20. Earth, thunderstorms, and fire
The huge size of the strange tree was completely disproportionate to its movement speed, and Cangshu and Xu Banxia couldn't imagine that such a big tree could actually move fast, and the countless rhizomes were like vigorous long-distance runners, running away with the strange tree.
Cangshu and Xu Banxia tried their best, but they only saw the tail smoke left by the strange tree, and then the strange tree disappeared from the field of vision of the two. And at this time, the earth is still trembling, and the amplitude is getting bigger and bigger! Cangshu and Xu Banxia staggered and ran, stumbling and falling to the ground! Then the ground began to collapse, leaking out what seemed to have been hollowed out.
The large chunk of the ground collapsed quickly thinking about spreading around, Xu Banxia struggled to get up, but found that he couldn't get up at all! There seemed to be a huge suction force on the ground that was holding her firmly to the ground. Not far away, Atractylodes was also firmly locked on the ground by this strange suction.
The two of them watched helplessly as the huge crack spread towards them, and the "click" of the earth cracking was endless! Suddenly, the ground sank, and the ground where the two of them were located sank down a little. And the heartbeat of the two was almost to their throats.
Slowly, both Cangzhu and Xu Banxia felt that the weird suction was slowly decreasing, and the two struggled to get up again, this time the two stood up! Running is the biggest thought of the two at this time, but a bigger crisis is coming.
The earth gradually returned to calm, but the air seemed to be filled with a strange aura, Cangzhu watched Xu Banxia's long hair float up one by one, and his scalp was numb, this scene made Cangzhu shudder! Xu Banxia also saw such a scene, "If something is abnormal, there must be a demon!" This apocalyptic wise quote flashed through her mind!
"Let's go!" After Xu Banxia roared in a low voice, Cangshu ran after her. Rumble! A loud bang exploded around the two of them! A bolt of lightning slammed into the place where the two had been standing! This scared both of them into death! Throwing off his two long legs, he began to run frantically.
But the two of them didn't run, and as soon as they ran, a series of explosions and thunders rang out behind their butts, and they could even smell the scorching temperature in the air. Cangshu scolded while running: "Grandma, Lao Tzu hasn't done anything bad in his life, and he hasn't sworn a poisonous oath!" It's also a fucking old man! I ...... "Before I could curse two sentences, I was almost hit by a lightning bolt!"
And Xu Banxia, who was beside him, had a lot of luck, and those thunderbolts seemed to be conscious, always slashing not far from her. These thunderbolts kept splitting, and the loud sound shook the ears of the two people into ornaments for a while, and the two of them could only hear the buzzing tinnitus at this time.
Gradually, the two of them felt the numb and crispy feeling around them disappear quickly in the process of running, and when they looked up, they knew that the two had run out of the city, and in the interior of the city, under the dusk sky, there was a layer of clouds as black as ink floating, and those thunderbolts burst out from this ink cloud.
Under the ink clouds, countless thunderbolts shone brightly, as if the whole world had turned into thunder, and a huge sound echoed between the empty heaven and earth. Cangshu and Xu Banxia's ears gradually returned to normal at this time, and the two of them looked at the thunder and lightning that were raging in the distance, and they had a sense of happiness for the rest of their lives.
"Smack!" A flash of thunder flashed and hit the ground that had collapsed just now, and then Cangshu and Xu Banxia felt the earth tremble, and a tongue of fire against the sky went straight to the sky! It is also unknown what this lightning bolt has just struck and caused this huge explosion. As the exploding tongue of fire swept straight into the sky, the ink cloud that emitted thunder was also dispersed by more than half.
The ink cloud gradually dissipated, the tongue of fire was gone, and the momentum that rushed to the sky just now dissipated a lot. Cangshu and Xu Banxia were both stunned by such a spectacular scene in front of them. Then the two of them heard a roar coming from behind them! When the two looked back, they were so frightened that they ran away! That monster actually ran back again!
"Whew!" When the strange tree was running, it was obvious that it had seen Cangshu and Xu Banxia, so those air roots hanging low on the branches came to life and shot towards the two of them. Fortunately, Cangshu and Xu Banxia were not slow, and the air roots of the strange tree were a little short, which allowed the two to escape.
The two of them looked at the strange tree that no longer paid attention to the two of them, and then looked at the place where they were now happened to be near the city, so they planned to search around here, and find a place to rest by the way, after all, in this barren place, no one knows what strange things will appear near this place at night.
The two of them searched the ruins as they watched the surroundings in case there were similar strange trees or other monsters. Between their searching, the two sighed at how big the city was.
