Chapter 41 p1
Inland areas experienced tornadoes, while coastal areas experienced tsunamis.
Ji Yang had mentioned it in her email, so the officials at the Changnan Base would definitely be on guard against it. Xie Muzhi might have also heard about it, but compared to tsunamis, many people didn’t really take tornadoes to heart.
Its power seemed very small.
Ji Yang had never even experienced one in her life, but when she had searched for other possible natural disasters after her rebirth, she had also seen tornadoes. But compared to the one in her memory, the ones in the peaceful era could only be said to be newborns.
The destructive power of a tornado under a natural disaster was super strong.
In her previous life, Ji Yang had not been able to leave the base due to the heavy rain. Hiding in the base, she had watched as it directly swept away the tallest building in the base.
Yes.
A building.
And this was just one tornado that had gone there. Later, the official statistics showed that there were three tornadoes in different directions in the entire Changnan City, not to mention other cities!
After the tornado, several large buildings in Changnan City had also collapsed. Fortunately, most of the residential buildings had not been swept away.
Perhaps the buildings were too tall. In her previous life, the tallest building in the base had also been swept away.
After her rebirth, Ji Yang had chosen Jiafu Community, and this was also a consideration. It was tall, but not the tallest. The height of sixteen or seventeen floors was far from being comparable to a residential building of more than thirty floors, and it would not be too low to be directly submerged by the floods.
Xixi also seemed to have sensed the terrifying atmosphere outside and nervously jumped onto the sofa, pouncing into Ji Yang’s arms.
Ji Yang gently soothed its trembling body, her eyes fixed on the outside. So this is how a tornado is formed? It seems bigger than in my previous life?
She didn’t know if it was because of the distance or a psychological effect.
Ji Yang always felt that this tornado was even more terrifying than in her previous life. The dark sky, with lightning and thunder, was as if the sky had been torn into pieces, and they were not closely connected, but were colliding, and the lightning produced was even more scary.
And in this terrifying and oppressive atmosphere, a grayish-white color gradually became richer…
She had watched it grow bit by bit. In a short period of time, the middle part was already thicker than a building next to it.
It just so happened that there was a large building next to it. At this moment, due to the terrifying suction of the tornado, the surrounding accumulated water also rotated with it, forming a yellow-brown inverted cone. The glass, walls, and other things on the building that were originally intact were all swept into it.
Even so, the tornado was still growing.
It grew until it could wrap around the entire building, and then it really swallowed the building. It hovered there for a long, long time. When it moved away, a large building was conspicuously missing from the various buildings that had been standing!
Xie Muzhi felt the slender hand he was holding tighten.
The grip was so tight that his finger bones were a little squeezed.
He moved a little closer. Xixi noticed and bared its teeth at him. Xie Muzhi casually threw a piece of meat into its mouth. Xixi was stunned. In its hesitation, Xie Muzhi had already reached out his hand and tentatively held Ji Yang in his arms, whispering, “Don’t look, it’s quite scary.”
Ji Yang pushed away his hand that was blocking her line of sight and shook her head. “I have to watch, in case it comes over.”
Xie Muzhi did not block her line of sight again, but his arms wrapped around her waist from behind, the force a little tight. His voice was actually smiling. “If it really comes over, this house can’t block it. Then we’ll just die together.”
Ji Yang glanced at him, a little unaccustomed, but being held from behind, she still felt a sense of security. She leaned back and continued to look out the window.
She was not willing to die like this.
The two of them and the dog were snuggled together like this until the tornado had swallowed the building and was moving slowly and wantonly, destroying something here and there, and then it really came towards them.
Xie Muzhi suddenly buried his face in her neck, sniffing the faint fragrance at the tip of his nose, and said in a muffled voice, “Are we really going to die together?”
His voice seemed to still be smiling, and there was not much fear or terror in it.
Ji Yang suddenly laughed. She reached her left hand back and touched his head. “Don’t worry, we won’t die. My doors and windows have also been modified.”
“Ah?” Xie Muzhi seemed to be a little bit regretful.
Ji Yang turned her head in annoyance. “Do you really want to die? I don’t.”
Xie Muzhi chuckled. “I’m just teasing you.”
With that, his tone suddenly became serious. “Don’t worry, we’ll be fine!”
Ji Yang’s neck was a little itchy from his laughter. She tilted her head to the other side. Xie Muzhi immediately reined in his emotions. And in this short period of laughter and play, Ji Yang looked outside again and found that there was another tornado.
However, it was in another direction, and the distance was not close.
If there was also one on the base’s side, then there would still be three.
She just hoped that the tragic event of tornadoes colliding would not happen. Otherwise, this building would definitely not be able to hold on.
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The terrifying weather was dark and oppressive. A little bit of light would occasionally penetrate through the gaps in the clouds, so oppressive that it was as if the sky could collapse at any moment.
The room was inexplicably quiet.
For a moment, no one spoke, and they all silently looked outside.
The tornado was getting closer and closer. They could even hear the howling wind, coming from all directions, like the wailing of ghosts.
And the sound was getting louder and louder.
