At 14:25 on May 12, 2008, Mu Yi came to the office on time as usual and turned on the office computer. This computer runs relatively slowly, and it takes a minute or two to turn it on...

After the computer slowly started up, Mu Yi picked up the water cup, went to the water dispenser, pressed the water outlet switch, and took a glass of water. He returned to the desk and sat down. At this time, other colleagues in the office also came to the office.

However, suddenly and inexplicably, the computer shook, and the water in the water glass sloshed out. Mu Yi thought that his colleague accidentally bumped into the desk. He was about to ask: "Does it hurt?"

Before the words were spoken, a bigger shock suddenly occurred. All the sundries placed on the file cabinet suddenly fell down, and the glass of the window shook and collided with each other making a "ping-ping-pong-pong" sound...

"Run quickly! There's an earthquake..."

At that moment, those people shouted in panic almost at the same time. The shouts resounded throughout the entire office building...

Mu Yi and his colleagues quickly escaped from the office almost at the same time...

Facing this sudden and strong earthquake, running away is the only choice. Where can I turn off the computer or close the office door?...

Mu Yi felt that the entire office building was shaking, and he was a little unsteady when running down the aisle. Then when he went down the stairs, it felt like he was stepping on a hanging ladder that could collapse at any time. He was dizzy, and his ears were ringing...

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Fear! The huge unknown fear has deeply enveloped the people in the entire Xigui land.

When the earthquake happened, Jin Baihe and her mother were holding hands with little Lele and were walking from South Street to Wainan Street. Zhang Xuefen came to the county town for a banquet. She came to her daughter's house to play first. Her son-in-law left for work first. Now

She, her daughter, and her niece also went out. Her mother-in-law, Hai Wanqiu, was alone in the house watching TV.

They walked together towards Wainan Street until they arrived at the "small crossroads" where South Street, Wainan Street, Ring Road and South City Wall meet. Jin Lily was going to work at the Animal Husbandry Bureau. Zhang Xuefen was going to take Xiao Lele there.

Eat nine big bowls at Wainan Street.

But when they were about to reach the "small crossroads", Xiao Lele suddenly and inexplicably fell down.

"Yeah, Xiao Lele, are you drunk?" Zhang Xuefen was still joking with Xiao Lele.

"Hey, get up quickly. Be good!" Jin Lily encouraged Xiao Lele to get up on her own.

Xiao Lele bravely climbed up on her own. But as soon as she got up, the ground suddenly shook violently like waves in a river... Xiao Lele fell down again. This time she fell.

Cried……

Zhang Xuefen, Jin Lily, and pedestrians on the road simultaneously saw the wires on the telephone poles on the roadside shaking violently, "pop, pop", shaking and sparking. Suddenly, the transformer at the "small intersection" made a "pop" sound.

"There was a huge explosion, and then a burning smell spread instantly...

The crowd suddenly exclaimed "There's an earthquake!"! Followed by shouts and cries... the people on the street were all in a mess. Everyone was shouting to each other, running, and moving blindly.

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Hai Wanqiu was also frightened by the sudden shaking. But she quickly reacted. "The ground is moving! The ground is moving!" She exclaimed and ran downstairs. Waiting for her to escape downstairs.

When I went there, I saw the streets full of people who had escaped...

Brother Jun suddenly lost control while riding his motorcycle and fell into a ditch on the side of the road. The severe pain made Brother Jun couldn't help cursing... Just as he was about to pick up the motorcycle, it became even more severe.

The ground shook again. Brother Jun was so frightened that he quickly dropped his motorcycle and fled onto the road. However, he was really unsteady on the road.

I just felt the ground shaking, the water in the fields and ditches shaking violently as if it was boiling, and even the sulfur mountains in the distance collapsed. Brother Jun thought to himself, there is an earthquake, something happened.

There was a big earthquake. Even the mountains collapsed...

Mu Deqian and his card friends who were playing cards also felt the earthquake. Everyone threw away their cards and jumped out of the store...

Mu Yi escaped from the office building and saw only streets and squares filled with people. The sea of ​​people was so crowded that it was like a large human blanket. This human blanket undulated with the shaking of the ground, like waves...

Suddenly a person shouted to Mu Yi: "Let's go! Go to the bank quickly!"

Mu Yi was too nervous. He instinctively asked: "Why are you going to the bank?"

"Withdraw money!" Before the man could finish his words, he ran away without a trace.

Mu Yi didn't remember what this man's face looked like, nor could he recall his name. But what he said made a particularly deep impression on him.

But Mu Yi didn't have time to think about why he wanted to go to the bank to withdraw money. Mu Yi's most urgent thought at this time was to quickly find Jin Lily and Xiao Lele. I wonder if they are safe? Are they injured...

There are really too many people on the road. It’s more than ten times more crowded than on the first day of the Lunar New Year. And more people on the road are rushing towards the square. They should think that the square is empty.

So as to avoid earthquakes.

Mu Yi's route home was exactly opposite to the route of the crowds, making his journey very difficult. He was traveling in the opposite direction...

Are billboards and flower pots being shaken and fallen at any time on the road? People who can't avoid them will inevitably be injured...

When Mu Yi finally arrived at the commercial street downstairs, he saw Jin Baihe holding Xiao Lele, and his mother-in-law and mother. The four of them were standing at the flower stand of the commercial street at a loss.

Mu Yi quickly ran over.

"Are you okay? No injuries?"

"It's okay. No one was injured."

"Why are you standing here? It's so dangerous!"

"I'm the one who told everyone to stand here. I'm afraid that if we stand somewhere else, you won't be able to find us when you come back, and you won't be able to get through on the phone."