"Atractylodes, come and help me lift this slate!" When the two of them were exploring separately, suddenly Xu Banxia shouted Atractylodes, and when Atractylodes came to Xu Banxia's side, he found that something seemed to be emitting a strange light under the stone slab in front of Xu Banxia!
"What's down here?" Atractylodes squatted curiously in front of the stone slab, trying to look through the cracks, trying to know what was inside. It's a pity that the bright light in the gap just makes Atractylodes feel pain in his eyes! "Whoa!" Since you can't see it, open it up and take a look! The idea of Atractylodes was very simple, and the method was also very practical, and the stone slab was lifted above the head by Atractylodes and thrown aside with all its might.
The slate was removed, and the two of them saw that there was a lighted passage below, except for the nearest lamp, the inside of the passage was pitch black, as if a large mouth was waiting for the food to enter by itself. Cangshu and Xu Banxia couldn't help but be a little overjoyed when they saw this passage.
For Cangshu and Xu Banxia, in this apocalypse, most of the known places where people gather are underground! At least there are still a lot of places similar to cave towns that Xu Banxia has explored before, but because of the attacks of the Devil Gang or monsters, most of these places have fallen or are difficult to protect themselves.
As for this newly discovered place, Cangshu and Xu Banxia still decided to go deeper, after all, there are not many normal people in the last days, and no matter how intriguing they are, it is meaningless. The two of them hope that this is not the territory of some monster or a rioter like the Devil's Gang!
Xu Banxia raised his wrist, the weapon on his wrist shone with a faint green light, and Cangshu took out the long knife left by the old mayor and walked forward, and the two walked down the passage one after the other.
In the deep passage, there are electric lights at intervals, and under these electric lights, some symbols are engraved. Cangshu looked closer and said, "I remember that when I was in history class before, the teacher used to teach this word, and it seemed to mean bitter!" Cangshu explained to Xu Banxia while watching.
A cool breeze accompanied the two people who gradually went deeper into the passage, and Atractylodes found that there were all engraved words under those bulbs, and there were only four symbols, fortunately, these symbols Atractylodes had been learned, and these four symbols represented 'suffering, concentration, extinction, and Tao' As the two gradually deepened, the interval between the lights became smaller and smaller, and the frequency of these four symbols appearing together became higher and higher!
At last the two of them came to the end of the passage, and a large gate stood in front of them, on which was painted a tiger made of light and a man in a white robe whose face could not be seen clearly, and around the painting were carved the four symbols. Cangshu and Xu Banxia looked at this painting and the four symbols, and their eyes were attracted to the Tiger of Light and the white-robed man on the painting.
"Damn, I can't take my eyes off it!" Cangshu thought in his heart, his eyes staring at the strange painting, but his body couldn't move anyway. "Two, don't sleep!" Atractylodes shouted inwardly.
"I'm sick of it! Why are you so weak?! No. 2 Cangshu nagged impatiently in his inner world, and he only waved his hand casually. Seeing that Cangshu's eyes flashed two red lights, Cangshu's body returned to normal, and he hurriedly turned his head not to look at the strange image, and looked at Xu Banxia behind him.
Xu Banxia looked at the image in a daze, just like the atractylodes just now, and his whole body trembled slightly, as if he was resisting the power of that image. Cangshu hurriedly stepped forward and covered his hand in front of Xu Banxia's eyes. When the line of sight was blocked, Xu Banxia also returned to normal.
At this moment, the door actually made a sound, and the two hurriedly hid in the corner of the passage, and when the door opened, a person wearing a white robe and holding a string of beads in his hand walked out, while Cangshu and Xu Banxia ran into the door while the door was not related, and the person who came out did not pay attention.
"Huh? Something seems to have gone in just now? The white-robed man outside the door seemed to hear something, and when he looked back, there was nothing behind the door that had not yet been closed, and he looked around again, and muttered at the bottom of his mouth, "Lord of the Four Noble Truths protect!" Seeing that there was nothing strange around, the white-robed man walked up the passage.
And Cangshu and Xu Banxia, who hid when they entered the gate, found that the two of them had come to an underground cavern that was even bigger than a cave town! Countless rays of light in this cave, especially in the central area, have converged there, but there are not many people. Moreover, Cangshu and Xu Banxia also saw that in some places in this cave, the sky actually leaked from above.
Near the leaking gap, several white-robed men were working to repair the walls of the cave that had been shattered by the earthquake. Not far away, the two of them also saw a large hole that was erupting flames, and another group of white-robed people surrounded it, worshipping the flames continuously.
"What is this place?"
Cangshu asked quietly to Xu Banxia.
Xu Banxia shook his head and replied, "I don't know, there are no similar white-robed people near the cave town, not even similar monsters. But I think they're all pretty peaceful, so there's no danger......"