Chapter 231: Struggling to Survive a Global Disaster
The rescue work lasted for more than half a month, and Rong Zhen and his team's work was not completed until the painful cries for help could no longer be heard from the ruins.
After that, they took care of the injured personnel and listened to the base's top management discuss what to do next, whether to continue staying here to rebuild the base, or to trek dozens of miles to move to Lincheng.
Most people want to rebuild on the original site because they don't know how the survival base in Lincheng will receive them, and they are unaware of the dangers on the road. To be cautious, everyone prefers to stay in their familiar homes.
But some people also said that the city had collapsed into ruins, and the remaining supplies were basically all buried underground. If they wanted to survive here, they would have to work harder than before, and the results might not be good.
If that's the case, why not start a new life somewhere else? There's no need to waste time here waiting to die.
The husband said he was right, and the wife said she was right, and the argument was so unresolved that there was no conclusion to it.
At this moment, another accident occurred.
Rongzhen was sleeping in her tent until midnight when she was awakened by a sudden boom. She quickly wrapped herself in clothes and ran out. She bumped into Zhu Yan, who was rushing over to look for her. He immediately asked, "What's wrong? What happened?"
Zhu Yan threw his coat over her head and pointed to the distant horizon, saying, "Don't worry, it's not here. Look at the sky over there. It's either a sign of an earthquake or a volcanic eruption."
Rongzhen and the others who heard the noise and rushed out all looked in the direction he pointed.
They saw a strange red hue on the skyline that should have been dark and gloomy. It quickly expanded to half the sky as they watched, as if a fire had started in the distance.
But people who know the matter said that it was not a fire, but a volcanic eruption, and the rumbling sound they just heard was the sound of magma gushing out.
While everyone was still in shock, volcanic ash was slowly drifting down from the sky like falling snow.
Upon seeing this, the medical team immediately got busy, using the limited materials they had to urgently make masks and protective gear, and distributed them to every survivor to protect their mouths and noses.
Volcanic ash is still warm and can easily burn the respiratory tract. In addition, the gases produced by the volcanic eruption are toxic and can be extremely harmful to the human body when they float in the air. Protective gear must be worn to prevent injury.
I just hope they are far enough away from the scene so as not to be affected too much, otherwise they might not be buried by the earthquake but by the volcanic ash.
Rongzhen was busy making masks for the medical team. When he turned around, he found that Zhu Yan had gotten two boxes of gas masks from somewhere. After handing over most of them, the remaining ones were just enough for them and the captain and several others to use.
Slowly, the volcanic ash grew from scattered patches to as much as snow, and soon covered the devastated city ruins in gray.
The sky above my head was like a big pot covering the sky. The sunlight was blocked outside the pot, leaving only the darkness inside.
The most worrying thing happened. Even though they were not close to the site of the volcanic eruption, the place was still covered in volcanic ash.
Everyone wore protective gear and looked up at the completely dark sky, feeling panic and despair.
God really won’t give them a way to survive!
"Hurry, get into the underground bunker!" The base leader called on the crowd to take shelter in a previously cleared air-raid shelter as a precaution, encouraging them: "Don't panic, don't be afraid. We've made it this far. Even if there's only a sliver of chance for survival, we must hold on tight. Never give up, never abandon!"
Survival is a human instinct. Even if they were in despair, they still obeyed the call and took refuge in the relatively intact air-raid shelter.
Those with gas masks stayed outside to clear the vents and provide defense.
Zhu Yan and his team were all selected and naturally stayed outside the air-raid shelter.
Rong Zhen naturally went with them. She also had a gas mask and stayed outside as a medical worker. In case of any accident, she could provide first aid, and if all else failed, there was spiritual spring water.
As the entrance to the air-raid shelter was sealed, the ashes in the sky fell harder and faster, and a thick layer of ashes floated in the sky, which looked extremely depressing and suffocating.
They held out outside for three days and two nights, and when they thought everyone was going to be buried alive along with the ruins of the city, a slight breeze suddenly blew up the exposed ends of Rongzhen's hair.
Zhu Yan was the first to notice it, and risked taking off his gloves to feel the air flow. He was surprised and concluded: "Maybe a strong wind is coming, we are saved!"
The silent atmosphere in the team was immediately broken by his words. The captain and his teammates couldn't wait to take off their gloves and feel them for themselves, and then couldn't help cheering.
It’s really windy!
After a while, the wind quickly grew strong enough to pick up the volcanic ash that was still falling, and even the ash that had already fallen to the ground and accumulated in the sky, and carried them away with Xuan'er.
