As the ground began to crack and collapse, almost everyone rushed towards the stairwell like madmen, their desperate cries and the stench of blood filling the air.
The basement level of this subway station is crammed with at least tens of thousands of people, and now they're all desperately trying to squeeze onto the second basement level; you can imagine the situation.
Ye Zhao hesitated between going to heaven now or waiting. It was only the eighth day, and there were still two days left. She couldn't predict what dangers might occur in the sky, but she felt she could handle the dangers on the ground.
As the ground cracked open, the survivors who had been crammed into the corridor rushed into the hall. Ye Zhao raised his hand and created a Safe House in the corridor. He entered the password, and the door of the Safe House opened with a bang.
This Safe House can withstand the sun's high temperature. It is not only sturdy, but also extremely large and heavy. The stone walls are ten meters thick and weigh tens of thousands of kilograms. As soon as it appeared, it crowded the corridor and cracked it. The ceiling underfoot was also about to collapse. If it weren't for the highway above the ceiling of this underground floor, it would probably have collapsed by now.
Ye Zhao then created several more planks and laid them across the wide crack, allowing people to pass through.
The survivors' escape speed couldn't keep up with the ground's collapse. The cracks on the first floor grew wider and wider, and even the second basement level began to crack. The makeshift staircases erected by the Player started to collapse, and some survivors, in the chaos, accidentally fell into the cracks and plummeted into the azure sky...
They wanted to hide, but there was nowhere to hide, until someone first discovered the suddenly appearing Safe House. "What's that? I've never seen it before?"
"Is this God's salvation for us?"
"There's no crack here, let's go inside and hide first!"
"..."
Survivors from the vicinity rushed into the Safe House. Although they could still feel the ground shaking, the Safe House was sturdy enough to prevent them from falling into the endless sky during the earthquake.
More and more people found themselves unable to reach the second basement level and rushed towards the Safe House Safe House, which was now their only refuge as it remained relatively intact.
Ye Zhao didn't dare to linger here. She pressed herself against the wall, took a few steps to run up and jump, using her Teleportation skill to appear on the second basement level in the blink of an eye.
The second basement level was also extremely crowded at the moment. Ye Zhao suddenly appeared and stepped on someone, who cursed loudly. Ye Zhao quickly moved aside. Fortunately, everyone was stumbling and falling due to the earthquake, and with the damage to electronic devices, the second basement level was pitch black, making it impossible to see the surroundings. So no one noticed that Ye Zhao had suddenly appeared there.
At this moment, almost everyone tried their best to stand up and make room, but unfortunately, the space was limited and there were too many people, so the surroundings became more and more crowded, almost shoulder to shoulder and foot to foot, and the air was stuffy, suffocating and noisy.
Some people frantically rushed into the subway tunnel, but the situation inside wasn't much better. Considering the city's millions of residents and its extensive subway network, it's clear that many people had sought refuge in more than just this one subway station. The tunnel was already overcrowded, especially since the earthquake had made it teetering on the brink of collapse.
"Help! Someone, please save us!"
"Stop pushing! Stop pushing! My mom's having a heart attack..."
"How could it not be crowded? The upper floors are about to collapse!!"
"Damn it, I'm so dizzy! There's already so little oxygen, and now there's even less. I might as well be dead!"
"..."
Ye Zhao covered her face with the oxygen mask. In the crowded area, several hands had tried to pull off her oxygen mask, but she slapped them away.
Staying here indefinitely isn't a solution, and she's noticed there aren't many Player around. She encountered Player this morning; where have they all gone?
There were Player with Earth Ability here; she didn't believe they hadn't done anything and must have arranged an escape route inside the tunnel.
Ye Zhao also wanted to take advantage of the situation.
She immediately moved towards the subway tunnel, but it was so crowded that she could barely move.
She couldn't help but sigh. She had almost fallen several times due to the shoving around her, but luckily she had a stable footing, so she was still able to stand steadily.
"Aaaaaah! Help!"
"Help me! Help me, please!"
Just then, with the scream, the previously dim second basement level suddenly lit up. Ye Zhao turned around and saw that a piece of the ceiling behind her had fallen, and the people standing in that area were falling one after another. Through the gap, Ye Zhao could see the blazing sun in the sky and the undisguised fear and despair on their faces!
The once crowded basement has now completely disappeared, leaving behind a large, empty hole.
As the gap appeared, Ye Zhao felt the force behind her suddenly vanish, while the people in front of her were still pushing and shoving each other. The difference in strength between them made Ye Zhao put pressure on her feet to steady herself and stay in place. The group of people around her were not as stable as Ye Zhao and couldn't help but retreat backward, falling towards the gap.
Panic-stricken screams rang out again.
"Stop pushing! Stop pushing!"
Don't push me!
"You're all too heavy! It's all your fault! If you get down here, we'll be saved!"
"Get out! All of you, get out of here!"
"No, don't push me! Help me!"
Ye Zhao raised his hand and created several wooden planks to block the hole. The group of people fell onto the planks, having narrowly escaped death. They were drenched in sweat and didn't even have time to think about where the iron planks came from.
But this was only a temporary solution. Now that the world was upside down, the floor beneath their feet was the ceiling, which not only had limited load-bearing capacity but was also less solid than the ceiling on the lower level. The earthquake made this level precarious as well. Fear once again agitated the survivors. The wooden planks had limited load-bearing capacity and were also movable. Someone kicked the planks open, and a group of people fell into deep space along them.
"It's too heavy! It must be because this place is too heavy that the floor can't support it!"
"Only by pushing the superfluous people off the boat can we be saved!"
"Quick! Push them all off! Reduce the load!"
A group of people started to go crazy. Ye Zhao, who was closest to the large hole, was being shoved by several people. At this moment, no one cared about the picture of killing a crocodile on Ye Zhao's backpack. They were blinded by greed, thinking that this would save their lives!
With her stable stance, Ye Zhao was naturally impossible to move. She fired a shot at the man in front of her, who screamed while clutching his stomach. Then she kicked him into the large hole behind her, and he disappeared with a scream.
The group of people who had been shoving Ye Zhao immediately stepped back. Their bloodshot eyes seemed to regain some of their senses, and they looked at her with a mixture of fear and anger.
The earthquakes became more frequent and intense. Ye Zhao could almost hear the ground creaking. Not wanting to waste any more time here, she pulled an iron rod from her pocket, forcefully stabbed it into the wall, and then flipped herself onto it. Without the crowd of people around her, she felt much lighter. She quickly pulled out a few more iron rods, which she had actually created with her Creation Point, and forcefully stabbed them into the wall. Stepping on the iron rods, she finally moved into the subway tunnel.
Looking down, all I could see were a sea of heads.
There are too many people; there are people everywhere.
The earthquake intensified, and the previously relatively safe second basement level finally gave way and began to collapse. Terrified screams echoed throughout the tunnel, with survivors inside yelling, "Ah! Don't push! Don't push! There's really no room left!"
"Let me through! Let me through now!"
"Help! Help!"
Ye Zhao could only hang on the wall, watching as people from this floor continuously fell into the deep space with the collapse...