Apocalyptic Paradise

Chapter 41

The next morning, the earthquake stopped, the wind subsided, and the rain continued.

Everyone ran outside in the rain, eager to check the situation.The water level below the mountain rose again.Visually, the water surface has reached the mountainside.

"My God, how could this be?" Everyone exclaimed.

"Everyone, fill up the inner tube and tie it to your body, and grab something in your hand. Maybe the water will come up soon." Yuan Dingfang said loudly.Everyone couldn't care less about emotion, and took urgent action one after another.Yuan Dingfang came over, and without waiting for Chen Zhuxia to do anything, he put the fully inflated inner tube on her body first. He thought one was not safe, so he put another one on, and finally tied it tightly with a rope.Then I got one myself.They are also getting ready one after another.

They also wrapped some important items in the cave in thick plastic bags and hid them in the gaps on the stone wall.At the same time, the raft and raft were lifted to the top of the mountain.After all this was done, everyone held oil drums, wooden barrels, oil pots, wood, and everything else that could be grabbed.We stood on the top of the mountain in despair and apprehension, silently watching the rising water.What else could they do but wait?

Chen Zhuxia dragged Xiaoyun, Yuan Dingfang dragged her, and the three cuddled together.

Mingji grinned and said, "Xiaoyun follow me, I'm alone." Xiaoyun glanced at Chen Zhuxia quickly, as if asking for her opinion.Chen Zhuxia thought about it and had to let go.Said to Mingji: "I'm sorry to trouble you."

Yuan Dingfang squeezed over and squeezed her hand tightly.He whispered: "When the water comes up, you must hold me tight."

"I know." Chen Zhuxia replied in a low voice.

At noon, everyone shared some damp and moldy dry food.Drank a little rainwater.And then waited for the last moment.

In the afternoon, the sky began to change again.

Thick black clouds hung in the overcast sky.The wind whimpered and blew.The trees, which had absorbed the rain, swayed dully with the wind.

Looking around, there are white waters all around.The turbid and yellowed water approached little by little.

Chen Zhuxia's grip on Yuan Dingfang became tighter and tighter.She couldn't help shivering.At this moment, she couldn't help but think of the nightmare more than a month ago.She stood on an isolated island that was about to sink in the vast ocean, and huge waves like overwhelming mountains rushed towards her. She looked around, but there was no one there.She is the only one in the vast world.

"Don't be afraid." Yuan Dingfang sensed her nervousness and fear, and comforted her in a deep voice.

In the afternoon, the wind gradually picked up.The rain also started to intensify.There is no place to hide on the top of the mountain.Some of them used the wooden barrels they brought with them to hold the rain above their heads, and some used wagons to cover them.Large swathes of black clouds rolled over, and the wind, screaming, became more and more crazy.The surface of the water also began to become restless, the water waves slapped and roared, and the waves hit the rocks on the mountain again and again.

The sky was getting darker and darker, the wind was getting stronger and stronger, and there was howling, roaring and noise all around.The courage that everyone worked so hard to build up is shattered little by little.The darkness, freezing and extreme fear made several people tremble all over.Xiaoyun, the youngest, has already slipped into Mingji's arms involuntarily, sobbing softly.Ming Ji managed to maintain a smile on his face, comforting her intermittently.

Everyone huddled together almost indiscriminately, like a nest of frightened chicks.

"Don't be afraid, we will all survive." Ming Ji raised his voice weakly to comfort everyone.

"If we are scattered by the water, those who can survive will meet here, we must remember."

"Don't be afraid, the flood will recede soon. Don't you think so, Zhu Xia?" Everyone looked expectantly at Chen Zhuxia.

Chen Zhuxia resisted the bitterness and sadness in her heart.He nodded with a solemn expression: "Yes, we will retreat soon. Everyone must persevere, and insist on biting the tiger!"

Yuan Dingfang didn't speak, he pursed his lips and looked at her silently.The hands of the two were clasped together.

It was getting darker and darker.The people suffered and devoured some dry food.Yuan Dingfang silently put the dry food on his body into a plastic bag, tied the mouth tightly, made a circle, and put it around Chen Zhuxia's neck.

"You have to have one too." Chen Zhuxia said.

Yuan Dingfang made another one and threw it over Xiaoyun and Mingji not far away.

"And yours?"

"I've always been with you." Yuan Dingfang said firmly.

After nightfall, it was so dark that you couldn't see your fingers.

Everyone stopped talking.The sound of wind, rain, and waves combined to swallow their voices.They are accumulating strength, preparing for the final fight and struggle.

"Zhu Xia..." Yuan Dingfang spoke in the darkness.Soon, the voice behind him was drowned out.He stretched out his arms to hug Chen Zhuxia, but their swimming rings were also in the way.

Chen Zhuxia scratched his palm, which meant that she heard it.He paused, and imitated her by scratching her palm.The two communicated with this silent movement.Yuan Dingfang's hand repeatedly stroked the ring on Chen Zhuxia's hand—it was given to her by him.

Chen Zhuxia took off the ring on her middle finger and put it on her ring finger.She took his hand and let him stroke it again.Fearing that he would not understand, Chen Zhuxia raised her voice and said, "If we can survive this time, I will marry you."

"Okay!" Yuan Dingfang's voice drifted in the dark night wind.

Their voices just fell.There was a sharp click, and thunder exploded in the sky.Immediately afterwards, streaks of blue light tore apart the dark night sky.Grimly flickering.The surrounding branches snapped and fell.The storm was fighting together, sweeping from afar, and the human body could not stand still at all.

The splashing of the waves was getting closer.They are like islands in the middle of the ocean.

"The water is coming up, coming up!" A hoarse female voice shouted in despair in the darkness.

Yuan Dingfang's hand tightly held Chen Zhuxia's finger.The rain and sweat made their hands extremely slippery, and they couldn't hold them firmly no matter how hard they tried.

"Xiaoyun, Mingji..." In the darkness, they seemed to be confirming something, calling each other's names over and over again.Call the people closest to you first, and then call others.shouted loudly.Everyone agreed indiscriminately.I'm afraid, this promise is the last one.

The flood water rose from their ankles little by little.They stood there in despair and numbness, there was nowhere to hide, because the Bogda Peak at their feet was the highest peak in the Tianshan Mountains.They dare not hug the tree, because the thunder and lightning are still raging ferociously.

The water spread from the feet to the legs, and then to the waist.

The thunder died down.There is also less lightning.The storm continues.

Everyone ran to the big tree closest to them.Holding the tree trunk tightly, maybe the flood will soon submerge even the big tree, but it is 1 minute to survive for 1 minute.Everyone is dying.

(End of this chapter)