If Manpower Is Not Enough, We Have Nature!

Going down the mountain in half an hour... Durandal recalled the path she had taken up the mountain. This might be a bit difficult...

The survivors in the temple had just had a full meal of nutrient serum. Three months of hunger had almost exhausted all their strength.

For such a group of people, it would be difficult to go down the mountain in an hour!

Rita had obviously thought of this problem too. Those survivors were so weak, so thin that they didn't even qualify to roll down the mountain into a ball. How could they have the ability to go down the mountain in half an hour?

But Rita already had a plan. By the time the three of them returned to the temple with the unconscious Xuanhui, everyone there was filled with fear and panic. There were also some young monks with sticks gathered at the mountain path entrance, nervously watching the empty road.

As soon as he saw the three of them return, Yuanming, who was maintaining order, his eyes lit up. He hurriedly ran over, but at a glance, he saw the unconscious Xuanhui.

"Senior Brother!" Yuanming exclaimed, taking Xuanhui from Durandal's hands. "Benefactor, what happened on the mountain? Why did the pagoda collapse after I saw a blue light? And what's at the foot of the mountain? That sound and vibration..."

"That's an Emperor-class Honkai Beast," Durandal said bluntly. Yuanming was completely baffled.

"What Emperor... Honkai Beast?"

"It's a monster of incredible power. According to our observations, this monster has the ability to cause a sudden drop in temperature over a large area, as well as an ability to fire a flash-freezing beam," Rita stepped forward and said quickly.

"We have already called for rescue, but before the rescue arrives, that Honkai Beast will reach here. Once we enter its range, everyone will die."

Rita's words caused the people who had just been appeased by Yuanming to let out a desperate cry. Fortunately, no one stood up to cause trouble. They all just sat there dejectedly.

But more people were looking at Rita's group.

"Benefactor, but what then?" Yuanming didn't care about a proper tone anymore. He had only been cultivating for two years, so what if he wasn't refined? If he spoke in Buddhist terms and Rita didn't understand, a few seconds of delay would be a disaster!

"So we have to leave here quickly, right now," Rita said, then took out the somewhat crumpled tourist brochure and pointed a finger.

"That Emperor-class Honkai Beast is now at this position. It will only take about half an hour for it to reach the foot of the mountain and block our path."

"What about the other path?" Yuanming immediately pointed to another path down the mountain, which was completely opposite to the path Rita had pointed to.

Go down the mountain in half an hour. Yuanming also knew that all the survivors couldn't do it.

"No, this Honkai Beast will drive away the surrounding zombies. These driven zombies will all gather on this side of the mountain, blocking this path as well. We can't break through a formed horde."

"It's impossible to go down the mountain in half an hour!" Yuanming said bluntly. "Everyone doesn't have that ability..."

As he spoke, he was silent for a moment, then, as if he had made some kind of decision, he said loudly, "Why don't you guys go down the mountain first, defeat that monster with the rescue team, and then come back to save us!

"Take a few children down the mountain first. We can probably withstand the cold if we start a fire, right?"

An impossible method... a way to let the three of them leave openly.

"No, we have other ways," Rita shook her head and pointed to another route. "There's a project in the scenic area, rafting... life jackets and rubber boats should still be at the rafting station.

"We don't have many people. With eight people per boat, and one boat setting off every half a minute, we can send everyone out in just seven minutes. And the time it takes to complete the entire rafting journey is only a dozen or so minutes.

"That is to say, even the last group to set off will reach the exit within twenty minutes..." Durandal whispered, but she frowned slightly as she looked at the map.

"But the rafting route seems to be heading towards the Emperor-class Honkai Beast... the first few boats should be fine, but the later boats will directly enter the Honkai Beast's freezing range, right?"

"The river water within the range will freeze," Li Sushang finally chimed in.

"That's right, that's indeed the case," Rita nodded, and Yuanming's eyes immediately dimmed.

Isn't that still impossible?

"So, if someone can get off the boat at this point in the middle of the rafting, then travel a distance, and intercept the Honkai Beast at this position for five minutes..." Rita reached out, pointed to a position on the map, and then looked up at the crowd.

The scene was quiet. Yuanming swallowed, looking at Rita in horror.

"Five minutes?" His voice trembled slightly. "Are you sure it's five minutes?"

Rita nodded.

Five minutes... what's the difference between that and suicide?

But since Rita had proposed this possibility, it meant it had to be carried out.

Who here could do this? Wasn't it just the three of them?

That is to say...

"It's just five minutes..." Durandal clenched the [Yu Long] in her hand, her eyes resolute. "Rita, you take them and leave. I'll hold off that Honkai Beast!"

"No, Lady Durandal, we are a team. We shouldn't split up now," Rita stood up naturally and said with a smile.

"And me! And me!" Li Sushang jumped up and down anxiously, still looking as if she was afraid the two would forcibly drive her away. "My sword and I are a great combination!!"

"Then Master, we'll have to trouble you with them," Durandal turned back and said to the stunned Yuanming. "The monks of the temple should be able to protect a raft from capsizing midway, right?"

"Of course... but you..." Yuanming nodded, but he still hadn't recovered from the decision the few of them had just made.

In his eyes, this was suicide.

"We are from the MOTH. It is our duty to fight Honkai Beasts," Durandal said firmly. "Let's set off now. Every second we delay, the Honkai Beast will get closer to us."

Indeed, time waited for no one. They still needed to take everyone to the rafting station within ten minutes. Every second they delayed now, they would have to hold on for an extra second later.

They might even not make it in time, letting the rafting route enter the Honkai Beast's freezing range.

Once the river water froze, nothing could be done.

"Okay!" Yuanming finally gritted his teeth and agreed to this absurd plan. Then, he turned around, his usual gentle demeanor gone, and began to quickly give orders in a loud voice.

In less than a minute, everyone was ready to set off. This group of nearly a hundred people set off on the road to the rafting station in a mighty procession.