Survival [End Times]

After returning to Bishang City, Yu Heng still found a job in agricultural planting. Now the planting business is in full swing. Although he is a little tired, he is very satisfied with this job because internal employees can buy rice at an internal price.

He did insect control, weed control and fertilization very seriously. Because it was still grouped and per acre performance management, his group's output won the first place twice, which earned him a small bonus.

One day, he was pumping well water for irrigation, and suddenly found that the color of the water in the bucket was a bit strange. He squatted down to look, moved his nose and sniffed.

"Is Hengle ready?" His colleague urged him.

"Oh, it's ready."

He stood up and poured the water in the bucket into the water tank on the car. When his colleague drove the car to water, he picked up another bucket and looked at it suspiciously, and finally lay down by the well to look down.

However, because of the drought in the past few years, this well was dug very deep. For safety, only space was left for the water bucket to enter and exit. Looking at it this way, you can't see anything at all, just smell a strange smell, very slight.

After get off work, he rode his bicycle home and met people herding cattle down the mountain. Suddenly, several cattle started running fast and knocked down many passers-by on the way home from work.

The road suddenly became chaotic. Yu Heng got off his bicycle and stepped aside. Together with others, he helped the fallen people up. One person was hit in the stomach and couldn't get up. Everyone hurriedly called an ambulance.

When he got home, he told Wu Changxin about this. Wu Changxin also said that fortunately, he told him not to get too close to the cattle after get off work in the future, so as not to get hurt.

After that, Yu Heng didn't take it to heart, but when he slept at night, he felt uncomfortable in a half-awake state. He dreamed of the difficult years when he rowed a boat and cramped his hands during the flood a few years ago. Then the boat was overturned by the waves, and people fell into the water and shivered from the cold.

He was awakened, and after opening his eyes for a few seconds, he was shocked to find that the bed was really shaking!

There was an earthquake! These three words popped up in his mind in bold font.

Yu Heng jumped up and found that the shaking was more obvious when he stood on the ground.

"Chang Xin! Ping An!"

Zhang Tao had not come back yet. Wu Chang Xin slept next door with her child and woke up when Yu Heng shouted.

Turning on the lights in the room, Yu Heng clearly saw the cabinet door open and shaking gently.

"It's an earthquake! Bring Ping An out quickly!"

He shouted while putting on his clothes. After opening the door, Wu Chang Xin just came out holding Wu Ping An. He quickly took him and hugged him: "Go downstairs quickly!"

Perhaps because of the shadow of the previous flood, the houses bought by the two families were on the eighth floor.

The shaking woke up many people. When Yu Heng opened the door with the child and rushed downstairs, he met many people in the corridor, screaming and shouting.

There were also people waiting for the elevator. Yu Heng and Wu Chang Xin ran down along the handrail of the stairs.

The shaking became more obvious. Yu Heng even heard the sound of cracking walls. He had already run to the third floor. There were more people here, and the narrow stairs were packed tightly. He was violently pushed away by others and hit the wall heavily, and his arm felt a sharp pain.

"Brother!"

Wu Changxin wanted to squeeze over, and Yu Heng shouted at her: "You go out first! Hurry up! Go!"

He slowed down, and Wu Ping'an touched his shoulder with red eyes and said: "Uncle, it doesn't hurt."

"Ping'an, lower your head and hug your uncle tightly."

Wu Ping'an crawled with his feet together and hugged Yu Heng tightly. Yu Heng buried his head in the gap between people and ran downstairs with the crowd. If anyone tried to push him away, he would elbow him.

Thank God, this house was built less than four years ago, and the quality was still good. When the living people ran down, the house was still standing firmly.

"Sister! Sister!"

"Dad! Mom!"

In the crowd standing in the empty space downstairs, several voices were heard looking for their relatives. Those who couldn't find them shouted in panic.

"Maybe they were squeezed to another place. Let's look for them again?"

"Brother, are you okay? Come on down quickly." Wu Ping'an slid down quickly.

Yu Heng pinched himself and shook his head: "It's okay. There are no broken bones. It should be just bruises." He held the child with only one hand to stabilize his body, so he was pushed.

Someone ran back to the corridor quickly, probably to find relatives.

It was so chaotic just now, it is indeed very likely that he was trampled and left in the building. If he hadn't changed direction in time and hit the wall, and fell to the ground after being pushed down, so many people behind him would definitely not let him get up again.

