The dark green vine pillars suddenly became radiant. The brilliant copper flowers bloom at the same time, like countless golden stars twinkling. The vine branches creaked and pulled, and a ball of ice filled with cold air was lifted from the depths of the ground.
It is round and clear, exuding a faint blue light. When the vine pillars raised it to the top of the cave, it was like a full moon rising from the center of the earth.
Cold mist filled the air, and a graceful female silhouette was vaguely revealed on the surface of the melted ice ball. This made Popa yell happily and call Wan Bozi's name repeatedly. At the same time a slight but constant tremor came from the ground. The magnitude was far from comparable to the last major earthquake Luo Binhan experienced, but it was still unsettling.
Most of the ice ball has melted away, and the human body inside is clearly visible. She looks like a beautiful girl in her twenties, wearing a gauze-like elegant blue and white dress, with long hair and a bun, and a collection of jade ornaments and brocade bags hanging around her waist. It looked so alive, as if it had just fallen into a deep sleep.
Poppa almost jumped out of Joel Farman's arms. It stretched out its arms towards the girl in the ice and called out: "Wanbozi!"
The last layer of ice finally melted away, and the sleeping woman fluttered her eyelids, letting the remaining water droplets slip from her eyelashes. Then she quietly opened her eyes and stared at the underground world two hundred years later.
Her eyes passed over Luo Binhan and Joel Farman, and finally fell on Popa. The confusion in his eyes disappeared instantly.
"Poppa!"
Before Luo Binhan had time to be moved by this reunion scene, he saw her rolling up her sleeves and lifting her skirt, jumping up with great agility, crossing the water on the ground and arriving in front of Joel Farman.
"Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god...Poppa! Are you okay? I don't even know how long I was asleep!"
She hugged Poppa tightly and rubbed her cheek against the little robot's head. Popa looked almost overwhelmed with joy.
"You still look the same as before! How long have I been asleep? It's hard to believe Padma hasn't changed your outer shell all this time!"
She stroked Poppa's head affectionately, and suddenly made a face at it: "Babu Leboya!"
"Kiss Poppa!" Poppa said immediately.
Wan Bozi held it up with his hands and kissed the left and right sides of its head. For a few seconds, they were immersed in pure joy, completely ignoring everything outside.
After a few seconds, Wan Bozi finally let go of Popa. Her eyes were still sparkling and her cheeks were flushed with joy.
"Okay, Poppa," she said, stroking the little robot, "I'm glad to see you. But we have to get down to business first - where is Padma? How many Alliance military forces have arrived on the planet? Did you send any subordinates or direct representatives over in October?"
The air was quiet. No one answered her question. Only the thunderous rumbling sound still came from deep underground.
Wan Bozi looked at each of their faces and clearly understood that the situation was not as she expected.
"...No one was sent in October?" she asked with a little doubt.
"Uh, no." Luo Binhan said.
"Then who did the Alliance send? And has October been replaced? I have already said that the Stoneheart Hatchers are not suitable to join the Summit Conference! They don't care about the life and death of primitive civilization. Those damn rabbit spirits , The Alliance has never been so dismissive of the insect phenomenon before!"
She stamped her feet anxiously, and the rumbles and tremors deep in the ground became more intense. Although they didn't know what she meant, the other three remained deathly silent.
"Forget it, now is not the time to talk about this." Wan Bozi stroked a strand of messy hair behind his ear, "We can't stay here forever. Where is Paduma? Since you can find it here, he must have discovered that I stayed there. Give him the clue. Forget about that cold-blooded bastard alliance! I can handle this with him! He's up there now? Why don't you come to see me?"
"You probably won't be able to see him up there." Luo Binhan said politely.
"He must come to see me!" Wan Bozi said angrily, "He is still shy at this moment? I have never laughed at his stuttering! I didn't see him the first time I woke up. It’s really unreasonable!”
Poppa gently tugged on her sleeve.
"Wanbozi," it said, "Padama is dead."
Wanbozi stared at it blankly. The blush on her face faded quickly, and her body swayed slightly. But at this time, there was a terrifying sound of metal tearing from the ground. The entrance originally opened by Joel Farman began to crack again.
This movement made Wan Bozi stand firm. She held on to the silver hairpin on her temples and said with trembling lips: "Now is not the time, we must get off the ground first... Padma, let's talk about him later."
She used the cloud sleeves on both arms to cover Popa's head, then took a step forward and swept resolutely towards the exit of the cave. The figure was as light as flying snow and willow catkins, following the airflow to avoid all falling objects.
The sounds underground became louder and more terrifying. The weird, suffocating and sticky movement didn't even sound like landslides, but like some giant thing munching upwards. But the bronze vine pillar that released the waves was withering rapidly, sinking section by section.
Joel Farman and Luo Binhan also turned around and ran outside. Luo Binhan was at the end, letting Joel Farman clear all obstacles ahead for him. He ran around the corner and suddenly heard a call.
It wasn't the sound that actually reached his ears, but the desire within it rang through his mind. He felt that the will had the voice and tone of Shi Rui, so vivid and vivid, as if it was standing behind him.
Luo Binhan couldn't help but look sideways. He saw that the cave behind him was empty, but the rock walls of the cave were squirming and twisting. It undulates softly and regularly, like the lining of the intestines and stomach.
His eyes began to sting, as if infected by unclean smoke. At this time, Joel Farman from the front pulled him and pulled him out of the gap.
"Don't fall behind," she warned. "Something's wrong here."
They continued to escape on land, crawling out of the cracks in the rock wall in embarrassment, meeting up with Wan Bozi and then running towards the aircraft, rushing high into the sky until the stars and the moon were within reach.
The night wind pushed the light clouds leisurely, passing by the aircraft one after another. The escapees were all stunned and looked down at the ground again. Luo Binhan's heart was beating wildly, and his mind recalled the moment of the hole over and over again. Nameless terror enveloped him, and even if the world collapsed in the next second, he would not be surprised at all.
But nothing happened.
The mountain forest that was hit by the earthquake not long ago has not yet recovered. Rocks and fallen trees have covered the valley bottom, but this time the rift valley has never opened its ferocious mouth. The earth just smiled quietly and mysteriously in the moonlight.
They waited in fear for a long time, but still there was no movement. Joel Farman boldly lowered the craft to get a clearer view of the valley floor. They saw withered trees and desolate grass. The movement just now did not affect the ground at all.
"Is this the end?" Luo Binhan said, "Grass grows grass, the grudges are wiped out?"
"It seems that there is no danger for the time being." Joel Farman responded while observing the ground, "But the earthquake was very abnormal."
They discussed with each other for a few words, and it wasn't until Joel Farman suggested that they go down to take a look after dawn that Wan Bozi, who had been silent, finally spoke.
"Thanks to Master's blessing, we escaped," she said with suppressed anger, "You still want to seek death now?"
She stood up suddenly, asked Joel Farman to open the front hatch of the aircraft a little, then took off the hairpin on her temples and threw it out. The silver hairpin drew a falling line in the night and fell into the lush weeds like a swamp.
Those slender flexible poles swayed one after another, and the spherical ends that originally drooped downwards simultaneously faced the sky, with a horizontal crack opening on the surface. Only then did Luo Binhan realize that they were not plant buds, but full and round eyes.
Eyes peeking out from the ground covered the valley floor. They swayed in the night, looking greedily and coldly at the sky.
