Chapter 121 Earthquake and Disaster
Despite Ji Mu's repeated pleas, they finally stayed. As Yu Miaomiao and the others were leaving, she asked again, "Are you all sure you want to stay? Honestly, are those weapons, power, or this place really that important?"
Is it important to have your own life?
Yu Miaomiao couldn't understand why Ji Feng would rather risk his life than give up this place, just like He Qing was willing to risk being wiped out by the alien beasts in order to keep those superhuman mercenaries.
She discovered that there were many problems. Ji Feng had not been telling them the truth, at least some of it, and it was a very fatal part.
Xu Nanwei secretly left all her privately hoarded chocolates in Ji Mu's room. The wrappers of those chocolates were already creased from being squeezed, clearly indicating that she often held them in her hand but had never been willing to eat them.
On the way back, the RV drove alone through the desolate ruins. The wind and sand swirled up dust and gravel, battering the body and windows, leaving large and small dents on the glass.
"Ha... this glass looks like it's about to break..."
Xu Nan leaned close to the car window, breathed on a dent in the glass, and then gently wiped the glass. The dent was quite severe; she could feel wisps of heat seeping in through the crack.
"Weiwei, be careful, it's best to stay away from glass."
Yu Miaomiao also felt that the glass was about to break, and she would try to replace it when she had time.
If it really can't be fixed, then just get a new car; there are plenty of cars in the space anyway.
She gripped the steering wheel and observed Lu An through the rearview mirror. Lu An remained silent, and Yu Miaomiao could tell that she had something on her mind.
"An'an, what are you thinking about?"
"I… sigh, Miaomiao, I'm wondering if I should have been more firm and just taken them with me."
Lu An was in a state of turmoil. She felt extremely uneasy, and this was the first time since the apocalypse that she felt something was so troublesome. The atmosphere in the car became even more subdued because of those words.
Even if you know that Ji Feng has a terrible secret that he's been keeping from you...
Yu Miaomiao spoke softer and softer. She was very worried about her An'an. Lu An used to be quick-witted, but she would become uneasy and nervous around Ji Feng. She was worried that her guesses would make An'an even more uneasy, and hesitated whether to continue.
"I know, Miaomiao, that's why I don't want to pass this risk on to you and Weiwei."
Lu An looked up, his eyes already filled with tears, and his gaze met Yu Miaomiao's through the rearview mirror.
She was struggling internally. She had even considered staying and facing it with them, but she and they were a team. She couldn't make the decision alone, nor could she abandon her teammates.
The wind howled outside the car, growing stronger and stronger, as if foreshadowing something.
Hearing Lu An say this, Yu Miaomiao felt a little depressed and bitter. She gripped the steering wheel tightly, her brows furrowing almost imperceptibly, her mind replaying the conjecture she had just made.
But before she could think it through, a sudden tremor interrupted her thoughts. The entire carriage shook violently, and amidst the flying dust, huge cracks rapidly spread across the road.
Yu Miaomiao kept the steering wheel steady and kept lightly applying the brakes. After the car stabilized, she turned the steering wheel to the right, and the vehicle slid sideways, almost coming to a stop at the edge of the abyss.
The crack stretched for tens of meters, as if the ground had been torn in two by an invisible hand, like a deep wound on the planet Earth. If they had gone any further, they would have plunged into the abyss along with the car.
"What happened? An earthquake?"
Lu An rolled over from the back seat and sat on the passenger side, then observed the abyss rift through the car window.
Yu Miaomiao hadn't recovered from the adrenaline rush yet; her heart was pounding, and she felt as if it were about to jump out of her throat.
She took a breath, quickly got out of the car to check the surroundings, and after making sure there was no further risk, replied, "It doesn't seem like an earthquake, it might be crustal movement... but this is too violent. The geology here is very unstable, we should leave quickly."
She got into the car, skillfully shifted into reverse, and drove back for more than ten meters. Then she chose a place where the ground looked relatively flat and drove there, trying to avoid the cracks as much as possible. She didn't know when the next tectonic movement would occur.
"We need to speed things up and get back to the dungeon as soon as possible."
The sandstorm obscured their vision, and the group drove with bated breath until they finally reached the vicinity of the underground city entrance, only to be dumbfounded.
The entrance has completely collapsed, blending seamlessly with the surrounding ruins. The situation inside the underground city is likely dire as well. The recent tectonic activity has probably already affected the overall structure of the underground city. Countless cracks meander out from the surface, and one can only imagine the devastation and collapse below. It seems that the annihilation of the underground city is only a matter of time.
Many people are wailing, while others are organizing to save themselves and search for survivors. It seems that some of those who were close to the collapsed entrance managed to escape.
Yu Miaomiao noticed that one of the young men was the soldier who was in charge of registering people entering and leaving at the entrance.
At that moment, he was organizing everyone to participate in the rescue.
The brief period of peace that had just begun here was about to end due to the impending disasters of the apocalypse.
But this is the end of the world; she should have known better.
No, actually I did think about it, but I was hoping for the best and decided to come back and check the situation. Are all those ordinary people in the city going to perish here?
Chief Yang, whose hair was gray but who still worked hard for the people; Chu Bai and Chen Haohua, who took the lives of the people as their mission; He Yusen, who struggled to survive on the ruins; A Yao's family, who fought hard to survive; and the simple old woman, women, and baby in the tailor shop...
Those faces flashed through their minds, and everyone remained silent. Xu Nan murmured, "Our home is gone. Where should we go now..."
Fortunately, there wasn't much in the house. Beds and sofas were just possessions; the pets were all in the space. It was a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.
When I went out, I hesitated about whether to bring them along, but I thought that since they were all in the space anyway, I would feel more at ease bringing them along, so that I wouldn't regret it now.
"Oh my god... Oh my god, Lao Chu, it's all over, it's all over, our hometown is gone..." A man in the distance, covered in dust, rushed over and started digging through the rubble.
Yu Miaomiao looked closely and realized it was an old acquaintance.
"Lieutenant Chen?"
"Hey? Ms. Yu, what are you doing outside? Did you escape? Quick, give me a hand."
Yu Miaomiao rolled up her sleeves and joined the rescue efforts.