She immediately wanted to speak up and stand at the front.
Su Xing wasn’t a good person; there was no way she’d sacrifice herself for these strangers.
She thought about how to word it.
However, Kaka spoke first.
He certainly lived up to his reputation as a hot-blooded youth (a simpleton), “I’ll be last! You all go first!”
Is he an idiot?
Although she was very reluctant to lose this “meal ticket,” Su Xing had no intention of dying with him.
“I’ll be last.”
To Su Xing’s surprise, the second person to speak was the man in black.
This guy was actually so loyal?
This stunned everyone.
“I… I’ll also go a bit later.”
It was the white-haired Quinn who spoke.
The tour guide also spoke then “Then Quinn will be third to last, Kaka second to last, and Evincel will bring up the rear. The elderly go first, so Grandma Qina is at the very front. Mr. Winx opened the door for us, so he goes second.”
Grandma Qina coughed twice, her hand covering half her face in a trembling gesture of thanks, “Thank you all. You are all good children.”
So the man in black is called Evincel, Su Xing thought, then saw the tour guide and everyone else look at her.
It turned out only she and the tour guide hadn’t decided their order yet.
“I…” Su Xing wanted to say she’d stand at the front, but seeing Kaka’s trusting gaze, like that of a young beast, she blurted out, “I’ll stand behind the tour guide!”
Coming to her senses, she wanted to curse herself.
Was I out of my mind?
Forget it, since the words were out, she couldn’t take them back.
It was just one spot; it probably wouldn’t be that coincidental…
“It’s wide enough for one person to get out now, everyone quickly go!”
In an instant, Winx had completed his task and consciously let Qina go out first.
The rumbling grew louder and louder, almost deafening.
The few people went out one by one.
However, when it was Su Xing’s turn, there was a sudden loud bang.
The avalanche had already hit the base’s main door and was rushing through the iron wall towards them with lightning speed.
The scent of death was close at hand. “Hurry!”
Kaka tried to push Su Xing out, and the people outside also lunged forward, trying to grab her.
She couldn’t die!
Su Xing screamed, speeding up, trying to get out.
Under the threat of death, an astonishing force suddenly burst forth from her whole body.
However, she was a step too late.
A chilling, powerful impact struck her back.
Under the immense pressure, Su Xing almost instantly fainted.
Before losing consciousness, she vaguely felt something furry wrap around her.
“Thump, thump, thump…”
Her heart beat slowly.
Is this hell?
Su Xing groggily opened her eyes, and what met her gaze was a fiery red.
She quickly recalled her previous memories, realizing she had been buried under the avalanche.
But there was no way it could be red under an avalanche, right?
Where on earth was she?
Su Xing’s stiff, frozen body gradually warmed up as blood flowed.
Only then did she gradually feel a stuffiness in her chest, as if something was pressing on her.
And the red brushing her face, what kind of furry texture was it?
Su Xing wiggled her fingers, felt her arm was controllable, and raised her hand to touch her chest.
Sure enough, she felt something warm and furry.
“What are you groping for!” a lazy boy’s voice accused.
The next second, Su Xing only felt the soft, light furry thing brush past her face.
Her vision was finally no longer red, but a dusty cellar.
She suppressed the intense pain, lifted her head, and looked down.
Only then did she discover a small red-furred fox curled up on her chest, its fluffy tail wagging as if greeting her.
“You are…”
Su Xing barely spoke before she was startled by her own voice.
It was hoarse, unpleasant, and very weak, as if she had just recovered from a serious illness.
She coughed twice, then her voice returned to normal.
“Are you my phantasm?”
The moment she saw the phantasm, Su Xing felt an inexplicable sense of closeness, as if it were a dear friend she had known for a long time.
Su Xing understood almost without thinking; besides a phantasm, there couldn’t be any other option that would give her this feeling.
She had actually awakened a phantasm by herself?!
Indeed, a very small percentage of people can awaken a phantasm through sheer willpower when facing desperate situations.
This means she wouldn’t have to spend that extra money!
Okay, Su Xing admitted she was indeed a materialist; her first thought was about money.
But immediately after, she was filled with immense ecstasy.
Those who could awaken a phantasm on their own were undoubtedly exceptionally talented individuals, and their tacit understanding/rapport with their phantasm would be superior to ordinary people.
Moreover, it was said that self-awakening could lead to unexpected effects.
“Huh?”
Su Xing suddenly realized something, “Was that you talking just now?”
Phantasms generally couldn’t speak; they could only transmit emotions to their Phantasm Masters through telepathy.
Only after a long time together could a Phantasm Master understand each meaning transmitted by their phantasm relatively accurately.
But this required an extremely high level of tacit understanding.
The little fox’s foxy eyes tilted upward, grumbling disdainfully at Su Xing, “You just realized that? I don’t know how a dummy like you summoned me.”
Su Xing was so amused she almost laughed.
Sure enough, misfortune accompanies fortune; the phantasm she summoned turned out to be a troublemaker.
