Chapter 41: The Mountain-Quelling Stele, A Buddhist Seal!

  Rumble...

  A low rumbling sound came from inside the Mántóu Mountain, and as the sound spread, the Mántóu Mountain began to shake violently. The shaking was initially very slight, but as time passed, it felt like the earth was shaking, and the "rumble" sound kept coming out, making the scene extremely frightening.

  At this moment, I'm standing on Mantou Mountain, and all I can feel is my heart racing. What's going on? Don't tell me that we just climbed up Mantou Mountain and it started having an earthquake?!

  "It's an earthquake! Let's go!" Xia Yu Xin shouted loudly at me, and immediately, we quickly ran down the mountain.

  But the mountain peak is high and grand, and the top of the mountain is naturally extremely vast. We had only run a short distance when we suddenly felt a blackness on our heads. Raising our heads to look up, we saw that a large tree had suddenly fallen down and was rushing towards us, heading straight for our heads.

  "Get out of the way!" I shouted, and immediately pushed Xia Yu Xin away. We had just fallen to the ground when we heard a loud "boom", and the big tree crashed down.

  I panted heavily and immediately bowed my head to ask Xia Yuxin: "Are you okay?"

  Xia Yu Xin shook her head and then asked me: "Where's He Ge?"

  I looked up and saw Xiao Hei lying not far away, his legs seemed to be pressed down, and he was struggling to pull them out.

  "He Ge is being held down, hurry, let's go help!" Xia Yu Xin said after she struggled out of my arms. I wanted to stop her, but she ran hastily and before I could say anything, she rushed to Xiao Hei's side.

  Xiao He is so weird, I really wish to take this opportunity to get rid of him, but Xia Yu Xin and he are colleagues, and Xiao He seems to have been pursuing Xia Yu Xin all along. Even if Xia Yu Xin didn't agree with him, the two haven't been together, but there's still a colleague relationship between them. Moreover, she is a police officer and can't just ignore someone in need. Helplessly, I also stood up and went over to help Xia Yu Xin lift that big tree.

  The tree was extremely thick, but fortunately, only the top of the tree pressed down on Little He, and its weight wasn't too great. Even if he was pressed under it, he wouldn't suffer any serious injuries.

  Xia Yuxin and I worked together to lift the tree, and Xiao He was about to climb out when his face suddenly changed color. He rolled over on the spot and rolled out in an instant.

  And when Xiao He rolled out, I heard a loud whistling sound above my head. I looked up and was shocked at once.

  A large tree was crashing down, this tree was much thicker than the one that crushed Little He. At this moment, the tree had already fallen and was about to crush our heads.

  "Ah! Run!" I shouted, but it was too late. The tree fell too quickly. In the critical moment, I only had time to push Xia Yu Xin out with one hand. Then I felt a darkness above my head and a crushing pressure came down on me like a mountain. I let out a sharp cry and was immediately pressed flat to the ground.

  Such a big tree, even if it doesn't crush me to death, it will definitely break several bones. I just don't know how Xia Yu Xin is doing, the force of my push was very great, I don't know if she'll be injured or not.

  Innumerable thoughts flashed through my mind like sparks, but the next moment, I suddenly felt a lightness on my back, accompanied by two "creaks", and the falling tree surprisingly stopped in its tracks.

  I swallowed hard and looked up.

  Maybe I was lucky, this big tree was about to fall to the ground when it was blocked by a nearby tree. At that time, the big tree leaned its body and fell on the nearby tree, while my back was less than one meter away from the big tree.

  I secretly rejoiced and immediately heard Xia Yu Xin's crazy loud shout coming from outside.

  "Yi Fan, Yi Fan!..." Xia Yu Xin shouted loudly as she rushed over, seeing that I was fine, tears of excitement immediately flowed down her face. I smiled and then crawled out from under the tree.

  Xia Yu Xin cried out in alarm, "That was too close for comfort! In that split second, I could only push her away and ended up getting pinned underneath. If I hadn't been lucky, the falling tree would have crushed me flat like a pancake if it weren't blocked by the nearby trees."

