Chapter 389: Tumultuous Fate (2/2)
Speaking of which, Gui Guzi was almost Level 105 already. He was hoping to hit Level 105 so that he could equip the 4-star Outstanding Spirit-grade shield before Who Will Rise began. I could only imagine how amazing Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls’ second party would be once Gui Guzi completed his transformation into a super unkillable meatshield.
Of course, He Yi shouldn’t be too far behind after she equipped the Ice Soul Shield. Both her Attack and Defense were pretty good to begin with, and He Yi had been studying to become better in the game really hard as of late. The super noob I used to know was long gone.
Some time later, I paid the entry fee and entered Chuyunge with my beautiful older sister and beautiful younger sister in tow. I hadn’t eaten anything the entire day, so I stuffed myself to the brink of explosion. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that I had to cling to the wall for support when I made my way in and out of Chuyunge, albeit for different reasons.
After we returned to the workshop, I grinded the Ice Soul Giants for a bit and took care of some internal guild business. Ancient Sword Dreaming Soul now had a max member capacity of 5000, so I couldn’t just ignore everything and focus on myself. Otherwise, it was only a matter of time before fractures started happening in our guild. A guild leader’s job definitely wasn’t an easy one!
I kept myself busy until midnight before logging off to sleep.
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I slept soundly until Murong Mingyue knocked on my door in the early morning. ”Time to get up, you lazy pig! Eve is on the plane already!”
”Ohh!”
I looked at the time and was shocked to see that it as only 6 am. If it wasn’t for Eve, I would rather die than be awake at this time.
I washed myself and went out. At first, I thought we were going to have breakfast before we leave, but Murong Mingyue shot me down immediately. ”It’ll be 7.30 am by the time we reach Wuxi, so we need to leave now. We can eat KFC after we reach the airport.”
What else could I say? We hopped into my X12 and got onto Shanghai–Nanjing Expressway.
We reached Sunan Shuofang International Airport 10 minutes earlier than expected—7.20 am to be exact—because I had been driving at the speed of 150 mph. Both Beiming Xue and Murong Mingyue couldn’t help but shoot me strange looks on the way.
After we reached the arrival hall, I bought three sets of breakfast and muched away with everyone.
It was at this moment the sky suddenly darkened. Then, it started raining cats and dogs and thundering like crazy.
I looked at the thunderstorm outside the window and muttered worriedly, ”Eve is going to reach Wuxi in half an hour. This weather…”
Murong Mingyue shot me a look. ”Cut that out and have some faith in science, will you? The weather is bad, but they can still land if the airport’s conditions are fine.”
”Yes, my wise sister!”
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I chewed my bread and hid all my worries at the bottom of my heart.
The three of us talked about nothing in particular as the clock hit 8 am. It was at this moment an announcement blared from the speaker stating that the flight from New Delhi to Wuxi is slightly delayed and will arrive at 8:20 am instead.
”See, I told you it’ll be fine. Hehe…” Murong Mingyue gave me a smile. ”So don’t worry. Anyway, what’s the first thing you’re going to say when you see Eve again?”
I couldn’t help but smile back. ”Boss, I missed you so much I could die…”
”Fuck!”
Murong Mingyue chided me a little. ”Wanna bet that Eve will punch you if you say that to her?”
”I don’t know…”
Beiming Xue said, ”Maybe she’ll give him a hug…”
I shot down her prediction immediately. ”No way, Eve is way less uninhibited than sis…”
Murong Mingyue: ”...”
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However, He Yi’s flight didn’t arrive even though the delay extended to 40 minutes or more. Finally, the announcer reported that the flight from New Delhi to Wuxi was experiencing a malfunction, and that they were unable to land on the airfield. Because the situation didn’t improve after the airplane circled in the clouds for 20 minutes or so, the pilot made the critical decision to land at the edge of Lake Tai instead!
Needless to say, all of us were flabbergasted by the shocking announcement.
I was so worried that it was a wonder I hadn’t gone berserk yet. I abruptly rose to my feet and declared, ”Let’s head to Lake Tai right now!”
”Okay.”
We all ran into the X12 and left Sunan Shuofang International Airport at top speed. Staring at the thunder clouds outside, I gritted my teeth and prayed to every god in the world for He Yi’s safety. I never thought that something like this could happen to her. Were our fates really as tumultuous as she said that day?
The sky was frighteningly dark and the raindrops splattering against the windshield were far too loud, but that didn’t stop me from driving toward the location the airport said the plane would land at top speed!
In the rear-view mirror, both Beiming Xue and Murong Mingyue looked a little pale. The disaster had struck out of nowhere, and everyone knows that it was far more dangerous for an airplane to land on water than to land on ground!
We finally arrived at Lake Tai almost an hour later. The trees were so thick that we almost couldn’t see anything, but it was still impossible to miss the giant object floating above the surface of the lake. Was that He Yi’s flight?
……
Thunk!