Chapter 3: Falls, Earthquakes
At 3:40 a.m. on July 28, 1976, there was a jade ring that passed through the thick air layer and descended to a mountain range, Yanshan!
In 42 minutes and 53.8 seconds, this mountain range is 118.1 degrees east longitude and 39.6 degrees north latitude, and in the earth's crust at a depth of 16 kilometers above the ground, a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale suddenly occurred in Fengnan District, Tangshan City, Hebei Province, China, and 23 seconds later, Tangshan City was shaken into ruins.
In Yanshan, Tangshan City, Hebei Province, Huaxia Kingdom, in a ruined valley in a jade space, an old man is looking at this small world, he sits cross-legged, scattered in front of him many magic weapons, weapons, elixirs, elixirs and a pool of raw liquid that exudes the breath of life, the whole lake has tens of millions of catties, these original solutions are emerald green, the whole occupies a hundred miles range, and the range of a hundred miles is a step or half a step away in the eyes of the old man, saying that the lake is indeed said in the eyes of mortals, if it is a small ditch for the old manοΌ
These magic weapons placed in front of the old man at random exuded bursts of coercion, and all of them were scattered, two of which were the most solemn, and there was even a magic weapon with a spiritual face like a child, and suddenly the old man said self-deprecatingly, "I... Falling here, the divine soul is so fragile, even if a powerful innate creature can kill me, hey, it seems that I have to use this ten million catties of life essence to consolidate my divine soul!" Then the old man looked at the magic weapons that were placed randomly around him, "These excellent magic weapons are still of some use to me, but these earth, heaven, and grade magic weapons are useless to me... There are also two innate spirit treasures, and there is even spiritual wisdom, giving birth to the spirit of magic weapons. β
The old man who spoke was the Huanqing Heavenly Ancestor who killed several Heavenly Ancestors but was conspired by Pan Qiang Heavenly Ancestor to consume the Holy Body of Divine Power and fall to the Blue Planet, at this time, Huanqing Heavenly Ancestor's face was surprised, as if it was not like he had just fallen, and his face changed a little in the face of the many magic weapons that emanated around, as if he was resisting something, "I didn't expect that I was suppressed by the coercion of these magic weapons in just a few breaths, hey, it's really feng shui in turn!"
Huan Qing Tianzu still sat cross-legged, his eyes were slightly closed, and he slowly recited the mantra in his mouth, if it was usual, that is, when he was still the Heavenly Ancestor, Huan Qing Tianzu recited these incantations, that is, the heaven and the earth changed color, and the mouth contained the Heavenly Constitution, and the words followed!
After a while, the spell stopped, Huan Qing Tianzu slowly opened his eyes, his face was better, but the magic weapons around him were floating in the air, he looked up, a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he saw that a boy and girl appeared next to all the magic weapons floating in the air, as well as a few strange beasts, and at this time he was looking at the gray-clothed old man sitting cross-legged in horror.
All the boys, girls, and even beasts that evolved from these magic weapon spirits had ugly faces, and they were all a little puzzled, secretly thinking, this old man is obviously just a little cultivator who doesn't even have a physical body, and he has just reached the innate soul, no... It's not as good as an innate soul, but the spell that this old man just recited is the root of the saint's avenue, why would he!
If it is the spirit of the magic weapon of a small world, it will not know that the spell recited by Huanqing Tianzu is terrifying, but these magic weapon spirits are obtained by the ruins of which powerful person who did not know which one of them was killed in the endless years of Huanqing Tianzu, of course, as the identity of Huanqing Tianzu, he would not kill a great power in the past, so he would check the magic weapons obtained one by one, but all the Heavenly Ancestor saints who were killed by Huanqing Tianzu must be powerful, and all the magic weapons and divine weapons in the magic weapon cave carried by these powerful people have seen a big scene, so these magic weapons and divine weapons will be like a great enemy when they see Huanqing Tianzu at this timeοΌ
Seeing the magic weapon divine soldiers and the magic weapon spirits that appeared one by one by themselves floating in the air, and seeing the horror, shock and ignorance leaking from the faces of those magic weapon spirits, a trace of lament flashed in Huan Qing Tianzu's eyes, and he said straight to the point, "The deity is called Huan Qing, you can also call me Longchi!"