  "How can you be so stupid, why didn't you run yourself!" Xia Yu Xin wiped away a tear, her face full of resentment as she asked me. I smiled slightly, not knowing how to respond, when suddenly a loud rumbling sound was heard, followed by large trees shaking violently, accompanied by a series of screeching sounds like grinding teeth. Then, I saw that the trees were all tilting and collapsing.

  My heart is racing, oh my god, what's going on? The top of the steamed bun mountain is densely covered with trees. If they all fall down, won't we have nowhere to escape?

  "What are we going to do now?" Xia Yu Xin asked in a panic, her face covered with tears.

  I gritted my teeth and thought to myself, "Damn it, instead of waiting for death here, I'd rather make a desperate attempt." As soon as this thought occurred to me, I shouted loudly: "What else can we do? Run!" After saying that, I grabbed Xia Yuxin and ran forward frantically.

  Xiao He had long since run away without a trace, and I couldn't help but curse in my heart. This coward, it's a wonder that Xia Yu Xin still wanted to help him. At the critical moment, he not only looked out for himself, but didn't even give us a heads up, this selfish little man!

  I cursed Little He's ancestors for eighteen generations in my heart, but at this moment, I heard a continuous "rumbling" sound behind me. I couldn't help but turn my head to take a look, and saw that the large trees behind me were falling down in batches. At this moment, these trees, which were as thick as a person, seemed as weak as grass, falling down in batches. Along with the falling trees, strong winds suddenly rose, blowing sand and rocks into the air, filling my field of vision with dust.

  But amidst the flying sand and pebbles, I seemed to see that in the mud dug up by the roots of those fallen trees, something appeared to be wriggling.

  Is something going to crawl out of the mountain?

  Rumble...

  Another dull thud echoed out, and with this dull thud echoing out, I seemed to hear, under the cover of that dull thud, a furious roar, which was so frantic that even the crashing sound of the mountain peak shattering could not drown it out.

  But when I heard this voice, a terrible thought suddenly rose from the bottom of my heart.

  Could it be that the earthquake at Mantou Mountain was caused by something inside the mountain awakening and wanting to break through the peak and rush out?

  Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel a chill run down my spine. What kind of thing was trapped inside Mantou Mountain? And what kind of thing could cause the mountain peaks to crumble and the earth to shake with rage, toppling tree after tree in its fury?

  These thoughts, though miscellaneous, rose up in an instant, they intertwined with each other in my mind, like a tangled mess, all entwined together, making me cut off and still chaotic!

  I gritted my teeth and dragged Xia Yu Xin in a frantic sprint, but as we ran, I suddenly heard a loud "bang" behind me. The sound was like thunder, shaking both of us to the ground. As I turned around, I was shocked.

  All that could be seen was that in the central part of the mountain top, a huge hole had been blasted out, and with the blasting out of the hole, a stone monument slowly rose up from within it.

  The stele shone with a golden light all over its body, illuminating the surrounding area in a warm yellow hue. Even the dull gray mist transformed into a golden color.

  As the stele slowly rose, the originally swaying trees were all fixed in place, the mountain peaks no longer shook, and the fractured mountain body quickly returned to its original state.

  "Ahhhrooooaaaaar!"

  Suddenly, a terrifying voice came from inside the mountain, filled with resentment and hatred. As the sound spread out, waves of eerie energy surged in from all directions. But at that moment, the stone monument crashed down with a loud "boom", instantly falling to the ground with a deafening crash.

  When the stone tablet fell to the ground, all things were silent.

  The wind has stopped, the clouds have dispersed, and even those angry roars have vanished without a trace!

  If it weren't for the countless giant trees lying on the ground, I would have thought that what just happened was just a dream!

  I couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva and began to examine the stone monument.

  This stone monument is very tall and majestic, at least ten meters high. At this moment, the golden light has been retracted, making the monument look very ordinary, no different from ordinary mountain rocks. I even saw several cracks on the monument.

  At this time, Xia Yu Xin suddenly pointed at the stone tablet and exclaimed: "Look, what's carved on that stone tablet is a Buddhist seal!"

  I looked closely and indeed saw that on the tall stone monument was carved a huge swastika symbol!