Apocalyptic Flood: Sexy Beauty Neighbor's Midnight Plea for Food Chapter 1074 - 427: Qiu Gongrong’s Experiences

Liang Yuan took a brief moment to think it over. Given that this man could possibly be Qiu Yingyue’s father, he gave up on the idea of a sudden ambush.

At present, only the two of them were in this place, and the single escape route was the cavern opening he had entered through.

In that instant, he dashed out from the frozen cavern in a fluid motion.

"Boss Qiu, those are some fine skills."

"Who’s there?"

Boss Qiu whipped around abruptly, eyeing Liang Yuan with complete wariness from behind.

The instant he spotted Liang Yuan, a wave of astonishment hit him, and he uttered in shock, "You’re still alive?"

Liang Yuan let out a chuckle, "What, does Boss Qiu want me gone that badly?"

Boss Qiu’s face shifted through various emotions, yet he eventually forced a laugh and replied, "What’re you saying, brother? I’m thrilled to see you breathing."

"But earlier, Chang Yuntao stirred up a massive disturbance. How exactly did you dodge that disaster?"

Liang Yuan gave a light smile and chuckled, "I’m wondering the same about you, Boss Qiu. How did you slip away from that snowslide?"

Displeasure clouded Boss Qiu’s features. "Kid, I posed the question first."

Liang Yuan grinned, scanned the surroundings briefly, and remarked, "Chang Yuntao chased after the Earth Mother Sect’s Genetic Species specialist. He’ll be back any minute now."

"Are you certain you want to discuss this with me right here, Boss Qiu?"

A subtle shift appeared on Boss Qiu’s face. He pressed urgently, "Do you know a way out?"

"Hehe." Liang Yuan chuckled without elaborating.

Boss Qiu fixed him with a frozen stare, full of doubt, "You actually have an escape method? Brother, I’m not doubting your abilities, but every bloodline route is fully blocked off."

"Chang Yuntao has absorbed the Heart Core and holds total dominance over this Floating Island."

"Getting away from here isn’t so straightforward."

Liang Yuan let out a soft laugh, "Boss Qiu, you appear quite knowledgeable about the Master of Fog City, huh? Mind sharing what this Master of Fog City truly entails?"

Boss Qiu glanced at Liang Yuan and shook his head, "How should I know..."

At those words, Liang Yuan gave a mild laugh and abruptly inquired, "Are you familiar with Qiu Yingyue?"

"Hmm?"

Boss Qiu’s eyes bulged as he fixed his gaze on Liang Yuan.

Liang Yuan grasped it right away—Boss Qiu truly recognized Qiu Yingyue!

Boss Qiu squinted his eyes and demanded icily, "Just who are you?"

"Hehe, someone tasked me with locating a fellow named Qiu in this area. He used to reside in Lishui Garden as the boss there."

"Several months back, this Boss Qiu set out by boat for supplies and vanished."

"It’s heartbreaking for his daughter, abandoned to deal with the brutal superpower users in Lishui Garden."

"You’re spouting lies!"

No sooner had Liang Yuan spoken than Boss Qiu bellowed in rage, shooting him a fierce glare, "My daughter awakened her Thunder Attribute Superpower ages ago. How could she struggle against those weaklings in Lishui Garden?"

"Quit spreading fear. Now, reveal your true identity!"

Boss Qiu seized his Bone Hammer, staring at Liang Yuan with chilling intensity.

Liang Yuan erupted in booming laughter, "So you really are Qiu Yingyue’s father?"

Swish—!

All at once, Boss Qiu lunged forward, his form blurring as he rapidly approached Liang Yuan.

Liang Yuan’s grin faded as he stomped down hard on the icy ground.

Boom!

His body blurred into a residual image, darting away at high speed.

Right then, a thunderous crash exploded where he had stood.

Yet the Bone Hammer struck down, the Resonant Hammer carving out a massive ice hollow!

Within the hollow, chunks of ice scattered wildly, and biting winds raged fiercely.

Boss Qiu’s eyes turned as cold as the depths, locking onto Liang Yuan without blinking.

"A Speed Ability User?"

That unexpected blow had come without warning, but still, he failed to keep up with the foe’s velocity, proving the enemy’s swiftness greatly exceeded his own!

The problem lay in that he hadn’t yet awakened a Genetic Species, though his Spirit Attribute had maxed out at fifty points!

At this phase, his other key attributes kept getting sharpened and boosted.

By rights, a typical superpower user shouldn’t pose any threat to him!

The sole reason must be that the adversary outmatched him in one specific attribute!

Speed happened to be among his vulnerabilities!

Nevertheless, Qiu Gongrong displayed no panic and merely sneered with malice.

In terms of the Four Major Attributes, during battles, speed and power types lag far behind other varieties in versatility!

But Qiu Gongrong held back from pursuing. He swiftly withdrew his Bone Hammer and let out a piercing whistle!

"Woo—"

As the shrill whistle echoed, an invisible ripple quickly expanded outward.

Nearby, Liang Yuan arched a brow, somewhat taken aback, "Spiritual assault?"

His Spiritual Power promptly triggered the [Spirit Turtle Shield].

Boom!

The piercing whistle’s soundwave, infused with Spiritual Power, barreled toward Liang Yuan’s mind like a devastating blast.

Regrettably for it, the Spirit Turtle Shield shattered upon impact, keeping the blast at bay.

The following instant, Liang Yuan blurred forward and rapidly neared Qiu Gongrong.

