I've already reached the Nascent Soul stage, and you're saying I didn't time travel?

Chapter 33 Torrential Rain!
"Holy shit, what's going on?!"

Why is it raining so heavily?

"Is the sky falling down?"

"Is it really raining?!"

"My God, this is terrifying!"

……

No wonder the viewers on Earth exclaimed in surprise; the scene in the live stream was simply too outrageous.

A fierce downpour poured down from the sky, like waterfalls cascading to the ground, crashing with deafening roars and splashing countless waves of water, mud, and even sand and gravel.

In the misty fog, streams rush down the terrain and head into the distance, eventually converging into ponds, which then connect to form lakes, sweeping in all directions and submerging everything around them.

Looking at the apocalyptic scene outside, Qi Xuan stood in the shack, and amidst the crackling sounds from the roof, he had to raise his voice and shout to the viewers in the live stream:

"As you can all see, the rain is particularly heavy today, several times heavier than yesterday. Given this situation, it seems impossible to go out and explore. It looks like we'll have to stay in the shack today, and we don't know when the rain will stop."

Upon hearing this, netizens couldn't hold back any longer:

"What time is it? I was still thinking about your exploration!"

"Why aren't you moving to a safe place right now? Once the water comes up, you won't be able to escape!"

"We can talk about exploration later, let's make sure we're safe first! I've never seen rain this heavy, not even during the 98 floods. It's like the river is pouring down from the sky!"

"Get out of here right now! If the shack collapses in the rain, you'll be trapped underneath and it'll be all over!"

"What kind of terrible idea is this? With rain pouring down outside, you can't just go out recklessly! You could easily get swept into the floodwaters!"

"Please, please, let's find a cave right now!"

"The caves are probably all submerged."

……

As if he could guess what the audience was thinking, Qi Xuan said with a smile:

"Don't worry too much, everyone. Although the rain is heavy here, I'm not going to be outdone. Before the rain, I reinforced the shack in multiple ways, dug bigger and deeper drainage ditches around it, and added various other protective measures such as drainage.

"You see, although it's raining heavily outside, not a single drop of water has gotten inside, which shows that my preparations were very thorough."

Qi Xuan demonstrated on the spot that the shack was very dry and the ground was not wet, which reassured the viewers in the live broadcast room.

"As for the water level below, it's almost impossible for it to rise to where I am now, unless it floods the entire forest first, which I can afford to gamble on."

At this point, Qi Xuan said with a hint of helplessness:
"It's really frustrating to be stuck in the rain and unable to get out. I was planning to explore the south today."

Three of the four directions are currently blocked; we can't let the last direction be blocked as well.

Unfortunately, the weather turned against us; with the heavy rain, the exploration in the south had to be postponed for the time being.

Seeing Qi Xuan's regretful expression, the live stream chat started discussing:
"If three directions are blocked, what is the possibility that the last direction is also blocked?"

"Needless to say? One in four! That's a pretty low chance."

"You're doomed! This is such a simple conditional probability problem, the answer is undoubtedly one in five!"

"Wait, why is it one-fifth? Shouldn't it be one-half?"

The netizens argued so much that they almost came to blows right there in the live stream.

However, other netizens are still discussing the situation of the floating continent:

"Such a heavy rain, even assuming it stops in an hour, there should be a lot of water on the ground, or even rivers. But when Qi Shen led us to explore, we didn't see many water sources. This shows that a severe drought is bound to follow the heavy rain!"

"Now I understand why I haven't seen any pheasants, rabbits, or other small animals for so long. In this hellish environment, how strong must their vitality be to survive?"

"Wildlife is a minor issue. In this kind of extreme weather with frequent torrential downpours, I seriously doubt whether indigenous people really exist."

"Damn, could it be that Qi Shen is the only person on the entire floating continent? How lonely that must be. Just thinking about it sends chills down my spine."

"Sigh, let's try to get out of here first. If we get blocked in the south too, then we're really doomed and completely trapped."

"Please don't do this! I'll pray for God Qi right now! I'll not deduct my salary for three days, just to ensure God Qi's safety!"

"I will not look at pornographic images for a week."

……

Qi Xuan walked into the shack and sat down. He casually brushed aside a few leaves and found a huge pile of food underneath, including pomegranate, amaranth, fragrant snow mushrooms, and many other things he couldn't name.

“Yesterday, in addition to reinforcing the shack, I also went to pick a lot of food to store up. With the amount I have here, even if this rain lasts for ten days or half a month, I will definitely not starve to death.”

What Qi Xuan didn't say was that if you add his ability to devour everything, even if all the food inside is gone, he could easily live for another two or three months just by eating the surrounding trees.

In the following live stream, Qi Xuan introduced the various foods at hand while eating them on the spot, and an hour passed quickly.

In the afternoon, the live stream content was also rather lackluster, but Qi Xuan had no choice. The rain was pouring down like a waterfall, without stopping for a while. He couldn't very well go outside and perform a live swimming show just for the sake of the live stream's effect, could he?
Don't shut down the live stream on the spot.

Fortunately, perhaps because he had accumulated some viewers through the live streams over the past few days, his popularity score didn't drop too much by the end of the live stream, reaching a full 11B. Qi Xuan didn't hesitate to spend two points.

One draw is bronze, the other is black iron.

Perhaps because the fire god Zhurong he wished for today wasn't very effective and couldn't withstand the torrential rain outside, the results of these two draws weren't great.

Qi Xuan didn't draw any spiritual materials in the bronze scroll, but instead drew a belt, which made him extremely heartbroken.

This is such a loss.

Something that could have been won with just 1B ended up costing ten times the amount.

However, there's no other way; to increase the probability of drawing various treasures, you have to use a higher-level lottery.

So be it, there will be upsets every time.

On the contrary, the subsequent Iron-level lottery gave him some consolation.

Because he won a basket of steamed buns, a basket of Sichuan-style beef buns, freshly baked and still steaming hot.

On a chilly, rainy day like this, a basket of hot Sichuan-style beef buns is enough to dispel all your worries.

Just as Qi Xuan was carefully savoring the delicious steamed buns, a group of uninvited guests suddenly visited his hometown, Xingfu Community.

(End of this chapter)