Save Yourself
Ever since the explosion, the people in the unsafe area had fled in a chaotic and disorganized manner. The vast area had fallen into a state of chaos. There were refugees everywhere, and there were countless violent incidents.
Yuan Huawei and the others had been on the mountain from the first day of the first lunar month to the third day of the first lunar month. They were hungry and cold, waiting for the government to rescue them. However, no one was there. The electronic devices on them had long run out of power. They were completely unaware of the situation outside. However, they still persisted for two to three days without enough food and clothing until the rain became lighter and the sky began to clear up a little. Finally, when they were hungry again, they could not wait any longer, so they went to the outer towns to ask for help.
As one-third of the survivors were injured, it was impossible for them to leave together. Therefore, a few people had to stay behind to take care of the injured.
Yuan Huawei led ten young and strong people to a village two mountains away from the location in his memory. They took a detour and crossed a rapid stream. At noon, they finally reached the last mountain peak. Looking down, the small mountain village in his memory had been swallowed by the landslide caused by the super rainstorm a day or two ago, wiping out all traces of its existence.
The group of more than ten people stood on the top of this tall hill, and the surrounding ten miles entered their eyes. The trees in the distance were almost bare branches, and the ground was in a mess. There was no trace of human habitation.
One of them shouted at the top of his lungs, Was there anyone alive…
His voice echoed in the air. There was no response other than the echo of the valley.
It was already lunchtime, but the surroundings were still quiet. Other than the sound of the stream in the distance, there was no sound at all. It was so empty that it made people panic. It was not like there were so few people, because all the flowers, birds, insects and beasts in the forest seemed to have died. There was no sound.
The original path could not be seen in the places where the torrential rains and mudflows had hit. Or rather, there was no path at all. Everyone walked on the muddy mountain road with shallow steps.
Because there was a rapid flow of water in the valley, the road along the valley could not be passed. They could only go all the way south, and the mountains in the south were getting denser and denser. It took them almost half a day to walk from the vicinity of Zhangjiahe to Pingshanba Village.
They continued to head south and passed by a few villages. They were still empty, and there were not many houses left. After walking for an entire day, they had only traveled eight kilometers in a straight line on the map. However, they still did not find a single living person in these eight kilometers. In the end, they spent the night in a leeward area near a high mountain peak because they wanted to use the dark night to search for the light emitted by human civilization.
The darkness of the night gradually arrived. The northern wind was getting stronger and stronger, making the already cold winter night even colder. Everyone crowded around each other to keep warm, completely forgetting to care about the taboo between men and women. A few men would go out in pairs from time to time to climb up to the high ground to look at the dark night around them. They longed so much to find a glimmer of light in the depths of the ink-like night, but in the end, they found nothing.
In the past, the city's lights that never went out at night had illuminated half of the sky. Now, the city that used to be bright was also dark. One could imagine the destructive damage that the super flood had done to the city. There was a big city in Quanzhen--
It was about eight or nine o'clock in the evening. After two or three hours of watching, their expectant hearts began to turn cold. A middle-aged man in his forties curled up and trembled. Most of his family members had died during the short period of time when the hail fell. Only he and his seriously injured mother were left. Now he came here to look for hope, and his mother stayed in the camp where he first took refuge. He didn't know if the people in the camp would take good care of his seriously injured mother. He didn't know if his mother would be able to wait for him to come and rescue her, or if she would be able to survive tonight. Thinking of this, he felt so helpless that he wanted to cry. However, he had already shed too many tears in the past two days, and his body trembled from time to time.
His trembling accidentally affected a young man next to him. Because they were all from the same village, they all knew what was going on in their families. He sighed and took out a cigarette box from his pocket. He lit it up and took a deep puff. He choked and coughed a few times. Then he handed the cigarette to the middle-aged man who was shaking from time to time. A few of the surrounding smoking people might have heard the noise or smelled the smoke. They looked at the middle-aged man with eager eyes and did not say anything. They just turned their heads and wrapped their bodies tighter.
The night was getting colder, and drizzles would fall from the sky from time to time. At first, everyone was not dry. When they left, they chose to travel light. They left their winter quilts in the camp. There was only a drenched military coat that covered everyone. However, everyone was still chattering and trembling from time to time.
The young man lit the lighter from time to time, using the weak heat to warm his already cold hands. Suddenly, he said," If only I could start a fire and roast it."
