Chapter 030 The Disaster Arrives
The violent shaking made the villagers stagger to and fro, and they screamed in fear. The birds and animals in the forest behind them were frightened and ran around everywhere, making violent and panicked roars. Unknown loud noises came from all directions, making everyone's head buzz.
The earth shakes and the mountains collapse, the end of the world is just like this.
Lu Xuan rooted the vampire vines around himself to firmly stabilize his body, protecting Lu Chen in his arms. He listened to the sounds of boulders rolling and trees collapsing all around him, silently counting the time for the earthquake to occur while looking at the village at the foot of the mountain.
The houses in the village, which were not very solid to begin with, collapsed and shattered almost instantly. Huge and hideous cracks appeared on the ground. These cracks swallowed up the unrecognizable ruins of the houses and then closed up again and cracked again during the continuous shaking. The scene looked extremely terrifying.
All of this was seen by the audience in the live broadcast room that had been opened long ago.
Most of the audience also saw this kind of natural disaster for the first time. Interstellar people usually don't encounter natural disasters, but once they do, without taking precautions in advance, their reaction may not be much better than that of the people in Yunlu Village.
Faced with a super-large earthquake with a magnitude of 8 or even 9, human power is so insignificant.
Only in the face of such natural disasters will people's awe of the power of nature be revived.
The earthquake took nearly five minutes to subside. Even after the ground shaking stopped, the people present were still unable to recover for a long time.
It was not until a young child let out a sharp cry that everyone supported each other and stood up. Their faces were full of fear, but they still subconsciously looked down the mountain.
When everyone saw the current situation of the village, they were shocked.
There was no village at the foot of the mountain. All the houses had disappeared without a trace, as if they had been wiped out from a painting. What was left were only scattered ruins that were no longer recognizable as they were before, uneven ground, and... a crack in the ground that almost split the entire village into two.
There is no end in sight on either side of the crack. Looking from a high place, the crack is pitch black and bottomless. The width is estimated to be at least ten meters. With this huge crack as the center, there are dozens of small cracks irregularly distributed throughout the original site of the village.
The people who had not yet fully recovered from the recent earthquake felt their legs go weak and they collapsed to the ground with pale faces, their faces filled with fear, trance, fear and confusion.
"It's gone, all gone..." someone murmured helplessly.
"My house--!" Following a scream, bursts of crying erupted all around.
Seeing the house where they had lived all their lives and even the house passed down from their ancestors all gone to waste, the older generation burst into tears on the spot, and the younger generation couldn't help but have red eyes.
Those who had once stubbornly refused to believe Lu Xuan were now extremely glad that they had chosen to follow the villagers. If they had not gone up the mountain to hide and stayed in the village in advance as Lu Xuan reminded them, they could not imagine what kind of tragic situation they would be facing now.
Lu Chen, who had been protected by Lu Xuan when the earthquake started, was so scared when he saw the crack in the ground at the foot of the mountain that he hugged his brother's thigh tightly.
The air around was filled with grief and oppression.
After nearly half an hour, someone finally asked Li Tie, "Village Chief, what should we do next? The village is gone..."
The others also came to their senses. Yes, their homes were gone, so where would they go in the future? There were so many cracks in the village, they didn't dare go back and rebuild the village on the original site.
Someone suggested: "Why don't we go to the town and wait for disaster relief to come?"
Li Tie shook his head and said, "Didn't I say it before? This disaster has spread throughout the entire Central Plains. The situation in the town may not be better than ours." It is even hard to say whether Baisong Town is still alive today.
What if Baisong Town also collapsed, and the townspeople didn't believe in the disaster and didn't find shelter in advance...
Others also thought of this and their faces turned pale again.
"Even if Baisong Town is still there, we can't go there now." Lei Yan said, his eyes falling on the largest crack in the ground at the foot of the mountain.
This crack in the ground directly cuts off the village's access to the outside world. Not only can they not go to the town, they are also now unable to go to other surrounding villages.
Those families who failed to keep their daughters who married out in the village before the disaster immediately showed regret on their faces. Most people in other villages did not believe in the disaster. If they encountered the same situation as Yunlu Village... it is not known whether they would still be alive at this time.
Miao Jinfeng regretted so much that she beat her chest and stamped her feet. If she had known earlier, she should have kept her daughter and granddaughter even if she had to use tough measures!
When Li Tie thought of Li Yue, his face turned unhappy.
At this moment, someone thought of the immortal technique and immediately looked at Lu Xuan, "Lu Xuan, do you have any ideas? Didn't the immortals tell you how to survive the disaster?"
Lu Xuan said calmly: "The gods don't care about these things, but there are caves in the mountains to live in, so you can consider going into the mountains."
The temperature will rise sharply after a major earthquake. Even if the village is still there, it will be too hot to live in after a few days. The mountains are covered with dense trees and the temperature is much cooler than at the foot of the mountain.
The villagers looked at each other in bewilderment. Going into the mountains? Wouldn't that be even more dangerous?
