Chapter 66 Return Plan

The number of meteorites that hit the island was indeed small, but without exception, they all fell near the volcano. The huge shock wave caused the dormant volcano to erupt instantly, and the boiling magma spread from the crater to the surrounding areas, killing all living things along the way.

The crowd screamed and hid in the buildings, while some took their families and children and ran desperately towards the sea. But soon, the burning volcanic rocks spewed out from the crater in all directions like anti-aircraft shells, and wherever they went, there was another desolate wailing...

The largest meteorite landed near the sea area of ​​Yingguo, causing huge waves of 50 to 60 meters high, engulfing the entire eastern coastal area of ​​Yingguo. Countless people were swept away by the huge waves, hundreds of thousands of people were missing, and millions of people were homeless...

But the matter was not over. The remaining half of Yingguo was still being attacked by meteorite rain. Finally, this island country, which was already prone to earthquakes, was hit by another major earthquake. Tens of thousands of people were missing and hundreds of thousands of people were homeless...

This is the country that suffered the most serious disaster in this meteorite rain.

Apart from similar island countries, most land countries are in good condition.

Such meteorite attacks are similar to air-dropped shells or anti-aircraft guns, or even missiles, but the one who launches these shells is not human, but the universe, with no rules and no prediction.

Or in fact, there are rules and it can be predicted, but it is not possible now.

The only way is to hide.

After all, only a few people on the planet have their own underground shelters.

Most people went to public shelters. All underground facilities were packed with people. No one would mind staying in the basement and being crowded with other people.

Many people curled up in chairs with their clothes on, or sat or lay on blankets on the ground to rest.

But even so, some underground shelters with incomplete facilities still could not survive the meteorite rain. The impact of strong explosions could easily destroy the buildings and block the ventilation holes of the shelters. Some people died from high temperatures, and some died from the toxic gases produced by combustion. After

three days and three nights, 80% of the countries on the planet were hit by meteorites, and in these countries, 30% of the cities had completely stopped order and became dead cities.

**

When Youqi took Youxi and Tang Yatong into the air-raid shelter for refuge, she did not think that they would stay underground for so long.

Around ten o'clock that night, two explosions were heard above them. One was heavier, and it sounded like something was blown apart near their heads.

The other was lighter, a dull rumble that came from far away, and along with it, there was a slight tremor on the ground.

It was an earthquake, but not serious. It stopped after only one or two minutes, and the shaking was not strong.

None of the three slept, even though they knew that this underground shelter was built during the Cold War according to the rules for avoiding missiles. It not only had two heavy titanium alloy sealed doors, but was also equipped with gas-filtering ventilation facilities, and was twelve or thirteen meters underground, which is about four floors underground, equivalent to a normal floor.

It may be difficult to defend against nuclear bombs or ground-drilling bombs, but there is no need to worry about explosions below the missile level and the shock waves generated by the explosions.

But knowing that you can defend yourself and feeling fear in the face of a disaster are two different things.

It's like walking on a glass walkway hundreds of meters high in the air. You know it's safe, but when you look at the abyss below, you always feel that the glass under your feet will shatter and you will fall into the abyss.

What is scary is never death itself, but the various messages sent by the brain when death is approaching: tension, fear, panic.

The three of them sat on the same sofa, Tang Yatong and You Qi leaned against each other, and You Xi was hugged tightly by You Qi.

Among the three people, Youxi was probably the least nervous, but Youqi hugged her without saying anything, stroking her hair and patting her back gently.

There was a familiar breath in the other's arms. The Youqi in this world was more like Fan Qi than the Youmu in the zombie world. Youxi relaxed herself, buried herself in her arms, and closed her eyes gently.

On the first night, the meteorite channel on TV was temporarily suspended. First, the host said in a panic that he would move underground. Then the TV screen showed a 20-minute warning sound of a meteorite avoidance whistle, and the screen was scrolling subtitles throughout the whole process.

