Elevator Dimension Line

Click!

A bolt of lightning streaked across the sky, leaving a blue-white-purple spiderweb-like trail before disappearing in an instant.

Tantai Ye stood under the eaves, looking up at the torrential rain from the sky.

This scene also made Yang Yan, who was standing to the side, somewhat lost in thought. At this moment, the man in front of him seemed to have become one with the sky, he was the endless sky in front of him.

"Do you have any doubts about what I said?" Tantai Ye asked.

Before Yang Yan could utter a sound, he saw the other party raise his hand, and the water flowing from the eaves did not fall to the ground, but instead swirled and gathered in front of his hand.

A moment later, a huge water mass formed, which then wriggled and deformed into a long spear. With a wave of his hand, the spear shot into the distant sky.

Boom~~

With a sound like muffled thunder, the spear that had shot into the rain exploded in mid-air, creating a vacuum sphere tens of meters in diameter.

Raindrops scattered and danced, as if the heavy rain in that area had paused briefly before falling again as a curtain of rain.

Yang Yan stared in disbelief at the scene. The other party had simply waved his hand casually, seemingly without using any force at all.

Just how powerful is this?!

Just as she was lost in thought, a figure emerged rapidly from the rain, leaping into the main courtyard where the leader was.

Tantai Ye raised an eyebrow and pointed over there, saying, "Something might have happened. Do you want to go check it out?"

“Even if something happens, the leader will handle it. My task now is to take good care of you,” Yang Yan said.

“Entertainment~~” Tantai Ye chuckled, “That word is not good. It feels too formal. I think ‘accompany’ would be better.”

“We’re not familiar with each other; you’re just a guest of our Manji Valley,” Yang Yan said calmly.

"That's a really heartless thing to say. We've had physical intimacy!" Tantai Ye laughed.

"That, that was just an accident..." Yang Yan blushed, about to say something more, when several figures ran past the courtyard gate not far away, interrupting her.

Just then, a figure passing by the courtyard gate saw the two and stopped.

“It’s Gennosuke,” Kagerou said, ignoring the rain, as he walked down the eaves and headed towards the courtyard gate.

Seeing this, Tantai Ye shook his head speechlessly. This silly woman, the other person was wearing a raincoat, while she was only wearing a kimono. She would be soaked in no time.

Tantai Ye raised her arm, and an umbrella appeared in her palm. She followed him.

"What happened?" Tantai Ye asked.

The fact that the other person stopped here specifically to say something clearly indicates that they wanted to.

"Something happened on the other side of the river. A flash flood destroyed the waterwheel, and many of us were swept away by the water," Koga Gennosuke said in a deep voice.

"Ah!" Yang Yan exclaimed in surprise.

"Where do you repair your waterwheel?" Tantai Ye asked, frowning.

“The river bend in the Yamaguchi,” Gennosuke said.

Tantai Ye didn't say anything more. This was common sense; the bends in the mountain pass were the most prone to flash floods, and building a waterwheel there...

"Where's Hu Yi? Hu Yi went to help repair the waterwheel. Is she alright?" Yang Yan asked hurriedly, remembering the situation.

Gennosuke frowned. "The Hu Yi went too?"

He clearly didn't know about this; the person who came earlier only reported that something had happened at the waterwheel.

"Let's go take a look!" Tantai Ye sighed softly.

Hu Yi was, after all, his wife Hoshimi Miya's first friend in this world, so naturally he had to care about him.

At that moment, the three of them braved the rain and headed towards the waterwheel outside the village.

Gennosuke was wearing a raincoat, which provided some protection against the rain, while Tantai Ye and Yang Yan were only holding an umbrella. If it were a light rain, it would be fine, but at this moment the rain was heavy, and it could be considered a storm. It was impossible for an umbrella to block all the rain.

Gennosuke then discovered a magical place where the rainwater couldn't get close to Tantai Ye at all. Even Kagerou, who was under the same umbrella as him, didn't get a single drop of rain on him. Not only that, but there didn't seem to be any mud or water under their feet, and even Kagerou's wooden clogs were dry.

You have to understand, that's simply impossible. Once you step outside the village, the roads are all muddy and wet. Even if you walk on some grass, it's impossible to avoid getting muddy at all.

But now, the two of them are completely dry, without a speck of water or mud on them. How did they manage to do that?

Actually, not to mention Gennosuke, even Kagerou herself found it unbelievable. She felt it the most strongly; when she came out from under the eaves, her kimono was soaked, and her wooden clogs were already dripping wet.

But as soon as Tantai Ye came to her side, the wet clothes seemed to have dried without her noticing. Now, there was no wetness under her feet, and even though she had stepped into a puddle, her wooden clogs were still dry.

Yang Yan turned her head and looked at Tantai Ye with a curious gaze, while the latter simply winked at her.

Soon, the three arrived at a river bend at the entrance to the mountain outside the village. Even before they got close, they could see that the river was several times wider than usual.

Where waterwheels once stood on the riverbank, only the surging river remains, and the houses next to the waterwheels have been washed away and disappeared.

"It seems that a major flood occurred upstream, triggering a flash flood," Tantai Ye said softly.

Looking along the riverbank, Yang Yan could see several figures wearing straw raincoats searching for something along the river.

At that moment, a man with a ball-like body suddenly appeared out of nowhere and came to Gennosuke's side. He wasn't wearing a raincoat and let the heavy rain soak him.

"What did Josuke discover?" Gennosuke asked.

The man named Josuke shook his head, his face looking rather grim.

“We have five missing people. These five people were repairing waterwheels at the waterwheel house when the river rushed down and they didn’t have time to run away.”

"What about Hu Yi? Is she among those five people?" Yang Yan asked hurriedly.

Udono Josuke nodded and said, "Someone saw her in the room at the time, but she didn't come out afterwards."

Yang Yan raised her hand to cover her mouth; the rest of the message was obvious... It looked like a terrible situation!

"Where are the others?" Gennosuke asked.

“They are searching along the river,” said Udono Josuke, though he sounded unsure of himself, clearly knowing the consequences might not be good.

"Young Master Gennosuke, what should we do?" Yang Yan asked anxiously, looking at Gennosuke.

Gennosuke looked at the rolling river in front of him, his brows furrowed. He was helpless; what could anyone do in the face of nature?

"Don't worry, let me try. Hu Yi is my wife's good friend, after all. I won't let anything happen to her. Even if she dies, I will bring her back to life."

Tantai Ye spoke up from the side, but his words sounded like bragging.

However, Tantai Ye didn't care about the gazes of the others. He simply raised his hand, and a fist-sized spherical object shot out from in front of his hand...