Chapter 370-372 - Careful Arrangement
readx; In the next few days, everyone was busy, after Luo settled his family, he went directly to Shoushan City through the Taiji diagram, and at the same time, the Five Rat Brothers continued to embark on a journey to steal hardware, and the male and female double kill also continued to temper the skills of assassination, and even the family of three was busy day and night, building beautiful wooden villas for everyone. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
After being busy for so long, everything has finally come to an end, Xin Yun, Yi Luoxiang, as well as Yan Qingqing and Ming Xuan are finally idle again, they have nothing to do until someone dares to cause trouble.
However, since he has already occupied Shoushan Castle and does not plan to give up in the future, he naturally wants to take a look, so he ...... The four of them arrived at Shoushan City together and wandered around Shoushan City.
Of course, as outsiders, Xin Yun and the others naturally need guides, after learning that the master of Longmen Gate is coming, how dare the city lord selected by all the citizens of Shoushan City dare to slack off, one city lord, two deputy city lords, and ten elders went out at the same time to accompany Xin Yun and the four people to inspect Shoushan City.
Along the way, the mouths of those old men were never idle, from them, Xin Yun learned that this mountain city is a super city with a population of more than 30 million, saying that it is a city, in fact, strictly speaking, it should be a densely populated area, and the so-called city here actually refers to a large area, not a town.
Seeing that Xin Yun and the others were listening very seriously, the lord of Shoushan City immediately came to Xingzhi and said eloquently: "Shoushan City is composed of a total of eight human settlements, and the eight human settlements are arranged in eight directions, and the middle is surrounded by Shoushan, so to speak...... The whole Shoushan City is formed by eight gathering areas centered on Shoushan and surrounding Shoushan, and the area around Shoushan is the center of the city and is a dense commercial area!"
"Wait!" Hearing the old man's words, Xin Yun was stunned, and suddenly raised his hand to interrupt the city lord, and said with a little nervousness: "What did you just say? Is there really a big mountain called Shoushan here?"
Facing Xin Yun's inquiry, the city lord nodded and said, "Of course there is, in fact...... The first mountain city is named after the mountain, it is the first mountain first, and the first mountain city later!"
Hearing the words of the city lord, Xin Yun's eyes became brighter and brighter, the name of this mountain is really too familiar to Xin Yun, but I don't know if this so-called first mountain is the first mountain that Xin Yun first learned.
Sima Qian once wrote in the "Historical Records": "The Yellow Emperor picks the first mountain copper, casts the tripod at the foot of Jing Mountain, the tripod is completed, and there is a dragon beard to welcome the Yellow Emperor." The Yellow Emperor rode up, and there were more than 70 people in the harem of the ministers, and the dragon went up. Yu Xiaochen is not allowed to go up, but he holds the dragon hair, the dragon hair is pulled, falls, and falls into the bow of the Yellow Emperor. The people looked up to the Yellow Emperor and went to the sky, but they held his bow and beard, so the name of the later generations was called Dinghu, and his bow was called Wu. ”
This is not a legend, it has been investigated, and a large number of historical records and authentic archaeological findings have been consulted. A conclusive conclusion is deduced: the location of the Yellow Emperor's tripod casting is the "Dinghu Yanshou Palace" on the bank of the Jiaodai River under the Jingshan Mountain in the east of the current Bailuyuan.
There are many names of Shoushan Mountain, such as "Shouyang Mountain", "Shouyang Mountain", "Changshou Mountain", "Shoushan" and "Jingshan", but no matter what it is called, it actually refers to the same mountain.
"Lantian County Chronicles" contains the Huaizhen Workshop in the southeast of Mengcun in Bailuyuan, in 1973, it was discovered that the early Shang Dynasty copper smelting workshop and village ruins, unearthed a large number of cultural relics such as copper smelting stoves, charcoal, copper cakes, copper knives, copper ju, copper Ge, divination bones, face knives, stone hoes, bone hoes, bone vertebrae, etc. In the early Shang Dynasty, it was very close to the time when the Yellow Emperor cast the tripod, indicating that there was copper to be mined in Shoushan. Otherwise, in ancient times, when transportation was extremely underdeveloped, copper smelting workshops would never have been built in other places far from the raw materials. Therefore, it is true that "the Yellow Emperor picks the first mountain copper".
