Chapter 13: Let the Apocalypse Come More Fiercely! (1)
Along the way, whenever he encountered a large supermarket, Lu Weiyi would go in and sweep through it. Just like he told Zhuang Mingxu, he bought a lot of instant noodles, ham sausages, braised eggs, chicken legs, and all kinds of convenient foods. He even stopped at a few ATMs and withdrew a lot of cash.
He knew that in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake, many things could still be obtained with cash. After stopping and going for a while, it was already an hour later when he arrived at the park.
He quickly took out his tablet, pulled up the map of Qingyuan, and began to check if there were any suitable places to take shelter on the way from the airport to home.
In his previous life, it was already two months later when he went to Qingyuan. At that time, Zhuang Mingxu was there, so he hadn’t paid much attention to the surroundings and didn’t remember where hadn’t been damaged. He was also clueless at this moment.
After looking at the map and planning for a long time, he even thought about how to hint to Zhuang Mingxu to let him choose a place himself. The reality was that it was almost eleven thirty, and Zhuang Mingxu’s phone was still turned off, meaning he hadn’t gotten off the plane yet.
As the time drew closer to midnight, Lu Weiyi became a little anxious. He didn’t know what consequences his unauthorized change of Zhuang Mingxu’s itinerary would have on him, especially with the major earthquake about to begin. Would it affect the plane in any way? What if it went out of control… Lu Weiyi didn’t dare to continue thinking.
In this world, he had no ties except for Zhuang Mingxu, and no one else was tied to him. If that worst-case scenario really happened, he wouldn’t even know the meaning of his rebirth.
Zhuang Mingxu didn’t let him overthink for too long. When his phone rang, Lu Weiyi answered it immediately.
“Xiao Yi…”
“Go to an open, uncrowded place!” Lu Weiyi shouted immediately. Not waiting for a reply, Lu Weiyi called out, “Zhuang Mingxu? Zhuang Mingxu?”
The phone showed it was connected, but no sound came through. After a moment, it automatically hung up. A faint tremor could be felt from under his feet.
The apocalypse had arrived!
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Building a city takes ten, twenty, or even fifty years, but destroying it only takes half an hour.
As if half a century had passed, the rumbling from the ground gradually weakened, and the shaking grew smaller and smaller. Lu Weiyi rubbed his ears to relieve the ringing and stood up from the overturned bench legs after a long while.
The air was filled with dust particles mixed with the smell of blood. It was dark all around, and screams and cries echoed from every corner. Occasionally, the light of a cell phone flashed, clearly showing collapsed buildings, twisted roads, and deformed vehicles, like a scene from hell.
But Lu Weiyi knew that the true hell had only just revealed a corner.
People had become accustomed to relying on the government when something went wrong. Everyone was waiting for rescue, but the disappearance of communication made things extremely slow. Even when dawn broke, there was no sign of government action, and the people gathered in the park gradually became restless.
Lu Weiyi picked up his backpack, preparing to return home for a good sleep. His nerves had been tense for several days, and he was tired.
“Young man, why don’t you join us in rescuing people? We can take a headcount and save our own families first.” Unable to wait for the government, some people in the park had spontaneously organized a group, wanting to rescue people together. Seeing Lu Weiyi, a young and strong man, preparing to leave, they quickly said.
“No, my home is in the west of the city,” Lu Weiyi took out his car keys from his backpack and dangled them on his finger.
“I… I’m also going in the direction of the west of the city, young man, could you give me a ride?” An elderly man, wearing a delivery uniform, rubbed his hands together with an honest look as he spoke.
In the early days of the apocalypse, social order still existed. Lu Weiyi sized him up and nodded. “Okay.”
“Thank you, thank you, young man,” the man bowed slightly, looking extremely grateful, and followed Lu Weiyi out of the park.
