Chapter 76 Dam Collapse(2/2)
"Here!" Since the last time she got lost looking at a map to lead the way, what she has been studying the most these days is the map.
From the previous town of Cedon to leaving the no-man's land, she had carefully studied all the roads and mapped out several different emergency forks.
"Drive a few hundred meters further and there is a trail to the right. It should be uphill. If the height is high enough, we can avoid the flood! Note that the trail has a V-shaped turn. Pay attention to your speed and don't overturn!"
"Got it!" Tang Yatong glanced at the rearview mirror. The gray water line had turned into waves visible to the naked eye, and the flood speed was faster than she imagined.
You Xi took two steps to the front driving area. She held her body in place with her left hand, opened the right door a little, stepped on the passenger seat, and looked out from above the door.
The strong wind hit his face due to the excessive speed of the car, and it hurt his face. You can imagine how fast Tang Yatong was driving now.
You Xi quickly checked and made an estimate as best he could before getting back into the car and closing the door: "Slow down after about three hundred meters. There is a forest ahead. The sloping path may be in the forest. Be careful to avoid tree trunks."
"Understood!" Tang Yatong was highly concentrated, staring at the road ahead and paying attention to the water waves in the rearview mirror.
The water line seemed to be alive and chasing them from behind. It was getting closer and closer. It was lower than when they first saw it. However, such a water flow speed, no matter how low it was, would still kill them in an instant.
The RV was swept away.
The classic car behind me was following very closely. Perhaps because of panic, it snaked all the way and almost hit the mountain wall on the side several times.
Tang Yatong raised her hand and turned on the turn signal on the right side, just as a warning to those behind her.
The distance of 300 meters was reached in a blink of an eye. Tang Yatong turned on the double jump lights and at the same time relaxed the accelerator and stepped on the brakes.
I pressed the brake several times, and the RV was driven hard, but the effect was very good, and the speed of the car dropped sharply.
"Attention, it's just ahead, less than fifty meters away!" You Xi reminded.
Tang Yatong had already seen the woods she was talking about. The mountain wall on the right side had become lower, and the fork in the road should be in the opening where the mountain wall had become lower.
She saw a fork in the road!
Tang Yatong hit the brakes again, and when the car slowed down completely, he released the brakes and turned the steering wheel sharply. The RV swerved and the front of the car turned in the direction of the turnoff.
Tang Yatong quickly turned the steering wheel and stepped on the accelerator. The car accelerated instantly and headed towards the narrow uphill road.
Because the RV was slightly larger and the speed was too fast, the right rearview mirror was directly knocked off a tree trunk.
Tang Yatong ignored it and continued to go up the slope until he reached a high place with a height difference of nearly four to five meters from the road under the mountain wall, and then stopped the car.
The flood roared past the road below the mountain wall, carrying various trees and construction debris in the water. Tang Yatong's hands were still holding the steering wheel tightly, and his whole body was shaking.
"It's okay, we're safe, Sister Yatong." You Xi gently held her hand.
In the car behind, You Qi, who opened the door to check the situation outside, shouted: "Come and see!"
The two walked from the driving area to the rear compartment area and followed You Qi out of the car.
Because Tang Yatong turned a corner when parking, the front of the RV was facing the road under the mountain wall, and the door was facing the slope of the fork they came up from.
At this moment, the water flow had flooded the forest below the slope. The car of the two E-country boys was half overturned and half of it was swallowed by the flood.
Most of the water rushes forward, but some of it flows back because of this fork, sweeping through the forest at the fork below the slope.
Two teenagers were hugging the same tree trunk tightly, half of their bodies submerged in the flood whirlpool formed by the backflow. They desperately tried to escape from the water below, but they kicked off several times and slid down due to the loose soil.
There was no longer any excitement on their faces at this moment, only the panic and despair of facing life and death.
The water level under them was getting higher and higher, reaching their shoulders in a blink of an eye. The vortex of the water became stronger and stronger, but the strength of their arms became weaker and weaker, and they even choked on two mouthfuls of water.
But they knew they couldn't let go. As soon as they let go, they would be swept away by the flood, but they really couldn't hold on any longer...
At the critical moment, a black rubber boat slid down from the slope and landed beside them. A climbing rope was tied to the rubber boat. The other end of the rope was in the hands of two foreign women. They were working together quickly.
Secure the other end of the climbing rope to two thick tree trunks on the uphill slope.
"Quick!" The girl who had warned them before spoke. For some reason, she spoke in M Mandarin, but because there was only one word, they understood it immediately.
Victor, who was close to the rubber boat, first stretched out his hand, pulled the rope that tied the rubber boat, and turned over into the tilted boat. Then he dragged Anton and helped him also flip into the rubber boat.
The rubber boat floats in the water and has an edge of about 20 centimeters, so it is equivalent to a safe hook and spoon to hook them from the flood.
After that, You Xi, who was wearing mountaineering gloves, used all his strength to pull the man and boat out of the current, up the slope, and to a safe position.
