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On a sunny afternoon, a sharp and piercing siren sounded in Qingtang Village.

Chi Yue and Wen Qizhou, who had just fallen asleep, suddenly got up and put on their clothes when they heard the unignorable voice.

Although they didn't know what was going on, the loudspeaker that usually only broadcasts notifications suddenly sounded an alarm, which was enough for them to be alert and treat it with the most caution.

"Qizhou, Xiaoyue..."

Xie Changxiao, who lives under the same roof, called Chi Yunyan to other people taking a lunch break while getting dressed.

"coming!"

Wen Qizhou led Chi Yue out.

As they walked out of the bedroom, five disheveled people appeared in the living room. Yao Chengwei asked, "What's going on?"

"I don't know." The policeman couldn't tell the upcoming disaster. Chi Yue frowned: "Let's go out first."

They all crossed the threshold of the main entrance.

When they walked to the front yard, a low and depressing hum suddenly hit everyone's ears.

The buzzing sound seemed to come from deep underground.

The moment it penetrated the eardrum, a strong vibration followed, and all the furniture placed in the room trembled one after another.

──"It's an earthquake!"

With a stern look on his face, he suddenly tightened his grip on Chi Yue and ran towards the outside of the hospital with rapid strides.

"Go right!" There is an open space that can accommodate a hundred people in the direction leading to Qingtang Village. They usually dry wheat in the open space, so they know how to take a shortcut.

While they were searching for shortcuts, residents who were forced out of their homes by alarms and earthquakes were also running towards the same destination.

More and more people appeared on the road covered with gravel and stones. The sun shone on everyone. Not only did they not feel the slightest warmth, but they felt chills down their backs.

After several disasters, they are no longer as panic-stricken as they were at the beginning, but they are still shrouded in fear when they hear the creaking sound of the house and step on the shaking ground.

"Ah—"

A crack suddenly appeared.

The young man who accidentally stepped on the edge of the crack slipped and fell into the crack uncontrollably.

He reacted quickly and clawed the ground, his body and legs falling into the gradually widening crack. He climbed up with the strength of his arms, but he could not support the weight of his entire body.

"Help... help..."

He raised his head and stared at Wen Qizhou and Chi Yue who were not far away from him with panic-filled eyes, begging them to save him.

Perhaps out of compassion, Chi Yue and Wen Qizhou took advantage of the crack to expand, grabbed the young man's arms, pulled him upwards, and successfully dragged him to the ground.

"Thank you, thank you!"

The young man choked with tears and thanked him.

Chi Yue and Wen Qizhou had no time to chat with him. They held each other's hands tightly and continued running around the widening crack.

The tremor became stronger.

Screams and cries for help arose one after another.

Some people fell to the ground, some fell into the cracks, and some people ran towards possible safety regardless of everything.

"Ruirui!"

"Ah Peng!"

Two shouts sounded from behind.

They looked back and saw that Zhao Peng and Sun Rui, like the young men just now, had fallen into the crack, with their palms on the edge of the crack, trying their best to climb up.

Fortunately, Xie Changxiao, Chi Yunyan and Yao Chengwei were only a few steps away from them and quickly dragged them to the ground.

otherwise……

"Scared me to death!" Sun Rui, who had survived the disaster, tightly grasped Zhao Peng's wrist, her face was pale and she was still trembling.Zhao Peng was also frightened.

But it was obviously not a good time to talk about "experience" right now. He held Sun Rui's hand instead, comforted him softly, and then followed Xie Changxiao and the other three, chasing Wen Qizhou and Chi Yue.

The house diagonally ahead collapsed.

The dust rising in all directions was like tulle dotted with golden light. Their eyes trembled even more, but their steps never stopped, and they finally passed through the dust to their destination.

However, there are also cracks in the destination.

Wen Qizhou looked around and found an area that had not been affected yet. He led Chi Yue to a stop and waited for Xie Changxiao and the others to follow them, leaning against each other and observing the ground.

"It seems like there's no earthquake anymore..."

Chi Yunyan, who didn't dare to breathe out, found that the ground was no longer shaking and collapsed on the ground without any strength.

After confirming that everything around them had returned to calm, Chi Yue and Wen Qizhou temporarily relaxed their tense backs and took a few breaths.

Because of the cracks, the short journey required countless detours, which made them exhausted as they ran wildly.

They sat on the ground like Chi Yunyan, not caring about how much dust there was on the ground, they just wanted to rest against each other for a while.

"I thought the apocalypse was coming to an end." Yao Chengwei glanced at the two collapsed bungalows with mixed emotions.

Only three bungalows collapsed in the village.

It seems that the damage was not high, but in fact the cracks did not extend to other bungalows during the earthquake period, or they extended half way, but this did not constitute a condition for the bungalow to collapse.

If two to three or more frequent aftershocks occur next, the extent of damage to Qingtang Village may be incalculable.

"Earthquakes are the most common natural phenomenon." Wen Qizhou breathed calmly: "We are not far from the seismic zone. It is actually normal for earthquakes below magnitude nine to occur."

Natural disasters such as earthquakes, tornadoes, tsunamis, and heavy rains occur in normal forms in the areas where they occur, and they cannot be classified as "destructive" natural disasters.

The acid rain many years ago and the disaster that happened before they moved to Yundian County were not normal phenomena.

Therefore, he believes that the two are different.

"You mean-" He paused for two seconds and stared at Wen Qizhou with bright eyes: "Earthquakes are no longer within the scope of the apocalypse?"

"Not sure, just a guess."

How can Wen Qizhou be sure?

It is just a result of subjective feelings based on the situation of the past two years and the expectations deep in my heart.

"Sister Yue, what do you think?" Sun Rui always believed in Chi Yue's "premonition". After all, when they encountered the earthquake in Heyuan, it was Chi Yue who proposed to leave early.

"I think……"

Chi Yue retracted her gaze that fell in the distance.

Since settling down in Qingtang Village, the fear and uneasiness lingering deep in her heart have indeed slowly dissipated.

She rubbed her knuckles: "Qi Zhou and I have the same feeling, but we have to observe the facts again."

Neither she nor Wen Qizhou would say anything too harsh about something that they couldn't be sure of, lest they would be mercilessly slapped in the face by reality in the end.

A slap in the face is a trivial matter.

If they lower their vigilance and are no longer fully prepared, leading to tragedy, then they are guilty.

"Don't worry." Xie Changxiao saw the urgency in their eyes: "Anyway, the apocalypse will end sooner or later. We have survived it for so many years, so it doesn't matter if we wait another year or two."

"Right."

"Speaking of which, can the buildings in the county town withstand an earthquake of this magnitude?" Chi Yunyan worried about others.

"it should be OK?"

They don't know what to do.

I just hope that my friends not far from Qingtang Village can escape safely out of sight.


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