The county seat of Yundian County.

Terrifying cracks splintered across the buildings and streets, and a group of residents sat in the open space in a trance, looking at the county town damaged by the earthquake.

The sound of crying lingered in my ears.

The dust raised by the collapse of the building was like a thin veil in front of everyone's eyes, and it did not disperse for a long time.

Master and apprentice Ming Zhang walked through the "thin veil" and walked towards the area where Tan Song's family lived, looked for it carefully, and finally saw them under a certain tree.

"Are you alright?" Seeing that Ge Huai's brothers and sisters and Tan Song's family were there, Mingzhang's hanging heart fell slightly.

"A little bit of a wound."

Ge Huai: They live on the eighth floor.

When an earthquake struck, so many people rushed into the safe passages, and the buildings shook violently, and they inevitably ran into walls or handrails as they rushed downstairs.

Either the shoulders and arms are bruised, or the head is knocked and the skin is broken, or the body is accidentally dislocated.

The person who dislocated was Tan Chung.

In order to protect Tan Yirui in his arms, he was forced to dislocate by someone, and his entire right hand is still powerless.

"Master Ming, is he serious?" Ge Qinyao raised her eyes and stared anxiously at Ming Zhang, who was examining Tan Song's arm.

"It's not serious."

Ming Chang resets him.

A faint "click" sounded, and Tan Chung moved his arm according to his strength, and the pain seemed to be reduced.

Sure that he could move normally, Tan Song's parents, who were also worried about him, breathed a sigh of relief: "Master Ming, thank you." ”

"It should."

Mingzhang sat on his knees beside them.

He stared at the residents crying on the edge of the cracks and ruins, and his heart was sad: "There are too many people who have fallen into the cracks. ”

Just the part of the road where he took Yun Qi and Xun Song to race against the crack, at least twenty or thirty people accidentally fell into the crack.

"Alas, it's not safe anywhere." Father Tan followed his line of sight and looked at the ruins where he didn't know how many lives were buried.

The long silence was spreading.

In an atmosphere of grief, depression and despair, they waited for the first aftershock, which was extremely strong.

"Run! The crack has stretched! ”

A crack stretched into the open area in the blink of an eye, and the people who sat around to rest, like frightened birds, slipped up to find the next safe place.

Master Mingzhang and Tan Chung's family stayed away from the cracks, and did not squeeze into crowded places with the flow, but always observed the cracks and adjusted the position they were standing on.

Xin Xin...... Pull, pull me! ”

Leaning in front of them, Liu Yan, who tripped over a gravel, looked at the crack that was about to extend to the soles of her feet with a panicked face, so frightened that she couldn't use her strength, and just shouted to Yang Xinxin to pull her.

Yang Xinxin's footsteps paused slightly.

She looked at the crack that seemed to swallow everything, trembling and not daring to approach, and screamed, "Get up quickly!" ”

"I, I ......"

Liu Yan, who is usually the sharpest-mouthed, faced the fear of death, but couldn't even say a complete sentence.

She trembled and lay on the ground, watching the crack expand and devour her legs, Yang Xinxin ran away without looking back.

Screams rang out.

Examples of Yang Xinxin turning a deaf ear to the pleas for help of relatives, lovers, and friends are being staged in different places.

Those emotions of unwillingness, resentment, and despair are also like flying dust, shrouding Yundian County.

"Stopped! The aftershocks stopped......"

I don't know who shouted.

The fleeing man paused, held his breath, and gasped for breath when the aftershocks were over.

Tan Song's family and Ming Zhang's master and apprentice are all there.

They glanced at each other and sat in agreement in the open space a little further from the crack, recuperating themselves for the second wave of aftershocks.

*

When the second wave of aftershocks came, Yan Shuo and Wen Yaxian, who were in Egret Town, were also running wildly at the edge of the crack.

"Yan, Yan Shuo...... Save me! ”

The person calling for help was Yan Shuo's colleague.

His character and upbringing are not bad, Yan Shuo gets along with him quite well, and when he saw his lower body falling into a crack, he didn't hesitate to run forward and grab his arm.

Unexpectedly, in the process of pulling him up, a strong tree shook and was about to fall as the earth trembled.

"Ah Shuo!"

Wen Yaxian's pupils shrank.

She used all her might, and the moment the tree smashed into him, she grabbed his arm and pulled him back violently.

"Boom—"

Dust is coming.

