Chapter 6 Life and Death Crisis
"The flood is coming, run and get in the car!"
Jiang Weimin slowed down and drove carefully. The others in the car also stared at the water nervously, paying attention to the situation of Jiang Dong who was following closely behind.
The concrete bridge was about 80 meters long. Even though the car was driving very slowly, they soon passed two-thirds of it. Seeing the shore right in front of them, the whole family breathed a sigh of relief, and even Jiang Weimin felt that victory was in sight.
But unexpectedly, in the last thirty meters, the bus, which was running smoothly, suddenly stopped and stalled.
Jiang Dong, who was following behind, didn't expect the bus in front to stop suddenly, so he could only brake urgently.
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Jiang Qian came back to her senses from her memories and turned her gaze away from the window. She steadied her forward leaning body and quickly ran to the driver's seat to check, "Dad, what's wrong?"
Jiang Weimin tried to start the car again, but found that it wouldn't start.
"I don't know, this car suddenly won't start?"
The car stopped halfway, on the most dangerous bridge. Seeing the water flow getting faster and faster, at this critical moment of life and death, everyone became anxious.
Huang Liping was panicking. "What's going on? It was working fine before. Why can't it open?"
Ren Ru held the child in her arms and asked, "Is the car flooded like yesterday?"
Jiang Weimin kept lighting fires with his hands, "It shouldn't be. There's not much water on the bridge, it can't flood the bus."
Huang Liping frowned, angry and anxious, "What's going on? You promised everything before, why do you fail at the critical moment?"
Jiang Weimin was also anxious, but he still said, "Don't worry, I'll go down and see what's wrong."
Jiang Weimin said this, and without waiting for others to respond, he opened the car door and got out.
Jiang Dong, who got out of the car to check after seeing that something was wrong, was waiting at the door. After watching his father get out of the car, he picked up an umbrella from the door and hurriedly followed.
Fortunately, the bridge was wide enough, so even if their car stopped halfway, it would not affect other people passing through. Cars behind passed by one by one, and when they got closer and saw that it was Jiang Weimin and Jiang Dong, they stopped their cars and asked with concern.
"Uncle Weimin, what's going on? Is the car broken down?"
Jiang Weimin wiped the water off his face and said, "I don't know what happened, but it suddenly stopped working halfway."
"Is that possible? How about I go with you and take a look?"
"No, you guys go ahead. It's probably just an old problem."
At the critical moment of evacuation, Jiang Weimin didn't want his own affairs to waste other people's time.
After seeing off the villagers, Jiang Weimin and Jiang Dong inspected the bus. Jiang Qian was temporarily placed in the driver's seat, ready to operate according to her father's instructions at any time.
The parking time became longer and longer, and more and more cars passed by. Gradually, there were no more cars passing behind.
In the vast expanse of space, it seemed as if only the bridge and the bus on it remained. The people on the bus grew increasingly anxious.
Huang Liping was getting anxious waiting in the car. She put on her raincoat and got out. "You guys stay in the car first. I'll go down and take a look."
Jiang Qian watched her mother get out of the car and was about to look away when she was attracted by a scene she caught out of the corner of her eye.
In the distant sky, a huge yellow wave was rushing towards them, like a galloping beast, ready to swallow them in one bite.
Before I could think about it, Jiang Qian's voice spread out, "The flood is coming, run, get in the car!"
A sharp scream spread out, and everyone who heard it subconsciously looked upstream of the river and was stunned for a moment.
Jiang Qian, who was shouting for everyone to get on the bus, suddenly calmed down and regretted shouting.
If the car was still in good condition, letting everyone get in would naturally be the best option, but now the car cannot be driven, and getting in is more dangerous than not getting in.
Just when she was about to shout again for everyone to get off the bus, a voice suddenly came to her ears.
[Train operation system linked... Vehicle inspection automatically initiated... Newbie gift packs distributed... Vehicle inspection complete... Attempting to start the vehicle...]
The emotionless mechanical sound was in her ears, but Jiang Qian had no mind to listen. Just when she wanted to take Ren Ru and her nephew off the bus, the dashboard of the bus in front of her suddenly lit up, followed by a very obvious sound of engine vibration.
The car... is ready?
Jiang Qian didn't expect such a surprise to appear in such an emergency, but seeing that the waves were about to reach this side, she didn't have time to think about it and shouted out of the car again, "Dad, Mom, Dongzi, get in the car!"
A loud shout made Jiang's father, Jiang's mother, and Jiang Dong react. In the face of the crisis, they had no time to think carefully and could only subconsciously follow Jiang Qian's instructions and hurriedly ran to the car.
By the time Jiang Dong, the last of the group, stepped onto the bus, Jiang Qian didn't even have time to close the door, much less give up the driver's seat. She stepped on the accelerator, and the bus, which had been parked on the bridge for a long time, suddenly accelerated and rushed out.
