Chapter 248: Old Chuan
"Do you smell anything?" Luo Yuan suddenly asked when it was almost noon the next day.
"It seems that there is no!" The others shook their heads one after another.
Luo Yuan sniffed again in confusion, this time it became clearer. This was a smell of burnt and a little rotten egg, which made him vaguely familiar with it, as if he had smelled it somewhere.
Memories were quickly found out. The volcano tasted similar to the ones when the volcano erupted. However, Luo Yuan was not worried that the dangers of volcanoes in erupted states and those waiting to erupted states are completely different. If the former is encountered, it is best to run the farther the better. The latter is just to emit thick smoke, and it may not erupt for ten or a hundred years.
As the distance from the volcano approached, gradually others also smelled the scent.
When everyone stood on a huge rock on the top of a mountain peak and looked into the distance, everyone was shocked to find that there was not only one volcano nearby, but a group of them. Along the lines of several mountain ranges, they were lit one by one like beacons on the Great Wall, and the thick smoke rolled, which shocked people.
"Why are there so many volcanoes here? It seems that there are no active volcanoes in China." Huo Dong said, his face slightly pale.
"Maybe, but that's the past!" Luo Yuan looked at the volcano and took a deep breath and said, "The drastic changes in sea levels and foreign cosmic storms will affect lava activities. This volcano either does not erupt, but it may be a super volcano once it erupts. Not only will it be submerged by magma, but the reconstruction area will be affected.
"It's not that serious, right?" Lin Xiaoji was startled and said.
"I'm just conservatively estimating!" Luo Yuandao, he had watched a documentary about super volcano.
When a volcano erupts, lava is only the second best, and the most harmful ones are volcanic ash and poisonous gas. Super volcanoes like this can spray hundreds of millions of tons of material into the air every time they erupt. At that time, the day will turn into night and summer will turn into cold winter. Not to mention the nearby reconstruction areas, even half of China will be affected. He doesn't know whether the mutant creatures will die on a large scale, but it will definitely be a step further for humans who are surviving.
"We must return to the reconstruction area as soon as possible and report this matter to you." The company commander's face turned solemn when he heard it, and he hurriedly said.
Luo Yuan nodded, and at this moment he suddenly felt something and looked at one of the volcanoes.
I saw magma suddenly splashing everywhere at the top of the volcano, and a strong flame spurted out from it, rushing through the air hundreds of meters high. At first, he thought that he was not lucky, and when he encountered the volcano, he was about to erupt, but accompanied by the flames, and a monster in the shape of an insect poked his head out of the crater.
"Look, what is that?" At this time, everyone also noticed that everyone stared at the mysterious creature living in the magma without blinking.
Although it is nearly six or seven kilometers away from here, due to its huge size, everyone can still see clearly. It is like a red worm, with circles of stripes on the surface of its body, and two rows of dense black feet are growing under its feet. It can hardly see any eyes. Only a large round mouth that spits flames occupy most of its head.
At this time, its head kept shaking, and a high-pressure flame that was a hundred meters long was flying freely in the air as it shook.
Several nearby trees were swept by the red and white flames in the air and immediately began to burn. Within a dozen seconds, they turned into a ball of pitch black coke, which showed that the flame was extremely hot.
The flames continued to eject, as if they had received some signal. Worms were protruded from another crater. Next, the third and fourth... Luo Yuan was shocked to find that almost every volcano here had been occupied by this mysterious creature.
Next, this area began to enter a carnival moment of "worms". A large number of flame columns intersected back and forth in the air. The terrifying high temperature made the air distorted. Even the temperature at Luo Yuan was increased by several degrees Celsius, and his breathing was full of burning smell.
The carnival lasted for half an hour before finally stopping, and the worms plunged into the crater one after another.
Everyone's face turned pale and it took more than ten seconds to recover. The group no longer dared to stay near this place for a long time. After the worms disappeared, they bypassed the volcano group far away and continued to move forward.
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As we move forward, although the terrain is still undulating and the mountains are continuous, we can feel that the altitude is decreasing. For example, the nearby snow-capped mountains are gradually disappearing, and the mountains are also beginning to become low, which is undoubtedly good news.
On the fifth day, the group even discovered a trace of humanity.
This is the ruins of a village. Several stone pillars lie alone on the ground. Broken bricks and some rotten furniture can be seen everywhere under the weeds. Huang Jiahui even found a complete porcelain bowl with the symbol of Mao era in the ruins.
This shows that this village is not isolated from the world, and it may not take long before they can walk out of the mountains.