The two teenagers were lying in the rubber boat, their clothes were soaked, their faces were pale, and their whole bodies were shaking.
While You Qi and Tang Yatong were untying the climbing rope at the tree trunk, You Xi walked up to them and squatted down, asking in a low voice: "Is this adventure fun and exciting? Do you want to do it more times?"
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Two people:……
Ugh...a beautiful but very scary young lady.
While waiting for the water to subside completely, You Xi and the other three lit a small fire in the open space next to the RV to keep the two teenagers warm and dry their clothes.
They were wearing each other's women's clothes, which fit them perfectly, but the shame on their cheeks could not be completely removed, because in addition to clothes, the other party also gave them two bowls of soup and a few slices of bread.
This was the first hot meal they had eaten in the past two days. It was delicious, but it also made them feel extremely ashamed. If it hadn't been for them this time, even if they had escaped the earthquake and flood, the two people who were soaked after losing the car would still be there.
Don't know what to do next at all.
Real life and imaginary adventure life seem to be completely different things.
Now that their car is broken down, what should they do next? Should they continue to shamelessly ask those three people to take them with them? That would be too embarrassing...
When the two of them were holding soup bowls in a daze, You Xi got out of the car again and squatted opposite them: "Where are your parents and family?"
"Gone long ago..."
"Now in your mind, is this kind of disaster still the kind of adventure you think it is?"
"No... the disaster is too terrible." The two of them recalled the scene just now, and both felt lingering fear.
"Having an adventurous spirit is a good thing, but...the end of the world is never an adventure."
Victor was too embarrassed to look at the other party. He buried his whole face in the bowl and quickly drank the rest of the soup. "Sorry, there is no place to wash the dishes. This -"
"Just give it to me." You Xi reached out and took the bowl.
When Anton saw this, he quickly finished the soup and handed the bowl to the other party with a red face: "Thank you..." His voice was like a mosquito.
"We will leave after the water below has receded. This place is very close to Dan'er town. If the road conditions are good, we can get there in more than an hour. But we will not go to Dan'er town and will drop you off at the intersection into the town.
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"Are you willing to take us?" Although they lost their car and almost died, fortunately they still had the money in their pockets. As long as they got to the town, they didn't have to worry about what happened next. They could find someone to take them with them.
Take a ride back to the small town of Qedun.
"Just on my way."
However, after the floods on the road below the high ground slowly receded, You Xi and the others discovered that the road was littered with debris, building debris, broken rocks, broken branches, vehicle fragments... and corpses.
The highway could not be driven at all. Youqi unfolded the map, studied the route again, and found another fork in the highland. It took a slight detour, but in the end he was able to reach the intersection leading to Dan'er town.
As the car slowly approached the town of Daner, other people and cars were gradually seen around. The atmosphere here was very different. An earthquake and the collapse of the dam had made the town very chaotic. Many people were separated from their families and friends.
They are all looking everywhere.
The road into the town was not long, and you could see the buildings of Daner Town from the intersection. The two teenagers got out of the RV and blushed again as they thanked and said goodbye to the three people in the car.
They stood there for a long time, watching the RV drive away, until the news came at the end of the road.
The three Youxi people in the RV did not know that when the two brothers Victor and Anton entered the town of Daner that day, they did not follow their original plan to find a ride and return to their town.
The town of Dan'er has just suffered an earthquake. Coupled with the collapse of the dam, the whole town suffered a power outage, which made it impossible to carry out many rescue work. Fortunately, due to the terrain, the flood did not affect the place, but the mess and chaos after the earthquake
The desolation also shocked the two teenagers.
Emergency power was supplied to the hospital, and almost all uninjured people in the town participated in the rescue work.
As soon as they entered the town, they were stopped by a doctor who was doing rescue work on the spot. There was only one person on the other side and he couldn't stop the patient's bleeding. Seeing the two teenagers appearing with their hands and feet, they immediately called people over to help.
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Before Victor and Anton could react, they were infected by the tense atmosphere and started the rescue work with the nervous rescuers.
This group lasted for three days and three nights. When the two extremely tired teenagers followed the rescuers and found the survivors under the ruins again, they were hugged tightly by the survivors' family members, who thanked each other with tears in their eyes, every word
It all fell into their hearts.
That night, they lay in the corner of the hospital hall, looking at the tired but still busy faces around them.
"Brother, we don't want to go back to the town."
"Where do you want to go?"
"I want to join the rescue team. I heard that their next stop will be two other small towns hit by meteorites."
"Okay, let's go together."
The end of the world is not an adventure, it is a disaster for all mankind.
In the face of disaster, human beings are extremely small and fragile.
But despite this, there are still people who are working tirelessly to fight. They want to be one of these people, no matter how small they are, they can become a spark that brings hope to others.
Just like the spark they were given by others.
Seven days later, after waiting for several hours, the dusty RV finally passed the border and officially entered the land of Beijing.
At the same moment, a long-lost neutral voice sounded in You Xi's mind.
Chapter completed!