As soon as these words came out, he was speechless for a long time, and for a moment he was still wearing a black shirt with a cold face, and his eyes were like a peerless sword that had been covered in dust for thousands of years.
Huan Qing Tianzu nodded slightly.
The woman in black said with a cold look in her eyes, "Really." β
"Seriously!"
The two of them spoke easily, but the other magic weapon spirits around them were stunned in a daze at the moment, and a quarter of an hour ago, these magic weapon spirits thought they had met some cultivator, but at this time, their hearts were turbulent, Heavenly Ancestor, this is a Heavenly Ancestor, three thousand worlds, hundreds of millions of small worlds, although there are many Heavenly Ancestors, there are not many who can be called saints, in the past, they could only be called Heavenly Ancestors or Mighty Ones, but there are also some Heavenly Ancestors They are called Heavenly Ancestors and saints, and now this Heavenly Ancestor in front of these magic weapon spirits is a saintγ
Although many magic weapon spirits don't understand the saints and the heavenly ancestors, there are still some of them who know about it!
In an instant, the sky and the earth change color, the surrounding bright world is instantly covered by a black curtain, the five fingers are not seen between the heaven and the earth, after a flick of the fingers, the top of the black curtain above the head seems to be refracted by a round of golden crow sun, although there is light but not see the golden crow, the people below are like being in a bottomless dry well, the golden light of the golden sun is sprinkled on the body of the old man in gray and white robes, and the golden light on the old man's body is uncertain.
The spirit of the magic weapon floating in the air was startled at first, and then suddenly scattered to the ground, without the Great Dao of Huanqing Heavenly Ancestor, many of the spirit of the magic weapon were shocked in their hearts, but there was no light refracted on the spirit of many magic weapons, and one of them muttered, "Please don't blame the saint, I have no intention of offending, please forgive me!"
At this time, a soft voice came from the dry well, "Although I Huanqing only have this trace of remnant soul left, there is a great avenue in heaven and earth, and it is not the time for you to give birth to greed, can you understand it!"
The spirits of many magic weapons did not dare to answer, and another word was born from heaven and earth in the dry well, "Open!"
In an instant, the words are spoken, and the surrounding world is calm!
At this time, a middle-aged man wearing animal skins and a round waist secretly thought, "These bastards, aren't they looking for death, don't pull Lao Tzu if you want to die, wait a while to see how Lao Tzu fucks you!"
The black-clothed cold woman said, "Obviously a saint, who just said just now that he was just a cultivator who had just cultivated, didn't he want to find death?"
A body of flames covered the circulation, and the one-horned man who emitted a raging flame around his body transmitted one after another, "Who knew that it was a saint, just now you also agreed, and now you still want to talk about me?"
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Looking at the spiritual transmission of the many magic weapon spirits in front of him, Huan Qing Tianzu did not break it, and waited patiently, after a while, "Okay, you have such a big heart, it's just that a few magic weapon spirits actually want to suppress me, if it is an ordinary soul, it's hard to say, it's just that you ran into me!"
"Don't dare, don't dare, I'm just waiting for a few pieces of broken copper and iron, how dare I have any thoughts about the saint!" said the middle-aged man in animal skin in a trembling voice.
"Yes, yes, yes!" said the flaming one-horned man.
The cold woman in black bowed silently.
The spirits of other magic weapons trembled!
The blue planet is called Earth, and in a small town in the middle of a powerful country, there is a young man with a backpack behind him, knocking on the door.
Knock, knock, knock~~~
"Mother, I'm back.." A sound of joy and excitement mingled with a knock on the door.
"Coming, coming," after hearing a soft voice in the room, the door was opened, and a young woman with a generous appearance and a medium stature, but with a dazzling proportion, was stunned for a moment when she saw the visitor, and then said with a smile, "Ah... Xiaochen, Xiaochen is back, your child's school has already been on vacation, why are you only going home now?"
