The young man with dreadlocks stared blankly at the scene in front of him for a long time. Finally, he twitched the corners of his lips and nodded lightly.
Chen Mo smiled and patted his shoulder.
…
The rescue operation lasted from early morning until daylight the next day.
The heavy rain still didn't stop. It was a little light in the early morning, but the rain became much heavier the next day.
Mudslides caused by heavy rains submerged half of the village built on the mountain. Heavy rains came again in the early morning of the next day, triggering another small landslide.
Chen Mo rushed here from the small town to help with the rescue.
The situation here is much more serious than that in the town.
In addition to the rain, many houses and people were buried under the mudslides.
The wails continued.
Rescue workers have been constantly rescuing people, carrying rocks and digging people out of the gravel piles.
Pebbles mixed with soil were crackling down, and firefighters and rescue workers had no time to escape because of the heavy objects they were carrying. Many people's faces and bodies were covered with a layer of sand and gravel.
Many villagers in the village couldn't help but cover their mouths with their eyes turned red when they saw the gravel rolling down again.
Although I don’t want to cry, although it is more important to save people at this time...
But seeing the waves of wet soil burying their houses and fields, they couldn't help but...
This was their home, the place where they had lived all their lives, and it was gone in just one day.
The rocks fall easily in an instant, but what they bury is their lifelong efforts. Many villagers who depend on the mountains have their entire life's foundation in the mountains. Once flooded by this mudslide, the first half of their lives will be submerged.
"I don't have a home anymore...I don't have a home anymore."
"Please save my mother, she is buried inside! Please come and save her!"
"Someone help my daughter, she's trapped under a concrete slab!"
In the village destroyed by the mudslide, there were constant wailing sounds.
Looking at the disaster-stricken villagers, whether they were those who had been up all night rescuing people, or those who had just been pulled out of the soil and were covered in sand, gravel and mud, they were crying in agony.
Chen Mo and others, as well as the officers and soldiers who came to the rescue, all felt sore and uncomfortable for a while.
A dark-skinned old man kept pulling dirt and gravel with both hands. His hands were covered with mud, and his fingernails were all covered in mud. They were chapped and bleeding, and he didn't stop. Buried underneath was his home... There were other things inside.
The memorial tablet and photo of his recently deceased wife.
The old man didn't cry loudly, he just chanted his wife's name in a low voice, and clawed desperately at the mud in the rain.
The rain is still falling, very hard.
The sand and gravel were still rolling down, mixing with the rainwater quickly, like mixed concrete. The sand and gravel where the old man was was almost turning into a swamp of mud, and his feet were almost sinking into it.
There are many, many such people around.
Some have relatives buried under the sand and gravel, while others have things as heavy as life buried under them.
The rescuers kept urging everyone to pull them aside.
"Comrades, I can understand your mood. It's too dangerous here! You go to a safe place to hide first. Leave the rescue to us. We will find a way. Trust us!!"
The firefighters made trumpet-like shapes with their hands and shouted loudly at the crowd.
"Boom!"
At this moment, rocks rolled down again, this time the sand and gravel were much larger than many times before.
"No!"
"careful!!"
"ah--!!"
Following several exclamations, a man's scream came through the rain curtain.
Everyone turned around in shock and saw a fire officer who was standing there lifting a huge reinforced concrete slab through the mud in order to save a little girl under the stone slab. He was suddenly knocked down by a huge boulder. It was instantly buried in the mud by countless amounts of sand and gravel, and there were no traces of struggle.
"Fang Lei!"
"Xiao Leizi!!"
"Vice team!"
The surrounding fire rescue personnel suddenly widened their eyes and shouted in disbelief! One by one, they waded through the water and ran desperately towards that side. But the rolling mud and rocks blocked their way, so they could only He whimpered and shouted over there.
"grass!"
Chen Mo turned his head and when he saw all this, his pupils suddenly shrank!
He knows this guy.
I said two sentences not long ago.
When the little brother wanted to go to the dangerous area to rescue people, Chen Mo stopped him and told him to be careful.
…
"Brother, the water is too urgent! Be careful..."
"I know, it's okay. Since I'm here, I'm ready to sacrifice at any time. My daughter at home is about the same age as her. She just knows how to call daddy at such an old age. Every time he calls me, my heart breaks. It's gone. I really can't bear to see this girl just disappear."
"Then... forget it, be careful and don't walk on the mud. It's best to find a few people to go with you, otherwise you won't be able to move the rocks at all."
"No, I can just go by myself."
Chen Mo held him back.
Chen Mo can still clearly remember what the little brother said to him with a smile:
"I am their captain, and I have the obligation to ensure their safety. I can just go by myself."
…
The words that the young man said before he left were still clearly replayed in his ears. At this time, the person who was talking to him just now was gone.
Chen Mo clearly saw the way the stone as big as half a man's body suddenly hit the fireman's head, and his fingers were trembling slightly.
Why did it happen to be this little brother? Why did the stone fall on that little brother instead of somewhere else?
Chen Mo felt unspeakably uncomfortable in his heart.
He was obviously in the danger zone of falling rocks, but not a single bit of good luck fell on him. If only he had not just told the little brother, but followed him... this accident wouldn't have happened.
Even if he can share his luck with that little brother...
"Okay, thank you. I've been rescued. It's really troublesome for you to carry me for so long."
The voice in his ear brought Chen Mo back to his senses.
Here, from under the rubble blocked by the stone slabs that Chen Mo moved, several members of the rescue team who dug out the buried people expressed their gratitude.
"It's okay, it's not easy for everyone."
Chen Mo shook his head softly, said something, and carefully put the slate aside. He looked at the direction where the fireman was buried, and looked at the firefighters who were sobbing unspeakably even if they couldn't get over it.
Something suddenly seemed to come to mind.
His fingers instantly clenched into fists and he shouted loudly in his mind:
"System! System!!"
"I remember if there is a life-saving blessing that can be redeemed in the system mall."
[Host, you finally remembered me...Okay.]
[The witch's gift can hang the life of a seriously injured and dying person. (Limited to ten people) Ten thousand merit points can be redeemed. ]