Natural disaster at the beginning: I will lead the system to build a safe zone

"Tell me quickly, what do you know?" Shi Anan heard Fu Xin's sigh and asked hurriedly.

"Miss, when I was chatting with a young lady in the kitchen today, she said that when she went to catch chickens and ducks today, she didn't know why some of them were extremely excited, while others looked listless. The same thing happened with the pigs in the pigpen. They all wanted to jump out. Now there are two people guarding the pigpen, for fear that some pigs would run out and bump into the owners."

"Miss, do you think this is an abnormal phenomenon? Could it be that these animals have contracted some infectious disease? If we eat them, will we also be infected?"

Fu Xin has a very creative mind, but I have to say that this piece of information she provided is useful.

Animals are agitated? This sounds like a sign of an earthquake, but we need to confirm it a little more.

Shi Anan gently tapped Fu Xin's brain: "What nonsense are you talking about? If you were going to be infected, you would have been infected long ago. How can I let you live so happily here?"

After saying this, he handed the handkerchief in his hand to her and went to observe carefully in the bushes along the roadside.

At this time, Aunt Liu also finished scrubbing and came out of the house. Seeing Shi An'an's actions, she asked curiously, "Sister An, what are you doing?"

Hearing Aunt Liu's voice, Shi Anan looked up and replied, "It's okay, I just have a guess that I want to verify."

Then he lowered his head and looked carefully.

Sure enough, she saw piles of ants in a corner, scrambling to get out of the soil. Combined with what Fu Xin said about the restless poultry, she now speculated that the impending disaster was most likely an earthquake.

When Aunt Liu saw An An standing there in a daze, she couldn't help but walk over to take a look: "Ah! Why are there so many ants? Ruyi, come and take care of them. Sister An, why are you staring at them?"

"Oh, it's okay. It's just, aunt, can I sleep with you these nights?" Shi Anan replied with a forced smile. If it was really the earthquake she guessed, it would be fine if it happened during the day.

If everyone is asleep at night, even if the houses in ancient times were not as tall as those in modern times, the whole house could still fall down and kill people. She was worried about her aunt being alone here.

Moreover, the earthquake has already been upgraded to the level of the end of the world. How big of an earthquake would that be?

In her previous life, she had also seen some relatively high-magnitude earthquakes. Earthquakes of magnitude 7-8 were already very high-magnitude earthquakes. Even in the era she had lived in, with advanced technology and medical care, there were still many casualties and economic losses. Sometimes she felt horrified when she saw those scenes in the news.

She didn't even dare to imagine how devastating this apocalyptic earthquake would be.

Aunt Liu smiled dotingly: "You are so old now, do you still want to sleep with me?"

"No matter how old I am, I am still my aunt's daughter." Shi Anan said with a smile.

"Okay, okay, then you sleep here at night, and I'll make your bed." Aunt Liu was still very happy for her daughter to be close to her.

After Aunt Liu left, Shi Anan sat at the table in the yard and called the waiter.

"Waiter, waiter, can't you tell me what the upcoming disaster is? Is it an earthquake?"

[Ding! The host speculates that the disaster has been matched by the system, and the probability is greater than 90%. Because the host made an early judgment and saved matching energy for the system, the disaster emergency alarm function is specially awarded. The alarm countdown in advance is: 20 seconds]

"What? It really is an earthquake! Is it so exciting right from the start?"

"Can you give that alarm countdown a little more time? 20 seconds is not enough to do anything. I can't even run!"

[Host, due to insufficient energy, this is the maximum time the system can warn you of.]

"Okay, okay. As long as I ask you to do something, it means you don't have enough energy." Shi Anan rolled her eyes at the air.

But something is better than nothing, and 20 seconds can give them some time to escape.

"Fuxin, go talk to your sisters. The animals are unusually active. We might have some natural disaster. Tell them to be more alert when they go to bed at night." Shi Anan waved Fuxin over and whispered to her.

