The Villainous Celebrity Wife of the CEO - Chapter 131.1

Danger 2
Within just ten minutes, all the personnel were rudely woken up and gathered in the open space in the center of the camp with bewildered faces.

“It’s only five o’clock. Why are you up so…” Qin Qiu was lifted out of his tent bare-chested by his assistant. His hair was sticking up on his head like a clump of a chicken nest. He complained while yawning, but when his eyes fell on the volcano close by, all his complaints were swallowed back into his stomach.

“Crap, am I not awake?!!!” he shrieked, yet everyone else present had no time to answer him.

Like cold water in a frying pan, uncontrollable fear spread among the crowd.

China was a vast country with complex landscapes, yet there were only a few volcanoes, mostly in the northeast and southern Tibetan regions. And since the founding of the country, these volcanoes had barely become active! For Chinese people, ‘volcanic eruption, a geological disaster, only existed in international news. They could only imagine the horrible disaster after the eruption according to scenes in disaster movies.

And now, they were standing halfway up an active volcano, which was about to erupt in a short while!

“This is the responsibility of the program team! Why did you choose such a dangerous place?!!!” Wei Jing was furious and his hot blood rushed to his head. He had just become a father, and his daughter hadn’t learned to walk yet. Was he going to leave her forever?

Not only were the artists anxious, but the crew was also in a mess. It was laborious to shoot with a group. If it wasn’t for their pathetic overtime pay, who would have been willing to come all the way to the jungle for adventures?

There was buzzing on the left and on the right. Everyone was pushing each other around, not knowing who they should ask for an explanation.

Amidst the leaderless group, an ear-splitting bang suddenly erupted in the center of the camp, appalling everyone on the camp.

The air froze, and neither crow nor sparrow could be heard.

In the midst of the crowd, Su Jishi stood upright with a geological hammer in her hand. At her feet was a mass of stones that had been hammered into pieces, which she must have used to attract everyone’s attention.

“All shut up!” The girl’s delicate face was taut, and her eyes were frighteningly bright. Her hot gaze swept over the thirty or so faces in front of her, rolling with a magical power that crushed the fear, timidity, and panic that sprang to life one by one. “I will say the following words once. No questions allowed!”

Her aura was in full blast. She was an experienced geologist, and although geological disasters were not her area of expertise, her knowledge base was definitely more than everyone else present combined.

Su Jishi knew that she absolutely could not panic —— Presently, she was the backbone. If even she panicked, who else could bring this group safely out of the danger zone?

Her voice reverberated loud and clear: “A volcanic eruption is like an earthquake. There is no scientific means to predict it 100%. When we went up the mountain yesterday, it was still smoking white normally. Who would have known that it would erupt today? The crew didn’t know; the indigenous people didn’t know; and the local government wouldn’t have known! We were able to spot the signs of the eruption a few hours in advance, which is already a blessing from God. Are you going to waste these few hard-earned hours on blaming each other?”

Her words were sonorous, sounding like a few loud slaps on everyone’s faces.

The crowd exchanged glances, all feeling a bit ashamed. In the program group, two-thirds of the people were older than Su Jin, but at such a critical moment, they actually needed a little girl to preside over the situation.

Su Jishi ignored the expressions of the people who wanted to say something, and continued, “Everyone, immediately go back to your tents and pack your things! Wear long sleeves, long pants, sneakers, your masks, and communication devices. Bring medicine, dry food and drinking water! If you have a knife for self-defense, bring it with you, but don’t bring anything else! We’re running for our lives, not moving!”

She looked down at her watch: “We’ll go down in ten minutes. The volcano can erupt at any time.” Then, she estimated the distance from their position to the top of the mountain, and the far view of the meadow at the base. “We can no longer delay. At least, we must retreat to the plains three kilometers away from the volcano’s radius!”

After she issued the order, everyone scattered like birds and beasts. They quickly rushed back to their tents, pulling out the same energy they used to snatch up discounted New Year’s Eve goods at the supermarket, desperately filling their backpacks with the items they needed.

No one questioned why Su Jin became the ‘leader’ —— even the oldest and most experienced Chief Director shrank his head and placed his tail between his legs at her yell. He could only bury his head in his backpack.

The local guide nearby wanted to run away alone, but Su Jishi promptly apprehended him on the spot. He finally agreed to lead the way for them after all the kind words and numerous benefits were promised.

Fortunately, the eruption was just an inconspicuous small volcano. The impact scope of volcanic ash and pyroclastic material was limited. As long as they could seize the time to escape, there would be no risk of life..

But the biggest challenge was that the vegetation in the volcano was dense, and the terrain was complex. They climbed from sunrise to sunset yesterday before arriving… Could they really retreat to the foot of the mountain before the volcano erupted?

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“Mr. Mu, Mr. Mu! Wake up!!!”

A fierce rapping on the door broke the quiet of the seaside resort. Secretary Gao’s voice echoed hoarsely as he pounded on the room door one after another. He held a spare room card in his hand. However, Mu Xiulun habitually locked the door before sleeping. Thus, Secretary Gao swiped the card several times, but failed to enter the door.

The two black-clad bodyguards behind him immediately dragged him away, but he lifted his legs to yank the door open —— At a critical moment, the door opened from the inside, and Mu Xiulun’s gloomy face appeared behind the door.

He had been working until the early morning and only fell asleep at four o’clock. He did not expect Gao Ling’s shrieking to wake him up right after he closed his eyes.

“Gao Ling, isn’t the flight at ten o’clock in the morning?” He sounded disgruntled. His headache caused by the lack of sleep and grumpiness from the wake-up call reached its peak.

He had only planned to stay in Indonesia for three days, never expecting the local governor to have a far greater appetite than he had imagined. The governor not only demanded real gold and silver, but also wanted to get his hands on his nickel mines with the intention of getting shares! Mu Xiulun naturally wouldn’t give an inch. Even the Mu family couldn’t interfere in his industry, let alone handing it over to outsiders…With such a delay, he stayed in Sulawesi for five full days and finally took care of the greedy governor at the banquet last night. So, he arranged for a special charter for his return home this morning.

“No…Mr. Mu, the plane can’t take off now!” Secretary Gao, who often sported a hippy smile and without a straight face, was pale at the moment: “We have to move inland now —— A tsunami is coming!”