Of course, this is just the memory of Xin Yun's first life, but ...... This mountain is terrible, Dayu to control the water to collect the first mountain copper refining Poseidon needle, that is, the Ruyi gold hoop to help the stick, the emperor wants to pick the first mountain copper refining Jiuding, basically, as long as it is a big man to use, basically to come here to mine copper.
If just a large number of people come to mine copper, this is still a trivial matter, and what can make Xin Yun's memory so profound is mainly because of one person! Or a saint!
As we all know, there are six saints in the world, except for Hongjun, with Lao Tzu as the honor! Later, after the Sanqing Dynasty split up, Lao Tzu went to Shouyang Mountain and established the Tushi Palace.
According to the guidance of the city lord, Xin Yun looked towards a big mountain in the distance, and as far as he could see, it was a magnificent and upright giant peak, like a pillar of optimus, standing proudly between heaven and earth.
Legend has it that this Shouyang Mountain is transformed by Pangu Yanggen, containing the qi of the Yang, giving birth to the immeasurable red copper in the Shoushan, although I don't know whether this legend is true or false, but one thing is certain, if this is the legendary Shoushan, then there will be copper ore mined here, and it is also an inexhaustible one.
Thinking of this, Xin Yun didn't have the heart to continue walking, turned his head nervously, looked at the old city lord and said, "On this mountain, I don't know if there are any mineral deposits?"
"Mineral deposits?" looked at Xin Yun suspiciously, and the old man shook his head and said: "I don't know if there are any mineral deposits, but one thing I know is that the mountain stones of this Shouyang Mountain are extremely hard, and even if it is a sharp knife, it is difficult to cut it, so no one has thought of looking for mines here." ”
Hearing the old man's words, Xin Yun was slightly stunned, and his face involuntarily showed a look of disappointment, obviously...... Even if there is copper, it has not been discovered now, otherwise, Xin Yun should have heard a little about it in his previous life.
Sighing in disappointment, when he was about to continue shopping, an elder next to him hesitated for a moment, and said cautiously: "By the way, although I don't know the specific situation, it turns out that when the Longshou Gang guards here, they seem to be secretly wandering around the south of Shoushan, although they are very hidden, but they have to go there every once in a while, I don't know ......"
Hearing the old man's words, Xin Yun was stunned for a moment, then turned around sharply and said eagerly: "Did you really see it?
Hearing Xin Yun's words, the elder turned around and pointed to the first mountain and said, "Look, from here, it's just a little above the treetops, and there's one, En...... That's right, it's near the giant pine, and I've watched them rise and fall there every time.
Hearing the elder's words, how could Xin Yun wait, and after greeting him, the four of them directly rode the giant dragon, floated straight into the air, and rushed towards the position pointed by the elder.
Up to the sky, condescendingly looking, the whole Shoushan is really too big, even if it rises to a height of 10,000 meters, you can't see the edge at a glance, eight residential areas are built around the Shoushan, the middle is the commercial area, the business is unusually developed, and the commercial area surrounds it, it is this Shouyang Mountain!
According to the old man's guidance, the four of them flew directly towards the giant pine on the mountain peak, although there may be hidden danger there, but Xin Yun and the others are fearless, with the current situation of the four people, even if they can't fight, it is not a problem to escape, not to mention...... Xin Yun has already consumed tens of thousands of immortal stones again, and he has finished the Kongtong Seal Punch, unless he encounters a master with more than one star of diamonds, there is no danger of his life.
The speed of the four people was not slow, only a moment of effort, the four of them arrived under the giant pine one after another, from a closer look, the giant pine is worthy of the giant character, living so big, Xin Yun is the first time to see such a huge pine tree!
From a long distance, this giant pine is already very large, now from a close view, it is even more incredible, hundreds of meters in diameter, the height of the high pine into the clouds, dense branches, how many years do you have to live to grow so big, almost become fine.
Shaking his head, Xin Yun didn't care to look at this giant pine carefully, drove Ying Long, and carefully probed nearby, only a little turn, and the four of them found at the same time that there are really people here often, although it is well disguised, but the traces of man-made can not be hidden in any way, as long as they observe carefully, almost everyone can detect it, and now the question is, what are they doing here? This mystery must be revealed!
