my stealth fighter

Chapter 359 Self-help
"Catherine, is there a fire outside?"

In the darkness, Arabella's voice was so small, pitiful, and helpless.

The wood crackled and burned, and the smell of smoke wafted through the crack of the door into the basement.

"Well, maybe the chef forgot to turn off the stove, you know, that chef from Italy is always careless." Catherine said, stroking her sister's hair.

"Will the wine cellar also catch fire? Will we be burned to death? Catherine, I don't want to be burned to death..." the younger sister cried.

"No, it's raining heavily outside, the fire brigade will arrive in a while, and then the fire will be extinguished." Catherine comforted.

"Really?"

"Really... Listen, isn't it raining..."

Catherine not only heard the sound of rain, but even the raindrops fell on her face.

Huh?Is the floor leaking?

Eyelids were as heavy as lead, she tried to open them, the darkness gradually faded, and the evening sky appeared in front of her eyes, the sun had not yet set, but the stars had appeared ahead of time, and black and white ashes were flying from her eyes.

"woke up."

No. 33 shook the wooden barrel, there was not much water in the first place, and poured precious rainwater on Catherine's face, there was only one bottom in the barrel, she drank it all, and then threw the wooden barrel away.

It was quite sweet when the rain first fell, but after a day in the barrel, the taste has changed a little.

Catherine was in a daze, as if she had had a very long dream, her head was a little dizzy, and her temples were still throbbing with pain. She couldn't figure out where she was, what happened, and even saw the face of No. 33 I can't remember her name at once.

Was it just a dream?
Why are dreams so real?Even the sound of burning wood and the smell of smoke are so real, even now that she's awake...

Wait a minute, she seems to remember something.

Helicopters, explosions...she didn't know what happened after that.

"Can you stand up?" asked No. 33.

As soon as Catherine moved, there was a contusion-like pain in her back, but this level of pain was tolerable, and she wouldn't cry out.

Because she was carrying a long and wide cross sword behind her back, she gritted her teeth, and could only turn over from the supine state, propped her limbs on the ground, and then tried to stand up.

She wobbled a few times, but managed to stay on her feet.

The hot wind blows in the face, and the scorching air waves come in bursts of ashes and choking smoke.

The area they are in can be said to be half forest, half flame, and even the deep evening sky is reflected in crimson, like a magnificent fire cloud.

The line of fire is moving outward slowly and firmly, and it is already unstoppable, expanding at a speed of about two meters per second. Every time a new area is opened up, the woods and weeds are first dried, scorched, and then caught fire, and the line of fire advances to the next area .

Two meters per second seems to be very slow, but the normal speed of a person in the forest may not necessarily be two meters per second. Just now, No. 33 was walking with Catherine, and Ouyang Caiyue was crawling with a baby on her back. Chasing after him.

As I walked, sometimes the forest that was not on fire suddenly caught fire in front of me. This was because the sparks and ashes blown over ignited the bushes.

No. 33 and Ouyang Caiyue were exhausted between large and small fire points, and finally found a temporarily safe location, put Catherine down, and tried to wake her up.

Catherine did not suffer serious trauma, only muscle contusion and a certain degree of concussion. She stood up and looked around, and saw Ouyang Caiyue who was holding the baby sitting beside her.

"Thank you just now." Ouyang Caiyue said.

When she detonated the fuel tank, she had already given up on herself and didn't want to live anymore. She planned to hold the baby like Ms. Wu and take the damage with her body. If Catherine hadn't shot suddenly, her body would definitely be thrown out by the shock wave, like a broken body. twisted like a toy.

Catherine waved her hand casually, telling her not to care, and then asked, "Where's Kali?"

"I don't know." Number 33 shook his head. "She was injured more seriously. Although I hope she was burned to death, it's probably unlikely. It should be nearby."

Catherine has self-knowledge. Even in her normal state, she can’t defeat the vampire-turned Kali. The difference in strength is too great. If there are four other sisters who cooperate, there will be some chances, but the sisters have already ascended to the kingdom of heaven. pointless.

"What should we do now?"

