Bu Gu’s plan was very simple.
“How long can your Rock Barrier hold?”
Bu Gu looked at Yan Kuan.
Yan Kuan and Bu Gu had a good relationship in their previous life.
Although they had been separated not long after leaving the tunnel.
Later, due to their different affiliations, even if they knew each other was alive, they gradually lost contact due to the difference in their strength.
But Yan Kuan was still one of Bu Gu’s friends in his previous life.
“About half an hour. It will automatically disintegrate after half an hour.”
“Alright then, before the Rock Barrier disintegrates, use your Earth Element to create another wall, but don’t completely block it.”
Bu Gu walked to the wall, raised his right hand, and gestured from shoulder height.
“Roughly this spot, leave a hole, a hole big enough for that monster to stick its head through, understand?”
After speaking, Bu Gu raised the Lianxin Crossbow and gestured at the spot again.
Seeing this, everyone’s expressions varied; they instantly understood Bu Gu’s idea.
“To leave a hole, I haven’t tried it, I don’t know if it’ll work.”
Yan Kuan understood Bu Gu’s meaning, but he wasn’t confident.
When he used the Earth Element, he could actually see some brownish-yellow light points Floating in the air.
The moment he saw those light points, he felt a sense of stability and heaviness, so he guessed that those were the Earth Elements freely moving in the air.
His ability was to gather and command those Earth Elements.
But even though Yan Kuan’s affinity for Earth Element was as high as 80, commanding the Earth Element for the first time still made him feel strenuous.
Earth Elements were stable and heavy, like giant boulders. Each time, Yan Kuan had to exert all his strength to release them, pushing all the gathered Earth Elements out in one go to form a Rock Barrier.
This was like pushing a giant boulder uphill; he had to maintain full power to push the boulder to the top of the slope, otherwise, it was extremely easy to suffer a backlash.
However, Bu Gu’s words just now undoubtedly asked him to control his strength, to pause at a fixed point halfway up the slope, and then steadily move forward again.
To create a wall, he only needed to exert all his strength in one breath, pushing out all the gathered Earth Elements.
But to leave a hole, he had to keep some Earth Elements by his side.
He needed more precise control over the Earth Element.
Bu Gu’s words gave Yan Kuan new ideas. If he could truly master it, his Earth Element would no longer be just for defense, but would possess more powerful auxiliary and support capabilities.
“Take a break. Later, when your mental strength recovers a bit, you can try it first.”
Bu Gu patted Yan Kuan’s shoulder; he completely trusted Yan Kuan.
Yan Kuan’s Rock Barrier was key to Bu Gu’s plan, followed by the Lianxin Crossbow.
This green weapon, combined with the “Lianxin” skill, could basically instantly kill a Scarlet Hound by surprise.
However, the hit rate was crucial.
Given the Scarlet Hound’s agility, with his current physical fitness and reaction speed, hitting them in a frontal battle was not an easy task.
“Do we really have to fight those monsters to the death?”
“Is it possible that we can rely on the Rock Barrier constructed by Yan Kuan’s Earth Element to hold out until someone comes to rescue us?”
Lin Lin voiced her thoughts.
Before meeting Bu Gu, through Yan Kuan’s Rock Barrier, they had witnessed firsthand how the Scarlet Hounds massacred people in the tunnel.
It wasn’t that no one had resisted with their abilities, but it was almost like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.
When they saw Bu Gu and Lin Ye say they were going to rescue them, they were actually happy inside.
After all, although Yan Kuan’s Earth Element could continuously build Rock Barriers, surrounded by those monsters, their living space would only be continuously compressed, and they would soon face a dead end.
However, the situation was different now.
Everyone was relying on the Horizontal Cave, and the living space behind them was completely sufficient. As long as Yan Kuan continuously updated the Rock Barrier, they would have enough time to wait for rescue.
Therefore, compared to trying to kill those monsters, Lin Lin felt that defending and waiting for rescue was a better option.
After hearing this, Bu Gu explained the situation Old Liu had discovered earlier to Lin Lin and the others.
He could actually understand it, after all, many people were still drinking coffee this morning, living leisurely on campus or in office buildings.
In the blink of an eye, they had to fight to the death with monsters that killed without batting an eye. Bu Gu had also deeply experienced that feeling of collapse and desire to escape.
In his previous life, when Bu Gu realized that others had life-saving abilities, he also felt despair.
Because besides being able to Revival once, he had no capital to survive in the early stages.
It wasn’t until he later learned some skills through items and skillfully used crossbow-type weapons that he barely had the power to protect himself.
Numerous times at the brink of life and death, Bu Gu thought he would be the first to die.
He just didn’t expect that he miraculously survived time and again, until three years later.
By the time Bu Gu finished explaining the current situation of the tunnel, everyone was silent.
“How could this be…”
The tunnel’s cycle was a huge piece of bad news for Lin Lin and the others who had been hoping for rescue.
