Chapter 76 Dam Collapse
(Including 3.5w nutrient solution extra)
It was a very old and dilapidated old car.
At first, when Youqi spotted the car from the rearview mirror, she just thought that the other party happened to take the same road as them.
Although this is still a no-man's land, it is already the edge of the no-man's land. If you drive southwest for two or three days, you can reach the Daner River and the Daner Dam. If you drive along the Daner River for dozens of kilometers, you can reach the Daner town. The
Daner town is a watershed. From there, if you continue to head west, it is still a large no-man's land, but if you change your route to the south and drive for another two to three days, you will officially leave the no-man's land.
That also means that they are one step closer to home.
Because it is close to the Dan River, other cars can be seen along the way occasionally, so Youqi didn't pay attention to it at first.
Youxi naturally noticed it. Not only did she notice it, she even saw the people in the car behind clearly from the rearview mirror.
The driver and the co-pilot were the two teenagers from Qiton town just now.
She didn't know how they could drive at such a young age, and how they had a car. Anyway, as long as the other party didn't do something stupid to come in front of her, she would just pretend that she didn't see it.
They spent most of the day in Qiton town to reinforce the car, and it was almost dark not long after leaving the town.
The terrain nearby is relatively flat. The RV left the road and stopped on a verdant gentle slope. After so many days on the boat, it was finally time for their long-awaited dinner.
Tang Yatong, who had rested on the double bed for half a day, came to rest. When she just got off the boat, she even walked unsteadily, feeling that every step was still shaking.
When they left the range of the pier, Youxi took out the RV, and she immediately couldn't wait to get in the car to take a shower, change into clean and soft clothes, and fall asleep.
Youxi and Youqi also took a shower one after another. The warm water flowed through their bodies, and even Youqi couldn't help but sigh. The fatigue of the three days on the fishing boat seemed to be washed away.
It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality. They have already gotten used to the days of owning an RV. On the fishing boat, they can't eat properly, let alone take a shower or wash their hair. Although it is not unbearable, they have to admit that they have been spoiled by Youxi's space. There is
no shortage of drinking water and fuel. The air conditioning in the car is warm every day. Whether hungry or not, you can always find the snacks you want to eat in the refrigerator. If you want to eat hot food, you can take it directly from the space. When the journey is smooth, you can make it in the car.
Youxi also put a fully automatic coffee machine in the kitchen area. I don't know where she found it. This coffee machine is very advanced and convenient. Just pour in the beans, press the switch, and brew fresh coffee in one minute.
In contrast, the fishing boat seemed even colder and damper, and extremely desolate.
Tang Yatong was resurrected with full blood. After getting up, she made the bed, washed up, stroked Youxi's yellow hair, and hooked Youqi's neck: "Wait, I'll make a big dinner for you tonight."
Youqi smiled and handed her a cup of freshly brewed coffee.
After Tang Yatong finished her coffee, she wanted to get out of the car to open the awning and continue the outdoor dinner, but was stopped by Youxi.
Across the road, on the grass on the other side, the old shabby car also stopped. The two teenagers had already got out of the car and sat on the front of the car, eating hot dogs while looking at them.
"What's wrong? Are you being followed?" Tang Yatong wanted to roll up her sleeves and get out of the car to deal with the other party, but when she saw the other party's age, she gave up. "They drove themselves?"
"Yes, they followed us all the way from the previous town to now." You Xi nodded.
"What do they want to do?" Tang Yatong doesn't like this kind of guys who look like they want to cause trouble but haven't caused trouble yet.
She likes them to be more straightforward. If they really have a purpose, they will just do it directly. This way, they follow them and stand under their noses without taking any action, making people want to fight but not knowing where to throw their fists.
Although You Xi herself didn't care, she decided to deal with it when she saw that You Qi and Tang Yatong were affected.
She took out some oxtail bones, vermicelli, radish and a big pot from the space, saying that she wanted to drink oxtail bone soup in the evening. In the car, Tang Yatong, the chef, could also show her 100% strength.
Tang Yatong snorted and laughed twice, seeing her plan, but did not stop her.
