296: tsunami

Jiang Fei floored the accelerator, caught up with the convoy, and sped towards the nearby tall mountain.

But the earth began to shake violently at this moment, just like the great earthquake in the past.

Visibly, the pebbles on the ground were bouncing.

The walkie-talkie in the car was noisy:

“It’s going to be an earthquake! We can’t drive up the mountain!”

“Then tell me where we should go?!”

“Earthquake plus tsunami, can we still survive?”

“We have nowhere to hide!”

Jiang Fei grabbed the walkie-talkie and yelled, “Open the windows!”

“I have life vests and inflatable boats in my car!”

She couldn’t bring so many people into the Supermarket, so she could only provide life-saving supplies.

Captain Lei also shouted from the other end, “Everyone listen to Jiang Fei! Don’t stop! Keep driving forward!”

“As long as there’s a glimmer of hope, we can survive!”

Jiang Fei gripped the steering wheel with one hand.

With her other hand, she took out life vests, lifebuoys, and inflatable boats from the Supermarket warehouse and placed them in the back compartment of the car, telling Xiao Chuxia and Lu Yu to throw them out.

The inflatable boats and lifebuoys were already inflated and couldn't be thrown out the window, so Lu Yu opened the RV's door.

At the same time, Jiang Fei accelerated and approached a Rescue Team’s off-road vehicle.

The team members in the passenger seat and back seat opened their doors to receive the inflatable boats and lifebuoys.

Xiao Chuxia, from the window on the other side, threw life vests to the other car windows.

Everyone was no longer in the mood to wonder where Jiang Fei got these things; at this moment, they only thought about surviving.

Perhaps with these life-saving supplies, they could live?

Crack—!

The ground suddenly split open with a fissure, rapidly spreading in all directions.

Coincidentally, a crack extended to the wheels of the Unimog, and Jiang Fei sharply turned the steering wheel to avoid it.

The car tilted sharply, and Xiao Chuxia stumbled and fell onto the sofa.

Lu Yu, who was at the door, was directly flung out.

Fortunately, he managed to grab the handrail of the car door in time, preventing him from falling to the ground.

But he was left dangling in mid-air.

“Brother Lu!”

As Xiao Chuxia stood up, wanting to help.

“Don’t mind me! Keep throwing life vests!”

Lu Yu leaped with force, jumped back into the car, and his body slammed heavily onto the floor.

Ignoring the pain, Lu Yu immediately scrambled up to deliver inflatable boats and lifebuoys to the second car.

Jiang Fei did not look back to check the situation behind her, nor did she ask any questions.

Now, she not only had to avoid the sudden cracks appearing on the ground but also control the car's speed to stay close to other vehicles.

A moment of distraction, and she would either fall into a deep ditch or crash into another car.

Her teammates would be fine.

Forcing down the inexplicable panic in her heart, Jiang Fei drove calmly.

The roaring sound of the waves grew closer, and she could even smell the briny scent of seawater.

Just as Lu Yu was about to deliver the next inflatable boat, the surroundings suddenly plunged into darkness.

A giant wave, ten thousand meters high, crashed down.

Jiang Fei, in almost a second, brought the RV into the Supermarket.

The last thing she saw was the dense, inky seawater instantly engulfing everything.

—

Inside the Supermarket warehouse.

Jiang Fei and the two others sat in the car, gasping for breath.

Their tightly wound nerves relaxed, and their hearts pounded.

The seawater remaining on the car slowly slid down the windows.

Jiang Fei stood up, only to realize her clothes were soaked with sweat.

As for Lu Yu and Xiao Chuxia, one sat on the ground, the other on the sofa, their clothes also drenched with sweat.

Xiao Chuxia’s hoarse voice was tinged with a sob, “At noon, everything was fine, why did a disaster suddenly happen…?”

“Dad and Brother Gu, they are in the Underground City, where can they hide from this tsunami…?”

Jiang Fei remained silent.

The Underground City was like an open can; seawater would pour in, leaving nowhere to hide.

If it weren't for the Supermarket, the three of them would have also been in danger today.

In the face of nature, humans were truly too small.

She could only pray that Gu Yunshan and the others would survive.

And that this tsunami would not affect the capital.

“We don’t know how long the tsunami will last, so let’s stay in the Supermarket for the next few days.”

After speaking, Jiang Fei got out of the car to retrieve tents and set them up at the Supermarket entrance.

Lu Yu and Xiao Chuxia adjusted their emotions and went to help.

A total of 6 tents were set up.

Three tents were equipped with sleeping bags, one for each of them to rest and sleep.

Two tents were set up with litter boxes, bags of cat litter, and sealed trash bags, divided into male and female restrooms.

Whoever used the toilet would clean it, and then it would all be taken out and disposed of later.

The last tent was set up with a soaking tub, a water storage bucket, shower gel, shampoo, and a heating rod.

Jiang Fei also placed a clothing box.

This made it convenient for them to change clothes inside the tent after taking turns showering.

Her clothes were damp and sticking to her skin, which was very uncomfortable, so Jiang Fei went to shower first.

She came out in dry clothes, poured the bathwater into an empty bucket, saving it for watering the ground.

Then it was Xiao Chuxia and Lu Yu’s turn.

After tidying up the bathing tent, Jiang Fei went to the Supermarket to get bread and juice for three people.

She also released Da Huang from the cat villa.

Sensing the low atmosphere, Da Huang didn’t cling to people for affection but quietly lay to the side, not understanding what was wrong with the three two-legged beasts.

After a quick bite to eat, Jiang Fei, Lu Yu, and Xiao Chuxia had no mood for conversation and went to their respective tents to rest.

Da Huang crawled into Jiang Fei’s tent and snuggled beside her.

Jiang Fei rubbed Da Huang’s chubby cheeks, recalling past events.

The previous world’s polar day lasted for a year, and during that time, the disasters and dangers came half from her fellow humans and half from the effects of the polar day.

When the polar day was about to end, an acid rain fell.

Then she died.

In this life, the order of natural disasters had changed, the duration was different, and new disasters had appeared.

She wasn’t sure if she could make it to the end of the apocalypse… “Meow~” Da Huang rested its head on Jiang Fei’s hand, meowing softly, as if saying—

Cheer up.

Jiang Fei lowered her head and rubbed its head, no longer overthinking.

She would take things one step at a time.

With the Gold Swallowing Supermarket, she should be able to live a few more years.

She just didn’t know how Su Liuyuan and the others were doing.

—

After staying in the Supermarket for three days, Jiang Fei wanted to go out and see.

To prevent any radioactive nuclides if the seawater hadn’t receded, Jiang Fei put on the lightweight nuclear radiation protective suit developed in the Underground City and carried an oxygen tank.

The protective suit covered her from head to foot, eliminating the need for other protective gear.

Lu Yu was worried, “I’ll go with you.”

“It’s easier for me to enter and exit the Supermarket alone; you and Chu Xia stay in the Supermarket and wait for me.”

Jiang Fei took a nuclear radiation detector and exited the Supermarket on a jet ski.

The jet ski landed on the surface of the sea.

All around was an endless expanse of seawater.

The once-tall mountain was nowhere to be seen, clearly submerged by the seawater.

Jiang Fei’s heart sank to the bottom.

An ordinary tsunami wouldn’t be this severe, unless it was global.

Was there still land in the world…?