Chapter 74 Volcano
Youxi understood after hearing this.
Both roads leading out of the fishing village pass through the foot of the mountain. If they cannot leave before the volcano erupts, they will be completely blocked here, given the distance between the mountain and where they are. Even if they are not hit by the erupting volcanic rocks, they will be swallowed by the magma...
and there is volcanic ash. Volcanic ash is not smoke, but small particles that are insoluble in water. Inhaling it into the lungs will cause damage to the respiratory tract.
Lava, ejecta, volcanic ash, gas spheres, each of them is extremely dangerous, they must leave here immediately!
"Hurry up, don't hesitate! Don't be complacent! Put on warm clothes, pack some water in your backpack, bring a gas mask, goggles, and a mask if you have one, and a wet towel!" You Xi reminded them a few times, and immediately turned around and ran out of the house.
Tang Yatong had already driven the SUV to the outside of the gate, and You Qi was in the back seat.
They didn't take off their clothes to begin with, and after being woken up by her, they immediately forced themselves to wake up, put on their shoes, put on the two backpacks that Tang Yatong took out from the space, zipped up their coats, and climbed out of the window, got in the car, started it, and drove to the door.
As soon as they stopped, they saw two young men running out of the house, running straight to a pickup truck that belonged to their family, opening the door, turning on the headlights on the roof, and pressing the horn hard.
Two long and one short, then a pause, and then two long and one short, and repeat. This is the alarm signal that their village discussed, to warn everyone of the coming meteorite.
There are people on guard every night in the village. Once they find something wrong, they will immediately honk the horn and turn on the car lights.
The two young men from the girl's family did this, and all the more than ten households in the small village woke up. Everyone hurriedly put on their clothes and planned to run down the slope beside the cliff.
Under the other cliff opposite the slope, there is not the sea under the cliff, but a gravel beach. There is a small cave there, which is just right for them to hide.
But when a few villagers ran out, they found something abnormal.
They remembered that it was another family that was on guard tonight, so why was it the brothers from the Dena family that sounded the alarm? What was going on?
At this time, another person who was sitting on the rooftop to keep watch came down from the ladder: "What's wrong? There is no meteorite! Everything is normal, why did you suddenly sound the alarm?"
The two young men explained in a few words, thinking that everyone would take action immediately, just like their family, but the other villagers looked at each other for a moment, all showing an expression of incomprehension.
"Where did the boom come from?"
"Yes, I don't smell sulfur, only the smell of sea water!"
"Smoke? Are you dreaming? Where is the smoke? It's fine during the day?"
Someone looked in the direction of the mountain behind, but in the dark midnight, there was not enough light around, and the distance was far, so nothing could be seen clearly.
A sturdy middle-aged man stood up. He looked like the chief of this small village: "Were you scared by the previous meteorite attack? Why are you talking about a volcanic eruption? Life is already so difficult now, don't add to this trouble. Repair the fishing boat as soon as you have the energy. This is the only boat in the village that can go out to sea. The other two fishing boats in the village were destroyed, and you said that everyone could use this fishing boat, so everyone helped you transport the fishing boat up the ramp. Life is hard now, and if we don’t go out to sea, we will soon have no food to eat..."
As soon as the village chief said this, he was immediately agreed by everyone.
Youqi and Tang Yatong didn't understand what was going on. They were actually confused. After getting on the bus, they found that there was no meteorite or earthquake. They didn't understand why Youxi was so nervous.
But they believed her, and because of their tacit understanding, they did what she said even if they didn't know the reason.
Youxi briefly told them about the matter while listening to the conversation there.
She sighed in her heart that since ancient times, many people died in disasters not because they didn't have enough time to escape, but because when there was still enough time, no one believed it and thought it was fake news. They only believed what they wanted to believe and were self-righteous, and finally lost their lives.
Although Youxi didn't want the villagers of this fishing village to lose their lives for no reason, she was not the Virgin Mary. When others didn't believe or listen, she rushed to be God and gave earnest advice.
After all, she didn't know them at all. She had done her best to warn them. Her real responsibility was to take good care of Youqi and Tang Yatong and bring them back to the country safely.
