Chapter 0390: Mythological Origin
In the early morning of the eastern day, there was no morning sun, and the whole sky was covered with dark clouds, and the temperature dropped suddenly.
Qin An had never seen such extreme weather, and in his impression, if the temperature was very low, the sky would generally be blue, because there was no temperature and water vapor conditions for a large number of clouds.
Maybe it has something to do with the end times, right? After all, the world is not the same as it used to be.
With five hundred men out of the city, they marched diagonally to the northwest, and finally reached the bank of the moat, where they crossed the river, and on the opposite side stood a large tree with a diameter of more than two meters and a height of more than a hundred meters.
The branches and foliage of this tree were extremely luxuriant, and from the ground twenty meters upward, many branches with a diameter of fifty or sixty centimeters were scattered, and more branches were scattered on the branches.
What's even more amazing is that on these branches, there are also many mutant pine fruits the size of footballs, making it look like a man-eating tree in hell.
Yue Zichen was not attracted by the strange tree, but said to Qin An with emotion: "The boss is really careful!" No wonder you let us go out of town with axes, pickaxes, and shovels! I was just thinking about cleaning up the battlefield and forgot about this tree! You're trying to destroy the tree, right? Right! If we don't break it, our moat won't work as it should. ”
Liu Xia had been following Qin An's side, and when she saw the giant tree, she opened her mouth slightly and said, "Why is this tree so big?" Look at its roots, it's already filling up this section of the river! ”
Qin An smiled and nodded, and then said, "It may be some kind of mutation!" I don't know why it grew so big, but I do know it just grew a while ago! In other words, it has not experienced heavy rain, and the trees should still be dry! Now we are facing a snow disaster, and we urgently need firewood for heating! I think a tree of this size should be enough for us to burn for a while, right? I just don't know if it's easy to ignite after mutating, but I think with your special ability to ignite the flame, you should be able to burn it and use it for us! ”
Liu Xia nodded obediently, glad that his special ability could help.
And Yue Zichen is full of admiration for Qin An! This little god-killing god is really smart!
Qin An was holding a machete in his hand. He quickly reached the other side of the river, and without hesitation, he grasped the hilt of his knife with both hands and began to cut down trees!
Although the trees are huge, the hardness of the wood is not much stronger than that of ordinary trees. With the blessing of Qin An's arms of several thousand catties, it didn't take much effort for the trees to be cut down and then dumped on the ground.
Qin An stepped forward to take a look at the cross-sectional incision of the tree, and found that it was not very different from ordinary trees, and it was also solid, but on the incision, small particles could be seen wriggling back and forth, as if they were alive.
Is this big tree alive?
After Qin An was stunned for a moment, he shook his head indifferently, raised his hand and used a machete to cut off a palm-sized piece of wood at the broken part of the tree trunk, and asked Liu Xia to use his flame ability to ignite it and put it on the ground.
Yue Zichen and the others were first shocked by Liu Xia's ability to summon flames at hand, and then they were shocked by the wooden blocks burning on the ground!
Everyone including Qin An and Liu Xia didn't expect that this piece of wood was extremely easy to burn, and it burned very slowly, and a small piece of wood burned for more than ten minutes and there was no momentum to be extinguished!
At the same time, the heat it releases is also very strong, and you can feel a little warmth from a distance of more than ten meters because of the burning flame.
Qin An was overjoyed after seeing it! Haha, this is simply the best gift from the enemy to the refugees in the West City of Ruyan!
The mood suddenly improved, and Qin An began to instruct everyone to use the axes and machetes in their hands to cut off all the branches on the big tree one by one.
It took 500 people half an hour to complete the work, and the branches of the cut trees had been chopped into a hill!
Qin An was even happier when he saw it, and he shouted at Yue Zichen and the others, "Okay! Come together, divide three hundred people, and carry the trunk of this big tree back to the city of smoke with me! A hundred more people looking for tools to carry the branches! A hundred others remained, and with the tools in your hands, they went to the other side of the ground and dug out the roots of the tree. The trunk is so tall that I guess its roots can't be smaller! I'll be sending someone to help you later. You have to be careful about two things, the first is not to be bitten by the piranhas on both sides when dealing with the roots of the trees in the river, these fish are very vigorous, and they are still so active on such a cold day! The second is to send some men to defend in the trenches, and I guess the enemy will come back! There's no way they can get thousands of people to come over for free and send them to death and then there will be no follow-up! ”
Everyone laughed when they heard this, and they found that this little killing god was so approachable and humorous when he wasn't killing people!
This is a wonderful feeling, in the first half of the night, these people were still soldiers in the thirteen forces, and they had a conflict with Qin An, but now they are like good colleagues to do something together.
