Chapter 1: Under the Ruins
"Hey, is it dark again?" came a listless muttering in the darkness, the voice was silent for a while, and suddenly said a little angrily: "The haze is really so fierce, it should be fifteen, and even the moon is gone." ”
"Is there anybody? Is there anybody? You, where are you?" came the excited voice of a young girl in the darkness, with a cry in her voice, like a thirsty traveler weeping with joy in front of an oasis.
"It wasn't in the dormitory bed, no wonder it was so sloppy. The man's voice rang out again.
"Are you a classmate who just came to print?" asked the girl anxiously.
"Hmm...... yes, I've gotten up and gone to print my paper. So I'm in a print shop. The man seemed to be a little sober: "Little sister, do you want to hide and seek when you turn off the light?"
"Yes, it's an earthquake. ”
"Hey, why didn't I feel the vibration?"
"When you asked me to print my paper, I fell on my desk and snored. Then there was an earthquake, the door collapsed, I tried to call you but didn't respond, I thought you ...... You're buried. There was a glimmer of light in the darkness, and the girl turned on her phone flashlight and shone it in the direction of the man. A figure sitting on the ground was faintly visible.
"Hehe, I've always had a good night's sleep, and so have my luck. The figure stood up from the ground, and the dust on its body fell to the ground with a rustling sound.
"You're not in a hurry, we're stuck here and can't get out, we're buried by the earthquake, we're going to die. ”
The man didn't say anything, and the girl seemed to grin when she saw him through the light of her mobile phone. Then he also took out his mobile phone from his pocket and took a picture of it, he carefully looked at the roof, the wall and the stone pile blocking the door of this small space, and then said in a reassuring voice: "It's okay, it's okay, no one can die, we will be saved." You're not hurt. ”
"No, will you really be saved?" the girl perked up.
"Really, the small shop here was rebuilt from an air-raid shelter under the dormitory building, which was originally very strong, and I just saw that there were no major cracks in the ceiling and walls, so I judged that the dormitory building above should not have collapsed. It may have collapsed only in the extra part of the store. Cut, illegal construction kills people. The man took pictures with his mobile phone while analyzing himself, "Although we can't get out for the time being, it shouldn't take long for the rescuers to dig here." ”
"But, we haven't eaten, I don't know how long we'll have to wait?"
"Isn't there a water dispenser there? With this little water, we can last a long time. In the event of an earthquake, the school is the focus of disaster relief, and the dormitory area is of course the top priority. So if I'm right, someone will be here soon. ”
"Great. The girl breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Then what shall we do now?"
"Hmm, the black light is blind, the lonely man and the widow...... What do you say?"
"Huh?huh? What do you want to do?!"
"Hehe, since that's ......" the tall, thin man walked over and sat down across from her before the girl could react, "...... Let's introduce ourselves. My name is Xiao Chen. ”
In the dim light of the mobile phone screen, the girl saw a somewhat emaciated, but well-defined face. Xiao Chen's eyes are a little long, his nose is straight, he has short hair that is very energetic, and he has a reassuring smile, and he doesn't look like a villain at first glance.
"Oh, me, my name is Zhou He. The girl said as she blocked the light of the other party's mobile phone with her hand, not daring to let the other party see her feverish cheeks.
Xiao Chen is very good at dealing with people, and after a few minutes, Zhou He let down her guard, but she still can't worry about it, it's the rescue thing, her innocent little face has been tense, and she will ask every once in a while: "You say, why haven't they come yet?"
Xiao Chen was quickly annoyed by the timid girl's question, and was about to tell a few jokes to distract her, when he heard a low grunt not far away.
"There are still people!" Xiao Chen turned on the flashlight in his phone and leaned over to the place where the sound was made. It was a partition wall of the print shop near the shop next door, and because it was blocked by a cabinet, neither of them had noticed that the wall had collapsed into a large hole.
"Anyone?" he asked, looking next door to see a woman in a white shirt and suit pants struggling to prop herself up from the ground. The woman's head was broken, half of her face was covered in blood, and a small patch of red was stained red on her neckline.
Xiao Chen hurriedly got out of the hole, supported the woman from behind, let her lean on the crook of his arm, and examined the wound on her head.
"Is it an earthquake?" Although the woman was injured and had just woken up, her voice was calm. She opened her eyes and happened to meet Xiao Chen's eyes. Xiao Chen found that her eyes were big and beautiful, with a tough smell, even with a blood-stained and dusty face, it still made his heart skip a beat.
"How is my head hurt?" she asked again.
"Fortunately, the blood didn't bleed much, it should be a flesh wound. Xiao Chen looked around, this should be a small supermarket, full of collapsed shelves and scattered goods, "I guess you were knocked out by the overturned shelves." The wound is not deep. You try to move your hands and feet and see if there are any other injuries?"
The woman tried to move her limbs, but felt that there was no big problem, and motioned for Xiao Chen to help her sit up. Xiao Chen didn't dare to move her hard, but just helped her turn her direction slightly, allowing her to lean against a pillar.
