Chapter 93 Magnitude 6 Earthquake
The 412th day of doomsday.
Southwest District Union Building.
A Mediterranean man slammed the table and said, "Why are we last? Coastal areas are prone to tsunamis. It's ok that we can't beat the capital area, but why is the northeast area ahead of us?"
The lady with gold-rimmed glasses sneered: "Instead of getting angry in front of me, you should ask what their leaders have done and what our leaders have done."
The Mediterranean man narrowed his eyes: "What do you mean?"
The woman with glasses calmly explained, "The chief executive of the Northeast Region spent a lot of money to buy a set of submersible electric pump technology cards. It is said that the daily output can reach 50,000 tons. They transported one million tons of oil to the Southwest Region and obtained the right to relocate and select sites first."
The Mediterranean man said in disbelief: "One million tons, are they crazy?"
The woman with glasses lowered her head, shielding her eyes from the view, "Maybe in their eyes, the people are more important than resources."
The Mediterranean man remained silent. He admitted that he was a selfish person and could not sacrifice himself for others.
"I will continue to negotiate with the Northwest Region and strive for an early migration. If that doesn't work... I will ignore them and leave first. After we arrive, they can't just let tens of millions of people sleep in the wilderness."
He left after saying a few words.
On the migration road to the Northeast.
The RV was not as soundproof as I had imagined. I could hear the noise from people around me before dawn, especially the rough guys from the guard team in front.
Qiao Qiao stood up with an annoyed look on her face.
Yueying was busy in the kitchen wearing her apron. When she saw her come out, she asked, "What do you want for breakfast? Sandwiches? Buns? Noodles?"
Qiao Qiao looked at his ill-fitting apron with a strange expression. His body was clearly made up of shadows and had no fixed shape, so why did he have to wear an apron to cook?
Qiao Qiao took a look and quickly turned away.
It's so weird.
I couldn't help but take another look and immediately looked away.
It's still too weird.
"Let's have a sandwich." Qiao Qiao left a word and quickly went into the bathroom to wash up.
Fortunately, when I went out, Yueying had already taken off her apron and was sitting at the table waiting.
Qiao Qiao took a bite of the sandwich and it was delicious, and the taste was not that of Qiao Xinghe.
"Why did you suddenly want to wear an apron and make breakfast? My dad should have left a lot of prepared food."
After getting the affirmation, Yueying revealed a faint smile. She practiced swimming in front of the mirror for an hour every day, and now she can make almost all human expressions.
Yueying's ears were red, but she didn't show it on her face. "I want you to taste my cooking skills."
Qiao Qiao gave the right emotional value and nodded repeatedly: "It's delicious, very delicious, super delicious, even better than what my dad makes!"
Yueying felt ecstatic at the praise, but before he could continue to immerse himself in happiness, there was a knock on the car door.
His expression darkened instantly, but returned to normal the next second, so quickly that Qiao Qiao didn't even notice. He said softly, "You continue eating. I'll go open the door."
Xiao Wu knocked on the door nervously. He had only known this SR-level card drawer for two days and was unsure of her temper.
He saw with his own eyes that Xiao Yan's secretary was thrown out mercilessly and broke three ribs because he disturbed his sleep.
He was afraid that he would become like this, but the team was about to set off, so no matter how reluctant he was, he had to knock on the door, otherwise he could not afford to be accused of delaying the departure.
He lowered his head and said in one breath: "Miss Qiao, good morning, can you leave now?"
"Can."
When Xiao Wu heard the unfamiliar male voice, he immediately looked up. With the dazzling light of the early morning behind him, the man's fair face looked even more stern, like a god high above.
Although the other person was clearly looking down at me, I felt as if I was not there in his eyes, and they were cold and ruthless.
“Sizzle—sizzle—sizzle—”
The sharp sound reminded Xiao Wu of the noise of chalk or fingernails rubbing against a blackboard.
The noise also reawakened his sanity, and he asked cautiously: "Excuse me, who are you?"
Before Yueying could answer, Xiao Qiao rushed out of the car and shouted to Xiao Wu, "Go and inform the others, the earthquake will arrive in three minutes."
"What?!" Xiao Wu didn't hesitate. He lowered his head and sent a few messages through the bracelet, then immediately turned around and told others.
"Come in quickly." Qiao Qiao called back Xiao Qiao and Qiao Man who were taking a walk outside, locked the car door, and put all the small items in the car into the system backpack.
She sat on the snow-white shag carpet, holding Yueying's right arm with her left hand, and hugging Xiao Qiao and Qiao Man who were lying beside her with her right hand, calmly waiting for the earthquake to come.
The seismic detector on the ground kept making shrill screams. After enduring it for a minute, Qiao Qiao finally couldn't stand it anymore and put it into the system.
Unlike Jojo's calmness, the migration team was in chaos.
In a top-of-the-line all-terrain armored RV located about a dozen spaces behind Qiao Qiao's RV, there were several middle-class wealthy people from the Northeast. After all, the top group had already handed in their supplies and left by plane.