Jin Lily quickly explained.

"Go quickly! Go quickly, don't stand here anymore. If the buildings on both sides are shaken and collapse, there will be no place to escape."

Mu Yi quickly urged everyone to leave.

The five of them followed the flow of people and fled towards the square.

While escaping? Mu shouted: "Try to walk in the middle! Don't go under the eaves! Be careful of getting hit! Pay attention to your feet, be careful of tripping! Be careful of being pushed down..."

Everyone finally reached the intersection. Mu Yi suddenly changed his mind. "Let's go to the bus station! We won't go to the square. There are too many people there."

So everyone changed directions and fled to the bus station.

When they escaped into the bus station square, they discovered that almost 70% of the courtyard inside the bus station was already full of people. Mu Yi and everyone quickly found a place to stand temporarily.

After everyone's emotions stabilized, I realized that I called my father, father-in-law, and Brother Jun. But they couldn't get through. I don't know if the communication was because the facilities were damaged by the earthquake? Or because everyone was suddenly on the phone during a concentrated time period.

Because of the communication congestion, it just can’t get through anyway.

Zhang Xuefen was also worried about Xiao Qing and asked Mu Yi to call Xiao Qing. Again, he still couldn't get through.

Everyone doesn’t know if Xigui is the center of the earthquake. We don’t know if there will continue to be major earthquakes. In short, everyone is scared. No matter whether there is an earthquake or not, everyone always feels that there are earthquakes and shaking...

At this time? The entire Xigui was in a state of complete confusion, restlessness, pause, fear and depression. Everyone just knew that an earthquake had occurred. However, no accurate and authoritative voice came out to tell everyone where the earthquake occurred and what happened.

What a big earthquake...

So everyone is panicked and confused, not knowing what to do or what needs to be done...

After a while, the entire bus station courtyard was filled with people who came to take shelter from the earthquake.

The bus station was buzzing with people. Everyone was talking about it. Where has Xiao Lele seen such a scene? Not to mention Xiao Lele, even Mu Yi, Jin Lily, Zhang Xuefen and Hai Wanqiu have never seen such a scene.

Scene. So many people, standing together so densely...

Xiao Lele cried. She might have been frightened by the scene in front of her, or she might have been hungry and thirsty...

Although there is no earthquake as big as the first time, milder earthquakes still shake from time to time. As long as there is a slight shake, the crowd will let out a burst of screams...

At this moment, Muyi and the others don’t know where the center of the earthquake is. Many places were affected by the earthquake at the same time. Many people also don’t know where the center of the earthquake is. Everyone.

Fell into great panic.

What everyone doesn’t know is that the epicenter of this earthquake is in Wenchuan, Sichuan. The earthquake’s impact includes counties within 50 kilometers of the epicenter and large and medium-sized cities within 200 kilometers of the epicenter.

Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Tianjin, Qinghai, Beijing, Shanxi, Shandong, Hebei, Henan, Anhui, Hubei, Hunan, Chongqing, Guizhou, Yunnan, Inner Mongolia, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Jiangxi, Tibet, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang,

The earthquake was clearly felt in many provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) across the country, including Liaoning and Fujian, as well as the Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions and Taiwan.

The earthquake was felt to varying degrees throughout China except for Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Xinjiang. Among them, the earthquake was the most severe in the three provinces of Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu. The earthquake was even felt in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, the Philippines, and Japan.

All eyes were focused on this earthquake. News of a 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Wenchuan, Sichuan Province was also reported on TV and the Internet. The state also sent emergency rescue teams to the disaster area to carry out rescue, and people from all walks of life also spontaneously went to the disaster area.

Carry out rescue...

After the people in Xigui learned the news from TV, they were no longer so nervous. The crowd also began to disperse one after another. Everyone went back to their homes...

However, although they are no longer so nervous, the panic about aftershocks and the worry about whether a new earthquake will occur still make everyone worried.

Mu Yi also took everyone home... The social order in Xigui was slowly restored. The buses also began to resume operation. Zhang Xuefen returned to Datang without finishing the nine bowls.

After returning home and calming down, Muyi and the others began to pack their things, including Little Lele's clothes, pants, milk bottles, water cups, milk powder, diapers, small blankets, etc., and then put Little Lele's stroller back into place.

Find it out and prepare it. Then I went downstairs to buy some biscuits, bread and mineral water, and be ready to escape at any time...

After a while, the lights in the house shook again, and the building shook again... Aftershocks continued, and everyone was panicking, but they still didn't leave the house. After dinner was cooked, aftershocks continued to occur, but the frequency was no longer high.

, and the intensity is no longer strong.

Mu Yi and his family planned to stay at home. But suddenly, there was another relatively strong aftershock. People in the whole building began to run away. Mu Yi had no choice but to run away with his family.

I ran downstairs. Everyone stood in the commercial street and wanted to see the situation. However, after a while, aftershocks started again. Seeing the swaying power lines, everyone was frightened and ran towards the square again.

After everyone arrived at the square, the wind started to blow after a while, and the wind blew back and forth above the empty square. Soon everyone felt cold. Mu Yi took everyone to the bus station again. After all, there is a bus station courtyard.

It's surrounded by a wall, so the wind shouldn't be that strong.

When everyone came to the bus station and hid for a while, the sky gradually darkened, and the wind started blowing again, accompanied by drizzle. Everyone felt a little cold, especially little Lele started crying again when the cold wind blew.

I have to go home, but I am afraid of what if there is a big earthquake. If I don’t go back, staying here is not an option. Otherwise, everyone will be soaked by the rain in a while...
To be continued...