Along the way, she had already recognized a fact that among the three of them, Youxi was now the mainstay.
Youqi saw Youxi take out a handful of wine from the space, and then took out the drink bottle from the trash can in the car and put it into a plastic bag. She only reminded him to be careful and did not stop him.
The two began to wash the oxtail bones and prepare the dishes in the car, while Youxi got out of the RV, found a tree nearby, and placed the cans, empty glass bottles, etc. in the bag on it one by one.
She turned and walked in the opposite direction, her eyes passing by two teenagers nearby. They had stopped chewing hot dogs and jumped off the car as if they wanted to come over, but they were confused by her behavior.
Youxi walked a long distance, then turned around, opened the safety of the gun in her hand, held her breath, and pulled the trigger.
"Bang, bang, bang, bang--" Five shots in total, all five bottles and cans were hit, without a single miss.
She held the gun in her hand and turned her head to look at the two teenagers. This look was somewhat of a warning.
The other party's hand trembled, and the half-eaten hot dog fell.
The two teenagers looked at each other, got back to the car as fast as they could, then reversed, turned around, and disappeared around the corner of the road.
Youxi: ...
She thought she had warned too much, but when they were about to leave the next day, she found that it was not the case.
The old man's car still followed them from a distance, but this time it kept a longer distance, and even did not come in front of them during the breaks, as if trying to reduce its presence.
Youxi could not help but feel a little puzzled, and what puzzled her even more was that she never felt any malicious or radical emotions from the two people, but mostly excitement, expectation and even admiration.
Youxi: ...? ?
Two days later, when Danerhe entered their sight, Youxi finally couldn't help it. At lunch time, she got out of the car and ran to the other car, slapped the front of the two people's car, and asked them what they were going to do?
The old man's car was not very slapped, and it was directly dented by her slap.
The two young men got off the car tremblingly, and looked at her with bright eyes: "You speak Mandarin really well!"
"Tell me why you have been following us."
The two looked at each other and finally said it.
The life in the town remains unchanged. People in the outside world are adventuring in the apocalypse, but they live the same boring days every day. They have grown up and want to change and go out for adventure.
The three people from Youxi who appeared in front of them at this time looked mysterious and powerful - after all, they dared to ride a bicycle through the no-man's land. They didn't have enough courage before, so they didn't dare to drive out of the town alone. This time
, they followed behind them, and they also had a sense of dependence. How could they know that Youxi was so fierce? She showed off her 100% accurate robbery skills, making them mistakenly think that she had this habit. They were afraid that she would practice on them one day, so they followed a little further.
"Adventure?" Youxi didn't know what to say about the two people's words and mentality. This was because they had lived too peacefully. If you have seen a disaster and life and death, you will never call the end of the world an adventure. "Go back, don't follow us, we are not taking an adventure, we just want to go home."
But the other party hesitated and was still unwilling. Finally, Youxi patted the front of the other party's car again, and they told the truth.
They followed all the way here, and the oil and food in the car were almost used up. They now had to go to the town of Daner ahead to replenish supplies, otherwise they could not go back at all.
"If I see your car following us after we leave the town of Daner, do you know what the result will be?"
Youxi looked at the two people with stunned expressions, opened the hood of their car, and punched the dented metal sheet a few more times, forcing the dented area to bulge out again.
Victor and Anton: ...
The two idiots nodded hurriedly.
However, at this time, neither Youxi nor the two E country teenagers had expected that the adventure they had been looking forward to would come so soon and be so exciting.
After lunch, the RV continued along the road beside the Daner River. After driving for about twenty minutes, Youxi was the first to feel the shaking of the earth.
This feeling is very familiar, and it happens frequently recently.
It's an earthquake!
Tang Yatong braked suddenly and parked the car on the open space beside. The three of them were very experienced. They got out of the car one by one and took shelter temporarily, preparing to get back in the car after this wave of earthquakes was over.
Of course, if the earthquake was too severe and affected the car, Youxi would put the RV into the space.
This earthquake was stronger than the previous ones. The three of them half-lay on the ground and felt that the whole earth was shaking, but fortunately the ground did not crack.
