The night is very dark and very dark.

The huge square facade clock on the top of the towering building in the north of the city has passed the 20:50 scale. The evening traffic rush hour has already ended, and the traffic flow on the road is still dense. From time to time, electric bike riders who rely on good technology and are not afraid of traffic police threatening rushed out of the street intersection blocked by red signal lights. Behind him, he immediately followed a large group of followers who looked at time more important than life, and he was not willing to wait for more than a second, and there were dense numbers of escorts.

"These stupid beheadings are not at all conscious... They run a red light, but are not rushing to reincarnate. No wonder people say that Chinese people have no quality at all!"

A middle-aged man with black frames and thick-bottomed eyes on the bridge of his nose stood on the street with clear striped zebra crossings, looking at the electric bikes and bicycles passing by in front of him, and indignant accused in Kunming local dialect. At the same time, he raised his head and looked at the pedestrian signal lights emitting dazzling red lights across the street. He walked down the steps with steady steps, and used his unfair flesh and blood body to stop a bus that was about to pass the intersection under the guidance of the green light, quickly and quickly disappeared into the depths of the crowd across the street.

Only vehicles should abide by traffic rules. As for pedestrians... of course, they should go whatever they want.

Suddenly, an ambulance flashing with red and blue glare lights and marked with the words "Kunming 29th People's Hospital" on the side of the car slowly drove from behind the crowded traffic amid the harsh electronic whistle.

This behavior of obviously not waiting patiently according to the rules and trying to pass through certain special regulations immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of many waiting people around. Especially a middle-aged woman riding an electric bike in front of her and occupying the bus lane, she simply turned her head and spat hard at the ambulance behind her, snorting contemptuously and contemptuously, with a strong sense of pride to stop the steel monster dozens of times larger than her body, and no longer paid attention to the deafening horn sound behind her.

The space in the ambulance cabin is much quieter than outside.

"It's really unlucky. I'll even encounter emergency services if I just take the ten-minute shift."

On the side seats in the horizontal row, a young male nurse in a white coat and sitting on the side chair muttered and complained in a coquettish manner. He crossed his hands and hugged his chest, slowly chewing a piece of chewing gum that had no more smell.

"Look out! Everyone will encounter trouble."

Opposite, a young man wearing a white coat, with a gentle expression, but with the badge of the "Doctor on duty" on his chest reached out and held his slightly slid eyes on the bridge of his nose, and persuaded him lightly.

Compared with the former, he looks taller. He is about 1.75 meters tall, and his wide white coat makes him look a little thin. His hands stretched out from the cuffs of his clothes look solid and powerful. On the surface of his pure black eyes, the neon lights outside the car windows are occasionally shining, bringing a hint of shyness mixed with the sunshine of young people.

His name is Liu Tianming. He is twenty-two years old this year and is an intern who has just graduated from medical school.

It was already time to get off work. I was about to change my clothes and go out when I happened to meet the doctor and nurse on duty in the No. 3 ambulance. By the way, I helped them with Xiao Wu, the guardian sitting opposite me, and helped them with for a few minutes. Unexpectedly, I received a call for help at this time. I had no choice but to go out with the car to go out for treatment.

Wangqiying is a "urban village" located in the north of the city. It is also the location of the patient mentioned on the phone.

With the driver's good skills, the ambulance finally squeezed out of the traffic whirlpool, and struggled to pass through the village road squeezed by many illegal buildings, and slowly drove to a six-story self-built building with red curtain brick walls.

Before the car could completely stop, Liu Tianming had already carried the medicine box and jumped out of the car as fast as possible. According to the door number mentioned on the phone, he rushed into the door with two broken New Year pictures posted.

Rescue, the speed is the battle.

Many times, one minute earlier and one minute later are enough to determine the life and death of the patient.

This is a typical small building built by villagers. The floor covers an area of ​​about 100 square meters, but it is as high as six floors. The stairs without barriers are very dark. When stepping on the wet concrete floor, it feels uncomfortable and slippery. The electric lights hanging on the roof are entangled by several dusty spider webs. A group of mosquitoes with strong interest in them emit a faint light without force.

