kingnovel Chapter 213: The Cold Doomsday: Guardian
Chapter 213: The Cold Doomsday: Guardian
On the mountain, endless ice and snow, carrying a small amount of mud and sand, rushed down the hillside like a roaring white river, ruthlessly destroying any obstacles along the way that blocked its progress.
In the past, the huge trees that blocked out the sun in the hearts of countless children, at this moment, were like a small boat in the rivers, lakes and seas, swaying in the huge waves, and would be destroyed and killed in the next second.
Grandpa Tree is a century-old tree at the entrance of Qingshan Village. Villagers cannot tell exactly how many hundreds of years old it is. They only know that it was that tall when the oldest person in the village was very young. It is like the most loyal guard of Qingshan Village, guarding it day and night.
Its body, branches and leaves are covered with thick white snow, but it still stands proudly in the snowy day with howling winds.
The avalanche is coming!
In just a few minutes, it poured from the top of the mountain to Qingshan Village.
The angry avalanche collided head-on with the guardian of Qingshan Village, splashing snow all over the sky.
Grandpa Tree silently and tenaciously became the last line of defense to protect Qingshan Village. Its trunk, which required several people holding hands to hug, was the most solid wall.
"Boom~"
"Boom~~"
Its branches broke one after another, and it made a heavy wail.
"Click."
Under wave after wave of attacks, the century-old tree began to sound as if it could not bear the heavy burden.
The tree trunk that blocked out the sun broke in half and slowly fell down, lying across the entrance of Qingshan Village.
Thanks to Grandpa Tree’s obstruction, when the avalanche entered Qingshan Village, the sound was much smaller than before.
But this was scary enough for the people in Qingshan Village who had never experienced an avalanche.
The people hiding in the basement looked serious.
Jiang Jiang lowered her eyebrows. Her expectation came true, but she didn't look happy at all.
If she had a choice, she would rather her speculation was wrong. At least, Qingshan Village would not suffer such a serious disaster.
Aunt Shufen, who was nearby, hugged young Zhang Wang tightly in her arms the next second after hearing the roar.
Zhang Qiang, who was originally holding a cigarette and smiling, had a frozen expression. He didn't react at all when the ash fell on his fingers.
Everyone seemed to have pressed the pause button, frozen in that second.
Suddenly, a mournful cry was heard.
"Pillar!!!"
Everyone was awakened by the sound and looked at Li Yue who spoke.
She let out a sharp whine and tears flowed out.
When Li Yue heard the loud noise coming from the ground, her heart skipped a beat, followed by great panic.
Her son hasn't come back yet!
Li Yue's eyes went dark and she felt the world spinning.
The second son and the youngest daughter next to her immediately supported Li Yue, who was a little unsteady.
After taking a breath, she immediately struggled and ran towards the basement exit. She wanted to find her son!
The villagers who reacted quickly grabbed Li Yue immediately, but at this moment, she was so eager to protect her son that she burst out with great strength. One or two people could not hold her back, and two young people nearby came up to help and finally stopped her.
"Let me go! I want to find the pillar!"
Li Yue continued to struggle.
"Li Yue! The avalanche isn't over yet! If you open the basement, all of us in the village will die!"
Zhang Qiang hurried to Li Yue and shouted at her, trying to wake her up.
"But, but, Secretary, my pillar is still outside."
Li Yue's eyes were red, and her hair, which was usually neatly combed, became disheveled during the struggle just now, and her weather-beaten, sallow face looked even more miserable.
Zhang Qiang took a deep breath and calmed himself down.
"After the avalanche passes, everyone in our village who can go out will go out to help you find pillars. But now, for everyone's safety, you can't open the door."
Seeing that she stopped struggling, the people around her let go.
Li Yue fell to the ground, muttering to herself:
"Zhu Zi, I'm sorry..."
If she hadn't asked her son to go home to pick up the chickens and ducks, Zhuzi wouldn't have been there when the avalanche happened.
Avalanches are the death knell of nature, proclaiming that the power of nature cannot be broken by mere humans.
The entire basement was silent, and everyone was quietly waiting for time to pass.
After an unknown amount of time, the sound of venting outside gradually became quieter, and gradually, calm was restored, leaving only the familiar whistling sound.
Jiang Jiang silently put on an extra down jacket outside. She wanted to go up and see what was going on outside later.
After Li Yue spoke, Jiang Jiang realized that her eldest son Zhou Zhuyuan was not in the basement.
If he was unlucky and encountered an avalanche on the road, his chances of survival would be very slim.
After the Jiang Jiang operation, Zhang Qiang organized all the young men and middle-aged men present, as well as some aunts who volunteered to go out to help, to put on their clothes and take their tools.
A group of people lined up and climbed the stairs. As soon as they opened the door, a cold current rushed in and people nearby shivered at the same time.
"Go, go, go, hurry up."
Zhang Qiang urged from behind.
Before long, everyone arrived at the factory on the first floor.
The charcoal-burning machines in the factory had been put away in a corner long before, leaving a large area empty.
Fortunately, the charcoal factory was not on the path of the avalanche, but unfortunately, Zhou Zhuyuan's chance of survival was reduced by another point.
Li Yue adjusted her mood slightly and followed Zhang Qiang.
Everyone first planned to go to her house to check on the situation and then take a look at the disaster situation in the village.
Along the way, there were ruins everywhere destroyed by avalanches, which made people feel uneasy.
The road is even more difficult to walk on now. It was originally just soft snow, but now, the snow is often mixed with all kinds of debris. If you are not careful, you will fall and get a bloody head.
What's even more difficult is that everything around is white and you can't recognize the road at all.
Everyone could only hold tree branches as crutches and tools to explore the way, and the people in front and behind had to hold hands, otherwise if they accidentally stepped on empty air, they would fall into the pit and easily die.
Jiang Jiang walked in the middle, carefully following the footprints of the person in front of him.
The journey originally took less than ten minutes, but this time it took Jiang Jiang and his friends a full thirty minutes.
What made everyone even more sad was that Li Yue’s home was right in the path of the avalanche.
The house, which was not very sturdy to begin with, collapsed, leaving only ruins.
"Pillar!"
Li Yue threw away the branch in her hand and rushed forward.
She kept turning over various bricks and sharp tiles, trying to find Zhou Zhuyuan.
Everyone was also busy. There is strength in numbers. What if the pillar was still alive and was just crushed under the house?
Even if the possibility is small, they will try it.
Jiang Jiang was also helping nearby, but she did not rush forward to help turn over the rubble and move bricks like everyone else. Instead, she walked around the house first.
The avalanche was over, but it left behind a thick layer of snow that reached up to the middle of Jiang Jiang's thighs.
According to Aunt Li Yue, her eldest son drove the chickens and ducks into the cellar, but now, no one has found the chickens and ducks that were frozen to death.
This means that, either Zhou Zhuyuan encountered an avalanche after driving the chickens and ducks into the cellar, or he was lucky enough to survive.
Or, he was quick and drove the chickens and ducks to the cellar, and then they stayed in the house or died on the way back.
Seeing that everyone was busy moving bricks, Jiang Jiang went straight to find Aunt Li Yue, who was working the hardest.
She was originally wearing two layers of thick woolen gloves, but due to her tireless digging, the gloves had long been worn out, revealing her red, frozen fingers underneath.
"Aunt, I want to ask, where is your cellar? Maybe Brother Zhuzi is lucky and is trapped in the cellar."