Chapter 12 Doors
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“Gudamai…!”
Hu Zhijun shouted in pain as he looked at the direction where Gudamai disappeared, and two lines of tears couldn't help falling down. What a good young soldier. In an instant, the scene of Gudamai's joining the army and being assigned to him was sent to the platoon. Gudamai, who had not yet taken off his childishness, stood in front of him in a brand new green military uniform, shouting "report" in a young and shy manner, and his moving singing, and the bright smiles his comrades joked and shouted Amir's nickname... All of this seemed to be vivid in my mind, but suddenly became so far away.
Although Wan Changchun and Su Yichen did not have as deep feelings as Hu Zhijun had for Gudamai, in these two short days, Gudamai also left a deep impression on them. For a moment, they stared blankly at the direction where Gudamai's figure disappeared. Su Yichen's melodious singing seemed to be heard in Su Yichen's ears.
The singing was still the same, but Gudamai was already separated from them. Su Yichen's eyes were hazy and his heart was hurt like a knife.
The quicksand continued to pour down, and the vibrations in the underground did not stop.
"Be careful! Don't step out!" Wan Changchun was the calmest of the three, perhaps because of the oldest experience, and the first person to react. At this moment, the terrain surrounding the building had undergone great changes. The desert area within a few miles seemed to have become a huge funnel. In addition to the edge of the building where they were, the quicksand around continued to tilt downwards, as if there was a huge hole underground, and the sand quickly fell from this space.
The three people close to the edge of the building, the quicksand at their feet were also falling, but the speed was much slower than the outside, and they could barely stand with the building, but if they were one meter away, the quicksand poured out would be much greater. If they accidentally crossed over, they would face the same fate as Gudamai.
"Learn my way! Hurry up!" Wan Changchun spread his hands, letting his body close to the surface of the building, and his feet kept pulling out of the sunken sand and then gently stepped on it. Su Yichen and Hu Zhijun immediately understood and did the same movements as Wan Changchun. Although the sand under their feet was still losing, relying on this method, the three of them were safe at least temporarily.
A few minutes later, with the loss of a large amount of sand, the entire building began to gradually grow... No, it should be said that the lower part of the building hidden in the sand gradually appeared. In the shocked eyes of the three of them, they found that the building was much taller than they thought. Now the building exposed on the sand has doubled its original size, and its diameter has increased by one third. Looking up, the entire building was standing in the desert like a tower that stretches through the sky.
"Alivasti's palace towers into the clouds..." This sentence suddenly flashed through Hu Zhijun's mind. This is what Gudama said more than ten minutes ago. Is everything Gudama said true? This is really Alivasti's palace? And that terrible legend is also a fact?
Hu Zhijun's eyes showed confusion. At this time, everything in front of him subverted his firm belief. Although reason told him that this completely violated materialism and scientific basis, but the idealism set of things that were to be criticized and denied, the reality in front of him made him unable to help but doubt everything he had insisted on.
At this moment, Hu Zhijun, who mechanically repeatedly raised his foot and stepped down, continued to raise his foot, suddenly found that his foot was stepping on the ground. He looked down in surprise and saw that the position of his feet was no longer full of fine sand, and a platform was exposed under the feet.
"Platform?" Hu Zhijun shouted in surprise. Like him, Su Yichen and Wan Changchun also discovered the strangeness under their feet almost at the same time. They subconsciously stopped raising their feet and looked at the platform that appeared under their feet with the same surprise expression.
"This...what is going on?" Wan Changchun frowned. His first reaction was whether this was the cornerstone of the building. If so, it could explain the origin of the platform. Just as he was about to squat down and see if the platform under his feet was the same as the material on the surface of the building, Su Yichen suddenly shouted beside him.
"Look! A door!"
"A door?" Whether it was Wan Changchun or Hu Zhijun, he raised his head at the same time, looked to the left in the direction of Su Yichen's finger. When he saw that it was not far from them, there was indeed a door that appeared there.
This is a door about 2 meters wide and more than 3 meters high, slightly larger than ordinary doors. The color of the door is the same as the building surface, but its outline can be clearly seen from its protruding edge or similar door frames. The sudden appearance of the door made the three of them look at each other. They didn't know whether this door was a door leading to the building's interior or something that looked like a door. But no matter what, as the surrounding quicksand continued to slant down, none of them could guarantee whether their location would maintain its current temporary safety. Because the reason is simple, once the strange vibration stops, or the quicksand no longer tilts endlessly, the area that has formed a huge funnel-shaped body will soon be fully covered by other quicksands coming from all directions in the desert.
If this is the case, the three people who have descended nearly 20 meters deep are still in extremely dangerous environments. Once this change occurs, they will all be buried deep under the desert, without even the possibility of escape.
Su Yichen and Wan Changchun exchanged glances and quickly decided to explore the door. Even ants are alive, let alone people? As the saying goes, it is better to live than to die. If that door can be opened, then they can at least go inside the building to hide. As for how to leave after entering, it is not the time to consider this issue.
Su Yichen was closest to the door. He held the building surface and moved his foot carefully toward the door. He soon came to the front of the door. Standing in front of the door, Su Yichen looked at the door carefully. From a close distance, he could tell that it was indeed a door. But strangely, there was no handle or keyhole on the front of the door. He pushed it hard, and the whole door could not be moved at all and could not be pushed open.
"How about Xiao Su?" Wan Changchun and Hu Zhijun also supported the outer wall to the door one after another. Wan Changchun took off his glasses and wiped them cleanly with his clothes. He asked anxiously when he put them on.
"It should be a door, but it can't be pushed open!" Su Yichen said anxiously.
"If you can't push it, just pull it!" Hu Zhijun shouted.
"How can I pull this door without any handle?"
"What! No handle?" Hu Zhijun widened his eyes. When he saw clearly the shape of the entire door, he found that it was indeed as Su Yichen said. There was no handle on the door, a disappointed expression appeared on his face.
Wan Changchun narrowed his eyes and looked at the strange door from the side. Because the platform was relatively small, the quicksand outside the platform was still pouring down, so he did not forcefully squeeze up and stand at the door with Su Yichen. After thinking about it, Wan Changchun spoke, "Don't worry, Xiao Su, please carefully find out if there are any mechanisms on the door. I think this door can be opened. Why would it appear here if it is a door that cannot be opened?"
Su Yichen suddenly felt that what Wan Changchun said made sense. He quickly reached out to touch the door and looked for the so-called mechanism. But after touching, the surface of the door and the surface of the building were no different. The whole door was like a door panel with the same material welded to the surface of the building, and no mechanism was found at all.
At this time, the vibration underground became more and more intense, and the entire building began to shake slightly. The anxious Su Yichen knew that they were on the verge of danger anytime and anywhere.
"No, there is no here... there is no here... there... there is no here..." Su Yichen looked around, and felt more and more disappointed as time went by. He was anxious and slapped the door anxiously, and couldn't help but curse: "Damn it! What a broken thing..."
But before he could curse all his words, the palm of his hand pressed on the door suddenly seemed to be stabbed by an electric shock. Su Yichen was shocked and his conditioned reflex quickly raised his hand and shrank back. Before he could react, the door in front of him suddenly shone brightly, and the gray-white door suddenly became like the water surface.
Chapter completed!