Chapter 60 Three days and three nights, aftershocks continued
Over here, Chu Bai led a group of people in a desperate struggle, searching for a place of refuge. The aftershocks continued, giving them no chance to catch their breath. Finally, they found an open plain and rested for a while.
My stomach was growling with hunger, and I felt dizzy and seeing stars.
Aside from a dozen packs of compressed biscuits and a few bottles of purified drinking water in the truck, there was nothing else to eat. Chu Bai distributed the compressed biscuits to the people following behind the pickup truck, as they needed to replenish their strength to escape safely.
No one on the vehicle raised any objections. At this point, being able to sit in the vehicle was already a sign of gratitude to those who were traveling with them and carrying the burden for them. Who would have the heart to take away the last bit of food from these people?
Meanwhile, Yu Miaomiao and the others were already happily showing off their food.
The group had gradually gotten used to the shaking of the dungeon. Not only had their initial panic subsided, but they were also starting to feel drowsy. With this frequency of shaking, there was basically nothing to do but stare at each other.
So all three of them chose to close their eyes and rest. Although Xu Nanwei was young, she was sensible and obedient and did not cry or make a fuss like ordinary children, so Yu Miaomiao and the other two were relieved of a lot of trouble.
For example, right now, she's very bored, but she won't cause any trouble. Except for one time when she couldn't hold it in any longer and raised her hand to indicate that she wanted to go to the toilet, she sat obediently in the car seat.
As noon approached, Yu Miaomiao felt she couldn't neglect her stomach, so she searched her spatial storage for suitable food to eat at this time.
These days we should mainly eat dry food. Although Yu Miaomiao is someone who can't live without soup, she should restrain herself for the next few days. The vibration could happen at any time and stop briefly, and liquid food is easy to spill, which will be a lot of trouble to clean up afterwards.
However, I forgot that they also have a human-shaped washing machine.
It had been a long time since I'd had a "fat couch potato" meal, so we each had a small burger, munched on them, and then closed our eyes to rest.
Having slept too much, Yu Miaomiao closed her eyes for a while but found she couldn't fall asleep at all, so she simply stared blankly out the window.
The surroundings remained deathly silent; no houses had lights on, and it was impossible to tell if anyone was still in the villa area.
She tried to probe with her mental power, but only a few weak signals came back, making it impossible to determine whether these people were alive or dead.
Since she had nothing better to do, she greeted Lu An, then slipped into her spatial dimension to try out her newly acquired, 99% new harvester.
He slapped his forehead, realizing something was wrong.
I forgot to ask if I could return the product within seven days without giving a reason if I wasn't satisfied during the trial period!
Never mind, the buyer is never as shrewd as the seller. Next time, she'll definitely remember to ask.
The harvester needs to run on diesel fuel, and when Yu Miaomiao opened the fuel tank, there wasn't a single drop left for her.
Hmph, no merchant is without cunning.
He retrieved diesel fuel from his storage space and poured half a bucket into the harvester.
Let's test it first. If it doesn't work, we'll have to pump out the diesel fuel.
Harvesters can be programmed to follow a pre-set route, allowing them to harvest crops on flat fields.
The fields in the space are perfectly square plots of land.
Moreover, the seedlings are growing well and are growing in a uniform manner.
We'll test the waters in a wheat field first, and then consider using it in a medicinal herb field.
Just kidding, if the medicinal herb field is destroyed, then everything will be over.
Using mental power, the harvester stood in the field, started up, and began operating according to the pre-designed route.
She stood by the field, watching the combine harvesters work in rows, quickly and neatly harvesting the wheat.
Not only did they harvest the straw, but they also recycled and bundled it into small square haystacks, piling them up in the field. It's kind of cute, isn't it?
Yu Miaomiao was very satisfied. From today onwards, she would appoint the harvester as the General of the Fields, and this entire field would be under its jurisdiction.
She flashed out of the space and shared the wonders of the new machine with Lu An. They were now closer to lying completely flat.
The tremors on the ground seemed to have stopped, as if nature was giving everyone a chance to breathe.
However, stronger aftershocks soon followed.
The erratic, up-down, left-right vibrations caused the escape pod to detach from the ground, be thrown into the air, and then crash down—more thrilling than a pirate ship or a drop tower.
Yu Miaomiao felt her stomach churning. Damn it, she had only eaten one hamburger, and now she was about to throw it up.
Looking at the other two, they both had their eyes closed and were holding onto the safety ropes tightly. However, the shaking became more and more intense. Even though they were fastened to their safety belts, they all began to sway their bodies and felt dizzy.
Fortunately, the aftershocks subsided quickly, and the region entered a brief period of respite.
Then the next wave comes, and the cycle repeats.
For three consecutive days, I spent almost all my time in this kind of repeated shaking. The shaking I felt while sitting in the escape pod was like the turbulence of an airplane encountering strong air currents, and the physical discomfort spread throughout my body.
Strangely, Yu Miaomiao didn't remember any earthquakes in her previous life lasting so long.
Just when they were about to reach their limit and couldn't hold on any longer, the aftershocks seemed to have ended, and after a period of silence lasting several hours, without waiting for the next aftershock, Yu Miaomiao opened the hatch and jumped out of the escape pod first.
The air was thick with smoke and dust, which was really choking. I took out masks and oxygen cylinders from my space and arranged them for Lu An and Xu Nanwei as well. However, Xu Nanwei didn't seem to feel anything different and refused the oxygen mask.
She snapped her fingers, and Yu Miaomiao and Lu An were also enveloped in the air shield.
In an instant, fresh, invigorating air enters the body through the nose, as if strolling in a forest after the rain, with an abundance of negative oxygen ions.
Yeah, we all forgot about this future air-type master.
Oxygen mask, sorry, we don't need you anymore.
Throw it back into space and enjoy breathing freely.
The villa was shrouded in a thick layer of dust; broken furniture and a fractured staircase all testified to what had just transpired there.
The damage was not significant, and the main structure of the villa was undamaged. The underground city withstood the disaster and survived the super earthquake. However, many people still perished.
As soon as the three of them stepped out of the villa's courtyard, they saw a villa not far away that had collapsed halfway. Yu Miaomiao used her spiritual power to investigate and found someone underneath, but they were no longer breathing.
The ground in the passageways of the villa community was also slightly raised, with no place that was completely flat and smooth. There was no life in the surroundings and not a sound.
The three of them decided not to go any further. The earthquake seemed to have just ended, but there was no guarantee that there would be aftershocks. They decided to stay in the villa to prevent any accidents.
"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey..."
At this moment, a disheveled man suddenly appeared in front of the three of them, startling Yu Miaomiao so much that she immediately drew her knife.