Qiu Gongrong’s expression twisted in alarm!

"No way! You’re... you’re a Spirit Ability User too?"

Liang Yuan was already upon him, thrusting out to seize Qiu Gongrong with force.

Qiu Gongrong panicked and scrambled to evade.

However, his pace fell short of Liang Yuan’s. Before he could fully twist away, a strong hand clamped onto his neck.

In the blink of an eye, immense strength hoisted him upward.

"Boss Qiu, don’t we owe each other a proper talk?"

Qiu Gongrong froze in place, his visage a mix of fury and disbelief.

The small pouch in his grasp was yanked away by Liang Yuan.

Liang Yuan set it aside swiftly while his Spiritual Power delved into the pouch without delay.

This scan left him astonished at once.

This palm-sized pouch concealed an inner space vast as a modest room!

Liang Yuan marveled deeply. Within lay not only heaps of Blood Ice but also assorted provisions, bone armaments, and other goods.

"Could this be... a Dimension Space?"

Liang Yuan lifted his gaze promptly to Qiu Gongrong.

Qiu Gongrong rubbed at his arm—only then did Liang Yuan realize he still gripped his throat.

He let go immediately, stating, "Boss Qiu, I’m a friend of your daughter, and there’s no reason for us to clash."

"Whew—cough, cough, cough, hand it over!" Qiu Gongrong hacked, his eyes on the pouch Liang Yuan held.

Liang Yuan held up the pouch, inquiring, "Relax, I won’t keep your belongings. But first, explain what this is."

Qiu Gongrong drew in a long breath, evading the direct answer, and questioned, "You truly know my daughter?"

"Absolutely."

"Where’s my daughter at the moment?"

"She’s in the City of Ice Mist."

"What brought her to this place?" Qiu Gongrong pressed on instinctively.

Liang Yuan caught this and grew even more startled: "Didn’t you send her the message?"

"Huh? From me?"

Qiu Gongrong paused in stun, then blurted out: "No chance—I’ve been stuck here for half a month without stepping out. How could I reach her!"

Liang Yuan displayed clear surprise, furrowed his brow, and noted: "She got your letter for sure, claiming you were here and gathering resources all over, trying to build ties for a permanent stay."

"Damn it, this isn’t like securing a home with residency—what ties are there?"

Qiu Gongrong muttered a curse under his breath.

"So someone posed as you to draw Qiu Yingyue in? Yet she mentioned it was your own handwriting."

Qiu Gongrong went rigid, then abruptly recalled something, his expression darkening.

"I get it now—it has to be those pyramid scheme frauds!"

"Pyramid scheme frauds?"

Liang Yuan felt taken aback, as the term seemed so remote since the massive flood.

He struggled to recall the last time he’d encountered such a phrase.

For a second, it struck him as odd and unfamiliar.

But he caught Qiu Gongrong murmuring darkly: "Yes, there’s a bunch in the City of Ice Mist, headed by a guy called Ma Rui, who peddled pyramid schemes before the flood."

"Post-flood, he leveraged his indoctrination tricks from schemes to flourish. He’d swindled a fortune in Superpower Stones back in Lishui Garden."

"After that, using those stones, he wormed his way into the City of Ice Mist. My early outings scavenging for materials were partly to track him down!"

"That fake script..." Liang Yuan shook his head then, seeing no point in probing further.

In truth, once a Superpower User’s Spiritual Power grows potent, mimicking handwriting proves simple enough.

He could manage it without trouble.

It looked like Qiu Yingyue had been genuinely duped into arriving.

Liang Yuan jiggled the pouch and prompted: "Ready to explain this thing now?"

Qiu Gongrong let out a sigh, aware he couldn’t best Liang Yuan, so he relented in cooperation.

"It’s a pouch crafted from the gut lining of a beast called the Autumn Sky Fish."

"Autumn Sky Fish? What’s that?"

"A type of Mutant Fish, space-oriented in nature."

Qiu Gongrong explained, "These fish are extremely scarce, not particularly big, yet they boast an incredible hunger, often going without food for over ten days once stuffed."

"While I was out foraging for supplies, I stumbled upon one by chance."

"I didn’t pay it much mind then, but out of nowhere, the Autumn Sky Fish gaped wide and gulped down our entire vessel along with the crew."

Liang Yuan absorbed the tale and couldn’t suppress his shock.

In the wake of this enormous flood, such wondrous beings existed?

He pressed on curiously: "And then? How did you escape afterward?"

Qiu Gongrong scoffed right away: "We butchered it, obviously."

"Once inside its guts, a flood of acidic slime suddenly poured out, swiftly dissolving our boat."

"I unleashed a rapid-fire Resonant Hammer, shattering its skeleton, and after slaying it, we sliced through its abdomen to emerge."

"As we climbed free, I discovered this fish that devoured our ship measured just one meter in length!"

"I sensed something off right away. After dragging it aboard and gutting it, the examination revealed its intestines housed a Dimension Space."

"The space you observed, roughly half a room’s worth, can hold not just objects but live creatures as well."

"And provided the gut lining stays intact, nothing inside the Dimensional Bag gets harmed."

"You wondered earlier how I endured Chang Yuntao’s Ice Mountain crush—haha, there’s your answer."

Liang Yuan grasped it in a flash: "You took shelter within it?"

"Exactly, so what do you say now? With a treasure like this, you gonna return it or not?" Qiu Gongrong eyed Liang Yuan, a smirk twisting his lips.