Under the careful probing of the four people, they quickly ...... All traces could not be concealed, and following the traces of man-made, the four of them gradually approached the giant pine with a diameter of hundreds of meters, and then ...... In the part near the root of the tree, I found a tree hole with a diameter of more than ten meters!
Looking at the dark tree hole, several people couldn't help but glance at each other, for the sake of insurance, Xin Yun summoned Ying Long, and then the four of them went up to Ying Long at the same time, and sacrificed magic weapons one after another.
Xin Yun sacrificed the Chaos Ding, Ming Xuan sacrificed the Chaos Bell, Yi Luoxiang sacrificed the Taiji Diagram, and Yan Qingqing pinched the twelve Dutian Hades Banners, as long as there was an accident, he didn't dare to say anything about defeating the enemy, but even if he encountered a diamond-level master, he could win precious escape time.
Seeing that everyone was ready, Xin Yun waved his hand, and Ying Long's body twisted and drilled into the hole in the tree with a diameter of more than ten meters.
The giant tree was very terrifying, extremely large, a tree hole with a diameter of ten meters, it looked so inconspicuous on his trunk with a diameter of hundreds of meters, and it was covered with dense pine needles, and it was really impossible to see if you didn't look closely.
Along the huge tree hole, the four of them jumped all the way to the depths, at the beginning, the surroundings were still dark, but as they gradually deepened, the surrounding cave walls faintly emitted an emerald green light.
Shrouded in emerald green light, Ying Long meandered down, silently all the way, and finally ...... After advancing for hundreds of miles, the smell of human beings came faintly in front of me!
The smell of human beings seems to be very strange here, but it is not strange at all, no matter how nature changes, it cannot produce the breath that human beings can make, as long as people live, the smell of the surrounding air will change, which can only be made by humans, mixed with fireworks, food, ...... A range of flavors of the scent.
With a movement of his mind, Ying Long's body gradually became transparent, and the next moment...... The entire dragon quietly disappeared into the tree hole, and no matter how closely you looked, you could only see the air fluctuating faintly, and you couldn't see the body of Ying Long at all.
Pushed all the way on, and finally ...... The bright light flashed ahead, and the tree hole finally came to an end, and in the winding of Ying Long, everyone entered a wonderful world.
Note that this is talking about heaven and earth, not in a cave, looking around, there is almost no difference from the heaven in the pot, except that it ...... The sky in the pot is ice blue, and the sky here is crimson, but it is the same boundless and immense, the same vastness, which can only be described by heaven and earth!
However, for the time being, Xin Yun and the others did not dare to observe this world carefully, just at the end of the cave, at the entrance of this mysterious world, there were more than a dozen amethyst level masters guarding there, but fortunately, Ying Long could be invisible, so he was not discovered for the time being.
Looking around carefully, there is a row of wooden houses built out of wood at the entrance of the cave, and these people in charge of guarding probably live here, but I don't know if there are people in other places.
After thinking about it, Xin Yun was not in a hurry to deal with these guys, Ying Long turned around and began to wander around this world, it took more than an hour, Xin Yun and the four of them thoroughly investigated the entire world, and it was okay...... There is no one here except for the guards for the time being, probably ...... The Dragon Head Gang also just discovered here, and before they could start development, they were beheaded by Xin Yun and his party, so this place should not have been leaked out yet, as long as the guys guarding the cave are solved, everything will be OK!
The reason why Xin Yun believes that the news here has not been leaked out is actually for a reason, obviously...... These dozen guys have already received an order, and they are absolutely not allowed to leave, otherwise, under such a big change in Shoushan outside, how could they still stay here so leisurely, and they don't know who they went to.
The only one that can suppress the amethyst level is the diamond level, if these guys know that Wang Sheng is dead, they are likely to take this place as a gift and give it to another force, even if they want to stay, they should start developing.
After thinking about it, Xin Yun drove Ying Long and turned back to the entrance again, I have to say...... Although this place seems to be vast, it is mainly a matter of light, and the real area is not even one percent of the sky in the pot, and it can only accommodate 100,000 people.
The aura here is not too sufficient, but the air is full of supreme yang energy, especially in the middle of this space, there is an eye of earth fire, spraying ultra-high temperature flames, its temperature is high enough to melt everything!
