At this moment, a dazzling beam of light suddenly shot out from the ground, piercing the sky and rapidly approaching the depths of the vortex.
At the end of the light beam, there is a grid. The grid is square and square, like a giant net spread out on the ground. It is crisscrossed and looks majestic, as if it is a dragnet covering the ground.
But this grid was pushed open by this beam and was rapidly disintegrating at a speed visible to the naked eye.
When the beam of light blended with the vortex deep in the starry sky, the grid was completely shattered. In the bright light of the vortex in the starry sky, the remaining light from the broken grid was swallowed up in an instant.
Disappeared.
咻!
咻咻!
Countless beams of light continued to erupt from the ground, just like worshiping, shooting in the direction of the starry sky vortex.
The vortex in the starry sky is like a black hole, with infinite attraction, causing light beams from the ground to rise and fall, and continue to shoot out.
This scene left everyone dumbfounded.
what is happening?
Meteorite? Meteor?
This is not right either.
If it were these things, shouldn't they be falling from the sky? How could they be shot from the ground?
How could this thick earth have such strange light beams?
This laser emitted from the ground?
laser weapon?
This idea is too big and obviously cannot withstand scrutiny.
The beams of light, large and small, continued for a full minute. At least dozens of beams of light shot into the starry sky like fireworks before the momentum slowly stopped.
Surprisingly, the trembling ground slowly returned to calm.
The shaking feeling is also slowly disappearing.
Finally, the ground returned to calm.
If you just look at it in the yard, everything is as usual, as if the earth-shattering changes before had never happened at all, at least in this yard, there is no clue.
Panshiling is located deep in the mountains, and there is no human habitation anywhere within a few miles. Therefore, they have no way of knowing what is going on in the outside world.
After the ground completely returned to calm, Jiang Yue walked to the door of the courtyard, pushed the door open and walked out.
In the area around the Jiang Family Ancestral Hall, the road surface is intact, and even every plant and tree seems to have not been significantly affected. Including the houses near the ancestral hall, they do not seem to have been affected at all, even if there are a few mud houses that do not look strong.
Still standing firm.
Jiang Yue’s small building is also safe and sound as far as the eye can see.
However--
Except for the few houses around Jiang’s house that were safe and sound, none of the other houses were intact.
Especially those old mud houses, which were already shaky and precarious, naturally collapsed completely.
Even the newer houses made of cement brick walls, many have collapsed. With luck, the walls are only torn and the houses are crooked.
Severely, the wall also collapses and falls crookedly.
However, it is obvious that these houses that did not completely collapse can no longer be inhabited, and have become out-and-out dangerous buildings.
The roads are also very interesting. The dirt road on the Jiang's side is intact and flat.
Out of the Jiang family area, the road was full of potholes, with many large holes torn open, and many cracks like spider silk. The cracks were wide enough to accommodate a person.
This shows how terrible the intensity of this earthquake was.
It’s just that when compared with other places in Panshiling, the Jiang family’s boundary is undoubtedly much more visually impactful.
The boundaries of the Jiang family were unscathed, but the areas outside the Jiang family were devastated.
The fact has become obvious that the Jiang Family Ancestral Hall is definitely protected by unknown forces.
I took out my mobile phone and checked, but there was still no signal.
Of course Jiang Yue didn’t expect a signal at this time.
There was no signal before, and now that there is an earthquake of such magnitude, it is even less likely that communications will be restored in a short time.
Jiang Yue returned to his small building and checked inside and out. The main body of the house was intact, and not even a piece of window glass fell off. It was as if the earthquake had specifically avoided this area.
The two cars they drove were parked in the yard and did not suffer any impact.
When Jiang Yue walked to the entrance of the village and looked out, he felt a little worried.
The main road leading to the outside world at the entrance of the village is now torn to pieces. It may be an exaggeration to say that it is riddled with holes, but the strong tearing force has torn the entire road into cracks, leaving the originally smooth road.
, it has become high, low, and uneven, making it difficult to walk on, let alone driving.
Jiang Yue frowned, looking at the strange vortex in the sky, and the beams of light from the ground that shot high into the sky slowly extinguished.
And the starry sky whirlpool seemed to be a little tired, and slowly dimmed little by little in the starry sky.
When the whirlpool in the starry sky completely disappeared, Jiang Yue found that the giant moon that was originally hanging in the sky seemed to be a little brighter.
Jiang Yue stood at the entrance of the village, feeling the fluctuations in the air.