Seeing the change in the expression on his mother's face, Xia Chen replied with a warm smile in his heart, "Mother, you just let me talk to you at the door!"
"Ah, oh, come in quickly, I'm so happy to see you come back!" Li Yun said happily with a slight look in his eyes like a crescent moon.
Entering the house, Xia Chen first looked at the surrounding environment in the house, stretched his waist, took a deep breath and thought, "It's still the same as before, it feels good to go home!"
Then he looked at his happy mother and said with a smile: "I have been tutoring in school for half a month, and when I plan to start the new semester, I don't have to be so nervous about my studies, in fact, people like me in our school generally don't go home, because they are all tutors around!"
Li Yun closed the door, walked straight to the warm pot, poured a glass of water, and Li Yun smiled at Xia Chen and nodded, "This is very good, in fact, you don't have to go home during the holidays, you study hard at school, it's good to come back and see your mother when you have time, although studying is important, but you also have to rest well, don't be too tired!"
Xia Chen took the water that his mother poured for him and said with a smile: "Thank you, mother, I know, although learning is important, but I have studied almost for half a month, go back to see you, I plan to find a shipyard to work when I graduate, familiarize myself with the equipment of the factory and exercise my ability, and then open a small shipyard in the town. β
Li Yun listened attentively and said with a smile: "Well, it's okay, what you studied in school is business management, you should be able to try." β
"Since my mother has said so, then I should work harder!" Xia Chen said with a wink.
"Okay, okay, let's not talk about these things, tomorrow, it's the 28th, this month will pass soon, what are you going to do next month?"
"Well, first understand the daily work and learning confusion of some shipping companies, and then prepare to start school after half a month of rest. β
"Xiaochen, you haven't eaten yet, Mom will make you a few dishes you like to eat later. Li Yun said lovingly beside him.
"Thank you, Mom. β
"Xiaochen, you can rest first, I'm tired after a day in the car, Mom will go buy some food first!" Li Yun said to Xia Chen with a smile, the love in his eyes was beyond words!
"Mom, don't be so troublesome, just cook a meal!" Xia Chen shook his head with a wry smile and said.
"Okay, okay, let's go rest, I'll call you for dinner!"
"Yes!"
In fact, Xia Chen's inner thought was to say to his mother, "Mom, don't be so troublesome, really, I just want to come back to see you, eat whatever you cook, just eat it usually!"
Xia Chen thought about it, or opened the door of his room, just entered the room with a slight smell of books, Xia Chen still looked at the surrounding placement, it was still the same as when he just left for the New Year, although the same is also different, there is no trace of dust in the surrounding items, and the cleaning is in good order, Xia Chen smiled, looked at the family photo of the three people on the bedside table, and then one fell down and fell on his bed, after a while, he suddenly felt tired and surged up, and slowly fell asleep!
The afterglow of the summer sunset was a little sad, and through the window of the windowsill spilled onto the sleeping boy's body, the boy seemed to be covered with a thin quilt, faintly, Xia Chen seemed to hear a caring voice, "Why are you still the same as when you were a child, you don't like to cover the quilt!"
Then Xia Chen felt in his sleep that he was covered with a thin quilt on his body!
Xia Chen, who was sleeping, seemed to see three figures through the hazy dream mirror, two of which were one high and one low, but a man and a woman, and the other figure was a child, only about five or six years old.
The two men and women, one high and one low, the man's face revealed perseverance and a trace of tenderness for the two people next to him, the woman's face revealed happiness and reliance on the man and the favor when looking at the boy, the little boy was held by two tall figures, the two tall figures stood next to the boy on the left and right, and the boy's face revealed the innocence and childlike fun inherent in this age.
Xia Chen in the dream was standing not far from the three of them, just watching quietly, without speaking, nor did he step forward, just watched, and suddenly the man of the three people opposite suddenly spoke, "Xiaochen, take good care of your mother, don't let her be wronged, please!"
