Chapter 1570 Set Sail
Fully armed with an expedition bag on her back, Flora rushed out of the bushes and plunged through the dense pinnate leaves of several cycads that blocked her way. The serrated leaves that could be seen everywhere scratched her arms and other exposed skin, but this still did not stop her from rushing forward like crazy. The secretion of adrenaline made her temporarily forget the burning pain on her body.
All she saw was the vast primeval forest. There were no roads. In addition to the dark green short herbaceous Lycopodium plants, there were abundant ferns under her feet. The extinct naked ferns, sedges and lynx ferns were everywhere. If there were any botanists here, they would only shout that this place was simply paradise.
But Flora didn't think this was heaven. She felt like a living hell. When she stepped into the ground covered with ferns, she felt a bursting and shattering sensation. A brown millipede over a meter long and covered with patterns was broken by her, making a sharp cry. The feeling of its hard shell and internal organs being crushed made her shiver.
Looking up, she could only see the sky covered by dense trees. The entire forest was shrouded in shadows. The rotting miasma made her feel uncomfortable as she covered her mouth and nose. She tried her best to suppress the nausea, ignored the giant insect twisting wildly in the ferns behind her, and continued to rush into the depths of the primeval forest that seemed to have no way out.
Behind her, along the road, there were rhythmic vibrations, countless trees overturned and collapsed, huge shadows chased quickly, and were blocked by the complex paths along the way, so they always kept a distance from Flora, neither far nor close. The two sides could not see each other, but they could detect each other's existence, and kept chasing each other for dozens of minutes.
The forest birds flew up from the shaking woods, and the beasts and birds that leaped out of the dense vegetation made strange screams from afar, making Flora, who was running wildly in the forest, feel a sense of despair of leaving the world. For the first time, she felt that hell might not be like what was mentioned in the Bible, full of magma and flames. In reality, hell should be the same environment as she is now, with endless green, countless shrubs and ferns, and all kinds of alienated creatures that should have been extinct in history!
On her running path, a large shadow rushed out in shock. It was a giant dragonfly, whose scientific name in the biological world is Meganeura, or Big-tailed Dragonfly, an insect from the Carboniferous period 300 million years ago!
In appearance, this creature is similar to modern dragonflies, but its body size has grown to a wingspan of 75 cm due to the high oxygen content in the environment. It is the largest insect species known to have appeared on Earth, but this creature should have been extinct in the Permian period 250 million years ago, but now it appears in groups in front of Flora!
Flora fell forward suddenly when she saw the shadow rushing towards her. Although she fell hard into the soil covered with ferns and was forced to watch the scene of the weird insects crawling on the black soil from a close distance, she still avoided the extremely lethal head-on collision.
According to the records in the biology book, Meganeura generally feed on other insects and small amphibians, and mammals such as humans should not appear in their menu due to their size. But it is obvious that these are not the ancient insects that Flora knew, because after failing to attack Flora, they rushed straight to the back, the huge shadow hidden in the forest that kept approaching!
Soon, Flora heard a roar, which was the howl of a beast she had never heard before. In the natural world she knew, there had never been a creature that roared like this. It reminded people of the fantasy monster named "Godzilla" in the movie. His roar was created by dragging a large wooden box on a polished floor, and was praised as a roar that did not belong to the human world.
Flora quickly got up, took a deep breath and continued to run forward. In the gap where the big guy behind her was entangled by the group of giant dragonflies, she sprinted again with all her strength. In the distance behind her, in addition to the sound of trees falling, there were also various terrible sounds of flesh biting and bones breaking, which made people imagine that horrible picture in their minds.
Soon, the biting sound disappeared, and the heavy footsteps sounded again. There was no doubt that the group of giant dragonflies failed to hunt. For some reason, they had extremely strong bloodthirstiness and offensiveness, but in front of a stronger enemy, they were just moths flying into the fire.
The heavy footsteps became faster and faster, as if the huge shadow chasing behind was stimulated by the group of giant dragonflies, and the speed of chasing Flora was faster!
Flora did not dare to look back, so she could only rush forward with her head down, constantly looking for complex terrain to try to hinder the speed of the big thing behind her. Her speed had obviously begun to slow down. Her physical weakness, hunger, and various unhealed soft tissue contusions were all madly stinging her nerves. She was exhausted, and her throat and nose were full of the smell of rust. Now all that supported her escape were the various hormones secreted by instinct.
Soon, a perfect obstacle appeared in front of her. It was a natural obstacle formed by the collapse of two huge Alsophila spinulosa trees due to the storm. On both sides of the trees were rock walls that were raised by the strata, forming a structure similar to a "door". Flora's eyes lit up, and she rushed over directly with acceleration and slid through the gap under the Alsophila spinulosa trees.
