Qiao Xi went to the supermarket and saw that the shelves were full of products with no purchase limit, but the prices had increased several times. Obviously, this supermarket is privately run and the government will not make such a fortune.
She walked around inside and ended up buying a bunch of chewing gum. It's a very practical little thing. During those days at the resettlement site, it was inconvenient to secretly brush my teeth. I relied on it to maintain oral hygiene. There may not be such gatherings in the future. There is only half a can of mint xylitol left in the space, so it is necessary to stock up on some. As for the other things in the supermarket, she didn't lack them, so she didn't buy them.
The restaurant has two stalls, selling local delicacies. If you miss it, you will never encounter it again in your life. You must buy it. She ordered five portions of stir-fried flat noodles with soy sauce, fried basil pork, spicy green papaya salad, and mango and coconut milk tea, and packed them up to take back to the car. The new car does not have a privacy film, but it does have partition curtains and sunshades so that outsiders cannot see whether there is anyone in the back seat.
After entering the space, Qiao Xi put the newly purchased delicacies on the deli shelf, saving them for later. She wandered in front of the deli shelf for a moment with her dinner plate, choosing a crispy squab, three cheese-baked king crab legs, two garlic vermicelli scallops, and a box of garlic sizzling tofu. She was looking for refreshing vegetables and found that No.
A carnivore's mistake, she ended up having to eat fruit salad instead, and she didn't even have a vegetable salad.
After putting the dishes on the table, she took a can of ice Coke from the refrigerator. Because time seems to stand still inside the space, the refrigerator cannot cool the space and becomes an ordinary cabinet, but it must have a sense of ritual in life. This 660L double-door refrigerator is filled with chilled fruit drinks and ice cream. When I saw the fruit, I packed a plate of strawberry, cherry, and watermelon cubes.
This was the best meal she had ever had since arriving ashore. She had not had a satisfying meal since arriving at the resettlement site. There are people everywhere. If you want to enter the space, you can only take advantage of the short time to go to the toilet. Once you enter, you can't eat spicy food, you can only eat something simple quickly.
After eating and drinking, Qiao Xi set off again, hoping that the rest of the journey would go smoothly.
If nothing else goes wrong, we can arrive at the border city QK City before dark. Rest there for one night and go through immigration formalities the next day. Visa-free countries will not waste too much time. It takes another half day to travel through LW country and we can enter Yun Province in the afternoon.
The accident happened as expected, but just to refuel, a gray and black cloud that was approaching quickly floated from the sky. This scene reminded Qiao Xi of very bad memories. Thunderstorms didn't matter, as long as there was another thunderstorm.
If it was really a disaster-level thunderstorm, could it be that her way of saving her character was wrong?
Nonsense!
It was not a blessing to find the change of weather on the ramp out of the service area instead of on a highway with no village in front or behind.
After suppressing his wild thoughts, Qiao Xi immediately made a U-turn. The cars on the exit ramp were very slow, but despite this, he still provoked a lot of questioning and even scolding. Normally, she would want to scold a driver who didn't follow the rules, but wasn't this a special situation?
Qiao Xi deliberately put the car in the middle of the road and lowered the window to remind: [I came from M City. There were thunderstorms there, with lightning strikes and hail, and tens of thousands of people died. Just in case, it's better to wait for a while before leaving. ]
If it's a thunderstorm, it can save people's lives; if it's an accident, she won't be afraid of fighting, and even if she gets scolded a few times, she won't lose a piece of meat.
Nowadays, communications are paralyzed, and the transmission of messages is severely delayed. None of the drivers present knew about this tragedy. So some people were dubious, and some people didn't believe it at all. Several grumpy drivers yelled at Qiao Xi and told her to keep driving and not delay their business.
Qiao Xi turned a deaf ear and looked outside at the sky. The clouds were obviously getting thicker and darker. He was at the beach at that time. It was only ten minutes before the weather changed and the lightning struck. In this moment, the wind speed had already increased, making the trees rustle. , she didn't have much time to talk nonsense with them.
When the dozen or so cars stuck behind saw her getting out of the car like this, they were immediately furious. A truck driver said angrily: "What are you doing? What are you doing? Drive away. Don't think you are a woman. I will I won't beat you. I'll count to three. If you don't move the car, believe it or not, I'll beat you! ]
Qiao Xi ignored him and quickly walked around him to the service building.
[Fuck, I'm talking to you! ] The truck driver who was ignored was furious and stretched out his hand to pull Qiao Xi. His eyes blurred, and then his arms and face hurt. The driver's eyes widened in disbelief. He couldn't believe that he was being pinned down on the grass by a woman who was half a head shorter than him and a lot thinner.
[I am also talking to you very seriously. ] Qiao Xi let go of the driver's arm, [I didn't have time to move the car, so he knocked my car away in a hurry. ]
The driver of the white van yelled at Qiao passing by through the window: "Then leave the car keys and we will move." ]
Qiao Xi turned and looked over.
The driver was so frightened that he shrank back in. Such a burly truck driver was held down as soon as he said to hold him down, not to mention his small body. Speaking of which, it is true that a person cannot be judged by his appearance. For such a beautiful girl, she is so fierce, but her brain seems to be hard to use.
If these were the only ones seeking death, Qiao Xi would really consider leaving the car keys and love him to death. To put it bluntly, some people's genes are destined to be eliminated. But there are more than a dozen cars parked on the exit ramp, and cars are coming one after another. Without any obstruction, some hesitant people will most likely be dragged onto the highway by the traffic, encountering a thunderstorm, and narrowly escape death.
Qiao Xi ignored him and continued to leave.
The lesson from the past was still there. Even though he was unhappy, the van driver did not dare to stop her and could only watch her stride away.
