The situation predicted by Ji Chaoyang is finally coming true.
"So early?"
Xu Xin frowned.
It's just dawn now
At this time, the sun had risen completely into the sky, and all the residents of the underground world squinted their eyes, looking at this rising sun that they had never seen before.
"The stone creatures are attacking, and now the people living outside..."
Li Wenxi looked around with some concern.
In addition to the people Wang Lei brought out just now, there are still many people living in the Crystal City besides the current World Tree.
In addition to a dozen survivors who are responsible for contacting the outside world, there are also some original residents of the underground world.
These people make up almost half of all the residents of the underground world.
They have different reasons for living outside.
Some people, after seeing the brilliant galaxy, no longer want to enter the World Tree.
Some people still have ties to their base in the underground world and don't want to age faster than the people in the underground world.
Some people think that they have just come out of the underground and don't want to enter another little world. They want to live in the real sunlight.
In short, the proportion of residents of the underground world who can accept living in the World Tree is far less than that of the survivors.
It is understandable. After all, they still have social circles in the underground world, and Xu Xin has also promised to find a way to bring people from the underground world up, so the relatively accelerated aging is even more unacceptable to them.
Moreover, they have not experienced a long period of life-and-death crisis like the survivors, so the sense of security within the World Tree is dispensable to them.
"Let's take them to the World Tree first. If these stone statues are really here to besiege us, they are very dangerous."
Xu Xin and others immediately began to gather everyone. After briefly explaining the situation, everyone began to enter the World Tree in an orderly manner.
Although many people are unwilling to live in the World Tree for a long time, no one will refuse to take refuge in the World Tree in times of crisis.
Moreover, before these people came out to live, they had lived with the survivors for a period of time. They all knew the crises outside the World Tree and the dangers that the survivors had experienced.
Now that danger has come and they are asked to seek refuge in the World Tree, they naturally have no reason to refuse.
But of course these people would still discuss in private.
"What's going on? Didn't you come out to watch the sunrise?"
"I don't know either. Anyway, just enter the World Tree. It's very safe inside!"
"Haha, you people outside don't know that the world inside us has been completely transformed! The speed of development is beyond your imagination!"
"Has another month passed in there?"
"Yeah, long time no see!"
"Ah, this... is amazing! I saw you last night!"
"Youhe, you can use the word 'night' now!"
"That's for sure, isn't it? I'm trying very hard to adapt to the world on the ground!"
"But...is it a mistake for us to live outside? It's not very safe. It's only been one night, just a few hours? And a crisis has come..."
"Hey, you guys should come with us and live in the World Tree. It's much more comfortable inside than outside!"
"I... Let me think about it. My friends are still in the world below. I..."
Wang Lei led everyone into the World Tree.
When Wen Guixin received the notification, she returned to the top floor of her tree house and looked into the distance.
At this time, she came down from her tree house and said to Xu Xin and the others who were still at the scene: "Those petrified creatures are still very far away from us, at least 40 to 50 kilometers away. There are a lot of them, at least... several hundred stone statues."
Wen Guixin's expression was somewhat solemn, and she was holding a telescope in her hand.
The survivors outside the World Tree are equipped with telescopes, which can observe far away places. This is a technology brought from the underground world.
After thousands of years of development, the underground world has made obvious progress in these small objects, and it is easy to see things forty or fifty kilometers away from the wall.
This is also one of the reasons why Ji Chaoyang hopes that someone will be stationed outside the World Tree.
Although you can observe the surroundings inside the World Tree, you cannot use tools such as telescopes to observe distant places, but you can do so outside the World Tree.
In a situation like this time, people outside the World Tree observed the changes in advance and informed those inside the World Tree, which could save nearly an hour of time.
One hour is four days inside the World Tree!
They will have four extra days to prepare!
"Let's go back too." Xu Xin said to Wen Guixin, Li Wenxi and others who had not yet gone up.
"You guys go up, I'll continue to observe outside." Wen Guixin refused, "Someone needs to stay outside."
Xu Xin nodded: "Okay, then we..."
"I won't go back yet." Shi Wanyun suddenly said, "I plan to go back to my tree house and Area 1. Maybe I can get something from it."
As she spoke, she began to draw a teleportation array on the ground.
"That's fine. You can go back every day and 'report' the situation here to them and get some intelligence."
"Why don't I take you there... Never mind." Xu Ying shook her head, "You're a spy, it's hard for me to perform well without you."
"Then I'll go too." Lou Fei'er walked to Shi Wanyun's side, her lips curled up slightly, "I'm a professional in 'reporting' situations. After resting for so long, it's time to move around."
"I'll come with you." Jin Yue also walked over.
