Chapter 41 The Third Question
"In addition to the vibration of the US military convoy moving forward, I also heard a 'sound of the earth'."
Li Qing pointed to the solid ground beneath him and explained carefully:
"Because of the geological movements that are happening all the time inside the earth, there are actually countless extremely weak sound waves that are always present in the earth."
"After these sound waves pass through geological structures of different densities and materials, the sound wave waveforms they exhibit are also different."
"With this feature, I can roughly detect the geological structure of the shallow surface through sound waves."
"And I just heard..."
"More than a hundred meters underground, there is a huge underground cave - there is nothing there, it is perfect for sealing this piece of meat!"
The earth has never been a solid ball of dirt, so it is not uncommon to occasionally find a naturally formed cavity underground.
"I see…"
Giorno understood Li Qing's intention:
"That underground hole is just over a hundred meters from the surface, beyond the perception range of the meat."
"As long as we can bring the meat in, it will no longer be able to sense objects on the ground."
"When the time comes, it will be sealed forever in the darkness underground."
"But…"
He couldn't help but say "but".
Because the Plan B proposed by Li Qing has too many loopholes——
How to lure the monster more than a hundred meters underground?
The hole that could accommodate the monster must be at least five or six meters wide. How are they supposed to block such a large hole within two minutes after they succeed?
Of course, in addition to this...
There is one most crucial issue that Giorno cares about very much.
"I understand your thoughts."
"But it's too late to say anything more now."
"Once those American soldiers come over, with so much interference, no matter which plan we adopt, it will fail."
Li Qing didn't give Giorno any room to question.
He ordered firmly:
"Now, please create a burrowing bug and let it burrow into the ground with my Tianyinbo mark."
"My displacement ability can penetrate obstacles and reach underground. As long as the piece of meat senses my high-speed movement, it will desperately dig through the ground to chase me even if there are hundreds of meters of soil blocking it."
Li Qing gave a method to lure the monster into the ground, which answered the first question in Giorno's mind.
"All right…"
Giorno no longer hesitated.
He has already accepted Li Qing as his companion.
Since Li Qing's attitude was so firm, he simply gave all his trust to him.
"Mu Da Mu Da!"
A golden humanoid stand emerged from behind Giorno and punched the broken asphalt on the ground.
Soon, the broken asphalt blocks that gained life changed their shape and gave birth to a bug that exuded a glossy black luster all over its body.
"Heavenly Sound Wave!"
Li Qing marked the bug with a Heavenly Sound Wave without hesitation.
This journey requires crossing a distance of hundreds of meters. The range of the Golden Bell Cover is not enough, so we can only use the Heavenly Sound Wave.
However, after using the Heavenly Sound Wave on the bug, he immediately realized something was wrong:
"Wait... this bug..."
Li Qing used sound waves to sense the outline of the object: "From the outline, why does it look a bit like a cockroach?!"
“That’s a cockroach.”
Giorno replied without changing his expression.
“…”
As a resident of the south who has suffered from the torment of cockroaches, Li Qing couldn't help but shudder when he heard this name that had brought him countless nightmares:
"Cockroaches...why did you choose cockroaches?!"
"There are so many bugs to choose from... When did cockroaches burrow into the ground?"
"Of course cockroaches can't burrow into the ground."
"I created simply because these little creatures have strong vitality and are not easy to die."
"In fact..."
Giorno rubbed his brows helplessly:
"There is no bug in the world that can drill more than a hundred meters of soil in two minutes!"
"Do you have any misunderstanding about my Stand ability..."
"I can only create existing creatures on Earth, but I can't satisfy your weird requests."
"Then?" Li Qing waited for the next words tacitly.
As expected, Giorno added calmly:
"Maybe it's because the 'soul' thing consumes a lot of energy. Compared to creating animals with consciousness, my ability to control plants is stronger."
"I can inject a large amount of vitality into the plants I create, and make them grow at an extremely exaggerated speed in the way I want."
"so…"
"Wood big wood big wood big wood big!"
"Wood big wood big wood big wood big!"
Golden Experience began to hammer the ground frantically, and his entire body was covered in golden fist shadows.
At this time, they were still within the perception range of the piece of meat.
Such continuous high-speed punches soon attracted the attention of the huge mass of flesh and blood dozens of meters away.
However, the road leading to the underground had already been opened before the meat arrived:
Under that massive amount of life force, a block of asphalt quickly deformed and transformed, forming a small sapling.
The roots of the sapling wrapped around the cockroach with the Tianyinbo mark, and then, like a drill that would automatically extend and spread infinitely, it quickly grew towards the deep underground.
“The fig tree…”
Giorno explained at the right time:
"In Huishen Cave near Oristad, South Africa, there is a plant with the longest and deepest root system in the world."
"Its root system can reach 120 meters underground, which is enough to help us send the cockroach marked with your ability into the underground cave."
"Um…"
Li Qing's face looked extremely ugly.
"What?" Giorno asked in confusion, "Are you scared?"
"Of course I'm afraid..."
The huge shadow of the piece of meat had already covered Li Qing's body, and the disgusting and horrifying sound of flesh and blood wriggling was almost within reach.
Li Qing turned pale with fear :
"That's a fucking cockroach!!"
He mustered up all his courage and tried not to imagine how bad it would feel when his fist came into close contact with the cockroach:
"Echo Strike!"
Li Qing's figure suddenly turned into a phantom of nothingness, following the path that the cockroach brother had just taken, and sank directly into the solid ground.
The meat immediately became extremely excited.
The blazing speed that Li Qing displayed in the Echo Slam state was the fatal switch that turned on his rampage mode.
This irrational monster completely ignored the obstruction of rocks and soil, and crashed into the ground with Li Qing in a violent and swift manner.
This collision was so powerful that the earth shook.
It is like it is completely outside the rules of the world... no... it may itself be a "world rule".
The rule is:
Its speed must always be faster than its prey - no matter what is blocking the way.
The solid ground was easily split apart by the unreasonable power of the piece of meat, and the buildings and trees within a hundred meters were shaking violently.
It relied on brute force to move through the soil layer that was hundreds of meters thick, and its speed was not hindered at all.
finally…
The huge earth waves stopped, and the monster that devoured everything sank into the ground.
The world is quiet.
Giorno walked to the huge tunnel that the piece of meat had dug out with its body, and looked down at the unfathomable darkness underground:
Li Qing is below here, and the piece of meat is also below here.
"The plan was a success."
"but…"
Giorno's expression was extremely solemn.
The first question in his mind had been answered by Li Qing with his actions.
As for the second question, "how to fill the hole", he also came up with an emergency solution:
First, stimulate the growth of a large number of plant roots to form a giant "bottle cork" several meters long to completely block the hole, and then cover it with a thick layer of soil. After the American troops who came to investigate the plane crash leave, road maintenance personnel will naturally come to repair the hole.
Both of these questions have answers.
But the third and most critical problem has not been solved.
"You just said... there's nothing in that underground hole."
"That also means there's nothing down there that can help you attract hatred."
"As long as you try to climb up, the meat will follow you up; and if you don't climb up, you will be trapped underground with the meat and wait to die."
"Li Qing..."
Giorno pursed his lips tightly and muttered to himself as he asked the third question:
"How are you supposed to survive?"