I am still scared when I think about it now.

"Why did the earthquake suddenly happen?"

"Oh, there is still a lot of food at home! I'll go back to get it!"

"Mom, don't go! You are not allowed to go!"

The shaking became more and more obvious, and people standing on the ground were shaking.

Yu Heng picked up Wu Pingan again and took Wu Changxin to a place with few people.

The lights flickered in the dark, and finally the power was cut off, and the surroundings fell into darkness. I don’t know which house collapsed, and I could hear rumbling noises all night.

Wu Pingan was a little frightened, lying on Yu Heng and crying softly, and then fell asleep.

The people who escaped automatically found the threshing ground and waited quietly for the chaos to pass.

"Brother, do you think Zhang Tao will be okay?"

"He is so smart, he will definitely hide. Didn’t we run down from the eighth floor?"

Wu Changxin breathed a sigh of relief, grabbed Yu Heng’s arm and leaned over, suppressing the uneasiness in her heart.

Yu Heng freed his hand and patted her head.

The earthquake stopped before daybreak. Some people went home to pack up their things in the dark, but most people did not move. It was too dark, and who knew where there were holes and potholes, and they were afraid of getting hurt.

When daybreak came, Yu Heng saw the damage caused by the earthquake last night. Looking around, the scene under the morning sun was no longer prosperous. There were collapsed houses, broken wires on the street, and cracked ground...

"Ouch! The ground is cracked like this, what should I do with the crops in the field!"

"My house! I just bought it! Can the property management compensate me if it is damaged by the earthquake?"

Some people went home to pack up their things one after another. Yu Heng observed for a long time and made sure that there was no more shaking before he decided to go upstairs to pack up. At this time, more than half of the people on this open space had already disappeared.

He said to Wu Changxin: "You and Ping An wait for me here, I'll go upstairs to pack up!" He also told them to wait downstairs.

Wu Changxin nodded: "Brother, you have to be careful." Wu Ping'an touched his rumbling stomach and watched his uncle run away with wide eyes full of panic and fear.

Yu Heng ran upstairs and went to Zhang's house first. He had the key to Zhang's house. After entering, he first went to the bedroom cabinet mentioned by Wu Changxin to find their household registration book, ID card and other documents, as well as a few small pieces of gold locked. He also packed a few clothes from the cabinet.

There were thirteen bags of rice in the kitchen. Yu Heng put all of them into the storage ring and then hurried out.

When he put away his own things and locked the door, he felt the ground shaking slightly again.

It was just a slight one, but Yu Heng turned and went downstairs directly. His own things, the valuable ones were all in the storage ring, leaving only a few bags of rice in the kitchen. So he simply didn't go back to his own house and ran downstairs directly.

When he ran to the fourth floor, the ground suddenly shook violently, and people downstairs heard screams of terror.

Yu Heng was thrown to the ground by the violent shock. Even though he grabbed the railing, the railing was deformed and he still rolled down.

He grabbed the gap of a family's iron door tightly and used a lot of strength to control his body. A pool of sand hit his face. His heart tightened and his body automatically stepped back several steps to squeeze into the triangular corner of the wall. The next second, several stones fell down.

He was sweating and ran down the wall. The wall kept deforming and stones rolled down. When he reached the first floor, he found that the stairs were blocked and several people were moving stones there anxiously. Seeing him, they shouted: "Come and help!"

Everyone worked together to dig a hole. There were no tools at hand, and everyone's hands were bleeding. But between life and death, how can you feel pain? !

After everyone squeezed together and got out, Yu Heng was caught just as he got out. He heard crying voices in his ears: "Brother!" "Uncle."

"How did you get here! Run!!"

The sound of the house deforming and collapsing behind him continued. Yu Heng quickly grabbed Wu Changxin and ran out.

There was a shadow above his head, and screams continued around him.

Yu Heng didn't look up, and directly changed the direction of his running.

Boom boom--

The stones splashed on his back, but he didn't feel any pain. After working in the fields for many years, his physical fitness was naturally much stronger. He didn't feel tired running so far with the child in his arms.

The two adults ran to the field in one breath with the child in their arms.

When they stopped to catch their breath and looked back, the house they lived in had collapsed into a mess.

The bottom of his feet was still shaking violently, and the whole person was like duckweed on the sea, with nothing to rely on.

"Lie down!"

