Chapter 1480: Surviving the Doomsday 15
Time was running out, and people would come in from time to time. There were a large number of dozens of people, and there were also a few scattered ones, but it was not full.
Xining felt lucky that the refuge was here. This place is surrounded by water. Because of the cold, the sea water often freezes. Thinking of it, besides airplanes, there are only icebreakers. This greatly reduces the number of people arriving.
The most important thing is that the notification to evacuate here was too late, and the planes in many places were hit by debris.
Xining, don't be anxious, the body master will always be useful.
Those who were already there asked the new arrivals about the situation outside. The news received was all negative. More and more debris fell down, and many places turned into ruins. It was more terrifying than the ancient city of Pompeii, and even the reinforced concrete could burn and melt.
Many people are worried about their family and friends, but there is nothing they can do except pray. This place is underground, and mobile phone signals cannot get out at all. The rules here are that you can only go in but not out. If you want to go out, you will never have the chance to come back.
When the last batch of survivors who arrived at the checkpoint ran into the shelter, the countdown to closing was already announced on the radio.
Xining pulled the quilt off the bunk, wrapped it around Casey, and put one on himself. After Jack saw it, he also wrapped himself in a quilt, and the three of them squatted down against the main beam.
Squatting is a safer position. If you lie down, the area of your body affected by heavy objects falling from the top will be larger. But while squatting, if something goes wrong, you can escape immediately. Sometimes a short period of one or two seconds can determine life or death.
She held Kathy while Jack held her.
The countdown is over, and the several-meter-thick metal-cement protective doors of the shelter are closed layer by layer. Even if a nuclear war breaks out outside, isolation can still be guaranteed inside.
The radio began to remind: "The impact is about to occur, be prepared; the impact is about to occur, be prepared..."
Jack held her tightly, pressed against her ear and asked: "If we survive, marry me!"
She didn't answer, don't ask sister, she just borrowed this body temporarily to complete the task.
Finally, the impact of the main fragment of the comet came, and the entire shelter trembled, or in other words, the entire earth trembled.
Amidst the screams of terror, all the electrically powered lights in the shelter were turned off, leaving only the fluorescent lights glowing dimly. Everyone hugged themselves or the people around them tightly, and their whole bodies trembled together...
For more than ten minutes, a long ten minutes, there was a roar all around. It was the loud noise caused by the friction of the earth's surface due to earthquakes. The ground was shaking so much that it was impossible to stand firmly. Xining and Jack could not maintain their squatting postures and had to sit down. Hugging each other tightly, clinging to the main beam. Casey, who was hiding deep inside, covered his ears and was so frightened that he even forgot to cry.
The earthquake-like vibrations of magnitude 10 or above stopped. Although the ground was still shaking, there was still a sound coming from the vibrations in my ears.
Finally the news came over the radio: "The comet has hit the earth..."
The announcer was also in shock. After calming down, he continued: "We resisted!"
"Ula~" The shelter suddenly burst into cheers. Everyone was as happy as the cheers after the New Year's countdown. Even if they didn't know each other, they were holding hands and laughing and shouting, congratulating that they were still alive.
Jack was also excited and kissed her on the cheek. But something didn't feel right immediately. The other party was cold and didn't respond at all. He didn't dare to do anything anymore. He just hugged her and sat there smiling at the cheering people around him.
Xining frowned slightly with wetness on his cheeks, but this behavior can still be forgiven, after all, everyone is reborn after a disaster. Among the revelers around, there were also imitators of the classic gesture of a sailor kissing a nurse in New York's Times Square at the end of World War II.
Catastrophic disasters often bring extremely high birth rates. Presumably it won't be long before the surviving people here will soon form a pair. And she doesn't have to worry, she's not single.
There was no wine to celebrate here, and soon an announcement was made to pick up food for dinner. There was a queue, one by one.
This time there was more food than the previous two days. Not only did each person receive the original amount of food, they also received an extra 50-gram cake, a small piece of butter, a piece of chocolate, and a stick of chewing gum.
These are high-energy foods, but no one thinks they are unhealthy.
Everyone was eating and chatting. Some were beaming with joy, some were worried about their families, and some were even crying while eating, and everyone looked at each other.
Jack handed the chocolate to her: "For Kathy."
Already starting to please? Xining shook his head: "You'd better eat it."
Jack put it in her hand: "Then hide it."
Xining looked around and deliberately raised his voice: "You can still hide the food, but you still have to eat it. You can't steal what's in your stomach."
It makes sense, some people who had already hidden took out the food and ate it silently.
Although food is hidden in case of emergency, when food is really in short supply, the food left on hand may become a reminder. There are approximately 15,000 people here, 30% of whom are soldiers. Will those who rely on fists and swords be able to resist those with guns?
While I was eating, the TV was turned on, playing the Vice President's speech.
The president may have been killed, so only the vice president can speak, and the vice president should be staying in an underground bunker. There are no decorations around it, just heavy cement walls.
It is said that the comet has hit the earth on time, and the super strong earthquake will spread in all directions accompanied by flames, and will surround the entire earth.
Even if there are animals and plants that survive the impact, more than 90% of them will be destroyed by the dust that will cover the sky for several years.
The Vice President said with a heavy face: "Please protect yourself, God is with you!"
The president might be dead and the vice president would be too busy to take care of himself. Those who can survive outside can only rely on themselves.
Then the TV started to light up with snowflakes and quickly turned off.
At this time, it is not suitable to broadcast entertainment programs. The world has been destroyed, but here we are enjoying ourselves behind closed doors, which is very inappropriate.
"Have you finished eating? Put the chewing gum in your mouth. There is no place to see cavities here. I'll throw it away!" Xining deliberately pinched the three chocolate outer packaging on the outside of all other food packaging, walked all the way to the trash can and threw it away. Lose.
Jack knew that she secretly hid the butter. This butter is only the size of a simple condensed milk package with coffee, but it is easier to hide and preserve than a ten centimeter by ten centimeter piece of chocolate. The chocolate melts easily when left alone.
When it's time to turn off the lights, even though no one can fall asleep, they turn off the lights when it's time. Even if the electricity here has an automatic engine, energy is still in short supply.
Most people were not in good spirits the next day, and even Jack's eyes were a little blue and black. Xining was good, she fell asleep next to the pillow. Can you restore the ruined world to its original state without sleeping? sleep!
(End of chapter)