Apocalyptic Natural Disasters: I Have a Capsule House

On the tenth day of the apocalypse, Su Keke was forcibly driven out of her home by her adoptive parents and sister. The reason was to reduce one person's consumption of supplies, even though Su...

Chapter 227 Chen Li Meng Yi is trapped

The unexpected aftershock just now caused many of the already broken ground to crack into even larger gaps.

What had already collapsed into ruins was now collapsing again.

There was a rumbling sound of walls collapsing everywhere, and the surrounding dust flew up to most of the sky, looking like a sunset cloud from afar.

Those involved in the rescue had no time to retreat, and their survival depended entirely on luck.

In the outermost military tents, there were wounded soldiers who had just been sent in, and the doctors and nurses were busy all the time.

The earthquake caused the outermost area to collapse as well.

The ambulance and police cars parked on the side were all shaking on the cracking ground.

“Ah…Ahhh…”

The medical staff in the tent were shaken so much that they could not stand steadily, and some were even thrown far out of the tent.

"What should I do! The ground is cracked...ah..." A nurse fell into the crack at her feet before she could finish her words.

Some of the injured who were just rescued by patrolmen had their legs broken and some had their arms deformed. They had just escaped death and had no time to relax for a while, but they didn't expect that this nightmare earthquake would come back so soon.

Most of the other rescuers who were scattered by Fang Yong in various corners were buried silently in the rubble by the aftershock.

Only a few people were lucky enough that no further collapse occurred around them. The ground shook violently a few times but fortunately did not crack.

They were so shaken that their bodies and faces were covered in dust, and they were completely unable to contact the captain and other search and rescue team members using the walkie-talkie.

When the aftershock occurred, Chen Li and Meng Yi found a corner and placed the stretcher above their heads.

They only felt the world spinning, and a lot of things fell down on their heads with a bang, and then everything went dark in front of their eyes and they could not see anything.

"Chen...Chen Li! Are you okay?"

Meng Yi felt around with both hands and seemed to have touched someone.

"Who... who's there?"

Chen Li was suddenly patted in the dark and screamed in fright.

"Ouch!...My head...hurts so much!" Chen Li just wanted to step aside when his head hit a stone. He cried out in pain!

"Chen Li! Stop howling! Who else could it be except me? We should be buried underneath!"

As Meng Yi spoke, he slowly moved towards Chen Li.

"Meng Yi...what should we do then?" When Chen Li heard that it was Meng Yi, his emotions stabilized a little.

After the two got close, they tried pushing hard on the top of their heads and to the left and right, but it was of no use.

They were like being buried in a small square deep underground. There was a little space around them, enough for them to stretch their hands and feet, but there was no other way to get out of the square unless someone outside rescued them.

"It's over! If no one comes to save us, are we going to starve to death here? Oh! I should have known not to be so brave. Now, not many people are saved, but I have even lost my life!"

Chen Li was like a deflated balloon, sitting powerlessly on the ground. There was no light around him, and even breathing seemed to become difficult.

"You'd better talk less! There's not much air left here. If you don't want to die, just shut up. Someone will come to save us!"

Meng Yi also sat down and leaned against the earth wall. Although he comforted Chen Li verbally, he knew very well in his heart.

No one will come to rescue them in the short term, and the authorities are also afraid of more aftershocks.

They were trapped in such a small place without sunlight, and it was unknown how long this little bit of air could last.

"Will someone really come to rescue us?" Chen Li's eyes were a little empty. He felt that both he and Meng Yi would be in great danger today.

"Yes!" Meng Yi took a deep breath and said seriously as if to encourage himself.

The capsule house has located the Changhong community and is now moving towards the target direction along the marked route.

In the surveillance footage, dust was everywhere, and under the sunlight it looked like snow.

On the ground, the collapsed houses were no longer visible. Without positioning, Su Keke and Grandma Qiao would not have been able to recognize the original Changhong Community.

"Alas! An earthquake brought all the construction work in Lingcheng back to zero in an instant. I don't know how much manpower, material resources and financial resources will be spent on rebuilding it in the future!" Grandma Qiao stared at the surveillance screen and sighed.

Su Keke also moved a chair over, and the two of them sat in front of the TV as if they were severely nearsighted, staring at the screen without blinking.

The real earthquake scene was more heart-wrenching than the special effects in movies and TV shows. Just as the two of them were staring at the ruins on the screen and sighing, the capsule house prompted them to arrive at Changhong Community.

“This…is it here already?”

Grandma Qiao looked at the picture, which showed a place that had collapsed and only a few low walls were left standing, her eyes full of disbelief.

"Capsule, fly slowly close to the ground and detect if there are any signs of life nearby!"

Su Keke's memory of her previous life stopped at the moment the earthquake occurred.

She remembered that a deep crack suddenly appeared under her and Grandma Qiao's feet, the whole building began to shake violently, and the walls upstairs kept falling down.

Grandma Qiao's feet were hit first, and I tried desperately to pull her up, and then we were both hit by the beam that fell from above, and then nothing happened...

There was no telling if there were any survivors under the ruins. Su Keke felt mixed emotions, and the search and rescue scenes from those disaster movies she had seen kept flashing through her mind.

The bloody faces stared at Su Keke with weird smiles...

Drop…drop…

The capsule house detected signs of life and made a loud beeping sound, instantly bringing Su Keke back to reality.

There were two red dots flashing on the display, and it was estimated that the person was buried about two meters away.

Su Keke and Grandma Qiao put on masks and gloves, but it seemed they were still missing a helmet.

She remembered that Su Jianming's hardware store sold this kind of labor protection helmet. Didn't she take over his hardware store? Su Keke quickly ran to the basement to find a helmet.

The two men quickly dressed and carried out the shovel and hoe that had been used to loosen the soil and plant vegetables from the utility room.

"Grandma Qiao, let's dig one side each. When we get close to two meters, we must be careful not to hurt anyone."

"Okay! I got it!"

The two said nothing more and went to the two marked spots in the capsule house to clean up the broken bricks and stones. They first moved the large pieces by hand and then used shovels to remove the small pieces.

Two hours passed by unknowingly, and Su Keke finally dug to the target range.

The detection cursor of the small golden capsule became stronger and stronger. Su Keke didn't dare to use the shovel to dig directly anymore. It would be terrible if she shoveled into a survivor. But digging with bare hands was too slow.

Su Keke thought about it, shouted “Got it!” and flashed into her own space.

He ran to the kitchen like a gust of wind and came out with two silicone spatulas for cooking.

"Grandma Qiao! Use this when you reach the target range!" Su Keke threw a spatula towards Grandma Qiao.

"Um... this, does it work?"

Grandma Qiao picked up the spatula and looked at the shovel in her hand. Comparing the two, she felt that the spatula was a bit small.