Mei Man: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

Chapter 235 Sandstorm

The sandstorm is really coming!
Urgent sirens rang through the streets and alleys of New York, and the storm came without warning. In this era without satellite cloud images, weather forecasts are based on changes in atmospheric pressure, but this method is rarely able to catch up with the speeding sand and dust. Good warning.

The sandstorm ran all the way, and it was not noticed until it reached the edge of the city, and then the siren sounded a reminder.

"...The sandstorm is coming, everyone should go home and do protective work!"

On the radio, the soap opera stopped abruptly, and the announcer made an appeal in a hasty tone.

The newsboys grabbed the newspapers in their hands, covered their faces with cloth, and ran towards the shelter amidst Jimmy's hoarse shouts.

"Quick, go to the nearby church!"

He hid in the church with a group of panicked people. The moment he stepped into the church, Jimmy's eyes glanced at the purple in the sky, as if the sky was sick.

Obviously just a moment ago, the sky was still a normal color, but in the blink of an eye everything changed.

Huddled in a corner of the church with the newsboys, Jimmy covered his face with the cloth that Mr. Colin gave them, and heard the uneasy conversations of the people in the church.

"I didn't expect it to be true..."

"I always thought it was just a rumor."

"Sandstorm, I've never seen such a climate, and I don't know what's going on at home?"

"Yesterday's "Daily Courier" gave an early warning. I made preparations in advance and took out all the discarded sheets, which should be able to withstand the damage of sand and dust."

""Daily Courier", I also read that report, but I didn't expect the sandstorm to come so fast."

The dangers of sandstorms in newspapers and the description of disasters in the story of "Superman" have touched many hearts.

It's just that no one thought that the sandstorm mentioned in the comics would appear in front of their eyes in such a way that they were caught off guard.

"Did you feel that the temperature has dropped a bit?"

Tightening the clothes on their bodies, many people in the church felt a chill.

Newsboys in the corner huddled together to keep warm.

"coming!"

Amidst the sudden drop in temperature, sandstorms swept in.

Standing in front of the glass of the church, one can see to the northwest, a top irregularity moving, obscuring the horizon.

The charge in the air crackled, clack, clack, clack.

Birds screeched and swooped down for shelter.

"..."

"Is this a sandstorm?"

Watching the black wall constantly approaching the city, everyone in the church fell silent.

Many of them have read the report on the sandstorm in the "Daily Courier", but neither the news photos nor the cartoon depiction can clearly present the scene in front of them.

This is a natural disaster, and it is a terrible force that human beings have that cannot be resisted.

In the church, the priest led the pastor to pray, and many anxious people seemed to join the prayer team.

They prayed to God to bless themselves and their families.

"Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name...your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven....forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors...do not let us When we meet temptation, deliver us from evil..."

In the corner, Jimmy listened to the prayers of the crowd, but his gaze fell on the newspaper in his hand.

The mark in the upper right corner of the page of "Messenger Daily" is the classic pose of Superman with his hands on his hips.

Looking at Superman, Jimmy seems to feel great courage from it.

……

click, click—

The messenger newspaper, accompanied by a click.

The static generated by the sandstorm interfered with the radio signal, causing the already blurred sound on the broadcast to lose its final sound.

On the road outside the newspaper office, some driving cars also stopped.

Colin, who was standing inside the newspaper office, could clearly see that it was because the ignition device of the car was short-circuited.

Running down from the car that lost power, the people covered their mouths and noses and rushed towards the place where they could take cover.

"too frightening!"

Standing behind Colin, Little John and the others stared at the huge dust sweeping across the sky.

Although he already knew the power of this disaster from the photos in the news, but he felt the power of the sandstorm in person, which still frightened Little John. He glanced at his father, Old John, and he could see each other clearly. trembling fingers.

Looking at the end of the city, the black wall formed by the sky full of dust, Ke Lin knew very well that this was not the whole picture of the sandstorm.

Unlike the vast and deserted roads and small towns, New York is after all a big city with tall buildings.

The surrounding towns and buildings have blocked most of the sandstorm's power for people, and now only a part of the sandstorm has come to New York.

"Jenny, Jenny, where are you?!"

However, in the newspaper office, everyone silently watched this overwhelming natural disaster.

Suddenly, there was a rush of shouts from the side street, and a panicked woman rushed to the street, shouting loudly.

"Baby, where are you, come out!"

Looking at the crazy woman on the street, everyone in the newspaper office looked at each other, and Little John opened his mouth to say something.

Old John on the side stretched out his hand to stop him, shook his head and pointed to the sandstorm outside.

This is not a heavy rain or snow, but a fatal natural disaster.

"Go home quickly, the sandstorm is coming soon!"

"At this moment, rather than looking for someone, you should protect yourself first..."

"Perhaps your child is at home, too!"

On both sides of the street, someone noticed the woman on the street, and someone shouted at her.

However, the woman continued to yell hoarsely nearby without paying attention. She had searched everything in the house and found no trace of her daughter.

Looking away from the almost crazy woman on the street, Colin's eyes scanned the nearby blocks along the wall of the newspaper office.

Although many of his abilities were restricted due to the oppression of the positive world, but with the cooperation of [Super Perspective] and [Super Hearing], Ke Lin was able to see it from the trash can not far from the street. A crouching figure.

"Be prepared to protect, especially the vulnerable parts like windows."

Withdrawing his gaze, Colin turned his head and gave instructions to the people behind him.

"boss!"

"It's too dangerous, a sandstorm is coming soon..."

Hearing what Colin said, Old John wanted to persuade him.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine."