The waves were less than 30 meters away from the bridge. The Jiang family members looked at the huge waves that were several meters high and their faces turned pale in an instant. They just hoped that the car could drive faster.
Twenty meters...
Ten meters...
Five meters...
Three meters...
It seemed like just a blink of an eye, huge waves hit the bridge, and the small tricycle that was originally parked on the bridge was submerged in water in an instant. The huge thrust overturned it, and it disappeared in the turbid river water in an instant.
The rear of the bus was also affected by the powerful force, causing the rear wheels and the sides of the bus to vibrate violently for a moment. Fortunately, the front half of the bus had already reached shore, and the bus was still moving forward, so the entire bus was not overturned by the waves.
Hearing the rumbling sound of water behind her, Jiang Qian didn't dare to stop the car. She drove forward another two hundred meters and heard the sound of water gradually subsided, then she slowly stopped the car.
The Jiang family looked out through the rear window of the car.
The bridge they had just passed was completely invisible, and all they could see was the rushing yellow-brown river water.
The river water even submerged the ground signs on both sides of the bridge and flowed forward rapidly.
The whole family felt a little scared. If they had been a second later, it would be hard to say whether they would have been washed to the bottom of the river like the tricycle.
"I don't know what's happening with our family."
Jiang Weimin sighed.
When we evacuated from home, the water in the creek was almost level with the road in front of the door. After experiencing the wave just now, I guess our house has been flooded!
Others might also feel sad when they think about this, but there is nothing they can do in the face of the heavy rain that the news said was rare in sixty years.
"I hope everyone in the village has evacuated!"
Jiang Weimin thought of the fellow villagers he had lived with for decades and sincerely hoped that everyone was well.
Jiang Dong said, "Don't worry, Dad. When the water came, we were the only ones on the bridge. When the others saw that the situation was not right, they must have retreated to other places."
"What else can I say?" Huang Liping thought about what had just happened and felt terrified. She vented her emotions on her husband. "You said this car was usable, but it ended up stalling on the bridge. It almost killed our whole family."
Speaking of this, Jiang Weimin also felt guilty. "I didn't expect this... But it was fixed in the end. As long as everyone is fine, I'm glad. When we get to the resettlement site later, I'll check it again and try to make sure it doesn't break down."
After saying that, he was afraid that his wife would nag him again, so he went to the front and took over the driver's job. Jiang Qian also took the opportunity to step down from the driver's seat.
She was still a little confused. Looking at the dark blue transparent panel that suddenly appeared in her mind, she felt like she was dreaming.
Suddenly, the car bumped and Jiang Qian's head accidentally hit the car window. She felt a pain, but the things in her mind did not disappear. Only then did Jiang Qian feel a little reality.
Thinking of the voice she just heard at the critical moment, Jiang Qian still couldn't believe it.
No way? No way? Could it be that I am the chosen one? I obtained the system at the dawn of the apocalypse?
Jiang Qian recalled what she had heard before, just as it was written in a novel she had read before, and began to check the thing in her mind that seemed to be a system panel.
In the upper left corner of the dark blue transparent panel, the six big words "Train Operation System" are written, and the area below is divided into several different areas by thin golden lines.
There are four modules in total: map, train route, train operation settings, and mall.
Jiang Qian clicked on them one by one.
The first module map is a map of the area where they are currently located. The map can be zoomed in and out, and is detailed enough to see the dirt roads in the fields of their village.
However, the range shown on the map was not large. Jiang Qian roughly estimated that the content shown on the map was probably a circle with their current position as the center, with a radius of about 100 kilometers. As for the area beyond this 100 kilometers, it was still all black.
After understanding the first module, she clicked on the second one.
The second module looked no different from the first; it was just a map, but there was a gray train-shaped icon in the upper right corner. Jiang Qian clicked on it, and a pop-up window appeared.
[You do not have permission to use this function at the moment. Please upgrade the train before using it.]
Jiang Qian raised her eyebrows, realizing something. Without stopping at the second module, she clicked on the third module, which was also the train operation settings that she was most curious about.
However, although this module can be opened, it is still blank. I guess it needs to be upgraded before it can be used.
Jiang Qian was a little disappointed and continued to click on the fourth module, but found that this module could not even be clicked, and there was only a pop-up prompt.
[You cannot view this module temporarily]
Well, this is another feature that you may have to upgrade to see.
Since other functions were not available, Jiang Qian reopened the first function and wanted to take a closer look at the differences in the map of this train operation system.
She clicked it and was about to take a closer look when she suddenly felt a surge of force and her body rushed forward involuntarily.
The car stopped.
Have you arrived yet?
Jiang Qian was thinking this when she stood up and saw more than a dozen cars parked in a mess outside the window, as well as people standing on the edge of the road wearing raincoats and talking.
Jiang Qian saw several familiar cars and also saw that her father had opened the car door and got out, walking towards the person who was talking over there.
The place where the few people were talking was not far from their car, but because the rain was too loud, they couldn't hear what they were saying in the car.
【Author’s words】
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