Chapter 317: A Silver Lining of Life

Li Ying followed Wang Zixiong and they plugged into the remnants of Xionghu Mountain diagonally from the northwest direction of northern Sichuan City, avoiding the Xiushui River at the foot of the mountain, and rushed north along a trail that winds halfway up the mountain.

Halfway up the mountain, you can see ruined villages and twisted mountain beams. Many of the villages are silent and silent, and it looks like a hellish sight.

Many parts of the Xiushui River have been blocked by collapsed mountains, and some sections of the river have been forced to turn and divert, and some have been completely blocked, forming a shocking "dammed lake". The so-called "dammed lake" is a lake formed by the collapse of mountain rocks due to seismic activity, causing landslides to block valleys, river valleys or riverbeds and store water.

In a place called Tanjia Mountain, Li Ying and the others saw the largest and most dangerous "dammed lake": in a narrow valley between Xionghu Mountain and Qinglong Mountain opposite, the Xiushui River that rushed and roared down from north to south was blocked by the collapsed mountains and rocks between the valleys with a large difference between the north and the south, forming a "hanging lake".

Wang Zixiong told Li Ying that according to his visual measurements, the dammed lake has at least 100 million cubic meters of water. The dam is made of rocks and mountains, and the structure is very fragile, and if it rains or encounters a large aftershock, it is likely to cause a dam to burst. In this case, several towns downstream will be completely submerged......

Li Ying asked him if he had reported the situation to Vice Mayor Yan. Wang Zixiong nodded and said: "I have already reported, but there is no way for the city to do it now! In a dammed lake like this, the residents downstream can only be notified to move out of the low-lying area first, and then the embankment will be blown up by means of an explosion." There is no other way. ”

Li Ying looked down at the corpses of animals and people floating on the water, as well as the tables, stools, beams and other things that swept down along the way, and sighed heavily, and the awe of nature in his heart increased a little.

They had been walking on the mountain trail for nearly six hours, arriving at Xiushui Town at nine o'clock in the evening.

As soon as Li Ying arrived in the town, he immediately rushed to a house in the town health center where Gu Liming was lying and recuperating from his injuries.

The town health center was also badly damaged in the earthquake. Fortunately, there were several wards on the first floor that did not collapse, and Gu Liming was lying on a wooden bed with many wounded and sick people. Since all the remaining anti-inflammatory drugs in the health center have been used, his smashed right leg has begun to become inflamed, and the calf is swollen as thick as the thigh, and it is shiny, revealing a blue and purple color.

Gu Liming was already completely discouraged and desperate, estimating that he couldn't save this leg, and when he saw Li Ying walking in with Wang Zixiong and others, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and excitedly called "laughing sky", and struggled to get up from the bed.

Li Ying grabbed a few steps, held Gu Liming's hand, and said, "Director Gu, don't move yet, I'll heal the injury on your leg." ”

At this time, there were hundreds of seriously injured people in this ward and the next ward, each of whom was dripping with blood and in pain. Some of them have broken arms, some have lost their thighs, some have been smashed with a large hole in their heads, and many are already dying because they have not been treated in time.

Li Ying didn't have time to ask Su Xiaodan about it at this time, so he first used his true qi to reduce swelling and inflammation for Gu Liming, and then wrapped his calf with a bandage, telling him that he only needed to rest and recuperate, and his leg should be fine in a few days.

Then, under the guidance of Wang Zixiong, according to the severity of each wounded and sick person's injury, he gave them one by one to reduce inflammation and swelling and relieve pain, and then bandaged them with bandages. After all this, it was already five o'clock in the morning, and the dawn was already faintly showing outside.

Li Ying endured it all the time and didn't go to Gu Liming to ask Su Xiaodan about it. Because at this time, he already believed that Su Xiaodan was definitely killed. Especially after seeing the dammed lake and the many dead bodies floating in the lake on the road, he felt that although he did not want to believe and could not believe it, in the face of such a great disaster, the life of any individual was as small and weak as a speck of dust. Su Xiaodan is naturally no exception - in the case of a house collapse, she is a weak woman, and if she is lucky to survive, the chances are very small!

Therefore, although his heart ached like a sharp dagger was constantly slicing his heart, he still insisted on treating all the seriously injured people lying in the health center. Then, he came to Gu Liming's bedside with red and swollen eyes, sat silently on the edge of his bed, and looked at Gu Liming's resolute and strong face without saying a word, not daring to mention Su Xiaodan's topic.

