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235: No, how did the survivors manage to crawl out of the rubble on their own?!

What does it feel like for a person who has been buried under a collapsed building for nearly four days, tens of meters deep, to suddenly be brought out from underground in just half an hour?

Most people probably won't have the chance to experience this in their lifetime.

Indeed, Chen Wentao experienced it for the first time in his life.

An hour ago.

Hungry, thirsty, and extremely weak, Chen Wentao felt he was on the brink of death, with one foot already in the grave.

Memories in his mind began to replay uncontrollably; he had thought through almost everything he had ever experienced in his life.

Just as his memories were about to conclude, and the film sequence entered its final act,

A strong "buzzing" sound in the darkness abruptly pulled his consciousness back to the pitch-black reality underground.

Countless Mosquitoes seemed to fly towards him, as if drawn by the scent of flesh.

He had initially thought that before he died, he would have to endure another torment of being devoured by ten thousand insects.

But to his surprise, after the flying Mosquitoes bit him, not only did they not cause an itchy sensation, they even made Chen Wentao feel as if he had been given a shot of adrenaline.

The flying Mosquitoes continued to bite him for about ten minutes.

By the time they finally left, Chen Wentao felt his empty body had regained more than seventy percent of its strength.

If he hadn't later been lifted out of the ground alive by the hex ants, he would have thought he had witnessed a miracle!

Having regained most of his strength, Chen Wentao saw hope for life again.

At the same time, in the quiet underground, he once again heard countless rustling sounds.

If the buzzing of flying Mosquitoes was the most familiar and detested sound to humans, then the rustling sound that appeared this time was relatively much stranger.

Unable to see his surroundings, Chen Wentao's mindset had relaxed considerably after being bitten by the flying Mosquitoes. At worst, it was just death! He was already half-dead anyway, so there was nothing left to fear.

The rustling sounds grew closer, like some tiny creatures crawling through narrow passages.

Soon, these sounds enveloped everything around him.

Gradually, Chen Wentao vaguely felt that the cornerstones and boulders pressing on him seemed to have lightened a bit!

At first, he thought it was his imagination, but as time passed, the feeling of gradually reduced pressure on his body became more apparent. And the space around him also seemed to have widened imperceptibly.

Previously, pinned under the cornerstones and boulders, Chen Wentao's entire body was completely restricted; let alone turning his body, even his arms were jammed and couldn't move.

But after the rustling sound appeared, the pressure around him began to gradually decrease.

Later, Chen Wentao was shocked to find that his body could actually perform a 360-degree rotation in the confined space! The stones that had been pressing on him had also miraculously disappeared!

He tried hard to crawl out through the loosened passage, but after only a couple of moves, he realized that his movement must have disturbed the surrounding support structure.

Instantly, the narrow passage collapsed with a roar! He was once again buried under the rubble, unable to move.

After two or three repeated attempts, Chen Wentao discovered a strange phenomenon.

The rustling sound constantly lingered in his ears, and every now and then, the sound would become much clearer. And as the clear sound came, the space around him would gradually become much wider.

But as soon as he moved even slightly, the newly supported passage would collapse with a crash.

Later, Chen Wentao suppressed his inner impulse and quietly waited for the rustling sound to continue.

He didn't know how much time had passed.

The surrounding space had already been constructed into a passage just wide enough for him to pass through.

As he lay on the ground, he suddenly realized that his body seemed to be slightly lifted by something, and then, he began to move slowly, uncontrollably!!

This miraculous scene truly astonished Chen Wentao.

Midway, he tried to adjust his angle to pass through the excavated tunnel more easily. But he was surprised to find that every time his body moved, he would soon get stuck in the narrow passage.

And this passage seemed to have been calculated in advance; as long as he remained still, no matter how unimaginable the place he encountered, he would narrowly manage to pass through.

Just like that.

After being transported like an object underground for a full half an hour, Chen Wentao looked up towards the direction of his head and could already vaguely see the sparse light of sunlight penetrating the ground.

He closed his eyes, then opened them again.

Chen Wentao found himself back on the long-awaited surface!

The long-lost fresh air and the vast space to stretch his body made him suddenly open his eyes.

And the first thing that caught his eye was the terrified expressions of several rescue firefighters, as if they had seen a ghost!!

Then, he instinctively propped himself up with his hands, and his whole body shakily stood up… "Holy cow!! Did you see that? That person seems to have been spit out by the narrow opening!"

"I saw it! I saw it!! How did he get out?!"

"He, he couldn't be a survivor buried underground, could he?! But why are other survivors dragged out by rescuers and immediately put on stretchers, while he just stood up by himself?!"

"Look at his tattered and dirty clothes; he really must be a survivor buried under the rubble!"

"Where are the medical personnel?! Where did everyone go? Why is it taking so long for rescue?"

In the live broadcast room, the audience was breaking out in a cold sweat, anxious.

Are you kidding me!

The person had already been rescued from underground, but the medical personnel hadn't even arrived at the scene! Is this reasonable?

At the scene, those few rescuers who had been scared and retreated repeatedly finally came to their senses.

Before, various debris and items were being passed out of the opening. Suddenly seeing a living person reaching out from the opening, anyone would probably be startled.

They never dreamed that they had clearly agreed to only assist the hex ants in clearing underground debris, and somehow, while clearing, they ended up rescuing a survivor buried underground!

The awakened rescuers quickly rushed forward and helped the swaying Chen Wentao.

"Brother! Brother, are you alright?!"

"Someone! Medical rescue team! The survivor at rescue point two has come out by himself!"

And hearing this, the rest of the rescuers at the scene simultaneously cast suspicious glances in their direction.

The next second! Everyone's eyes widened at the same time!

No way!

The rescue speed of the excavator cooperating with the underground Ant colony was already remarkably fast! But they had just rescued one person over there, so why did a survivor crawl out from underground by himself here?!

What is going on here?!?!

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