Chapter 8 (1/2)
Chapter 8
What Lin Naoi had once predicted now becaun to blossom with fruit The fruit was red and aro extraordinary
Chu Feng could no long rest under his train of undulating thoughts
This world had changed Whether it was for better or worse, it had for sure altered the course of this world into sonition
”Do you think it's edible?”
One had to admit that Zhou Quan was one of those people ould never lend themselves to worry or anxiety noaroma of the fruit, oh hoished he could take a bite of it straight away His temptation was understandable, but it was admittedly very inopportune and very out of accord with the times
”Go ahead! Give it a try”
”No, no, no To hell with it How dare I? Who knows if it's poisonous A bright red fruit grown out of a weed? That's preposterous and o in my life just like that” Zhou Quan fiercely shook his head
But his physiological reaction said otherwise He was drooling as his gaze fixated on the bright red color It had a tehtful tastiness Its ser and more aro felt surprised This particular berry of a weed carried a gleah perhaps much tastier than one of those invaluable stones So, under no ordinary circumstances, could this possibly be the yield of an ordinary weed
Other passengers on-board were also impressed, but no-one seemed too astonished Recent days had just been filled with too s that never should have happened Especially after the eerie encounter with that er
Wild weeds giving birth to fruit was a bizarre incidence alright, but no-one would fear it
But it was an utterly different story when it caiant tree People had raised serious doubts about the possibility of it beco a tree spirit that would wreak havoc on people
”Take us away fro to feel ed et off the train, so he was instead glued to his seat throughout the duration of his endless waiting
However, the train had never shown signs ofever since it made the stop by the station
Tiot off the train as well, looking into the distance from the platfor Its body seeer than an ordinary hill It had a luxuriant foliage too, guarding the whole village against the sun
”Look! Look e've found”
A couple of people walked towards Chu Feng fro a blade of leaf as tall as an adult Those were leaves fro oddly gigantic
Another rown to the size of a basin He was struggling while carrying it It was a yellowish ginkgo nut
”How is this possible? Where did you guys get them?”
They pointed into the distance
The maidenhair tree truly had an is had stretched out for hundreds ofstood There were leaves and fruits falling fro both as a spectacle and a treat for those who had the grit to co to leave They seemed rather anxious and worried,” said someone who seemed familiar with the local situation
”The train has halted here for quite some time I wonder what on earth had actually happened on the railway ahead This has not been the first time, just to reer They became restless with anxiety
Up till now, no-one had heard from the crew for any further updates
”Hey brother,” Zhou Quan softly whispered and nudged Chu Feng with his arht about this For so le incident have ever occurred to this line Today is way too weird”
”I wish I can get out of here in no time, but sadly, the current situation doesn't see nodded
It took the train all of fifty ain Most people had turned all flighty and impetuous as a result of their worn-out patience, but fortunately, now they could finally leave this place behind
”Thank God At long last, we are finally getting out of here” An elderly breathed a sigh of relief Indeed, it was an iers on board
Far off to the east, dark clouds scudded across the sky The deafening clap of thunder was soon followed by a garish stroke of lightning A rainstor the capricious nature of weather once again
Suddenly, the world outside became prematurely darkened
Fortunately, everyone was on board
”God! Why is that thing glowing?” so could vaguely see that giant tree glealoas hazy and di
The tree fiercely rocked in the strong wind Against the backdrop of flashi+ng lightning and ru and ominous
”Boo thump, which was then followed by a sequence of discordant crunches Chu Feng hastily thrusted hiainst the , then realized that the tree had been struck by lightning Its glow still lingered, but antic leaves burnt and falling
Clouds had turned the world into a dark void Nothing but that glowing tree was visible to huo nuts cracked open, one after another, then oddly, they rose to the sky in an orderly for and whipped the leaht Their shell formed under a film of fine hair The wind tried to loosen up the hair and pull theusto ca the loosely-rooted hair into the distance
”Is this maidenhair tree or is this dandelion?” Zhou Quan seeht of this scene
Within the carriage, people were all duht, but it was, at the sanited anxiety, but for sure, it also evoked ad seeds settled, that old tree begun to return to quiescence The branches, the leaves, the tree, all as one entity, stood the test of the fearso tall and upright, staying proud as ever
The gale was blowing dead against the train Through the rain-splattered , the world beca could be seen
As the train soared away into the distance, the fuzzy silhouette of the old tree faded in the horizon
”This worldout of ourcontradicts to everything I've co bonkers?” Zhou Quan said to Chu Feng
There were farast everyone on the train
That place was now left behind No one here would knoould ensue But what everyone did knoas that the world was restlesslyAnxiety, confusion and unease filled everyone They knew that ever since then, nothing would reross themselves in the coh thousands of headlines, all they wanted was to learn more from these sources
However, not a word had been mentioned about the old maidenhair tree
But ano repeatedly reported In some places, rare beasts that had been supposedly extinct for thousands of years were now being spotted Dry wells that had been exhausted hundreds of years earlier were now pouring out gushes of sweet spring
All kinds of extraordinary onificant
”Purple light runs on wangwu Mountain Is this for real?” Someone was surprised and bewildered