The only thing that made her a little concerned was the Dena family, mainly because of the girl - Olicia.
But fortunately, because of their previous friendship, and probably because she was too nervous and serious when she rushed into their room just now, in short, when the two young men from the Dena family were still persuading them, the Dena couple had already walked out of the house with Olicia, carrying their packed backpacks.
Behind them, there were other people from their family, most of them were young and strong - this was a family with many children.
Most of them hadn't figured out what was going on, but because of the anxious and terrified looks of the Dena couple, they followed them and packed their backpacks.
While the Dena family and the villagers were still arguing, Youxi, who had just got into the SUV and was about to let Tang Yatong drive, heard a strange sound again.
"Wait -" She held Tang Yatong's hand, asked her to turn off the car, and then opened the window and listened carefully.
This time, it was not a roar like before, but a sound similar to boiling water - or a heavier flowing material was breaking through some barriers, making a sound that was about to break...
"It won't be so fast..." Before coming to this world this time, she had studied the information about volcanic eruptions on the Internet. Generally, volcanic eruptions have a fermentation period, but the current situation is obviously not the case.
Youxi has never experienced a volcanic eruption, and she knows that it is impossible for all volcanoes to be the same, especially this extinct volcano was hit by a meteorite many days ago, so it is hard to say what the specific situation is. She
didn't dare to be careless, so she asked Tang Yatong to wait for a while, and quickly got out of the car and ran to the Dena couple.
They had already stuffed Olicia into the car, and a group of people threw their backpacks into the back of the car, and then were preparing to get on the car one by one, giving the front seats to the women and all the men getting on the back.
"Don't be in a hurry!" She gestured and asked Olicia's father, "The road you said you could take us tomorrow, how long will it take from here to around the foot of the mountain?"
The other party knew that at such a critical moment, every word she asked must have a reason. Hearing this, he immediately put aside his nervousness and focused his attention on thinking: "There are several difficult forks from here. It takes a lot of effort to find them during the day, and it takes even longer at night. You have to add the time to go around the foot of the mountain after leaving... three hours! At least three hours to go around the foot of the mountain, plus leaving the explosion area, at least five hours!"
Youxi felt cold in her heart. She held onto the Dena couple, her expression solemn: "Listen to me carefully. My hearing and vision are better than those of ordinary people. I think we don't have five hours left, only one or two hours at most. We
can't take the two mountain roads that lead out of here. It's too risky. If it erupts halfway, it's like sending ourselves to the crater! Now the only way is to leave by water—"
Youxi's words frightened the other party. When they heard the word "waterway", they seemed to see a ray of hope: "Yes, we can go by water! We have a boat! But—the boat hasn't been repaired yet!"
"It's just that the deck isn't repaired yet. Should we be able to get into the water?"
"It can be launched - but it's not just the deck, there are still a few parts that haven't been installed. If they're not installed properly, we can't drive it after launching it!" This place is so close to the volcano, even if it is launched, it will still be within the attack range of the eruption.
Thinking of this, the other party slapped his head in frustration, hating himself for not working harder to repair the boat before.
"Don't worry, it's just spare parts, it should be assembled quickly. Olicia showed me your warehouse, and the fishing boat can fit all of us if we squeeze it in. I don't know how you transported it from the bay before, but now I need you to work together to fix it in two hours and then transport it back to the sea. Can you do it?"
Perhaps it was Youxi's clear and organized manner that calmed the other party. He nodded, immediately pulled over a few family members and gave instructions.
The people of the Dena family rushed to repair the fishing boat, and no one was willing to waste words with other villagers and the village chief. Seeing this, the other party complained a few words and then went back to sleep.
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At Youxi's signal, Tang Yatong parked the SUV next to the tall warehouse. This warehouse was next to their house and had only two walls. The other two sides were supported by pillars, so it was clear that the young man from the Dena family turned on the warehouse's headlights and quickly flipped into the cabin to start emergency repairs.
Youxi leaned against the car body, frowning and locked.
They didn't have a boat. If they had a boat, they wouldn't have to wait here passively.
But the Star House Warehouse's vehicle space can only accommodate two at most. The RV and the SUV have their own uses when traveling through the no-man's land. Even if they had gotten the boat before, it would be difficult to choose.
