Preparing to board

The pressure on everyone suddenly intensified. Clearly, the mega-tsunami was getting closer and closer to them. For the survivors who hadn't obtained a boat ticket, it was akin to death looming over them! They became even more desperate and frantic.

Some people were on the verge of losing their sanity. They were willing to do anything for a ticket, consequences be damned. Otherwise, they were faced with a dead end. However, things were far from over!

Half an hour later,

Rumble!

The earth trembled once again. The ground cracked, and the city was reduced to ruins, devoid of any signs of life. Even the trees in the forest were affected, contorted and fallen to the ground.

"What was happening? Didn't an earthquake just happen half an hour ago? Why was there another earthquake now, just half an hour later? "