"Wow, I forgot that you are double agents!" Zeng Tao exclaimed, "I wanted to go over with you to take a look..."
“…Try to come back within an hour.” Xu Xin instructed.
"Don't worry, it will be quick."
Shi Wanyun had already finished drawing the teleportation array pattern, and the three of them disappeared in a flash.
"Do you want me to go with you? I can bring them back with me then." Xu Ying looked at Xu Xin and asked, "It will be troublesome for them to come back, right?"
The three of them only need to draw the teleportation array pattern when they go there, but to come back they need to go through the teleportation array over there, return to the teleportation array on the edge of the Crystal City here, and then pass through the Crystal City to return to the World Tree.
The journey back to the city alone takes a lot of time.
"No need." Xu Xin shook his head. "Although your ability may have been exposed, it's best not to use it lightly. Besides, it's easy for them to come back. I have already placed the coordinates next to our teleportation formation."
After teleporting from there, you can directly teleport to the World Tree through the coordinates without having to pass through the Crystal City with a radius of several kilometers.
During this period, because of sufficient resources, Xu Xin has arranged coordinates at various locations inside and outside the World Tree. Through the coordinates, he can achieve very powerful mobility.
It’s a pity that the coordinates cannot cross the inside and outside of the World Tree. There is no way to teleport directly from outside the World Tree to inside the World Tree, and vice versa.
However, this actually further demonstrates the security of the World Tree. At least no one can use other means to enter and exit the World Tree at will.
"Let's go."
Everyone returned to the World Tree together.
During the more than one minute that Xu Xin was delayed outside, the explorers in the World Tree had already learned about the situation outside through Wang Lei.
When they returned to the World Tree, everyone had been waiting for a long time in the tree house where they often held meetings.
Xu Xin didn't waste any time and explained the situation outside to them in detail.
"Forty or fifty kilometers away..." Ji Chaoyang nodded, "I thought so too. I just went to the underground control console and observed the situation outside. I didn't find anything unusual."
"Those petrified creatures all walk on land." Zhao Xiaochuan thought for a moment and said, "With their large bodies, can they move very fast? Forty or fifty kilometers, it feels like they will be here soon."
"Not that fast." Li Wenxi said, "I just asked Sister Gui Xin, those stone statues are just like the Tyrannosaurus Rex last time, they are walking towards us, not rushing at full speed. At their current speed, it will take at least two hours for them to arrive."
Two hours later in the outside world...
It will take more than a week inside the World Tree.
"Good fellow, we are practically predicting danger." Wang Lei couldn't help but sigh, "We predicted the upcoming risk a week in advance. Suddenly I feel that Brother Chaoyang's ability is useless... Ah, that's not what I meant, Brother Chaoyang!"
Ji Chaoyang smiled and said, "What you said makes sense."
"That doesn't make sense." Qi Xuefei spoke for Ji Chaoyang, "His current abilities are also blessed by the World Tree, which means that he can predict the future a hundred days later. This is the effect of his abilities working with the World Tree."
"Ah, yes!" Wang Lei clapped his hands, then wondered, "But isn't the future a hundred days from now a little too far away?"
"It's not far away for us." Xu Xin shook his head. "If we encounter a huge crisis, a hundred days of preparation may not be enough. Moreover, not all dangers come from dozens of kilometers away like today. What if they are teleported directly to the vicinity of Crystal City?"
The latter possibility is actually more likely, because in the previous beast tide, all the mutated creatures except the Tyrannosaurus Rex group appeared in this way.
"Okay, let's not talk about my abilities. Let's think about how to deal with this tide of petrified beasts." Ji Chaoyang clapped his hands.
Petrified Beast Tide...
Xu Xin and Ji Chaoyang looked at each other, and both thought of their previous guesses.
These petrified creatures might not be here to attack them.
But it's not certain yet.
"Why not go directly to the location of the petrified beast tide and take a look." Xu Xin suggested.
The petrified beast tide is now more than 40 kilometers away from here. If he wants to get there, he only needs... one Xu Ying.
Xu Xin looked behind him.
Only Zeng Tao was behind him, blinking and looking at her.
“…Where’s Yingying?”
"She didn't come in. She said it was boring and went back home. She must be playing games again, right?" Zeng Tao looked at the villa outside the window.
"Ah? I didn't even notice!" Li Wenxi was a little speechless, "Is Yingying too lazy recently?"
"... I'll go find her." Xu Xin rubbed his head and said to everyone, "We have plenty of time to prepare now, so there's no need to rush. So, Yingying and I will teleport to the stone statues first to investigate the situation. When we come back, we'll consider further countermeasures."
Ji Chaoyang nodded: "That's what I planned too. Well, go ahead. If it's really Changyin, you'd be the most suitable person to go."
