Wherever the tornado passed, tall trees were uprooted and cars on the road were overturned. The whirlpool was filled with messy things and even human figures, which were swept up to high places and then thrown down heavily.
Everyone in the building who witnessed this scene was horrified and cried out in despair.
[Tornado, why are there tornadoes! ]
[The doors and windows are broken, will we be swept away? ]
[I don't want to die, I don't want to die, I'm not married yet! ]
Qiao Xi gritted his molars. Without the lightning strike, a tornado would come, and no one would be able to survive. She turned to the staff and asked: [Is there a basement? ]In the event of a tornado, the basement and semi-basement are the safest places.
The expressionless staff member shook his head, then nodded again: [There is an underground passage. ]
There is an underground passage in the service area that connects to the service area on the opposite side, which facilitates the mutual transfer of materials and personnel. This is an internal passage and is rarely known.
Qiao Xi's eyes lit up: [Where? ]
Staff: [Outside the building. ]
Qiao Xi: […] She didn't ask.
So be it, think on the bright side, concrete buildings can withstand normal tornadoes, especially if the doors and windows of the building are broken. The internal pressure of a tornado is extremely low, while the internal pressure of a building is relatively high. The internal and external pressure imbalance often causes the building to explode from the inside. In the tornado-ravaged country M, a man once deliberately broke the windows of his house and opened the door. In the end, his house was the only house on the street that did not collapse.
Now, one can only hope that no corners were cut in this service building. Otherwise, she would have to find a way to avoid people and hide in space.
There were still people alive in the open field outside. The thin iron roof could not block the huge hail, but the entire car body could. A dozen survivors survived because of this. Due to the limited viewing angle, they could not see the rapidly approaching tornado. I can feel the wind getting stronger and stronger.
The truck driver who had narrowly escaped death lay under the car and grabbed a handful of his hair. He had already entered the building, but he came out just to turn off the engine. Why did he turn off the engine? He even regretted not listening to the advice. If he had listened to the advice and hid in it earlier, he and his colleagues should have stayed in a safe building now.
I don't know what happened to his colleagues. There were screams before, but now there is no movement. He called his colleagues' names loudly, but no one answered. Did he not hear them? He didn't dare to think about it any more.
The hail was so big that it could break the roof of the car. From his angle, he could see a driver on the left front leaning on the steering wheel. The roof of the car was covered by hail and the sunroof was opened. Hail continued to hit the cab. The driver was also in pain. The wailing turned to stillness, and she died.
The driver licked his lips in fear, praying that the damn hail would pass quickly.
Suddenly, the driver heard a rumbling sound, which was different from thunder, as if there were hundreds of trains approaching. Then the shaking of the car above suddenly intensified, and the tires were suspended and shifted. The driver was shocked. He subconsciously stretched out his hands to pull on the chassis. He immediately felt a huge force pulling on the truck, as if an invisible hand was pinching the truck. How could this be possible?
The next moment, the entire truck soared into the air, and the driver was swept up into the sky like a leaf, screaming with heartbreaking screams from his throat.
Screams were heard one after another in the building, and things were constantly being blown into the building by the wind. Tables, chairs and flower pots in the building were also toppled by the strong wind. Some light objects even flew behind the counter and hit people.
People covered their heads with whatever was within reach. If they really had nothing, they covered their heads with their hands. Some people took the covering items from others' hands.
There were endless curses and cries.
Qiao Xi felt a strong force pulling the backpack on his head from behind. When he turned around, he saw that it was the van driver.
The van driver's face turned white. He never expected that it was her, and he shrank back in fright.
Qiao Xi slapped her, thinking she had no temper: [Get out! ]
Half of the van driver's face suddenly swelled up. He didn't dare to say a word and crawled away using his hands and feet.
Ten minutes later, the tornado spun away at high speed, the wind speed slowly decreased, and the hail disappeared without knowing when, and was replaced by a storm.
In a true downpour, the rain does not come in drops, but in flakes, as if someone is pouring water from a basin in the sky.
The brave people gradually left the narrow counter, and some people rushed out of the building regardless of the pouring rain. They also had relatives and friends who could not hide in the building in time for various reasons staying outside.
There were no survivors outside. For those who were lucky, there were still corpses. For those who were unlucky, even the corpses were swept away by the wind.
The thin woman ran in covered in blood, pulled the staff and begged: "I can't hold him, I can't hold him, please, please bring my son in, don't let him soak in the water, He was a good kid and he was going to the car to get my medicine, how could he be so stupid! ]
The unbearable staff suppressed their fear and rushed into the heavy rain with the old woman. After a while, the two men came back carrying a bloody corpse.