The door on the left side of the third floor is wide open, emitting a disgusting smell of urine. Painted with white lime over the pink wall, there is also a piece of inexplicable shape, dirty and black yellow dirt. Extending to the public area outside, there are also a few more children's paintings that should be graffitied by children. There are giant octopus with more than ten tentacles, and strange little people with big heads, small limbs like bean sprouts. On the dark green painted wall near the stairs, there are also snaking words such as "Li Xiaoli, I love you" and "Zhou Dafa, I am your father".

Liu Tianming, who had stepped onto the stairs a few steps, had already stepped into the edge of the door, felt a little stunned.

A thin middle-aged man in a shabby blue cloth work clothes was climbing on the edge of the bed and stumbled over from the room.

Maybe it was because he saw someone coming! The man obviously accelerated the movement speed under his feet. He opened his thin hands and raised them high in front of his chest, making a "hehe" sound, widened his eyes and opened his mouth. With the turbid saliva that kept overflowing from his mouth, he rushed towards the open door. However, his heavy steps did not keep up with the dynamics of his body. Suddenly, his whole body completely lost his balance and fell heavily to the ground and never moved again.

"Why, why is this happening?"

The sudden accident caused Liu Tianming to take a few steps back.

He clearly saw a very strange and elusive smile released from the eyes of the man who was lying on the ground.

Yes, it's really laughing.

However, such a smile does not belong to any normal human expression such as gentleness, cunning, and cruelty. The smile on that face is extremely strange and full of desire. It is like... it seems that when you are the hungry, you see something that can serve as food.

"Is this guy a patient?"

Suddenly, Xiao Wu, who was panting, rushed in. Without saying a word, he pulled open the belt on the first aid box, took out the stethoscope, lifted up the clothes that had passed away from the man, and stuffed the cold round receiver into the other party's chest.

Although she is just a caregiver, Xiao Wu often goes out with an ambulance. In terms of first aid knowledge and operation methods, it is indeed much richer than graduates like Liu Tianming who have just left the school gate.

"Where is the person? Who called for help?"

While distinguishing the pulse sound, Xiao Wu turned around and shouted in the open room.

No one responded. The light in the room was very dim. The old incandescent lamp hanging on the beams was only 20 watts at most, reflecting a dim light curtain that made people sore and swollen. Simple furniture and an old TV placed on the cabinet on the north side of the house were all shrouded in strange and uncomfortable shadows.

The moment when the man lifted up the man's clothes, Liu Tianming felt that the corners of his eyes could not help but twitch, and his pupils instantly shrank sharply.

He clearly saw that the other party's abdomen was completely sunken into a flat circle that wrinkled inward. As for the ribs that were neatly arranged to form the chest, they were supported from the muscles under the cover of gray-yellow skin. At first glance, it looked like a strange skeleton attached to a human skin mask.

"The heartbeat is weak, but it's very rhythmic."

Xiao Wu put away the receiver, flipped up the man's slightly closed eyelids and looked at it, and said in surprise: "The eyes were dim and there was a small amount of congestion. The eye sockets were very sunken and the lips were chapped. Depending on the situation, this guy should be exhausted due to long-term malnutrition. Hell, it feels like the Discovery Discovery Channel, a dehydration explorer who got lost in the desert...Doctor Liu, please help me and carry him into the car together."

The moment he grabbed the man's arm and carried it on his shoulder, Liu Tianming felt a little nervous for no reason. He noticed that the man's arms were very thin, as if there was no extra muscle or fat except bones.

Especially the hand, nails and joints that were on one's shoulders, a clear light blackness appeared in the gaps between the nails and joints. They did not look like ordinary dirt, but rather like colors that emerged from the depths of the flesh.

Under normal circumstances, only dead people will have such physical characteristics.

The problem is that the man is obviously still alive. The moment the head contacts the other person's body, he can clearly feel the rhythm of the heartbeat transmitted along his arms.

When the patient was lifted to the ambulance and was about to put it on the stretcher, the two of them thought of a key question - where are the patients' families?