Yu Heng shouted, holding Wu Ping'an and lying down in the rice field. Wu Changxin immediately followed and lay down.

The fields were rough and uncomfortable to lie on, but they gave people a sense of security. Wu Ping'an nestled in Yu Heng's arms and grabbed his clothes.

The screams and cries never stopped. In the face of natural disasters, humans are so insignificant.

Yu Heng lay on the ground and felt his body rising and falling. He held the ground tightly and suddenly heard a sound in his ear. He pressed his ears to the ground alertly - crack, bang -

He jumped up like a spring!

The rice fields were lush and green, but they were trampled into a mess by the residents who fled.

Several cracks were staggered in the rice fields and were constantly expanding. There was even a crack that expanded in the direction of where they were lying.

"Run! The ground is cracked!"

He quickly picked up Wu Ping'an and hugged him. After thinking about it, he carried him on his back: "Be sure to hold on to your uncle!"

Wu Ping'an lay on his back and hugged him tightly, wrapped his feet around Yu Heng's waist, and pressed himself like a pancake.

Wu Changxin ran closely after Yu Heng. Yu Heng kept an eye on his feet while running. However, the field was fine the previous second, but a crack suddenly appeared when he stepped on it the next second.

If this was a stable ground, Yu Heng would have been able to dodge it. However, the ground was shaking so much that all his movements were out of position. He missed his step and fell down.

Fortunately, he used a knife to block the crack. Although he was still falling, the knife broke in the end, and he was still hanging on the crack.

"Brother!" Wu Changxin lay down and tried to pull him, but he was too far away.

The sand fell and hit Yu Heng's face. He didn't even dare to shake and scolded her: "Stay away from here!!"

Wu Changxin felt the soil under him collapse, and quickly stood up and kept backing away, tears streaming down.

"Brother! Be safe!"

Backing away like this, it seemed that she would be separated from her blood relatives forever.

"Brother! It's safe!"

She turned around in a circle. There were people running and fleeing everywhere. She could only rely on herself! She ran quickly, running towards the direction of the well in her memory.

Run faster, faster!

When she reached the nearest well, it had collapsed. She squatted down and pulled out the water rope inch by inch. Finally, the bucket was blocked inside the collapsed part, and the tail of the rope could not come out. She used all her strength to rub the rope on the broken surface and broke it.

Wu Changxin ran back happily holding the rope.

The broken surface had stopped expanding. She slowly approached, tied one end of the rope around her waist, and threw the other end down: "Brother, grab it quickly!"

At this time, Yu Heng had already climbed up halfway with his hands and feet. He grabbed the rope and used the support of the rope to speed up.

When he came up, Wu Changxin had been dragged to the edge of the crack and almost fell down.

She quickly pulled Yu Heng up, and the brother and sister panted and supported each other to get away from this area.

The ground was shaking, and the momentum seemed to be earth-shaking. Yu Heng was really tired. All he could see was the bumpy scene, as if he was watching a movie with a shaking camera. His vision was tired and his head was swollen.

He finally found a place without cracks and stopped.

Yu Heng collapsed on the ground and panted. Wu Changxin carried Wu Pingan out and touched his head.

When this earthquake was over, it was already devastated.

The reconstruction of Bishang City over the years was destroyed. I don’t know how much effort it will take to rebuild this time.

Yu Heng took out a piece of pancake and stuffed it into Wu Pingan’s mouth: "Eat slowly." He said to Wu Changxin: "Fortunately, you made pancakes last night, and I took them all down." This was made by Wu Changxin to prepare breakfast for Yu Heng to go to work the next day. It was salty with eggs.

Wu Changxin made eight pancakes, the two adults ate three, and Wu Pingan ate two.

Wu Changxin knew that his brother had some magical powers, so he didn't ask where the things were taken out from.

While eating the cake, Wu Changxin asked: "Brother, shall we go back?"

"Wait a minute, I'm afraid there will be aftershocks."

They waited until night, and there were no aftershocks, but at night, they didn't dare to go to places with buildings.

As night fell, the temperature dropped significantly. He had rolled out a few clothes before, and now all three of them were wearing them.

The two adults didn't dare to sleep, Wu Changxin said: "Brother, you sleep for a while, I'll call you if there's anything."

Yu Heng was really tired, and he fell asleep without holding on.

There were several waves of aftershocks in the evening, none of which were serious, but Yu Heng kept waking up and checking whether there were cracks in the ground around him.