There are many ferocious beasts like jackals, tigers and leopards in the mountains. If they go into the mountains, won’t they just be waiting to be eaten?
"The mountains are so dangerous, can you guarantee our safety?"
Lu Xuan glanced at Chen Rong who had spoken and chuckled, "Not weaned yet?"
Chen Rong's expression choked.
Chen Rongniang slapped her son on the back of the head again and said unhappily, "If you can't speak, can you just shut up?" Didn't Lu Xuan owe them something? They still wanted him to guarantee their safety.
Lu Xuan said calmly, "You can also choose to stay and sink into ruins with the village..."
Chen Rong: “…”
Lu Xuan said: "No matter what the village decides, our family will definitely move into the mountains."
Zhang Chengming immediately stated, "Our family will go with you."
Old Master Zhang nodded and said, "As long as Xuan boy doesn't mind us holding you back, we will follow you."
Li Tie also said: "Our family will also follow Lu Xuan's actions."
Several other far-sighted families in the village who were related to them by marriage all expressed their stance, including Xiong Mao, Wei Xiang and others, who were basically the first group of people who went to Baisong Town to stockpile supplies.
When the others saw that those capable people in the village were preparing to go into the mountains, they dared not hesitate, fearing that if they spoke too slowly, the village chief would ignore them.
"We didn't say we wouldn't go, we're going too!"
"I don't know where to go if I stay here anyway, so I might as well go into the mountains and give it a try!"
As expected, in the end, no one in the village was left behind and everyone decided to go into the mountains together.
The cave that Lu Xuan had been looking for was deep in the mountains. It would take an ordinary person half a day to find it from here, no matter how fast they walked. Since the village had already made a decision, everyone decided to set off as soon as possible to avoid the danger of not reaching the destination before dark.
Li Tie quickly shouted at everyone to check their luggage quickly and set off in half an hour!
While counting the luggage, some were happy while others were sad.
Two days ago, the village chief reminded the villagers to move their supplies to the mountain in advance to avoid unnecessary losses during the earthquake.
However, not everyone will do as instructed. Even if they do, it is impossible to move everything. Some people are simply too lazy to move things.
This resulted in almost every household suffering some property losses, including but not limited to live chickens and ducks, pots and pans, clothes and bedding, and even food that some people thought they would go back to dig up after the earthquake but did not take.
The families with the most complete supplies are the village chief, Zhang, Wu and others.
Lu Xuan also helped the Zhang family when they were moving things. It can be said that except for the bed boards, tables, chairs, benches, water tanks and other things that were really not suitable to move, the Zhang family really moved everything that could be used.
Zhang Yang was reluctant to give up even the vegetables grown in the vegetable garden. A few days ago, she and her daughter-in-law Ye Ping picked all the vegetables they could, and either dried them or made them into pickles.
But having a lot of supplies also brings a lot of worries. For example, how to carry so many large and small bags into the mountains?
"Let me do it."
Lu Xuan walked to where the Zhang family’s luggage was and collected all the things in front of everyone.
"Wow!" Zhang Dafu and Zhang Xiaofu exclaimed in surprise as if they had never seen the world before.
Not only them, but other members of the Zhang family also widened their eyes.
"It's really put away! Can it be taken out?" Zhang Chengming asked Lu Xuan excitedly and curiously, and the latter took action to show him.
He took out a bag of grain marked by the Zhang family, put it back, and then took it out again and put it back again.
Zhang Yang smiled happily and said, "Now we can relax, Xuan boy, thank you so much. If it weren't for your help, I would have discussed with your uncle and the others to leave some of the unimportant luggage behind."
As the saying goes, a poor home is worth a fortune. To outsiders, the odds and ends of their home may not be worth much, but they themselves are reluctant to throw away even a basket. It would be great if they could take them all without delaying their journey.
Mr. Zhang was a little worried. "Will the gods be unhappy that you're using magic to help us move our luggage?"
Lu Xuan: "As long as I am willing, the gods won't say anything."
After helping the Zhang family pack their luggage, Lu Xuan went to the village chief to help the Li family pack their things as well.
The villagers had been paying attention to Lu Xuan's actions, so they naturally saw all of this. One by one, they gathered around the village chief and Lu Xuan, and asked hesitantly, "Village chief, Lu Xuan, can we also use magic to pack our luggage?"
Li Tie looked at Lu Xuan to ask for his opinion, but the latter didn't put on airs and said, "Okay."
Let them carry the luggage by themselves and forget about reaching their destination today. If they encounter danger along the way and are reluctant to throw it away, it may cause trouble. It is better to be a good person.
Anyway, the few space beads he bought recently were still empty, and they were more than enough to hold the villagers' luggage.
Soon, all of Datou's luggage was collected by Lu Xuan, and each family left behind some valuables and food for today's journey.
Finally, Li Tie counted the number of people to make sure everyone in the village was there, and then announced: "Then let's set off now and go into the mountains!"
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