Why it never ends

Chapter 997 Crowded

The second floor of the office building was soon filled with people. Eucalyptus and the children were squeezed into a corner. Through the window, she could see the corner of the street below.

"Close the door!" someone in the crowd shouted, "Don't let the people in the corridor rush in. Why don't you go to the third floor? It's empty up there!"

"But the top floor is right above us!" The person outside pushed hard against the door, "It's still safer on the middle floor—"

"Let's go check out other rooms! We really can't fit in here, it's full of people!"

With a click, the door leading to the corridor was locked.

Everyone in the room breathed a sigh of relief, but the lights became dimmer.

The gunfire continued, and many people were still running on the street. These people probably hadn't had time to listen to the radio, so they didn't get any advice to evacuate. People in the buildings on both sides opened their windows and shouted to the people downstairs: "Don't run around! Go to higher ground! Get into the building!"

Suddenly, Yujiali realized where the voice she heard not long ago came from. When she thought of so many strangers caring about each other, she couldn't help but tiptoe to see how the survivors were doing. However, someone pushed her hard at this time and moved her to a seat closer to the window.

"Eucalyptus!" Hazel noticed Eucalyptus's movements, "Don't get so close to the window!"

"...I, I just...please move aside..." Eucalyptus tried to walk back, but the person in front of her straightened his back to prevent her from passing. Seeing this, the people who were originally standing by the window immediately stepped forward and pushed aside Eucalyptus' shoulders, quickly occupying her position.

In an instant, Eucalyptus was almost pushed to the edge of the windowsill.

Hazel witnessed everything. With a fierce look on her face, she walked through the crowd with the children and came to Eucalyptus.

"Get out of the way!" Hazel grabbed one of the young men's arms. Her rough hands were extremely powerful, and her muddy thumb half dug into the young man's flesh. The old man shouted angrily, "Do you think you will be safer if you push others to the window? If there is a fire here later, who will be the first to escape?"

"...Stop talking," the person in the distance sighed, "Why are you still arguing at this time? And...saying these unlucky words?"

Hazel pulled Eucalyptus up and separated the crowd without explanation. When they returned to the wall, she picked up the children one by one and put them on a low table against the wall to prevent the swaying crowd from knocking them over.

Qiqi grabbed Eleven's hand in fear, but was shaken off by Eleven.

"Don't touch me, it's so hot!" Eleven looked at her, "Why are you grabbing me? Hold on to the handle on the wall!"

Qiqi was very sad, but she immediately grabbed the rack next to her where the fire extinguisher was hung - it was empty, with nothing in it. She looked back at Anayi, who was still sobbing softly, looking timidly at the surging crowd, and kept muttering "Mom".

Qiqi thought about it and grabbed Anayi's hand.

"Don't be afraid," she whispered in the Third District dialect.

Suddenly, a loud explosion was heard from a nearby block, and screams of passers-by were heard on streets near and far. The sound of gunfire suddenly approached, and everyone became anxious again.

Eucalyptus saw countless people pouring into the street from several intersections at the same time. She didn't know where they came from, but everyone was running wildly: a person wearing high heels fell in the middle of the street, and the things in her handbag were scattered all over the ground. She didn't even look at it, but struggled to get up and continued to rush forward; someone tried to climb upstairs along the outer wall of the building. When she was close to the second floor, a window suddenly opened, and several hands reached out to her at the same time and dragged her into the room; someone else knocked on the door along the street, shouting at the top of his lungs, "Open the door, is there anyone? Open the door, help me..." For a few seconds, this voice came to Eucalyptus's window. Eucalyptus felt that her brain was buzzing and she realized vaguely that at this moment, someone was knocking on her door.

The whole room became unusually quiet. No one spoke, and even everyone's breathing became lighter.

When the voice faded away, many people breathed a sigh of relief.

The gunshots were getting closer.

People crouched down and tried to move closer to the corridor. Eucalyptus's eyes were still focused on the street corner. She waited for the gunmen to come into view, but she didn't expect that they were four inhuman killing machines. This scene also aroused the curiosity of others. She saw someone in the opposite building even sticking his head out and calling his companions to come out to see the spectacle. The next moment, a ricochet bullet almost brushed past the man's shoulder and hit the ceiling. The man screamed in pain, and the window on the opposite building was closed again.

Although it felt a bit inappropriate, Yujiali couldn't help but laugh. Now she finally understood why the broadcast emphasized that everyone should stand 50 centimeters above the ground, and why everyone was required to go to the second floor as much as possible.

"Don't be afraid." She turned back and said to the children, "Although it is dangerous, we are safe now."

The shooting lasted only a few minutes before the four killing machines split up and headed for the alleys, leaving the street empty again.

Before Eucalyptus could catch her breath, she heard an argument near the door. She and Hazel subconsciously blocked the children behind them - some of the children at the door did not want to stay in the room and wanted to go to the corridor, while others refused to open the door and suggested that they should continue to observe. Neither of the two groups could convince the other, so a conflict broke out.

Indeed, Eucalyptus thought to himself, considering the current situation, all places facing the street and with windows are at risk of being hit by bullets, and the corridor is the safest place.

Almost everyone realized this. Soon, the door was forced open. The people in the room wanted to rush out, while the people in the corridor were pushing in like crazy. A person far from the door loudly reminded the people in the corridor that it was dangerous to enter the house now... In the chaos, for some reason, several men near the door suddenly started to grab each other's necks and fight.

The force of the push spread out like a tide, and Hazel lost her balance and fell on Eucalyptus. The two of them retreated together, leaving half a meter between them and the table where the children were squatting.

"Eucalyptus!" Eleven shouted, "Come back!"

“…Here it comes, hold on tight!”

Eucalyptus walked back with difficulty. She pushed Hazel, and they both stood firm again and tried to walk back.

With a series of curses, Eucalyptus suddenly felt herself being pushed sideways again. She had no room to struggle, and crashed into the windowsill with the people around her. She wanted to call for help, but the person in front of her pressed her so hard that she couldn't breathe. In the panic of suffocation, she kept scratching the waist of the person in front of her, but the other person couldn't get up either.

The fallen people were pressed one on top of another, and no one could escape.

Amid the painful squeezing, Eucalyptus heard a slight cracking sound.

The next moment, she suddenly felt that everything had lost its weight. She saw the orange street lights and smelled the pungent smoke - the glass window behind her suddenly cracked, and Eucalyptus and several people sitting by the window fell out of the room at the same time.