Finally, a window on a building here seemed to be unable to hold on and shattered with a “crack.” It flew in the air with the wind and then slowly fell.
This was like a signal. One after another, things in the surroundings were either broken or were made to clang by the great force of the wind. Finally, they were detached from the building and flew into the air.
At first, these things would still fall into the water.
But as the tornado approached, they were directly sucked away and became a part of the tornado. When they got close to the next building, they would frantically beat against it, causing ten thousand points of damage to the building.
Ji Yang’s building was in the heart of the community. There were buildings in the front and back to block it. It was just that there was none on the left. It was quite lucky. The tornado was approaching from the front right. So, when it had completely entered the community, the first to suffer was not their building, but Buildings 3 and 4 in front.
Even at this moment, countless things had already been thrown over and had landed on the modified glass. Fortunately, the glass did not move at all.
The tornado slowly swallowed Buildings 3 and 4. As it got closer, a huge sense of oppression also came, as if the end of the world was right in front of them.
To be honest, at first, Ji Yang had really thought that the quality of the residential buildings in this community was quite good and that it would be no problem to deal with a tornado.
But at this moment, she was not sure.
At such a close distance, even if the tornado had swallowed both Buildings 3 and 4, she could still see the outlines of these two buildings. And because of this, she found that these two buildings seemed to be unable to hold on and were actually shaking!
Help!
It’s only the second natural disaster. Do I really have to use my space to save my life?
She glanced at the man who was still hugging her and began to think whether to knock him out or just ignore him.
It seems a bit cruel to ignore him. If it were a stranger, she could do it, but Xie Muzhi was not.
Ji Yang began to search for the anesthetic she had purchased abroad in her space. At the same time, her other hand grabbed the back of Xixi’s neck, and her eyes were fixed on the window, without blinking.
If Buildings 3 and 4 couldn’t hold on, her Building 9, once it faced the tornado directly, would definitely not be able to hold on either.
At that time, when the house was shaking, she would give Xie Muzhi an anesthetic!
This anesthetic would take effect in a few seconds, which was completely in time. Buildings 3 and 4 had already held on for several minutes now.
At this time, Ji Yang sighed. It was still safer to have a dog that couldn’t talk or communicate. If Xie Muzhi were like this, why would she have to think so much?
At the critical moment, she couldn’t help but let her thoughts run wild. She even thought of how heartbroken she would be if she couldn’t enter her space in time and was directly killed, with so many supplies in her space.
And she saw the tornado seem to slowly move away.
The shaking of Buildings 3 and 4 was also decreasing.
Soon, Ji Yang’s side also felt unstable.
Countless building fragments were thrown over as the tornado approached, hitting the walls and windows with a “thump, thump” sound. Some windows were directly shattered, but everything in Ji Yang’s house was intact.
It wasn’t until the whole building was slowly shaking and was also being attacked from time to time, but it showed no signs of collapsing.
Buildings 3 and 4 were also gradually and completely released by the tornado.
Only a few fragments were left, and besides breaking the windows and smashing a part of the walls, the rest was relatively intact.
It seemed…
It could be endured?
Ji Yang’s heart was pounding. The scene at this moment was really too exciting.
It was like hovering on the edge of life and death, but it also seemed to be about to be pulled back. She didn’t dare to move at all, for fear that if she made a mistake, something would go wrong with the house.
She didn’t know how long had passed, but the shaking had lessened!
She looked to the other side.
The open kitchen door could directly see the scene outside the window.
The tornado had left!!!
It was heading towards the buildings behind, with only a little bit of its power still raging in the strong wind.
Just like that, this building had held on!
After surviving a disaster, Ji Yang showed a smile of relief. This feeling of being almost powerless in the face of a natural disaster was too terrifying. The breath-holding just now seemed to have used up all her strength. She softly and completely leaned her body back.
Xie Muzhi also showed a smile, his voice a little low and hoarse. “It’s safe…”
“Mm, it’s safe,” Ji Yang affirmed his words.
Just as she finished speaking, she met his burning gaze.
And a soft murmur, “Ji Yang, can I kiss you?”
Ji Yang was stunned for a moment. And when he didn’t see her refuse, the man’s large hand had already caressed the back of her neck. He lowered his head and held her bright lips. A somewhat clumsy but passionate kiss landed on her lips.
It felt a little strange…
But she didn’t hate it.
After a great disaster, she also wanted to vent the excitement in her chest. The hand that had been holding the back of Xixi’s neck also let go and instead wrapped around the other person’s neck. She threw herself into the ambiguous entanglement of lips and teeth, forgetting the thrilling scene just now.
Xixi, who was finally free, looked up and saw this scene, its dog eyes wide.
It was just about to call out.
A fragrant piece of meat was stuffed into its mouth.
Awoo!
He can also conjure meat at any time!
Xixi was still stunned. The next second, a large hand pulled it, and it was directly pulled off the sofa.
Xixi really wanted to curse angrily, but the deliciousness in its mouth made it hesitate. It sniffed the air, tilted its head, and seemed to understand something. It took the meat and went back to its nest to eat slowly.
At this moment, the sound of the pouring rain fell again outside the window, covering the whining of the strong wind.
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