Without hesitation, Wen Li grabbed Xu Yurong and Wen Xingming, who were still in shock, and pulled them outside, quickly telling the others, "Run! There's an earthquake!"
Yunnan Province is located on the edge of a seismic zone, and thousands of earthquakes of varying magnitudes have occurred there since records began, but the tremors have not been strong.
But this time was different. Wen Li could feel the entire building swaying, so the earthquake must have been quite strong.
They were already at the hotel entrance, so they were among the first to run out.
Less than half a minute later, more people screamed and ran out, but at the same time, they heard the sound of the building collapsing. Even the exquisite building in front of them had huge cracks!
As a seasoned special forces soldier, Wen Yu immediately realized that this earthquake was probably not as strong as any previous major earthquake.
Without hesitation, he immediately arranged, "Dad, Aunt, Little Sister, this earthquake must be of a very high magnitude. I need to stay and do the rescue work. Don't wait until tomorrow to leave; leave today."
Following the major earthquake, numerous aftershocks followed.
Staying here would probably be even more dangerous for everyone.
Xu Yurong was the most timid, but she still said, "What will you do if we leave?"
Wen Yu looked at her stepmother and was slightly taken aback, but still said, "I am a soldier, I cannot stand by and watch someone die."
But his family members are just ordinary people, and they have the right to evacuate quickly.
Wen Yu looked at Wen Li, who had a serious expression and seemed to be thinking about something, and said, "Wen Li, you take Dad and Auntie and leave. I need to go to the police station first."
However, after Wen Yu finished speaking, Wen Li kept her brows furrowed, seemingly lost in her own world.
"Wenli!"
Wen Yu called her several times before Wen Li finally came to her senses.
Wen Yu asked, "What's wrong?"
Wen Li shook her head and suddenly asked, "Third Brother, why don't you try contacting the police station and ask about the people arrested in the drug village?"
"What's wrong?"
Although Wen Yu was talking, she had already picked up her phone to call Gao Chong and ask about the situation at the police station.
However, before he could dial, Gao Chong called.
"Captain, there's been an earthquake! Are you and Wen Li alright?"
Wen Yu said in a low voice, "We're fine, but there are signs of high-rise buildings collapsing around us. Have the troops that came looking for us left? If they haven't, they should stay and help with the disaster relief."
Gao Chong: "The orders from above have just come down, and the operation has already begun. Buildings near the police station have collapsed, and many pedestrians and vehicles have been injured. But there is another major event!"
"What is it?" Wen Yu glanced at Wen Li subconsciously, then handed her the phone.
Gao Chong's voice quickly came: "Just three minutes before the earthquake, all the adult male villagers in the poison village suddenly fell ill. The symptoms were that they first foamed at the mouth, and after about several tens of seconds, everyone's eyes bulged out, their eye circles turned red, and they frantically choked their own necks as if they were suffocating. Then they collapsed to the ground and couldn't get up. Ten seconds later, their bodies rapidly withered, as if they had been sucked dry by something!"
As Gao Chong spoke, he asked, "Should we call an expert from the CDC to come and take a look? Could it be some kind of infectious disease?"
After all, living in a drug-infested village like that, you never know what kind of virus you might contract.
“It’s not a virus, it’s an array,” Wen Li suddenly said.
Gao Chong was taken aback: "Wen Li, my little sister?"
Wen Li glanced at Wen Yu, then picked up her phone and said, "Under normal circumstances, a person's body cannot rapidly wither without external force. The only thing I can think of is the intervention of an array, which would cause this situation by absorbing their essence and blood."
Gao Chong opened his mouth, glanced at his equally shocked brothers, and asked blankly, "You, how did you know?"
"Because I saw it with my own eyes."
A year ago, when she fought Master Fang, she witnessed his young disciples turn into shriveled corpses in just a few dozen seconds.
Wen Li will never forget this scene.
"This earthquake probably won't be that simple. You guys save people first, I need to go back to the poison village to take another look."
Wen Li hung up the phone after she finished speaking.
She said to the crowd, "I can't leave now either. I suspect that Master Fang has come out again, so I have to stay."
Huo Yinghuai spoke first: "I'll stay with you."
Wen Li refused: "If you don't want to leave, then come with Third Brother to help with disaster relief."
Wen Li now carries various talismans with her, and she hands them out to everyone one by one: "These talismans can protect you and also help you find living people."
Wen Li insisted that there was no room for further thought.
Wen Tingsong hesitated for a long time, but seeing the persistent look in Wen Li's eyes, he knew that Wen Li wouldn't listen to anything he said now.
Finally, Wen Tingsong stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder: "We'll accompany you to the drug village first, and then we'll carry out the rescue after we return."
They were worried about Wen Li going to the village alone.
The two sides were deadlocked, and in the end, Wen Li was the first to give in.
She went to the drug village only to confirm a fact, so she nodded: "Okay."
The city is only about a 40-minute drive from the drug village, but once you get up the mountain, the car becomes difficult to drive, and they have to walk up.
Wen Li did not go to the poison village, but instead went to a high mountain opposite the poison village.
Wen Li stood at the very top of the mountain, her gaze sweeping over towering white peaks, while the poison village below had long since become ruins.
The village is almost deserted now, with only women and children remaining.
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