This day.
Shen Qing's family was sleeping in their respective rooms with the air conditioner blowing on.
Suddenly, she heard a rumble, and Shen Qing jumped up from the bed in an instant.
Earthquakes occur frequently in the apocalypse, and she is too familiar with this sound.
"Mom and Dad! Zhi'an! Wake up quickly, there's an earthquake."
Before he could finish his words, the ground began to shake, and dirt continued to fall from his head.
Shen Qing was panicked.
She had never left City S in her previous life and knew nothing about the sequence of disasters in other areas... so she did not expect the sudden earthquake at all.
As the family walked out along the tunnel, the shaking became more and more severe.
Shen Qing experienced a magnitude 6 earthquake when he was young, and he has always had a shadow of earthquakes in his heart.
Today's earthquake was much more violent than she remembered, probably reaching magnitude seven or higher.
Mud kept falling above the underground passage, and Shen Qing's heart was in her throat.
When she was about to reach the exit of the underground passage, the top of the tunnel suddenly sank, and the thick soil mixed with the floor of the first floor fell directly, forming a wall between her and her family.
At this time, the earthquake stopped.
Shen Qing was choked by the rising ash and coughed for a long time. As he shoveled away the dirt, he shouted loudly: "Mom and Dad! How are you? Are you injured?"
The other side of the tunnel.
The three members of the Shen family were blocked one meter away from the tunnel entrance. There were falling rocks in front and behind, and the three of them were squeezed into a small, dark space.
Hearing Shen Qing's voice, he quickly replied: "We are fine. How are you, sister? Are you okay?"
"I'm fine... You guys stay as far back as possible, and I'll take this earth wall into the space."
After hearing Shen Qing's words, the three people crowded back.
Shen Qing concentrated his attention and instantly moved the earth wall separating them into the space.
Seeing that the three of them were safe, Shen Qing breathed a sigh of relief and quickly ran to them.
"We have to find a way out quickly! Aftershocks can happen at any time, and the underground is no longer safe."
As Shen Qing spoke, he retracted the earthen wall behind him into the space.
He pushed open the tunnel door and climbed out.
Fortunately, the house has been reinforced, and even in the face of the earthquake, there were only some cracks in the walls.
"I don't know if there will be a bigger earthquake. It's not safe to stay indoors now. Let's go to an open place first."
After walking to a bright place, Shen Qing discovered that blood was oozing from Tao Ying's shoe uppers.
She immediately supported Tao Ying and asked anxiously: "Mom, your foot is injured? Why didn't you tell me?"
When Shen Qing shouted, the other two people noticed Tao Ying's feet.
"Mom! How could this happen... He must have been injured when the tunnel collapsed just now."
"Go sit down in the courtyard first."
Several people hurriedly helped Tao Ying out.
Before he could stand firm, the ground began to shake again.
Shen Jie picked up Tao Ying and shouted loudly: "Zhi'an, open the door quickly."
Shen Zhian's hands were shaking when he unlocked the door, and the shaking of the earth made his legs weak from fear.
Fortunately, the earthquake lasted very short, and several people successfully ran to an open area outside the village.
"So hot……"
The sun was now scorching hot. Less than ten minutes after they escaped, the sweat on their foreheads was dripping like rain.
Shen Qing looked around and found a low and shady place.
"Dad, help mom over there quickly. Let's set up a tent there first."
After making sure there was no one around, she took out a tent with relatively strong insulation capabilities from the space.
"Zhian, come and help me."
"Okay." Shen Zhian wiped the sweat from his forehead, stuck out his tongue and followed Shen Qing.
Neither of them had any experience setting up a tent before, so they moved very slowly.
Although it was on the shady side where the sun couldn't reach it, the extremely high temperature still made several people feel dizzy.
Seeing Tao Ying's lips turned white and her expression painful, Shen Qing became even more anxious.
She quickly took out four bottles of cold water from the space to help everyone rehydrate.
After about half an hour, the two finally set up the tent.
Shen Jie quickly moved Tao Ying to the tent.
Although the entire tent is made of heat-insulating materials, it does not have much effect in this extreme high temperature.
The temperature inside the tent still reached forty, but there was less of a burning sensation.
Shen Qing didn't think much and took out the generator and fan from the space.
Around the fan, she placed two boxes of ice cubes.
After a while, the temperature inside the tent finally dropped to thirty.
Shen Zhi'an stood guard by the window and would immediately notify Shen Qing to collect things if he found someone coming.
Shen Qing doesn't have time to worry about this now.
She squatted in front of Tao Ying, holding the scissors in her hand and cutting the upper along the gap of the shoe.
The socks inside were stained red, and it hurt just to look at them.
The weather was too hot and the wounds were already stuck together, so there was no way to take them off directly, so I had to cut them open with scissors.
Shen Qing's nose was a little sore, "Mom, please bear with me... I'll be gentler."
Tao Ying had a smile on her face and comforted her: "It's okay, it doesn't hurt. Just feel free to cut it."
Shen Qing bit her lip and gently cut down the socks around her ankles. The closer she got to the wound, the harder it became to operate.
