Chapter 66.3
His sight went dark and it seemed that something smashed towards him. In the next second, he was pulled away by Shen Yuan who was constantly staring at him.
Xiao Tangqiu looked down with lingering fear. It turned out that it was an inbox as big as a person at the door of the office. If he was. .h.i.t by this iron gadget, he would have gotten a concussion even if he didnât die.
Moreover, the tremor continued, becoming more and more intense.
âEarthquake?â He reacted quickly and looked at the others.
Xue Junli frowned, âThe magnitude of the amplitude should be an earthquake, and it should be a pretty widespread large earthquakeâ¦â
This was definitely not a small earthquake that would end with tremors. Under this violent shaking, the entire teaching building seemed to wobble and bursts of screams erupted all over. Obviously there were students injured due to the violent shaking.
Suddenly a terrible feeling rose in Xiao Tangqiuâs heart, âI have a very bad feeling! We need to quickly get out of here! Head to the open ground!â
As soon as Xiao Tangqiuâs voice fell, the entire teaching building shook violently and large cracks appeared on the walls, floor, and ceiling.
Hedgehog-head yelled, âNo! Mei is still inside!â
He looked into the office with trepidation to see that the girl was cleverly hiding under a desk and uninjured. He wanted to quickly rush in to save her.
Xiao Tangqiu was a little anxious. Then, without knowing why, he suddenly had an impulse, âGo! Letâs save people, too!â
Xue Junli said coldly, âItâs too late, if we donât leave the building might collapse on us.â
Xiao Tangqiu gritted his teeth, ââ¦Just trust me this time!â
Tang Mianmian immediately shouted, âI will go with you!â
Shen Yuan humphed, obviously unhappy with Tang Mianmian taking a step ahead, âI will go too.â
Seeing that Shen Yuan was also going, Xue Junli could only agree, ââ¦Alright, quickly then.â
Hedgehog-head desperately tried to open the office door, but there was something blocking the door, making it impossible for him to open the door smoothly.
Just as he was sweating profusely, Duan Hongzhen sneered, âBack off, let me.â
Duan Hongzhen took out his knife and slashed it at the door lock.
Crack
, the door lock was broken.
He pushed the door and found that the door was still motionless, so he pushed harder. This time the door was successfully pushed open, smoke and dust billowed out from the open door.
Xiao Tangqiu inadvertently inhaled some dust and immediately coughed violently.
Duan Hongzhen tisked, âThe entire ceiling might have collapsed.â
Hedgehog-head immediately tensed, âWhatâs the situation now?â
Duan Hongzhen forced open the door and went in. As expected, the entire ceiling in front of the office was broken, killing several teachers and students who were about to run out. Fortunately, there were not many people in the office at this timek2026; But of course, those teachers and students who were not in the office were not necessarily lucky.
âMei! Mei!â Hedgehog-head rushed towards the girl under the desk, âIâm here to save you! Letâs go!â
The girl hid under the desk and looked up at hedgehog-head timidly, âWho are you?â
Hedgehog-head scratched his head, âYou may not know who I am, but I have been paying attention to you for a long timeâ¦â
Xiao Tangqiu urged, âThere is no time for confessions! Hurry up!â
Hedgehog-head said quickly, âThere is no time to explain! Come with me!â
Mei bit her lip and looked at hedgehog-head pitifully, âBut⦠but my legâ¦â
Xiao Tangqiu looked down at Meiâs leg that was hidden under the desk and saw that it had a wound big enough to see bone. It bled out continuously. It was probably injured when the ceiling collapsed just now.
Hedgehog-head said quickly, âItâs okay! Iâll carry you!â
Mei hesitated, âButâ¦â
Hedgehog-head turned around and squatted down by the desk, urging, âNo buts! Get on! Or we will all die here!â
Mei gritted her teeth, crawled out of the desk, and got on hedgehog-headâs back.
Hedgehog-head carried Mei on his back and rushed out of the office.
Xiao Tangqiu and the others looked at each other and also rushed out. As soon as they left the office, the tremors came again and the entire teaching building shook violently.
Another burst of screams came from all around and Mei paled, âWhat⦠whatâs happening?â
Hedgehog-head gritted his teeth, âItâs a big earthquake! But it doesnât matter! I will definitely be able to save you!â
He rushed down the stairs with Mei on his back, even forgetting the existence of Xiao Tangqiu and others. Xiao Tangqiu hurriedly followed.
