578 Books The Great Earthquake
A group of soldiers followed Zhou Shu and watched him walk into the temple shelter. For ordinary soldiers, catching thieves is usually done together. Now the number of soldiers who have been summoned from Crescent Harbor is close to thirty, which is already a lot in their opinion, and they are ready to gather another twenty men to rush in and arrest the thief.
For foreigners who break through the customs, Crescent Port is not sensitive to this. There is no such kind of work as a foreign spy in the country of the west, and the enemy country is also such a neighbor who does not interact with each other except for war. Generally speaking, most of the people who break through are bandits, plus Zhou Shu, they are either masked or blatantly equipped with swords, no matter how you look at it, they are all Jiangyang thieves.
Zhou Shu, who didn't know that Zi's gold had been lost, was very embarrassed to enter the temple under the guidance of Yuzhi. It's a place of refuge, but there's no one hiding in it.
The people of the city seemed to have the same idea as Haeda, that the underground buildings were safer than the aboveground, and they all crowded there. There were no people around the temple, and it was only after pushing open the heavy, unguarded door that the first person was found in a long corridor behind the entrance.
This man also wears a hood and a hemp rope tied around his waist, and he looks like a monk, and it seems that the grassroots units that go to be the little brother of God are so hard and simple. Zhou Shu was very happy that Yuzhi didn't bring Zi to the temple where Zi killed the monkey in the morning, and he was also able to hold a trace of luck in his heart that the other party might not know Zi.
This temple is slightly more ornate than the previous one with the mountain demon sitting in the town, four or five levels, and the building is very Anatolian style, simply put, it is simple and heavy, and it is stupid to say that it is ugly.
Nishinokuni is architecturally like this, looking like a street with mahjong tiles. But even though no one seems to care about the 'aesthetics' here, it's clear that the buildings on the street are mimicking the big temple that seems to be some years old. But the imitation is not in place.
The economic base determines the superstructure, and the superstructure is the object of imitation by the middle and lower classes. Although 'architecture' does not necessarily refer to architecture, it is this kind of thing that Zhou Shu is appreciating at this time.
He looked around as if he was traveling abroad, and he thought it was quite interesting. In fact, the greatest pleasure of traveling abroad is to confirm with your own eyes those things that used to only be in naodai, just like Zhou Shu likes the headless statue of the goddess of war very much, and it is his dream to see it up close. Otherwise, it's a lap in the history of Europe. Zhou Shu consciously walked anywhere, and he could explain it to Europeans as a tour guide. It's a pity that when he came to this other world that Zi didn't know at all, he would be matched in the first world at most when he saw the building, and there was no other fun.
Going down the somewhat exaggerated corridor to the tail of the room, which is not half-lit, there is a double door that is difficult to see in the dark.
"Didn't you bring me to the haunted house?" Zhou Shu asked Yuzhi Girl.
"How could it be. Haeda looked around and didn't think anything was strange.
There is a lack of material resources in this world, and although the daily use of places like temples is supported by believers, it is not so generous that the corridors are still lit at night. However, the light that came through the crack in the underground door was certain, and at least the door could be pushed open to return to the world of light.
Zhou Shu pushed it away. Then old acquaintances were discovered.
The only person he can call an old acquaintance in this world is Worm Bone, and she is standing with the spider bird at this time, and there are some men and women beside her.
This room is the apse of the shrine, and it is used as a refuge for private events in the temple. Except for insect bones and spiders, the people who took refuge were people who did not look like ordinary people in terms of clothing and bearing. These people were thirty or forty in total, divided into six or seven small groups, and some tall men who looked like subordinates carried a lot of luggage. and separated in the temple.
The door was pushed open, and the sound was quite noisy. All eyes were on him. For Zhou Shu's group, only the insects and birds were interested, and the others turned their heads directly after seeing that they were not acquaintances.
