Chapter 132 An earthquake struck!
Zuo Shan was actually very nervous. The driver had been forced to stop the car on the side of the road, and the doctors and nurses were filled with fear.
They were all ordinary people, unable to cope with any large-scale invasion of mutated beasts, let alone mutated beasts that were trying to break out of the ground from underground!
Zuo Shan, however, felt that this was not an invasion by mutated beasts, because when she looked around, the ground in her line of sight was shaking violently, and no mutated beast could cause such an impact.
If it really was that kind of gigantic mutant beast, she felt that everyone in District 48 could just lie down and wait to die, since human power was utterly insignificant in the face of such absolute strength.
A sudden thought struck her, and she couldn't help but exclaim, "Earthquake! It must be an earthquake!"
The car had now changed from bouncing up and down to swaying left and right. To confirm his guess, Zuo Shan looked up at his wristwatch and, sure enough, it showed no signal.
Zuo Shan herself only experienced one minor earthquake of magnitude 3.2. At the time, she was lying in bed sleeping and felt as if the bed was pushed, but otherwise she felt nothing.
Her knowledge of earthquakes came entirely from movies and related materials, but that did not prevent her from recognizing that she was experiencing an earthquake.
Moreover, it must have been a major earthquake, at least magnitude 6 or higher, otherwise it would have been impossible for it to cause such a large-scale ground tremor.
"Sister, what is an earthquake?" Pan Duole, a little girl from the wasteland with absolutely no basic knowledge, asked, her face pale.
"I'll explain this to you later. But we're outside right now, and there aren't many buildings around. As long as you cover your head, hide under your seat, and try to tuck your legs and arms in, you'll be fine." Zuo Shan quickly explained the emergency measures to her.
As soon as she finished speaking, two nurses and a doctor quickly crawled under the seats.
Pandora obediently crawled under the seat, and didn't forget to drag his backpack under another empty seat as well.
Zuo Shan also wanted to squeeze through, but with her pregnant belly, it didn't affect her running much normally, but when it came to squeezing into narrow spaces, she found it a bit difficult.
When Pandora realized that her sister couldn't squeeze under the seat and tried to climb out, her legs got stuck underneath and she couldn't get them out for a long time.
At that moment, the car began to sway violently from side to side again, its balance was instantly broken, and the car overturned to the left.
The driver, who was sitting in the driver's seat, couldn't squeeze through because the steering wheel was blocking his way, so he crashed headfirst into the car window and immediately passed out.
On the left, her body had already lost its balance, and just before her head was about to hit the glass, Mao Li extended his mechanical arm in time and hooked her collar.
With a "rip," the collar of Zuo Shan's clothes was torn open, but the impact cushioned her fall, and although her head still hit the car window, the injury was not serious.
The car had already overturned, and it was no longer safe to stay inside. Zuo Shan whispered, "Mao Li! Open the door, let's get out!"
With a swift movement of its robotic arm, the deformed car door was forcibly removed. The doctor and nurses hiding under the seats only heard a loud crash and had no idea how the door had been removed.
Zuo Shan struggled to climb out of the car door, and Mao Li extended his mechanical arm to lift the seat where Pan Duole and Xiao Bao were hiding, pulling them out of the car door.
The family had just climbed out when they saw the car roll to the right again. This time, by sheer luck, the car returned to its original position, but the front and left door were completely deformed, and the windows were shattered all over the ground.
The driver was still unconscious. The doctor and two nurses, who were hiding under the seats, were not seriously injured, but they were screaming and calling for help in fear.
Unfortunately, no one came to their rescue at that moment, because Zuo Shan had already seen that some houses on both sides of the street had collapsed.
Many people panicked and ran out of the house, crying and shouting, but they were like ants on a hot plate, completely disoriented and not knowing where to go to be truly safe.
Pandora held the left fan tightly, her whole body trembling, but she didn't scream or cry anymore.
Children raised in the wasteland understand that crying and screaming are useless when faced with danger; they must find a way to save themselves.
Amidst the chaos around her, she had only one thought in her mind: to stay by her sister's side and protect her with all her might.
When she crawled under the seat and realized her sister couldn't fit, she was filled with remorse. How could she not make sure her sister was safe before considering her own?
Fortunately, my sister wasn't seriously injured, otherwise she would never have been able to forgive herself.
Pan Duole held Zuo Shan tightly at that moment. Despite her small stature, she resembled a powerful warrior. She absolutely could not allow her sister to suffer even the slightest harm.
The tremors on the ground seemed to lessen a little. Zuo Shan looked around and suddenly saw a person lying under a collapsed courtyard wall about three or four meters away from the roadside.
Her body was buried under the hardened debris of the wall, with only her head sticking out. There was a wound near her temple, from which blood was slowly seeping out.
Zuo Shan thought that this person was most likely beyond saving. She was about to look away to see if the driver could be saved when she noticed a bronze wooden hairpin stuck in the bun at the back of the head.
It feels... very familiar!
Pan Duole followed her gaze and whispered, "Sister, she's the grandma who gave me the candy that day."
Although she returned the candy to her, she remembered what she looked like, after all, she was the first stranger to give her something nice.
After being reminded by her, Zuo Shan also remembered that it was that unique and elegant old lady.
She had a good impression of her, and seeing her die like that, she felt somewhat regretful.
However, in the face of natural disasters, human power is so insignificant; who can prevent tragedy from happening?
Zuo Shan forced herself to look away and glance at the driver in the driver's seat, who had just woken up.
Rubbing his forehead, which had been bumped open, and looking at the car door lying on the ground and the two overturned seats, he didn't suspect for a second that some unconventional external force had been used on the left side.
The doctor and two nurses also crawled out from under the chair. The three of them looked at Zuo Shan with gratitude. If she hadn't reminded them, they wouldn't have known they should crawl under the chair.
If the car keeps flipping over like that, someone could easily get a head injury.
The driver tried to start the car and found that it could still run normally, so he urged, "Ms. Zuo, please get in the car quickly! I'll take you to the hospital first, and then I need to rush to pick up more injured people."
Pan Duole suddenly pointed to the old woman trapped under the wall and said, "Uncle, can you save her? I saw her fingers move just now, she should still be alive."
Zuo Shan originally thought the driver would refuse outright, but to his surprise, the driver pushed open the car door, jumped out, and ran quickly towards that direction.
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