Hedgehog-head was either physically very developed or he had exploded with potential in such a desperate situation. Even though he was carrying a girl on his back, he took steps on the ground like he was flying. Xiao Tangqiu, a specially trained person, almost couldnât keep up.
Along the way, they encountered countless students who were injured. Most of them were injured by falling objects caused by the big earthquake. There were also stampede accidents caused by crowding while escaping. Screams and cries followed one after another. The hedgehog-head carried a girl on his back and rushed all the way down the stairs, dodging violent shaking several times on the way, and finally rushed to the first floor in one breath.
With the light of hope just before her eyes, Mei, who was pale, let out a sigh of relief, âGo to the playground! Now only the open s.p.a.ce is safe!â
Her words were reasonable and there was no problem at all, but hedgehog-headâs face changed and he protested loudly, âNo! Canât go to the playground!â
Xiao Tangqiu was taken aback for a moment, âWhy?â
Hedgehog-head shook his head frantically, âNo! We canât go to the playground!â
Xiao Tangqiu subconsciously felt something was wrong. Just after their group rushed out of the teaching building, the teaching building was finally overwhelmed by the tremors and collapsed!
âGet down!â
As soon as Duan Hongzhenâs voice fell, Xiao Tangqiu was thrown to the ground by Shen Yuan. The next moment, a loud noise sounded!
After a wave of screams, there was no other sound.
Countless students and teachers who had not had time to escape were buried in the collapsed teaching building.
After the loud noise, Xiao Tangqiu and the others fell into a long silence and Mei began to softly cry.
Hedgehog-head murmured, âLetâs go⦠Letâs leave here⦠Letâs go homeâ¦â
He picked up Mei again and was about to turn around and leave, but at this moment, a voice suddenly rang, âYoji⦠Yoji⦠Where are you going?â
Hedgehog-head froze and turned around. He saw his companion who had been separated from him earlier lying on the ground covered in bloodâ¦
Xiao Tangqiuâs eyes widened. Hedgehog-headâs companion was lying on the ground with blood on his face, crawling in their direction with difficulty, on the verge of death, and said angrily, âYoji⦠you are abandoning us⦠to go whereâ¦â
Hedgehog-head muttered to himself in disbelief, âHow can this be? How is this possibleâ¦â
Hedgehog-headâs companion got closer and closer, and more and more blood flowed out of him, âYouâre abandoning us⦠to go where? Why didnât you save me⦠why didnât you save usâ¦â
Hedgehog-headâs face changed drastically and he gritted his teeth, âI will come back to rescue you! After I save Mei, I will come back to rescue you immediately!â
His companion giggled and blood slowly trickled from his mouth, âYouâre lyingâ¦â
Hedgehog-head yelled, âI wonât lie to you! I will definitely come back to save you!â
âButâ¦â
His companion continued, âBut⦠we are all already deadâ¦â
That person shed lines of blood and tears as he talked. Soon, his nose, mouth, and ears all ooze with blood. Then, his head deflated like a suddenly leaking balloon, and he died with his seven orifices bleeding.
Hedgehog-head took a few steps back in horror while Duan Hongzhen stepped forward to take a look, âTsk, completely dead.â
âDead⦠he is deadâ¦â
Hedgehog murmured in disbelief, obviously unable to accept the fact that his companion who was still alive not long ago died in front of him.
âYeah⦠heâs dead⦠so heâs deadâ¦â Mei, who was lying on his back also mumbled to herself, âI am dead too, so we are all deadâ¦â
âNo! Mei!â
Hedgehog-head turned his head and saw that the girl on his back suddenly tilted her head.
He quickly put the girl down, only to see that the girl was already dead.
âMeiâ¦â
He sat down on the ground in disbelief, âNo, no⦠We clearly almost escaped to safety⦠I clearly almost rescued you from hereâ¦â
At this moment, Kisaragi who had been silent the entire time, said coldly, âShe is just a dead soul who was trapped here and did not know that she died. The resentment is not too strong so once she found out that she is dead, she dispelled her resentment by herself and went to her next life. Even if you rescued her, she already died a long time ago.â
Hedgehog-head spoke in disbelief, âHow could⦠she was clearly still alive⦠she was clearly alive just nowâ¦â
Xiao Tangqiu suddenly spoke, âIf we hadnât suddenly trespa.s.sed, according to the original path of fate, you did not find her, she was trapped in the office, and then when the school building collapsed in the earthquake⦠she would die in the collapsed teaching building.
âMei died a long time ago⦠Maybe she wasnât even called Mei⦠After all, this was just a name I just picked up.
âPerhaps, even you are dead?â