Li Jinshao glanced at Xi Xi, her lips twitching slightly.
This girl always calls him by his name, when did she start calling him "Brother Li" like Wang Dashan?
Wang Dashan is from the countryside, and judging from his accent, he must be from the same hometown.
In their area, people of all ages respectfully address adult men and women as "elder brother" or "elder sister," so Li Jinshao naturally didn't think anything of it.
But when Xi Xi heard it, those three words took on a completely different meaning.
Li Jinshao immediately got goosebumps. The three words Xi Xi spoke seemed to carry a natural threat. The words he wanted to ask her directly, "Did you use any props?" got stuck in his throat and he swallowed them down.
Xi Xi was unaware that her words were so intimidating; she was simply keeping a low profile and not wanting to reveal too much of her strength.
The reason is simple: Xi Xi used the .
The protective shield is very effective. Although it cannot prevent earthquakes, it greatly reduces the terrain damage caused by crustal movement within its effective range.
In fact, Xi Xi was very nervous when using the . After reviewing the situation, she believed that the reason why the escape was so successful was not only due to the Guardian Shield, but also because of the safe island planned for the escape route and the flat terrain that Li Jinshao repeatedly explored and chose.
The island is isolated by a group of reefs, so the earthquake will not cause a large-scale tsunami and thus avoid double damage. In addition, Xi Xi discovered that the protective shield can only stabilize the shaking underfoot and prevent ground fissures and collapses, but it is powerless to resist rocks falling from above.
"There was an earthquake."
"SOS! I was terrified! Another earthquake!!"
"Help! My mother has been hit by a landslide and is now unconscious. Can anyone with first aid knowledge please help?"
"Please help me, I'm trapped under a pile of rubble. My leg seems to be broken, and I can't even stand up. Someone please help me..."
"What if the tunnel is in ruins? I'll have to walk through it."
"The streetlights at the transfer station have all fallen down, running over two vehicles, and now they're arguing."
"No wonder there were so many people."
"Damn it, I'm the unlucky one. I even contacted Sheji, but that NPC doesn't reimburse for natural disasters, so I wasted 5,000 survival points on repairs."
"5000?! That's ridiculously expensive?!"
"It's a miracle no one was hit."
"Could someone kindly take a look at the distress message above?"
"Seeing it won't help. Everyone takes a different path, and you can't get through..."
"Honestly, you should try to get to the transit station yourself. It's not realistic to ask someone else to go back."
"How cold-hearted you all are..."
"?"
"Okay, if you're so kind, why don't you go and save them?"
"Are you trying to use moral blackmail here?"
"It's easy to talk when you're not the one suffering; this is a survival game, please be aware."
"You can only help if you have the ability yourself. How can you expect us ordinary people to help? Why don't you go and morally blackmail the top 20 on the comfort and ease rankings?"
Will there be aftershocks?
"Small tremors are inevitable, and a large tremor is bound to follow."
"I saw with my own eyes in the rearview mirror that a car behind me was swept away by the waves..."
"Wow, you felt the tremors even on the reinforced concrete bridge?"
"Didn't someone say during the day that the bridge was of poor quality and was blown down by the typhoon?"
"I thought that, like with the sandstorm, there wouldn't be any earthquakes after leaving the transit station, so I set off early, but..."
"We're in the same boat here. The waves are huge, and the height difference between the cross-sea bridge and the sea surface is very small. Now everyone is huddled together."
"A car was swept away by the waves...it's true."
"How scary. How scary..."
"Which is a more comfortable way to die: being buried or being drowned?"
"It's hard to say..."
...
The public chat was indeed buzzing with activity, with people discussing the aftershocks one after another, occasionally punctuated by some heated arguments.
While Xi Xi was checking the public chat, Li Jinshao acted swiftly, packing his bags early and then bidding farewell to everyone.
“I scouted the area this afternoon, and there’s a new cross-sea bridge to the southeast,” Li Jinshao said, slinging his backpack over his shoulder and picking up his climbing poles. He glanced at Xi Xi as if he had something to say, but ultimately didn’t ask. “Then farewell. See you again someday.”
Xi Xi guessed that he must have noticed that she had used the . She didn't say anything, but just smiled faintly and nodded politely.
Cuihua gently nudged Wang Dashan beside her. Wang Dashan was stunned for a moment before snapping out of his daze. His eyes widened, his face filled with panic, and he shouted at the top of his lungs:
"Brother Li, why don't we wait a little longer? Look, it's pitch black, you can't see your hand in front of your face. What if there are aftershocks? We'll all be in trouble then!"
Li Jinshao, who had already walked some distance, stopped when she heard the sound, slowly turned around, and casually waved in their direction. "There won't be any large aftershocks, don't worry." Then she continued walking without hesitation, without even turning her head back.
"Are there really no more aftershocks...?" Cuihua stood there, her brows furrowed tightly, her heart still filled with worry and unease. "Man-made disasters can be prevented, but natural disasters cannot..."
The harrowing, life-or-death scene from just moments ago seemed to keep flashing before her eyes. She instinctively turned to look at her husband, her eyes filled with doubt, and for a moment she didn't know what to do.
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