Come to think of it, the reason why Lao Tzu chose to build the Tushi Palace here is because he took a fancy to this ultra-high temperature flame, after all, ...... Lao Tzu loves alchemy, and the requirements for fire are very high, since there is an inexhaustible fire in the center of the earth, it is naturally Lao Tzu's favorite place, as for the concentration of aura, it doesn't matter.
All the way to the entrance of the cave, when he was about to approach the entrance of the cave, there was a violent roar in front of him, and the light flashed, and it was obvious that a fierce battle was taking place!
Hearing the sound of battle, the four of them couldn't help but glance at each other, could it be that this place was broken into by other people? Or maybe there was infighting! What the hell is going on!
While thinking about it, Xin Yun drove Ying Long, jumped over silently, and finally ...... The standing circle in front of them appeared in front of the four people, and if they looked closely, the twelve amethyst level masters were driving their respective dragons, constantly hovering in mid-air, and below them, a towering pine tree was standing proudly there, and the emerald green pine needles were constantly shooting towards the twelve heaven amethyst level masters in the sky.
Looking closely, the giant pine is windless and automatic, constantly emitting emerald green pine needles, the pine needles are a handful of every five, extremely sharp, very fast, straight like a wind, but I have to say that the strength of this pine tree is obviously not very good, and the pine needles shot out can't break through the defense of the amethyst level master at all.
Let the pine needles shoot on the body, the twelve amethyst level masters continue to attack, bombarding the giant pine that appeared out of thin air on the ground, as we all know, the pine tree is rooted in the ground, can not move, can only be passively beaten, the blown branches and leaves fly sideways, the bark scattered.
Probably unable to withstand the bombardment of the other party, the giant pine slowly sank to the ground, and soon disappeared, and the next moment...... Nine thick tree roots jumped up from the ground, flying in the air, constantly pulling out wind blades, attacking the amethyst level master in mid-air, but it was a pity that it was ...... Such an attack cannot hurt the opponent.
Looking at the battle ahead, Xin Yun and the four of you, you look at me, I look at you, I don't know what's going on at all, it's been a long time...... Yi Luoxiang said uncertainly: "What's going on?
Hearing Yi Luoxiang's words, Xin Yun nodded and said, "That's right, it should be so, have you noticed, when we came just now, the first half of the tree hole was still natural, but the second half was obviously artificially excavated." ”
"En......" Hearing Xin Yun's analysis, Yan said lightly: "That's right, according to the location and direction, that passage is likely to be a taproot of the giant pine outside, but now...... But these guys punched a hole and went straight here, no wonder he wanted revenge.
Hearing Yan Qingqing's words, Ming Xuan shook his head, frowned and said: "Although he has a backbone, but unfortunately, this guy's strength is too low, and he can't help the other party at all, rather than this, it is better to endure it and wait for the opportunity to solve all the opponents in one fell swoop!"
The four of you didn't say a word, and basically analyzed the truth of the matter, although I am not sure that this is the case, but other than that, there is no other explanation.
After analyzing the general cause and effect of the matter, Yi Luoxiang and the three of them turned their heads at the same time and looked at Xin Yun, although they did not speak, but they were obviously asking Xin Yun's opinion, what should they do next?
Under the gaze of the three of them, Xin Yun frowned, looked at Yi Luoxiang, and said with a wry smile: "You all look at what I do, have you forgotten who is the brain of the Dragon Gate?"
Hearing Xin Yun's words, the other three suddenly ...... the next moment The three pairs of eyes were on Yi Luoxiang's body at the same time, and it was up to her to think about what to do with it.
Under the gaze of the three of them, Yi Luoxiang bit her lip lightly, thought quickly, and after only a while, Yi Luoxiang made a decision and said categorically: "Okay, I've already thought about it!"
As she spoke, Yi Luoxiang's eyes shone with wisdom, and she said categorically: "First of all, we must participate in this battle, no matter what, we must kill all these twelve guards on the spot, and no one can escape!"
Speaking of this, Yi Luoxiang paused slightly, and then continued: "These guys have an unknown origin, and they don't know what their background is, their character and surname are undecided, there are too many variables, in order to keep the secrets here, they must die!"
Listening to Yi Luoxiang's calm and cruel analysis, Xin Yun's eyes couldn't help but flicker, since this Shoushan incident, she has really changed too much, she treats her own people and partners, she is still as warm as before, but once she faces others, Yi Luoxiang immediately becomes an iron-blooded empress!
