The cracking of the replica of the ** clock was just a signal. Then the real ** clock was shaken out of the exhibition hall by the air wave from the explosion below. It flew out with fragments of the surrounding protective glass barrier and fell directly onto the street.
, a passing car hurriedly avoided and hit a pole on the side of the road.
"Get out of the car! Hurry up!" The driver opened the door, greeted the tourists to get out of the car, and instructed them to leave the neighborhood.
Tang Shuxing and the other two people also got off the bus immediately. Although they were a little confused, they expected that something like this would happen. At the same time, they were sure that they were being watched all the time and chose to arrive on their sightseeing bus*
The explosion that occurred just around the clock is a good proof.
"Going straight ahead is the Reading Hall!" Gu Huaiyi put the camera back into his backpack, took off his sun hat and started running towards the Reading Hall. There were many people running in this direction directly in front of him.
Come on, several police cars have arrived not far away, blocking both ends of the road. The police who got off the car are waving their hands to ask the frightened people to calm down and follow their instructions to leave the block.
"Dong - Dong - Dong -" The three of them suddenly heard the bell ringing, but the sound did not come from the real clock. It sounded like it came from the ground. It was extremely dull. When the bell rang, it seemed as if
The entire ground shook, and many pedestrians who were running slowly stopped and stared at the ground in front of them.
Gu Huaiyi turned around and faced the ** bell. The real ** bell had now been blown to the center of the street by the blast of air. When the bell rang, many people locked their eyes on the ** bell, subconsciously thinking that the bell was ringing.
It sounded from there.
"Madman Gu, what's wrong with you?" Tang Shuxing looked in the direction Gu Huaiyi was looking.
"Many years ago, when I was traveling to Philadelphia, I came to the *** Bell. The commentator at that time said something that impressed me deeply. He said that people who have heard the *** bell ring have long since left this world. They are
A pioneer in defending this peaceful land." Gu Huaiyi said, and raised his hand to signal Tang Shuxing and Ji Kefeng to stop talking. He slowly lay on the ground and listened to the movement below, "There seems to be something down there."
"Boom -" There was a strong vibration on the ground, like a giant stepping hard on the ground. Tang Shuxing trembled all over, and his whole body was bounced up several centimeters.
The street suddenly became quiet. Everyone looked at each other, wondering whether they should run or stop now. The policemen with guns also looked around, wondering what was going on.
The siren of the fire truck quickly broke the calm. Three fire trucks rushed from the north street, shouting with loudspeakers for the police to help move the cars blocking the road. But just when the police were about to rush over,
The ground where the leading fire truck was located cracked, the cracks spread like spiders, and a strange "crackling" sound was made.
The firefighters in the fire truck immediately opened the door and looked towards the ground. As soon as they looked out, the entire car suddenly sank toward the ground. Before they could react, the location of the first fire truck immediately appeared.
There was a big hole, and the fire truck fell directly into it.
"Ah--" A woman who witnessed the fire truck falling into a pothole on the ground opened her mouth and screamed. Then the second and third fire trucks also fell into the pothole, but they did not make any sound after falling-
—It’s like an endless abyss below.
The rushing police officers were dumbfounded. They stood five or six meters away from the pothole and watched with sweat. Then the ground around them continued to crack. The police officers ran towards the position of the police car and shouted at the surrounding crowd to disperse.
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"Fuck you, is this also done by Yao Jin?" Tang Shuxing dragged Gu Huaiyi and Ji Kefeng, turned around and ran towards the Reading Hall, "Leave this area, hurry up!"
The crowd ran away and began to rush towards the National Reading Historical Park, the Reading Hall, the American Philosophers Association and the location of downtown Philadelphia. There were screams and the cracks in the ground were like living devils.
It spreads everywhere, chasing the footsteps of everyone around it, and gradually widens the width of the crack as it spreads, swallowing up people who can't dodge.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry! It's almost there!" Tang Shuxing ran wildly in front, looking back at the crack chasing them from time to time. Just when they rushed outside the reading hall building, the crack chasing them also stopped, but the crack
The width is half a meter long, and at the same time, it is vibrating with frequency.
"You can't go in!" Tang Shuxing looked around, then pointed to the lawn on the side of the reading hall and said, "It's wider there. Even if a building collapses, it can't hit us. Get there quickly!"
"Is this an earthquake!?" Ji Kefeng asked wildly.
"There has never been a catastrophic earthquake in the history of Philadelphia. This kind of shaking is only regional." Gu Huaiyi ran to the center of the lawn and stopped. At this time, the shaking stopped, but a stream of water began to slowly emerge from the cracks in the distance.
A thick gas.
The gas was light yellow, like human hands climbing around, wrapping everyone and everything around it. Then the gas became more and more dense, cracks and holes appeared.
