Chapter 52: Disaster

The onlookers just watched, of course, and felt that it was nothing, but in fact it was far from so easy, and if they really stayed in the city now, they could experience the horror of the disaster, the horror of being in hell.

It was evening, and every household was already smoking, but the earthquake suddenly occurred, and the next moment, disaster struck. In the city, the houses were damaged and the furniture collapsed, I don't know how many people were injured and died in this huge earthquake that lasted only a few seconds, the only thing I know is that in every building, there are faint cries of despair and painful wails, in every building, there are frightened residents screaming and rushing out of the house, fleeing to the street in panic, and some people rush back to save the people or things they care about, but they never come out.

However, this is not the end, it is just a prelude to the beginning, and a few minutes later, an even more terrible situation arises, because the wind is rising. The earthquake caused fires in many places, and the wind fueled the fires, so the residents who survived the disaster were horrified to see smoke billowing in the distance and flames rushing into the sky nearby, flames scurrying between the buildings, trying to engulf everything around them.

It's not that no one wants to rush to put out the fire, but Aftershock says, no.

The frequent aftershocks have become the biggest enemy at this time, although the destructive power is much weaker than before, but every time it shakes, the burning building emits a dying moan, creaking, like the sound of a demon's big mouth chewing on a corpse, making people feel a chill from the bottom of their hearts even if they are next to the flames.

With each aftershock, there will be destroyed structures falling from the barely standing buildings, these burning wreckage is the most terrifying killer for people who want to put out the fire, with them, no one dares to approach the fire at all, although just splashing water far away may not be harmed, but who knows the next aftershock, the building will collapse as a whole, burying the surrounding firefighters completely under the rubble and flames. Although the possibility is not great, no one wants to be the unfortunate person who is played with by the possibility, so everyone can only run in a panic on the street and watch the fire start to spread.

Yes, the fire began to spread, for the main body of the building structure is wood, the earthquake may not be fatal, but the flame is definitely the mortal enemy, once the flame begins to spread, develop into a full-scale fire, then these lucky people who did not die in the earthquake will eventually die in the flames and poisonous smoke, and the survivors may not be one in ten.

However, knowing this, but helpless, fear has destroyed the people's sanity, they don't even have the courage to desperately stop the spread of the fire, although they know that between fighting the fire and escaping, the chance of surviving is far worse than fighting the fire, but they have lost their reason and courage, they still instinctively choose to flee in all directions, let the fire get brighter and brighter.

"Woo~~~~", the long horn sound, suddenly sounded from the depths of the city, and then, the same loud horn sound, issued from many corners of the city, responded to the call from afar. If the residents are still sane, they can know that this is a summoning signal from the Misfortune Division, and it is the highest level of summoning signal, and with the sound of the horn, the fifteen Misfortune Division branches throughout the city will be exhausted and put into the battlefield as soon as possible to fight against the calamity that is imminent.

The power of heaven is unpredictable, and the blessings and misfortunes are from the sky, but the meaning of the existence of the Blessings and Disasters Division is to do their best to reverse the blessings and misfortunes, this department created by someone insists on being criticized a lot since its birth because of the large annual expenditure, and countless officials are desperately trying to reduce this expenditure that is of little significance in their opinion, although it has been retained due to the support of the Lord, although it has also played an obvious role in these years, it is still not understood by most people, but it only took them a few minutes to start a substantive operation, and even much faster than the response speed of the city defense garrison, which is enough to be worthy of this expenditure。

If the inhabitants still had their senses, they would have rejoiced at the dispatch of the Fortune and Misfortune Division, and they would have regained their courage because of it, but unfortunately, fear and disaster had made them lose their minds, and all they saw in their eyes was fire and smoke, and in their ears they heard crying and wailing, and all they thought of was despair.

Thankfully, someone helped them come to their senses.

Along the main road of the city, nearly a hundred elite soldiers walked all the way, guarding the lady in the middle, the soldiers did not get too close to the lady, and there were eight inconspicuous-looking guards around her, guarding her in all directions.

Unaffected by the smoke and aftershocks, the lady walked down the street against the fleeing crowd with a blank face, not even glancing at the chaotic crowd, ignoring them as if they didn't exist, and the soldiers were quite rough, and all the residents who rushed over into the chaos kicked them directly, followed by several slaps, making them dizzy.

In desperation, they were beaten for no reason, and their anger filled the hearts of the victims, but it gave them a moment of sobriety, which was also the most dangerous time, because in the midst of rage, they were likely to attack the soldiers in front of them, and in case of inducing a large-scale civil uprising, the city would really be finished.

However, the civil revolt did not happen, and in a moment of sobriety, they saw the lady surrounded by the guards, and their anger instantly faded, and their reason returned to their hearts.

"Lord. ”

The call came and went, spreading outward, like a spell, and everywhere the people in the chaos quickly woke up, and all looked at the focus of all their eyes.

However, the lady ignored the call of these people, and walked forward without looking back, even if the ground shook again, it did not slow down her pace, and just surrounded by guards, she walked all the way to the most burning building in this block, but some soldiers rebuked the residents who had fallen into a stupor: "What are you doing in a daze, fighting the fire." ”

Before reaching the largest point of fire, the lady suddenly tore off the sleeves of her wide robe with force, revealing her white arms, and tied the corners of her skirt with the torn sleeves to make her movement easier, and then took the bucket handed by the soldier, approached the building without hesitation, and splashed a bucket of water.

A bucket of water had no effect in front of the fire, only a snort, but the sound reached the ears of the people who had just regained their consciousness, and it was as loud as a bell and drum, and they understood their current situation.

Yes, what are you still doing in a daze, fighting the fire, the city gate has been closed, and it must not have been opened yet, where can you run, while the fire has not spread widely, hurry up and put out the fire.

The people looked at each other, and then more and more people joined the firefighting team, until they saw this scene, the corners of the woman's mouth showed a smile, and she approached the flames again, and splashed a bucket of water vigorously.

However, the disaster did not spare the city, and another aftershock occurred, and as the ground shook, a tall pillar of support fell and smashed into the unsteady woman.