The exit of the escape passage leads directly to an open space outside the hall.
After putting down Hesta, Si Lei turned around and walked back. Turan grabbed her and asked, "Where are you going?"
"I have to go down again. Those passengers underwater especially need to be evacuated."
"The staff below must have started to evacuate. Look at these people on the ground -"
"As you saw, no one followed us up!"
"But you're just a guy on vacation right now—"
Si Lei didn't explain anything anymore. She took four or five steps at a time, jumping and flying down.
"Si Lei!"
Si Lei did not look back, and the only sound left at the entrance of the passage was her sinking footsteps.
Turan held his head, "...this workaholic!"
Not far away, Hesta was sitting on a rock barricade. She looked at her dial, and the number 14:59 finally jumped to 15:00.
Hesta raised his head. In the distance, passengers were being persuaded by port staff from various indoor halls and waiting rooms. There were anxious people everywhere on the ground. Some of these people were talking on the phone, and some were looking around. Some of the boats gathered in front of the pier and tried to argue with the staff... Several children were chasing a plastic bag in an open space, and the bright sunshine was shining straight down from the distant sky, making people unable to open their eyes.
Everything seemed so ordinary, as if it was just an ordinary afternoon at the beach.
Hesta looked sideways at Turan, "It seems-"
The next moment, a siren that pierced the sky came from the direction of the port hall, and then, the sirens at each pier sent out alarm signals with the same frequency.
The moment the sound waves gathered, everyone felt a real impact almost at the same time. People immediately covered their ears, and the children began to cry, but under the sound of the siren, any human voice became insignificant.
Turan's expression became stiff in an instant. This type of alarm was familiar to both her and Hesta. It had only one meaning:
"There are chelates in the warning area, nearby mercury needles should go to the rescue immediately."
Turan instantly entered bullet time. She and Hesta looked up toward the land at the same time. The sky was clear and visibility was extremely high. No movement in the distance could escape their eyes.
However, 20 seconds passed, and the sky became silent, without any mercury needles coming.
Turan looked in the direction of downtown Tan Yi in disbelief - this was unreasonable.
At the 23rd second, the alarm at the dock farthest from the port hall began to gradually weaken. The alarm sound on the entire ground dropped by an order of magnitude within a few seconds. Only a dozen escape passages leading underground still continued to reverberate with harsh sounds. the sound of.
Turan slowly turned around and looked at the stairs where Si Lei disappeared just now. Suddenly, someone grabbed her sleeve tightly. Turan turned around - it was Hesta.
"... Don't move," Hesta said with almost all his strength, "You are not... in battle order..."
"Something's wrong down there, Jane."
"It's just because...something's wrong, so you..."
"I will go down and take a look," Turan raised his voice, "If there is any danger, I will evacuate immediately——"
"You were still persuading... persuading Si Lei just now..."
"The situation is different now! Si Lei is just an ordinary policeman, but we may be the only mercury needles here-" Turan frowned and his voice suddenly dropped, "Well, I don't know Li What are you and Qianye doing at this time, but I can't do nothing..."
"...What if there is indeed chelate, and the chelate is...coming for me?" Hesta tried her best to control the muscles in her mouth, and a sudden surge of emotion made her slurred. Unclear, "You left, just in time to...send the tiger away from the mountain..."
"I think this possibility is unlikely." The middle-aged man who had been silent suddenly spoke. Hesta and Turan looked at her at the same time - the little girl who left earlier came back behind her at some point.
Hesta was a little annoyed, "Why do you say-"
"Oh, be honest, that was just a temporary excuse you made up to prevent your friend from getting involved in danger." The middle-aged man looked at her with a smile, "Actually, like her, you know nothing about everything happening underneath.
"Taking a step back, if the chelate underneath is for you, you should ask your friends to go down there to see what's going on, because the people who are down there are ordinary people... Do you want to Are these people dying because of your personal cowardice?"
Turan held Hestad's hand tightly, "I participated in two medium-risk battles last year. Jane, although I was serving as a medical support, please believe in my ability to judge the situation... Just let it go."
"Zero," the middle-aged man looked at the girl next to him, "Go down with her and take a look."
"OK."
Turan was startled, looking past Hesta, "...what? No matter how stupid I am, I will never bring an underage-"
"She is very experienced and knows how to cooperate." The middle-aged man looked at Turan seriously and said, "Let her go down. You need manpower very much now."
Turan glanced at the middle-aged man doubtfully, "I cannot guarantee her personal safety."
The middle-aged man raised his hand and made a "please" gesture.
With another burst of footsteps, Hesta watched helplessly as Turan and the young girl disappeared from the exit of the emergency passage. She sat on the ground a little dejectedly, breathing heavily.
Behind him, a middle-aged man's voice sounded unhurriedly: "... Sometimes you have to admit that it takes more courage to choose to watch than to be a brave man."
Hesta turned back and glared at her: "Why didn't you say this just now?"
"Sit over here?" The middle-aged man patted the position next to him - it was also a rock roadblock, but it was much wider than the one Hestad was sitting on just now. "If you sit over here now, I dare you to Bet, when the chelate comes to trouble you later, it - or they, will definitely hurt me accidentally."
Hesta laughed angrily. She calmed down and breathed on the spot for a while, then stood up, walked slowly to the middle-aged man's side and sat down.
The middle-aged man didn't look into Hesta's eyes anymore. She took out a lighter and silver cigarette case from her pocket, and deftly picked up a cigarette. Before lighting it, she suddenly realized something, "...do you mind?"
"mind."
The middle-aged man said "Oh" in disappointment, but quickly put the cigarette back into the cigarette case.
"Smoking is very important to me. Do you know why?" The middle-aged man said enthusiastically, "My family has a very long life. My great-grandmother, an old lady who loves farm work, lived to be one hundred years old. At the age of seven, my grandma excelled and lived to be 112 years old. In comparison, my mother’s lifespan was shorter because she suffered from stomach cancer in her later years—but it is said that she also lived to be ninety-seven.”
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