novelhk Chapter 183 A World of Cultural Discontinuity (5)
Chapter 183 A World of Cultural Discontinuity (5)
"Earthquake! Everyone run!"
"Hey bro, wake up, run!" Wangyou's deskmate anxiously pulled him back.
Wangyou suddenly snapped back to reality. The hallway was in chaos, but the entire teaching building was shaking violently. The earthquake was definitely no less than magnitude eight, and there was no way to run away in time.
Forget Worry, quickly use your incantation: May everyone be safe and sound.
After using his incantation, Wangyou looked at the students in complete chaos and shouted, "Don't run around! Quickly find a sturdy place to hide!"
Wangyou's words were like a shot in the arm for everyone, and the international students began to search for places to hide in an orderly manner.
It all seemed like a long time had passed, but only a few minutes had passed since the earthquake started. Yet, half of the building had already collapsed. In just a few minutes, the entire city of Anzhou had become a ruin.
Wangyou was successfully buried under the rubble, but fortunately, she had great luck and was mostly unharmed except for being covered in dust.
"Say something if you're awake!" Wangyou shouted loudly in the cramped space.
"Still alive!"
"Still alive!"
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All forty-nine students in the class responded to Wangyou without missing a single one.
"Where's our homeroom teacher, Mr. Zhang?" After waiting for a long time without hearing a reply from the homeroom teacher, Wangyou began to ask loudly.
"Boss, Lao Zhang fainted, but I checked him and he's fine!"
"It's alright!" Wangyou forcefully moved the stone slab that was pressing down on her, but there was really no way to get out for the time being, as there were ruins everywhere.
"Luckily, you guys bought me a lot of snacks when school started. Let's share them. If we can manage, we can be rescued in another 72 hours."
"Thank you, Boss Wangyou!"
Wangyou looked at her phone; the screen was smashed, but thankfully she could still see the contents. She was glad she had modified her phone into a satellite phone, otherwise she really wouldn't be able to contact the outside world.
She had several missed calls on her phone, some from her parents and some from her brother. Wangyou called each of them to let them know she was safe.
The people who received the call felt relieved and urged their car to head straight to Anzhou with relief supplies. Coincidentally, a month before the earthquake, Ms. Fu was sent away for training, Mr. Lin was sent away on a business trip, and Lin Duoduo had already started school.
"Call home and let them know you're safe!" Wangyou handed her phone to the classmate next to her.
Because of limited phone battery, everyone consciously reported that they were safe and quickly handed the call to the next classmate. After making the call, some were happy and some were sad, because most of them could not be reached. Only a few who were in other places could be contacted, and those who were in the local area could not be reached at all.
"Don't cry, no news is good news. Let me make a rescue call first!" Wangyou took the phone, which had less than 20% battery left.
Wangyou first called the fire department, describing their location in detail. The rest of the time was spent waiting for rescue.
The earthquake was followed by aftershocks and heavy rain. It seemed that Wangyou and the others were buried quite deep, so 24 hours had passed and they were still not rescued. Fortunately, they still had food and water, so they wouldn't be in any immediate danger.
"Have you still not found the forty-nine students and one teacher?"
"Not yet, it's probably buried quite deep!"
"Let's hurry up and rescue them!" The soldiers braved the heavy rain and resumed the search and rescue operation.
Wangyou's phone had run out of battery, and time was ticking away, making it all the more agonizing.
"We're not going to die here, are we? I don't want to die!"
"Me too, I don't even have a girlfriend yet!"
"I want to live, someone please save us."
They were all teenagers; how could they not be afraid in the face of such a life-or-death situation?
"Don't cry, everyone, save us some water!" Wangyou said with a smile.
"Boss, aren't you scared?"
"Don't be afraid. Just think about the people trapped underneath, their lives hanging in the balance, and you'll realize how lucky you are."
"The boss is right. At least we are still alive and unharmed. We must not give up."
"Let me teach you to sing!" Singing can dispel the fear in people's hearts.
"Okay, boss, what should we sing?"
"The Lone Warrior!" Wangyou began to slowly sing the lyrics of "The Lone Warrior." The students stopped sobbing and started singing along with Wangyou, but in order to conserve their energy, they didn't sing very loudly.
However, the voices of the forty-nine individuals were not loud individually, but when combined, they created a considerable sound.
"There's someone singing down here, listen!"
"Really, it seems there are quite a few people. We need to hurry." Guided by the song, the soldiers moved even faster. Along the way, they rescued quite a few people, some injured, some seriously, but almost none died.
"This earthquake had a magnitude of 9.8. We didn't expect that after searching for so long, the situation would be much better than we thought."
"Yes, in all my years of search and rescue work, this is the disaster with the highest magnitude but the lowest mortality rate that I have ever seen."
"Stop chatting and get to work!"
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"Boss, there's a sound up there! Is it the rescuers coming?"
"Probably. If the noise is a little loud, and it's raining outside, we'll probably get wet if we go out!"
"As long as we're alive, what does getting wet matter!" The students' singing grew louder and louder, not only providing direction for the search and rescue personnel but also waking up many who had fainted.
"It's the firefighters!"
"Wow, we're finally saved!" The top steel plate was moved aside, and rainwater poured in, but this couldn't dampen everyone's excitement.
"Alright, stop standing there, hurry up and get out of here, don't cause trouble for the firefighters!" Wangyou quickly organized the students to leave, and Lao Zhang, who had already woken up, also followed to evacuate the students.
"Boss, you can go out now!"
"Hurry up and leave, don't dawdle!" Wangyou urged them to leave, otherwise the place would collapse in the next second.
The international students dared not speak and quickly climbed out with the help of the firefighters. Wangyou took the opportunity to look around and, after confirming that no one was there, she was the last to go up.
As soon as Wangyou went up there, the only intact classroom collapsed with a loud bang.
"Thank you, firefighters, for saving our lives!" Wangyou led all the students in the international class in paying tribute to them.
"Forget your worries!"
"Mom, Big Brother!" Upon seeing her relatives, Wangyou rushed over.
"It's good that you're alright, but it scared your mother to death!" Ms. Fu couldn't help but burst into tears.
"It's so good that you're alright." Lin Duoduo, who was also one of the rescuers, was overjoyed to see that Wangyou was safe and sound.
The other students were given a quick check and then went home to find their families.
In the heavy rain, watching the busy figures on the ruins, Wangyou couldn't help but feel moved. Perhaps this act of merit was not a waste.
Moreover, Wangyou's words of wisdom automatically avoid those who commit heinous crimes, so Wangyou is not worried that her words of wisdom will protect those who should not be protected.
"Mom, brother, you two go ahead and do your work. I can go back by myself."
"No, let me take you back to the tent to rest first. You must be feeling unwell these next few days." Ms. Fu was no longer in a hurry to rescue her daughter; nothing was more important than her daughter.