Cave Refuge-Chapter 306 - 287: Earthquake and Waiting in the Car_4

However, yesterday’s earthquake had already caused cracks in the hardened ground of the camp, which is why today’s earthquake, although slightly weaker in magnitude than yesterday’s, was no less destructive to the camp.

The ground, already cracked from yesterday, saw its fissures grow even larger, and the remaining factory buildings, which had not been reinforced by the survivors of yesterday’s quake, began to collapse one after another.

Moreover, it was strange that when the steel-structure factory buildings collapsed, there was even a scattering of small stones.

The flying debris, in fact, wasn’t very deadly, and unless it hit a vital spot by a sheer fluke, even an ordinary martial artist could easily ignore it. However, if those stones hit an ordinary person, it wouldn’t cause a bloodied head, but it would be normal for the impact area to turn black and blue.

Listening to the ’dinkling’ and ’clanking’ sounds outside the vehicle, Robinson William’s wife felt very fortunate that she had stopped Zachary and honestly stayed inside the car instead of going outside.

She knew it was because of the car’s large size that she felt the frequent impact of flying objects, but if she had been outside, even though her body’s surface area was much smaller than that of the car and the odds of being hit would have been greatly reduced, she still didn’t want her child to be struck by the flying debris, not even once or twice.

Today’s earthquake lasted about as long as yesterday’s, but its destructive power was much greater. And due to the damage from yesterday, the camp’s hardened ground was still relatively flat but now riddled with large cracks. It was clear to anyone with eyes that if tomorrow’s earthquake was anything like today’s in intensity, the camp’s hardened ground would certainly have problems.

When the earthquake’s shaking gradually subsided and the aftershocks began to fade, all the survivors once again felt fortunate to have survived the ordeal.

After confirming that the aftershocks had ended, Dong Tianyu opened the side door of the Black Car, letting the others inside get out for some fresh air.

Dong Tianyu stepped down the stairs first and then stood at the door, helping each exhausted passenger to slowly descend.

After everyone got out of the car, they were surprised to find that the ground where the Black Car parked had sunk down in a circle around it.

It seemed that the vehicle’s own weight had compacted the soil during the earthquake, even though it should have been loose, pressing it down like a road roller would.

Normally, the Black Car should have sunk halfway into the soil just like yesterday.

But today, since the Black Car was parked on the hardened pavement of the park, instead of just the tires being the points of force, the area under the vehicle began to sink due to the hard ground and the surrounding cracks.

This situation was not unique to Dong Tianyu’s Black Car; other vehicles parked on the camp’s hardened pathways exhibited the same issue.

The spots where these vehicles parked had sunk noticeably compared to the surrounding area, but these vehicles sank along with the hardened pavement beneath them, which did not display any cracks, as if the entire slab of pavement was sinking like a wooden board.

In addition, Master Ye also noticed among the survivors that quite a few were clutching parts of their bodies. It seemed like they had been hit directly by some flying objects during the recent earthquake.

Seeing the bruises on the survivors’ skin after they pulled up their clothes, and then looking at his grandchild’s body, dusty yet barely concealing the delicate skin underneath, Master Ye felt somewhat grateful that he had followed his daughter-in-law’s decision earlier. If his grandchildren had been injured by the flying objects, he couldn’t bear to think how deeply he would regret it.

Among the survivors, the members of the other elderly groups showed a bit of displeasure upon seeing Master Ye, together with his daughter-in-law and grandchildren, alight from the Thompson Family’s vehicle with Dong Tianyu.

The hot-tempered Thomas spoke out directly, "Old Ye, Old Dong, you two are selfish, not giving us a heads-up when you planned to take refuge in the car. Look at my clothes; they’ve been torn by something that flew out of nowhere. You two really could have been more considerate."