readytorunbook Chapter 206 Air Raid Shelter Collapse
Chapter 206 Air Raid Shelter Collapse
"Brother, why are you looking at me? I have more than 500 US dollars in my bag, and some central bank notes, so it should be no less than or yuan!"
The young beggar looked at Gu Wenxuan as if he were a monster.
I did touch his wallet, but until now he has not had the chance to take it out to see how much money is in it?
"Don't doubt me. Don't be embarrassed. Take out your wallet and take a look. Then you will know whether what I said is true or not."
The young beggar listened to Gu Wenxuan's decisive words and thought that the beggar had already noticed when he took his bag.
He was just pretending to be crazy and stupid, pretending that he didn't notice anything, and ran all the way with me through the air raid sirens, and ran to an air raid shelter. Now there are so many people there, and he can't run away even if he wants to.
The little beggar felt guilty and took out the wallet from his arms. When he opened it, he saw a lot of US dollars, and definitely more than 500 US dollars. It seemed that this young man was definitely not an ordinary person. Not many people would carry so much US dollars on them.
Gu Wenxuan said with a smile:
"Well, I didn't cheat you, did I? You can take all the money. In my wallet, there are a few business cards and a note with my home address. Please keep it and give it back to me. I'm going to use it to find someone. I can't find him without this address!"
The young beggar looked at Gu Wenxuan suspiciously. He didn't know what kind of medicine this person was selling.
"My friend, what do you mean by this? Are you an anti-pickpocket policeman?"
Gu Wenxuan shook his head: "I'm not interested in villain police. Besides, I just arrived in Shancheng, and the first person I spoke to was you!"
When the young beggar heard Gu Wenxuan say that he had just arrived in the mountain city, and that this person was not a local, he breathed a sigh of relief.
If he is not a local, then he is definitely not an anti-pickpocket police officer. There will be no problem even if he catches you picking a bag.
At most I will just have to pay him back, or at worst I will get beaten up by them. In their line of work, there are many times when they get beaten.
They have a lot of experience in taking beatings.
If a thief is caught, as long as he does not resist forcefully and is beaten, the owner of the lost items will not take it too seriously.
If the thief acts a little pitifully, most people will just let it go, as it is just a small theft anyway.
Looking at the young beggar, who was still hesitating, Gu Wenxuan smiled and said:
"Don't doubt that I have any intentions towards you. Just take the money in this wallet and use it. Most importantly, I want to thank you for reminding me to run the air raid alarm.
At least I wasn't killed by the bomb. If I had been killed, no amount of money would have been of any use.
So you can use this little money. I have no other intention to harm you, brother!"
The little beggar made up his mind and took out all the US dollar bills from his wallet, put them in his pocket, and returned the wallet to Gu Wenxuan.
Gu Wenxuan really put the wallet back into his body and never said anything else to the young beggar.
At this time, the Japanese bombers were still bombing mercilessly.
The mud and sand in the air-raid shelter were still falling.
Suddenly, there was a deafening sound of bombing.
Then a loud crashing sound was heard.
"Oh, guys, it's bad! It's bad! The entrance to the air-raid shelter has collapsed. Now we can't get out. I'm afraid we'll suffocate to death here soon!"
It seemed as if all the air in the air-raid shelter had been sucked out in an instant, and everyone was having trouble breathing.
What was even more terrifying was that so many people were so anxious that they rushed to the cave entrance like a tide. The light inside was dim, causing a lot of trampling, and in an instant, there was chaos and crying.
Gu Wenxuan once read in history books that during the Anti-Japanese War, the mountain city was bombed by the Japanese army, many air-raid shelters were collapsed, and countless people were suffocated to death.
Could it be that I will encounter this today? This is too unlucky.
This young beggar was quite experienced. He pulled Gu Wenxuan and said, "Don't panic, brother. Keep your body close to the cave wall and don't run forward with the crowd!"
Wenxuan asked in confusion: "Why can't we run forward?"
The young beggar said:
“Don’t you see how many people are in this cave? If you follow them, they will rush forward like flowing water, and if you don’t pay attention, you will be pushed to the ground.
People will step on you, and it will be difficult for you to get up, and you may be trampled to death.
If you stick close to the wall of the air-raid shelter, naturally the crowds of people will not be able to sweep you away, and you will not be swept away by the crowd.
You stay here safely, and naturally no one will step on you!"
Gu Wenxuan understood what the young beggar said. He often referred to the riots that occurred in such large occasions. Such riots would result in a large number of deaths, most of which were caused by trampling on each other.
Gu Wenxuan thought about it and followed the young beggar's method, pressing his body against the stone wall of the air-raid shelter.
Sure enough, the people around me were running forward in a hurry like a tide.
Soon the people at the back were squeezing the people in the front like sardines in a can.
Instead, an empty space formed at the back of the air-raid shelter.
Sure enough, at this time he heard in front of him that all the people in the air-raid shelter had crowded to the collapsed area, with bursts of crying and cursing, and it was a complete mess.
This is what the little beggar said to Gu Wenxuan:
"Brother! I didn't lie to you, you see they all rushed to the front, there must be a lot of people who were trampled to death!"
Gu Wenxuan nodded: "Yes, this is the second time you saved me, thank you very much!"
The young beggar waved his hand and said generously: "It's okay, we are Liangshan heroes, we don't know each other without fighting, and we will be friends from now on!"
At this time, the crying and noise in front were getting louder and louder.
Gu Wenxuan asked the little beggar: "Brother, how did you solve this kind of landslide incident in the past?"
The little beggar said: "How can this be solved? Of course, we have to wait until the enemy stops bombing and the government sends people to dig out the cave-in.
Then they rescued the people. Of course, it was not certain how long it would take them to dig out the collapsed hole. There were several times when more than half of the people in the collapsed air-raid shelters were killed or injured, even more than those killed in the enemy bombings! "
Gu Wenxuan nodded: "This is a typical secondary disaster! We must find a way to get out today, otherwise we will suffocate to death here!"
The young beggar smiled and said, "Brother, you are probably an outsider and you don't know that all the air-raid shelters in our mountain city are built in the mountains and there is no way to pass through them.
There is another landslide ahead. How can we get out? The mountains here are all rocky.
If it is a mountain of soil, it can be dug out using tools, but this kind of hard stone cannot be dug out at all.
We can only wait to die here. If someone comes to dig, then we still have a glimmer of hope. Now all we can do is conserve our energy and not move rashly. The more panicked you are, the more energy you will consume, and the more likely you are to die!"
Wenxuan thought that this little beggar had a lot of experience in escaping, so he didn't say anything.
It would be very easy for Meiran Gu Wenxuan to go out, but when he saw so many people in the air-raid shelter, he felt reluctant to escape alone.
But if we put them all into the space and let them escape, I'm afraid this secret will be known to everyone in the world.
I have to think of a way to rescue these people openly without exposing my secret.