Chapter 188 Before Destruction

We can't figure out the specific time now, the whole sky is slightly red, maybe it is dawn or evening.

The moment our eyes came into contact with the light, everyone instinctively closed their eyes. It took too long to leave the sunlight. This sudden light made our eyes extremely uncomfortable.

After a few seconds, we narrowed our eyes and looked around. Under the bright red light, what caught our eyes was an endless ruin.

All the houses in the Devil City have collapsed, and the already dilapidated ancient city is even more insane at this time. The second and third floor buildings have been shaken into bungalows, while the buildings that are originally bungalows have been razed to the ground.

Countless blood demon mummies are scattered everywhere in the ruins. Due to the large number of houses collapsed, they are re-seemingly seen. Fortunately, they have not received blood supply, so they just fell to the ground like dead bodies, which cannot pose any threat to us.

Unexpectedly, the collapse of the Nine Dragons' giant pillar would bring such an amazing chain reaction. Not only did the underground hall completely collapse and buried, but the cities on the ground were also affected. This huge shock affected the entire city. Not only was the collapse of houses, but the originally solid and flat streets in the city began to deform and collapse, and more than ten pits directly to the ground were produced around us. It seems that the catastrophe has not stopped. As long as the landslide is still continuing, the situation on the ground will become worse and worse.

Seeing that the statue of King Jiulong on his head was seriously tilted and made muffled sounds from time to time, everyone knew in his heart that the statue would collapse completely in a short while. If the downward force of this big guy was added, the consequences would definitely be something we could not imagine. At least this place in the center of the city would not be preserved and would definitely sink rapidly like a whirlpool.

I know that this place cannot be kept for a long time, and I must leave the coverage of the statue first. If possible, it is best to leave the city directly, because if the city center starts to sink, the entire city will also have a greater joint reaction.

The situation was urgent, and I dared not put my little time on amazed and panic, so I whined forward and shouted to the other ***: "Run forward quickly, the city no longer turns, run to the edge of the city first, and then look for an exit along the city wall."

Everyone agreed in unison when they heard this. Seeing that the collapse of the bronze statue became more and more intense, no one dared to delay any longer. They immediately gritted their teeth and ran wildly, running towards the front in a panic.

Fortunately, it is not night, otherwise, even if we escaped from the ground, it would be quite difficult for us to move forward in this unrecognizable ruin. Moreover, the flashlights in our hands are all insufficient. Since we are basically acting in the dark, our flashlights are always on for a long time. The multiple spare batteries we carried this time have been used up. If the only light source is cut off, it will undoubtedly be a huge catastrophe for us.

With the reflection of the sky, we could barely see the surrounding situation. Everyone was staggering among the bricks and tiles. Although there were many holes on their legs, they saw that they were about to escape and were excited, and the steps under their feet became much stronger naturally.

After running for about five or six hundred meters, I suddenly heard a few loud noises from behind me. When I turned around, I saw that the bronze statue suddenly fell and smashed it to the ground obliquely.

With the deafening sound of shattering, the ground under our feet began to tremble almost madly. The already dilapidated houses collapsed again in a strong vibration. In an instant, the sound of bricks and tiles in the whole city became louder, and with the more rapid sinking of the ground, our speed of moving forward was slowed down.

However, everything is not over yet, and it has just arrived at the climax of this shocking catastrophe.

Not long after the statue collapsed, suddenly a loud thunderous sound like a thunderous sound was heard, and there was a faint buzzing sound of metal impact. It must have been the statue colliding with the Nine Dragons pillar. Immediately afterwards, a cloud of mushrooms made of yellow dust rushed straight into the sky. Even as the sound of rocks cracking continued, the ground under our feet began to tilt back quickly.

Although this amazing scene was as expected, I didn't expect it to come so quickly. The Jiulong giant pillar supported the entire city's ground, and the city was divided into three rings, which was not as strong as a whole ground. At this time, the Jiulong giant pillar had completely collapsed, which meant that the inner ring began to sink downwards, and soon, the central ring and the outer ring would be. In short, the entire city would collapse in sequence until the entire space in the Jiuqiao Hall was filled.

Seeing the yellow dust rolling behind me, I knew that the ground under our feet would collapse soon, so how could we dare to hesitate at this moment? I quickly yelled: "Run! Quick! Quick!" After that, I put all my strength into my efforts and ran desperately amid the earth-shaking collapse.