"Long Seal?" The other explorers were all surprised, and then showed a thoughtful expression.
And Xu Xin returned to the villa.
As soon as I entered the villa, I heard the sound of games coming from inside.
"Ah... you are playing games after all." Li Wenxi burst out laughing.
“… Ying-Ying!”
"Ah, brother, sister-in-law, you're back." Xu Ying slumped on the sofa, rubbing the controller without raising her head, "Let's play games together."
"you… "
"Bing!"
At this time, Keke came out from somewhere in the room and grabbed Xu Xin's trouser leg with her little paws, "Oh, oh, oh!"
Its meaning was very clear: it was to prevent Xu Xin from getting closer to Xu Ying.
“…?” Xu Xin was stunned for a moment, then his expression became serious and he pulled Li Wenxi who wanted to get closer to Xu Ying.
Coco was indeed a little afraid of Xu Ying before because of the slight disorder in time and space around Xu Ying, but after spending some time together, Xu Ying can now hug Coco and caress and play with her at will.
And now, Coco showed such panic again.
In fact, it just ran away on its own before, but this time it simply didn't let Xu Xin get close!
"What's wrong?" Li Wenxi looked back at Xu Xin with a confused look on his face.
Xu Xin did not answer, but frowned and looked at Xu Ying who was still playing games.
"Yingying, your condition has gotten worse again..." he said in a deep voice.
Xu Ying's attitude towards life during this period has made Xu Xin temporarily put this matter behind him. He felt that as long as Xu Ying did not do anything out of line, there would be no problem.
The result is now...
"What..." Li Wenxi also understood and immediately covered his mouth, "You mean..."
Xu Ying put down the handle, and the character she was controlling on the projection was immediately killed by the monster.
She turned her head and looked at Coco who was hiding behind Xu Xin's legs and sticking her little head out.
"嘤!" Ke saw Xu Ying looking over, and immediately her little head shrank, and her little body completely hid behind Xu Xin.
Only a big tail is exposed.
"This little guy is really too sensitive." Xu Ying laughed helplessly, "It noticed something unusual a few times before, but where did this little thing come from?"
"The last few times?"
Xu Xin's eyes fixed, and he immediately took a big step forward. Ignoring Coco's urgent cries behind him, he walked to Xu Ying's side and grabbed her shoulders: "How many times has this happened to you? Are you really..."
"Ah, don't worry about that." Xu Ying waved her hand casually, "It's not a big problem. It's just that every time I enter and exit the World Tree, there will be a time chaos."
Entering and exiting the World Tree, causing time chaos...
"Isn't the speed of time inside and outside the World Tree different? So every time I enter and exit the World Tree, this huge difference in the speed of time will make my own time and space become chaotic."
Xu Ying explained, then smiled and said, "But it's okay. It only lasts for about ten minutes each time. It won't be a burden to me."
"Really...really no burden?" Li Wenxi didn't believe it and looked at her worriedly, "Then why did you hide from us just now?"
"I just want to come back and play games." Xu Ying raised the controller in her hand and explained innocently.
Is this really the case
"... We didn't know about this, why didn't you tell us earlier?" Xu Xin frowned.
Xu Ying glanced at him and said, "What can you do if you know?"
"At least you won't be allowed to enter and exit the World Tree at will!"
No wonder when we went out to watch the sunrise just now, she kept refusing by saying she wanted to play games.
She didn't even want to go out just to watch the sunrise!
In the end, I was persuaded to leave by everyone...
Li Wenxi also thought of this and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I didn't know you would be like this when you went out, I..."
"I've already said that I'm fine! Okay, okay, I'll tell you the truth. It's just this temporary disorder of time and space that makes me dizzy, so I don't want to go out!" Xu Ying put down the controller, put her hands on her hips and said, "Now that I've told you the truth, are you satisfied?"
"Hmm..." Keke crawled over, got close to Xu Ying, and raised her little head, "Hmm..."
Xu Ying reached out and picked up Keke, rubbing Keke's head vigorously: "It's all your fault, little guy!"
Then she turned to look at Xu Xin and the others: "How is it, Keke is willing to come closer to me? I told you it's okay, but you didn't believe me."
Xu Xin and Li Wenxi looked at each other and both felt that Xu Ying was hiding her situation.
Her current situation is definitely not that simple.
If it was just a headache, there would be no need for her to hide it.
"Forget it, just stay in the World Tree and don't run around." Xu Xin shook his head, "Take a good rest first."
He has the Silver King, and his movement speed is not slow, so he goes straight over...
etc.
Xu Xin looked at the jungle outside the window.
Huihui is now completely rideable.