Chapter 19: Trees Grow Fast
"Damn, what is that thing? It's neither human nor ghost. It scared me so much that I got goosebumps." Li Huiyin rubbed her arms, feeling cold all over.
Xu Zhiyang slowly loosened his fingers and looked in the direction the monster disappeared. "Whatever it is, I feel its energy fluctuations are very strong. It's best not to encounter it again."
"Since he has left, it means that his sense of smell and hearing may not be sensitive, otherwise he would have discovered us long ago when he was so close." Qin Shiyu analyzed.
Li Huiyin: "It looks like it has no facial features, and I don't know how it finds its prey."
"Let's not discuss this for now." Qin Shiyu rubbed his eyes, looked at Xu Zhiyang and Zhu Ci, and said seriously, "Brother Zhu, have you noticed that it's still dark?"
Zhu Ci frowned: "I just found out when I looked at the time."
Qin Shiyu: "In the summer here, the sky starts to get light around 5:50 and becomes completely bright around 6:30."
"But now, it's almost six o'clock, and the sky is still pitch black." Xu Zhiyang took over the conversation, "There's clearly no sign of rain, but there's not a single star in the sky, let alone a moon."
Li Huiyin had a bad feeling in her heart, "Xiaoyu, do you mean..."
"Well, after 48 hours of darkness, the world... is likely to mutate for the third time."
After saying this, Qin Shiyu felt a chill down his spine.
After a dead silence, Xu Zhiyang spoke first: "Don't scare yourself. What we need to think about now is how to deal with it."
Zhu Si: "Well, when the enemy comes, we will fight him; when the water comes, we will block it with earth."
Qin Shiyu took a few deep breaths and tried to remain calm. "Brother, brother, sister, I suggest we get down from the tree right now."
"Why?"
"Because I think that with the third world mutation, the plants and animals on the edge of the city will also begin to mutate. It's not safe for us to stay in the trees."
Xu Zhiyang exchanged a glance with Zhu Ci upon hearing this. "Actually, my bad feeling is getting worse, so I agree with Xiaoyu's suggestion."
Having said that, Zhu Ci, having experienced several incidents along the way, now believed Xu Zhiyang's premonition very much, so he made a quick decision, "Pack your things! Get down from the tree!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sudden earthquake! Xu Zhiyang was caught off guard and thrown out of the hammock. Fortunately, Zhu Ci grabbed her and prevented her from falling.
"Hold the tree!" Zhu Ci shouted.
Xu Zhiyang didn't hear clearly, and only had time to reach out and hug Zhu Ci's waist, clinging tightly.
Zhu Ci couldn't pull him away, so he could only hold Xu Zhiyang between his arms and the tree trunk, holding on to the strong branches tightly with his hands.
Qin Shiyu, who was sitting diagonally opposite the two of them, climbed up the tree trunk using his hands and feet. Li Huiyin was beside him, holding the bark tightly with one hand and supporting Qin Shiyu's back with the other.
The four people were almost thrown down by the earthquake, but fortunately it did not last too long and it became quiet after more than ten seconds.
Xu Zhiyang slowly opened her eyes and raised her head from Zhu Ci's arms. "Are you safe?"
Before he finished speaking, Xu Zhiyang felt himself suddenly rise!
The kind of rise that soars into the sky!
The sky was pitch black. As the sky rose rapidly, Xu Zhiyang opened his eyes and vaguely saw a city with a few lights in the distance, which flashed by.
"Oh my god!!!" Li Huiyin yelled, "What's going on!"
Qin Shiyu's glasses fell off his nose and he didn't have time to fix them, fearing he would fall if he let go. "The plants have mutated! We are rising! Everyone be careful!"
Several people were dazed by the wind, and after about ten seconds, it finally stopped.
Li Huiyin trembled as she glanced down and was almost frightened to death. "It's so high! Holy shit!"
Xu Zhiyang's hands were stiff and he was almost blown crazy. After a while, he looked around and found that the surrounding trees also rose from the ground and grew very tall. From where he was, there was almost no end, or rather, he could not see the end.
The night was dark, and the surroundings were all covered with dark green treetops. The sounds of trees breaking through the ground gradually stopped as they grew taller.
Zhu Ci glanced at his watch. "It's been ten hours since we climbed the tree. If it's really the 48 hours of darkness that A-Yang mentioned, then we still have to wait a long time."
"Do you want to get down from the tree?" Xu Zhiyang pretended to be calm and came out of Zhu Ci's arms, sitting tremblingly on the branch next to him. The hammock had been torn apart by the grown branches and could no longer be used.
Qin Shiyu gradually adapted to the height and suggested, "I think we shouldn't go down. It's actually safer for us to stay in the tree. A rough estimate is that the tree is already 200 meters high... Besides, it's so dark now, and it's easy for something to happen if we go down now. It's too high. Except for the eldest brother, the three of us will be exhausted before we're halfway up."
Xu Zhiyang thought the same thing. "The key is, even if I survive and get down there, I don't know what the situation is like on the ground. It seems that the third world mutation has mutated the flora and fauna on the edge of the city. The trees have grown so tall, and those little ants and bugs are probably even more terrifying."
"Yes, yes." Li Huiyin never let go of the branch. "What if I fall into a pile of animals? That would be a snack for them."
Zhu Ci listened to their discussion before speaking: "In that case, let's wait until daybreak before descending the tree. Now is the time to get a good night's sleep. There shouldn't be any animals coming up to disturb us at this altitude."
"Well, let's all take a rest." Xu Zhiyang stretched slowly, not daring to move around on such a high tree.
Fortunately, the branches of the mutated tree are very thick and strong, which is more than enough for a person to lie on. As long as you don't turn over and struggle, you will not fall down.
Li Huiyin trembled as she moved to a branch, closer to Xu Zhiyang. "I don't dare to sleep. You know how bad I am when I sleep. What if I turn over and fall down?"
After she finished speaking, she looked down. It was like a black bottomless pit, without a trace of light. It felt like if she fell in, she would never reach the bottom.
Xu Zhiyang untied the broken hammock, untied the rope, and said, "Lie down, and I'll tie you to the branch with the rope, and then tie the other end to my waist. This way, even if the rope breaks and you fall, I'll be on the other side, so at most we'll be suspended in the air and won't fall."
"...Okay, it's unreliable, but it seems like this is the only way."
Li Huiyin lay down on the branch next to Xu Zhiyang and let him tie her up on the branch. Xu Zhiyang tied the other end around her slender waist.
After finishing all this, Li Huiyin turned to look at Qin Shiyu. The kid had already put together another hammock that was broken into two sections, and then asked Zhu Ci to help him fix it on a higher branch.
The hammock was made into a small hanging basket, which was just right for Qin Shiyu to nestle in. Although it was a little shaky, it was comfortable and safe.
After everything was settled, Zhu Ci said, "No need to keep watch. I'm a light sleeper, and anything will wake me up immediately. Let's take this opportunity to rest. We must hurry on our journey after daybreak."
Xu Zhiyang had already closed his eyes and raised his hand to make an OK sign. Just as he was about to fall asleep and dream about Zhou Gong, he heard a "click" from the sky.
A muffled thunder sounded.
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