Although we have not been caught up by the rapidly spreading sinking, the more I think about it, the more I feel scared, and I always have an ominous premonition in my heart. The glimmer of vitality I just saw also became blurred with the thoughts in my mind.

I have been secretly worried. What should we do if we run in the wrong direction? For a long time, we have been in the ground without seeing the sun, but the city on the ground is always rotating in an orderly manner. Although I have seen through the principle of this rotation, I cannot calculate where the city gate has turned at this moment. There is always thick fog in this ghost city, which has greatly restricted our vision. At the farthest, we can only see dozens of meters ahead. If we are farther away, we will be covered with white fog, and we cannot distinguish the exact direction and specific buildings at all.

It would be fine if the bronze statue collapsed later, and we still have enough time to search for the city gate along the city wall. But at this time the sank has begun and the progress is very fast. We are already very lucky to be able to run to the city wall before falling. How can we still have time to search for the city gate?

In this way, as long as the direction we choose is wrong now, it means that even if we run to the city wall, it will be a dead end. We will have no time to find another way out. What awaits us is the sinking that can destroy everything.

However... in such a huge city, how can we have such good luck? The direction we are running for is facing the city gate? If it is true, then this is the coincidental thing in the world.

My mood became increasingly depressed, as if I saw a ferocious god of death waving to me. Just as I was anxious, I suddenly realized that the vision in front of me seemed much clearer. Looking closely, I found that the visibility around me was indeed much better than before.

At first I was quite surprised, not knowing why the fog that had always lingered suddenly faded. But after thinking about it, I figured out the principle that the disasters that the city suffered were devastating, and this large-scale collapse would inevitably produce a powerful airflow. As the ground sink spreads, the area and waves of the airflow will gradually increase, so the fog in the city will be dispersed and blown away by the airflow, and the visibility will naturally become higher and higher.

Just as he was thinking this way, he suddenly heard the bearded man running in front of him exclaiming: "The city gate is over there!"

Everyone hurriedly followed his gaze and saw that a huge city gate that we could not find was not far from our left. In a sense, this was thanks to the chance brought by this catastrophe. If it weren't for the collapse of all the houses in the ghost city, if the airflow had not blown away the mist in the city, under the obstruction of multiple sight lines, it would have been estimated that the probability of our finding the city gate would be very low.

After recognizing the direction, everyone hurriedly changed direction with the bearded man. This time, they really saw the dawn of hope. Everyone forced their spirits to make great strides. The desire to survive far exceeded the limit of the body. At this moment, we even felt that our whole body was no longer under our control.

Fortunately, the ground behind us was half a moment slower than our pace. The moment our feet stepped out of the city gate, the last inch of land in the city fell. Immediately, I heard the huge city gate making a crackling sound. In a short while, the city gate was split into pieces because it could not bear the excessive twisting force and fell into the deep pit below.

After that, the surroundings immediately became quiet. Except for the occasional light sound of gravel collisions, everything returned to its initial tranquility.

This sudden tranquility made us extremely uncomfortable. We have been rushing hard in the huge noise of the landslide for a long time. We suddenly stopped and suddenly ushered in the long-lost peace. We were already tired and dazed in our trance and even mistakenly thought that nothing had happened. However, looking around, the ancient city full of mysterious aura has been destroyed, and replaced by an extremely huge pit, and everything on the ground has been swallowed up by the pit.

Everyone's nerves immediately relaxed, and then they sat down to the ground, panting one by one, so tired that they couldn't even speak. Even the bearded man was no exception. Although he was not as embarrassed as us, his whole body was soaked in sweat, his expression was full of fatigue, and the rate of breathing was much faster than usual.

But after we had only rested for less than a minute, we suddenly heard a "click" sound, as if it was the sound of cracking on the ground. Before we could react, a series of "click" sounds followed. Starting from the location of the city gate, large lightning-shaped cracks suddenly appeared on the ground.

The cracks came straight towards us at a flying speed, and it came under us in just a few seconds. As the cracked cracks expanded, a more amazing loud noise also came into our ears, and the ground behind us once again sank into the ground.

Looking at the terrifying scene in front of me, the bearded man and I looked at each other in shock, and sighed blankly in unison: "It's not over yet..."
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