Gu Liming knew that he was here for Su Xiaodan, and when he saw that he was silent, he knew that he had heard the bad news of Su Xiaodan's death, so he said sadly: "Xiaotian, I'm sorry! When the earthquake happened, I wanted to rush into the room to save Dandan, but the house had already collapsed first, and I didn't have time to ...... Later, I asked Mayor Wang and the others to go and see the ruins. They told me that the rubble there was piled up more than ten meters high, and it was impossible to rescue it. Moreover, the room where Dandan was filming at that time had cracked a trench, and everything had been buried in the trench. In that case, there will be no survivors. I know the relationship between you and Dandan, and I also know that you must be very uncomfortable at the moment. However, this is a natural disaster, and no one can avoid it, so you have to mourn!"

Li Ying asked in a somewhat hoarse voice, "Director Gu, do you have any relics in Dandan?" I want to clean them up and take them away when it is dawn." Also, I must find a way to find Dandan's person, no matter what her life or death is, I must bring her back to Mingguang, and I can't let her stay in this foreign land. ”

Gu Liming shook his head and said, "All our luggage has been buried in the ruins of the town government guest house, and it is estimated that we will never be found again." As for Dandan, she is now buried in the deep ditch, and even if the rescue team comes, they will not be able to clean up the rubble above the ditch again for your request. Therefore, it is estimated that your idea will be difficult to do. ”

Li Ying was silent, stood up and said to Wang Zixiong next to him: "Mayor Wang, the wounded here have almost been cured, please take me to the place where Gu Dao and them are in danger, I want to go and see." ”

Wang Zixiong admired Li Ying at this moment, and when he heard that he was going to the place where Gu Dao and them were in danger, he thought that he was going to pay homage to the friend he was killed, so he agreed, and at the same time prepared a little money and three incense sticks for Li Ying on his own initiative.

In front of the ruins of that villa, Li Ying stood on the side for a long time, staring fixedly at the pile of bricks, rubble, and cement and steel bars piled up high, thinking of the tragic scene of Su Xiaodan who was crushed under these ruins, and couldn't help but burst into tears......

Wang Zixiong asked an accompanying villager to burn the money, lit three sticks of incense, and bowed respectfully to the ruins.

Li Ying did not bow. He still has one last trace of fantasy, hoping that Su Xiaodan was just smashed by masonry and is not dead yet. Because he saw that there were a lot of cement slabs and steel bars between these bricks and stones, if Su Xiaodan didn't die after falling into the ditch, then there must be air leaking through these overhead gaps in the ditch, as long as Su Xiaodan himself did not lose confidence, there should still be a glimmer of hope for survival......

So, under the surprised gaze of Wang Zixiong and others, he suddenly sat down on the ground, facing the ruins, his hands naturally drooped, his eyes slightly closed, and he began to concentrate on capturing the information in the ruins and under the ditch......

At this time, Su Xiaodan, who was trapped in the ditch, had been pressed against his right leg by a cement slab for more than ten hours, and was already on the verge of life and death.

When the aftershocks struck yesterday afternoon, the smashed cement slab fell right on her right leg, crushing her leg to the ground. The cement slab was estimated to weigh thousands of pounds, and she felt that her leg had been broken, but strangely, there was no pain. However, she lay on her stomach half a meter away from the bed, and could no longer move half a step to the bed.

The worst thing is that most of the remaining half bottle of mineral water is under the bed at the moment, and she can't get it at all. She had tried to find a stick or a wooden board or something to hook the bottle of water, but when she searched, there were only a few stones and bricks around her, nothing more than a foot long.

At this point, she was completely desperate: under this ruin, if there was no bottle of water left, it was estimated that she would only be able to last for ten or twenty hours at most, maybe the time would be shorter, because she was now feeling so thirsty, and at the same time regretting it: if she had known that this would happen, she would have put the bottle of water in the middle, or simply drank it. In that case, I will be able to support myself for at least a day or two......

So, she completely gave up the desire to survive, and with difficulty lay her face on her side to the ground, and suddenly felt extremely tired and weak, and wanted to fall asleep at once and never wake up again.

However, the figures of Xiaohuzi and Sneer Xiaotian resurfaced in her mind. At this moment of waiting for death to come, all she thought of in her heart were all the good memories of her past when she was with Sneng Xiaotian. She even began to regret it: she really shouldn't have broken off with Sneer Xiaotian so ruthlessly in the first place! Although he has been involved and entangled with Lin Xue, it can be seen that he still has deep feelings for him, and he has never said anything about breaking up with him. And she is also very clear: between Sneer Xiaotian and Lin Xue, Lin Xue has always taken the initiative to pursue him, and in many things, he may not be able to help himself. As long as he doesn't care so much, I believe he will choose to be with him in the end......

In such a mood of self-regret and self-pity, she spent more than ten hours. By the time Li Ying came to the ruins and began to meditate on luck to capture her message, she already felt that she was about to die. So, with the last of her strength, she murmured: "Little Huzi, my baby, farewell!

Then, her body twitched and she passed out......