"Woo-woo-woo-"

On a sunny afternoon, a sharp and piercing siren sounded in Qingtang Village.

Chi Yue and Wen Qizhou, who had not been asleep for a long time, suddenly got up and got dressed when they heard that inconvenient sound.

Although they don't know what's going on, the sudden sound of an alarm from a loudspeaker that usually only announces announcements is enough for them to be vigilant and take the most prudent approach.

"Pray for the boat, Xiaoyue......"

Xie Changxiao, who lives under the same roof, shouted with Chi Yunyan about the other people who were taking a lunch break while wearing clothes.

"It's coming!"

Wen Qizhou led Chi Yue and walked out.

At the same time as stepping out of the bedroom, five disheveled people appeared in the living room, Yao Chengwei: "What's the situation?" ”

"I don't know." The alarm was unclear about the impending disaster, and Chi Yue furrowed his brows: "Let's go out first." ”

They crossed the threshold of the main entrance one after another.

When I walked to the front yard, a low, oppressive hum suddenly swept through everyone's ears.

The humming sound seemed to come from deep underground.

The moment it pierced the eardrum, a strong tremor followed, and all the furniture placed in the room vibrated one after another.

- "It's an earthquake! ”

His expression froze, and the strength of holding Chi Yue suddenly tightened, and he strode towards the outside of the courtyard.

"Go right!" There is an open space that can accommodate 100 people in the direction of the head of Qingtang Village, and they usually dry wheat in the open field, so they know how to cut corners.

While they were cutting corners, residents who had been forced out of their homes by the alarm and the tremors were also running towards the same destination.

The road covered with gravel and gravel saw more and more people, and the sun shone on everyone, and not only did they not feel the slightest warmth, but they had a chill down their backs.

After several disasters, they are not as panicked as they were at the beginning, but they are still enveloped in fear when they hear the creaking of houses and the shaking ground.

"Ahh

A crack appeared.

The young man who accidentally stepped on the edge of the crack slipped and fell into the crack uncontrollably.

He reacted quickly to the ground, his body and legs falling into the widening cracks, and he climbed up with the strength of his arms, but he could not support the weight of his entire body.

"Save ...... Help ......"

He raised his head, his eyes full of panic staring at Wen Qizhou and Chi Yue, who were not far from him, begging them to save him.

Perhaps moved by compassion, Chi Yue and Wen Qizhou grabbed the young man's two arms before the crack expanded, and dragged him up hard, successfully dragging the person to the ground.

"Thank you, thank you!"

The young man choked up and thanked him.

Chi Yue and Wen Qizhou didn't have time to chat with him, so they held each other's hands tightly, and continued to run around the widening crack.

The tremor was felt more and more intensely.

Screams and cries for help followed.

Some fell to the ground, others fell into cracks, and others ran desperately towards possible safety.

"Ruirui!"

"Ah Peng!"

Two shouts rang out diagonally from behind.

When they looked back, Zhao Peng and Sun Rui were like the young men just now, their bodies falling into the crack, the palms of their hands were on the edge of the crack, and they were trying their best to climb up.

Fortunately, Xie Changxiao, Chi Yunyan, and Yao Chengwei were only a few steps away from them, and they were quickly dragged to the ground.

Otherwise......

"Scared the hell out of me!" Sun Rui, who had survived the catastrophe, grabbed Zhao Peng's wrist tightly, his face was pale, and he was still trembling.

Zhao Peng was also frightened.

But now is obviously not a good time to say "experience", he shook Sun Rui's hand, softly reassured the three of them, and ran forward with Wen Qizhou and Chi Yue.

The house in front of it collapsed with a bang.

The dust raised on all sides was like a veil of golden light, and their eyes trembled even more, but the pace under their feet never stopped, and finally passed through the dust to their destination.

However, cracks have also been born in the destination.

Wen Qizhou looked around and found an area that had not been affected yet, he led Chi Yue to stop, and waited for Xie Changxiao and them to follow, leaning against each other to observe the ground.

"It doesn't seem to be shaking......"

Chi Yunyan, who didn't dare to come out of the atmosphere, found that the ground was no longer shaking, and sat down on the ground.

After making sure that everything around them was calm, Chi Yue and Wen Qizhou temporarily relaxed their tense backs and took a few breaths.

Because of the appearance of cracks, a short distance was exhausted by countless detours.

They sat on the ground like Chi Yunyan, not caring how much dust there was on the ground, they just wanted to rest with their backs to each other for a while.

"I thought the end times were coming to an end." Yao Chengwei looked at the two bungalows that collapsed with mixed feelings.

Only three bungalows collapsed at the head of the village.

It seems that the damage is not high, but in fact, the crack did not extend to the other bungalows during the earthquake period, or extended halfway, but it did not constitute the conditions for the bungalow to collapse.

If there are two to three aftershocks, or more frequent, the damage to Qingtang Village may be difficult to estimate.

"Earthquakes are the most common natural phenomenon." Wen Qizhou calmed his breath: "We are not far from the earthquake zone here, and it is actually normal for an earthquake below the ninth magnitude to occur. ”

Natural disasters such as earthquakes, tornadoes, tsunamis, and torrential rains that occur in the area in their normal form cannot be classified as "devastating" natural disasters.

The acid rain many years ago, and the disaster that occurred before they moved to Yundian County, were not normal phenomena.

Therefore, he thinks that the two are different.

"What do you mean—" He paused for two seconds, his eyes shining slightly at Wen Qizhou, "earthquakes are not part of the last days?" ”

"Not sure, just speculation."

How can Wen Qizhou say accurately?

It's just the result of subjective feelings and speculation based on the situation of the past two years and the expectations of my heart.

"Sister Yue, what do you think?" Sun Rui has always believed in Chi Yue's "hunch", after all, when they encountered the earthquake in Heyuan, it was Chi Yue who proposed to leave early.

"I think ......"

Chi Yue retracted his gaze that had fallen in the distance.

Since settling down in Qingtang Village, the fear and uneasiness that lingered in her heart were indeed slowly dissipating.

She rubbed her knuckles: "I have the same feelings as Qizhou, but what the truth is, we have to observe again." ”

There is no way to be sure, she and Wen Qizhou will not say too much, so as not to be ruthlessly slapped in the face by reality in the end.

A slap in the face is a trifle.

If they let their guard down and stop being prepared all the time, leading to tragedy, then they will be guilty.

"Don't worry." Xie Changxiao saw the urgency in their eyes: "Anyway, the end of the world will end sooner or later, we have survived so many years, it doesn't matter if we wait another year or two." ”

"That's right."

"Then again, can the buildings in the county withstand an earthquake of this magnitude?" Ji Yunyan worried about the others.

"Should it be?"

They don't know the bottom of their hearts.

I only hope that the partners not far from Qingtang Village can escape safely in a place where they can't see.