"An earthquake caused by a trap?" Fox was pale with fright.
"Mr. Wood, can you make it stop?" Vanessa, who was trapped in a trap, felt that if it continued, she would die sooner or later.
"It has nothing to do with the trap. The trap here can't cause such a big earthquake! But I can dispel the trap and save you! " Lin Dong obviously couldn't say that it was because he took away the Demon Refining Pagoda and the disappearance of the sealing formation. As a matter of fact, Lin Dong had never thought that a small stretch of his hand would cause such a huge commotion underground.
Lin Dong quickly dispelled the trap.
But Fox and Vanessa, who were out of danger, were worried instead of happy.
The shaking underground was getting more and more intense. In the end, it was difficult for them to even stand steadily on the ground.
Luckily, the structure of the ruined palace was very sturdy and there was no large-scale collapse. Otherwise, everyone would be buried alive!
"Which way should we go?" It was the underground river. If there was a collapse, there might be room to maneuver, but going forward was the right way. They couldn't go forward either. Who knew how much further they had to go? If there was a collapse, there was a high chance that they would be buried alive.
He was now in a dilemma.
Even if he had a strong will and extraordinary experience, he didn't know what to do.
Lin Dong thought for a moment. "Let's meet up with Josiah and Griffon first. I don't think going forward or retreating is the best choice. Although this ruined palace is dilapidated, it's actually very sturdy. I think staying here might be safer than going around randomly."
"Yes, we'll stay here first. We'll find a way out after the earthquake subsides a bit!" Fox nodded in agreement.
As for the female soldier, Vanessa, she immediately rushed out when she heard Lin Dong say that the palace was safe.
Josiah and the others were burning with anxiety.
Seeing her run over, they knew that the trap had been dispelled and quickly went up to her.
Vanessa didn't even have time to hug her companions to celebrate their escape from death. She shouted, "Quick, Mr. Wood said that the palace is safe. Come quickly!"
Josiah, Eric Jr., and the others heard it. What were they waiting for? They rushed into the ruined palace that was full of traps. Griffon took the lead. When he saw Lin Dong, he shouted happily, "Lord Kami, did you cause this earthquake? It's so cool! "
Lin Dong sweated profusely.
He would never admit it even if he was beaten to death.
He quickly shook his head and waved his hands. "I'm not that capable. The earthquake is a natural phenomenon. I didn't cause it! There was a mechanism in this ruined palace, but the mechanism was only effective here. It was impossible for it to transmit power to the depths of the ground, let alone cause an earthquake! Everyone, come to the center of the hall. Although this hall has been abandoned for a long time, it is very sturdy. It should be able to hold on! "
"Everyone, be careful. Warn each other when you see a collapse!" Josiah also did not think that Lin Dong could cause an earthquake. He could only sigh at his bad luck. Of all the times he had been here, there had never been an earthquake. Of all times, an earthquake had to occur at the most dangerous time. It seemed that this trip to the underground world was truly fraught with grim possibilities.
"There are little monsters!" Eric Jr. discovered that there were more than ten little monsters that were so frightened by the earthquake that they did not care where they were going and were rushing over from the tunnel.
"Die!" When Griffon saw that it was not just a small army, he immediately rushed over and showed off his skills, KO 'ing all these little monsters.
They were different from the little monsters.
On the other side, the long-legged spiders were very sensitive to energy, especially the giant spider that was the size of a house. When Lin Dong entered the sealed space and took out the Demon Refining Pagoda, it had immediately sensed the slightest bit of energy aura. Faster than an arrow, it fled the tunnel at an extremely fast speed. When the earthquake occurred, it had almost escaped from the cliff where the stone bridge was connected.
The earthquake became more and more intense.
The entire world was shaking violently. The shockwaves and infrasound waves caused everyone to feel dizzy and nauseous. They could not stand steadily. Even someone as strong as Josiah could not stand naturally. He had the genetic soldiers put down their guns and squat on the ground, holding up their backpacks with both hands, doing their best to protect their heads from the rubble falling from the dome. At first, the soldiers could still do as they were told, but soon, the tremors underground became ten times stronger. It felt as if the entire world was about to collapse. The soldiers could only curl up their bodies as much as possible, protecting themselves amidst the falling rubble.
The dust from the tremors was even thicker than the smoke.
The rubble falling from the palace was larger than the previous one. Sometimes, half the ceiling of the dome would fall down, causing the ground of the palace to rumble.
The ruins of the palace soon became so dark that one could not see their fingers in front of them. Fortunately, Lin Dong had been holding a flashlight, bringing some light to everyone. Although the people could barely sense a weak spot of light trembling violently, appearing and disappearing from time to time, this inextinguishable light became everyone's belief.
The earth shook and the mountains shook.
The sky fell and the earth cracked.
No one knew how much time had passed.
Perhaps it had only been a few minutes, but for the people who had survived, it felt like a century had passed.
Aftershocks would come from time to time, and in the tunnel far away, there would be occasional explosions. They did not know what had collapsed. The survivors stood up from the dust. Having escaped death, they looked even more pathetic than the savages. Even Lin Dong's face was covered in dust. As for Griffon and the others, even beggars and refugees would despise their appearances. Furthermore, all of them were injured, and even the powerful Phillip was no exception.
Fox's forehead was slightly injured. She was already the best one.
Because she was smart, she had been hiding under Lin Dong's body, hugging his thigh with both hands. While Lin Dong was protecting himself, he was also protecting her.
Vanessa and the other female soldiers were huddled together. They did not move for a long time, and Eric Jr. almost thought that they were all dead. He did not expect that when he went up to touch them, the female soldiers would raise their heads from the dust one after another …
They had almost been buried alive, but after digging them out, they drank a few mouthfuls of water and barely recovered.
