It was mid-July, the height of summer, and Yu Sui was walking on the streets of the northern city of Tangshan, feeling sweltering.
But she had to come.
If I don't come, I won't be able to get over the hurdle in my heart.
In fact, the reason why Yu Sui agreed with Xia Linsheng's idea of going to the north to get married right after her birthday was largely because it was an excuse for her to leave her hometown and go to the north.
She thought about it for a long time in her hometown, and finally decided to come and try to minimize the damage caused by the horrific natural disaster in her previous life.
She hadn't known about the flood in a certain province in her previous life, and it depended largely on geography and weather. Even if she had known about it in advance, she wouldn't have been able to prevent it.
But the earthquake that shocked the world was different.
As a Chinese, no one would be unaware of the greatest disaster in human history in the 10th century. After all, the number of casualties was as high as 240,000.
If we can prevent it in advance, we can save a hundred, a thousand, or ten thousand more people, right?
Because of this matter, Yu Sui postponed the date of delivery to Xia Linsheng by three days. She wanted to use these three days to find influential people and try her best to prevent the big earthquake.
Because of this, before coming here, she had spent every day hiding in the space, looking up information related to the earthquake. However, after all, the space's main function was to exchange items, not a search engine, so no matter how hard Yu Sui searched, she could only find some old newspapers or very old books.
But Yu Sui was really troubled.
She really read the newspaper for more than three hours every day, and finally decided that she was someone who could have a say in the earthquake.
This man's surname is Wang, and he is an analysis and forecasting technician in the northern region of the China Earthquake Administration.
All the information available in Yusui shows that this person was actually monitoring the possibility of an earthquake, but for various reasons, did not take strong preventive measures at the time.
Moreover, this person will be holding a meeting in Tangshan, where a major earthquake is expected to occur, around July 13th or 14th.
Therefore, Yu Sui's stay in Tangshan was also on the 13th.
Yu Sui was standing on the street, silently watching this city that would have collapsed in her previous life.
It’s great that there is a garden in the city center.
To be honest, the life here is much better than that in the small county town where she comes from.
Look at this shop on the corner, it’s three stories high and there are a row of bicycles parked in front of the door, how beautiful it is!
The four-story building in front has a sign outside that says "Tangshan Guesthouse". This is where the person Yu Sui is looking for this time will be.
Yu Sui silently observed the guesthouse for a long time. She saw several people wearing four-pocket clothes, glasses and pens coming in, talking and discussing, and she listened silently.
She left only after these people had completely disappeared from the guesthouse.
Through the conversations of those people just now, she confirmed that they were personnel from earthquake bureaus in various places.
Yu Sui found a toilet and took advantage of the time when no one was there to slip into the space, bought a set of cosmetics, and made herself up as an old woman in her fifties or sixties.
When she put on a gray-white wig and a slanted-collar homespun dress, she looked at herself in the mirror and was very satisfied.
Now, she is Old Lady Yu Sui.
Old Lady Yu Sui hunched over as soon as she left the space. Her homespun clothes made her inconspicuous. But when she tried to sneak into the guesthouse, the gatekeeper stopped her: "Hey, old comrade, who are you looking for? You can't just come in here."
Yu Sui's voice was hoarse, but she was very confident: "Oh, I'm looking for Wang Zhenmin."
"who?"
"Oh, the people from Beijing are having a meeting here. Beijing officials, please don't bother and let me in. You really don't even know that the people from Beijing are having a meeting here, how dare you stop me!"
Yu Sui said this and strode in.
The gatekeeper stopped her again: "Oh, no, no, that's right, there are people from Beijing holding a meeting here, so you can't go in. Old comrade, why don't you tell me who you are looking for and make it clear, and I will ask for you."
"Didn't I just tell you? I'm looking for Wang Zhenmin from the Beijing Earthquake Bureau. He's my nephew. I have something important to discuss with him. Ask him to come out immediately."
"Hey, then you wait here, don't just stand around, wait."
This guy is still honest.
Yu Sui looked at the back of the guard who hurried in to call people, curled her lips, and quickly slipped into another door of the guesthouse, hiding quietly.
Soon, the guard came out, but no one followed him.
I knew it would be like this.
Wang Zhenmin was here for a meeting, so how could he come out immediately after being called by the security guard? I, the old lady Yu Sui, had to find him myself.
Yu Sui began to wander around the guesthouse.
This guesthouse is not very big, with three buildings.
While dodging the staff who appeared from time to time, Yu Sui touched the largest building.
In her experience, people who come to Beijing for meetings like this will definitely stay in the largest building.
The building has three floors, and Yu Sui searched each floor one by one.
The first floor is the accommodation building, and the third floor has several meeting rooms of different sizes.
Yu Sui was thinking that she was a little blind and whether she should change her clothes and ask someone, when she heard a very stern and dull voice.
Because it was summer, the doors to the conference rooms were all open. Yu Sui followed the sound and found someone giving a speech in a small conference room:
"...His point of view is well-founded. At least I agree with it. There won't be another major earthquake in the near future. After all, the Haicheng earthquake just happened. According to our country's earthquake records, there has never been a precedent in history of two earthquakes of magnitude 7 or above occurring in adjacent areas.
"And how long has it been since the Haicheng earthquake? Just over a day! Historically, there have been no strong earthquakes in adjacent areas within two days of each other. Don't assume that just because the Haicheng earthquake was successfully monitored recently, it will be accurate this time. I advise you to quit while you're ahead!"
(An earthquake did occur in Haicheng, located further north, in 1975. However, due to technical personnel monitoring the area a month in advance, the Earthquake Administration and the local government took effective preventive measures, resulting in minimal casualties. This is the only successful earthquake prediction in history, and it has attracted the attention of earthquake experts worldwide.)
After he finished speaking, there was a small burst of discussion around him.
Then a hoarse voice sounded cautiously:
"But, Commander, according to our observations, many earthquake precursors haven't subsided after the Haicheng earthquake. In fact, they've changed dramatically. This is especially true in the Tangshan area. Several public monitoring and defense points have detected a sharp drop in earth resistivity! This is a major problem of crustal medium variation. Judging by the frequency and magnitude of the drop, if an earthquake occurs, it will be even larger than the 7.3 magnitude earthquake in Haicheng! I think we should be prepared for a strong earthquake."
This is true. The epicenter and magnitude of the earthquake are indeed similar to what actually happened.
The person who is speaking has something going on.
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