Youxi felt that the place where they were did not seem to be the epicenter, because at the far front of the road, there seemed to be the sound of some large buildings collapsing and collapsing.
Along with this sound, there was another strange movement.
After a while, the shaking stopped. The three people patted the mud on their clothes, slowly stood up, asked each other if they were injured, and checked the road around the RV at the same time.
The two brothers who had been following them far behind also stood up in shock, but they looked frightened and excited.
Youxi shook her head and was about to get on the car, but Youqi pulled her hard.
"Xiaoxi!" She pointed to the river in front of the road, her fingertips trembling: "Is that... is that water?"
Youxi heard the sound at the same moment. She turned around and saw a light gray water line coming towards her at a very fast speed at the end of the river within her sight.
Youxi seemed to have returned to the first apocalyptic world in an instant. At that time, she was standing on the balcony of the hotel and saw the same water line pressing in from the other side of the city.
But at that time, she was looking down, but now, she is looking straight ahead.
She finally knew what the large building that had just collapsed was - it was a dam!
Dams are generally designed with a safety factor. In the past, such an earthquake might not directly cause the dam to fail. But now is the meteorite apocalypse. God knows how many earthquakes the dam has experienced in the geology of the earthquake just now, and whether it has been hit by meteorites.
Obviously, the Daner Dam in the upper reaches of the Daner River - collapsed in the earthquake just now! That's the epicenter!
This road is located in the middle of two cols and belongs to the valley. There is a car lane on one side and a river on the other.
The Daner Dam is located in a higher position upstream. If the dam collapses and the flood flows down the river, everything on this road will be swept away!
"Get in the car!" No one reminded the three people, and they pulled each other to jump into the RV. Tang Yatong was still the one driving. She quickly reversed and adjusted the direction, and stepped on the accelerator towards the road they came from.
The RV was driving fast, and when it passed the old man's car, Youxi reminded loudly. Although the two teenagers were a little silly, they still recognized the flood. They immediately got into the car, one on the left and one on the right, and turned around to catch up with the RV in front.
The two cars were driving fast on the road, one in front and one behind.
At the other end of the road, the roaring flood swept over.
**
The speed of the car was far less than the speed of the flood.
The sound of water flow, which was faint a moment ago, was instantly amplified in the ears and became extremely noisy. Youxi kept an eye on the flood in the rearview mirror, while forcing himself to calm down and check the map with Youqi.
On such a straight road, the car speed cannot outrun the water flow, so they need to find a way to avoid the water flow.
"Here!" Ever since she got lost while following a map last time, she has studied the map the most recently.
From the other towns before to leaving the uninhabited area, she has carefully studied all the roads and outlined several different emergency forks.
"Drive a few hundred meters forward, there is a small path to the right, which should be an uphill road. If the height is high enough, we can avoid the flood! Note that the path is a V-shaped turn, pay attention to the speed of the car, and don't overturn the car!"
"Got it!" Tang Yatong glanced at the rearview mirror. The gray water line had turned into visible waves. The speed of the flood was faster than she imagined.
Youxi took two steps to the front driving area. She used her left hand to stabilize her body, opened the right door a little, stepped on the passenger seat, and looked out from above the door.
The strong wind blew in her face because of the high speed of the car, and it hurt a little when it hit her face. You can imagine how fast Tang Yatong was driving.
After a quick check, Youxi made the best estimate, returned to the car and closed the door: "Slow down after about three hundred meters, there is a forest ahead, and the diagonal path may be in the forest. Be careful to avoid the tree trunks." "
Understood!" Tang Yatong was highly focused, staring at the road ahead while paying attention to the waves in the rearview mirror.
The water line seemed to be chasing them from behind as if it had life, getting closer and closer. It was a little lower than when they first saw it, but at this speed, even if it was lower, it would still sweep away their RV in an instant.
The old man's car behind was following very closely, and it may have swerved along the way in panic and almost hit the mountain wall several times.
Tang Yatong raised her hand and turned on the right turn signal as a reminder to the back.