The boy who suddenly slept on the bed burst into tears, his eyes were red and he whimpered and cried, but he didn't make a little sound, the boy also wanted to take care of his mother, he was the only man in the family after he left, how could he be willing to let his mother be wronged, how could he be willing, you left without saying a word, is this right, isn't it, no, it's not right, it's right that you should take care of your mother, right is that you should raise me, not like now, in a dream, right!
Xia Chen didn't cover the top of his head, nor did he cover the top of his head, he just thought, just remembered the appearance of the man just now, and tried not to forget what the man said, the other teenagers forgot that he looked like the man!
At the moment when the last rays of the sunset fell, the moment the last rays of afterglow fell on Xia Chen's face, Xia Chen heard his mother's shout, "Xiaochen, Xiaochen, eat, don't sleep!"
Xia Chen wiped the tears on his face, calmed his mood and said, "Here, Mom!"
Out of his room, Xia Chen first washed his face, so that his mother could not see the changes in himself, and said, "Mom, what delicious food did you make today, it is so fragrant, really!"
Sitting at the dinner table, Xia Chen called out to Li Yun, who was in the kitchen, and whispered, "Mom, you don't have to cook so many dishes, it's enough to eat!"
A pampering response came from the kitchen, "Well, you know, it's not like this every day, you eat first!"
Li Yun and Xia Chen, who were sitting at the dinner table, Xia Chen didn't speak but looked at Li Yun, Li Yun was stunned, and scolded with a smile, "Stinky boy, what to see, hurry up and eat!"
Xia Chen came back to his senses slightly and scratched his head, "Mom... Thank you!"
Li Yun didn't know what was going on, thinking that she had just covered the quilt, she said, "Next time you go to bed, you must cover the quilt, don't catch a cold, you know?"
"Yes!"
The mother and son were very happy at this meal, Xia Chen introduced the new things that happened in the school to Li Yun and told them about their future plans, and the mother and son chatted until the early hours of the morning before returning to their respective rooms to rest.
To say, this Li Yun only has this one son, Xia Chen, her husband was a soldier who died in the Vietnam War, and the state issued a martyr's certificate and a house of less than 100 square meters, and the family situation barely made do with Xia Chen's college and it is now a sophomore and a junior.
In the early morning, at the sound of a group of chirping birds, Li Yun's mother and son had breakfast together.
"Mother, I'm going to go to the town later!" Xia Chen, who was helping to clean up the dishes and chopsticks after breakfast, looked at his mother and said suddenly.
"Well, go ahead, hey... Don't forget to go home for dinner at noon!" Li Yun agreed without saying anything.
"Well, when I finally go home, I must try my mother's craft. Xia Chen's obedient response!
Walking at the door of the community and looking at the familiar environment around me, I feel very comfortable.
"Yo, isn't this Xia Chen, when did you come back!"
An old man who was carrying a hoe and was working in the field said, and there was a seven or eight-year-old child next to him, whose eyes were so big that people couldn't help but want to touch their heads, and also said, "Brother Xia Chen is good." β
"Uncle Hu is early, I just came back from school yesterday, hey... Little Fanfan is early, the little guy has grown taller again. β
Xia Chen first said to the old man respectfully, and then smiled and reached out and touched the child's head.
The old man nodded and asked, "Xiaochen, where are you going?"
"Go to town and look for information. The latter said directly.
"I'm going, I'm going. β
When the little guy heard that Xia Chen was going to town, he immediately said happily that he wanted to go with him.
"Hahaha.. , your brother Xia Chen is going to study in the town, you can't go, you know. Uncle Hu laughed for a while, and then explained to the little guy.
"But Grandpa, I haven't been to town in a long time. The little guy suddenly blinked pleadingly, and said with wide eyes.
"Xiaofan, wait until next time my brother will take you to play, okay, this time my brother is going to study, I can't take you there, I'm really embarrassed." Xia Chen looked at the poor little guy and said.
"Next time, okay, pull Gougou. β
"Okay, pull the hook hook, the hook is not allowed to change for a hundred years, whoever wants to change is a puppy, then Uncle Hu, I will go first, goodbye little guy." β
After that, Xia Chen pinched Xiao Fanfan's chubby face, smiled at Uncle Hu next to him, and walked towards the door of the community.