She is still too poor!
If there are enough star coins to continue upgrading the Star House, she believes that the Star House Warehouse will also have different changes.
Tang Yatong lit a cigarette with her trembling hands, leaned against the pillar and smoked it. Youqi glanced at her frowning sister and gently hugged her shoulders.
As time passed, Youxi's brows became tighter and tighter, because only she could clearly hear and see the changes in the volcano.
An hour later, even if other people did not have such super five senses as her, they also discovered the changes in the volcano.
The originally subtle roar became louder and louder until everyone could hear it, and the smell of sulfur in the air also spread, clearly reaching everyone's nose.
"Mom, I smell the smell of the volcano that my sister mentioned..." Olicia leaned in her mother's arms, her little face pale.
The woman holding her arms tightened, and could not help but turn back and urge: "Hurry up! How long will it take?"
"Wait another ten minutes!" The man replied, and ordered his brother beside him to notify the village chief and ask other villagers to come and prepare the round rollers to ferry the fishing boat down the slope, ready to transport the boat to the bay.
Use a car to tow the fishing boat, and then put the round rollers under the fishing boat. With everyone's help, the fishing boat can be safely transported to the seaside.
Of course, when going uphill, the fishing boat has to be towed by the car, and when going downhill, the car has to tow the fishing boat from behind to prevent the boat from sliding directly down the ramp and crashing.
The young man ran out of the warehouse to call for help. The villagers had already woken up from the warning of the night watchman, and everyone noticed the changes in the volcano. They all walked to the open space with horror on their faces, looking at the dark mountain behind them.
It was about three o'clock in the morning, and it was very dark. They still couldn't see the situation on the top of the mountain clearly, but they could hear a sound, like a dull roar from the inside of the mountain, which was extremely scary.
This time, no one blamed the Dena family for being scared. They ran home in a panic and began to pack up their things, money, valuables, clothes, food... But there were so many things in the house, and these were their only property. They wanted to take everything away. For a while, they were panicked and confused, and didn't know how to take them.
Not many people followed the young man back to prepare the log-rolling boat. Youxi looked at the volcano, and then walked to the cliff beside to take a look. From here to the sea, the drop was about seven or eight meters.
She immediately ran back to ask Olicia's mother: "How deep is the sea water under the cliff?"
"... At least three or four meters, what's wrong?"
"No problem." Three or four meters, should be enough.
She quickly returned to the SUV and asked Tang Yatong to put everything that could be put away in the car into the space.
"What's wrong?"
"We may have to abandon the car."
Someone shouted in the warehouse nearby, and the fishing boat was finally repaired.
"Hurry up and transport it to the seashore!" Another person shouted, but too few villagers came, and most of them were still packing things in their homes.
In the early morning night, there were noisy voices everywhere, as well as children crying and adults cursing.
In an instant, with a loud bang, all the noise in the small village stopped. At this moment, everyone ran out of the house and turned to look in the same direction.
In the dark night, a blood-red light appeared from the top of the mountain. It was the color of fire and karst that burst out after the mountain cracked, and it was the color of death...
After a deathly silence, the crowd shouted: "Run! The volcano has erupted--"
Amid the continuous loud noises, bright red fluid substances gradually appeared and spread from behind the mountain...
At this time, no one thought about packing up, and almost everyone ran towards the warehouse. Some people were frantically preparing to roll the log, some were fixing ropes on the boat, and some were driving the car to tow the fishing boat from behind.
"Bang--" With the explosion of the first wave of ejecta, the forest not far from the fishing village was hit first, and was hit by several red volcanic rocks. Some of them exploded with black smoke, and some ignited the trees.
"No--it's too late, hurry up! Go to the cave on the opposite cliff!" The first person shouted and let go, and immediately others let go.
The fishing boat that had left the fixed frame fell to the side because of the villagers' letting go. The person standing next to it couldn't dodge in time and had one leg pressed down. He wailed and couldn't move.
"Dad--" Olicia cried and shouted.
The villagers did not look back, dragging their loved ones down the slope, rushing to the only way out in their eyes - the cave.
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