The trunk of the tree was as thick as two people hugging each other, but unfortunately it had lost its original vitality in the flood. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

What shocked Hypatia slightly was the marks left on the tree ------- the marks of climbing.

In many places, the bark of the tree had cracked, revealing a pale trunk, and on the trunk floated a terrifying dark red.

Although it had been washed away by the current for a long time, the dark red was still faintly visible, the color of blood.

Hypatia didn't know how the weak Xia mother, who had no martial arts skills, had climbed such a tall tree.

However, it was clear that by the time she had safely lifted her child to the top of the tree, she had lost all strength and could no longer climb up......

Hypatia surfaced, her eyes moistened, and she finally found only a pale gray corner of her clothes------- which the mother had left behind.

"Kid, I'm sorry, I ...... I couldn't find your mother. Hypatia's words choked up.

When the child heard this, he burst out crying, "Mommy...... Mom, don't you want Ah Guang again...... You're coming back...... Ah Guang will definitely listen to you in the future......"

The child's cry was heartbreaking, and Hypatia turned her head slightly to let the tears fall from the corners of her eyes.

When she looked back, a warm smile was on her face again.

"Child, your mother has not abandoned you, she has always loved you, but now she has gone to a distant place and is not by your side......" Hypatia took the child into her arms and stroked his back with pity and tenderness, "Child, this is what your mother left for you, she wants you to live well, you will listen to her, right." She shoved the remaining corner of her clothes into the little boy's hand, her eyes full of hope and anticipation.

"Hmm!" the boy nodded tearfully, carefully taking the corner of his coat into his arms.

The mother left a few scribbled handwriting on the corners of her clothes with her own blood-------- "Dear child, you must live well, mother will always love you......"

Hypatia smiled with satisfaction, and she carried the child on her back, ready to take him out of this sad place.

"Hold on, kid!" she whispered, and swam quickly in the direction she came.

Before he had gone far, the boy pointed to the southeast and said timidly, "Big sister, can you send me over there?" Mom said that my father, my brother, and the rest of the village are over there, and they will come to save us. ”

"Huh?" Hypatia's eyes suddenly glowed strangely, "You mean that there are other people alive in the village?"

The boy nodded, "Mommy said that Daddy would definitely figure out a way, and we would all be saved!" and then said in a tone of great affirmation, "Mommy never lied to me!"

Hypatia couldn't help but be a little disappointed when she heard this, how could this child's words be true, this group of Xia people didn't have half of their martial arts, how could they survive such a flood?

Still, with one in ten thousand hopes, Hypatia swam in the direction the child had guided.

I don't know how long I floated in the turbid water, but I still didn't see any trace of people. Hypatia, however, continued her search.

The information provided by the child was rather vague and could only point her in a very rough direction.

But she still didn't give up, the sun was already in the west, and she struggled to move forward in the torrent for a whole day, Rao is martial arts skills and she couldn't help but feel tired, and beads of sweat the size of beans slipped down from her forehead sideburns and dripped into the turbid torrent.

"Grandpa, Daddy, don't you want Ah Guang too?" Woo woo...... The boy lay on Hypatia's back all day, and still did not see the shadow of his former relatives, and suddenly felt sad, and began to cry.

"Ah Guang, be good, don't cry, Dad and Grandpa they didn't abandon you, don't worry, my sister will definitely help you find them. Hypatia tilted her head slightly, and said something to comfort the little boy on her back. The child gazed at her beautiful face, and saw her smile lightly, the corner of her eyes was gentle and peaceful, and the young heart suddenly felt an unprecedented peace and serenity, and consciously stopped crying.

Hypatia gritted her teeth and swam onward, but as the water grew shallow, she rose to her feet and trudged through the mud with difficulty, fearing the dangers of the swamp, and had been carrying the Naxia child on her back, who was probably so sleepy that he fell asleep on her back.

Hypatia moved slightly, lest she would wake up the little boy on her back, and in the afterglow of the setting sun, she searched step by step for possible survivors in the swamp mixed with sewage and rubble.