At this time, Zhou He also came from next door, and Xiao Chen asked her to open a bottle of mineral water and help the injured woman wash her wounds. He took a towel from the shelf and bandaged the woman's forehead.
The woman's name is Luo Ling, and she is a new teacher at Huaxia University. After Xiao Chen finished bandaging, she scrubbed her face with water.
Xiao Chen found that the well-groomed Luo Ling had added a little more color, she looked not very old, her appearance was very exquisite, and she had a kind of softness unique to Jiangnan girls.
Luo Ling generously thanked the two of them and asked about the current situation.
"The bad news is that we're all trapped underground. The good news is that it's ventilated and there's no shortage of food and drink, so we should have no problem waiting for help. Xiao Chen replied.
The three of them sat and rested for a while, and slowly recovered their strength. Although Luo Ling's head was bleeding, she was actually not seriously injured, and after a while, she was able to stand up with the help of Zhou He. Holding on to the wall, she began to walk around the room, trying to move her body away. But after walking a few steps, she suddenly pointed to a corner on the right and said, "I feel the wind blowing in when I walk here." ”
Xiao Chen stepped forward to remove a few boxes, and sure enough, he found a crack more than one meter wide on the ground. He took a picture with his phone and noticed that the crack was big enough to pass it. Approaching the entrance of the cave, there was a stream of air, and what was even more strange was that it was not the gloomy and damp underground air, but dry and fresh air.
Xiao Chen lay down at the entrance of the cave, stretched his mobile phone down, and found that there was a two-meter-wide passage below, the ground and walls were made of stone, and some parts had collapsed slightly. This passage doesn't look like something out of a school at all, but more like an ancient burial chamber that I've visited before. Xiao Chen's position was less than two meters away from the ground of the passage, and he estimated that he would be able to jump down and climb up on the stones.
"How is it?" As soon as Xiao Chen looked up, he saw Zhou He also kneeling on the edge of the cave, looking at him nervously.
"There are ghosts!"
"Ah!!" Zhou He screamed in fright.
"Don't scare the little girl. Luo Ling said a little dissatisfied.
"I mean, there's a tunnel down in the basement, and we never knew there was a ghost in it. Xiao Chen said with a smile, "I don't know if there are old ghosts, little ghosts, or female ghosts." ”
"Ahh Zhou He was so frightened that she sat on the ground, even dropped her mobile phone, and the room suddenly went dark, and she immediately screamed loudly.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid!" Xiao Chen didn't expect a small joke to cause big trouble, and hurriedly tried to appease her, but the touch in the dark suddenly ushered in Zhou He's counterattack, Xiao Chen hurriedly received several Wang Ba punches, fortunately, he was much taller than Zhou He, and finally grabbed her hands after several efforts, at this time, Luo Ling also hugged Zhou He from behind, and whispered in her ear for a while before Zhou He slowly calmed down.
Xiao Chen let go of Zhou He, gently rubbed his eyes with one hand, and said with a grin: "Alas, it hurts! With your skills, you don't need to be afraid of ghosts. ”
"You deserve it!" said the two women in unison.
Although Xiao Chen couldn't see clearly, he knew that he must have suffered two pairs of white eyes.
But at this moment, there was a voice in the tunnel, "Is there anyone up there?" The voice was a little distant, a little ethereal, and with an echo.
When Zhou He heard this, he snorted lightly and hugged Luo Ling's arm. Xiao Chen and Luo Ling looked at each other, and they both found each other's nervousness.
"Who are you, what's down there?" Xiao Chen shouted below. But he shouted several times, but there was no response.
Luo Ling helped him shout together, but the voice was like a ghost that came and went without a trace, disappearing out of thin air. After the two of them shouted more than a dozen times, Xiao Chen said, "You wait here, I'll go down and investigate." Look for the person and see if you can get out of this passage. ”
"No, no, no. It's so dark down there, it's scary. Zhou He grabbed Xiao Chen.
"Don't worry, I'm not afraid of ghosts, I'm still afraid of the dark. Xiao Chen patted the back of the other party's hand.
"I think we'd better go together. In this environment, it is important to take care of each other. Luo Ling joined in, "And we should get some food from the supermarket." ”
"Yes, if you want to go, go together, how can you throw us two girls in such a dark room. ”
Xiao Chen agreed, although he was not small, but it was better to have someone to accompany him on an adventure than to go alone, at least his heart would be more stable.
The three of them gathered some mineral water, biscuits, and ham sausages, put them in their school bags and bags, and climbed down from the hole in turn.
Entering the stone road, Xiao Chen used a mobile phone flashlight to shine around the entrance of the cave, "On the left hand side is a dead end, and you will reach the end after walking four or five steps, and the road on the right hand side is very long and deep, so we can only go this way." ”
So, Xiao Chen took the lead, behind Luo Ling's palace, the timid Zhou He walked in the middle, and the three of them slowly walked towards the depths of the stone road.