“You know that Phantasm Masters and phantasms usually have something in common. If I’m a dummy, then what good thing are you, summoned by me?”
“Hiss!”
Just as she retaliated, Su Xing felt a slight prickling pain in her wrist.
The little fox had actually lightly bitten her wrist, looking fiercely as if grinding its teeth, though its actions had no real destructive power.
It didn’t hurt much anyway, so Su Xing bothered with it, propping herself up and sitting down.
The little fox obediently nestled onto her lap.
Only then did Su Xing truly see the little fox’s whole body.
Its smooth fur was wet, and there were quite a few bleeding wounds, making it look severely injured.
Su Xing was momentarily stunned, then quickly realized, “Did you get these injuries protecting me in the avalanche just now?”
Upon hearing this, the little fox became energetic, grumbling and complaining, “I was perfectly fine in the Phantasm World, then suddenly felt a summoning force and was transported here. The moment I arrived, I was buried by snow. If I knew you summoned me to fight together, I’d think you dragged me here to die! I’ve really hit rock bottom to…”
The little fox stopped abruptly before finishing its sentence.
Because it felt Su Xing’s hand place something blood-stopping on its injured back.
Su Xing saw the little fox stop cursing and looked at it strangely, explaining, “This is a band-aid; it can stop bleeding and help the wound heal quickly.”
As she spoke, she took out more band-aids and put one on each wound, “Good thing my backpack wasn’t lost, or it would have been troublesome. There’s a lot of money in here too!”
“Are you obsessed with money?”
The little fox retorted sarcastically, its fluffy tail wagging restlessly, then scoffed again, “You’re definitely a novice Phantasm Master, aren’t you? You don’t even know that phantasms can automatically recover from injuries in the Phantasm Master’s body’s Phantasm Space.”
Su Xing had finished applying all the band-aids by this point.
She smiled and patted the little fox’s head, holding it as she stood up despite the pain, and said in a light and mischievous tone, “I know, but I’ll need your help fighting next, so you probably won’t be able to return to the Phantasm Space for a while.”
“You rascal!”
Hearing that boyish voice always made her feel like she was bullying a child…
She held down the little fox’s head to prevent it from biting her again.
Su Xing asked casually, as if nothing had happened, “By the way, what’s your initial skill?”
Generally, a phantasm’s initial skill required the Phantasm Master to carefully sense the information transmitted by the phantasm to vaguely understand it, and then truly comprehend the skill through endless real combat.
But since the little fox could speak, Su Xing naturally skipped this process.
Hearing the question, the little fox puffed out its chest and gave an excited yelp, “It’s a tornado! The kind of large tornado that can destroy a small town.”
Su Xing was stunned.
Even though she had already realized her talent was good, she hadn’t expected to be able to wield something so powerful right off the bat.
No matter in which world, natural disasters were irresistible calamities for humans.
And a tornado clearly belonged to the category of natural disasters.
If Kaka’s porcupine fish’s initial skill was a low-tier Tier 1, and an average phantasm’s initial skill was Tier 4 or 5, then a skill like a tornado was undoubtedly Tier 10, a super-powerful skill comparable to those of Great Phantasm Masters.
Su Xing blinked, then suddenly thought of something, “If you use that skill in such a confined space, wouldn’t we all get caught in it?”
The little fox puffed out its chest, looking exceptionally proud, “Of course not. This skill won’t affect you or me, otherwise many area-of-effect phantasms wouldn’t be able to survive.”
Getting the answer she wanted, Su Xing relaxed and looked at her surroundings.
It was a place similar to a cellar, filled with a pile of broken boxes, likely a storage room.
The top was covered with accumulated snow, so it seemed she had been thrown into this place by the avalanche.
Su Xing remembered she was originally in the experimental base, so it seemed this place was a hidden secret room beneath the experimental base.
How interesting, she thought.
What would a famous scientist build such a place for under their former laboratory?
Thinking this, she suppressed the unease in her heart, squatted down, and opened her arms to the little fox, “Let’s walk with me holding you; it’ll be faster.”
The little fox lightly jumped into Su Xing’s embrace, a large ball of fluff landing softly in her arms. Then it reminded her, “I can only talk to you for these few days. After that, we won’t be able to communicate.”
Su Xing sighed.
She also knew she couldn’t be that lucky, to have barrier-free communication with her phantasm from the start.
Being able to maintain it for a while in this situation was already a pleasant surprise.
She rubbed the little fox’s head, “It’s okay, that’s enough.”
With such a powerful skill as a tornado as her trump card, Su Xing’s courage also increased significantly.
She understood the value of a top scientist; whatever they hid away might very well be something good.
Taking a gamble could turn a bicycle into a motorcycle.
Although there was a possibility of encountering danger, compared to that, Su Xing was more afraid of being poor her entire life.
Years of wandering had taught her the importance of courage; opportunities come and go.
Of course, bravery wasn’t recklessness.
Su Xing walked to the door and carefully pushed open a tiny crack to observe.
What she saw made her gasp.
There was someone outside!
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