It wasn't until Xia Chen walked away that the old man retracted his gaze, then looked at his grandson and said with a smile, "Xiao Fan, you have to learn from your Xia Chen's brother in the future." β
"Well, I must learn from Brother Xia Chen, and then I must be able to go to the town to play by myself. β
When the old man next to him heard this, he shook his head with a smile and walked towards the field with the little one.
Along the way, Xia Chen met many acquaintances, and they all greeted Xia Chen one by one!
This college student, 76 years is very few, at that time the family was not rich, right, at that time, as long as there is a student admitted to the university, the village community has to invite relatives and friends to hold a banquet, sometimes the mayor of the town comes to see this champion who was admitted to the university!
When Xia Chen arrived in town, it was almost noon, thought about his mother's words, smiled, shook his head, and found a noodle restaurant for a meal, and then went to the destination library this time.
With his previous memory, he skillfully walked on the road for a while and saw a library, Wenfeng Library, Xia Chen walked in and saw a tall girl, with long shawl hair scattered behind her at will, exuding the smell of books and saying to Xia Chen with a smile, "Sir, do you want to buy books?"
Xia Chen nodded and said to the girl with a smile, "Well, yes, I'll take a look first." β
"Okay, you can first look at the categories in front of the cabinet, look for books, and if you buy books, you can go to the front desk to find me." The girl still said to Xia Chen with her previous smile.
"Okay, thanks. β
At that time, the college students were all in their twenties, so ah, this administrator called Xia Chen Mr. Xia Chen!
This is a bookstore covering an area of nearly 200 square meters, and the books in it are indeed the only bookstore in the town.
"That's good, there are quite a lot of people!" Xia Chen looked at the young boys and girls with immature faces on their faces, and began to look for some of the titles of the books he remembered in his heart.
After a long time, at a desk by the window, Xia Chen sat there and looked at the book "Introduction to the Hull" he found, and some peers next to Xia Chen shook their heads when they looked at the title of his book.
"Is this guy normal, come here to read this kind of book!" This is the thought of a man who swept Xia Chen's book next to Xia Chen, and had a public face.
July 28, 1976 3:42:53.8 suddenly boom, boom, boom... It seemed that the whole world was trembling, most of the people in the bookstore, and even in this city, were panicking, scared, shouting, someone in the bookstore ran out of the library as fast as possible, this feeling lasted for about 20 seconds, as if the world was over, and then someone asked his friends next to him, of course, Xia Chen also ran out at the fastest speed!
"What's wrong, what's going on, what was that feeling just now? β
"Who knows, it scared the hell out of me. β
"Well, that felt like an earthquake just now!" said a young man with gold-rimmed glasses, who was a little knowledgeable, pushed his glasses that were about to fall off.
Xia Chen was puzzled but said firmly: "Yes, it's an earthquake, but where is the location of the earthquake, I don't know if it's such a big earthquake... Hey!"
At this time, there were people on the roadside of the town outside, and everyone around them had a shock in their eyes, just now, some of them were still shopping, some were still drinking, eating, working, and now they all had a question, "What's wrong, what just happened!"
Ten minutes later, the radio in the town came off and said something about the earthquake, where and where there was an earthquake, and so on, so that they should not worry.
The people who had just come out of the house half an hour later, the people who were shopping outside, and the boys and girls who had been scared out of the library all went back to do what they had to do.
When the boys and girls returned to the library, they couldn't calm down for a long time, they couldn't read the books anymore, they left with their friends, and Xia Chen also bought the books he chose when he came and went home.
Although Xia Chen's surface has not changed, his heart has indeed turned over and over again.
"Earthquake, what's going on, how could it be an earthquake, and it's been so long, and it feels big, it should be 6 or 7 magnitude, just go home and watch the news anyway. β
Walking on the road in the community, Xia Chen saw everyone with a heavy expression on their faces, as if something big had happened, and the people who greeted him were not as relaxed as earlier.
