Chapter 183 The natural disaster broke out ahead of time
Lu Xingtang and Ji Yanmo found Su Cheng and said, "Su Cheng, thank you for your hard work. Let's get the survivors to the official base in Shancheng together. A-Mo and I will guard the rear for you, and you will lead the management team in the front."
Su Cheng was very moved. "After we send the survivors to the official base, let's go back to the imperial capital! The imperial capital was destroyed by the earthquake, but I still want to go back and see it and pay tribute to my father!" Even if the Xishan Cemetery was destroyed, he would still go and see it.
"Then we will worship Grandpa Su together!"
After three days of deliberation, the survivors had reached a conclusion: over 18 million were willing to leave, while the remaining 2 million+ remained unwilling to leave. These survivors were mostly elderly, infirm, and disabled, unwilling to burden the base. Another group, fed up with the devastation of the apocalypse and having seen too many refugees and bipeds, desired a more "dignified" death.
Su Cheng did not force them to leave, it was entirely voluntary. He just said: "If you change your mind and want to leave with the main group, just pack up your supplies and luggage and follow us! If you don't want to leave, forget it!" He had already decided to migrate with the main group, so these few people wouldn't make a difference!
After confirming the evacuation, the base began to sort out the supplies and distribute them to the survivors who remained in the base. At the same time, the base's property was counted. Special Assistant Fox showed the list of supplies to Su Cheng.
After looking at it, Su Cheng sighed helplessly: "It's a pity that the factory production line and medical equipment in the hospital that we worked so hard to build will be buried underground." He really couldn't take them away.
The vans, trucks, buses, vans, Humvees, and regular cars at the base could only carry food, medicine, Chinese medicinal herbs, ammunition, diesel, and gasoline. Livestock had to be driven. Every household had a lot of supplies, but there weren't many people willing to help carry them.
"Before the natural disaster breaks out completely, mobilize the entire base and build carts or flatbed trucks! We need a lot of them, not only to accommodate the survivors, but also to hold our base's supplies. If we can't carry them, we'll have to abandon them! We must take everything we can."
Special Assistant Fox immediately arranged this matter and asked the people at the base to cut down trees and build carts or pushcarts.
Lu Xingtang and Ji Yanmo also built a large cart that was large enough to carry common daily necessities.
It took 10 days of working day and night, almost without sleep, to finally build 800 large carts and 800 large flatbed trucks. Many carts and flatbed trucks that were already in use at the base were finally built.
Lu Xingtang and his team's supplies have been delivered to the base, waiting to evacuate Hangzhou with everyone else.
All the supplies at the base have been loaded onto trucks, and Su Cheng is making the final confirmation with the management. After confirming that everything is successful and there are no problems, he will officially leave the base.
Lu Xingtang and Ji Yanmo learned from Su Cheng that the major production lines and medical equipment were left at the base because they couldn't take them away. Ji Yanmo and Lu Xingtang immediately secretly stored these supplies in the space, not letting them bury them underground. Even if they didn't need them, maybe one day they could secretly donate them to the GJ for use.
After Su Cheng confirmed that everything was OK, he had all the survivors line up with their supplies and prepare to depart. Once again, he confirmed the number of people was right and then, using a megaphone, said, "Planes lead the way! Trucks, buses, vans, Humvees, and regular cars lead the way. Survivors, follow with your carts and pushcarts. Get ready..."
Before Su Cheng could finish the word "departure", there was a sudden earthquake and the ground quickly cracked. The adobe house not far away collapsed instantly and fell into the crack.
Lu Xingtang opened his eyes wide: "The natural disaster broke out ahead of schedule!"
The earthquake came so quickly that no one could react, and some people fell into the cracks.
"Hide! The earthquake is coming!" Su Cheng, holding a megaphone, urged everyone to run to an open area. However, the quake was so fierce that the survivors dropped their supplies and ran away at the first sign of Su Cheng's voice. They were too late. The ground had cracked open, and the houses they had painstakingly rebuilt collapsed into the cracks, drowning out their cries for help.
Ji Yanmo grabbed Lu Xingtang and ran away the moment the earthquake struck. At that moment, Lu Xingtang felt like she was being carried away. Looking at the person who was holding her right hand tightly and running desperately, she felt very warm in her heart.
"Amo, be careful!" Lu Xingtang shouted loudly, and his legs tried their best to keep up with Ji Yanmo's pace.
Ji Yanmo held Lu Xingtang tightly, fearing that if he let go, Lu Xingtang would fall into the crack and be taken away by the earthquake.
Suddenly, Lu Xingtang was bumped by someone and her body fell forward uncontrollably, causing Ji Yanmo to stagger and kneel on the ground. But at the moment they fell to the ground, the ground beneath them also cracked. "Ah!" Lu Xingtang screamed in pain because a survivor stepped on her and her body suddenly fell into the crack. Ji Yanmo was so anxious that his eyes turned red. He was not stepped on by the survivor and reacted in time to grab the crack. The veins on his big hands were exposed and his fingers dug into the ground tightly, not daring to let go.
The other hand grabbed Lu Xingtang tightly, "Tangtang, don't be afraid, I'm here!" He activated his thunder ability, used the power of the ability to hold Lu Xingtang up, and threw her out of the crack and onto the ground beside him.
The moment Lu Xingtang landed, he ignored the pain in his body and quickly grabbed Ji Yanmo's arm hanging on the cracked wall and pulled him up.
If there weren't so many survivors and they didn't want the secret of the space to be exposed, the two of them would have entered the space to hide the moment the earthquake occurred.
"Amo, are you okay?"
"I'm fine," Ji Yanmo looked Lu Xingtang up and down, and looked at the shoe prints on Lu Xingtang's back, feeling very distressed, but they didn't have much time to care about each other. "Run!" They continued to hold hands and look for a safe place.
Because Lu Xingtang and Ji Yanmo trained and practiced in space every day, their physical fitness was incomparable to ordinary people. They escaped very quickly and were not killed by the earthquake for the time being.
But the other survivors were not so lucky. Many of them were crushed underground by the buildings of the base the moment they screamed miserably. Some of them either struggled in the gaping cracks in the ground or were unable to continue falling.
The destructive power of the 8.9 magnitude earthquake was too strong. The earthquake in the imperial capital that year was 7.8 magnitude, and it hit twice, and there was another 6.8 magnitude earthquake. Three earthquakes destroyed the imperial capital. If it weren't for the extreme heat that caused many survivors to leave the imperial capital, the imperial capital would have been a purgatory.
The 8.9 magnitude earthquake is equivalent to the effect of three earthquakes in the imperial capital combined. This time, Hangzhou no longer exists.
The energy released by this earthquake is equivalent to the energy of more than one million atomic bombs. If things go wrong, it may even cause other natural disasters.
Ji Yanmo turned around to look at the pale-faced Lu Xingtang, then looked at the base destroyed by the earthquake. Risking being discovered, he said, "Tangtang, enter the space! Quick!"
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
