Chapter 661 Earthquake
Rumble——
The ground continued to tremble and the house was crumbling.
The survivors were squatting or lying on the ground. Although they looked panicked, it was obviously not the first time they had experienced it, and their reactions were quite quick.
No wonder Wang Tao found so many people on the street when he just came over. It turned out that it was not because it was too busy here, but because the earthquake made them afraid to stay at home.
Wang Tao looked calm and stood firmly on the ground like a nail. He seemed to be at ease, but in fact he was ready to spread his wings and run away at any time.
After all, this is a natural disaster. Even if he has a sixth-level strength, he is not enough to see this kind of natural disaster and can only hide.
But fortunately, the earthquake came and went quickly. After about ten seconds, the ground finally stopped shaking.
“Phew—it’s okay, okay!”
After the earthquake disappeared, Mayor Xiang Bo, who was lying on the ground, secretly glanced at the surrounding buildings and saw that the buildings were basically empty. After it was still intact, he breathed a sigh of relief and quickly got up.
"It's okay, it's okay... Fortunately, most of the buildings here are made of mutated plant bodies and will not collapse due to some vibrations..."
Everyone else breathed a long sigh of relief.
There are many houses in the Red Maple Base, but they are basically the bodies of mutated plants. The entire house is integrated and has a certain degree of toughness, so it is very earthquake-resistant. As long as the building does not collapse, there will not be too many casualties. After all, the magnitude of this earthquake is not high, and there have been no ground cracks or collapses.
At this time, someone praised:
"Mr. Wang is indeed a sixth-level awakened person. We can't even stand, but you remain unmoved..."
Wang Tao interrupted the man's compliment with a wave of his hand and asked directly:
"Tell me what exactly is going on with this earthquake."
Han Youlin quickly came over and explained:
< br>"The first earthquake occurred at midnight last night, then two more, and one during the day. Including this time, there were a total of five earthquakes today! There will be an earthquake about every two or three hours , although the damage caused by each earthquake is not large, and we have not suffered too many casualties for the time being, no one can guarantee whether there will be a major earthquake, and I feel that every earthquake that occurs seems to be bigger than the last time... "
Wang Tao frowned and said, "Besides the earthquake, are there any other abnormalities here? "
"There are no other abnormalities here..." Han Youlin immediately shook his head, and then continued, "But because of the previous disaster biological incident, our people have never dared to go out, so I don't know if there are any changes outside..."
Earthquakes are impossible to predict now. Moreover, this is a natural disaster. There is no fixed enemy to fight you. Even if Wang Tao is so strong, he cannot solve the earthquake problem.
"Logically speaking, our place is not an earthquake zone. How could an earthquake occur? Could it be that the geology has changed after the end of the world..."
Someone muttered, and everyone also Very confused. If the geology really changes and this area becomes an earthquake zone, it will be dangerous for the Hongfeng base. If nothing else, let’s just say that the natural barrier of the Red Maple Base is several high mountains. If these mountains collapse, the entire Red Maple Base will explode instantly!
"So what you are asking for help with is..."
Wang Tao looked at several people.
He can't solve the earthquake problem, and naturally neither can the other people at Changhe Base.
"Our Changhe Base can help us move. If there are monsters above the sixth level lord during our move, I hope the people at Changhe Base can help solve it. We really can't stay here..."
Han Youlin spoke with a bitter look on his face.
If it is other troubles that the Red Maple base encounters, such as encountering disaster-level creatures, the temperature being too high, etc., they can still persist at the base. If they really can't solve it, they can also ask Changhe The base asks for help. Anyway, they don't have to leave Hongfeng base.
But if it's a horrific natural disaster like an earthquake, then they have only one choice - move!
Especially since there have been many earthquakes in this day, they are panic-stricken. These small earthquakes are like an early warning that there may be a big earthquake next! If there is a major earthquake, given their geographical location, there is a high probability that it will be cold. So they have no other ideas now, only one idea, run away quickly!
Changhe Base is too far away from them. After all, there are many of them and they will definitely not be able to get there in a while. Therefore, their requirements are not high, as long as they can find a flat, open area. At least we have to avoid the earthquake disaster...