The remaining people looked at each other, wondering what to do next?
In the SUV parked at the back, the woman who was about to go back to her parents' home in the countryside said to her husband who was driving: "Go back, we don't miss this time." ]
She felt that the other party was not joking, and there was no need to make such a joke. Anyway, if you believe it once, you will only lose a little time. If it is true, it will cost the lives of a family of six.
The woman's parents-in-law also nodded: "The road is blocked anyway, so we can't walk. Let's go back." ]
The eight-year-old boy and the five-year-old girl looked at the serious-looking elder in confusion: [What's wrong? What's wrong? Why doesn't the car start? ]
[fine! ] The woman gently comforts her children and urges her husband, [Hurry up. ]
After hearing this, the husband reversed the car and returned.
After the first one took action, a few more people took action and listened to the advice without any loss. If there is no car behind you, it is easy to reverse, but if there is a car behind you, it will be troublesome. You must discuss it with the owner of the car behind you.
Some people are easy to talk to, but some are stubborn, especially the truck driver who was slapped in the face by Qiao Xi in public: [What the hell, a bitch is talking nonsense, and you really believe it. Wait, wait, wait until it gets dark, and now there are no lights on the road, how can you drive? At most, it's just a thunderstorm, so just drive slower. Lightning strikes, hail, she's talking nonsense, I've never seen it in more than thirty years of my life. Wait, I went to the administrator, and I couldn't believe that no one could cure her. I thought I could drive a luxury car sideways, but I still don't know where this car came from. ]
The truck driver trotted to find the staff in the service area. Qiao Xi, who entered the building, had already found the staff and expressed his suspicions in this way. She was soft-spoken, and few people believed her words. She had to deal with people questioning her one after another. Only official people could win people's trust.
However, there was no proof, and the staff was also dubious. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "I'll take you to our leader." She didn't dare to make such a big decision, but she didn't dare to ignore it either, just in case something happened. Become a sinner through the ages.
Qiao Xi could understand her difficulty, but there was really no evidence. She purely spoke from her own experience. She had personally experienced a thunderstorm, and she clearly knew that the end of the world was coming, so she would rather believe it or not. The other party did not ignore her and regarded her as nonsense, which was already good.
At the right moment, there was a deafening roar in the sky.
Many people were caught off guard so much that their heartbeats skipped a beat, and several young children were so frightened that they cried loudly.
The truck driver was also startled. He couldn't help but think of Qiao Xi's reminder. He still didn't believe in lightning and hail, but he knew that a thunderstorm was inevitable. With such a big thunder, the rain would probably be heavy, and it would be a bit dangerous to drive. Suddenly, he slapped his head and realized that he was walking in a hurry without turning off the engine. It was raining heavily and it was hard to go out again.
Thinking of this, he hurriedly said to the staff: [My engine is not turned off, please go out first. No matter what, it's definitely not okay to block the road with cars. That's not how things are done. ]
Outside the building, dark clouds rolled over the city, strong winds, lightning and thunder, and people kept running into the service building.
Only four cars were left on the off-ramp, and the rest had retreated to the parking lot.
Other cars in the service area that wanted to get out saw that the place was in a mess, and cars kept coming back, so they were too smart to get in with them, and waited while wondering what was going on. Seeing that the weather was changing, many people chose to go to the service building and wait before leaving. No one was willing to brave the heavy rain if there was nothing urgent.
The remaining two trucks were colleagues who traveled long distances with the truck driver. When they saw him coming back, they hurriedly said: "It's dangerous to drive today. Let's wait until we leave." ]
The truck driver who climbed into the driver's seat had a fever on his face, and his mouth was stiff: "Thunderstorms are better than thunderstorms. What about lightning strikes and hail to scare people? There is - ah!" ]
A hailstone falling from the sky interrupted the truck driver's words. His body swayed and he fell off the truck. Then he was hit by more hailstones. His survival instinct made him desperately crawl under the truck in severe pain.
Several companions were horrified. They wanted to come down to save others but did not dare. Soon, they were too busy to take care of themselves. The mighty hail smashed the window glass and smashed into the cab. They shrieked and shrank back, grabbing whatever they could and throwing it in front of them.
Panic-stricken screams and wails echoed throughout the service area.
Outside the building, some people were holding their heads and running towards the building as hard as they could, some were hiding in cars and huddled in a ball, and some were hiding under cars.
Inside the building, travelers need no reminder as they scramble to stay away from outward-facing doors and windows.
The staff's faces turned pale, hail, hail was really coming!
Qiao Xi's face was also very ugly. In less than five minutes, he was completely defenseless. Once normalized, the lethality is staggering.
"What, what should I do?" The staff member brushed away the long hair that was blown by the strong wind and looked at Qiao Xi eagerly.
What else can be done?
She turned off the generator first. She was more worried about fires caused by thunder and lightning than hail. She was surrounded by mountains and forests. If they burned, it would be a wildfire, which was more terrifying than a city fire.
The staff member said with a sad face: [The generator is not in the building, but in the power distribution room outside. ]
Qiao Xi couldn't risk his life and rush out to turn off the power, so he could only take her and hide in the snack stall in the middle of the building.
There are already many people inside. Compared with the bare hall, it is obviously safer here.
The glass outside the building has been smashed to pieces, exposing one big hole after another. Hail, broken glass, and all kinds of debris are constantly blown in by the strong wind, making the light objects inside the stalls rattle. ring.
Someone immediately suggested: [Everyone, please take down the things on the countertop shelves to avoid hitting people. ]
[Then, then, what is that? ]
At some point, a huge funnel-shaped vortex appeared between the sky and the earth. It turned out to be a tornado.