Epoch of Twilight

"Do you smell anything?" Luo Yuan asked suddenly when it was near noon the next day.

"It seems not!" The others shook their heads.

Luo Yuan sniffed again suspiciously, this time it was clearer, it was a smell similar to burnt with a hint of rotten eggs, which made him vaguely familiar, as if he had smelled it somewhere before.

The memory was quickly found out, the volcano, this smell is similar to that of a volcano erupting. However, Luo Yuan was not worried at all. The danger of a volcano in an erupting state is completely different from that in a state of waiting to erupt. If you encounter the former, it is best to run as far as possible. As for the latter, it just emits thick smoke all the time, and it may not necessarily erupt in ten or a hundred years.

As the distance from the volcano approached, gradually other people also smelled the smell.

When everyone stood on a huge rock on the top of a mountain and looked into the distance, they were shocked to find that there was not only one nearby volcano, but a group of volcanoes, along the lines of several mountains, like beacons on the Great Wall. They were lit one by one, and the smoke billowed, which shocked people's hearts.

"Why are there so many volcanoes here? China doesn't seem to have active volcanoes." Huo Dong said, his face turning pale.

"Maybe, but that was in the past!" Luo Yuan looked at the volcano, took a deep breath and said, "The drastic changes in sea level, as well as external cosmic storms, will affect the lava activity. This volcano either If it doesn't erupt, it will probably become a super volcano. Not only will it be flooded with magma, but even the reconstruction area will be affected.

"It's not that serious, is it?" Lin Xiaoji was taken aback and said.

"I'm just making a conservative estimate!" Luo Yuan said, he had watched a documentary about super volcanoes.

When a volcano erupts, the lava everywhere is only second, and the most harmful is the volcanic ash and poisonous gas. And a super volcano like this can spray hundreds of millions of tons of material into the air every time it erupts. At that time, the day will turn into night. The sun will turn into a severe winter, not to mention the nearby reconstruction areas, even half of China will be affected. He didn't know if the mutant creatures would die on a large scale by then, but for the human beings who were still alive, it would definitely make things worse.

"We must return to the reconstruction area as soon as possible and report this matter." Company Commander Xia said with a serious expression on his face.

Luo Yuan nodded, at this moment he suddenly felt something and looked towards one of the volcanoes.

I saw the top of the volcano suddenly splashed with lava, and a strong flame spewed out of it, rushing straight into the air at a height of 100 meters. At first, he thought that he was unlucky. A worm-shaped monster poked its head out from the crater.

"Look, what is that?" At this time, other people also noticed, and everyone stared at this 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 it clearly. It looks like a red worm with ring-shaped stripes on the surface of its body and two rows of Densely dotted with small black feet, it can barely see any eyes, only a large circular mouth that spews flames occupies most of its head.

At this time, its head kept shaking, and a high-pressure flame with a length of 100 meters flew wantonly in mid-air as it shook.

Several nearby big trees were swept by the red-white flames in mid-air, and immediately began to burn, and turned into a mass of pitch-black coke in less than ten seconds, which shows that the flame temperature is extremely high.

The flames continued to spray, as if they had received some kind of signal, and worms protruded from another crater, and then, the third, fourth... Luo Yuan was shocked to find that almost every volcano here had been covered by this mysterious crater. biological occupation.

Next, this area began to enter the carnival moment of "worms". A large number of flame pillars criss-crossed back and forth in the air. The terrifying high temperature distorted the air. All with a burning smell.

The carnival lasted for half an hour before it finally stopped, and the worms plunged into the crater one after another.

The faces of the people looked a little pale, and it took a full ten seconds before they regained their composure. The group no longer dared to stay around here for a long time, and after the worms disappeared, they bypassed the volcano group far away and continued to move forward.

………

Along the way, although the terrain is still undulating and the peaks are endless, you can feel that the altitude is decreasing. For example, the nearby snow-capped mountains are gradually disappearing, and the peaks are beginning to become lower. This is undoubtedly good news. .

On the fifth day, the group even found traces of a human being.

This is the ruins of a village. A few stone pillars are lying on the ground alone. Broken bricks and tiles and some rotten furniture can be seen everywhere under the weeds. Porcelain bowl with logo.

This shows that this village is not isolated from the world, and it may not be long before they can walk out of the mountain.

