abnabooks Chapter 2726 An Unpleasant Dream
Chapter 2726 An Unpleasant Dream
Chapter 2726 An Unpleasant Dream
Horinouchi not only has a large lake, but also a network of waterways. The body of water closest to the western ring-shaped mountain wall was originally a small stream. Although it received water from the lake, it was only a little over ten feet wide and less than four feet deep at its deepest point. It was so clear that fish and shrimp could be seen.
However, before the Earth Mother returned to the Dragon-Trapping Cave this time, the stream had already turned into a river, less than two zhang wide, but generally three zhang deep! For a river, this is already very deep. Standing on the bank, one can only see a muddy red mass and cannot see through to the bottom.
Furthermore, its distance to the westernmost ring-shaped mountain wall within the dam has been shortened from eighty zhang to eighteen zhang.
Of course, this is just one of the hundreds of streams and rivers in the Dragon-trapping Cave, so why would the Earth Mother care about it?
As time flows by, the landscape within the Dragon-Trapping Ridge frequently changes. The Earth Mother, as an ancient being that has existed across time, is best able to understand the transformations of the world.
Therefore, the other end of the Great Mountain Moving Formation was opened at the bottom of the riverbed.
Water is a medium that most supernatural powers cannot penetrate, making it the best choice for concealing one's whereabouts.
Duanmu Heng also received the news almost simultaneously in Longhuxi:
The celestial being has entered the Kunlonghu River channel.
Yes, all the gods of the Lingxu Clan have descended to earth, and each of them is able to fully exert their power in the human world!
As expected, Lingyun Palace, acting on the orders of the Holy Venerable Lingxu, successfully produced one hundred divine bodies before the deadline.
For the first time in three thousand years, humanity has witnessed such a large-scale collective divine descent, but the process was not spectacular or shocking; instead, it took place on the most uninhabited desert island, quietly and without fanfare.
This is a covert operation.
After landing, the gods rushed to the Dragon-Bound Cave to make careful preparations for today's plan.
Meanwhile, in Longhuxi, his trusted confidant Mo Xubai seized the opportunity to ask, "My lord, how can you be sure that the Earth Mother won't immediately dive down after discovering the approach of the Shen Kingdom and Baling armies?"
All their arrangements today were designed around the Earth Mother. If this behemoth were to escape beforehand, all of Duanmu Heng and the Heavenly God's three years of meticulous preparation would be for naught.
Duanmu Heng smiled slightly: "The most important reason is that the Nine Nether Emperor himself is not here."
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Few people know that Mother Earth also dreams.
Most of the time, it remains conscious. Ever since Shangguan Biao was killed by the Nine Nether Emperor and the Earth Mother regained control of Jade Capital, it has kept its eyes open.
But after more than three years of travel, it was also a little tired. Especially since it had to transport troops for Cang Yan every year, traveling thousands of miles, and this year it had to do an extra transport, which was particularly far away and involved a particularly large number of troops, it felt exhausted. Returning to Kunlonghu was like a weary traveler finally soaking in the hot springs of his hometown, completely relaxing, and even his six senses were unusually dulled.
It had a wonderful sleep.
When it opened its eyes, still half-asleep, it found itself surrounded by a dark, damp cave. It could sense the seepage of groundwater and hear the rustling of insects and crickets in the soil.
This is the environment it likes and is familiar with.
It must be summer outside, because a few fireflies fluttered down, and under the faint purple glow, each pale white stalactite shimmered with tiny sparkles, which was the reflection of the minerals inside the stone.
Huh? Wait, stalactites?
There are no stalactites on its Mother Earth Plain!
Mother Earth shuddered, and her sleepiness immediately lessened by three points.
But this place felt very familiar.
It even knew that the deep crevice directly in front of it led to the earth, two hundred feet deep, where fish called hagfish swam in the undercurrents.
This is the Changfeng Valley headquarters!
Long ago, it signed a contract to become a guardian beast of the mountain and lived in the Medicine Valley crevice behind the Changfeng Valley settlement.
It has lived here for many, many years, so of course it is familiar with every piece of soil and every tree here!
Mother Earth was a little unhappy.
Signing the contract meant losing its freedom, and guarding the mountain was like being in prison. It disliked this experience from the bottom of its heart and hadn't thought about it for a long time, so why did it dream of Changfeng Valley again today?
Yes, it knows it's dreaming.
Those old, trivial matters are utterly boring.
Mother Earth had no interest in going back to the surface to take a look; she turned over and decided to continue sleeping.
Perhaps the next dream won't be so unpleasant.
But it heard two clanging sounds, like metal clashing. At the same time, it felt a binding sensation in its arms.
This feeling was also familiar. When it was a mountain guardian beast, it was bound by two rune chains, which were restrictions used to limit its range of movement—a mountain guardian beast is actually another name for a watchdog, and watchdogs need to be leashed.
These two sounds, accompanied by unpleasant memories, brought Mother Earth back to her senses quickly.
Wait a minute, could it be...?
It lifted itself and headed towards the exit of the crevice.
The crevice's exit is very narrow, like a person's open mouth; even a bear that's gotten fat in autumn might not be able to jump in. But Mother Earth can squeeze out through a crevice the size of a teacup's rim—provided she has freedom of movement.
Mother Earth was almost at the surface, and even glimpsed the blue sky and white clouds outside through the cracks in the earth, when suddenly there was a "clang"—the two chains behind her were pulled straight.
It was only two steps away from leaving, but it was pulled back again.
Mother Earth found it not strange at all.
Damn dream.
But just then, it seemed to notice something strange in the blue sky.
To be precise, after the white clouds drifted away, it actually saw that a large part of the sky was missing, as if a partition had been removed, or as if it itself was in a mirror and saw the people outside the mirror.
Huh? Why is it Bao Chihai?
The man looked anxious as he pounded on the invisible barrier in front of him while roaring, but his voice didn't reach Mother Earth's ears at all.
He seemed to be acting in a silent film, seeing Mother Earth looking blank, he anxiously gestured at her.
What does this mean? Is Bao Chihai being kept out of the dream world?
The Earth Mother knew that Bao Chihai had been appointed by the Nine Nether Emperor as a night patrol god overseeing the Panlong Secret Realm and the Earth Mother Plain. Clearly, it had something urgent it wanted to communicate with the Earth Mother, but was isolated outside the dream world.
Mother Earth felt something was off about this dream.
Bao Chihai seemed to be repeating a sentence over and over, and he kept gesturing outwards. Mother Earth could tell from his lip movements that it sounded like:
"Wake up! A powerful enemy is attacking!"
Are the enemies coming?
But the little stone doppelganger did not notify it.
Bao Chihai, as the nightmare of the plains, should have been able to enter the Earth Mother's dream and make contact with her. Instead, the nightmare is isolated outside the dream?
Bao Chihai's predecessor was a legendary thief, with a long history and powerful magic.
What kind of dream is it that even he cannot enter?
Just as Mother Earth sensed something was wrong, a thick cloud drifted in from the horizon, completely blocking out the sky. Bao Chihai was naturally also blocked behind the cloud and lost contact.