Although Tao Ying kept a smile on her face, her brows were knitted together.
When she reached the wound, Shen Qing replaced the scissors with tweezers and lifted up the sock bit by bit.
No matter how gentle the movement was, the moment the socks were taken off, a piece of skin on Tao Ying's instep was ripped off, causing her to scream in pain.
"It's okay...it just hurt for a short time. You did a good job." Tao Ying gently touched Shen Qing's head.
Shen Qing's nose felt a little sore.
A wound as long as an index finger was struck on the instep of Tao Ying's foot, and the skin and flesh burst open, which was shocking to see.
Seeing that she couldn't do it, Shen Jie immediately took the medicine and bandage from her hand.
"My dear, you go prepare some food first, and I'll give you the medicine."
Shen Qing wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, "I'll do it... I can do it."
She always thought that if she could escape to the countryside in her next life, she could take her parents away from natural disasters...
She is too confident.
So I didn’t expect today’s earthquake at all…
Shen Qing felt very guilty, if only she had been more cautious.
After bandaging the wound, Shen Qing took out the pre-made dishes he had ordered at the restaurant from the space.
Simply heat and eat.
After lunch, Shen Qing suddenly thought of the Zhao family.
The earthquake this time was so big, I wonder what the situation is like on Zhao Xi's side.
Shen Zhian still stood by the small window.
"It seems that there is really no one in our village. I have been looking here all morning and I haven't seen a single person."
Shen Qing asked smoothly: "Have you seen anyone from the Zhao family?"
Shen Zhian shook his head, "No, most of the houses in the village have collapsed, and their home must not be much better."
Shen Qing hesitated for a moment, but decided to go out and take a look.
If Zhao Xi dies...it will be her life.
If she was lucky enough to be alive, I would give her a hand.
Before leaving, Shen Qing added another box of ice cubes.
"Zhi'an, if someone breaks in while I'm away, if you can't defeat them, don't confront them head-on. Hold them back first and wait until I come back to deal with them."
Shen Zhian nodded obediently, "I think there is no one else in this village except us. Sister, don't worry."
Just as Shen Zhi'an guessed, the second floor of Zhao's house had collapsed, and only half of the first floor was left standing.
As soon as Shen Qing arrived, she saw Zhao Xi fainted on the ruins.
She quickly ran to Zhao Xi and touched her breath.
Still alive.
Judging from her flushed face, she must have fainted from heatstroke.
Shen Qing quickly moved her to a shady corner, took out the anti-summer medicine and drank it.
She noticed that Zhao Xi's ten fingers were bloody and bloody, presumably to find her relatives under the ruins...
While Zhao Xi was still awake, Shen Qing used the power of space to open up the ruins bit by bit, looking for traces of the Zhao family.
After a while, she found a hand pressed under the stone slab.
Shen Qing quickly moved the stone slab and quickly moved the person under the stone slab to the corner.
This is Zhao Xi's grandma.
already dead.
Shen Qing felt complicated.
She wasted no time and continued to clean up the ruins.
Soon, Zhao Fusheng also found it.
Unfortunately, Zhao Fusheng also died.
His head was smashed under the wardrobe and only half of it was left.
Shen Qing frowned and looked at Zhao Xi with more sympathy.
Half an hour after drinking the heat-relieving medicine, Zhao Xi finally opened his eyes in a daze.
"I'm alive……"
"Um."
"You saved me. Thank you..." Zhao Xi struggled to sit up straight and tried to get up.
"My grandma and dad are still down there. I have to save them." Zhao Xi stumbled a little while walking.
Shen Qing frowned, took her arm, and whispered: "Don't go."
"No... no, I have to rescue them... You quickly find a safe place to hide, don't worry about me." Although Zhao Xi was unsteady on his feet, his eyes were firm, "My family must still be holding on to hope. Wait for me. If I delay any longer, it will be too late..."
Shen Qing saw his own reflection in her body, and felt like his heart was being tugged.
She bit her lip and said, "No need to go, they are right here."
She held Zhao Xi's shoulders and turned them back, and the two bodies were lying not far from her.
"When I found them... they were gone."
Zhao Xi's pupils were locked and his whole body froze.
Then, the sound of crying filled my heart.
She staggered to the side of the body, lay in Zhao Fusheng's arms and cried until she almost died.
"Dad...grandma..."
"how so……"
Zhao Xi almost fainted from crying.
"I know this is cruel to you, but the deceased is gone... let them rest in peace." Shen Qing squatted beside her and comforted softly.
Zhao Xi burst into tears, "Why...how did the world become like this in just two months?"
Shen Qing couldn't answer either.
"Dad finally convinced grandma... We originally planned to leave tonight... We clearly agreed, but now they have abandoned me."
Shen Qing took her into his arms and gently carried her on her back, just like her mother had comforted her since childhood.
In the end, under the scorching heat, Zhao Xi could only face reality first.
Shen Qing helped her move the bodies of Zhao Fusheng and Zhao Lao to a cool place, planning to bury them again at night.