This made the whole group excited and full of emotions at the same time. The difficulties and obstacles encountered along the way, fear and fear, made everyone bear unimaginable pressure.

The trails of the village have been covered by plants so that they cannot be seen clearly, but some clues can still be seen after careful identification, such as relatively compact geology and some homogeneous gravel.

The monitor lizard walked along the path, and there were village-like ruins everywhere on the road. When the evening approached, a concrete road suddenly appeared in front of him.

The concrete road was badly damaged, full of potholes, covered with moss and weeds, mixed with the jungle on both sides.

After stepping on the cement road, there are more and more traces of human beings, and the surrounding woods are gradually thinning out.

A large number of collapsed buildings, all kinds of colorful garbage, and a musty smell filled the air, but maybe it was because of their state of mind. Seeing this scene, everyone looked a little excited.

"I don't know where this is?" Huang Jiahui asked, suppressing the tumbling emotions in her heart.

"I guess this should be a small town. We will be able to reach the city soon, and there must be a well-preserved map there." Company Commander Xia said with a slightly high tone.

It was getting dark, everyone discussed briefly, and decided not to stay, and rushed to the nearest city overnight.

Because the terrain of the road is relatively flat, the monitor lizard finally showed its terrifying speed. It took heavy steps, and under the urging of Luo Yuan, it began to run fast, and easily reached eighty or ninety yards, and the strong wind blew , everyone tightly grasped the rattan blanket on the monitor lizard's back to avoid being lifted off.

This place is roughly located at the junction of Qinghai and Tibet, with a vast land and few people. Except for a road, there are few villages to be seen along the way. A few shriveled car tires were clinging to the road, and the car had already been corroded into a pile of red rust.

The road was quiet and lonely, only the heavy footsteps of the monitor lizard and King Kong echoed in the night sky.

…………………

At nine o'clock in the evening, everyone finally stepped into the city in the forest.

It seems to be an ancient city thousands of years ago, full of time and decay, it has long lost its original appearance, and even the color of the reinforced concrete has been covered by endless green.

But everyone has long been familiar with the strangeness, and turned a blind eye to it.

Although most of the buildings have decayed and collapsed, there are still quite a few buildings, supported by vines, still standing and blending into the nearby woods.

"Let's go to the tallest building ahead." Luo Yuan said.

This building is about five or six storeys high, covered with a thick layer of green vines. 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 saber. The severely corroded concrete inside will soon be exposed.

He stretched out his foot and kicked, and only heard a "crash", and a big hole appeared in the wall.

Although his strength is not small, normal walls will never be so easy, but the concrete, under the corrosion of plants, has already lost its firmness, and has become like sand, and it collapses with a light kick. a large piece.

Luo Yuan let the giant lizard and King Kong stay where they were, and then went into the cave. The mutant beasts that made their nests here were cleaned up immediately, and then everyone followed suit.

It was dark and damp inside, exuding a strong rotten smell.

"Boss Luo, did you find anything?" Huo Dong leaned over and asked.

"No, it's too humid here, even the desk is rotten, not to mention the paper map, I'll go upstairs and have a look, you guys get out first." Luo Yuan said. The buildings here are very fragile, like bean curd residue, they may collapse with a little force, and no one will be absolutely safe except him.

"Be careful!" Huang Jiahui said.

Luo Yuan nodded, and then walked quickly towards the stairs. The stairs inside had been completely broken, and he had to jump directly to the second floor. The powerful impact caused the second floor to collapse, but he had already Leaving the spot, the body flashed and entered one of the rooms.

This building seems to be an office building, and Luo Yuan saw a lot of computer wreckage and some rotten paper documents.

Luo Yuan rummaged carefully, trying to find some useful information, but unfortunately, all of them could not be read, and turned into a substance similar to mud.

"Hey!" At this moment, he found a vertical safe in the corner.

It was a bit rusty, but it was not damaged after all. With a look of joy on his face, he pulled out the saber and gently cut it open. Inside was a thick stack of documents and invoices.

It's in pretty good shape, except for some dampness. It's a pity that there is no map, but think about it, no one will be idle and put the map in the safe.

He picked up a document, which was a commercial contract. Luo Yuan didn't read it carefully, 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 most of the addresses were in Jiuchuan. It seemed that the city should be Jiuchuan, but he had no memory of the name at all.

ps: I think highly of myself, I can only make up for the missing one tomorrow.