CHAPTER XV
"What time is it?"
Zhou Xi looked at the dark basement, the damp and pungent smell made her temples ache faintly. Now, five people have been in this basement for two days.
Feng Weitao turned on his mobile phone, and the bright mobile phone screen seemed to be about to blind him, squinting his eyes to carefully identify the numbers on it, and said, "It's half past twelve at noon." β
Maybe it's the self-entertainment of the day before that makes them forget the reason why they go to bed late. Lying on the floor made of protective clothing, lazy and not wanting to move. Liu Xin walked out of the only very small bathroom in the basement, muttered something, and sat on the ground looking at Zhou Xi.
"Fortunately, I can go out today, otherwise we girls really can't stay in this bathroom that is about to be clogged."
"Boys are fine, but girls are not."
Zhang Pengtao rolled up his short-sleeved sleeves, revealing his thick arms. Maybe he was too nervous, and now he was in a cold sweat. After all, today is the day of the lockdown and bombing of Andong City, and if this basement can't withstand it, all five of them will be buried here. Everyone present clearly knew this, but no one wanted to raise this concern.
Time vanished in the passage of seconds, accompanied by the slow shaking of the basement floor. The five people walked to the corner, relying on the principle of earthquake triangle avoidance, and leaned close to each other.
They don't know how long a bombing of the sprawling city of Andong will last. It was only in the shaking and deafening explosions of the day that the goods on the shelves flew to the ground with the fierce turmoil. The dust that drifted everywhere covered everyone's eyes again and again.
Zhou Xi's thin body was tightly constricted in Xu Wen's arms, Zhang Pengtao began to use all his strength to stabilize the shelves on both sides with Feng Weitao, Liu Xin looked straight ahead, and the wall that had begun to crack made her shiver involuntarily. Thinking of the violent impact behind the wall two days ago, no one dared to imagine the consequences of the collapse of the wall at this time.
I don't know how long it took, but the sound of the bombing faded away. Zhang Pengtao opened the door of the basement passage, and the red sun stopped softly in the city horizon, trying his best to shine more intensely before disappearing. Split the sky into a small cloud and refine it into a fiery cloud.
The five of them patted the accumulated dust on their bodies and looked at the shattered city. Pale lime takes shape in the air with the breeze that is coming to night. The tall building in the distance has long been crooked, and the bare steel and concrete exposed in the ruins and broken walls looks particularly desolate.
"No signal ......" Among the five people, only Feng Weitao's mobile phone still has power, but he still can't find a signal in this big city.
"What's that?" Xu Wen took a few steps forward, only to see that the roadside of the street in the distance was full of concrete and stones, constantly rolling up dust into the sky.
Zhang Pengtao began to discern what was in the dust, but the gray dust that had been kicked up made it impossible for the five of them to distinguish it. The rumbling sound made everyone present panic. Something unknown in the dust was rushing in their direction.
"Run......
Liu Xin shouted, and the short hair was freed from the shackles of the rubber band with the action of turning. Xu Wen looked at the direction that was gradually clear after being covered in dust, and saw that hundreds of out-of-control crowds were running towards them in unison.
"Oh my God." Zhou Xi grabbed Xu Wen's hand and began to flee backwards, crying and shouting, "Didn't you say that you killed them?" How did it come back to life. β
"How could it be blown up, I just saw a few people biting their hands and feet running. It's not something that people can do at all. Feng Weitao's trembling face was no longer able to breathe on his own, and his upright belly was trying to drive the whole body to move.
"Where are you going? Come this way. With that, Liu Xin pulled Feng Weitao over. The slender arm gradually exerted force, running faster and faster with the huge body around him.
"Don't you ...... Don't run so fast......" Feng Weitao wanted to shake off Liu Xin's hand several times, but the reaction force was too great and he couldn't break free.
"Dead fatty, you can feed them for hundreds of numbers with one person, do you want to die here?"
Liu Xin's fierce eyes stared back at Feng Weitao, which made him shut up in an instant, and sucked air back and forth in his nose with rapid breathing.
Several people no longer knew how long they had been running, and they fell to the ground the moment they stopped. Panting as he looked at the out-of-control crowd that gradually disappeared behind him, Xu Wen breathed a sigh of relief.
"They don't seem to be chasing us." Zhang Pengtao wiped the sweat from his forehead and instantly adjusted his state back to normal. Looking at Xu Wenzhou, who was not able to do anything, he sighed and said, "You two lack exercise, and you will die of exhaustion here after running as far as you can." β
When Zhou Xi heard this, he rolled his eyes at Zhang Pengtao, who was standing on the side, with his tall body.
Xu Wen got up from his lying position and sat on the ground, a process that was perhaps his greatest respect for the effort he had expended.
"I don't care who they're chasing, as long as I escape, it's not chasing me." Xu Wen waved his hand, looking like he was experiencing the thrill of escaping from death successfully.
"Did you hear anything?"
As soon as Zhou Xi's words fell, the three of them began to recognize them with their breath holding. I only heard the "sizzling" sound coming into the ears of the three people from far and near, as if the radio broadcast had lost its signal......
Zhang Pengtao inspected the surroundings and saw a car pressing under the ruins of the house not far away. The three of them stepped forward and worked together to remove the stone that was pressed on the glass of the car in front, and Xu Wen took the opportunity to smash the window directly. The three of them got into the car and made a "sizzling" sound, which came from the car radio.
"How can this thing be repaired?"
Xu Wen looked at Zhou Xi, no one knew how to answer her question.
"How else can I fix it, and I can't fix it." Zhang Pengtao said and slapped the button that adjusted the radio screen, and the original 'sizzling' sound disappeared.
γAndong City ...... Inhabitant...... To the saints... City Sanctuary ...... Temporary ......γ
As the broadcast suddenly stopped, Zhang Pengtao slapped the screen and still didn't respond.
"Okay, okay, shoot the airbag out, you two have to die here." Zhou Xi, who was huddled in the back row, was no longer able to move his body. Suddenly thought of something, looked around and said, "What about the dead fat man and Liu Xin?" β
As soon as these words came out, Xu Wen and Zhang Pengtao reacted instantly.
"They didn't come along?" Xu Wen climbed out of the car and looked at the streets around him, which were full of ruins, and there was no one around.
At night, the moonlight flickered on and off under the cover of clouds. With the end of Andong City, this nightlife city is no longer starlight. In the light of the moon that was the only remaining day, the three barely covered the glass of the car in front of them with stones, and curled up in the collapsed and crushed car to survive the night.