Given the level of gossip among these people, even if it was spread as a joke, there would always be some sensitive people who would feel differently.

She couldn't just stand up and say there was an earthquake, so she could only remind people secretly. Even if only one person believed it, at least one more person could be saved.

"Miss, is there any connection between the activity of these animals and the disaster?" Fu Xin asked in confusion.

"I once read in an ancient book that animals would become unusually agitated before an earth dragon turned over. You just said that the poultry reacted so abnormally, and there was also a bunch of ants scrambling to crawl out. If I was just wrong, that would be even better. What if there really is a disaster? It's always good to be alert." Shi Anan explained.

"Oh, then I'll go tell them right away." Although Fu Xin usually has a lot of thoughts, she still listens to Shi Anan very much.

"Well, go ahead. Oh, and don't tell them directly that I said this. Just hint at it. I'm afraid that some people with ulterior motives will take advantage of it and cause panic."

It would be bad if people said she was being possessed by evil spirits. Don't underestimate the superstition of the ancient people.

"I know, miss." Fu Xin nodded in response.

After a group of maids spread the news, in just one morning, all the servants in the Shi Mansion heard that the poultry in the breeding pen were restless and that a major disaster might be approaching.

Those who believed it added more evidence to this speculation, such as the yellow guard dog barking non-stop today and the well water bubbling strangely.

Those who don't believe will naturally sneer, laughing at these people's nonsense and unfounded attacks.

Naturally, this news also reached the ears of several masters of the Shi family.

In the Shi family's study, a middle-aged man who was over thirty but still had a good appearance was listening to the housekeeper's report. This man was Shi Anan's father, Shi Zhengde.

After listening to it, he frowned and asked, "Who spread this?"

The housekeeper explained in a low voice: "It was just a few maids chatting, and somehow someone with ulterior motives took it and made a fuss about it. I have already taught those maids a lesson, but now everyone is a little nervous."

"This is sheer nonsense. Those who are still spreading rumors should be severely punished. Do you have too much free time every day?"

"Just take care of this matter. Why bother me with such a small matter?"

Shi Zhengde said bluntly that he was already furious at the court today because he was scolded by his boss, and now he had to listen to these nonsense when he got home.

"Yes, yes, sir." The butler apologized quickly and retreated.

Not only did Shi Zhengde not believe it, but Fang also laughed it off when she heard the rumor.

After all, since the founding of the Tianqi Dynasty, no major disasters have occurred, except for droughts and floods in some remote areas.

As for the capital, it lived in peace for hundreds of years. Everyone said that this was the blessing of Emperor Taizu.

After living in peace for so many years, the people in the capital city have no sense of vigilance at all.

Unlike them was Aunt Bai, who had witnessed the disaster caused by floods when she was a child.

Although she was not affected, because her family was wealthy, when a major disaster occurred, her family would do good deeds for the sake of the reputation of being good, so she saw the victims when she was a child.

Their faces were numb, their bodies were thin, and there was no life in their eyes. When she was a child, she didn't understand why, but now she knows that it was a kind of grief for losing loved ones and homes.

Therefore, when she heard this rumor, she adopted the attitude of believing it is true rather than not, and told her subordinates to be vigilant, especially to keep an eye on the Fourth Young Master.

In any case, after punishing the servant who gossiped, the inexplicable rumors gradually subsided.

As the day passed without any incident, more and more people gradually stopped taking this topic seriously, but there were still a small number of people who secretly kept it in mind.

Fu Xin's little sister was fined a monthly salary as one of the gossipers, and now she is threatening to break up with Fu Xin.

Seeing Fu Xin looking depressed, Shi Anan couldn't explain too much. This time, it was because the Shi family was where the original owner was born and raised. She couldn't bear to see so many people being so naive and ignorant before the disaster, so she gave an extra reminder, thinking that even if they didn't believe it, they would be affected and more alert.

But when something has not happened yet, people always have a lucky mentality, and it is normal for them to react like this.