If this problem is not solved, then who will pay for the cost of rescue and ambulance attendance?

The room upstairs was empty. The doors of the neighbors were locked. On both sides of the empty street, only a few windows a hundred meters away were on the lights. Except for a few mice running back and forth in the dark, there seemed to be no extra living things here.

"Is anyone? Who called for help? Who is the patient's family?"

Xiao Wu obviously has great experience in dealing with such incidents. He rolled his hands into cylinders, put them together at his mouth, and roared fiercely at the empty corridor: "Mom, if no one comes out, I won't care. Throw this guy to the roadside and let him die by himself----"

As soon as he finished speaking, a trembling voice suddenly came from the corner of the wall covered by shadows next to him.

"Don't, don't leave. The phone number... I called. That's my brother. Please, please save him."

As he said that, a short and fat middle-aged man with messy hair slowly walked under the dim street lights. He shrank, took out a thick stack of banknotes from his pocket and handed them over. He begged in a obviously hesitant tone: "You... can you send him to the hospital first? I pack up my things and come over immediately. Use this money first. If it is not enough, I will turn around and hand it over."

The light was very dark. Liu Tianming noticed that the other party's clothes were stained with a lot of mud and dirt that seemed to be left after the fight. Especially the sides of the cheeks and forehead, there were obvious scratches with light red marks oozing out.

The middle-aged man kept smiling barely on his face, but his body was trembling. And the eyes that were not clearly visible under the night sky also showed a hint of fear.

"It's OK! However, you must leave your phone number and personal ID card."

Xiao Wu took out his cell phone and quickly pressed a series of numbers according to what the other party said. This kind of thing is often encountered. As long as a certain amount of money is paid, the patient's family and the hospital will feel much more at ease.

...

Drive out of the dark and narrow path of the village in the city, the ambulance with the flashing lights began to squeeze into the traffic and the crowd at an extremely high speed, making a harsh scream, and quickly began to shuttle back. In the rear car, Liu Tianming and Xiao Wu were also providing intense preliminary emergency assistance to the patient who had just been lifted onto the stretcher.

A bottle of glucose solution wrapped in a net was hung high on the horizontal frame on the roof and swaying back and forth. After wiping the patient's wrist with alcohol, Liu Tianming took the infusion device handed in Xiao Wu, aimed at the slightly convex blood vessels under the epidermis, and pricked it hard.

"Kazhi————”

Suddenly, the ambulance suddenly turned to the left. The violent movements caused the two people in the car to lose balance. Amid the harsh friction between the rubber tires and the ground, Liu Tianming only felt a pain in his fingertips. When he looked up, he saw that the sharp needle had pierced the patient's blood vessels and firmly pierced into his index finger. Two drops of blood flowing out of different bodies were desperately penetrated into each other's bodies under such an unexpected encounter...

"A bastard! Can you drive? You're so blind!"

Outside the window, a vulgar curse came. Through the blurry glass, Liu Tianming saw an obese woman riding an electric bike twisting her huge butt and blinking by the car. Her short and thick fingers kept poking hard in the air, bursting out a rapid rhythm, and most of the contents were dirty words related to **** and her parents and ancestors.

Immediately, the driver in the front seat, who was scared and sweating, adjusted his direction while poking his head out of his head with foam splashing and cursing wildly: "Stinky woman, is it so arrogant to ride a bicycle in the opposite direction? Let the car kill you, a foolish shit!"

...

More than ten minutes later, the No. 3 ambulance had already entered the hospital gate. When the nurses carried the patient out of the car, the doctor who was supposed to be following the car also came up and called Liu Tianming embarrassedly: "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I didn't expect you to send you out temporarily. Xiao Liu, Xiao Wu, I'll treat you to dinner another day!"

Liu Tianming smiled indifferently. He returned to the office and took off his white coat and walked slowly towards the temporary dormitory behind the hospital canteen.

For some reason, he felt very tired, his eyelids were very heavy, and it became extremely difficult to even open them. He just wanted to have a good sleep.
Chapter completed!