When Xia Chen got home, he first told Li Yun about today's events and asked his mother if she was injured or frightened, so she first put the books she bought in the bedroom, and then went to the living room to turn on the dilapidated black and white TV.
Audience friends, this is what Tangshan City looks like after the earthquake, the usual lively city is gone, and all the surrounding areas have disappeared with this large earthquake, and at present, the government security bureau and the military have dispatched a large number of PLA soldiers and ambulance measures at the moment of getting the news, hoping to rescue more people......
Looking at the news broadcast on TV, Xia Chen thought to himself Is human life really so fragile, is this a natural disaster, or a man-made disaster, this night the people of the whole country did not sleep well, they were all thinking about the terrible earthquake in their hearts, Tangshan, which was fine yesterday, is gone today, how many families, yes, how many flowers have withered before they bloomed, those are the future of the country!
It wasn't until the early hours of the morning that Xia Chen slowly fell asleep.
After eating in the morning, Xia Chen bought a newspaper,ββββ July 28, 1976 at 3:42:53.8, in Tangshan, Fengnan, Hebei Province, China, there was an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale, the earthquake lasted about 12 seconds, causing an unknown number of deaths. More than 140,000 people's soldiers of the engineering corps rushed to the aid and sent a total of 196 medical teams from all military hospitals to Tangshan. ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
"What a great number of people have died, what iniquity they have done. β
Next to him, the old man with sparse hair but his appearance made people feel amiable, and said with heavy glasses.
Xia Chen didn't say anything, just thought in his heart about whether to go to Tangshan, it's still a holiday, and there is still a month before the start of school.
The old man next to him suddenly looked at Xia Chen's expression and said, "In this life, there may be times when you can do one thing well, and sometimes you can't do one thing, but how to know if you don't try, old man, I also had many regrets when I was young." β
Xia Chen, who listened to the old man's words, did not speak, but nodded silently.
This Xia Chen is a person who attaches great importance to feelings, although he is indifferent on the outside, he is not alienated at all in front of his friends, and he is also a person who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside.
Xia Chen's execution ability is very strong, it can be said that he is quite strong, this is learned from his father, he has to do anything if he thinks of it, even if his mother Li Yun tries her best to stop him, he must complete it.
"What, you're going to the earthquake area to rescue, do you know how dangerous it is?" Li Yun said with an angry face
"No matter how dangerous it is, I'm going to go, and now there's still a month to go after leaving school, I think there must be a lot of people in the earthquake area who need to be rescued now!" Xia Chen replied slowly in a tone that didn't make Li Yun angry.
"Besides, I also exercise a lot at school, and my father will definitely encourage and support him if he is still alive. β
Hearing Xia Chen mention his father, Li Yuncai sighed and said: "Hey, having said that, but your father has already died, I don't know if there are aftershocks in the earthquake area, it is very dangerous for you to go, and there is only ...."
Xia Chen suddenly interjected and said, "Mother, you don't need to persuade me, I've been thinking about it for an afternoon, and I've already made an appointment with my friends." β
"Who's going to go together?"
"Zhang Xin, Li Chao, and Zhang Yumeng!" the three of them.
At the same time, in a large living room, a couple was scolding a boy: "You are going to go to disaster relief, how old are you... Ah, the hair hasn't grown, and you're still going to the disaster relief I see, you came back before you got to the disaster area. β
"Dad, Mom, I'm in my twenties this year, who said it's small, and besides, I'm not going alone, I'm going with other friends. Li Xin said anxiously, and then told his parents the name of the person who went with him.
"And whom, are you three boys and the girl of the Zhang family going to the rescue, that is going to die, hmph, you have to stay at home for me anyway, and you are not allowed to go anywhere. The man said angrily.
"That's right, Xin'er, just listen to your father, the situation in the earthquake area is written in the newspapers, you don't know, how dangerous it is!" said the woman on the side worriedly.
"Leave him alone, let's go, let this kid think about it for himself!" the man said in a deep voice, and then walked to the bedroom to rest.
"Mom, you persuade Dad, I've made an appointment, and I can't break my promise. Li Xin said eagerly.