Chapter 182: Heng Jin, This Timely Rain Has Arrived (Seeking Votes)

After being locked in the underground garage, Jing Shu felt something was wrong. She regretted not having installed bulletproof windows on the energy vehicle. Meanwhile, her mind quickly went through the list of surviving enemies...

Emmm, there were quite a few, but very few posed a real threat.

"More likely, they intentionally locked the garage to force us onto the surface and ambush us," Jing Shu deduced.

Regardless, Jing Shu proceeded with caution. She instructed her family to stay in the car and drive slowly, as the most immediate threats were guns. The possibility of grenades and bombs was low since these were controlled items, though not entirely impossible.

Although her family thought Jing Shu was overreacting, considering the strict laws in place, who would ambush them out of sheer boredom?

Moreover, almost every household no longer had kitchen knives. How would they ambush them? Even those with guns would find it difficult to hit the car in such darkness and heavy rain, so managing to shoot accurately would already be impressive.

Nevertheless, her family followed Jing Shu’s advice and stayed cautious.

The car couldn’t stop just because of suspicions, nor could they call Li Yuetian to ask him to send protection because Jing Shu thought someone might want to kill her. Consequently, the car made a large detour, and even Jing Shu didn’t notice anything unusual.

"Seems I was overthinking it."

As they were about to turn the corner and reach home, the entire car was suddenly blown over by an explosion. Screams erupted from inside the vehicle.

Jing Shu's heart pounded rapidly, and her eyes became exceptionally bright. The world seemed to slow down in that instant.

She saw what looked like the trajectory of a grenade heading toward her. Without hesitation, Jing Shu arranged four rows of massive stones in her Rubik’s Cube space and launched them instantly.

In such a critical moment, she knew she had to repel whatever was coming, whether it was a grenade or not. Grenades are known to devastate an area within 15 meters, and Jing Shu couldn’t risk her family’s lives.

At the moment of the explosion, Jing Shu realized her prediction was correct—it was indeed a grenade! In her past life, she hadn’t seen guns for ten years, but in this life, not only did she see them often, but she was also fortunate enough to have experienced grenade explosions.

Fortunately, due to her enhanced reaction abilities from practicing her Rubik’s Cube space, Jing Shu intercepted the grenade mid-air, preventing the flipped car from causing secondary damage.

"Jing Shu, don’t act impulsively! Wait for Dad to come out; it's dangerous outside!"

"Hurry and see what happened. I’m here!" her mother’s voice rang out.

"I’m stuck inside and can’t get out. Help me." Her father struggled but couldn’t free himself.

The family inside the car was still in shock. Jing Shu was the first to tumble out. She ran toward the direction where the grenade was thrown and summoned poisonous bees from her Rubik’s Cube space to fly swiftly, ready to launch another batch of massive stones to prevent a second grenade.

Unfortunately, Jing Shu only saw a young man near the window, his face almost demonic, bleeding from all seven orifices. His eyes seemed to convey an incredible expression.

"So, I was discovered after all," Jing Shu murmured softly. He must have seen the sudden appearance of the massive stones.

However, the man straightened up and fell backward.

Peering through the window, Jing Shu noticed a large, yet unrecovered scar on his shoulder blades, along with various wounds. It seemed he was already near death, and the explosion’s aftereffects were the final death blow.

"Thinking of dragging us all down before dying," Jing Shu stabbed him dozens of times to vent her anger. With such a twisted mindset, he was undoubtedly Shangguan Jun.

At this moment, The Fat Chicken also jumped down from the car, rubbing against Jing Shu’s thigh. It seemed to sense her anger and obediently refrained from devouring the corpse this time.

Jing Shu had always wondered how Shangguan Jun would return to target Wu Youai but hadn’t expected him to come alone and use the most tedious method of staking out.

"When did he start targeting me? Did he avoid revealing his identity because he knew my house had surveillance? It seems I need to expand the monitoring range in the future."

Jing Shu wiped away the rainwater and, while her family was still recovering from the shock, quickly stored the large stones back into her space. In this battle, she had lost over a dozen massive stones. The front rows had already shattered into rubble, and the stones in the back were cracked. Massive stones are consumable, so she would need to obtain more defensive equipment if the opportunity arose.

If a grenade had exploded on the car, there was no doubt her entire family would have perished. The thought alone was terrifying!

Jing Shu felt it was time to reflect. She had always believed there was still a semblance of social order in the apocalypse. With guns and grenades, what dangers couldn’t she overcome?

This time it was just a grenade, but what if next time it was something more powerful?

In her past life, she was too poor to be noticed by anyone. In this life, with her Rubik’s Cube space and abundant resources, she also needed corresponding abilities to protect them.

First and foremost, she needed to enhance her strength. Through this incident, Jing Shu realized her ability to detect dangers was insufficient.

At that moment, she could command the bees to attack people, but it was one-sided.

For example, she could only issue commands to the bees but couldn’t receive feedback, not even knowing if the bees had stung anyone.

If she could control the bees to patrol a circuit, she would know where people were and the terrain’s condition, thereby avoiding many dangers. Just like today, she wouldn’t have been ambushed.

The Fat Chicken drank the most from the spiritual spring, and Jing Shu could only faintly receive its intentions. This indicated that the issue wasn’t with the spiritual spring but with the space level being too low. The first and second forms of the space displayed completely different abilities. It was certain that each upgrade would enhance the overall capability.

Jing Shu suddenly felt an urgent need to upgrade her Rubik’s Cube space. She had a premonition that the upgraded space would greatly assist her, possibly allowing her to integrate it with her own powers. Currently, she only had physical strength, which was of little use. Jing Shu planned to go back and study it thoroughly.

Before upgrading her Rubik’s Cube space, she could perhaps use night-vision infrared pinhole cameras placed on the bees to help with monitoring.

As Jing Shu finished storing the stones, her father suddenly rushed out, seeing that Jing Shu was unharmed. He breathed a sigh of relief. "How was it? What was that explosion sound just now?"

"Someone planted explosives. Fortunately, the car just flipped over, diverting the blast. When I got there, the person was already dead. Let’s get Grandma and Grandpa out first, and then deal with the rest."

Luckily, her parents had been drinking the spiritual spring for over a year, keeping them in good shape. After rescuing them, the whole family was unharmed. However, the car was severely damaged, and it was unclear if it could be driven again. Moreover, with such a heavy car flipping over, even with all her strength, Jing Shu couldn’t flip it back.

"Call Li Team?"

Jing Shu shook her head. The scene was too bizarre. Last time, Yang Yang had already suspected something, so they couldn’t let the police arrive again.

Fortunately, at this moment, Heng Jin called, saying he had arrived in Wucheng!