The distance of 300 meters was reached in a blink of an eye. Tang Yatong turned on the double flashing lights and released the accelerator and stepped on the brakes at the same time.
After several brake taps, the RV was jerked, but the effect was very good, and the speed dropped rapidly.
"Pay attention, it's just ahead, less than 50 meters!" Youxi reminded.
Tang Yatong had already seen the forest she mentioned. The mountain wall on the right side was getting shorter, and the fork in the road should be in the gap where the mountain wall got shorter.
She saw the fork in the road!
Tang Yatong stepped on the brakes again, and when the car slowed down completely, she released the brakes and turned the steering wheel sharply. The RV spun and the front of the car turned in the direction of the fork.
Tang Yatong quickly turned the steering wheel and stepped on the accelerator. The car accelerated instantly and drove towards the narrow uphill road.
Because the RV was slightly larger and the speed was too fast, the right side rearview mirror hit a tree trunk directly.
Tang Yatong ignored it and continued to go up the slope until she reached a high ground with a drop of nearly four or five meters from the road below the mountain wall, and then she stopped the car.
The flood roared across the road below the mountain wall, and the water swept up all kinds of trees and construction waste. Tang Yatong's hands were still tightly holding the steering wheel, and her whole body was shaking.
"It's okay, we're safe, Sister Yatong." You Xi gently held her hand.
In the rear compartment, You Qi opened the door to check the situation outside and shouted, "Come and see!"
The two walked from the driving area to the rear compartment area and followed You Qi out of the car.
Because Tang Yatong turned a corner when parking, the front of the RV faced the road under the mountain wall, and the door faced the fork slope they came up.
At this moment, the water flow has submerged the forest below the slope, and the car of the two E country teenagers half turned over there, and half of it has been swallowed by the flood.
Most of the water rushed forward, but some of it flowed back because of this fork, sweeping the forest at the fork below the slope.
Two teenagers were holding onto the same tree trunk, half of their bodies submerged in a vortex of flood water caused by backflow. They desperately tried to get rid of the water below, but they slid down because of the loose soil after kicking their feet several times.
There was no excitement on their faces at this moment, only panic and despair of facing life and death.
The water level below them was getting higher and higher, and in a blink of an eye it reached their shoulders. The vortex of the water was getting stronger and stronger, but the strength of their arms was getting weaker and weaker, and they even swallowed two mouthfuls of water.
But they knew they couldn't let go, as if they let go they would be swept away by the flood, but they really couldn't hold on any longer...
At the critical moment, a black rubber boat slid down from the top of the slope and landed beside them. A climbing rope was tied to the rubber boat, and the other end of the rope was held in the hands of two foreign women. They were working together to quickly fix the other end of the climbing rope to two thick tree trunks on the uphill slope.
"Hurry!" The girl who had warned them before spoke, and for some reason, she spoke in M Mandarin, but because it was only one word, they immediately understood it.
Victor, who was close to the rubber boat, reached out first, grabbed the rope that tied the rubber boat, and flipped into the tilted boat. Then he pulled Anton and helped him flip into the rubber boat.
The rubber boat floats on the water, and with an edge of about 20 centimeters, it is equivalent to a safe hook to hook them out of the flood.
Afterwards, Youxi, wearing hiking gloves, pulled the boat out of the water, up the slope, and to a safe place.
The two teenagers lay in the rubber boat, their clothes soaked, their faces pale, and their bodies trembling.
While Youqi and Tang Yatong were untying the climbing rope at the tree trunk, Youxi walked a few steps to them, squatted down, and whispered: "Is this adventure fun and exciting? Do you want to do it more times?"
The two: ...
Woo... A beautiful but very scary little sister.
**
While waiting for the water to completely recede, Youxi and the other two lit a small fire in the open space next to the RV to provide warmth for the two teenagers and dry their clothes.
They were wearing each other's women's clothes, which were the right size for them, but the shame on their cheeks could never be completely removed. Because in addition to the clothes, the other party also gave them two bowls of soup and a few slices of bread.
This was the first hot meal they had eaten in the past two days. It was delicious, but at the same time it made them extremely ashamed. If it weren't for them this time, even if they escaped the earthquake and flood, the two people who lost their car and were soaked would have no idea what to do next.