The remaining four genetic soldiers were also alive.
One of the unlucky ones had his ear cut off by a sharp piece of stone. Blood covered most of his body, and another guy had a broken arm.
"Buddy, you're so lucky. You're fine even after your head split open!" Big Ivan's head had a big hole in it. Fox thought that he would die, but Lin Dong pressed on his body a few times and bandaged him hastily. Big Ivan, whose eyes were rolled back, came back to life. Griffon did not care that there was still an earthquake. She grabbed Lin Dong's hand and shouted, "Pressure point! This must be the Eastern Pressure Point Technique! Wow, that's amazing. Can I learn this? I can pay for it, no matter how much it costs! Those pressure points you pressed just now stimulated his life force, didn't they? There really is a Pressure Point Technique. Lord God, you've hidden it so well. This is the first time I've seen it! "
"Pressure Point Technique?" Big Ivan did not care that he was half-dead and tried to struggle. "Can this genetic soldier learn it? Our Eastern European Confederation needs this skill very much. I felt like I was going to heaven just now, and my whole body felt light. I didn't expect the pain to come back! "
"You can't go to heaven. If you die, you'll definitely go to hell!" Griffon corrected Big Ivan.
"Don't worry about heaven and hell now, okay? We're miserable enough now. This is hell now, okay? "Big Ivan rolled his eyes.
"That's not true. Compared to the other place, this is actually a very safe place. Although it's not as beautiful as heaven, it's far from hell!" Griffon felt that the monsters and earthquakes in the underground world were terrible, but compared to the underground palace under the Dragon's Mouth mine, it was child's play. That was hell, and any kind of monster was enough to make people die without a burial place.
"Okay, you win. Let's go back to the Pressure Point Technique, okay?" Big Ivan did not have the strength to argue with Griffon. He had never entered the underground palace under the Dragon's Mouth mine, so he did not know the secrets below.
"Don't discuss anything now. It's time to rest!" Fox snorted. "We don't know if we can return to the surface alive!"
"We can. Just follow Lord God!" Griffon was not worried at all.
"Is your brain full of pig feed?" Fox was very speechless.
"Why are you so smart? Haven't you heard? People who are too smart always die faster in this world! "Griffon said that this was his guarantee of longevity. When he said this, everyone was speechless.
They rested for an hour in the repeated aftershocks.
Josiah came over and discussed with Lin Dong. "If the passage back collapsed, is there another passage in this abandoned palace?"
Lin Dong shook his head. "No! And I have bad news. The passage we are taking may not be the middle passage that we have explored before. Because the relief here points to another place, and not the Shell Palace or the Gem Palace. I don't know if we will form a loop underground if we go on like this. But even if there is a loop, it will be a very long distance. At the same time, I can't guarantee that this loop passage will always be unimpeded. The earthquake will change a lot of the terrain. We need to be prepared for the worst! "
Josiah listened and nodded.
In fact, long before asking, he had already planned for the worst. He just hoped to hear a little surprise from Lin Dong.
Lin Dong's words were completely within his expectations. As for the bad news, as early as when the deserters came back to report, Josiah realized that he might have led the wrong way and gotten the wrong direction home.
"Ahem, Mr. Wood, I brought people to check the passage in the direction we came in. Many small monsters that could not escape in time were smashed to death inside. It seems that they did not know that the earthquake was coming. The most serious thing is that a section of the passage has been completely blocked by collapsed boulders. We might not be able to get through it in a short time! "Eric Jr., who had just gone out to scout, brought back the bad news.
"Then let's go forward! This is the only way we can go now! "Lin Dong dug out his backpack and flashlight from the mud.
Everyone rummaged through their backpacks.
Unfortunately, less than one-third of them found their backpacks. Most of the things were either crushed under countless rocks and mud and could not be found, or were nowhere to be found.
Time was limited. Everyone followed Lin Dong. Vanessa did not find her backpack, but she found someone's flashlight. She put it together and used it to light up the path in front of them.
They walked through a few corners and went around the narrow area that had collapsed.
After much difficulty, he finally reached the stone bridge.
But.
Because of the earthquake, the natural stone bridge between the two cliffs had disappeared without a trace.
The most shocking thing was not the disappearance of the stone bridge, but when Lin Dong shone his flashlight forward, he found that there was nothing in the space a few hundred meters in front of him. When he shone his light upward, he found that there was a ray of light at the very top of the cliff. Josiah hurriedly dug out the binoculars from his backpack. When he looked, he could not help but exclaim, "Stars, I see stars. My God, the earthquake made a big hole in the ground. Ah, no, this is not a hole, this is a damn canyon!"
"This is really good news!" Josiah's words made everyone jump in joy.
"I also saw countless monsters heading to the surface, including the giant spider the size of a house that you saw earlier!" Josiah used the binoculars to find that there were countless monsters at the mouth of the canyon formed by the collapse. There were all kinds of giant rats and unknown monsters, and they were moving toward the surface like a tidal wave. He also saw the super giant spider that the deserters and Big Ivan had mentioned before.
"Ah, you mean we have to climb the stone wall with these monsters and compete to get out of the ground faster?" Big Ivan's heart skipped a beat. "If Uncle Sam can't control so many monsters coming out of the ground, he won't throw a nuclear bomb here, will he?"
"If that's the case, this is worse than sh * t!" Griffon exclaimed.
"Looks like we have to leave as soon as possible!" Josiah's expression was grim. They might not throw a nuclear bomb, but it was very likely that they would throw a heavy bomb.
They were underground.
No matter what they threw, it would not feel good.
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