On the way back with the siblings, Fang Zheng learned the full story from the girl named Saotome Tomoe.
According to the girl, they had suddenly heard an alarm in their sleep, announcing that a nuclear bomb was about to fall on Tokyo and ordering all residents to evacuate immediately.
Although Japan was a place constantly plagued by natural disasters, a nuclear bomb still caused immense panic. People ran everywhere, and amid the chaos, the siblings followed their parents into a nearby subway passage to hide—this was the only solution they could think of at the time.
However, the disasters did not stop there.
First came the nuclear blast, which naturally collapsed large areas of the ground. The ensuing earthquake and roaring seawater flooded countless places as well. The people hiding in the subway passages were like characters in a disaster movie, doing nothing but running, running, and running for their lives. Amid the chaos, the siblings became separated from their parents.
In the end, however, the earthquake subsided, and the seawater flooding came to an end. The two of them were fortunate enough to survive in a relatively safe section of the subway passage.
But that was only the beginning.
Although the natural disasters had temporarily ended, man-made disasters began. First came the spread of infectious diseases. Many people had been injured while fleeing, and many of them fell seriously ill. With no other choice, in order to prevent plague and infection, the others had to throw out the seriously ill and the corpses.
But food was another major problem. Although the refugees found a subway station with convenience stores inside, there clearly was not enough food to go around. Thus, people had no choice but to risk going up to the surface to search for medicine, supplies, and