The reality and the imagined adventure life seemed to be completely different.
Now that their car was broken, what should they do next? Should they continue to shamelessly beg the three men to take them with them? That's too embarrassing...
When the two of them were staring blankly at the bowl of soup, Youxi got off the car again and half-knelt in front of them: "Where are your parents and family members?"
"They left a long time ago..."
"In your mind now, is this kind of disaster still the adventure you thought it was?"
"No... the disaster is too terrible." The two recalled the scene just now, and they were both terrified.
"It's good to have an adventurous spirit, but... the end of the world has never been an adventure."
Victor was embarrassed to look at him. He buried his whole face in the bowl and quickly drank the rest of the soup. "Sorry, there is no place to wash the dishes. This-" "
Just give it to me." Youxi reached out to take the bowl.
Anton, who was standing next to him, saw this and quickly drank the soup. He blushed and handed the bowl to the other party: "Thank you..." His voice was as soft as a mosquito.
"We'll leave after the water below recedes. We're very close to the town of Daner. If the road conditions are good, we can get there in more than an hour. But we're not going to Daner. We'll drop you off at the entrance to the town."
"Are you willing to take us with you?" Although they lost their car and almost lost their lives, they still had the money in their pockets. As long as they got to the town, they wouldn't have to worry about what happened next. They could find someone to give them a ride back to the town of Qiton.
"It's just a side trip."
However, after the floodwaters on the highway below the high ground slowly receded, Youxi and her friends realized that the road was in a mess, with building wreckage, broken rocks and branches, vehicle debris... and corpses.
The road was completely undriveable, so Yuqi unfolded the map and studied the route again, finding another fork in the road on the high ground. It took a slightly longer route, but in the end she still reached the intersection leading to the town of Daner.
As the car slowly approached the town of Daner, other people and cars gradually appeared around. The atmosphere here was very different. An earthquake and a dam collapse had caused chaos in the town. Many people were separated from their families and friends and were looking for them everywhere.
The road into the town was not long. From the intersection, the buildings of Daner could be seen. The two teenagers got off the RV and blushed again as they thanked and said goodbye to the three people in the car.
They stood there for a long time, watching the RV drive away until the news reached the end of the road.
The three people from Youxi in the RV did not know that when the two brothers Victor and Anton entered the town of Daner that day, they did not follow their original plan to find a ride and return to their town.
The town of Daner had just been hit by an earthquake, and the dam collapsed, causing a major power outage in the town, making it impossible to carry out many rescue operations. Fortunately, due to the terrain, the flood did not affect this place, but the desolation and desolation after the earthquake also shocked the two teenagers.
Emergency power was supplied to the hospital, and almost all the uninjured people in the town were involved in the rescue work.
As soon as they entered the town, they were stopped by a doctor who was doing rescue work on the spot. The doctor was alone and could not stop the bleeding of the patient. Seeing the two teenagers appear with their hands and feet all over, he immediately called the people over to help.
Victor and Anton were infected by the tense atmosphere before they could react, and followed the nervous rescuers to start the rescue work.
This group lasted for three days and three nights. When the two extremely tired teenagers followed the rescuers and found survivors under the ruins again, they were hugged tightly by the survivors' families. They cried and thanked each other, and every word fell into their hearts.
That night, they lay against the wall of the hospital lobby, looking at the tired but still busy faces around them.
"Brother, we don't want to go back to the town."
"Where do you want to go?" "
I want to join the rescue team. I heard that their next stop is the other two towns that were hit by meteorites."
"Okay, let's go together."
The end of the world is not an adventure, but a disaster for all mankind.
In the face of disaster, human beings are extremely small and fragile.
But despite this, there are still people who are working tirelessly to fight. They wanted to be one of these people, no matter how small, they could become a spark that brings hope to others.
Just like the sparks that others had given them.
**
Seven days later, after waiting for several hours, the dusty RV finally passed the border and officially drove into the land of Jingguo.
At the same moment, the long-lost neutral voice rang in Youxi's mind.
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