Lightning-type E-rank? My Space-time-type S-rank can't be hidden anymore!

Chapter 76 Leaving Hangzhou and heading to the neighboring prefecture-level city of Zecheng

Su Qingyue talked on and on, mostly asking Lin Yuan if he still felt uncomfortable.

……

Lin Yuan gently pressed her shoulder. "Qingyue, I'm fine. But you, you didn't sleep a wink all night?"

"I just dozed off for a little while in the support chair."

"The companion chair was rock hard, and the blanket was thin."

"The blanket is quite thick. And I'm an ice-type ability user, so I'm not afraid of the cold." She looked at him earnestly.

"Is the Ice Phoenix afraid of the cold?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Yuan stared at her for a moment, nodded slightly, and then slowly said, "That's good."

Feeling Lin Yuan's concern, Su Qingyue gently twirled the fabric of her sleeve with her fingers hanging by her side, without replying.

The conversation actually lasted less than ten minutes, but neither of them felt they should end it first, and the situation became awkward.

Just then, Shen Man's raised voice came from the ward: "That's enough, Su Qingyue, come in here for a moment, I have something to tell you."

Lin Yuan, you get the hell out there and go see your friend. After that, pack your things, have lunch, and then we'll head to Shanghai.

Lin Yuan was not unhappy at all after being scolded by Shen Man; on the contrary, he was very grateful.

Immediately afterwards, he turned his head and glanced into the ward.

Shen Man remained slumped in her chair, the light from her phone screen reflecting on her face, which seemed to say, "If this keeps up, I'm going to throw up my milk tea."

Su Qingyue's ear tips were slightly pink. She quickly said, "Then you should go see your friends first," and then lowered her head and walked past him into the ward.

As Su Qingyue jogged into the ward, Lin Yuan noticed a slight pink tinge on the tips of her ears.

Lin Yuan scratched his head in confusion and muttered to himself, "What's going on? Weren't we just talking normally? Why are their ears red?"

……

The hospital corridors are not long.

The hospital’s temporary inpatient ward was converted from an old administration building, and the old sign for “Archives” is still posted on the wall.

Lin Yuan knocked on three doors one by one along the corridor.

Bai Li sat leaning against the hospital bed by the window, her left arm wrapped in bandages and slinged across her chest. She had changed from her moon-white casual clothes into a striped hospital gown.

Seeing him push the door open and come in, she subconsciously tried to stand up, which aggravated the wound on her arm. She gasped for breath, but her eyes shone with light.

"Senior! Are you alright?"

Lin Yuan looked at Bai Li on the hospital bed and stood by the bedside for a moment.

The shallow scratch on her face from when she was at the Pentagon had scabbed over, and she looked much better than she had the night before.

"It's alright. How's your hand?"

"It's a superficial wound. The nurse said the bandage can be removed in a couple of days."

She paused, then, as if remembering something, smiled and said to Lin Yuan.

"Xiaxia was more seriously injured, with two broken ribs, but thankfully they've healed. She's cursing in the next room, complaining that the food for patients isn't good."

Upon closer listening, Lin Yuan realized that Xia Xia was indeed swearing.

You could hear her arguing with the head nurse across half the corridor about "why the braised pork doesn't have soy sauce."

The head nurse replied with even more force, "You can't eat soy sauce with a broken rib," leaving her speechless for a long time.

I arrived at Xiaxia's hospital room, greeted her briefly, and then left.

Jiang Ran shared a three-person room with Chen Mo and Song Zhiyi at the end of the corridor.

Lin Yuan spoke a few words to them, confirming that everyone's injuries were steadily recovering.

Then he walked back to the door of his ward, and the moment he pushed the door open, he heard Shen Man speaking to Su Qingyue in a tone that said, "I've already planned it all out."

"I'll get you the spatial ring when we get to Shanghai. Your secret technique, 'Frosty Heaven Myriad Forms,' has already been transferred from the Ice Academy; you can start practicing it as soon as you arrive."

Please fill out this form on your way...

Su Qingyue sat in the visitor's chair, a pen and several forms handed to her by Shen Man, her expression still somewhat bewildered.

Shen Man looked up and saw Lin Yuan standing at the door. She stood up, patted her clothes, and picked up the milk tea cup that was on the windowsill.

"Finished reading? Then pack up, have dinner, and let's go. Don't dawdle, I'm very busy."

She walked to the door, then turned back to Lin Yuan and added a sentence.

"Once you get to Shanghai, find a cultivation room to absorb that fruit. Put an S-grade spiritual fruit in your ten-cubic-meter spatial ring, don't be tempted to eat it halfway through."

Lin Yuan chuckled. "Don't worry, I'm not that greedy."

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For lunch, everyone opted to eat at the hospital cafeteria.

The hospital cafeteria wasn't large, but it was packed with wounded and rescue workers, a noisy and bustling scene.

A long line formed at the food serving window. The cafeteria chef, wielding a ladle, banged his tray loudly as he shouted, "Last order of braised pork!"

Lin Yuan, carrying three trays, struggled to squeeze through the crowd.