Immediately afterwards, the TV camera began to switch to surveillance cameras in major cities across the M region, with each city being covered for about ten minutes. Because the surveillance cameras selected were mostly wide-angle lenses located at relatively high positions, they could not capture the situation of the people in the city as clearly as before, but this field of view was enough for the people watching TV to grasp the meteorite disaster situation in several major cities at the first time.

Some cities have a large number of meteorites, and the surveillance cameras were directly smashed down not long after the images appeared. There are also some lucky cities, and the cameras have always stood firm...

In the early morning of the next day, Youqi was inspired by the TV station's broadcast of the city's surveillance cameras. She remembered that after buying this villa, because the location was too remote, in order to improve safety, she installed surveillance cameras everywhere inside and outside the villa.

Every room and the front and back courtyards of the villa are within the surveillance range. The villa is also equipped with a backup generator. Even if there is a power outage, the camera can still operate and transmit the outside images in time.

She immediately took action, turned on the desktop computer, started logging in, and connected to the camera screen.

After Youxi and Tang Yatong knew what she was going to do, they lost their sleepiness and each dragged a chair to sit next to her, one on each side, to watch her busy.

Youqi's minor major in college was computer science, because she felt that in the future computers might completely replace today's traditional television news media broadcasts, allowing information to enter a faster and more convenient communication channel.

Because it had not been used for a long time, Youqi spent a lot of time, but finally successfully called up the surveillance footage.

The cameras outside the villa are all placed in the matching protective covers under the eaves. Generally, strong winds, heavy rains, and hail will not affect their use, but the lenses will be a little blurry after a long time due to dust.

Youqi adjusted it a few times, turned the camera, and the scene around the villa also entered the screen. The countryside was dark in the early morning, and at the end of the eastern horizon there was a fire that reached the sky - that was the direction of the town of Ruhl.

There was also a fire near the villa. The fire was at the fence near the driveway in the front yard. It was obviously hit by a meteorite not long ago, and the fire must have been burning for a while.

Fortunately, the yard in front of the villa was large, and the fire next to the fence did not spread to the villa. At this moment, the fence and the nearby lawn were burned out, and it was almost extinguished.

The three of them didn't know when the meteorite rain would stop. After discussion, they decided to stay in the air-raid shelter, keep the surveillance camera on 24 hours a day, and continue to learn about the situation outside through the news.

As a result, they stayed there for three days and three nights.

Although there were no more meteorites nearby, the world outside was still in chaos.

By the third night, experts finally announced that all the debris of the 20332HKF constellation had disappeared (either falling planets or burning up during the landing process), and both the meteor shower and the meteor shower had stopped. On

the morning of the fourth day, the country issued a notice on television, radio, and the Internet to stop the meteor disaster.

In the area that had experienced the meteor shower, the survivors carefully walked out of the basement where they had been hiding for three days. The world had changed drastically.

The originally blue sky was reflected in a light red by the flames burning everywhere on the ground.

Houses collapsed, trees were charred, roads were destroyed, and the thick smoke and dust in the air made it difficult for people to breathe. In just three days, the peaceful world they were familiar with was gone forever.

On the ground, there were broken and collapsed buildings and charred bodies everywhere.

Some were injured, some were disabled for life...

Many people lost their families in this disaster. The bad news came frequently, and the people cried and wailed. No one would take the meteorite disaster as a joke anymore.

This is an explosion attack that is more terrible than the world war, because there is no absolutely safe place, and there is no hope of a ceasefire after surrender.

The affected countries on the entire planet have entered a long post-disaster rescue and reconstruction work.

But what they don't know is that the buildings being repaired at this moment will suffer another attack and destruction in the near future.

**

This is the fifth day after the meteorite rain stopped. In the past few days, they would go out of the air-raid shelter during the day and move around inside the villa.

In the morning, they would watch the news, and Yuxi suggested doing regular physical training. At noon, they would cook together. Yuqi also learned a few good dishes.

In the afternoon, they would drink some coffee or English tea, eat some cakes and chocolate cookies, and then play cards and flying chess and Go together.

