totem displayed by the man in the white tracksuit no longer showed any signs of life in the building.
Among those who had been rescued, the Fatty was nowhere to be seen.
Could it be that the Fatty had already...
Zhang Banxian clearly couldn't accept the outcome. Standing beside Jiang Chen, he cried for the first time. "Uncle-Master Jiang, why did all our efforts still fail to save the Fatty?"
Hearing him cry, Song Yiyi wiped the cold sweat from her forehead. Following the sound, she saw Jiang Chen and Zhang Banxian crying.
She vaguely heard them mention the Fatty.
She knew the Fatty and Jiang Chen were very close.
Now everyone had been rescued, except for the Fatty.
This was a devastating blow to Jiang Chen.
She wanted to go over and comfort him.
But what right did she have to comfort him?
She wasn't anyone to Jiang Chen, not even a friend.
Even if she tried to comfort him, he wouldn't accept it, would he?
Thinking this, Song Yiyi smiled bitterly at herself.
A hard-to-describe bitterness filled her heart.
Song Yiyi was right. Jiang Chen wanted to lash out at someone now.
He couldn't listen to a word anyone said.
When he thought that the Fatty had died because of his own mistake,
he couldn't accept the reality...
If the Principal hadn't sent the demons crashing down, none of this would have happened today.
Why should someone else's mistake cost another person their life? He had lost his best friend because of it.
Fatty...
I'm sorry!!!
Jiang Chen wanted to cry. Just as tears were about to fall,
Omniscient appeared!!!
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