“The situation might get worse and worse in the future…”
“But fear and evasion will only hasten the arrival of death, and waiting and relying are not the gospel for the weak…”
Bu Gu’s words were not only for Lin Lin but also for everyone else present.
Bai Ting stared at Bu Gu, seemingly lost in thought.
Xiao Xiao, however, quite unhelpfully added, “I didn’t expect you to be so chuunibyou.”
Bu Gu ignored her. He walked straight to the side and threw the Lianxin Crossbow in his hand to Bai Ting.
“Next shot, you.”
Bai Ting was stunned, but he didn’t act coy, taking it smoothly and beginning to examine the weapon, trying to string it.
Bu Gu’s Decipher currently showed no offensive power, and even after upgrading, his combat power was limited.
If Yan Kuan could successfully carry out Bu Gu’s arrangements, then this arrow would almost certainly be a killing blow.
This energy, delivered right to their mouths, Bu Gu considered it carefully and decided to give it to Bai Ting.
Although Bai Ting contributed to killing that Scarlet Hound just now, most of the energy was ultimately absorbed by Bu Gu.
And now, Bu Gu urgently needed to strengthen the team’s combat power.
In other words, Bai Ting, as the strongest combat force in the team, needed to complete his upgrade first.
After all, no one could predict what the situation would be like next.
Bai Ting’s combat awareness and ability could already be glimpsed during the previous counterattack. Although he had a sour face, he was still reliable, so strengthening him first would undoubtedly provide greater insurance for the team.
Moreover, currently, besides Xiao Xiao, no one else was aware that killing monsters could yield energy, so there was no need to worry about everyone scrambling for this arrow.
After hearing Bu Gu’s plan, everyone had no objections, so they rested separately.
Lin Lin and Xiao Xiao sat on one side chatting, while Lin Ye returned to the storage room. He said he was going to look for anything that might be useful.
Wang Bin was holding his phone, looking for a signal. Although Bu Gu had warned him, he still didn’t believe it and wanted to try it himself.
Old Liu kept rummaging through his pockets and followed Lin Ye back to the storage room, seemingly looking for something.
Bai Ting was practicing using the Lianxin Crossbow nearby.
Twenty minutes later, Yan Kuan stood up from his spot, stretched his hands forward, spread his fingers, and with a flash of silver light in his eyes, the Earth Element was activated again.
Everyone saw a Rock Barrier slowly rising from the ground.
This time, the Rock Barrier rose from the ground not as quickly as before, but the Rock Barrier had a curve, no longer a straight rectangle like before.
Yan Kuan was drenched in sweat, clearly struggling.
The Rock Barrier slowly moved upward, quickly reaching the height where Bu Gu said to leave a hole.
But Yan Kuan still seemed unable to meet Bu Gu’s requirements. Although the Rock Barrier had a curve, it was impossible to leave a hole.
“Press your hands on the ground, you can communicate with more Earth Elements!”
Bu Gu reminded him at the right time.
The Earth Elements beneath the earth were four to five times more abundant than those freely moving in the air; this was what Yan Kuan had told him in his previous life.
Bu Gu clearly remembered that in his previous life, in formal battles, Yan Kuan’s hands were always pressed to the ground when he released his ability.
At this moment, Yan Kuan, seeing no hope of leaving a hole, simply listened to Bu Gu.
He squatted down, and the moment his hands touched the ground, he felt countless Earth Elements from beneath the earth converging towards him.
Before he could be surprised, Yan Kuan felt that he could control the shape of the Rock Barrier more easily.
It was as if the giant boulder, halfway up the slope, suddenly became hollow, and he could stop it steadily.
The Rock Barrier closed, and a basin-sized hole appeared at the position Bu Gu had previously indicated.
“I did my best. The previous wall will disintegrate in five minutes at most. The rest is up to you.”
Yan Kuan panted heavily, covered in sweat.
Although he said he did his best, his face showed an unconcealed joy.
Bu Gu gave Yan Kuan a thumbs-up, then turned to look at Bai Ting.
Bai Ting understood Bu Gu’s meaning. Yan Kuan’s part was fine; now it was his turn.
Time ticked by.
After Yan Kuan’s reminder, a minute before the end, Bai Ting stood three meters in front of the hole.
At this distance, he could guarantee a hit.
Everyone else, except Bai Ting, had already moved to one side.
Wang Bin even had a fireball in his right hand.
Bai Ting had strung the crossbow early. He raised the Lianxin Crossbow, aimed at the hole, and waited quietly.
Suddenly, a soft sound. Everyone’s hearts, except for Bu Gu’s, jumped into their throats.
Bai Ting appeared calm, but the veins on his left hand, gripping the crossbow arm, bulged.
“Here it comes!”
Through the hole, everyone clearly saw the Rock Barrier behind them collapsing with a crash.
With a series of roars, the head of a Scarlet Hound emerged from the hole.
The next second, two arrow whistles, a red light…