Although the situation outside was tense, Yuqi and Tang Yatong felt the long-lost relaxation and freedom. They didn't have to go to work, there was no endless work to do, and there were no endless cocktail parties to attend. It was like returning to the pastoral life.

For safety at night, they would still lock all the doors and windows and go back to the air-raid shelter to rest.

This villa area is relatively lucky. The nearby town of Ruhr encountered a large meteorite on the first night, and the fragments of the explosion burned half of the town. Fortunately, half of the people hid in the air-raid shelter, and the remaining half hid in the basement of their homes.

Those who hid in the air-raid shelter were safe, but some of the people who hid in the basement were trapped to death because the house above collapsed and burned, and there was no one to rescue them.

After relaxing for a few days, You Xi asked You Qi to stay in the air-raid shelter, and he drove to the town with Tang Yatong to check the situation in the town.

The town was in chaos, and the mayor had been asking for external rescue. Many medical supplies in the town began to be out of supply.

The meteorite also destroyed the town's power supply. Repairs have been underway for the past few days, but there are not enough people and supplies. It has been several days, and the repair work is still progressing slowly.

In comparison, the situation in the villa area is much better. The water and electricity nearby are all working. The only problem is the lack of supplies, because the town that was originally able to replenish supplies is now unable to take care of itself.

Most supermarkets are closed, and the few remaining private grocery stores charge sky-high prices for supplies and water.

But no one cares at this time. After all, we are grateful to be able to buy food and drinks.

When Youxi and Tang Yatong left the town, they saw several cars driving out of the town. They didn't know whether they were the original residents of the town or tourists. There were several pieces of luggage tied on the roof of the car. At the fork in the road, some headed north, some headed east, and some went west in the same direction as them.

As is known to all, the worst-hit area of ​​Country M is in the southern part, and all the evacuees are heading north.

The two passed by a self-service gas station, and Tang Yatong stopped the car without Youxi's reminder. They were driving an SUV, and she motioned for Youxi to fill the trunk with portable gas drums, and then get out of the car to refuel.

Youxi filled the car (fuel space) and then the gas drum (fuel space). After the last refueling car drove away, she immediately increased her speed to get gas. In the end, she not only maxed out the credit card that Youqi applied for herself, but also maxed out the credit card that Tang Yatong gave her...

In fact, they had cash and deposit cards on them, but in this case they all agreed that they could max out the credit cards first. In addition, both Youqi and Tang Yatong like to hoard gold to preserve its value.

After all, they are not from Country M. To them, only precious metals such as gold, which are circulated throughout the planet, can maintain their value. Therefore, the money in their savings cards is not much, and the apartment in City L is rented rather than purchased.

They also plan to find an opportunity to withdraw all the remaining money in the card later.

While the two of them were in town, Youqi used the online chat tool to contact old classmates in China.

The other party said that China was not the first country to suffer from the meteorite rain, so there was a lot of time to prepare in the early stage, and the citizens were very cooperative. Therefore, except for a few remote areas where communication was really inconvenient and a few individuals or small groups who did not obey orders, most people hid in the air-raid shelters in urban towns and rural areas before the meteorite rain came.

Most cities in the country already have many air-raid shelters. In the face of disasters, the country's machinery operates quickly, and drinking water, cold-weather protection, and medical supplies are in place.

So when the meteorite came, only buildings, cars, roads, bridges, ships, and trains were destroyed, and the number of casualties was extremely small.

Her friend also joked that because she brought entertainment tools such as chess and cards, she basically lived like a pig during those days hiding underground to avoid the disaster.

Wrapped in blankets and lying on moisture-proof mats, the family ate instant noodles and sausages, and played Landlord together, and this went on for three days...

The other party also said that the country's disaster relief efforts were also strong, and the post-disaster repair work was very rapid. At the same time, they were already expanding and building new air-raid shelters. The new air-raid shelters have a higher safety factor and will be equipped with restaurants, sleeping rooms, leisure and entertainment rooms, bathrooms, supply rooms, and planting rooms...