Strictly speaking, the insect and bird table can't be considered interested, she was frightened, and hurriedly said goodbye to the man who was talking next to her and asked him to leave, and then smiled at Zhou Shu with embarrassment.
Zhou Shu can see it. This well-known woman seems to have just chatted with an acquaintance, and when she saw Zi, she decided not to say anything. He thought it was normal for him, after all, she was also the one who had seen Zi's true face. Zhou Shu was very happy that the royal family of this country was also of Asian descent before, but now he feels that Zi's face is very troublesome for Zi.
The worm bone originally wanted to stay away from Zhou Shu and was not ready to contact him again. I didn't expect to encounter it in such a place.
There are many vaults in the city, but most of the underground shelters are overcrowded. During the war, the inhabitants of the city were quite desperate for their lives, and everyone packed the valuable items in their homes into a small bag, which they would take with them when they took refuge. This makes the already crowded underground shelter even more inhuman, and it is impossible to go to that kind of crowded place as a worm.
Those who had the same thoughts as the worm bones were the wealthy merchants of the city, so they preferred to take refuge in the ground rather than go underground.
Master Zhou said hello casually when he saw his acquaintance, and then took the girls to stand in the corner, not planning to entangle with this woman more.
Worm Bone is really the most familiar person in this Crescent Bay, and Yuzhi, as a small citizen, also knows this woman. She may not know the other wealthy businessmen here, but in a sense, she must know the insect bones of the chifan who rely on her face, identity, and personal charm. The temple here was not a safe haven for her at all, but it was very rare to meet the Wormbone Lady, the Wormbone Lady.
Zhou Shu Huanzi was at a loss for the woman's name, maybe the transliteration would be better, but he couldn't hear it when he turned on the translator.
Speaking of sounds, Zhou Shu heard what seemed to be a rumbling sound like artillery fire coming from outside the building. If it weren't for the fact that his nose didn't smell the slightest smell of gunsmoke, he probably began to wonder if this world had entered the era of hot weapons. The temple was already very close to the sea, quite far from the city gate, and if any artillery could hit it, it would be farther than the range of German artillery in World War I.
Hearing such a clear rumbling sound made Zhou Shu very puzzled. I wanted to ask about the feather branch next to her, but the girl stood in the corner with a nervous expression. Like a frightened sparrow.
Seeing her like this, Zhou Shu didn't give up asking questions, "The moon god came to find trouble twice before, how much damage was caused?"
He saw that the people in this city ran to evacuate in a very orderly manner, and there was no disturbance, which felt like an evacuation drill. It seems that the war did not threaten the citizens of the city. As soon as the battle began, Qingkuang seemed to have changed a little.
Yuzhi looked left and right, and then replied in a low voice, saying that it was not half of the beast controlled by the moon god that entered the city, and the moon god itself was intercepted by the gods of the sea. However, there were many gods who attacked the moon god and their power spread through the city, destroying some buildings. That's why Haeda is reluctant to take refuge in above-ground buildings.
"Can it be affected here?" Zhou Shu felt that this was a bit of a bunker when he heard it, and recalled the special ability on the disgusting moon. He thought that this possibility was quite high, and suddenly felt that it was too wise for Zi not to go up close. If you're unlucky, it's estimated that this time it's already affected to Zi vomiting blood.
No one spoke in the temple, and the worm bone didn't even dare to look at Zhou Shu, as a woman who had seen the world, she instinctively felt that this man was difficult and should not be provoked. If I hadn't seen him spit out a fake moon hunt from his mouth before, I hadn't seen him shoot to kill the mountain demon. Worm Bone Dagai would have been entangled with curiosity in the past, and now she knew that she was afraid.
Because nobody talks, nobody talks. The temple was quite quiet, and Zhou Shudu could almost hear the sound of candles burning. Outside the temple, the city's defenders, dressed in simple leather uniforms, carrying short swords symbolizing the scarcity of resources, have surrounded the temple. The one who took the lead was no longer the old slippery head who took Zhou Shu's money, but a slightly younger officer.