The surrounding buildings, cars and people were swallowed up by the thick fog, and no sound could be heard from inside. The previous screams and cries disappeared in an instant, just like the switch of the tape recorder was turned off.
"Philadelphia is going to make headlines around the world again." Tang Shuxing looked at the Reading Hall, "Our escape speed is definitely not as fast as the yellow fog spreading. We'd better find a hiding spot."
The three people immediately rushed to the Reading Hall. After entering the Reading Hall, they found that there were dozens of tourists hiding in it, all looking at them with horrified expressions.
"What is that thing outside? Poison gas? Terrorist attack?" A staff member standing at the window looked outside. Other tourists who dared not approach the window also slowly approached at this time, staring at the yellow fog that had blocked everything outside.
, many people immediately turned away from the window after taking one look, and discussed whether to run up, because the thick fog seemed to only rise to a height of three or four meters.
Tang Shuxing looked around, not knowing what they should do now. Tie Zhi just told them the coordinates, and before Yu Xin died, he did not tell them how to obtain the fake red phoenix feather at this coordinate.
The key question is that there is no such thing as red phoenix feather in this location. It is a kind of mineral. How can it be in the Philadelphia Reading Hall?
"We can't leave." Ji Kefeng looked out the window. "This yellow mist is so weird. I don't know if it is poisonous or not. It has not penetrated into the building. It seems to be alive."
"I want to leave! I must leave!" A tourist rushed towards the door from the front, "We will be captured by terrorists if we stay here. Instead of sitting back and waiting for death, we should fight!"
When the tourist rushed to the gate, the staff rushed forward to stop him and said: "Don't do anything stupid. We should stay here and wait for rescue. You have no idea what is happening outside. Maybe those yellow mist
poisonous!"
"If it was poisonous, we would have been poisoned to death long ago. Some of the poisonous gas might have seeped in long ago!" The tourist pushed the staff away, opened the door and rushed out, but subconsciously covered his mouth and nose.
After the staff waited for him to leave, they quickly closed the door and then stood at the window looking into the thick yellow fog. At this time, they could no longer see the tourist in the thick fog, nor could they hear any sound.
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"It seems like everything is fine." Some tourists also thought of leaving. "If something happened to him, he would have screamed out long ago."
"I think so." Some tourists agreed.
"No, what if he gets killed when he goes out?" There are cautious tourists who don't want to do stupid things.
Just before the tourists' discussion escalated, the door was suddenly knocked. The sound was very heavy, and it sounded like someone slapped their whole arm on the door.
"Who is it!?" The staff stepped forward tremblingly, but did not open the door immediately. Although everyone knew that that kind of door could not block anything at all. It could be opened with a human body, not to mention a gun.
The banging on the door continued, but no one spoke outside. Just when the staff was about to open the door, Tang Shuxing immediately stepped forward and signaled them to stay away. He and Gu Huaiyi each pulled out the Dragon Lin Blade and Yin Bee and pressed against the door.
side.
When the two men drew their weapons, everyone around them was startled and dispersed instantly. The staff were also horrified.
"We are not bad people. If we were, you would have died a long time ago." Gu Huaiyi whispered to the staff, "Tell them to stay away. We have to open the door and see what's going on outside."
The staff thought for a few seconds and then did what Care Huaiyi said and dispersed the tourists, letting them lean to the back of the hall and hide behind the tables and chairs.
Ji Kefeng hid behind the table on the side with a gun, pointed the muzzle of the gun at the crack of the door, and then nodded to Tang Shuxing to indicate that he was ready.
"Madman Gu, do you think there might be walking corpses outside?" Tang Shuxing opened the door as he said it, but it only opened a crack. When he was about to get closer to take a look, a man pushed the door open slowly along the crack.
, the whole person fell in.
"Ah——" The tourists in the hall screamed in surprise, and Gu Huaiyi immediately raised his hand to signal them to be quiet.
Tang Shuxing glanced outside the door, asked Gu Huaiyi to drag the man in, and then slowly closed the door.
"It's the tourist just now." Gu Huaiyi recognized the clothes the guy was wearing. When he turned the guy over, he was startled. At the same time, he immediately raised his hand to signal the staff not to get close, because the tourist who ran out earlier was full of
Not only did my face turn purple, but I also had a layer of dense abscesses as big as soybeans.
"The yellow mist is poisonous." Tang Shuxing checked, "But why is it only the face that is damaged and the rest of the body is fine?"
Ji Kefeng stepped forward to take a look, and immediately turned around and raised his hand to signal the tourists who were very curious and brave enough to come forward. However, several tourists had already come around from behind the tables on the left and right sides.
The tourists who went out and came back screamed: "That fog is poisonous!"
The remaining tourists and staff in the Reading Hall immediately burst into horrifying shouts. Without any organization, everyone ran along the stairs in the corner towards the bell tower above, trying to avoid the yellow mist and ascend.