Shaking his head, the abilities he unlocked in the real world may be suppressed, but they are still very powerful compared to ordinary people.

Although the sandstorm is dangerous, it is not harmful to him.

"Boss, let me go with you."

Looking at the figure of Colin living behind the door, Little John plucked up his courage and said.

"No need, I'm enough alone."

His eyes stayed on Little John's face for a moment, Colin rejected the other party's kindness, and then reminded them: "Protect everything in the newspaper office, I don't want to wait until I come back, only to see the ruins of the newspaper office .”

After speaking, Colin used his foot to remove the wet sheet behind the door, and opened the locked door of the newspaper office.

Huhu~

As the door of the newspaper office was opened, the first thing that hit the face was the harsh wind brought by the sandstorm.

The fine dust in the air whizzed past Colin's face, and he closed the door of the newspaper office behind him casually. Colin covered his nose with his hand and walked through the howling wind.

Walking into the street, the wind generated by the sandstorm became more violent, and Colin could see the woman who was blown by the wind like a reed in the distance.

With superhuman strength, the strong wind brought by the sandstorm could not stop Colin from moving forward. He turned his head and glanced at the advancing black wall in the distance, and walked towards the trash can without any hesitation.

"Son, what are you doing here?"

"I'm playing hide and seek, sir."

"This is not a good place to play hide-and-seek."

He reached out to pick up the girl next to the trash can, took off his coat and covered her head, and Colin walked into the street with the girl in his arms.

Hoo hoo ~ hoo hoo ~
Just as he was looking for the girl, the sandstorm got bigger.

Under Superman's eyesight, Colin could see the sandy waves flowing across the road like sea water, and the cars rushed into the ditch one after another, like the bow of a ship submerged in the sea.

"I found the child, here."

Visibility around the streets became extremely low as a huge sandstorm swept through.

If it weren't for the ability of [Super Perspective], Colin might not even be able to see the figure of the woman in the dusty sky.

He called out to the woman who was looking frantically in the sandstorm. The wind blown by the surrounding sand was extremely powerful, but Ke Lin's voice fell into the woman's ears as if he was not affected.

Hearing this figure, the woman who had already fallen into madness couldn't help but regain her senses. She approached Colin's direction against the increasingly cold sand and dust around her.

"careful!"

Just when she was about to approach, a gust of dust swept by the wind shook her already thin body.

Seeing that the woman was about to be blown down by the sandstorm, in the next second Colin had already stepped up to her side and reached out to grab her firmly.

From Ke Lin's palm, the woman felt an unprecedented powerful force, which held her firmly in place.

"You really found my child, my Jenny?"

Staring at Colin's face blurred in the sky full of dust, the woman opened her mouth and asked with expectant and apprehensive eyes.

She was afraid that all this was just an excuse for the other party to come back to deceive her.

"If there wasn't a second child lost in the dust storm."

Lifting the body covered by the coat in the other arm, Colin smiled at the woman and gestured.

……

"Jenny, my baby!"

"Mother……"

At the woman's home, the huge sandstorm was blocked outside the door. The woman looked at her daughter who was intact under the coat, and quickly hugged her tightly in her arms, sobbing continuously in a low voice.

After a while, the woman finally came to her senses after her excitement calmed down, and thanked Ke Lin in front of her.

"Thank you, sir, if it weren't for you, I would really, really..."

"You don't have to be such a lady, I just happened to see your daughter."

Although Ke Lin said so, the woman knew very well that it was not an easy task to help an unrelated person in a sandstorm.

After calming down her emotions, the woman reached out and wiped her cheeks, only to notice that her hair was covered with dust at some point on her face.

In fact, from Colin's perspective, he could see the woman's appearance more clearly at the moment, as if she had been dug out of the dust.

"Sorry, sir."

Responding to her embarrassing posture at this time, the woman apologized to Ke Lin, and hurriedly went to the kitchen to wipe her dusty face with tap water.

"Sir, maybe you can..."

Washing off the dust on her face, the woman turned her head and was about to invite Colin to wash off the dust on her face.

However, she soon noticed that although she passed through the dust like herself, Colin's appearance was surprisingly clean.

"Maybe it's because I haven't been in the dust for a long time."

Under the surprised gaze of the woman, Colin opened his mouth to explain.

With the ability of [Super Defense] upgraded to [Bronze], Colin seems to have some super stance abilities, but the effect of this stance in the positive world is not obvious.

The reason why he was able to maintain a clean appearance in the billowing dust was due to the ability of [Super Housework].

This ability is more useful than imagined.

She didn't linger on Colin's problems for too long, she simply washed off the dust on her face, and with Colin's help, she used a wet sheet to block the gap between the doors and windows. Daughter, sit on the sofa.

Crackling, crackling--

Outside the house, the sweeping sandstorm seemed to shake the whole house, and the dust was constantly blowing on the glass like a knife.

Under the influence of static electricity, the lights above the head flickered and flickered.

"We are here to start a new life."

The woman said to Colin while comforting the frightened daughter in her arms.

From the woman's description, he knew the other person's name, Louise Walton, a Broadway dancer and actor. Because of the Great Depression, many Broadway actors lost their jobs, and Louise was one of them.The difficult life in Los Angeles forced her to give up her career and come to New York.

However, this sudden huge sandstorm made Louis fall into great confusion.

It was hard for her to imagine what would happen to her if her daughter really disappeared in the sandstorm.

This huge sandstorm made everything difficult.

She had come to New York for a new life, but right now they were having trouble breathing.

Sandstorms bring more than just damage to the environment. Anyone who inhales sand will suffer from pneumoconiosis and brown plague for life.

(End of this chapter)