My name is Li Zhiming, and I am a freshman at Shanghai University. Because it was my first time to go to school out of town, and it was also my first time to visit the most prosperous city night scene in Shanghai.

After class this afternoon, after having dinner outside the school, my three roommates and I took the subway to the Bund.

It’s New Year’s Eve, but at ten o’clock, the whole street is full of people. There are still crowds of people pouring in towards the Bund outside.

I found a slightly higher place, stood up and saw at a glance that the whole street was filled with black crows.

At this time, I already regretted that I did not listen to the words of the witch boss who was scolded badly on the Internet, and insisted on watching the New Year’s Eve grand occasion out of curiosity.

Because the place was so noisy, I had to speak at the top of my lungs. I shouted to the three of them:”Brothers! Why don’t we go back! There are too many people!”

Lu Xixi frowned and said loudly to me:”Li Zhiming! If you want to leave, you should go first! They are here, Let’s go watch the light show!”

Liu Xiaolong and Gan Shuai said,”Zhiming, come on! Don’t think too much! Just pay attention to your safety!” See San San! All my roommates wanted to stay, so I didn’t say anything more and could only follow the flow of people and walk towards the observation deck.

According to the original plan, we walked around the bridge on the observation deck and walked to the opposite bank to take a photo under the Oriental Pearl Tower.

But there were too many people, and we could only move towards the observation deck step by step with the flow of people.

When we were far away from Chen Yi Plaza, we had a smooth ride and it wasn’t too crowded.

But when we saw Chen Yi’s four-meter-high statue from a distance, we suddenly discovered that there were some retrograde tourists in the crowd.

Some people even cursed:”The light show has been cancelled, why didn’t the MD tell me earlier! My trip was in vain, it was so damn crowded!”

When I heard the news, I had an ominous premonition in my heart.

Because I’m from the north and I’m 185cm tall, I can clearly see that there are a lot of people in front of me who are going against the grain and trying to squeeze out the crowd.

When I advanced to the stairs up and down the observation deck, I found that it was extremely crowded. It was obvious that some people wanted to come down and others wanted to go up.

I didn’t expect that there would be a traffic jam one day while walking.

The pressure behind me made me more and more frightened, and I couldn’t help shouting:”Don’t squeeze me! There’s a traffic jam ahead!” As I slowly moved to the stairs, I found that I was now in a dilemma.

When I turned around, I saw that the queue of four people with me as the leader had been dispersed. Only Gan Shuai was left behind me, and the other two people had been squeezed one meter away.

At this time, I suddenly heard a noisy sound from someone in the distance.

People around me, including me, couldn’t help but look over there and saw a lot of money-like things falling from the upstairs of the Peace Hotel across the road.

Because it was far away and it was too noisy, I couldn’t hear what was being shouted over there.

Just when I came to my senses, suddenly someone on the stairs accidentally stepped on the stairs and fell down because they were watching the fun.

This caused a chain reaction like a domino, and a large group of people crowded together at the stairs fell down.

I shouted in horror:”Someone has fallen in front of you! Gan Shuai, please put your hands on your chest!”

Because of Wu Yun’s reminder, I deliberately searched for ways to improve my chances of survival in a stampede and crowding incident, but I didn’t expect this. It came in handy immediately.

I tried to control the direction I was heading, but the power coming from all around told me that human power was insignificant.

Here I couldn’t help but move forward, but the crowds of people made me sway left and right.

Fortunately, I am tall and can still step on the ground. Coupled with the subconscious chest protection, I feel that apart from limited movement, I have no problems for the time being, which makes me relieved a lot.

The crowd is really like water, rushing back and forth, and each of us is like a drop of water, not knowing where we will go next second.

But fortunately our road was flat and there were no obstacles, so no one fell, it was just a squeeze. But I was thinking that it would not be easy to fall because I was pressed so hard in every direction.

Many girls around me were shouting and crying.

I turned around and saw a short girl squeezing in the crowd, shouting, but as time went by, I could clearly see her face turning blue until she was squeezed back and forth by the crowd like a piece of wood.

I wanted to scream in horror, but something seemed to be blocking my throat.

I want to go with that girl, but I am like a clay Buddha crossing the river!

While we were struggling in the sea of people, someone on the stairs next to us started shouting.

I looked up and saw a man standing on the railing directing everyone to retreat, holding a loudspeaker in his hand, but because it was too noisy, the sound of the loudspeaker did not spread very far before dissipating in the chaotic space.

The veins on the man’s neck popped out, and he shouted in a hysterical voice:”Back off! Back off quickly! He’s dead! Back off!!!~”

I could feel that his voice was hoarse, and his tone and expression were filled with fear and anxiety.

Seeing the girl who had just lost her life and death, and the large group of people who had fallen on the stairs just now, I knew that Wu Yun’s words had come true! The stampede really happened!

I don’t have time to think too much. I can only try my best to save myself now. As for other things, let’s wait until I can or go out!

Many people couldn’t bear it and were shouting, causing chaos.

I took the time to look at the stairs. It was a mess. The people who had fallen had been overwhelmed by the crowd. After the fear in my heart, there was a cold feeling. Those who fell to the ground were probably in danger.

Many people around us are shouting”stop squeezing, stop squeezing”. In fact, no one can tell who is squeezing. We can only hope that the people around us will stop squeezing us. In fact, everyone can’t control themselves.

In line with the instinct of survival, many people subconsciously want to squeeze out of the crowd and run away.

But the still flowing flow of people makes it impossible for us to just wander around. I could only shout at my roommates:”Follow me! Don’t get separated!”

I followed the flow of people and moved forward slowly. I don’t know how long it took, maybe ten minutes.

Slowly, we actually followed the flow of people and came to the edge of the road.

Relying on my height advantage, I found that there were relatively few people on the side of the road, so I shouted:”Go to the roadside! Let’s all go to the roadside together!”

As soon as I finished shouting, there was a shout behind me to also go to the roadside.

For a moment, I could clearly feel the pressure on my body loosening.

I was overjoyed and squeezed towards the highway while shouting.

After a while, everything in front of me suddenly became empty, and I finally escaped!

I looked behind me and saw that my three roommates were following me closely.

I turned around while running, and there was still darkness behind me.

“Run! Let’s run out first!”


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