Everyone seemed to have received a violent stimulation. They suddenly exploded and began to look around for firewood that could be ignited. They also shouted for a few people who had not yet moved to find firewood. In a short while, they had already collected a large pile and then began to light the fire. However, the dripping firewood and the sharp cold wind could not be ignited.
Everyone thought of a way together and took out the kindling that they could ignite. After a few minutes, a weak flame was finally ignited under the cover of the military coat. A pinch of yellow flame accompanied by thick smoke brought the only light to the night.
Everyone cheered and jumped around the fire like seven or eight-year-old children. When they were tired, they sat around the fire. Their clothes began to emit traces of white steam. Along with the warm fire and heat, their clothes were free from moisture for the first time.
The fire grew bigger and bigger. It rushed out of the mountain and became the only visible light in the surrounding ten kilometers. It was like the only torch in the surrounding area. This was deliberately done by everyone, hoping to be seen by the rescue force. However, after waiting for an hour, no air or ground personnel arrived.
After nearly two hours of baking, everyone's clothes were almost dry. The reporter, Huo Guang, found some birds and small animals that had been killed by the hail and roasted them to eat. Although there were not many, they more or less filled their empty stomachs with something. Then, the two of them took turns on duty. The rest of the people dragged their tired bodies and fell asleep around the fire.
At night, a woman woke up. To avoid the man's gaze, she walked further away and into a darker area. In a daze, she suddenly shouted, There was light in the southeast direction, there was light in the southeast direction…
In an instant, everyone woke up and got up to take a look. As the fire here had lost much light, the light in the southeast direction was particularly obvious.
Yuan Huawei looked at the watch on a woman's wrist. It was almost five o'clock in the morning.
Everyone had found a new target, and they were discussing the direction that should be Bridgeside Town.
At that time, someone suggested that they immediately set off to that place. However, it was still pitch-black all around, so they re-planned and prepared to go there at dawn.
Everyone was so excited that they couldn't fall asleep. They looked forward to having a good meal and a good night's sleep when they arrived. Also, they wanted to explain the situation at the starting point so that the people who stayed behind could be rescued.
Early in the morning, when the sky had just brightened, everyone excitedly headed toward Qiaobian Town in the southeast direction. Because they had to cross several rapid streams and rivers to the east, and the roads across the river were all washed away by flash floods and mudflows, they walked down the river for almost an hour, but still could not reach the other side. They had no choice but to let a few people who knew how to swim swim across first, and the others stayed behind to wait for help later.
The river water in the early spring was bone-chilling. Moreover, the river water was very rapid because of the disaster three days ago. The six strong laborers who knew how to swim simply took off some clothes and slowly entered the water. One of them had a cramp in his leg as soon as he entered the water. His body tilted and fell into the river. In an instant, he was washed out three to four meters. After a few somersaults, he disappeared. No one could save him in time, and that person disappeared without a trace.
On the shore, the drowning man's wife instantly collapsed on the ground, crying and wailing. After seeing her lover disappear, she didn't cry much before she fainted from grief. Everyone was nervous. After pinching her philtrum, she slowly woke up. Although she cried all the time, she was not physically injured. In order to prevent her from committing suicide, they arranged for two people to watch over her. This made the others feel more at ease.
The rest of the people looked at each other, hesitating whether they should continue to cross the river.
While they were hesitating, Yuan Huawei took off his coat and threw a stone across the river decisively. He also asked the remaining five people by the river to move their bodies.
The five of them imitated him and threw their clothes to the other side. They also began to move their bodies, already holding the mentality of dying to return home.
Five minutes later, Yuan Huawei went into the water first. When he was halfway down, he splashed water on himself first, then suddenly dove diagonally downstream. He slowly approached the opposite bank along the current and successfully got ashore. It took about ten seconds, but he was already 50 to 60 meters away from the water entry point.
When everyone saw that one person had successfully reached the other side, another person followed his method and entered the water, and he also succeeded.
The third one was also successful.
The fourth and fifth were also successful.
The sixth man felt relieved when he saw that the previous few people had succeeded. He followed the same method and entered the water. However, he seemed to regret it the moment he entered the water. The bone-piercing cold of the river made him want to swim back. However, the more he wanted to swim back, the more he rushed downstream. The people on both sides shouted to him to stay on the shore, but he was already caught in the middle of the current.
The people on both sides chased him along the river for dozens of meters until he completely disappeared at the corner of the river. In the end, it was unknown whether he was alive or dead...