In fact, this kind of thing is very normal, there are no absolute interest groups in the last days, and some are just selfish people.
In order to live, in order to live well, there is no need for people to stick to the so-called loyal beliefs, for most people, having milk is the right way!
After getting Qin An's order, everyone began to act separately.
Qin An and three hundred people carried this giant tree happily in the direction of the west city of Ruyancheng, and finally had wood for heating, so they were no longer afraid that people would freeze to death!
Qin An walked with a smile on his face and walked at the bottom of the broken interface of the big tree at the end, although he was small, although he was very tired at this time, but the strength of his hands to lift the tree above his head was still comparable to the strength of twenty or thirty ordinary people!
Liu Xia was happy because of Qin An's smile, but she didn't dare to get too close to Qin An, so she could only look at Qin An's back in front of her five or six meters away.
Qin An was very puzzled and shouted to ask Liu Xia what he was laughing at, but Liu Xia just laughed and didn't answer.
The atmosphere suddenly became full of warmth, as if they had already lit countless bonfires around them at this time.
For example, in the west of Yancheng, many people have gathered in the open space near the temporary city lord's office building, and more people are pouring in from all directions.
People's clothes were frozen and cold on their bodies, but they didn't have a choice, because the conditions were so difficult.
This night, everyone was emaciated.
After experiencing the heavy rain at night, the riots in the middle of the night, the heavy snow crushing the houses in the second half of the night, and the cold at this time, all kinds of hardships have made most people lose the desire and courage to continue to live, and they stand on the cold snow like a walking corpse with a soul.
However, to their surprise, just as they were ready to face reality and accept the call of death, someone suddenly came to organize them to move in the same direction.
Some poor people who still want to live well will ask what they are going to do.
One of the organizers, a bearded man in his thirties, spoke: "The spirit boy of the last days must save the people and the fire and water!" Don't ask so much, if you don't want to freeze to death, hurry up! Run and rub your hands together as you run! ”
He almost shouted out this sentence, everyone around him could hear it, most of them didn't have much thought in their hearts, and the cold to the bones made people's hearts numb.
The bearded man saw an old man who had fallen in a collapsed tent, he stepped forward and pulled the old man out, touched his snort and found that he was still alive, and then said, "Whose old man is this?" Do you still have children? Does anyone care? ”
I asked several times, but no one accosted me.
The bearded man frowned, then pulled a young man beside him over and said to him, "You take this old man with you!" In the last days, the spirit child will benefit all beings! Say you can't let one person freeze to death again! Don't worry, there will be a big bowl of hot porridge to drink! ”
When the young man heard that there was hot porridge, he hurriedly carried the old man on his back, and then nodded at the bearded man in thanks.
Can't let a person freeze to death?
This kind of words are familiar and unfamiliar!
Before the end of the world, it seemed that it was common to hear and see in television reports that there was often a disaster such as an earthquake, a flood, or a fire in a certain area, and the government said so.
But in the last days, who cares about the life or death of others?
After being stunned for a while, people's hearts slowly activated, could it be that the spirit boy of the last days who was rumored to have been passed on all night was really here to save people from the sea of suffering?
Everyone's movements became more flexible, and they supported each other and began to concentrate on the temporary office building of the city lord built by Wang Khan.
Yin Hanchao was very busy at this time, according to Qin An's instructions, he sent people to find many cauldrons, and allocated some rice and grains to prepare porridge.
When many cauldrons were collected, Yin Hanchao ordered the ground to be cleared of snow.
If there is really a way to ignite a firewood for a while, Yin Hanchao plans to use this snow to cook porridge!
Although it is close to the sea, ordinary humans have not yet evolved to the point where they can drink seawater.
On weekdays, people also rely on those salt-eating fish to obtain fresh water, but this freshwater resource is limited, and it can barely supply people to drink, and it is unrealistic to boil water to cook porridge in large quantities.
While doing these things, Yin Hanchao also found some young men with good bodies to go around collecting and sorting out the building materials of the shantytowns that had collapsed under heavy snowfall. He has already begun to think about the reconstruction of the city, and I have to say that Yin Hanchao, the fat man, is really a talented person.
Everyone was busy for a long time, and when the legendary doomsday spirit boy brought people and carried a super huge tree over, people were stunned.
Finally, some of the followers of the last days began to worship on their knees crying, and one of them, a weak man with broken eyes, shouted, "God bless me!" The spirit boy of the last days collects a strange tree and burns it to solve the suffering of us mortals! This is really a great goodness, a myth that can be compiled into books and passed on to future generations of believers! ”