Upon hearing Lu Yuan say that there were crops that could be planted first, Chen Bin's face immediately lit up with joy.

"Really? What is it? I'll get someone to plant it right now!"

Lu Yuan waved his hand and said, "Don't rush, I'll bring these crops out tomorrow, and then you can take people to plant them!"

Just then, a rustling sound came from the tent, like snow falling, so Lu Yuan lifted the tent flap and looked outside.

"Why is it so dark?"

Then Lu Yuan stretched out his hand from the tent, only to suddenly see a cloud of black dust fall onto his palm.

"Where...where did this come from? There don't seem to be any signs of fire around here! What is this thing? Why does it feel warm?"

When Chen Bin arrived, he didn't seem to notice this phenomenon. He only felt that it was getting dark. When he heard Lu Yuan say this, he immediately reached out and took two dust particles, placed them on the back of his hand, crushed them with his fingers, and then smelled them.

"It smells so strongly of sulfur! I wonder where it came from!"

Then Lu Yuan frowned and walked out of the tent. He came to the edge of the rift valley again, where he saw that yesterday's earthquake had once again shaken several houses into the rift valley, and the new fracture sites were still clearly visible.

Lu Yuan didn't know if the earthquakes would continue to occur. If they did continue to break down like this, their newly built base would be severely damaged, and whether it could be saved would be another matter entirely.

But Lu Yuan couldn't understand why he felt that the place hadn't suffered a major disaster back then! Could it be that he remembered it wrong?

At this moment, the sky was dark, with a thick dark cloud hanging over everyone's heads. Black dust kept falling from the dark cloud, and a thick layer of dust had already settled on the ground.

Lu Yuan took out his binoculars and looked into the distance, but the binoculars could not see very far. Although the thick fog had dissipated somewhat, the distance was still about 200 meters. Even with binoculars, the visible range was still not very far, and he could not see the other side of the rift valley at all.

As Lu Yuan put away his binoculars and was about to turn around, he felt a tremor beneath his feet.

"President Lu, let's go! It's dangerous here. If it collapses again, we'll be in big trouble!"

After saying that, Chen Bin grabbed Lu Yuan tightly and tried to walk away, but Lu Yuan stopped in his tracks.

At this moment, Lu Yuan's gaze was fixed on the opposite side of the rift valley.

The tremor came from the other side. Although they also felt some vibrations under their feet, Lu Yuan knew it wouldn't have a significant impact.

Chen Bin was getting anxious and was about to speak when he heard Lu Yuan point into the distance and say, "Wasn't there a mud pit at this exit in our western region before?"

Chen Bin nodded silently, unsure why Lu Yuan would ask about this.

Then Lu Yuan took out his binoculars again and looked into the distance. This time, however, the thick fog in the distance was lifted like a curtain. After the fog dissipated, a tall mountain suddenly rose up from the flat ground hundreds of meters away. However, this mountain seemed different from the others, with a pointed mouth on its top. But because of the thick fog and dust, Lu Yuan could not see it very clearly. He always felt that the shape of the mountain was a bit strange.

"When did another mountain appear over there?" Lu Yuan asked, pointing into the distance.

Chen Bin also witnessed this scene, and he was so shocked that he couldn't speak. The mountain in the distance had never existed before, but now they were facing the mountain, which was about two or three thousand meters high, taller than the two mountains next to them.

"Could it be that the earthquake caused another mountain to appear over there?" Lu Yuan couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Then another violent tremor came from beneath their feet. This time, Lu Yuan did not stop. This tremor was much stronger than the previous one. Just as Lu Yuan and Chen Bin were running backward, they heard a violent sound coming from the other side of the rift.

Lu Yuan quickly turned around and saw flames suddenly shooting into the sky from the distant mountain peaks. A huge plume of smoke rose from the mountaintop, countless flames floated up, and a giant firework exploded in the sky.

In an instant, a strong smell of sulfur wafted over.

"A volcano! A volcano has formed there! And it's still erupting!" Lu Yuan was shocked. He hadn't expected that a mountain formed at the valley's exit due to the earthquake would actually be a volcano.

Lu Yuan immediately understood why countless black dust particles had just drifted in from the sky. It was clearly because of the volcano on the other side of the rift valley. No wonder there was such a strong smell of sulfur.

Just then, a violent whistling sound suddenly came from the sky, and several huge fireballs slammed towards the base.

"Damn it! Lava from a volcano! It's flying all the way here! Run!" Seeing the red dot of light getting bigger and bigger overhead, Lu Yuan quickly grabbed Chen Bin and ran away.

Then, a deafening sound, as if an attack had struck, came from the spot where the two had just been standing.

Lu Yuan and Chen Bin lost their footing and immediately fell to the ground. When Lu Yuan turned around again, he saw that the few dead trees on the ground were now engulfed in flames.

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