His powerful physique, honed through ten rounds of bone tempering, gave him a clear advantage in the crowded throng. No matter how much people jostled and bumped him, the plate in his hand remained as steady as a mountain, without the slightest tremor.

"This resilience is perfect for carrying trays."

Lin Yuan placed the plate on the table, then turned back and brought over several bowls of soup.

Su Qingyue sat by the window, chopsticks in hand, looking at the pile of food in front of her, and was slightly stunned.

Shen Man didn't stand on ceremony. She took apart the chopsticks and started eating, while scrolling through her phone to check the train timetable from Hangzhou to Shanghai.

On the page, most of the train services are marked with a bright red "Suspended" sign.

She scrolled down several pages before finally finding a scheduled bus, and her face immediately fell.

"The Hangzhou Superconducting Railway Station was mostly destroyed by monsters, and the high-speed rail tracks were also completely destroyed by the Rock Armor Giant Lizard."

"The trains currently in operation are all freight and rescue trains. Passenger trains will not be able to resume normal service for several more days."

Shen Man put her phone on the table, picked up a piece of braised pork, and casually said, "Come with me after you finish eating, we'll drive there."

Lin Yuan paused, his hand still holding the food, and asked in surprise, "Driving?"

"I left a car in Hangzhou. I bought it two years ago and it's been with a friend ever since. My friend takes good care of it and does regular maintenance. The car is always full of gas."

"Public transportation in Hangzhou is basically paralyzed, so driving is the most convenient option. We'll drive to the neighboring prefecture-level city first, and then transfer to a train to Shanghai."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yuan didn't ask any more questions; as long as they could set off smoothly, that was all that mattered.

After finishing his meal, Lin Yuan went to each of the wards to say goodbye to Bai Li, Xia Xia, Jiang Ran, and the others.

Bai Li's left arm was still in a sling. When she learned that he was about to leave, she pursed her lips tightly and didn't say anything to stop him. She just whispered, "When you get to Shanghai, remember to let me know you're safe."

Xiaxia leaned against the headboard, scrolling through her phone, without even looking up, and casually tossed out, "Get lost, get lost."

……

At the entrance to the parking lot outside the hospital, Shen Man casually tossed the car keys to Lin Yuan, who caught them instinctively, still somewhat bewildered.

When Lin Yuan followed Shen Man to the most secluded corner of the hospital parking lot, he froze on the spot.

A dark purple four-seater hovercar was parked in front of me!

The car has a long, low-slung body with sharp, angular lines, exuding a powerful presence.

Under the sunlight, it gleamed with a deep metallic luster, and on each side of the car body was engraved a silver lightning stripe, making it very cool.

The windshield is a single, borderless holographic screen, and the rear-mounted floating engine assembly is dark gold in color. Even when not in use, it exudes a strong sense of speed and a powerful sense of presence.

Lin Yuan couldn't help but blurt out, "Holy shit."

Shen Man pressed the car key, and the car door instantly opened upwards, looking incredibly cool.

She opened the driver's side door and looked back at Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan's eyes were already shining. He squatted down and carefully examined the wheel rims, looked the car up and down, and gently stroked the silver lightning pattern on the body. He was full of love for it.

"I'm definitely going to buy one someday, one that's even cooler than this!"

Lin Yuan muttered to himself, his voice not lowered at all, his heart filled with affection.

Su Qingyue stood beside the passenger seat, watching Lin Yuan circle the car again and again, and couldn't help but smile slightly.

"Get in the car quickly!"

Shen Man got into the driver's seat, put the milk tea in the cup holder, and said irritably, "If you keep touching it, you'll scratch the paint off!"

Lin Yuan then realized what was happening, opened the car door, and sat in the back seat.

The car started with almost no noise throughout the entire process.

The hover engine emitted a faint, dark golden glow, and the vehicle smoothly rose half a meter off the ground.

Shen Man gently turned the steering wheel, and the dark purple sports car smoothly drove out of the parking lot and onto the well-maintained expressway in the eastern part of Hangzhou.

The further west you go in the city, the more severely the road is damaged. There are potholes, building ruins, and covered monster corpses everywhere, creating a scene of utter devastation.

Shen Man's driving skills were extremely steady. She avoided all obstacles in advance, and the car was extremely stable without any bumps.

Once out of the city, the road conditions improved dramatically.

……

The view outside the window gradually changed from ruins to farmland, and then to rolling hills.

Su Qingyue sat in the passenger seat, quietly watching the scenery outside the window, a few strands of hair fluttering gently in the air conditioning.

While driving, Shen Man chatted with the two about the superpower academy in Shanghai.

Lin Yuan sat in the back row, occasionally interrupting to ask when they could go to the Abyss Sea to kill demons.

Su Qingyue inquired carefully about the admission process for the Ice Academy, her tone serious, indicating that she had made thorough preparations for her enrollment in advance.

Seeing their reactions, Shen Man's lips curled up slightly, and she gently pressed the accelerator.

A dark purple sports car sped along the highway in the afternoon, heading towards a prefecture-level city.