But that's not necessarily the case. There is a famous Grandet here named Zhang Dafu, who is the president of a famous medical equipment company in the Northeast. He made a fortune by producing masks and medicines during the fog.
But they are reluctant to spend the money on flying, and would rather travel a long distance by car.
His wife and children couldn't stand it, so they made a big fuss and left on a plane, leaving only him and the driver heading west.
Even though this car is very valuable, he didn't buy it with his own money; it was given to him by someone else.
In order to save fuel and food, he specially invited two small wealthy people to live with him, and all the expenses on the road were paid by them.
Lu Yang frowned: "What? Is there really going to be an earthquake?"
Zhang Dafu was a little skeptical: "Three minutes, where did they get such an accurate detector? Even the latest technology in the capital area can't do it."
Another wealthy female businessman, Chen Bingbing, glanced at the information on her bracelet: "The news from Xiao Wu was heard from an SR-level card drawer."
She looked up at the two of them, two adults weighing nearly 100 kilograms, who got into the customized earthquake bed without caring about their image, but still doubted the authenticity of the earthquake.
The man shut up completely.
"Everyone! An earthquake is about to strike. Everyone, stay away from dangerous objects immediately and take good care of your loved ones and valuables!"
"Reiterate it!"
The special loudspeakers drawn by the system are working. The sound can be transmitted 50 kilometers away. One will be set up at regular intervals along the migration route, somewhat like the smoke signals on the ancient Great Wall.
There was commotion among the crowd.
"Get out of the way."
"Stay away from the luggage, or it might fall and hit you."
"Child, my child just went to the bathroom. Leave me alone. I'm going to go find the child."
Even the staff who were responsible for maintaining order fell into chaos. They had to find a place to hide and manage the crowd at the same time, doing both.
"Don't stray too far from the team, or you may miss the rescue efforts later."
"Don't run around, that's the family team, not a place you can go."
"Wow, mom, dad."
"Whose child is this? Forget it, come and hide here for a while."
Three minutes later.
“Boom! Boom!”
There was a low roar coming from underground, and then the ground began to shake continuously.
Before the apocalypse, the Northeast region rarely experienced earthquakes, and people were unable to adapt quickly, screaming and lying on the ground, praying that the disaster would pass quickly.
Perhaps Mother Planet still has a bit of mercy towards humans, the earthquake lasted only a few minutes.
People did not stand up immediately and waited for a while before the staff stood up to maintain order and check the number of casualties.
Thanks to timely notification and the crowd's quick evacuation, no one died this time. Only a few people were injured by objects on the car, but none of them were serious.
After confirming that no tragedy had occurred, the lieutenant general gave an order and the team set off immediately.
The team experienced several aftershocks of magnitude 3 or so in one day, but their speed did not slow down at all, which led to a lot of complaints.
In the evening, after the sun had completely set, the team rested on the spot.
It was a bit stuffy inside the car. In order to save fuel and practice her supernatural powers, Qiao Qiao had been using her wind powers to create small wind balls that swirled around.
Little by little, my ability to sense and control the wind has become stronger and stronger. I can even subtly detect changes in the wind in the air. Given time, I wonder how terrifying it will become.
Qiao Qiao opened the chat channel, which was as lively as ever.
"Oh my god, the earthquake has only been going on for half a month, and it's already this serious."
"When can we set off if the southwest area collapses? Who can withstand dozens of earthquakes a day?"
"Haha, you losers, I've already taken a plane to the Northwest District and got a house."
"I remember you. Aren't you the lame man who received relief food with me?"
"Who is like you? I am the card drawer who drew three R-level cards!"
"Ahhh, I'm so envious, big brother, can you protect me when I get to the Northwest District?"
"No problem, hahaha."
This is the Doomsday card drawing game. Its card drawing mechanism is a mystery and no one knows what rules it follows.
The only thing we know so far is that the elderly and children have better luck and have the highest probability of drawing food cards, while the rest are all blank.
It can make people rich overnight, but it can also make people fall into despair.
Qiao Qiao received a message from Qiao Huizhou, "Baby, I drew an R-rated card, you should need it."
[R-class vehicle stabilizer: after being installed on the car, it can sense all ground vibration frequencies and automatically generate a reverse force field to offset the impact force, without fear of any shaking (it cannot be moved when started, and it takes one year after binding to be untied)]
Qiao Qiao finally felt relieved. With this card, she no longer had to worry about earthquakes.
Without hesitation, she bound the card to the RV, and suddenly a new button appeared on the steering wheel.
After pressing it, four mechanical arms suddenly grew out on both sides of the RV, easily breaking through the ground and inserting straight into the soil. Several branches grew out underground, entwined with each other, firmly fixing the vehicle to the ground.
Even the robotic arms tangled together underground stabilize the ground, fearless of any impact and not easily breaking.
Qiao Qiao got out of the car and took a look around. She was very satisfied and decided to leave it there and close it when she set off.
Just before entering the house, I heard a familiar voice and an unfamiliar name.
"Wu Yu."
"Chengyu, are you okay?"
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