"We'll wait until the magnitude of the earthquake gets smaller." She wasn't sure how long it would be best to leave, but she definitely couldn't stay at the base.
Yao Chengwei nodded.
He looked around at the crooked building, and then stared at the long crack: "I feel like I'm shaking even when I'm sitting."
"Me too." Sun Rui leaned on Zhao Peng, looking for a sense of security: "I hope the magnitude of the aftershocks will be smaller."
Everyone thinks so.
But in fact, the first wave of aftershocks gave them the same feeling as the main shock, and they also made people dizzy.
"Look around you!" Wen Qizhou, who was worried about the appearance of a second crack, stared at the ground with a pair of auspicious eyes.
They did not dare to take it lightly, standing back to back together, always ready to escape elsewhere.
There was another "boom" sound, and a certain crooked small foreign-style building suddenly collapsed, intensifying the shaking of the ground and carrying dust, as if it was going to overturn all the people in the safe zone.
The small cracks caused by the main shock earlier, after a wave of aftershocks, silently extended to the nearby area, crossing the frozen fish pond, like a pair of invisible hands grabbing people not far from it, roaring and pulling them away. engulf.
"Ah!" screamed.
Four people were dragged into the crack, and three of them screamed but there was no movement. Only the young man who reacted quickly was left, putting his hands on the edge of the crack and struggling to climb up.
He was helpless and asked for help, but people coming and going were chased by the cracks. No one dared to stop, and no one could help him.
There are many similar situations.
Especially the elderly and infirm, it is more difficult for them to escape the "hunt" of the cracks, and they will be swallowed up if they are not careful.
"Help……"
The same voice mixed with fear rang out from different people's mouths, reaching everyone's ears like a deafening sound.
Chi Yue and the others chose to ignore it.
Because the crack was running towards their position, and they wanted to escape in the opposite direction like everyone else.
She looked firmly at the next clearing, trying to be steady every step she took to avoid accidentally falling again.
Fortunately, the aftershocks did not last long.
While they were still running there, the ground and buildings no longer shook, and the abyss-like cracks that made people afraid to look directly no longer extended forward as they pleased.
But the atmosphere around him became increasingly oppressive.
"God, you are trying to force us to a dead end!" The middle-aged man, who was sitting cross-legged, looked up at the sky, slapped his legs and cursed for a while, and then burst out laughing inexplicably.
His laughter was full of sarcasm and despair, and was actually more harsh than the sobs of others. Some were so stimulated that they screamed wildly, while others ran towards the gap and jumped down.
"Crazy, they are crazy..." The old man standing next to Yao Chengwei danced and gestured to the group of people.
The expression on his face was very distorted, and Yao Chengwei kept distance from him silently to avoid uncontrollable changes.
Fortunately, people's emotions calmed down after the arrival of the gunmen. There were no more mentally retarded people jumping into the cracks, and the voices that could stir up other people's emotions also disappeared.
Only the sobs lingered into the night.
"Let's set up a tent tonight and take turns to rest." Xie Changxiao believed that he must stay vigil outdoors.
"Okay." No one had any objection.
While they were setting up tents, others also went home. Those who had tents came out with their tents in their arms, while those without tents used quilts and sleeping bags to keep out the cold, or built simple sheds.
Sun Rui couldn't help but feel strange: "I thought someone would come to find us just now."
(End of chapter)