They endured until dawn.

After dawn, Yu Heng took Wu Changxin and the children to the nearby store to look for things.

"Are you going to dig for treasure?" Wu Ping'an held Yu Heng's hand and asked with his head raised.

"I guess so. You will wait outside for your uncle and mom. If there is an earthquake, run outside to the open space. Do you understand?"

"I understand."

When they arrived at the ruins of the store, there were already many people digging. Yu Heng and Wu Changxin found a corner to dig, and later some people joined them. They soon dug out half of the store, and everyone rushed to the exposed things.

Yu Heng and his friends were not greedy. They took a few packs of biscuits and bottles of water they picked up and retreated to the side.

After eating, their stomachs felt a little better.

At noon, the person in charge of the large farm here came over and called for people to help dig and save people.

Wu Changxin hugged Wu Ping'an, watched Yu Heng wave to him, and joined the civilian rescue soldiers.

Soon the refugee tent was built, clothes and food arrived one after another, and the rescue work was carried out in an orderly manner. Although there were frequent aftershocks later, fortunately they were all minor and did not cause further damage.

There was news from outside. The reason why the rescue team from other places waited for a long time was because the scope of this earthquake was extremely wide. According to the news, 27 cities in three provinces around Bishang City were within the scope of the earthquake.

Since the continuous global drought began to count from the end of the world, in the seventh year of the end of the world, the world was hit by earthquakes for unknown reasons. According to later research and statistics, the highest earthquake intensity reached 12 degrees.

In the eighth year of the end of the world, Bishang City could no longer be used as a human habitat because of the huge changes in the surface and the cracks left by the earthquake were still expanding automatically. Therefore, the residents of the whole city moved out. Yu Heng and his group were the last group to move out, but they could not wait for Zhang Tao to come back. Finally, they left a stone tablet mark at the ruins of the old site, hoping that the returnees would see it.

Because the earthquake triggered a tsunami in the coastal areas, the southern coastal land was flooded, and the survivors moved north or west. Therefore, Bishang City in the central region moved west and finally settled in a city more than 4,600 miles away. The earthquake here was not serious and had been rebuilt long ago.

Thanks to Yu Heng's return to collect the relevant documents, they settled here smoothly.

It is already the second year after the earthquake, and the rescue of personnel has come to an end. The most important thing now is to excavate materials and production equipment.

Yu Heng signed up for the civilian aid army, and his relatives received protection and welfare such as safe housing and food.

In the fourth year of the earthquake, Yu Heng met a search team from other regions on his way south, and reunited with Zhang Tao.

Then the family reunited.

This is destined to be a bumpy and displaced era. In the fifteenth year of the last world, the world was generally cold, and the ice and snow covered it for two consecutive years. The number of deaths is unknown. In the seventeenth year of the last world, the ice and snow melted, triggering floods. The coastal areas moved inland due to the tsunami caused by the great earthquake in the seventh year of the last world. After returning home, they encountered natural disasters again only a few years later.

Until the end of the world forty-five years ago, there had been twenty years of peace and stability.

The end of the world seemed to end here.

When Wu Changxin married Zhang Tao's youngest daughter, Yu Heng's life also came to an end.

Wu Changxin's hair was gray and she cried so hard that she couldn't breathe.

Her three children grew up listening to their uncle's stories. In Wu Changxin's words, their uncle was very powerful. During the three years of the disaster, he appeared like an angel to protect her. He was brave and smart. They all survived, and their eldest brother was also born at that time.

Even Zhang Tao, who was always jealous, did not deny it.

After that, there were endless natural disasters, as if there was no end. And these times, the three children have memories, especially Wu Pingan, who had grown up at that time and helped take care of his younger brothers and sisters, and his memories were even more profound.

Nine years after Yu Heng's death, Zhang Tao and Wu Changxin also died one after another.

When Wu Pingan was 69 years old, the weather was extremely hot, and even in winter, the lowest temperature was only 27 or 28 degrees Celsius.

In March, Wu Pingan thought about it for a day and a night. His younger brother and married sister also received his call.

When the mainstream society believed that the era of natural disasters was a thing of the past, many older generations who had experienced the hardships of the past but indulged in a comfortable life for many years, and the new generation who had never experienced that era, did not take this hot summer seriously, the three families began to prepare under the leadership of Wu Pingan.

After 44 years, the disaster came again.

(End of the main text of this series)