Chapter 338 Earthquake. Prepare to move
On the other side, Chu An had just contacted Gu Ye before they went back to the main road leading to the base. During the previous magnitude 4 earthquake, a large crack appeared in the center of City C, turning into a deep pit. All the buildings within a radius of ten kilometers were sunk, and then countless cliffs extended out, almost cutting City C in half. They had no choice but to go around the city to find the way out.
"Please be safe."
Chu An planned to place the helicopter in the space in an unmanned place in advance, and let Gu Ye find a reason to hand it over to He Xun for an air rescue. Now it seems that they are not sure when they can arrive, so they must prepare a second plan.
Li Qing didn't want Chu An to go down to the underground floor. If sinking occurred again, the underground floors would be the most dangerous places. Yin Tianlin also meant the same thing.
"Before I came down, I saw the vice president move a lot of rich people to the top floor. There may be air rescue. Why don't we try our luck up there?" Yin Tianlin suggested.
"Don't believe in luck." Chu An was not trying to pour cold water on him. A helicopter was not a toy. If it flew over, the noise would be so loud that everyone would know about it.
With the fighting power of the people below, can she wait for them to go up and try her luck? Of course, if it was her own helicopter, she would have plenty of ways to leave.
Chu An followed Li Qing's arrangement and did not go down to the basement floor, but followed Yin Tianlin back to the second floor.
Li Rong was already awake. They had found a wheelchair, but after pushing it for a while, the wheels fell off. Fortunately, he recovered quickly and was able to stand steadily. He only needed Yin Tianlin and Huo Sisi to support him and walk.
He knew that it was Chu An who gave him the antidote, and he kept thanking him.
"I always thought I wasn't afraid of death, but after going through the gates of hell, I realized how good it is to be alive."
It's a good thing to want to live. Chu An patted his shoulder and said, "No need to say thank you. You also taught Gu Ye kung fu before, so take it as a reward."
Li Rong said hurriedly, "I taught him because I admired him and never thought of asking for anything in return."
Chu An smiled lightly, "You are not only his master, but also his friend."
Gu Ye had just arrived at the 11th floor, and he always felt like he didn’t belong. He also felt like he couldn’t help in any way, and the gap in his heart was getting bigger and bigger.
She could sense that Gu Ye wanted to quickly integrate into the 11th floor. In fact, the 11th floor was not averse to him, but integrating into a new group always requires an opportunity, and Li Rong teaching him kung fu was the best opportunity.
"Let's not talk about this anymore. We have to hurry to the front and try to leave here as soon as possible." Yin Tianlin sighed, "Maybe the building will sink next time."
Huo Sisi looked at the number in her hand, 298 groups, a total of 314 groups, "I see there are people selling numbers in front, how about we..."
"Don't worry, Li Qing will find a way to leave." Chu An didn't want to spend that money in vain.
The surroundings were still noisy. Some people were getting angry at their family members, some were crying with their faces covered, and some were calling to say goodbye or make a will.
Chu An sighed and looked at the west window. Leaving by helicopter was the first choice, after all, there was Su Ye who had just finished surgery. But before leaving, anything could happen.
She turned and walked towards the west window, where quite a few people were also gathered.
"There were several people who jumped out of the window before. One of them hit his head on the ground and died on the spot. Two others broke their legs and tried to climb out, but... fell down." Yin Tianlin explained behind her.
The people near the window automatically made room for her. The second floor of the base was equivalent to the third floor of an ordinary residence, which was neither high nor low. Many people wanted to take a gamble, but more people wanted to watch others take a gamble.
She looked out the window and saw that the crack on the west side had doubled in size. At its narrowest point, only one foot could be stepped on. This time it was like walking on a balance beam and was even more difficult to cross.
But for her, with all kinds of ladders and ropes in the space, it was not difficult to think about it.
While she was observing the situation, more than twenty joint defense team members came to the west side carrying ladders. The ladders were very narrow and could be extended and connected to form a ladder bridge at the narrowest point.
The cracks in the ground here are like bottle mouths, and the distance is short in narrow places. As long as the problem of going downstairs can be solved, it will be faster than the previous rescue.
The joint defense team members who had built the ladder bridge below did not take any other actions. Four members stood on the hospital side, and the others retreated to the safe area, as if waiting for orders.
The people nearby also saw the joint defense team's actions. They were all very excited. They pushed Chu An away from the window and waved their hands down, "Hey...save us, save us."
The members of the joint defense team below didn't move at all and didn't even look at them.
At the same time, four military helicopters and two civilian planes flew in from a distance. The roar of six sets of propellers instantly attracted the attention of people in the building.
The people on the first and second floors were in an uproar again.
"There is a plane. We can take it."
"The plane has to be parked on the top floor. Let's go to the top floor quickly."
Many people rushed upstairs despite the staff's attempts to stop them. The broadcast again reminded, "Please stay in the lobby on the first and second floors. The helicopter on the top floor is for transporting patients. Family members of patients please go through the floating bridge at the main entrance."
"Fuck you, if I can't survive, no one else can."
"Why don't you save us first? It's obvious that we are more valuable."
But there were also some reasonable people who said, "Everyone, stop arguing. Don't you want your sick family members to leave safely?"
This time many people chose the latter option. Since they chose to send their sick family members to the hospital, it was because they hoped that they could survive. The floating bridge on their side was not completely hopeless. More than 400 people had already gone out. As long as everyone abided by discipline and were braver, they would be able to move faster.
In the end, most people stayed in the two-story hall. The first floor was still full, but the second floor was half empty.
"Let's wait for the floating bridge." Huo Sisi suddenly said, "Miaomiao just sent me a message saying that the helicopter upstairs is only for picking up rich people and leaders, and it won't care about ordinary people at all."
Yin Tianlin snorted coldly, "It must be the order of the base commander."
Chu An nodded calmly. She had already thought about it a long time ago, so she would never pin her hopes on rescue from the base.
When she was rescuing Wang Guan just now, she had already roughly understood the environment of the ground fissure. The reason why the base hospital continued to sink was mainly because there was an underground river underneath, and the earthquake diverted the river.
But this is not the most dangerous thing. The Y-shaped crack is a little biased towards the east. If she hadn't stacked all the space slabs and stones on the east side to support the building, the building would have collapsed.
No one knew what she did, and she didn't bother to let others know. After all, she and the people she cared about were still in the building, and she saved them all.
Just as she was thinking about how to use the windows on the west side, Gu Ye called again. They had passed the most dangerous section and could enter the base from the highway, which would save a lot of time.
I didn’t dare to enter from here before because there was a two-meter-high wall. Now that the wall has collapsed, everything is just right.
Chu An and Gu Ye discussed the rescue plan and waited patiently.
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