This lightning flash wasn't as bright as the previous one, but the crucial difference was its proximity—it was incredibly close, as if striking right before their eyes.
Without a second thought, Jing Shu shouted, "Dad, reverse! Step on the gas and back up, hurry! As fast as you can!"
Mr. Jing didn't question his daughter. He had just been thinking about accelerating forward, but instead, he unhesitatingly shifted gears, floored the accelerator, and reversed straight back at over 40 miles per hour!
The rumbling that followed was right by their ears, confirming Jing Shu's guess.
The situation was urgent. The RV was too large and the road too narrow to turn around easily—a maneuver that would have wasted at least half a minute—so Jing Shu had immediately yelled for her dad to reverse. Fortunately, the road they were on hadn't been damaged by the quake and had no bends.
When the rumbling stopped, the ground suddenly began to shake violently.