While thinking about it, Eloka continued, "Although it is very difficult, we must join this battle, and ...... We have to help the pine tree and get a good relationship with each other, and once the battle is over, we have to cooperate with him to re-block this passage, so that it can only be accessed through the Taiji Diagram, and we can develop this place into our first mountain rudder!"
Listening to Yi Luoxiang's words, Xin Yun and the others' eyes quickly lit up, and at the same time, Yi Luo Xiang continued: "I have already informed Rove, and the male and female double killing couple to rush over, as soon as they arrive, the attack will start immediately, the task of the four of us is to block the passage and never let anyone go!"
Hearing Yi Luoxiang's words, Xin Yun's eyes lit up, and he raised his hand and said, "Yi Luo...... The three of you will go and block the entrance in a moment, and I'm going to join the fight, hehe...... My Ninety-Nine Scattered Gourd, it's time to open today!"
Hearing Xin Yun's words, Yi Luoxiang frowned, and after thinking for a while quickly, she said categorically: "Okay, you can act at will, and as a compensation, I will temporarily call the Door Dou Master to help, with his Amethyst Ten Star strength, he should be able to hold it." ”
"What! He actually has the strength of ten stars!" Hearing Yi Luoxiang's words, Ming Xuan couldn't help but scream.
Hearing Ming Xuan's words, Xin Yun said with a smile: "Don't say it, although I also know that the Door Dou Master is a master of the Amethyst Level, I really don't know that his strength is as high as the Ten Stars of Amethyst!"
Speaking of this, Xin Yun turned his head, looked at Yi Luoxiang with appreciation, and said, "Well, that's good...... As the brain of the dragon gate, the most important thing is to have enough knowledge of the resources in your hands, and now it seems that you are doing a good job, better than all of us. ”
Hearing Xin Yun's words, Yan Qingqing also nodded, although he knew the strength realm of the Door Dou Master, but it was observed by himself with his spiritual power, if she didn't have this ability, I'm afraid she would not know it like Xin Yun Mingxuan.
With emotion, Yi Luoxiang's heart moved, and she said: "If it is to invite the master of the outgoing fight, the four of us will be vacant, such an opponent is really hard to find, I will call the five rats back to be responsible for guarding the cave, let's go out and exercise together, such an opportunity, everyone must not want to miss it!"
Hearing Yi Luoxiang's words, everyone laughed, as Xin Yun trusted to put the power into her hands again and again, Yi Luoxiang's resourcefulness was also growing, and even just now, she completed another growth, and the arrangement was more reasonable, and even everyone's preferences and feelings were taken into account.
After everything was arranged, Yi Luo Xiang sacrificed the Tai Ji diagram, and a series of orders were issued, under the gaze of Xin Yun and the three of them, Yi Luo Xiang said calmly: "Okay, the door bucket master is in place, the five rats in the valley are in place, the entrance to the cave is blocked, the male and female kills have arrived, and Rove is ready, and he will be positioned and shuttled to the scene at any time!"
Turning her head, Yi Luoxiang looked at Xin Yun and the three of them, and said calmly: "After the battle starts for a while, the role of the four of us is to involve and obstruct, and for a while, don't move around, and listen to my command at any time, after all, ...... If you just rely on Rove and the male and female double kills, it will still be difficult to deal with these twelve amethyst level masters. ”
Hearing Yi Luoxiang's words, Xin Yun nodded and said: "This is the first time everyone is fighting together, it may feel a little strange, when fighting for a while, everyone is free to play at the same time, don't forget to cooperate, once Yi Luo Xiang gives an order, no matter what everyone is doing, you must follow Yi Luo Xiang's order as soon as possible!"
Hearing Xin Yun's words, the other two simply nodded, they all knew that no one is more proficient in grasping the overall situation than Yi Luoxiang, no matter how big the scene is, Yi Luo Xiang can always rely on her smart brain, and at the same time see everything that happens in every corner of the battlefield very clearly, and even Yan Qingqing can only see the things around her clearly, this is the gap, the huge gap!
Hearing this, Yi Luoxiang slowly raised her head, first looked at Xin Yun with soliciting eyes, and after obtaining Xin Yun's approval, Yi Luoxiang said categorically: "Okay, everyone pay attention, the battle begins!"