The officer gave the order, and dozens of his men entered the temple in a hurry. Prepare to take people.
The army of any city will not be soft on the trespassers, and it is not difficult to dig out some useful information from these people. Zhou Shu naturally heard the sound of these boots stomping on the ground, but he didn't associate this movement with Zi until the soldiers pushed open the two gates of the inner hall. The open flame stubbornly gathered around Zi.
When Zhou Shu saw these people, he just wanted to say a 'misunderstanding' and sloppy eyes, but one of the soldiers who stepped forward grabbed his shoulder and shouted, 'Be honest, follow us'.
This typical line of checking the water meter should also be filtered by the translator, Zhou Shu thinks. Although he said that he was a little intimidated, he also looked at the object. Fanzheng, the old man was new to his house and masked, and he didn't care about many things. He was not polite when someone moved with him, and snatched the short sword from the soldier's hand and broke it with a twist. He didn't stop breaking it into a section, then grabbed the short sword and broke it in half, and then said to the soldiers in a tone of 'I understand you': "I have no grievances with you, and you are both heads of the family with parents and children, and it is not good to be difficult with you." I don't know why you're arresting me, but it's not enough to see people like that, so you'd better walk first. ”
Zhou Shu is really strange, why did two teams of soldiers come out to find trouble?
Nati was smart at this time, and in order to match Zhou Shu's lines, she also pretended to be fen and punched the wall, poking a hole in the wall with her small fist. Ban Shi'er barely dodged his feet and chopped up the floor tiles, which could be regarded as powerless to deter.
They made such a fuss, and several monks standing in the corner recognized Zhou Shu. "You, you're the ones who killed the Mountain Demon this morning!?"
Human beings have great power, and it is a very incredible thing in this country. Although there are legends of heroes and humans with supernatural powers in the country, they are just children's bedside stories.
Zhou Shuyi's killing of the mountain demon with a hammer has now been mythologized by passers-by. In fact, there is no way not to mythologize, the huge hammer of pure gold, the chuxian who kills the god with one move, the two spiders of Weaving Night and Split Moon, plus the fake Moon Hunting Patronus that has never been heard of. These gimmicks interest people of every class, adults want to hear stories about gold, and young people are interested in the gods being killed. Conspiracy theorists are actively concocting a 'plausible' explanation for the false gods, while simple women are talking about a nightweaver whose body sparkles like a jewel.
The soldiers who rushed in and only said a word were decisively frightened by the dismount, and the rest of the people in the hall also had an attitude. The soldiers took their work seriously and responsibly, and in the face of a strong enemy, they only collectively took three steps back. Most of them had heard about what happened during the day, the city was not big, and this kind of big event of the death of the gods still spread very quickly. If there were no daytime stories to foreshadow them, this group of people would be dazzled. Or meet a bunch of jugglers.
Master Zhou took out a long sword from the space props that he couldn't use at all and used it to scare people. In the eyes of others, he conjured things out of thin air, which was very terrifying.
Nati also cooperated with Zhou Shu, stuffed the sword in Zi's hand back into the space prop, and then took it out again. Put on a pretty 'I'm fierce' look and try to deter it.
Although Zhou Shu was not afraid of these people, and was already ready to open a door on the wall and run out of the city first, the trembling feather branch behind him gave him a little headache.
Looking at the insect bone in the distance that showed a frightened gaze, Zhou Shu wondered if he should also entrust the feather branch to her to take care of it like entrusting the spider bird. After all, the spider bird is being taken care of quite well now, so he hid beside the insect bone and looked at Zi with fear in his eyes.
Just as he was thinking this, his gaze met with the worm bones. The insect bone couldn't see the eyes under Zhou Shu's cloak, but he felt the gaze, and he couldn't help but tremble.