After passing through this natural barrier, she did not dare to stop for even a moment and continued to sprint forward. The moment she rushed out of the fern shrubs blocking the road in front, the originally gloomy primitive forest environment disappeared - she Rushing to the edge of the forest, there is a huge canyon fault outside. Looking up, you can see the blue sky with strong sunlight. And below, the dark and rugged rock cross-section is almost vertical down at 90 degrees. A narrow river with sea water flowing backwards is in the canyon. The time passes by!
The moment before Flora flew out of the cliff, she stretched out her hand and grabbed a branch on the side. She hung on the edge of the cliff. The soil and rocks collapsed under her feet and she fell to the depths of the canyon. This height was at least higher than One hundred meters, almost causing her heart to stop.
After she stopped, she took a few deep breaths to prevent her heart and lungs from exploding at this critical moment. At the same time, she turned to look at the deep forest where she came from, and soon realized that the vibrations behind her had stopped. It seemed that the thing chasing her was being beaten by that The natural barrier stopped her. Does this mean she is finally out of danger?
Just as she had this idea, the howling wind sounded in her ears, and her legs just exceeded the limit and became weak before she knelt down. A heavy shadow spun and flew out from above her head, smashing pieces along the way. All the trees flew into the canyon behind her, hit the rock wall, and then fell into the narrow river flowing deep.
It was the trunk of a cypress tree that had collapsed before. The solid tree, which weighed several tons and was full of water, was broken into two pieces and flew out like a cannonball. The barrier was broken, and the footsteps were heavy enough to shake the ground. The sound began to approach again.
Desperation appeared in Flora's eyes, but it was only for a moment. She gritted her teeth with all her strength and turned the adventure bag on her back to her chest. She found a rope gun from inside and took two steps back until her heels broke the tree on the edge. The roots and soil fell into the abyss, and then he stopped and looked back at the extremely deep natural canyon.
She took several deep breaths, closed her eyes, and put the rope gun in front of her forehead, as if praying to something. Finally, she opened her eyes and saw the terrifying shadow running in the dark primeval forest, and resolutely jumped towards the canyon behind her. Jump off!
Gravity pulled her down, and the last thing she saw was a huge, bloody mouth that bit into the trees and soil along the way like a shovel. It was just less than half a meter away and the bite was protruding above her head. The large piece of air was shattered, and the sharp teeth covered with giant tail dragonfly stumps and blood were constantly dripping corrosive liquid, and the horizontal beast eyes locked firmly on Flora who fell into the canyon.
Flora looked at her with no fear at all, her eyes were filled with exclamation and awe for the terrible creature that should have been extinct long ago and was completely contrary to the theory learned from the knowledge in her memory.
Falling down in the air, Flora tried her best to resist the influence of the airflow on her limbs. She tried her best to open her eyes wide and look at the place she remembered before. She found a group of branches growing out of the middle of the cliff, and made a desperate cry in the canyon. Screaming with all his strength, he raised his hand and pressed the trigger. The hook flew out quickly with a straight rope amidst the sound of gunpowder, and successfully strangled the root of the tree trunk!
Flora immediately grabbed the rope of the grappling gun with both hands, and all the weight of her falling body fell on the rope. But the next moment, the dead tree on the cliff suddenly broke, and its roots were pulled out of the gap in the rock wall!
Flora fell into the abyss due to the influence of gravity. At the last moment, she stared blankly at the blue sky above the canyon, her lips moved slightly and shouted a name.
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"Anna."
Opening her eyes, Ana, who was covered in sweat, sat up from the beach. The sudden sunlight that entered her eyes blinded her, causing her to suddenly raise her hands to cover her eyes. She sat there feeling dizzy, but she still subconsciously reached out to cover herself. With the backpack on my back, I felt a little relieved when I touched the outline of the notebook.
Waking up from her trance, the sound of waves and shouts gradually sounded in her ears. She gradually put down her hands, and then heard the man in front of her say interestingly, "My dear, it seems you have done a good job." Dream?"
Anna, who was sweating profusely, looked up at the man standing outside the shadow of the coconut tree, Barbarossa. This red-bearded man was wearing a pair of black swimming trunks, exposing his tendons in the sun. He raised his eyebrows and looked at the people resting under the coconut tree. Anna.
He raised his hand and pointed with a thumbs up at the yachts drifting on the shore and a large group of men arriving on the island one after another via speedboats. "So, do you want to come or not? It's time to set off to find the legendary Atlantis." Yes, baby!”