Suddenly, Hypatia's body was stunned, almost lost her balance, just now a careless, stepped into a mud, and suddenly stumbled, she quickly turned her head to look at the Xia child lying on her back, the child was still sleeping peacefully, and his mouth was still calling his mother inarticulately.

"It was so careless, but luckily I didn't wake the kid up. Hypatia smiled with satisfaction, and gently pulled out her leg that had fallen into the mud, but the mud in the swamp was not only wet and soft, but also very sticky and absorbent, and Hypatia did not want to wake up the child on her back, so she didn't dare to use too much force, and she couldn't pull it out for a while.

She frowned slightly, hesitated slightly, and then gently took off the boots on her legs, and a pair of white and round jade feet stretched out one after another, and stepped straight on the dirt covered with sewage and rocks.

In this way, Hypatia carried the Xia children on her back, staggering barefoot through the mud and stagnant water of the Bekaa Valley, unwilling to give up any possible hope, searching every dark corner inch by inch in the desolate and dead Bekaa Valley.

As twilight fell, Hypatia finally found the surviving Xia people, and to her surprise, most of the Xia people who settled here survived.

A heart that had been hanging finally landed, and Hypatia dragged her tired body towards the makeshift Xia village.

She took a deep breath of the grass-scented air, and her tense nerves finally found a moment of peace and relaxation. After the flood, although these Xia people survived, the terrain here is not too high, and the flood peak may hit at any time, and people are repairing flood control fortifications overnight.

Soon, many people noticed her arrival, and the people temporarily stopped what they were doing and rushed to gather towards her.

"General Hypatia, that's General Hypatia!" shouted some of the young men, dancing with excitement.

"Really, really, General Hypatia, she's coming......" The old men walked tremblingly towards the front with their crutches, their eyes full of tears---------- not long ago, it was this beautiful and kind elf who saved them all from the brink of death.

With a warm smile, Hipatia waved to the excited people one by one. Soon, she was surrounded by a crowd of people.

Suddenly, Hypatia made a silent gesture to the almost boiling crowd, and then smiled and pointed to the sleeping child on her back, and at this time, people realized that General Hypatia did not come alone, she also saved a Xia child.

"Village Chief, look, isn't General Hypatia carrying your son Ah Guang on his back, he's still alive!" someone in the crowd whispered a reminder, revealing a hint of excitement between his words.

After a while, a tall, sturdy middle-aged man emerged, who was the father of the child and the head of the village.

"Thank you, General Hypatia......" The village chief walked up to Hypatia with tears in his eyes.

"You're welcome. With a smile on her face, Hypatia gently put the child into his father's arms, "This child must be very tired from being in such a great flood all day, so take him back and rest well." She gently pinched the child's pink little face, and there was infinite tenderness in her eyes.

The village chief took his child tightly into his arms and fell to his knees with a "plop", "General Hypatia, I really can't express my gratitude, without you, without you...... I thought I'd never see my Ah Guang again......" The village chief's voice was a little choked with excitement, and tears rolled uncontrollably across his resolute face.

Hypatia helped him up, "There's no need to be so polite, speaking of which, if it weren't for the kid's guidance, I would have thought you would all be killed." ”

"Get up first, I have something to ask you. Ever since she came to this temporary shelter, Hypatia has always had a question in her heart, how did this group of Xia people, who had no martial arts, survive the flood?

"If there is anything to say, General Hipatia just asks, and we know everything. The village chief handed over the sleeping child to a young man and picked up the tools that were still on the ground.

"What is the impact of this flood on you, what are the casualties, and what are the difficulties?" said Hypatia, asking a series of questions, eagerness and concern overflowing.

"That's the case......" the village chief was about to reply, when he heard a cough, and then an old and majestic voice came from the crowd, "what are the young men doing standing there stupidly, General Hypatia must have been very hard to come overnight, why don't you hurry and invite her back to the house!"