While Yi Luoxiang spoke, her thoughts followed the Taiji diagram and instantly reached everyone's mind, and the next moment ...... On the battlefield in front of him, golden light flashed, a golden bridge crossed, and the figure of the steel dragon and the god killer Rove appeared proudly in the field!
From a distance, the steel dragon's sturdy body was suspended proudly, the six wings were slanted, and in the right hand, the thousand feather sword had already been condensed, and the sword light of Sen Han made people shudder.
The most special thing is the silver hair of the steel dragon, hundreds of meters long, more than ten times longer than the body, spread in the air, looking extremely magnificent and magnificent, but with a little weird feeling.
Although from a distance, it seems to be silver hair, but if you look closely, it is clearly a thin and narrow, sharp and terrifying sharp sword, whether it is stabbing or cutting, it is sharp and amazing!
As soon as he saw Rove appear, the twelve amethyst level masters were slightly stunned, and in this stunned, Rove's silver sword hair danced wildly, and one hundred and eight thousand hair swords roared out, shooting towards the twelve amethyst level masters respectively.
One hundred and eight thousand hair swords, even if they were evenly spread over the twelve amethyst level masters, each of them would have to face nearly ten thousand hair swords, and in the face of such a dense attack, those twelve amethyst level masters did not dare to despise them, and instantly scattered around.
Although Rove's sword is strong, it is only effective for close quarters, although the sword is more than 100 meters long, but for the dragon, 100 meters is equivalent to one meter of human beings, absolutely close, once the distance is opened, although this silver sword is terrifying, but it can no longer hurt people.
With Rove's current ability, the sword can only extend to a hundred meters, and when he is promoted to the diamond level, he can be upgraded to a length of a thousand meters, and in its heyday, the silver hair can even extend to 10,000 meters away, so it has the title of the uncrowned king!
Seeing that everyone really dispersed, Xin Yun, Yan Qingqing, and Ming Xuan gave Yi Luo Xiang a thumbs up at the same time, this move just now was arranged by Yi Luo Xiang in advance, if it wasn't for her arrangement, Luo Fu would disdain and make a move that could not kill or injure the enemy......
The reason why they did this was actually very simple, it was to let those amethyst-level masters disperse, if they were always together, even Rove would not be able to get close, and now that they had dispersed, they could break them one by one! Although they would definitely want to reunite, the task of Xin Yun and the others was to involve these people and prevent them from reuniting! Then the God Killer Rov would kill these twelve Amethyst-level masters one by one!
The idea is beautiful, the plan is perfect, but in the end, whether it can be achieved or not, it will be known after the fight, after praising Yi Luoxiang, Yan Qingqing and Ming Xuan jumped off Ying Long one after another, summoned their respective dragons in the air, and rushed towards their respective goals.
Seeing this scene, Yi Luoxiang didn't dare to slack off, stood up, summoned the flash butterfly, and after glancing at Xin Yun with a pulse, she gently raised her pink fist, and after shouting cheers delicately, she drove the flash butterfly away.
Looking at the three partners who were quickly moving away, Xin Yun smiled slightly, and with a dip of his right hand, the ninety-nine scattered gourd appeared on Xin Yun's side in the air, and at the same time, Xin Yun waved his hand violently, and in an instant...... Ying Long's wings flapped out, and at the same time, the fiery red ninety-nine scattered gourd also turned into a red light, floating like a floating cannon on Ying Long's side, and rushed towards the enemy together.
The first to catch fire with the enemy was naturally Rove, although his strength was only at the amethyst level, but who was Rove, it was the God of Killing in the previous life, even in this life, he had already created the name of God of Killing, but it was just ...... He was recruited by Xin Yun before the battle for his real fame began, so the title of Rove Killing God was not so loud for this world.
It can be said with certainty that with the emergence of the variable of Xin Yun, the steel dragon and the god killer Rove will disappear completely, and it will be replaced by the steel dragon of the Dragon Gate, Bloody Rove!
"Whoosh ......" dense sound, thousands of silver swords roared out, while Rove's opponent hurriedly dodged, the silver hair came back, only a few times in an instant, the dense silver hair tightly wrapped his body, at the same time, using silver hair to freeze the opponent at the same time, Rove drove the steel dragon, wielded a thousand feathers of the sword, and rushed over frantically.
(To be continued)