Chapter 852: Super Earthquake
“So many ants!”
“Ants are moving.”
"There are so many earthworms! They crawled out from the ground."
More than a dozen children gathered together, poking ants and earthworms with sticks in their hands.
Gu Luan looked over, frowned slightly, and felt inexplicably uneasy.
“Squeak…”
Countless mice ran out of their holes and ran around in panic.
At this moment, the originally bright full moon in the night sky was covered by dark clouds.
Black clouds were pressing down overhead, and the air became increasingly gloomy and ominous.
Jiang Xian and Lu Ting put down the beer bottles in their hands and looked up at the sky.
Suddenly, the ground shook violently.
In an instant, the sky collapsed and the earth sank, with rumbling sounds all around.
Gu Luan and Jiang Xian had no time to react at all, and were knocked to the ground by the violent shaking.
At the moment he fell to the ground, Gu Luan saw with his own eyes the collapse of houses in the distance.
The sky and the earth were shaking, the ground was torn apart, and some people screamed and fell into the torn pit.
In an instant, the ground quickly closed up due to the shaking, blood gushed out from the gap, and broken limbs fell to the ground.
Countless people fell to the ground, and some were thrown into the air, and finally got bruised and battered.
The more serious ones may die on the spot.
Countless houses collapsed and turned into ruins, with dust flying everywhere, making it hard to breathe.
Gu Luan grasped the ground and gritted his teeth to control his body.
Jiang Xian grabbed her hand with difficulty, "Aluan, hold my hand."
Lu Ting grabbed the hand of the person next to him in panic, and even though he was lying on the ground, his body was still shaking.
Screams, wails, and sounds of fear rang out one after another.
Gu Luan had no time to care about others because she and Jiang Xian were facing the biggest difficulties in their history.
The ground less than one meter away from Gu Luan was torn, and the cracks slowly spread in front of her.
Jiang Xian grabbed Gu Luan in horror, his face pale, and used all his strength to pull her towards him.
Gu Luan took the opportunity to pounce on him.
The moment the cracks spread to her side, the two of them rolled away from where they were just now.
"ah!"
“Save me!”
"Where are my children?!"
Gu Luan was held in Jiang Xian's arms, and they lay tightly on the ground to protect each other.
Gu Luan felt like vomiting from being shaken, and her head felt very dizzy.
She bit her tongue to prevent herself from losing consciousness.
"Jiang Xian!"
Gu Luan shouted Jiang Xian's name, and the screams in her ears made her feel panicked.
"Aluan, I'm here, don't be afraid!"
Jiang Xian held her in his arms and protected her tightly.
I don't know how long it took, but the vibration slowed down and finally stopped.
Gu Luan was helped to stand up by Jiang Xian, her legs were still weak due to the discomfort.
Jiang Xian supported her and let her lean on him.
The two of them looked around.
All the houses collapsed and the ground was covered with rubble and bricks.
The originally green trees broke to the ground, with countless cracks spread all over the base.
The place was devastated, with broken buildings and widespread misery.
All of this is intertwined, making people heartbroken.
As the dust flew, Gu Luan looked on in confusion.
When Lu heard that Gu Luan and Jiang Xian were fine, he breathed a sigh of relief and looked up to find his adoptive parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Lu walked through the crowd to his side, hugged their son tightly and burst into tears.
After comforting his parents, Lu Ting started to get busy.
More than a dozen base managers approached him and asked him what to do next.
Lu Ting suppressed his distress and ordered everyone to comfort the living and bury the dead.
The supplies buried under the house must also be cleared out to see if there are any losses.
"I'll go help them."
Jiang Xian spoke only after making sure that Gu Luan had recovered.
"Let's go together."
Gu Luan held Jiang Xian's hand, and Jiang Xian held Gu Luan's hand in return and smiled at her gently.
The two men walked up to Lu Ting and asked him if he needed help and that they could help.
"Jiang Xian, sister-in-law, thank you."
Lu Ting's eyes were slightly red, and he could hardly hold back as he looked at the messy scene.
He paid a lot for this base.
Unexpectedly, an earthquake made all his efforts go to waste.
It would be a lie to say that he wasn't angry and sad, but he was the base commander of Yiran Base and had to cheer up.
"Don't say thank you."
Jiang Xian patted Lu Ting on the shoulder and went with him to solve the current problems at the base.
Gu Luan walked up to the injured and tried to stop their bleeding.
It was impossible for her to take out medicine at this time, so she could only tear up her clothes and bandage the bleeding wounds of the injured person.
"Who will save me?"
A middle-aged woman pinned to the ground by a tree is calling for help.
A man walked over quickly and tried to lift the tree with all his strength, but the tree did not move at all.
The middle-aged woman's breath became weaker, and there was sadness and despair in her eyes.
"I'll do it!"
Gu Luan rolled up her sleeves, placed her hands on the tree trunk, and with a little force, she lifted the tree up.
The man who was standing nearby and helping just now stared with wide eyes in disbelief.
Gu Luan didn't notice his expression and squatted down to check the middle-aged woman's physical condition.
Before she could examine it carefully, the middle-aged woman started to spit out large mouthfuls of blood.
Seeing this, Gu Luan stood up silently and said, "I'm sorry, I can't save you."
The middle-aged woman smiled and said, "Thank you...thank you."
She was grateful to Gu Luan for lifting the tree that was pressing down on her at the last moment of her life.
After saying this, the middle-aged woman closed her eyes.
Gu Luan stood there, looking at the body of the middle-aged woman in silence.
See, natural disasters are so cruel.
She was laughing and joking one moment, and her life was taken away the next.
No one rested that night, even Gu Luan was busy all night.
The Yiran base suffered heavy losses.
The house was almost destroyed, and most of the crops and animals planted there were not preserved.
Fortunately, there was not much loss of supplies that had been stockpiled previously.
As for casualties.
Because everyone was barbecuing in an open area at night, most people were fine except for those who fell into the cracks and a few unlucky people.
Overall, Yiran Base is relatively lucky.
Unfortunately for the people outside.
Before daybreak, more than 20 people were outside the base asking for help.
They hope that Yiran Base can send people to help them dig out the people buried underground.
Although there were still many things to be dealt with at the Yiran Base, Lu Ting decided to take people to rescue people first.
Gu Luan and Jiang Xian naturally followed as well.
Once you leave the base, the situation outside can only be described as horrific.
Nearly 90 percent of the high-rise buildings collapsed and the ground cracked.
The entire city has become unrecognizable, and there is almost no intact place to be seen.
Few people in the collapsed buildings wailed out loud.
They were calling out the names of their loved ones, and were unwilling to stop even if they were covered in mud and blood.
"Please, they must not be dead if they are buried underground."
A man begged Lu to listen with empty eyes.
In fact, he knew the result, but he just didn't want to accept it.
"We will do our best to save people."
Lu Ting's voice was heavy, no longer as cheerful as usual.
Gu Luan and Jiang Xian wasted no time and walked towards the collapsed building.
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