Chapter 196 The Tree Halfway Up the Mountain
Six little birds were jumping happily in the car, pecking here and looking there, their faces full of curiosity.
Zhou Wen and Li Xuan were obviously not as comfortable as them. They sat there not daring to move, for fear of angering them and upsetting the big bird.
At the same time, they were afraid that these little birds would suddenly have a whim and test the hardness of their beaks on them.
"Bang!" Just as I was thinking about it, a little bird suddenly became unhappy for some reason and pecked the car door hard with its beak.
This car is bulletproof. Ordinary bombs cannot blow open the door, but the bird directly poked a hole in it.
Zhou Wen and Li Xuan broke out in cold sweat instantly, which mixed with the hot sweat on their bodies. They didn't know what it felt like.
Fortunately, the birds did not try to bite them. Zhou Wen was fine, but Li Xuan was a bit unlucky. The bird standing on his head actually pooped. Although it was not much, it made Li Xuan want to die.
There was another loud noise, and the car shook violently. The huge golden bird claw that was holding the car disappeared, and the car seemed to have fallen on solid ground.
But when Zhou Wen looked outside, he immediately knew that he was wrong. They had not landed at all. This was the halfway point of a solitary peak. The car landed on a stone platform halfway up the mountain. There was no sky above and no ground below. Unless their car could fly, it would definitely not be able to drive away.
Whether the car can be driven away is secondary. The most important thing is whether they can get back alive.
Zhou Wen was thinking about how to survive, but Li Xuan quietly pulled the corner of his clothes and pointed outside the car window on his side.
Zhou Wen looked in the direction he pointed and was immediately surprised.
This is the halfway point of a solitary peak, at least seven or eight hundred meters from the ground, but when Li Xuan looks out the car window, he can see the crown of a tree.
"I can actually see the treetops here? How tall is that tree?" Zhou Wen couldn't imagine it. Although there are many mutated plants in this era, Zhou Wen has never seen a tree as tall as seven or eight hundred meters.
If this were converted into a building, it would be about two or three hundred stories high.
A phoenix-like bird landed on the treetops and made a bird cry, which made Zhou Wen feel like his ears were numb and he could not hear anything because of the buzzing.
When the six little birds heard the big bird's call, they jumped out of the car window and flew towards the big bird in the treetops.
Only then did Zhou Wen realize that the big bird did not live on the mountain, but its nest was on the big tree.
In addition to their car, there were several other vehicles on the stone platform on the mountain, including off-road vehicles and trucks, and a lot of things were scattered around.
There were boxes of drinks, carts of wood, and all kinds of things scattered on the platform, but no one was seen.
"It seems that this is not the first time that the big bird has brought up a car, but why is there no one here? Where did the people in the car go? Did they escape, or did they already die in the big bird's stomach?" Zhou Wen guessed secretly.
While Zhou Wen was thinking, the big bird had already entered the tree hole with the six little birds. Only then did Ah Sheng lower his voice and say, "That big bird is too terrifying. We are no match for it. We must not provoke it."
"Brother Sheng, are there any epic creatures that you can't deal with?" Li Xuan asked with a glimmer of hope.
"I have some ways to deal with epic creatures, but it's hard to say whether it is an epic creature." Asheng said lightly.
Li Xuan was shocked when he heard this: "No way? Could it really be the phoenix in mythology?"
"I don't know if it is a phoenix, but that big tree should be the legendary paulownia tree." A Sheng said, looking at the giant tree outside.
"The big tree outside is paulownia wood? Phoenix roosts on paulownia trees, doesn't that mean that the big bird just now was really a phoenix?" Li Xuan was even more surprised.
"That may not be the case. I followed the governor to fight in the dimensional realm before, and I have seen paulownia trees in other places. They were slightly smaller than this one, and a blue phoenix lived on it. It had almost stepped half a foot into mythology. We suffered heavy losses in that battle, and even the governor was seriously injured. Only then did we kill the blue phoenix and cut down the paulownia tree." A Sheng said.
"Brother Sheng, what should we do now? Why don't we sneak down the mountain and escape at night?" After hearing what Ah Sheng said, Li Xuan became even more scared.
"Not to mention these terrifying dimensional creatures, even ordinary birds have much better eyesight than humans. Night or day has almost no effect on them." Ah Sheng looked around and he also saw the cars and things scattered on the ground.
"You guys wait here, I'll go out and take a look." After saying that, Ah Sheng quietly got out of the car and crawled on the ground like a snake, so quietly that there was not even a sound.
After a while, Ah Sheng came back with a lot of things hidden in his arms.
"These drinks still have a shelf life of six months. It seems their owners haven't been here long. There's no one here now. If they haven't escaped, they've probably already ended up in the bird's stomach." Ah Sheng shared the drinks with Zhou Wen and Li Xuan. "Eat well so you have the strength to escape. We don't have much time. We still have several other-dimensional realms to visit and we need to get to the Holy Land on time. We can't waste too much time here."
The three decided to leave immediately since the big bird had just returned to the tree hole and would not come out so soon.
After drinking some drinks and eating some snacks to fill their stomachs, the three of them immediately stood up and quietly walked to the edge of the cliff to look down. Not only was the mountain steep, but the stone walls were also smooth like a mirror, with almost no place to stand.
"It's too steep here. I'm afraid I won't be able to get down without using a flying pet." Li Xuan said with a sad face.
"You can't use a companion pet. Dimensional creatures have a sense of territory. If you use other companion pets, you will be making it an enemy, which will only anger the big bird.
"Master Wen, can you go down by yourself?" Ah Sheng looked at Zhou Wen and asked.
"Sure." Zhou Wen thought it wouldn't be difficult to go down.
"Okay, then I'll carry Li Xuan in front of me, and we'll go down together." After saying that, Ah Sheng squatted down, waiting to carry Li Xuan on his back.
"Brother Sheng, no, really no, I should be able to try it myself, there won't be any big problems." Li Xuan quickly rejected Ah Sheng's kindness.
The three of them climbed down together, so it was difficult to go down the mountain suddenly. Zhou Wen borrowed the skills of Longmen Flying Technique, but he could only barely maintain his balance and descend.
Zhou Wen climbed for a while and saw that Li Xuan was sweating profusely, but it seemed that he could still hold on.
He subconsciously turned his head to look in the direction of the tree hole, and this sight scared Zhou Wen to death. He didn't know when the big bird was standing in front of the tree hole, staring at him coldly with a pair of eyes.
(End of this chapter)
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