During those three days when the meteorites were still crackling down, capable domestic architects and air-raid shelter experts had already drawn up the best air-raid shelter design drawings, ready to start construction immediately after the disaster, as if they were taking precautions against disasters.

You Xi was originally thinking about how to ask You Qi and Tang Yatong to go back to China with her. After all, the end of the world has begun, and no one knows when the next meteorite rain will come. In this situation, it is better to stay still than to move.

And this news came at the right time. Country M is in chaos now. Staying here can only last for a while. No matter how much supplies she has stored in the space, there will always be a day when they will run out.

They must go back to China!

**

If they want to go back to China under this situation, they must have a complete plan.

First of all, they have to find out when the next meteorite rain will come and avoid it.

When Youqi and Tang Yatong first heard Youxi say the words "next time" and "end of the world", they both hoped that this was not true, but they knew that Youxi would not lie to them.

Secondly, now that civil flights around the world have been grounded, if they want to go back, they can only take a ship, and they have to move to the nearest port city. Therefore, they have to work out a route map from the villa to the port.

Finally, they have to find an opportunity to get a boat as a backup means of transportation, preferably a small yacht or a speedboat with a cabin. Youxi told them that in addition to the space for storing supplies, she also has two additional spaces, one for fuel and one for transportation.

In case they encounter a meteorite rain attack on the ocean cruise ship returning home, they can still escape on their own. After all, small yachts or speedboats are not easily hit by meteorites, and they are faster and can dodge flexibly.

Therefore, for the backup plan, they had to get more gasoline. Youxi had an experience of escaping at sea. She learned from Yuangui how to drive a boat on the sea, how to identify directions, and how to observe the weather to choose a suitable sea area as a night anchorage.

This time, from the west coast of Country M to their own country, they had to cross the entire ocean zone, almost across half of the planet, and the total sea mileage was about 5,300 nautical miles.

Although they would take a cruise ship in the early stage, and they might be lucky enough to arrive by cruise ship, but the backup plan must be prepared for self-driving for the entire 5,300 nautical miles.

Therefore, they needed at least 6,600L of gasoline.

Her fuel space can hold about 10,000L of gasoline. She used to collect gasoline wherever she went. Now it is about two-thirds full. It is enough, but the plan cannot be made to do things that just meet the standard. They need gasoline from the villa to the port city, or when they return to the country. Gasoline

is easier to get in M ​​country, but it will be more difficult to get it back home. So in the spirit of plucking feathers from passing geese, she wants to fill up all the ten cubic meters of fuel space in M ​​country. If conditions permit, she will also fill up all the 200L diesel barrels and portable oil barrels in the Xingwu warehouse.

If it were not because the space for transportation can only be overlapped twice, she would like to get a large-scale (30,000L) tanker truck and stuff it in directly.

In short, gasoline is very important, and it can only be more, not less.

If the above points can be achieved, the success rate of returning to China is about 90%.

On the night when the plan to return to China was made, You Xi woke up from her dream. She was awakened by a strange, subtle sound.

She lifted the thin quilt, carefully got down from the upper bed, put on her slippers, and went into the living room to check the surveillance.

The cameras installed by You Qi are all equipped with microphones. In addition to the picture, they can also receive sound.

The subtle sound she heard came from the surveillance. There are more than a dozen cameras inside and outside the villa, which switch automatically at a fixed time. She did not find any abnormalities in the four screens, so she switched to check one by one.

When the screen switched to the camera in the kitchen, she found a clue. There was a large ice bowl on the kitchen counter.

There was some macaroni left in the ice bowl that they had made at noon. It was made by Yuqi, but they didn't want to criticize her because it wasn't very tasty, so they didn't say anything and just honestly left more than half of it.

When Yuqi cleaned up, she didn't take it down and just left it on the kitchen counter.

Now, the macaroni in the ice bowl is gone.