Rong Zhen and the others quickly secured themselves to a secure place, looking at the scene before them that looked like a teleportation world, hoping that the strong wind would carry away all the volcanic ash.
The wind grew stronger and stronger as they wished, and in less than half a day it revealed its true form.
It turned out to be several mixed tornadoes entangled together, which swept up everything they could, including people, wherever they passed.
In addition, there are lightning, heavy rain, and raging fires in each tornado, which looks fantastic and terrifying.
"This is like failing to drive away the tiger and attracting the wolf." The captain said with a wry smile.
Before the tornado reached them, he and his team kept changing their hiding places, trying to survive the lightning, heavy rain, fire and strong wind.
Although this seems difficult, how can you know it is impossible if you don't try?
Rongzhen struggled with them to survive. She was sometimes burned by fire, sometimes drenched by rain, and had to use her hair to avoid lightning. Then, she turned around and got her face covered with volcanic ash mixed with rain. It was really a terrible ordeal.
Zhu Yan held her hand tightly, and there was a cowhide rope tied around his waist, with the other end of the rope firmly tied around Rong Zhen's wrist.
If it really comes to a critical moment of life and death, he will use this rope to quickly pull Rong Zhen into the courtyard space.
The prerequisite for team spirit is that both of them must be alive!
Fortunately, the tornado was not fixed here, but was moving all the time at an extremely fast speed, sweeping from one end of the city ruins to the other in less than two hours.
Rongzhen and his friends suffered a lot during this period, but after the tornado, looking at the sky that had become bright again and the fresh air, they couldn't help but take off their gas masks, take a deep breath, and reveal a happy smile after surviving the disaster.
Good, the tornado really took away the volcanic ash.
As for those mixed in the rainwater and not carried away, they will only turn into nutrients for the land and provide for the new people.
It was calm outside, and the people hiding in the air-raid shelter quickly received the secret signal passed by the captain and others, and began to open the exit and walk out.
When we came out and saw a more dilapidated world, everyone got used to it and even felt a little numb.
Anyway, they finally escaped.
Since you are still alive, you have to work hard for life and strive for survival.
After discussion and collecting opinions from the survivors, the top management of the base divided the remaining personnel into two parts. One part stayed to rebuild the base, and the other part went to Lincheng to seek help. It was entirely voluntary to choose which wave to participate in, and there was no regret in making a move.
When Rongzhen saw Zhu Yan's team leader preparing to take his team to Lincheng, she said to Zhu Yan, who had decided to stay with her, "Let's go to Lincheng too."
She felt that the reason why there were so many disasters and natural calamities here was because the two heroines were here, leaving them no time to even breathe.
Instead of wasting time here being tortured by the plot, it’s better to go somewhere else.
She doesn't even plan to do the story missions, so why is she still staying around the heroines? Is she waiting to be cannon fodder and get caught in the crossfire?
So you have to run quickly!
I didn't run before because I didn't have the conditions, but now there is a chance, so I should grab it.
Zhu Yan repeatedly confirmed: "Do you really want to leave? You're not forcing yourself?"
Rong Zhen nodded seriously and told him to sign up quickly, otherwise he would be assigned to another team if it was too late.
They have already developed a tacit understanding with his original teammates, and the captain is a person who is good at listening to opinions and easy to talk to. If possible, they do not want to change teams.
Zhu Yan immediately ran happily to find the captain, added his name directly through him, and set off with his teammates.
The road is not easy to travel on. Although natural disasters are concentrated in the area where the heroines are located, they also occur in other places.
Because this disaster is global, it cannot be avoided anywhere and it will happen a few times.
The roads were destroyed by natural disasters, and the group could not use any means of transportation, nor did they have any suitable means of transportation available, so they could only move forward on foot.
Fortunately, they were familiar with the route. Zhu Yan and his team had walked it back and forth before, so they could avoid a lot of danger and trouble.
But halfway through the journey, they encountered hail.
Moreover, it suddenly descended under scorching sun, catching Rong Zhen and the others off guard, and they hurriedly looked for shelter to avoid the disaster.
The hailstones ranged in size from quail eggs to goose eggs, and it was very painful when they hit people. Don’t ask Rongzhen how she knew that.
The teammates dodged and cursed, "Hail in a sunny day, you're really a jerk of God!"
When they arrived at Lincheng after a difficult journey, they saw only a vast ocean.
It turned out that the river next to Lincheng had burst its banks, and the flood submerged the city, which was about to fall apart. The situation was not much better than theirs.
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