The old woman hugged her son's deformed head, calling out again and again, crying blood, and suddenly began to curse heartbreakingly: "Don't take it, don't take it. You must get it. If the medicine is broken, just buy it." , I would rather die of illness without medicine than do not want anything to happen to you. Why is it not an old guy like me who dies? ]
Several more corpses were brought in one after another. As a family member, how could we bear to let our loved ones be exposed in the rain of corpses.
Some people were dissatisfied and whispered: "It's not good to bring them in, it's so scary." ]
Before he finished speaking, he was punched in the nose. The man with tears on his face glared at the person who told the gossip: "Your family members are going to die. You can say so even if you have the guts to do so." ]
The man was dragged away by his companions angrily.
The leader of the service area held the glasses with one temple broken in the mess and ordered two employees: [Go to the infirmary to see if the medicine is still there. If so, bring it. ]
Several people managed to escape into the building under the hail and were seriously injured. After the tension passed, they lay on the ground groaning in pain. Many more people were hit by objects blown in by the strong wind, leaving large and small injuries.
The deadly threat outside disappeared, and the emotions of those who survived the disaster gradually stabilized.
The woman in the SUV led her son towards Qiao Xi, her face full of joy and gratitude, and she came up with a string of thanks: "If you hadn't reminded us, our family would have definitely been on the highway, and I would have been in trouble right now." These lychees are grown by us without pesticides. You can try them. ]
After receiving instructions from his mother, the little boy raised the plastic bag in his hand, which was filled with round and fresh lychees: [Sister, our lychees are so sweet. ]
Qiao Xi accepted the lychees, took out a box of chocolates from his backpack, and said softly: [My chocolates are also very sweet, can we eat them instead? ]
The little boy obviously wanted but was embarrassed, and looked up at his mother.
The woman waved her hand: [Why is this so embarrassing? No, no. ]
Qiao Xi smiled and stuffed the chocolate into the little boy's arms and rubbed the child's head: "It's just a box of chocolates. Eat something sweet to calm the child down." ]
After the mother and son, several groups of people came one after another to express their thanks. They were all people who were blocked on the exit ramp. Thinking back to their previous complaints and indignation, they felt a little embarrassed.
Qiao Xi's gloomy mood improved slightly because his return trip was delayed. What no one wanted to help was a group of ignorant wolves.
The heavy rain continued for more than three hours before it stopped. It was already dark at this time, the generator was destroyed by the tornado, and the building was dark except for sporadic flashlight light.
Rescue has not arrived for a long time, and there is no way to call the police for help. We are still in a remote mountain forest, isolated and without help. People start to panic and keep asking the staff what to do?
The staff didn't know what to do. The car was either blown away or smashed into scrap metal. The place was remote and the nearest population centers were more than ten kilometers away. They could only reassure everyone: "It's dark and it's raining heavily, so the road conditions will be bad." No, the rescuers won't be able to get in for a while. Everyone, please be patient, have a good rest tonight, and wait and see tomorrow. If no one comes tomorrow, we will send people out to search for rescue. ]
Qiao Xi, who was eager to return home, was not willing to wait until tomorrow. She was fed up with waiting, and waited in M City for eleven days before she could leave. Wait for the rescue team to clear the highway before leaving. It would take at least two or three days. If something goes wrong again, who knows how long it will be delayed. It is better to drive overnight.
If the road conditions are good, she can drive, if the traffic conditions are bad, she can walk. If the traffic conditions are bad, she can take a detour from the highway. It is convenient for her alone.
When no one was paying attention, Qiao Xi walked out of the building. He didn't see his car on the ramp. He didn't know where it was blown. There were just too many cars, so he didn't feel bad.
Everywhere you look, there are traces of hailstorms and tornadoes. Overturned cars, lying trees, debris everywhere, and bloody corpses of humans and various small animals.
The condition of the highway was so bad that even a bicycle could not be ridden, so Qiao Xi could only walk on foot. After walking for more than two hours, we finally walked out of the disaster area and the road conditions suddenly improved.
She could see a traffic jam on the opposite side of the highway next door, and presumably there was a traffic jam somewhere on the highway behind her. This may be why rescue operations are affected, or perhaps rescue workers are stretched thin in more severely affected areas.
When he saw the entrance of the highway and a car driving onto the highway normally, Qiao Xi took out the car in a hidden place. It was dark and there were no lights, and the road was slippery due to rain. No matter how fast I felt, I could only drive slowly, which lasted more than five hours.
At dawn, a golden sun peeked out from between the mountains, its golden light dispelling the darkness.
Qiao Xi's eyes lit up, and the corners of her mouth curved in pleasure. In front of her was the highway exit of the border city QK City. The 800-kilometer journey in country T was completed.