CRACKLE...
The cyclone flung all sorts of rocks and soil in every direction, crushing them in its wake. It was as if a hailstorm had erupted, with stones ricocheting everywhere like stray bullets.
Upon witnessing this, Jiang Cheng quickly grabbed some wooden logs and bison bones to shield his head.
Although they were whisked away the moment he took them out, they still managed to provide some degree of protection against the hurricane, fending off the barrage of flying debris.
Soon, the logs were used up, and Jiang Cheng resorted to using more bones.
After an indeterminate amount of time, even the bison bones began to dwindle. Finally, the cyclone started to abate, gradually receding until it vanished completely.
However, the rocks continued to rain down.
Jiang Cheng covered his head with dozens of bison hide sheets and sealed the hole as he waited silently.
CRACKLE...
It was still raining rocks and soil from the sky.
CRASH!
In the distance, there were even huge dead trees falling from the sky, causing a huge commotion.
The bison hide kept lights out, the pit was pitch-black.
Yaya and Tong Xiaorou did not dare to breathe too loudly. Although they could not see the giant green bison, they could feel the pressure. They were like low-level beings encountering a high-level being. The suffocating feeling made one's soul tremble.
After an unknown period of time, the oppressive feeling disappeared, and there was no more movement outside.
"Brother-in-law…" Yaya's sobbing voice sounded.
"Jiang Cheng, are you alright?" Tong Xiaorou also called out worriedly because Jiang Cheng had used his body to block the flying rocks for them.
"I'm fine." Jiang Cheng replied. As there were quite a lot of things in his Item Box, other than the fact that he was not prepared at the beginning and had a big bump on his head, he was not in any serious condition.
Jiang Cheng waited patiently for a few more minutes. After making sure that no more stones would fall, he lifted the bison hide sheet on his head. As a result, a large amount of fine earth and stone slid down, and a thick layer of sand covered the outside.
Fortunately, the phenomenon had finally ended. The most dangerous stage had passed.
Jiang Cheng put away his Tang Dynasty Sword and climbed out of the hole with both hands, looking outside.
Then, his entire body went numb.
This was because what he saw was completely different from what he remembered.
The landscape was truly beyond recognition.
There were no longer any intact plants on the ground. Most of the trees nearby had been uprooted, except for the giant ones with a diameter of over three meters that managed to withstand the destruction. However, their crowns were also broken, and they swayed dangerously from side to side.
The surrounding ground was covered with many dead branches and broken trees. Some areas were completely cleared out, revealing the dirt beneath. Other places were piled high with a thick layer of dried branches and debris, creating small mountains.
The destruction extended for two thousand meters on both sides of the path taken by the giant green bison, leaving a trail of devastation. Even further away, the crowns of many trees had also been broken by the force of the impact.
At this moment, there were still a large number of dead leaves floating in the sky, spinning and falling down.
Jiang Cheng looked at all of this in a daze.
The mere passing of the giant green bison had caused such destruction. The whirlpools were likely formed by the aura it released. It had not even attacked yet, but the damage it caused was already terrifying. It was difficult to imagine the extent of devastation it could bring if it were to launch a full-scale attack.
'It's not surprising that Terrawheeler ran away without even putting up a fight. They probably realized that it was going to be difficult to win, right?' Jiang Cheng said inwardly.
However, he still had some doubts in his mind. 'The shelter can even manufacture power armors. Could it be that they don't have powerful weapons like cloud bombs?'
Of course, in the face of such a highly evolved beast, missiles and the like would probably not be able to get close at all. Only a high-yield nuclear bomb could pose a threat to it. However, its movement speed was still unknown.
Although he understood, Jiang Cheng still felt that the shelter was not reliable. It was not as invincible as he had imagined. 'As expected, I still have to rely on myself!' He sighed in his heart.
"Jiang Cheng, what's going on outside?" Tong Xiaorou asked nervously.
"It's fine now. Bring Yaya up here," Jiang Cheng squatted down and spoke.
Tong Xiaorou hurriedly lifted Yaya up.
Jiang Cheng caught Yaya at the entrance of the cave, wrapped her up, and placed her next to the pit. He then pulled Tong Xiaorou out as well.
Soon, the two girls saw the scene outside and were instantly stunned.
The ground was beyond recognition. Even the towering trees were not spared.
"The rest of the people…Are they all dead?" Tong Xiaorou said in a trembling voice.
Jiang Cheng did not answer.
There was no one else in sight.
He wasn't sure where those people had hidden or if they had been swept away and torn apart by the cyclone.
"What should we do now?" Tong Xiaorou asked blankly, "Do we still follow the Terrawheeler?"
Jiang Cheng was at a loss for a moment, then he took a deep breath and firmly picked up Yaya, saying, "We have to follow. Otherwise, we won't be able to obtain water by ourselves."
Although he still had more than 100 catties of water on him, he would run out of it eventually.
Jiang Cheng wasn't sure if they could catch up to the Terrawheeler, but he believed that he wouldn't know unless he tried. There were many possibilities to consider. What if the Terrawheeler stopped on its own after a certain distance from the giant green bison? Or what if it encountered other high-level evolved beasts and was forced to stop? What if all the people on board suddenly died and the Terrawheeler became unmanned? The possibilities were endless, but he needed to take action to find out the answer.
With Tong Xiaorou on his back and Yaya in his arms, Jiang Cheng ran as if his life depended on it.
However, after running only a few dozen meters, they were blocked by a pile of dried branches.
"I think it would be better if we come down and walk through this area first," Tong Xiaorou suggested.
Jiang Cheng had no choice but to put her down. He drew his Tang Dynasty Sword and cut open the dead branches that blocked their way. Then, he struggled to bring the two girls over the hill of dead trees.
As they continued walking, they suddenly stumbled upon a dead body. The corpse was already in pieces, with only the upper half remaining and just one arm intact. The rest of the body had been brutally torn apart by an external force.
However, the three of them only looked at the remains expressionlessly and continued walking forward.
Soon, they came across other corpses, all of which were Wildlings' dead bodies.
Jiang Cheng felt a chill in his heart. If he had not hidden in the hole earlier, the three of them would not have escaped.
Tong Xiaorou and Yaya, however, remained stoic, having grown accustomed to such situations. As long as they had each other, they felt nothing at the sight of death.
It was similar to how modern people would not feel sad or shocked upon encountering a dead mouse or a stray dog on the roadside. It wasn't that they were callous, but rather that they were preoccupied with their own survival and had no time or resources to spare for empathy.
This was a harsh environment, and even Jiang Cheng, a transmigrator, had become acclimated to it within a few days. Though his heart quaked and his spirit was affected, he gradually grew numb to the sight of so many corpses.
As they continued walking for about a hundred meters, Jiang Cheng suddenly caught sight of another corpse. Although it was hardly recognizable with no clothes on, bloody skin, and missing limbs, he could vaguely recognize from the bloody face that it was Pan Wei'an.
On the first day of his transmigration, Jiang Cheng had bartered the leftover parts of a wolf's carcass with Pan Wei'an for half a kilogram of water that the man had extracted from a tree. It had been only a few days, and Pan Wei'an had already met a gruesome end, leaving behind incomplete remains.
Jiang Cheng looked away with a complicated expression and continued to walk forward with the two girls.