She completed a 'Palace Lock Heart Jade Copy' in the court of this other world. There is a little bit of scheming. At present, it seems that the fight is about to start, and she doesn't know what gunpowder is, but she can also feel the smell of gunpowder. Now there is a lack of an opportunity for these dedicated soldiers to lay down their weapons and open up to Zhou Shuwang. This step is not difficult to find, the worm bone sadly remembered Zi's identity, and walked out of the corner of Zi's cat to intercede with Zhou Shu quite reluctantly.
Although she, the former queen, has no administrative functions, her face in the city is already sky-high. She forcibly stopped the cold sweat that kept falling from her forehead, nodded to Zhou Shu, and then asked the soldiers where their commander was.
The young officer was soon brought in after receiving the news. After a few words to Ms. Worm Bone, he was also terrified to withdraw from Zi's team.
Zhou Shu's ear power can naturally hear what the insect bone is saying. dagai means that zi has some friendship with her, this person is a stupid foreigner, uncivilized barbarian, only knows the destruction of force and the power is amazing, just in the morning the mountain demon was beaten to death. If you have a conflict with him at this time, it is likely to make many things worse. After all, now that the moon god is besieging the city, it is not easy to make extraneous branches.
In short, the worm bones talked about it, and after finishing speaking, the officer withdrew. After finishing it, Zhou Shu grabbed the back of his head and came to thank the worm bone, who smiled reluctantly. Indicates that this is what ZI should do.
She is now the most difficult person in the temple, and she didn't want to have anything to do with Zhou Shu, but now she is also a perfect failure. Just as she was about to break the jar and break it, an earth-shattering rumbling sound suddenly came from near the main hall.
Accompanied by the sound of the earthquake and the dust shaking from the top of the hall, Zhou Shudu had no idea, kneeling on one knee and falling to the ground, the insect bones fell directly to the ground with a bang, and his face seemed to be in pain.
Outside the temple, the soldiers who had not yet withdrawn from the temple let out a loud sound of metal falling to the ground, and let out two screams, presumably the earthquake made them poke each other as they retreated cautiously with their short swords. I don't know if it hurts or not.
As for the rest of the store, they were also overwhelmed by the sudden noise. The floor was like a dinner table that had been kicked in, and the cups, plates, and dishes on the table were inevitably bumped and bumped.
"What's going on?!" Zhou Shu pulled the worm bone up, not knowing what direction to look at. The half-evacuated soldiers thought it was Zhou Shu who had turned into a monster and ran away, grabbing their weapons and shouting, 'What's wrong?!' and retreated to the apse.
Worm Bone spread his hands helplessly, then rubbed his sore nose and said, "It seems that no one knows what happened." ”
How this unexpected situation happened, in fact, it is quite easy to guess, ten out of ten because of the war going on outside. Haeda would squat on the ground with his head in his hands and whisper, "I said I was going to an underground shelter, I said I was going to an underground shelter!!"
Since Zhou Shu entered the city, he has heard from all sources that it is absolutely impossible for the Moon God to break through the city. Originally, he was quite confident, but after this wave of earthquakes, there was another wave, as if 10,000 tamping machines were smashing the ground at the same time, and the main hall shook in a very exaggerated way like a building built on a leather ball. Even Ban Shi'er had to hold on to the wall to make sure Zi didn't get staggered.
Fortunately, the largest shrine in the Crescent Harbor does not seem to be a tofu scum project, it is like one of those historical buildings that have survived hundreds of years of wind and rain, standing safely, just a crack in the wall.
Zhou Shu didn't want to be slapped to death by the falling ceiling, so he rushed out of the temple alone despite the terrifying shaking one after another. Nati and Ban Shi'er protected the Gray Witch and followed out. Insect bones and feather branches were also afraid that the shaking hall would collapse, and they half-crouched and ran out against the wall.
The people of this world also know that they have to go to the open area during the earthquake, and they have just forgotten about this movement, and they all think about it when they have a leader. When the worm and the spider bird came outdoors with each other's arms, they saw the sky smashing into the city like meteors...... Tutelary. (To be continued......)