Chapter 40: Adventure? Life and death!
Lin Xiaobai heard Tang Jingmo's call, and following the momentum of the shock wave, he relaxed his body and fell downwards, with the vines in his hands occasionally clinging to the cliff next to him for cushioning.
She swayed and fell quickly into Tang Jingmo's arms.
Tang Jingmo put up a mental shield to block the rubble and hugged Xiaobai, "You are fucking going to die!"
It can be seen that he was so angry that he even swore.
Xiao Bai grinned, "I value my life very much. I saw you come to save the beauty, so I at least give you some face."
The underground river rushed down along the explosion hole and flowed towards Changhua County. And someone seemed to sigh in the dark, unwilling to see them get their wish.
The rushing water came to an abrupt stop, and despite the law of gravity, it swirled in the air, forming a huge water dragon that rushed towards the two people.
"Hold me tight!" "Hold me tight!"
The two of them roared at the same time, one spread out his mental power, and the other swung out vines, and at the same time formed a ball wrapped by vines and mental power to protect each other.
The ball kept rolling in the huge waves, as if it had entered a giant washing machine, and the two people trapped in the ball hugged each other and spun, spun, spun...
The sphere condensed from vines and mental power kept spinning and sinking in the violent water dragon. The water around it gradually became viscous and emitted a faint blue fluorescence.
Xiaobai suddenly opened his eyes wide - there was actually a layer of space underneath the Longtou Cliff alien ruins!
Deep under the water of the underground river, an ancient bronze door slowly opened, and a dazzling golden light shone through the gap in the door.
"That's... the fluctuation of fragmented energy!" The vines extended uncontrollably towards the door, as if summoned by some force.
Tang Jingmo's mental barrier cracked under the heavy load. A trace of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, but he held on tightly: "What's behind the door?!"
"I don't know, but I feel the same power as the fragments! No, it's even stronger than the fragments!" Xiaobai gritted his teeth, and the vines suddenly tightened, dragging the two of them towards the bronze door.
Just as they touched the door, the entire underground river suddenly reversed! The water turned into countless sharp ice cones, stabbing from all directions.
——
The roar of the explosion was still echoing in the valley. At the gap in Longshen Mountain, the flood was roaring like a beast breaking out of a cage, rushing towards the dry riverbed of Changhua County.
The water level in Longshan Village began to drop at a speed visible to the naked eye. The muddy current that had originally submerged the eaves gradually retreated to the windowsill and then to the doorstep.
The young and middle-aged villagers who persisted to the end stood at the muddy entrance of the village, with shovels deeply inserted into the ground, supporting their shaky bodies.
Their eyes were fixed fixed ahead - of their home, only half of the earthen wall was left standing stubbornly.
"Retired...Really retired..." murmured Lin Shan, the village party secretary, his voice so hoarse as if he was speaking with a mouth full of sand.
Several half-grown children ran down from the high cave, stepping barefoot on the wet mud, and the splashing water sparkled in the sunlight.
Some people started laughing, and then started crying.
The brothers Lin Xiaoan and Lin Guohua were soaked through, still holding the dragon beard grass tightly in their arms. The fluorescence on the grass leaves had dimmed, but their eyes were frighteningly bright.
"Have you seen my sister Xiaobai?" Lin Guohua asked everyone he met.
Xiao An suddenly grabbed the villager beside him, and his fingers tightened unconsciously, "Is my sister back?!"
No one could answer them.
Over at the cave, Song Wan and Lin Shuhua were checking the injuries of the last few children.
The original colors of their coats had long since disappeared, and the cuffs were torn, so one could vaguely see the blood seeping from the cloth strips wrapped inside.
Hearing his brother Lin Xiaoan's shout, Lin Shuhua paused but did not look up, tears dripping down his face.
"She will come back. She will definitely come back! She is the new heroine who defies the heavens!" Song Wan said softly, not knowing whether she was comforting Lin Shuhua or convincing herself.
In the temporary command post, Gu Zhongzhang stared in amazement at Changhua County on the map.
The militiamen who went to investigate the situation came back and reported: "The water level dropped faster than expected. Longshan Village is basically safe now."
The phone rings.
"County Magistrate Gu, our Changhua County is saved. The rivers are full, the ground is soaked, people all over the county are rolling in the mud. Thank you so much..."
"Diverting trouble to others" was successful!
Floods have formed new tributaries in Changhua County, and the cracked land is greedily absorbing these unexpected gifts.
But what about those who carry heavy burdens?
Gu Zhongzhang said nothing.
His walkie-talkie was on and tuned to the frequency used by the search and rescue team. Occasionally, a vague human voice could be heard among the static, but it was not the one he wanted to hear.
"Send another team to look for him," he finally said in a low voice, "If he's alive, we must find him. If he's dead, we must find his body."
——
Longtou Cliff, under the underground river, another space.
The moment the bronze door swallowed the two people, it also blocked the ice cones that the water had transformed into, and the world suddenly became silent.
Tang Jingmo suddenly opened his eyes and found himself standing in a bloody wasteland.
There were two moons hanging in the sky - one silver and one red, and countless strange plants were surging in the soil underfoot.
"Death Canyon?" He instinctively tried to hold Xiaobai's hand, but caught nothing.
"No! This is a mental illusion..." Tang Jingmo's words stopped abruptly.
He saw that Xiaobai's left eye had turned into a strange golden vertical pupil, and his expression was dull.
"Xiaobai!" Tang Jingmo stepped forward, held her hand, input his mental power, and dragged her out of the illusion.
Xiaobai's left eye returned to normal, but he looked strange.
"No, this is not an illusion. This is the memory world of the fragments - we are being dragged into the fragments."
In the distance, a bronze palace was suspended between the blood moons, and the breath of the fourth fragment came from there.
The two looked at each other and took a step forward at the same time, but the ground suddenly cracked!
Countless mirror fragments rose from the abyss, each one reflecting their reflections - but those "reflections" were actually laughing eerily.
"Be careful!" Xiaobai pulled Tang Jingmo away. Where she was originally standing, the "Tang Jingmo" in the mirror was stabbing with a knife, and the blade was only half an inch away from her throat.
In front of the palace, the two were surrounded by their own reflections.
Tang Jingmo's military uniform had turned into ancient battle armor at some point, and the shadow of a green dragon appeared behind Xiaobai.
"To get the fragments, you have to kill the 'other party' first." Xiaobai in the mirror licked his fangs and smiled.
After a few breaths, "Tang Jingmo" and "Lin Xiaobai" had already exchanged dozens of moves.
The two stood back to back again.
"Physical attacks are ineffective." Tang Jingmo stared at the mirror image and analyzed, "They thrive on negative emotions - were you thinking just now, 'If you don't show off, you won't get me into trouble'?"
Xiao Bai pulled the corner of his mouth: "You can't hide it from me - you are regretting not coming back earlier, right? Or, even earlier, you regretted hurting me in the Death Canyon in the end of the world..."
"It seems that one of us must die once to break the deadlock!"
Tang Jingmo understood Xiaobai's hint and suddenly turned around, grabbed Xiaobai's hand and pressed her palm against his heart.
"Let me borrow your vines."
In an instant, mental power and plant energy merged into thousands of burning golden thorns, nailing all the mirror images in mid-air!
"Now! Break!"
Thousands of mirror images shattered into powder at the same time, disappeared completely, and the space began to collapse.
As they fell, they saw——
The palace turned into a bronze fragment, turned into a meteor, and flew into Xiaobai's body.
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