"Will you help you move, no problem."
Wang Tao nodded first, and then said:
"But I need to go outside first to see if it is a real earthquake, or an earthquake phenomenon caused by other factors..."
Wang Tao originally thought it was an ordinary earthquake, and the Red Maple Base was unlucky. Hit.
But after getting to know them, Wang Tao was a little doubtful whether the earthquake was a natural disaster or was affected by something.
This is not surprising to Wang Tao for being suspicious, because according to Han Youlin, earthquakes occur so regularly that they occur every two or three hours, which does not feel normal. And someone just said that the place where the Red Maple Base is located is not an earthquake zone...
Anyway, the current earthquake is not serious, and the Red Maple Base is also very aware of precautions, so Wang Tao is going to go out and see what's going on. thing.
"Thank you very much, Mr. Wang!"
When they heard that Wang Tao was going to investigate outside, everyone was not anxious, but was very happy. If possible, they don't want to leave here. This earthquake was really weird, and they couldn't find the reason. Wang Tao was strong, so he might be able to see something different. In case there are other reasons, it would be better not to move.
So, Wang Tao asked Han Youlin and others to prepare first. If Wang Tao found nothing, they could evacuate at any time.
While Han Youlin and others were preparing, Wang Tao directly rode the golden eagle and flew into the sky.
"Xiao Jin, did you find out anything about the earthquake just now?"
Wang Tao asked directly.
In most cases, animals' senses are generally stronger than humans, and some animals can even predict earthquakes. So Wang Tao asked, not really expecting to find anything, but to his surprise, the golden eagle immediately chirped softly.
“Chirp~”
“Hmm? Did you really find something? Tell me quickly!”
“Chirp~”
Listening to Jin Diao's explanation, Wang Tao suddenly looked serious.
"You mean, the center of this earthquake is ten kilometers southwest? Isn't this exactly where the two disaster-level monsters were in the cave before!"
Coincidence? Wang Tao thought it couldn't be such a coincidence!
"Perhaps...this earthquake was caused by some monsters in the cave!"
Wang Tao felt that this was very possible.
Although it seems that monsters cannot cause natural disasters of the magnitude of earthquakes. But there is a difference between an earthquake and an earthquake.
Although the recent earthquakes at Hongfeng Base look scary, the actual magnitude is very small. What everyone is afraid of is not such earthquakes, but the fear of even bigger earthquakes in the future!
If the earthquake is just a small earthquake of this level, there is actually nothing to be afraid of. Their houses can withstand it anyway, and there are no casualties...
The more Wang Tao thinks about it, the more he feels that there is Maybe, maybe it really was caused by a monster with the ability to shake the ground!
Wang Tao immediately asked the golden eagle to fly over to take a look. After a while, the location of the cave arrived.
Due to the angle, Wang Tao did not see the cave at the first time. When the golden eagle landed in front of the cave, Wang Tao exclaimed.
“Damn! Such a big cave!”
Han Youlin and the others had been talking about the cave before, but they didn’t go into detail about what the cave looked like. So Wang Tao subconsciously thought that this was an ordinary cave.
But now I can see that half of the cave is in the mountain and half is under the ground. At a quick glance, I thought it was just another crack. The cave is dark and winding downwards, like a tunnel leading to hell...
At the same time, there was a steady stream of heat waves coming from the cave, raising the temperature here by at least five degrees!
"Is this... the fire element?"
Feeling the heat wave in front of him, Wang Tao closed his eyes. He could faintly feel a trace of hot breath from the heat wave. It should be the fire element!
"Xiao Jin, wait for me outside, I'll go down and take a look!"
Wang Tao turned to Xiao Jin and ordered.
Although the cave was large, it was obviously still unable to accommodate the huge golden eagle, so he had to go in by himself.
“Chirp~”
The golden eagle nuzzled Wang Tao with its beak. It said it sensed a dangerous aura from the cave and told Wang Tao to be careful.
“I will.”
Wang Tao smiled and patted the golden eagle, then jumped directly into the cave.