"No way, just wait." No. 33 said: "I really don't want to leave, I guess Jiang Chanji and the others should be here soon, so let's wait."

When splashing water on Catherine's face just now, No. 33 simply asked Ouyang Caiyue a few questions, asking where their helicopter departed from, how long it took to fly here, and who came.

According to Ouyang Caiyue's answer, No. 33 calculated the time. If No. 1 helicopter flies back to pick up Aurora, and then flies back immediately, even if there is no delay on the way, it will take at least 10 to [-] minutes.

Why was she so sure Aurora would come?Because only Aurora has the ability to control the fire, she has seen Aurora use crushed ice to extinguish the fire in the villa detonated by Jiang Chanji.

Regarding the last question, Ouyang Caiyue only knows Jiang Chanji, Chen Yiyi, and Arabella who reported her name. She doesn't know the names of the others, but judging from the appearance of those people she described, No. 33 knows that everyone is almost Everyone is here, except Zixuan and Fusu who are really useless and will only hold back.

"Arabella is here too?" Catherine was surprised when she heard this.

"You mean that blind...blind nun? Anyway, she claims to be Arabella." Ouyang Caiyue replied.

Catherine frowned, no wonder she dreamed about her younger sister just now, it turned out that her younger sister had come nearby.

She was worried that her younger sister would come to her before, but she couldn't stop her, so she was afraid of what would happen. In this dangerous forest, her blind sister would face greater danger than others.

However, this forest is not a place where you can come and go whenever you want, you come here, you can only stay at ease when you come, worrying is useless, I hope Jiang Chanji and the others can take good care of her sister because of her disability younger sister.

"How long will it take for the Aurora you mentioned?" Catherine asked.

"No matter how fast it is, it will take about 20 minutes." No. 33 estimates.

"So long?" Catherine was stunned.

"What do you think?" No. 33 said angrily: "The timing of your fainting is really just right, you don't have to worry about anything, and I have to carry on! It has only been about 30 minutes since the helicopter exploded. , although every minute feels like a year... Aurora and the others may have just boarded a helicopter to rush here, and the most optimistic estimate will take 1 minutes."

Every minute and every second in the fire scene is extremely long, and just half an hour feels like a century has passed.

Catherine watched the surrounding fire anxiously, let alone 20 minutes, within 10 minutes at most, the area they were in would not be safe.

"We can't rest anymore, we must find a safer place quickly." She urged.

No. 33 shook her head. On the road just now, she had seen that Ouyang Caiyue had difficulty moving. One foot must have been sprained. Even when crawling on the ground, the posture of the two feet was different, and one of them would always be awkward. The ground is tilted to avoid touching the ground. It is definitely not fast to walk like this, but Ouyang Caiyue cannot be left behind.

"You don't know anything when you faint. There is no place that is safe now. There are fires in all directions. Where you thought it was safe, after you pass by, you may find that it has been engulfed in flames, and even your escape route is blocked."

No. 33 is not an exaggeration. After the forest fire spread, it was so dangerous and elusive.

"Then what should we do? You can't just sit here and wait for death?" Catherine worried.

Ouyang Caiyue said: "There is a way, let's light a fire here first, and burn all the things that can be burned here to ashes, so that when the fire spreads, there will be nothing to burn."

This method sounds mysterious, Catherine doubted: "Is this possible?"

"Don't worry, I'm an expert in arson. If it doesn't work, I won't talk about it. I just don't know if I can burn it fast enough. If it burns slowly, it won't be finished when the forest fire sweeps over, then we will burn ourselves sent to the coffin." Ouyang Caiyue said frankly.

Although it sounds unbelievable, attacking fire with fire is an effective way to fight forest fires. When the fire is fierce and unstoppable, in order to reduce losses and casualties, we can only use fire to create a isolation zone or a safe area. In this way, when the fire line burns here, because there is nothing to burn here, the fire line will automatically bypass this area like the tide meets a reef.

Ouyang Caiyue is an expert in playing with fire, and often drills into deep mountains and old forests for money. Before setting fire, she will first consider what to do if the fire gets out of control. She can't burn herself to death. She will comprehensively consider the flammability of forest trees , wind direction, remedial measures, etc., but this time the fire was the biggest fire she let go, and she didn't think about anything when she set it on fire, just poking a big basket casually.