Yan Shuo, who was sitting on the ground, looked at the direction blocked by the dense branches, and his heart jumped to his throat in an instant.

He swallowed his saliva twice, and didn't bother to find out whether his colleague was dead or alive, he quickly got up and grabbed Wen Yaxian's hand, and ran all the way towards the open space in front of the food processing factory.

When the tremor subsided, it was time to stop.

"Your hand...... Does it hurt? Wen Yaxian, who was calming down her breathing, inadvertently caught a glimpse of the extra blood on the back of his hand.

Yan Shuo lowered his eyes and glanced at it.

Three blinding bloodstains came into view, and he remembered once again the terrified eyes of his colleagues.

"It doesn't hurt." He sighed to himself and looked at the place where the tree had fallen: "He should ...... It's a pity that I moved too slowly. ”

"With his weight, it's hard for you to pull it up alone." Wen Yaxian took out the tissue in her bag and took one to wipe the blood beads that overflowed under his skin: "So I don't blame you." ”

His colleague weighed at least one hundred and fifty pounds, and with his chest falling between the cracks, it was really difficult to pull up.

"I know."

Yan Shuo just regretted.

He pulled back his thoughts, threw the images that came to mind behind him, and sat on his knees, looking at the collapsed buildings around him, and the people who were in a trance, crying.

The magnitude of the second wave of aftershocks was much smaller.

However, the cracks left in the ground either widened or extended to the front and back and left and right when the earth roared, and some people still accidentally fell into the cracks.

"Do you think that portrait doesn't look like Liang Fan?" Wen Yaxian pointed to the man who was kneeling not far away, crying and shouting "Mom".

"Who is Liang Fan?"

"Chi Anying's boyfriend, did you forget?"

"I don't remember the name."

But know that there is such a person.

Yan Shuo followed the direction she pointed, glanced at Liang Fan and Chi Anying's mother and son beside him, and then indifferently withdrew his gaze.

He didn't care how Liang Fan's mother died, but when he saw too many people crying in grief, he sincerely hoped that the aftershocks would end as soon as possible and give them a chance to breathe.

*

As night falls, the aftershocks, which are no longer dangerous, end and the roar from the ground dies down.

Soldiers stationed in towns and villages set up large tents in open spaces to provide shelter for residents, count the number of people, and rescue those who are still crushed under the rubble.

Many young adults volunteered to help.

They were busy until the middle of the night, and the military, in accordance with the instructions of the leaders, moved the people whose houses had collapsed and were seriously damaged to the newly built residential areas in the county seat.

Chi Yue: They are not on the transfer list.

The damage to the bungalow they lived in was not serious, but there was a crack in the front yard that crossed it, which did not affect their habitation.

"What about this crack?" Yao Chengwei shrugged his eyelids and glanced at the cross-cutting crack that was less than 0.7 meters wide.

Sun Rui: "Looking for something to block?" ”

"It's not easy to operate." The crack is at least three meters deep, and if you throw something into it, you don't know how much you have to throw it.

"How many planks do you put on it?"

"Okay."

They listened to Chi Yue's opinion, took the wooden board she gave her, and put it on top of the crack.

Xie Changxiao leaned out and stepped on it, making sure it was strong enough, and then stepped on the plank and walked to the opposite side: "You can come over." ”

They stepped on the planks one after another, entered the bungalow, which had not been affected by the earthquake, and had breakfast together with their sleepiness.

I was busy with the soldiers for too long last night, and I didn't sleep in the second half of the night, and I looked like I was not in good spirits at the moment.

No one even bothered to gossip.

Once they had their fill, they washed up and went back to their bedrooms to take off their dusty and dirty clothes.

The curtains were closed with a "whoosh".

They slept until three o'clock in the afternoon, and Chi Yue and Wen Qizhou rode bicycles to Bailu Town and the county seat to see the situation.

After making sure that Yan Shuo's wife, Ming Zhang's master and apprentice, and Tan Song's family were safe and sound, Chi Yue left a bag of medicine to treat external injuries, and there was no longer a place for soldiers to rescue him for a long time.

"Pray for the boat." On the gravelly road, Chi Yue stepped on the pedal to close the distance between him and looked sideways at his face: "When the sea recedes, let's leave." ”

"Where is the first stop?"

"Suishi?"

Wen Qizhou paused slightly: "Okay." He and Chi Yue glanced at each other, curled their thin lips, and continued to ride after the sun.