The wonderful power between heaven and earth already exists, but the fluctuations are not as active as before, but they appear more stable, as if they have become a part of heaven and earth, and will become a norm from now on.
Back at the ancestral hall, Jiang Yue gave an overview of what he saw.
Hearing that none of the houses in the area around the Jiang Family Ancestral Hall had survived, everyone was surprised and even more convinced of the magic of the old Jiang Family.
Even after such a strong earthquake, the house still stood firm, which made my sister-in-law even more determined to live in it for a long time.
“Yue’er, you said that the roads in the village are cracked, and you probably won’t be able to get out. Why don’t you just stay and live in Panshiling as a family? I think that’s fine?”
Sangou was the first to object: "No, no, I can take two days off at most. I want to go back to Star City."
He now frequently claims that he has an organization and is fully identified with the Star City Operations Bureau. What if he doesn't go back, what if he is fired?
Jiang Ying also felt something was wrong: "We still have to go back to Star City, but now the communication has been interrupted again. If I don't go back, I won't feel at ease. I have to report to the military in two days."
Jiang Yue did not express his position for the time being, but said: "We will decide these later. While the great power of heaven and earth is still relatively active now, let's continue to consolidate the first level of mentality."
This proposal was approved by everyone.
Although the aftermath of the earthquake still tests everyone's nerves from time to time, everyone has gotten used to it and their concentration remains unchanged.
That night, except for my sister-in-law’s cub, who was still young and sleeping soundly and carelessly, no one else closed their eyes for a second.
In the second half of the night, the giant moon slowly set.
In the early morning of the next day, the morning sun rose again, and the hearts of Jiang Yue and others fell back into their stomachs.
Sunshine can always dispel the gloom and always give people hope.
Especially after a turbulent and disturbing night, the power and psychological comfort brought by the sun are even more inestimable.
The entire Panshiling mountain village, except for the torn roads and the collapse of some houses, is generally peaceful, at least there are no obvious crises or disasters.
Although the earthquake can be regarded as a natural disaster, Panshiling has long been a deserted village. The family hid in the Jiangjia ancestral hall. Apart from feeling obvious shaking, there was no other abnormality.
Morning dawn arrives, the rising sun rises, and everyone’s depression is relieved a little.
“I wonder what’s going on outside now?” Jiang Ying was worried.
Even though she is in Panshiling, her heart still cares about Star City. Unlike Jiang Yue, she has not lived in Panshiling for as long as Jiang Yue, and her sense of belonging to Panshiling is not as strong as that of Star City.
“I guess the situation outside will not be much better.” Jiang Yue was not optimistic at all.
“If the Panshiling area is the epicenter of the earthquake, then Star City is so far away, even if it is affected, the earthquake should not be particularly strong.” Jiang Ying seemed to comfort herself.
It has to be more than a hundred kilometers from Xingcheng to Panshiling. But this is just a distance, and the distance between the two places must be shorter.
It’s hard to say whether the Panshiling area was the epicenter of the earthquake.
At least Jiang Yue felt that although the earthquake was felt strongly in the Panshiling area, it was not necessarily the epicenter.
Through last night's observation, he even felt that this earthquake was very strange. Maybe it was not just an earthquake, but something else strange happened.
The beams of light that shot toward the starry sky one after another, some far away and some near, obviously came from all over the world.
It is difficult to say that those light beams have nothing to do with this earthquake.
If there is any connection, this is not an earthquake in one place, but a common phenomenon across the entire planet Gaia.
Arriving at the entrance of the village, Jiang Ying looked at the uneven road with cracks everywhere, a sad look on his handsome face.
With the road conditions like this, how can we leave Panshi Ridge and return to Star City?
It is difficult to leave the village!
What's more, after leaving the village road, how good will the mountain road outside be? Although I haven't seen the condition of the road outside with my own eyes, I am not optimistic just thinking about it.
The car will definitely not be able to drive out.
“Xiao Yue, what should I do?” Jiang Ying was at a loss.
Jiang Yue smiled bitterly: "With this road condition, the car will definitely not be able to drive."
Even though the Ranger is an excellent off-road vehicle, it is still just a four-wheeled vehicle, and the crack is wide enough to accommodate one person.
The wheel passed by and fell directly.
What's more, this kind of cracks are not just in one or two places, but everywhere.
Of course, after this night, they did not gain anything. Everyone's physical functions have been significantly improved.
Those potholes can be crossed by just lifting your feet.