Now there is no other way, in order to persist until the arrival of reinforcements, they can only die as a living horse doctor.

Catherine drew out the cross sword, "In this case, let me do it. I have been in a coma for so long just now, so it is my compensation. I hope the method you said will work."

She activated the ability, and the hands holding the hilt of the sword suddenly became extremely incandescent, and countless strands of white light shot out from between her fingers, as if a sun was born in the palm of her hand.

Immediately afterwards, her palm returned to normal, and the blade of the cross sword seemed to be filled with white light, emitting a dazzling light that cannot be seen directly. No. 33 and Ouyang Caiyue, who were standing a few steps away, felt a strong shock Heat radiation.

Ouyang Caiyue covered the baby's eyes to prevent the baby's fragile visual system from being damaged by the strong light. She also turned her head to the side, secretly startled.

Catherine strode to the nearest tree, pierced the blade of the sword into the tree, and smoke burst out, and the whole tree was on fire in the blink of an eye. The burning process was shockingly fast, and it only took a few seconds. From the crown to the roots, it was burnt into charcoal. The most amazing thing is that the shape of the tree itself remained intact. This is because the burning speed was too fast, and it burned as a whole, and it didn't even have time to deform.

Ouyang Caiyue was dumbfounded. She is an expert in setting fires, and she could tell at a glance that this was definitely not an ordinary burning. Otherwise, the bark would be easy to talk about. How did the inside of the trunk burn without oxygen?Ordinary combustion is to slowly burn the wood from the outside to the inside, but Catherine's combustion... seems to directly carbonize the organic matter.

Catherine walked around them, poking the cross sword into trees or bushes as she walked. Wherever the blade went, the wood that was poked would be turned into charcoal in a short time, and the flames would be weaker and weaker. It burned for a while, and then went out, leaving only wisps of green smoke.

No. 33 followed her, felled all the charred trees, and kicked them to the outside.

If Lilith's vampirism is to accelerate the burning of life and obtain terrifying resilience, then Catherine can accelerate the burning of organic matter, and life itself is composed of organic matter. If the organic matter is burned out, how can life burn?

It didn't take long for the area they were in to become barren, a thick layer of black char and white ash.

With Ouyang Caiyue as the center, Catherine burned out a black circular area. As soon as she finished this work, the line of fire spread quietly, like a poisonous snake without making any sound. This is the horror of forest fire.

The hot wind hit their faces, and the faces of the three of them were all burnt with oil, and the ends of their hair were scorched. They stood in the center of the circle with their baby, and their eyes were fixed on the front line of fire. No success or failure.

The bright line of fire licked and ignited the grass and trees along the way, and when it reached the circular area, it was eaten away, because everything that could burn was burned, and the soil itself was not combustible.

A small gap appeared in the line of fire, bypassing this area, and then closed again, continuing to spread.

The three survived, and Qiqi breathed a sigh of relief.

Although they were not burnt to death, they were all parched and parched. The sweat was dripping from their bodies while being dried, smoke was coming from their throats, and half of the only bottle of mineral water had been poured on the baby to cool down.

At this moment, a hard and cold object landed on No. 33's head, bounced to the ground, melted into water droplets in an instant, and was immediately dried up and evaporated.

Immediately after—

Countless ice particles fell from the sky, one after another were thrown into the fire scene, and soon melted and evaporated after landing, while absorbing heat and lowering the temperature.

hail?

The size of each ice grain is between soybeans and peas. Although it hurts a little when it falls on the head, it will not hurt.

But the fire was too fierce, far from being comparable to the fire in the villa that was detonated by natural gas.

Ice and fire are engaged in a fierce tug-of-war over the forest, and it is not yet known who will win the battle.

finally come!

When No. 33 heard the sound of rumbling propellers from far to near, she couldn't help being secretly annoyed—the heroes all arrived in time at the critical moment to turn the tide, but Aurora was still one step too late. Several people have already done it!
(End of this chapter)