Sheng Shi suddenly opened his eyes after an indeterminate amount of time.
Everything before him was pitch-black; he could see nothing.
His eyelashes fluttered gently, and he immediately felt an unbearable pain.
The pain jolted him into full awareness, and all his memories came rushing back.
He had learned of the aftershock from his fifth cousin. He had sprinted to the door of her room, where many people were continuously pouring out. He could not get in, so he stood at the doorway, desperately searching for her figure until the ground truly began to shake violently. She had not yet emerged, and without thinking, he rushed into the room. The air was filled with the dust of broken stone tiles, blurring his vision as he ran about inside until he saw her.
By that time, the house had already developed cracks and seemed on the verge of collapsing at any moment.
