I Received Messages From Future Self!-Chapter 286 - 282 Earthquake and Landslide
Chapter 286: Chapter 282: Earthquake and Landslide
Chapter 286 -282: Earthquake and Landslide
With the crisp “click” ringing in his ears, Tom’s heart trembled. He waited for a while, but the envisioned scene of sky falling and earth sinking did not happen, which puzzled him.
Tom blinked and looked down at his feet.
His expression was puzzled as he considered calling Taotie back.
To see exactly what was going on.
Where was the supposed deadly mechanism?
Why had nothing happened when his foot left the mechanism, just a noise?
As Tom was puzzled, on the other side, Fang Xiaocao and the others were also looking at each other, unsure what Tom was up to. The signals had been sent out so long ago, why was there no action?
Could there be a problem with the Flying Claw?
Impossible?
When they left, they clearly saw Tom launch the Flying Claw, grabbing the beam!
Could the beam be faulty?
Had Tom found that the beam couldn’t bear the weight while testing the Flying Claw Rope, so he didn’t make a move?
Thinking about this, Fang Xiaocao became somewhat restless.
“Taotie, should we go back and check?”
Fang Xiaocao asked anxiously.
“Hold on, let’s use the terminal…”
The next second!
Before Taotie could finish speaking, a thunderous “rumble” suddenly came from ahead, and Fang Xiaocao and the others only felt the tomb’s floor tiles quivering beneath them.
It was as if…
The earth dragon was turning over, suddenly causing an earthquake.
The shaking of the ground grew stronger.
Fang Xiaocao struggled to keep her balance; with a cry of “ah,” she sat down hard on the ground.
Taotie and Hummingbird swiftly adopted a horse stance.
They stabilized their figures to prevent themselves from falling.
“Princess Your Highness, stay down and don’t move!”
“Don’t trigger the mechanisms!”
“The floor tiles over by Tom are collapsing!”
Taotie shouted to Fang Xiaocao, his voice straining.
“Okay…”
Fang Xiaocao replied in a trembling voice.
She spread her limbs flatly, clinging tightly to the ground like an octopus.
…
Tom was startled by the sudden commotion.
His hand slipped, and he dropped down along the rope.
Fortunately, the Flying Claw Rope was securely locked to the tactical belt’s buckle, and the tactical belt was sturdy enough to catch Tom.
Even so, Tom spun around in the air, head down, and witnessed the massive collapsing of the floor tiles.
“Cough cough…”
Tom couldn’t stop coughing from the dust.
Seeing the floor tiles collapse to reveal rows of dark spears terrified Tom into a cold sweat.
“Gulp~”
Tom swallowed hard.
Being targeted by thousands of spears was no easy ordeal.
Especially in a life-threatening situation.
If there were an accident and he fell down…
The image was too beautiful, beyond his imagination.
But one thing Tom was certain of:
The number of transparent holes in his body wouldn’t be fewer than those in a piece of anthracite.
Those dark, gleaming spears, even though they had stood in the pit for centuries, still shimmered coldly, sending chills down Tom’s spine.
The sight was horrifying.
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Anyone who was less mentally resilient could have broken down on the spot, not just weeping from fright, but possibly collapsing entirely.
Dangling from the Flying Claw Rope and suspended on the beam, Tom twisted his head to look around, then painfully swallowed again.
Tom estimated that the pit was about ten meters wide and six or seven meters deep, the bottom lined with spears planted tightly together, each connecting to the next, densely packed.
Each spear was about two meters long.
Gleaming with a dark light and emitting a chilling air.
No matter what position you fall in,
you’d end up impaled through and through.
“Good Lord~”
“That’s harsh!”
Despite Tom’s extensive experience, even being a frequent visitor of Ghost Gate, he couldn’t help but exclaim repeatedly.
Tom didn’t rush to adjust his position but rather took advantage of the suspension to widen his eyes and carefully observe the pit.
Looking for a spot where he could possibly land.
In the pit, the distance between each spear was less than twenty centimeters, and besides these spears, there were countless Iron Thorns filling the gaps between them.
Ensuring that even if you were lucky enough not to be impaled by a spear, there’d be no place to set your foot.
Seeing this, Tom took a deep breath.
The ancients, when ruthless, had nothing on modern people.
But Tom wasn’t discouraged.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Tom forced himself to calm down and search for a chance to survive; he couldn’t give up.
His Princess Your Highness, his brothers in life and death, were still ahead waiting for him to rejoin them.
Firstly, the spears were very securely fixed.
Even being hit by tomb tiles didn’t tilt them.
And the material of these spears was extremely sturdy and sharp, with a tile that happened to smash directly onto the tip of a spear, getting penetrated by it.
This scene was terrifying!
You should know, under normal circumstances,
the tile would just shatter upon impact.
That’s because the material of the spear was hard enough.
But for the blade to penetrate a tile…
That demonstrates the sharpness of the spears.
Tom had no doubts that even if he wore a Black Tech Bulletproof Vest, falling into it would result in him being instantly pierced.
Spear: “Black Tech Bulletproof Vest that bullets can’t penetrate, let me handle this!”
“I can only go down first, see if I can pry off a few spears.”
Tom muttered to himself, his body upside-down, forcefully twisting his waist and performing a series of extremely complex and coherent movements, from an upside-down head-first position, Tom reassumed a normal posture.
Tom pressed the button controlling the length of the Flying Claw Rope, slowly descending towards the pit.
He quickly reached a position less than one meter above the spears, and seeing that the distance was sufficient, Tom immediately locked the buckle and released the button.
He couldn’t risk going any lower, to avoid injury.
Tom estimated that he was less than thirty centimeters from the spears; hanging upside down, it should be possible to reach the spears with his hands. Tom pulled out the black Dagger from his waist, placed it in his mouth, and swung back to hang upside down again, head facing downwards.
Though the spears were sharp, it was only the spearheads that were sharp.
Beneath the spearheads were shafts made of wood.
Although treated and painted to prevent rot, Tom’s black Dagger was a product of modern technology, likely capable of cutting the wooden shafts of the spears, or if not, Tom planned to slowly saw through the wood with the saw edge on his Dagger.
Even though slower, it didn’t matter.
As long as he could live, Tom was willing to make the effort.
…
“Taotie, shall we go over and check how Tom is doing?”
Fang Xiaocao asked worriedly.
She was genuinely concerned for Tom’s safety.
Hearing Fang Xiaocao’s words, Taotie hesitated.
Taotie was also very concerned for Tom’s safety,
but he didn’t want to take Fang Xiaocao over.
After hesitating for a moment, Taotie spoke, “Princess Your Highness, why don’t you and Hummingbird wait here, I will go check myself. Not only is it faster, but with fewer people, we can also avoid accidentally triggering another mechanism.”
Fang Xiaocao blinked, reluctantly nodded and said, “Alright, then you go and come back quickly…”