This made the group excited and mixed feelings. The difficulties and obstacles encountered along the way were frightened and scared, and everyone was under unimaginable pressure.
The trails in the village are covered by plants so they can’t see clearly, but you can still see some clues, such as relatively compact geology and some homogeneous gravel.
The giant lizard walked along the path and saw ruins similar to villages everywhere. As the evening approached, a concrete road suddenly appeared in front of him.
The cement road is seriously damaged and has a bumpy pit, covered with moss and weeds, and is mixed with the jungle on both sides.
After stepping onto the cement road, there were more and more traces of human beings, and the surrounding woods gradually became sparse.
A large number of collapsed buildings and various colorful garbage filled the air with a smell of mold. However, perhaps because of the mood, everyone was a little excited when they saw this scene.
"I don't know where this place is?" Huang Jiahui suppressed the rolling emotions in her heart and asked.
"I guess this place should be a small town. We will soon be able to reach the city, and there must be a well-preserved map there." Corps Xia said, his tone slightly higher.
It was already dark, and everyone briefly discussed it and decided not to stay and rushed to the nearest city overnight.
Because the road was relatively flat, the giant lizard finally showed its terrible speed. It took heavy steps. Under Luo Yuan's urging, it began to run quickly, easily reaching eighty or ninety yards. It was blowing wildly, and everyone grabbed the vine blanket on the back of the giant lizard tightly to avoid being lifted down.
This place is roughly located at the junction of Qinghai and Tibet. It is vast and sparsely populated. Apart from a highway, you can rarely see villages along the way. A few shriveled car tires are scattered against the road, while the car has long been corroded into a pile of red rust.
The road was quiet and lonely, with only the heavy steps of the giant lizard and the King Kong echoing in the night sky.
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At nine o'clock in the evening, everyone finally stepped into the city in the forest.
It seems to be an ancient city a thousand years ago, full of the smell of time and decay. It can no longer see its original appearance. Even the color of steel and cement has been covered with endless green.
But everyone has long been accustomed to it and ignore it.
Although most of the buildings have rotted and collapsed, there are still quite a few buildings that still stand firm and blend into the nearby woods under the support of vines.
"Let's go to the tallest building in front to take a look." Luo Yuandao.
The building is about five or six stories high, with a thick green vines on the surface. It is already the tallest building that can be preserved nearby. Luo Yuan jumped off the giant lizard and split the plants on the surface of the building with a slashing knife, and soon exposed the seriously corroded concrete inside.
He stretched out his foot and kicked it, and with a "slam" sound, a big hole appeared in the wall.
Although his strength is not small, normal walls will never be so easy, but these concrete has long lost its firmness under the corrosion of plants and become like sand. With a light kick to the feet, a large area collapsed.
Luo Yuan let the giant lizard and the King Kong stay where they were, and then drilled into the cave. Several mutant beasts that made nests here were cleaned up immediately, and then everyone followed in.
It was pitch black and damp inside, exuding a strong smell of rottenness.
"Boss Luo, have you noticed anything?" Huo Dong approached and asked.
"No, it's too wet, and even the desk is rotten, not to mention the paper map. I'll go upstairs to check it out, you guys will exit first." Luo Yuan said. The buildings here are very fragile, like tofu. With a little force, they may collapse. At that time, no one except him will be absolutely safe.
"Be careful!" Huang Jiahui said.
Luo Yuan nodded, then quickly walked towards the stairs. The stairs inside were broken, and he had to jump directly to the second floor. The powerful impact force caused a large area of the second floor to collapse, but he had already left the place before, and his body flashed and entered one of the rooms.
This building seems to be an office building. Luo Yuan saw many computer wreckage and some rotten paper documents.
Luo Yuan searched carefully, trying to find some useful information, but unfortunately he could no longer see the handwriting and became a substance similar to mud.
"Huh!" At this time, he found a vertical safe in the corner of the wall.
It was a bit rusty, but it was not damaged in the end. A hint of joy appeared on his face. He pulled out the saber and gently cut it open. There was a thick stack of documents and invoices inside.
The storage is quite good, except for some humidity. Unfortunately, there is no map, but thinking about it, no one will have nothing to do and put the map in the safe.
He picked up a document, which was a commercial contract. Luo Yuan did not look closely, but only looked at Party A and Party B behind him.
“Party A: Jiuchuan Yongle Advertising Co., Ltd.”
"Party B: Jiuchuan Shengde Tourism Real Estate Co., Ltd."
He looked at other documents and found that the addresses were mostly in Jiuchuan. It seemed that the city should be the Jiuchuan, but he had no impression of this name at all.
Chapter completed!