“Sister, why don’t we go outside the village and have a look?”
The people around me were idle, and my sister-in-law and her family were already preparing breakfast.
The three siblings were originally out of the village to explore their way.
The road out of the village becomes more and more damaged as you go out.
The widest crack is even three to four meters wide and seven to eight meters deep.
The entire road seemed to have been deeply split by some powerful force, creating a ravine seven or eight meters deep.
Seeing this ravine, Jiang Ying completely gave up the idea of driving back to Star City.
Fortunately, the three of them are all awakened ones. In addition, they absorbed the power of heaven and earth that night. This first wave of power of heaven and earth had an obvious effect on shaping their bodies.
It is three to four meters wide, and according to their normal strength, it would be impossible for them to jump over it even to death.
But now, they can cross easily with just one scurry.
It originally took half an hour to walk to the platform on the west side of Dajin Mountain. Now, they jogged all the way and arrived in seven or eight minutes.
This mountain road is winding and can lead directly to the outside world and to Star City.
As Jiang Yue and the others expected, the damage to the mountain road was equally serious, and there were a lot of falling rocks on the ground. Before they even got close, they heard gravel falling from the mountain from time to time.
“Don’t go there.” Jiang Ying stared blankly at the devastated mountain road, knowing that the road back to Star City was completely blocked.
Of course there are other ways, such as going to Yunxi Town where my sister-in-law lives.
You can go to Yunxi Town, and you also have to walk through the mountain road. In the current situation, rocks are falling constantly, and it is not safe to walk on any mountain road.
What's more, when we get to Yunxi Town, who can guarantee that the road conditions there will be intact and that we can leave by car?
The key is that there is no phone signal, so the family is completely isolated from the outside world.
After returning to Panshiling in a depressed mood, my sister-in-law advised: "Ying, don't worry. If something like this happens, even if you don't report in time, the military will forgive you."
“Gu, I’m not just worried about the registration. I’m also worried about the situation in Star City, Crescent Harbor, and Daozi Lane Villa.”
Jiang Ying is a girl with a strong sense of family. After her parents disappeared one after another, she took it as her own responsibility to support the family.
Hence, she values her home in Star City very seriously.
Jiangying went out just now and saw the roads on the ground in such a state of destruction. The shadow in Jiang Ying's heart was undoubtedly huge. If Star City also felt such a strong earthquake, could the high-rise buildings in Crescent Harbor withstand it?
Even if it is managed, will it become a dilapidated building?
“Sister, the Daozi Lane Villa should be very earthquake-resistant. A high-rise building like Crescent Harbor should be able to withstand an ordinary earthquake.”
“I hope so.” Jiang Ying sighed, there was no point just worrying now.
After a hasty breakfast, Jiang Ying took Jiang Yue to study a plan to return to Star City.
In fact, there are not many options. The only option is to walk.
The journey is more than 100 kilometers, but it is not completely impossible to walk.
After all, their current physical conditions are all awakened ones far beyond ordinary people. If the distance is more than 100 kilometers, Jiang Yue's calculations should be able to reach Star City in one day.
But the premise is that there are no emergencies and the road conditions are normal.
“Sister, it’s easy for the three of us to handle it, but in this situation, my sister-in-law and the others...”
Jiang Yingdao: "My sister-in-law's intention is very clear. She still wants to stay in Panshiling."
When my sister-in-law came to live in Panshiling, she obviously wanted to tap into an opportunity, an opportunity for awakening.
So, it is basically impossible to persuade her to return to Star City.
If she could be persuaded so easily, there would be no need to go all out and go back to Panshiling.
Besides, the road conditions along the way obviously made it impossible for my sister-in-law and her family to make the trek.
After the first wave of the majestic power of heaven and earth last night, although my sister-in-law did not have an obvious opportunity to trigger her awakening, the shaping of heaven and earth as an example has obviously transformed her body. Although she is not an official awakener now, her strength may be the opposite.
Better than some awakened ones.
After all, there are not many people in this world who can actively absorb the first wave of the great power of heaven and earth.
My sister-in-law guided the power of heaven and earth to shape her body through the Jiang family’s secret method. In terms of this creation alone, she actually far surpassed most awakened people.
Uncle has gained more or less, and he should have reached the level of an ordinary awakened person.
But since their power is not self-awakening, it does not come from the inside out, but from the outside in, so strictly speaking, they are not yet awakened.
In other words, they still have the opportunity to wake up and look forward to it.