Chapter 560: Discovered Fossils of an Unknown Creature

Can't move? Nan Qinghuan found it utterly baffling, thought for a moment, sent someone to fetch her senior brother, and soon Li Xiang arrived.

"Junior sister, what's wrong?"

"Senior brother, look at these underground stones. I've discovered a creature we haven't yet mastered, and its bones are extremely hard, fused with the stone, hard to excavate."

Upon hearing that a fossil had been found, Li Xiang was naturally delighted and immediately prepared to examine exactly what kind of fossil it was.

The two paleontology students were stumped by this sudden unknown creature, because after they had people clear the soil, a fossil of an unknown creature over ten meters long and five meters high appeared before them.

Seeing this, Li Xiang inhaled sharply, "My heavens, what on earth is this? It's not a dinosaur; it looks like a never-before-seen unknown creature."

It's terrifying.

Fortunately it's already dead; if it were still on the Jiuzhou Dadi, wouldn't it pose a threat? Ying, who had rushed in to ask, also arrived, and Jiguang and the others came as well; when they saw the massive creature before them, Jiguang had also never seen anything like it.

"What is this thing? We've never seen anything like it."

Ying and Rongdi were somewhat nervous upon seeing this thing, because... Rongdi's expression was grim, which made Jiguang find it odd, "Rongdi, you locals, do you know what this huge creature is?"

The other tribe members, upon seeing the huge creature, suddenly knelt, their demeanor filled with terror and fear.

"It's Ala Changwei, Ala Changwei!"

The tribe members kept repeating this, which left Jiguang and the others even more baffled.

What the heck? Nan Qinghuan saw Ying examine the monster's head, which was also well preserved; she could roughly estimate that this creature had been buried underground for millions of years.

Otherwise how could it become a fossil? "Ying, do you recognize this thing?"

Ying was about to speak, but Rongdi nodded, "We recognize it."

It was the first time Rongdi was this nervous, which made Jiguang and the others even more curious about what this huge thing was. Everyone stared at Rongdi, and Nan Qinghuan hurriedly asked, "Rongdi, do you recognize it?"

"I recognize it; it's a Changweichong, which lives underground, and wherever it is, earthquakes occur."

"Changweichong?"

Nan Qinghuan inhaled sharply, exchanged a glance with Li Xiang, and wondered how this could frighten them so much. "Oh dear, we've unearthed a Changweichong; an earthquake is coming here!"

Ashu hurried over, feeling this was no good news; he was worried and terrified, and his words further frightened the tribe members, who knelt on the ground repeatedly begging the Heavenly God for forgiveness.

Wherever a long worm appears, earthquakes follow.

They had barely managed to establish Kuaihuo City; could it be destroyed in an instant? The locals were frightened, kneeling and begging for mercy. Nan Qinghuan quickly explained, "Everyone, don't be afraid; this was an accidental discovery, it won't cause an earthquake, it won't."

"Goddess, stop trying to comfort us. The last time we experienced an earthquake here, it was because we dug up a Changweichong; this is Heaven's warning to our city. Oh dear, what shall we do? My new house was just built—could we suffer another cataclysm?"

The speaker was an elder of the Yao tribe, an old woman; her words made Nan Qinghuan grit her teeth, "Old woman, don't be afraid; it won't happen, there won't be an earthquake."

"Goddess, can you know when the earthquake will come? If you know, please tell us early."

No one expected that they would let Nan Qinghuan foresee when the earthquake would arrive; Nan Qinghuan was at a loss for words, and Ying hurried to cover for her, "Alright, stop the nonsense. Qinghuan said there won't be an earthquake, so there won't be."

Ying said there wouldn't be one, but everyone didn't believe it, so after the discovery of the Changweichong, that day's tribe members were all unhappy.

Nan Qinghuan had Dashan and the others clean up the area; the Great Wall passes through here, and the fossils were placed elsewhere for preservation.

By the time all this happened last night, it was already dark.

It was dark, yet the senior brother and junior sister hadn't returned, because they thought the tribe's words were somewhat superstitious, but... if this worm appears, an earthquake follows; the matter was indeed odd.

They knew it was a fossil formed over millions of years, unrelated to the local geology, but the tribe members were still worried.

As night fell, Ying and Rongdi led people to continue building the Great Wall; they aimed to finish by autumn, for only then could the town's safety be assured.

A task that was almost impossible in the Remote Antiquity Era is now being slowly planned.

It is being implemented.

Everyone believes that humans can conquer fate, and that they will certainly finish the Great Wall to protect their Kuaihuo City.

The night breeze blew gently, and the mountain air was excellent.

Jiguang and Nan Qinghuan hadn't returned yet; Jiguang knew the city must be in some disarray now. Even though they kept saying there wouldn't be an earthquake, the tribe members were locals and overly superstitious.

Even Rongdi, Yao, and their group believed this matter strongly, so since the huge creature was unearthed, the city's people have been anxious.

This was not a good thing for them.

Earthquake—ancient people didn't call it an earthquake, they called it the Heavenly God's punishment. It's the earthquake Nan Qinghuan referred to, and everyone also calls this earth-shattering force that can annihilate everything in an instant.

Call it an earthquake!

They feared earthquakes, especially the wolf tribe, who had experienced their homes destroyed and loved ones killed; thus, earthquakes were a nightmare in everyone's heart.

It cannot be shaken off.

Jiguang saw both of them silent and asked, "Why are you both silent? The city is now buzzing about an earthquake here—what should we do?"

These tribe members truly turn a breeze into rain; Jiguang was helpless, but everyone trusted her and there was nothing she could do.

Li Xiang was pondering something: the terrain here is karst, so theoretically earthquakes shouldn't be frequent, but the matter is uncertain.

The crust is shifting, and he had also heard that the Giant Tribe moved here because of earthquakes; could a major quake happen here as well? It's hard to imagine how many would die if one struck. "I'm wondering—can we create something to predict earthquakes, to help us forecast better?"

"Predict earthquakes?"

Nan Qinghuan thought of the ancient seismoscope made by Zhang Heng, but in this Remote Antiquity Era they lacked the means, equipment, and industry wasn't advanced enough, so accuracy would be low.

"Senior brother, even modern high tech only reaches just over half accuracy; without equipment, how can we do it?"