"It's alright. These kinds of earthquakes have been quite frequent lately. The world hasn't been very peaceful lately. Besides, twenty minutes have already passed, and the plane will be back soon."
Darcy nodded, feeling somewhat relieved.
Yun Zhe's mood wasn't so relaxed, and he silently recited his school motto. This was a habit of his; when his mind was unstable, reciting the motto a few times would calm him down. Although he didn't know if it worked for others, it had a remarkable effect on Yun Zhe, which was truly a magical thing.
"Don't think that the world will be different just because you're standing on high ground. The world hasn't changed; it's just that your perspective is different." A sentence was spoken unintentionally.
Darcy's eyes lit up when he heard this. "You're Affleck's student?"
Yun Zhe nodded, and Darcy was overjoyed, excitedly grasping Yun Zhe's hand, "Ah, me...me too...you're really amazing...I also wanted to take the Alfred exam back then, but unfortunately I was a few dozen points short..."
Seeing Darcy's excited expression, Yun Zhe assumed he had found a fellow alumnus, but it turned out to be this unexpected situation. Yun Zhe was momentarily speechless and could only manage an awkward laugh.
“Oh dear, I should have kept my daughter here. She’s taking the college entrance exam next year. You two could have exchanged tips, and you could have shared some secrets with her. Maybe she could have gotten into Alfred College.” Darcy slumped to the ground, looking like he’d won the lottery but lost his ticket, pounding his chest in regret. “Let me tell you, my daughter’s a good student. If she had stayed, she really might have gotten into Alfred College. Sigh…”
The father's desire for his daughter to succeed was obvious.
Yun Zhe wasn't exactly socially anxious, but at this moment, he really couldn't think of anything to say to comfort the middle-aged man in front of him.
Just then, a huge sound came, booming and rumbling, like a helicopter, but not quite.
Darcy looked in surprise toward the direction from which the sound came, and said to Yun Zhe with delight, "You've arrived so quickly?"
Yun Zhe frowned, desperately searching his memory for the voice, but found no trace of it.
The sound came again, but this time there was not only a roar, but also a huge splash.
A white line of water roared down from upstream, interspersed with ruins, tree branches, and clods of earth.
Darcy stared at the waterline, completely stunned.
The sound of the water grew louder and louder. Yun Zhe tugged at Darcy and asked anxiously, "Can you swim? The water is coming straight at us. If we run to the banks now, we still have a chance to escape."
Darcy shook his head in shame; at this moment, not being able to swim was indeed a fatal problem.
Yun Zhe looked around, trying to find something sturdy enough to hold the two of them in place and withstand the impact.
But time was running out… Yun Zhe pulled Darcy up and ran towards the shore. Although Yun Zhe knew his chances of survival were still high, the chances of the man beside him were uncertain. But Yun Zhe didn't want to give up; he still wanted to use the remaining time to get the man to a relatively safe place.
A huge tremor followed, and the small patch of ground beneath Yun Zhe and Darcy's feet began to shift with the current...
The two were initially delighted, but then realized they had been too happy too soon.
"Damn it," Yun Zhe cursed inwardly. If this piece of land could move at the same speed as the water, they could stay here safely. Although their future was uncertain, the longer they could hold out, the greater the chance of a helicopter arriving and their chances of rescue. However, this piece of land was not only moving slowly, but it was also gradually crumbling during the drift. He estimated that before the water could reach them and drown them, this piece of land would collapse first, causing them to fall directly into the water.
Yun Zhe was in despair, and Darcy's eyes lost their luster.
The enormous roar grew closer and closer, and Yun Zhe could already see the various pieces of rotten wood and broken rocks churning within the giant wave, while the land beneath their feet was also on the verge of completely disintegrating as the giant wave approached.
Just then, the helicopter made its heroic entrance.
The moment the helicopter emerged from the woods, Yun Zhe breathed a sigh of relief.
Cade threw a rope from the helicopter and then ordered it to fly directly toward Yun Zhe.
When the rope reached the ground, the soil crumbled.
Yun Zhe grabbed the rope and then tightly gripped Darcy. Darcy, in turn, clung tightly to Yun Zhe. The wave was still a few seconds away. Everything was just right. If the helicopter took off at that moment, the two of them would surely be rescued.
Everyone thought so. The pilot received instructions from Cade to pull up.
However, the helicopter felt a slight resistance, but the resistance quickly disappeared, and the helicopter successfully pulled up.
Unbeknownst to the pilot, the slight resistance came from Yun Zhe's clothes, which had gotten caught. A huge tree branch had been inserted into the silt in the water and had snagged Yun Zhe's clothes.
Realizing he was hanging, Yun Zhe didn't think twice and simply shoved the rope into Darcy's hand. Then he released Darcy and lifted him up. The movements were fluid and practiced, as if he had rehearsed them thousands of times.
With the resistance gone and the waves receding, the helicopter took off vertically, leaving Darcy alone on the rope.
Having witnessed this entire scene, Cade let out a painful cry towards the river water after the waves had receded.
"No………………"
However, the water surface had already calmed down, and the huge waves rushed downstream without looking back, as if nothing had happened.
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