Chapter 371 – Volcanic Eruption (2/2)

Another villager stood over her and frantically asked: “What?! What happened to the child?!”

“Chief! I thought that she was holding onto the child while I packed our belongings. I never imagined that I’d meet up with her here and neither of us brought the child! Our child is probably still asleep in the room so what should we do?! What should we do?!” The villager started crying.

The old man suddenly remembered something and turned to stare with wide eyes at the entrance of the house belonging to the two villagers. A human shadow rushed out the house at such high speeds that even the flowing lava wasn’t able to catch up with. Lei Yu knew that many pairs of eyes were upon him so he had already slowed down his speed by quite a bit.

The villagers could see him approach at high speeds with a bundle of cloth in his arms. There was even the cry of a baby coming out of the bundle of cloth.

“Li Hua! Li Hua! Wake up, our child has been rescued!”

It’s unknown whether she heard her husband’s cry or hearing her own baby’s cry, but the village woman called Li Hua immediately woke up. Lei Yu had finally arrived in front of everyone before handing the baby over. “It’s fortunate that I found the baby in time, otherwise…” Looking back, the lava had already flooded the entire village as black smoke rose into the air from the houses combusting.

A man and a woman kneeled in front of Lei Yu. The woman holding the baby cried out: “Thank you benefactor! Thank you for saving our family’s child! Thank you! Thank you!” Lei Yu hurriedly went forward to support them, “Don’t worry about it. Just when I was about to leave, I happened to hear the baby’s cry and knew the situation wasn’t good. It’s fortunate I made it in time so everything’s okay now; please quickly get up.”

The old man stepped forward, “I am the Chief of this village, thank you to this hero for helping us! I was wondering why hero had suddenly rushed into the village, so it was because you heard the baby’s cry. You are truly a good person, a good person!”

Lei Yu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. It wasn’t because of the heat but because of the extreme enthusiasm of these villagers that made him feel a bit embarrassed.

“Village Chief, why would this village be built below a volcano? Aren’t you guys afraid of the eruptions?” Lei Yu asked out of curiosity. At the same time, he released a faint stream of green energy into the surrounding hundred meters. He was afraid the lava would reach their elevated position and was also afraid the high temperature would affect the baby. None of the villagers here were able to see this because the air had already been distorted from the high heat, so no one would bother to pay attention to the changes.

“This was supposed to be an extinct volcano. Many generations of people have lived here all our lives so we never imagined something like this would happen today.” The Village Chief replied.

Lei Yu nodded, “So that’s why… but do you know what happened that caused the eruption?”

“Who knows…?” The Village Chief shook his head and continued: “This was something that happened very suddenly so none of us were prepared for it. We could only frantically pack some clothes while the rest of our things were destroyed.”

“Chief! Chief!” Cried one of the villagers, “A few nights ago, I came out for a leak and heard in the back mountains a strange sound. It happened very quickly and disappeared shortly afterwards so I didn’t bother taking it to heart. Do you think this matter is related?”

Hearing the words of the villager, the Village Chief nodded: “It should be the warning signs prior to the volcanic eruption. But there’s nothing we can do about it now since none of us knew what the sound was and could predict it was due to a future eruption.”

Lei Yu watched the lava destroy everything in the surrounding area. He then took out a crystal stone from his Universal Pouch – a purple crystal stone.

“Here Chief; take this and rebuild your homes.”

“A purple crystal stone?! I’ve heard of it but have never seen one before!” One of the villagers cried out in shock. The Village Chief widened his eyes and said: “No, no! You saved a child from our village already so how can we accept your crystal stone as well? No way!”