Chapter 415: Chapter 188: Thoughts of the Crowd, Chen Brothers_3 Minru couldn’t help but shout, "Brother Lu, stop wasting your time, you won’t catch up with Mr. Liang that way." Lu Dayou turned a deaf ear, angrily continuing to paddle. However, the floodwaters surged and receded. Just when he had managed to paddle less than twenty meters forward, a wave pushed him back. Lu Dayou angrily slapped the water surface, his eyes suddenly red with frustration, and roared, "Just a little bit more, just a little bit more!" He lay on the plank, ignoring Minru’s calls behind him, letting the waves push the raft forward. Drifting with the waves, the three of them went their separate ways, moving further and further apart. Minru couldn’t help but look at Lili, persuading, "Lili, it’s been so long, I’m afraid Zhang Peng won’t come up. Staying in this water is too dangerous." Wen Lili’s eyes were red, but she ignored her. Minru sighed helplessly and tried to persuade again, "It seems there’s a neighborhood over there. How about we find a place to settle down over there? If Zhang Peng is still alive, he’ll definitely swim to the nearest building." "Maybe he’s already swum over there." This sentence immediately sparked a glimmer of hope in Lili’s eyes. She looked up and asked, "You... you make a good point. Zhang Peng must have swum to the nearby buildings." "Let’s go to those buildings and look for him." Minru breathed a sigh of relief and quickly said, "I’ll manipulate the water flow." She clapped her hands, and the floodwaters suddenly surged. Two streams of water accelerated forward with her gestures. The water pushed the paddles, speeding towards the distant buildings. They rode the waves, swiftly gliding towards the tall buildings in the distance. ... Nearly three hours later, the sky was gradually darkening. The already gloomy sky was approaching nightfall as time passed. On the three rafts, two sunflowers seemed like beacons on the water, their warm glow illuminating the rafts and the surrounding water. Liang Yuan took out a map, frowning as he checked it, occasionally looking up at the nearby buildings. However, the closer they got to Yangshan, the fewer tall buildings there were nearby. There weren’t many landmarks to refer to. As he pondered, Yang Mei suddenly said, "Little brother, look over there, there’s a light over there." At her words, Liang Yuan immediately looked up and saw a fishing boat floating on the distant water! On the fishing boat, an oil lamp was lit, with two young men sitting at the bow. They looked warily at Liang Yuan and his group, who were over a hundred meters away. Zhao Kai quickly shouted, "Hey, where did you come from?" The young men on the fishing boat cautiously replied, "Who are you? Where did you come from?" Zhao Kai looked at Liang Yuan, who slightly nodded. Only then did Zhao Kai shout, "We escaped from Meidu Garden. Where did you come from?" "Meidu Garden? Brother, isn’t that near Linjiang University?" One of the young men, a tall, burly guy in a vest, said softly. The other young man, wearing a black T-shirt and sporting a crew cut with an air of shrewdness, nodded and said, "Yes, that’s near Linjiang University. I remember our third uncle’s house was bought near there." "Chen Cai, be careful. We can’t trust anyone except ourselves right now." "Don’t worry, brother, I know." Chen Cai nodded and shouted back to Liang Yuan, "Where are you headed?" Zhao Kai didn’t hide anything and directly said, "We’re heading to Yangshan. The floodwaters are everywhere now, so we plan to seek refuge in a higher place. Where are you guys from? Where are you heading?" Chen Cai was surprised and turned to his brother Chen Jun, "They’re also going to Yangshan? Should we warn them, brother?" Chen Jun looked at the three rafts in Liang Yuan’s group, his mind racing, and said softly, "Yangshan has already been occupied by those people. We were driven out when we tried to join them." "Well, this group is quite large. If we can leverage their strength, maybe we could cause some trouble at Yangshan together." Chen Cai’s eyes lit up and he said immediately, "So should we tell them the truth?" Chen Jun thought for a moment and then shook his head, "No, they might not believe us if we tell them. Just say we’re also heading to Yangshan. We’ll blend in with them and seize the opportunity to head to Yangshan together. If a fight breaks out, we rush in." "Alright!" Chen Cai nodded immediately. He shouted to Liang Yuan’s group, "Folks, we’re also heading to Yangshan. It’s such a coincidence! Can we travel together?" Zhao Kai was surprised. Ding Yan, next to him, said, "Ask them if they know where Yangshan is." Zhao Kai nodded and immediately shouted, "Hey, we almost got lost coming this way. Do you know where Yangshan is?" Chen Jun, hearing this, suddenly realized that if it were before, Yangshan, with its prominent hill, would be visible. But now, with the floodwaters, even Yangshan was partially submerged. From a distance, it might not be easy to spot Yangshan. He then shouted, "Yes, we live nearby and are heading to Yangshan. Let’s go together; it’s safer that way." Zhao Kai and his group were overjoyed. Finding local guides to Yangshan was much better than wandering randomly. Crucially, the sky was getting dark, and they couldn’t afford any more delays. The dangers in the floodwaters surely multiplied in the dark. They approached slowly, but neither group rashly boarded the other’s vessel. Zhao Kai stepped forward and greeted, "Hi, I’m Zhao Kai. This is our leader, Liang Yuan." Liang Yuan scrutinized the two men, unable to tell if they had awakened any superpowers from their appearance. But to dare to sail with just the two of them on a boat in the floodwaters, they were likely superpower users. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮 The question was, what kind of superpowers did they have? Chen Jun introduced, "I’m Chen Jun, and this is my brother, Chen Cai. We’re residents near Colorful Stone Lake." "After the great flood, our home was submerged, so we moved onto the boat." Liang Yuan suddenly asked, "Just the two of you? Where are your families?" Chen Jun glanced at Liang Yuan and said, "They’re settled in a nearby high-rise building." Liang Yuan pondered, "Are there tall buildings near Yangshan?" "Not that close, about ten kilometers away. The nearest neighborhood is Zhongjian Court." Zhao Kai couldn’t help but ask, "How far are we from Yangshan? We spent too much time coming from Meidu Garden, and the floodwaters have covered the ground, rendering the GPS navigation useless." Chen Jun realized that this group had gotten lost. He smiled and said, "Then you’re lucky. It’s less than five kilometers from here to the former Yangshan Garden." Chen Cai added, "If it weren’t this dark, you should be able to see Yangshan by now."