Although some of them still had hope of surviving, the bone-piercing river water and the fact that they had no clothes to shelter them from the cold for a short period of time could roughly be guessed. This was equivalent to losing another young life. Everyone felt very helpless, but what could they do? People were forced to accept many things that they were unwilling to accept in order to survive.
Everyone was sad for a while before they began their own preparations. The people who stayed behind prepared to return to the original camp and pick up some animals and plants that could fill their stomachs. They also agreed to light the fire at all times to facilitate the rescue that could arrive at any time.
Yuan Huawei and the other three continued on the road to Qiaobian Town. The road was muddy and difficult to walk on. However, in the evening, they finally saw the light in front of them again. There was only one mountain between the two. The people around the fire on the other side could clearly count. The five of them hurried and finally arrived at the valley where the fire was located.
The once calm river beside the bridge was now surging, and the river was more than five times wider. The water level on both sides of the river had dropped by at least 30 meters from the highest point. Most of the town by the bridge had disappeared. Other than the surrounding mountains, it still looked like this place. Otherwise, one would definitely suspect that everything was fake.
After the big explosion, there was a super heavy rain near the core area. The accumulated rainwater instantly flowed through the mountains. The river water in the entire Qiaobian River and the Qingshui River basin further south surged. Although a part of the management staff of the local reservoir had been doing their best to drain the water, the rain and flash floods were too fierce. Hundreds of large, medium, and small reservoirs in the Qingshui River basin all broke their dams. The fierce water rushed into the valley and took away everything that could be taken away. At this moment, there were not many people living in this town. The entire world was in ruins. Only a few people were busy in the distance, as if they were barbecuing something to eat.
Yuan Huawei and the other five people walked towards them. The seven of them also noticed the five people on their side. They stopped what they were doing and hid their food. They looked at Yuan Huawei and the other five people curiously and warily.
After Yuan Huawei approached the seven of them, he greeted them and began to chat with them.
Yuan Huawei: " We just came out from the mountains over there. May I ask where we can find the rescue team?" We still have dozens of people trapped on the other side of the mountain.
The person opposite looked at the five of them strangely and said, Did you come from the mountains? How did he survive the weather of the Cataclysm? There was even a flood?
Yuan Huawei said," When the explosion happened, we realized that something was wrong, so we hid in the forest on the mountain. There were only about 30 of us left. Where is the rescue team?" We still have more than 20 injured people who need to be rescued.
The other side replied," There's only one company here, and it might just be a part of it. Maintaining the order of three to four thousand people here, are you really from there?"
Yuan Huawei said,"We came from Pingshanba Village…"
The people on the other side were all very surprised because they knew in their hearts that it was a miracle that the people there could survive until now.
As the other party spoke, he began to lead them to where the troops were.
Yuan Huawei answered their questions as he followed them. Soon, he saw a highway tunnel with many people inside and outside.
This tunnel was also affected by the flash flood. However, after the initial flood receded, it became the only place nearby to avoid the rainy weather compared to the open environment outside. The three to four thousand people nearby were crowded in this tunnel because they had nowhere else to live.
Yuan Huawei was brought to the side of a soldier at the entrance. After the soldier asked him a simple question that was almost the same, he finally met the higher-ranking officer of this small unit.
After Yuan Huawei told them what they had encountered, the junior officer reported their situation to his superiors and comforted them briefly. Then, he gave each of them a packet of instant noodles and a glass of cold water and told them to find a place to stay in the tunnel after eating.
They finished their food and water in a few bites and continued to look at the army. The army told them that they could only give out these things at a time and asked them to find a place to stay in the depths of the tunnel. In the end, Yuan Huawei and the others could only helplessly walk deeper into the tunnel.
As they entered the tunnel, it became darker and darker. There were many people on one side of the tunnel, but there was nothing on the other side. Some of the people only had very simple blankets, while others had nothing. They were all curled up, just like them.
When Yuan Huawei looked at them, some of them also looked at Yuan Huawei and the others. Their eyes were filled with helplessness and helplessness.
After passing through the weak lighting equipment, the shadow was elongated and shortened again and again. Finally, they found an empty place at the edge of the crowd. A thin old man sat down cross-legged, leaning against him. The old man did not move at all. If it was not for his weak breathing, he would have looked like a dead man.
Because the sky was completely dark, everyone was lying quietly. Yuan Huawei and the others were curled up like them. For the entire night, other than shivering, no one cared about them at all.
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