The crowd is like quiet water, flowing silently along the deserted mountain path.

On the first day of the escape, we walked about thirty miles. Not only did we leave Huaiyang County, but the terrain also gradually became flatter.

Along the way, they didn't meet a single outsider. After coming down the mountain and crossing a river, the two village chiefs let everyone rest not far from the river.

Jiang Huaixu, his legs numb from walking, shook them off and, after a short rest, he and Jiang Wei helped Qian Xiuzhu and Zheng Liniang prepare dinner. Tonight they planned to eat the wild rabbit they had caught and pickled.

While they were busy, Jiang Erlang suddenly rushed over with an unprecedented stern look on his face.

"Something seems wrong in the forest where we came from."

Jiang Huaixu put down the firewood in his hand, and seeing that his expression did not seem fake, he stood up and looked in the direction of his finger. He saw startled birds flying out from the mountains and forests from time to time, heading towards the sky without looking back.

Listening carefully, she could hear the roar of beasts from time to time. Just as Jiang Huaixu was concentrating on listening, she heard intermittent exclamations from the crowd. She looked in the direction of the sound and saw that rats had rushed into the crowd and were running around like crazy under people's feet.

Such phenomena only occur when a natural disaster is about to occur.

[Earthquake!!! The host is an earthquake! ]

The moment Fu Tuan blurted out the reminder, Jiang Huaixu also thought of this possibility. Before she could react, the whole earth began to shake violently.

Boom boom

It was as if the earth was using all its strength to make the sound of thunder. Jiang Huaixu felt that all the noise had faded away, and only the buzzing sound remained in his ears. At the same time, he felt dizzy and unsteady on his feet. As far as he could see, everything in the world was swaying left and right.

"The earth is turning over! This is the wrath of heaven!"

"Run! God is showing his might!!"

"Ah, help—"

The screams of terror reached everyone's ears, but unfortunately, at this time everyone was busy with their own affairs and had no time to care about others.

Just as Jiang Huaixu was about to fall, a furry thing caught her.

[Host, you are so heavy!] Fu Tuan's gnashing voice came from behind.

It supported Jiang Huaixu's back with its two front paws and flapped its wings so hard that sparks were almost coming out.

Seeing Jiang Huaixu stabilize his body, Fu Tuan sat down on the ground and rolled twice.

After the initial confusion, Jiang Huaixu quickly observed his surroundings. To the south was a not very high hill with a gentle slope. The only danger was the river behind them.

"Everyone run to the hills! Run!"

Jiang Huaixu shouted loudly while glancing at his family members. Fortunately, no one was lagging behind. Some were dragging carts, some were dragging the elderly and children, and they all ran to higher places.

She quickly ran to the cart that was being pushed by Boss Jiang alone, grabbed the fixed hemp rope, and the father and daughter walked up the hill together.

Inadvertently seeing Yun Qi holding Xiao Feng's collar and walking with difficulty, she shouted, "Second brother, go help Yun Qi!"

As they spoke, the tremors gradually subsided.

They were also unlucky. They had originally thought that they would have convenient access to water by stationing by the river, but they happened to encounter an earthquake. There are mountains and rivers here. If secondary floods are triggered, it will be no joke. It is too tragic that so many people were cannon fodder at the beginning.

Pulling the cart up the hill, Jiang Huaixu helped Jiang Lao Da secure the cart and shouted, "Everyone who comes up, stay away from the tree. Sit together and help each other. There might be aftershocks soon!"

"You little yellow-haired girl, do you have the right to speak?!" A man shouted loudly while holding onto a tree standing on the slope of the hill.

"Village Chief Zheng, you don't care when a little girl orders us around. What right does she have?"

The bearded man was not from Shili Village, but from Zhengjia Village. Along the way, he watched coldly as the village chief of Shili Village always consulted Jiang Boliang's two children about big and small matters, and he had long been fed up with it.

What could a half-grown child understand? They followed the people of Shili Village and put their lives in their hands, but who knew they would play such a joke!

It's okay for the young man, after all he is an educated man, but it's really puzzling that he would let an eight or nine-year-old girl make the decision.

Jiang Huaixu glanced at the man, said nothing, and turned to look at Jiang Erlang and the other two.

Just as Jiang Erlang and the other two were about to climb up the hill, the ground began to shake violently again, this time even more violently than the last time. Yun Qi had no idea where he had dropped the wooden stick in his hand, and his body was staggering. When he was about to fall, Jiang Huaixu, who was walking forward with a low posture, grabbed him and threw him in front of Jiang Dalang who was following him.

At the same time, someone close to the slope screamed and rolled down the hillside.

Jiang Huaixu looked towards Jiang Erlang anxiously and found that he had climbed up with Xiaofeng and was being held by Jiang Lao Da. Only then did he slowly let go of his worry.

She just squatted there, estimating the time of the earthquake in her mind while backing away.

At this moment, another scream sounded in everyone's ears. When they looked in the direction of the sound, they found that the tree on the slope was directly knocked down. The man was leaning against the tree, and when the tree fell, he rolled down the slope.

The crowd could hardly save themselves, let alone save others. They could only watch as the man hit his head on a rock at the foot of the hill, blood flowing all over the ground.

The man's family cried and shouted for help, and when everyone saw that the earthquake had subsided, they also wanted to save him.

Jiang Huaixu shouted loudly: "Don't go down!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the tallest mountain on the other side of the river collapsed with a loud bang, and the mountain body flooded into the river. For a moment, mud and rocks flew everywhere, and yellow smoke filled the air. It was impossible to see the situation clearly with the naked eye.

When the yellow smoke cleared, everyone could see the scene over there clearly: the wooden bridge they had come from had disappeared, and the river was just a tributary of the Wutuo River, not very wide. The mountain had fallen into it and blocked the river. On one side was the mountain and on the other was a low-lying plain. The river had changed its course and flooded the way they had come.

Some people panicked and did not follow Jiang Huaixu's instructions to run up the hill. They were now struggling in the water. The only good news was that the water was not deep and they only had to drink a few sips of water at most.

The earthquake gradually subsided, and everyone looked at the scene in shock, not knowing where they were for a moment.

A cry brought everyone back from their shock. When they tried to rescue him, they found that the man who was knocked unconscious had already sunk to the bottom of the water and disappeared without a trace.

"Fortunately, Miss Xu reminded us in time, otherwise, I don't know how many people would have died!" Village Chief Zheng said in fear, stroking his chest.

The crying woman paused when she heard this and roared in anger, "Village Chief, how can you say that? Isn't my man's life his life?"

Village Chief Zheng got a headache when he heard Li's voice. Just as he was about to speak to comfort her, he saw the woman looking in one direction with a resentful expression and said, "It's all your fault! If it weren't for you, my man might still be saved!"