Boom——
The ground in the cave was harder than Wang Tao imagined. It seemed to be made of stones, and there was a muffled sound when it fell to the ground. It was pitch black inside the cave, but this darkness was the normal darkness lacking light, not the dark elemental black mist in the cracks. Therefore, Wang Tao does not need to use the [Heart of Darkness] to awaken. He can see the entire cave clearly with his night vision ability alone.
"There is nothing..."
After looking in all directions and making sure there was no problem, Wang Tao continued walking down.
At the first corner, Wang Tao very cautiously used his mental power to detect it. In the past, in the cracks, there were often mutant plants hidden in such corners, and they would be hidden if they were not careful. Naturally, Wang Tao has not forgotten this good habit of caution.
After confirming that there was no danger, Wang Tao walked over. Then continue down and soon encounter the second corner.
He still explored the path very cautiously, and only went down after making sure that there was no danger.
"I haven't seen any monsters so far...but the fire element seems to be getting stronger and stronger!"
Wang Tao was very excited.
He is now 99% certain that there must be a fire attribute monster in this cave. Judging from the fire elements that can be seen everywhere, there is a high probability that it will be a sixth-order disaster level! And it’s still the kind that has the power of primary laws!
"Seventh level..."
Wang Tao took a deep breath to ease his excitement. Then continue down. I still didn't encounter any monsters after that. Of course, the concentration of fire elements was getting higher and higher.
In places where there are many dark elements that Wang Tao has been to before, the dark elements will form black fog and block people's vision. Even night vision will not work. Only those who have awakened the dark attribute can control and dial. Just open these dark elements that are blocking the way.
If the concentration of dark elements is too high, people will be poisoned by [Dark Element Poison] and fall into a weak state. The higher the concentration of dark elements and the weaker one's own strength, the stronger the weakening effect will be. Wang Tao has seen people who were directly weakened by 99%, and they were basically no different from useless people. But if you have a dark element awakening, not only will you not be weakened by the rich dark elements, but you will also be amplified, increasing your dark attribute attack power.
As for the fire element in the cave now, Wang Tao estimates that it is similar to the dark element, and it should also add negative or positive status to people.
However, the fire element is not that strong now, it just makes Wang Tao feel a little hot. Wang Tao is very curious about what changes will occur when the fire element is concentrated to a certain extent...
Wang Tao continued to move downwards while thinking.
I don’t know how many turns I turned, but I still didn’t encounter any monsters.
The fire element is getting stronger and stronger, and Wang Tao is becoming more and more cautious.
Suddenly, Wang Tao stopped and grinned involuntarily.
"Finally I saw the monster!"
At the next corner of the cave, there was a mutated plant that looked like a red vine taking root in the cracks in the rocks.
"It's just a sixth-level lord, and it doesn't have the power of the primary law..."
Wang Tao didn't say anything, took out his big knife and rushed over.
Wang Tao easily killed the red vine with just a few blows.
"There are more inside!"
After picking up the loot and walking around the corner, Wang Tao found some mutated plants in the distance, all of which were at the sixth-order lord level and did not have the power of primary laws.
"Let's use you to stretch your muscles first!"
Now that we have encountered him, Wang Tao naturally cannot let him go.
And just when Wang Tao had just finished attacking one of the mutant plants, he suddenly felt a blur in front of his eyes and the whole world turned gray.
"Huh?"
Wang Tao thought he was in an illusion and was stunned for a moment. With his current mental strength, how could he fall into an illusion so easily?
At this time, he saw that the mutated plants not far away suddenly became dry, cracked, and shrunk. The millions of health bars were cleared, and they turned into ashes in the blink of an eye.
Wang Tao lowered his head subconsciously and found that he could not see his body at all, only a gray shadow in his eyes.
An unprecedented fear filled Wang Tao's heart!
He finally came to his senses. He was not in an illusion, but he passively triggered the [Shadow Asylum] state he had obtained before——
[Shadow Asylum: When he was on the verge of death, he turned into an incorporeal shadow. , lasts 1 minute. In the shadow state, 2% blood volume is restored every second, and the speed is increased by 1000%. After the Shadow Asylum is triggered, the Shadow Asylum status disappears]
In other words... he just "died" unknowingly!
(End of this chapter)