Chapter 506
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Chapter 506: Rescue in the Blizzard (2)
The patrol team served as the city’s public security agency, essentially the police force of this era.
Given the possibility of sudden incidents, they needed to be ready for deployment at any time.
Therefore, patrol team members generally lived in shared dormitories, which made it convenient to summon reinforcements in such situations.
As a member of the guard team, it was no problem for Wang Kai to mobilize the patrol team.
A dormitory full of patrol team members quickly grabbed their tools and donned thick winter coats, totaling 20 to 30 people.
This number was clearly insufficient.
Wang Kai had an idea and told a patrol team member to ride to the military barracks for help.
Meanwhile, he would lead the current group to the site to begin the rescue.
By the time Wang Kai and his team arrived, Jie Zichuan and the residents who had come out to help were already clearing the peripheral rubble and snow.
Seeing this, Wang Kai immediately motioned for the patrol team to bring their tools and assist.
Naturally, the patrol team members felt it was their duty.
However, just as they were about to act, a man who had been with Jie Zichuan, clearing snow and rubble, quickly rushed forward and stopped them.
“Wait! Don’t move anything randomly!”
“What do you mean?!”
Wang Kai frowned, looking at the middle-aged man’s actions.
“If we don’t save them soon, these people will die trapped underneath!”
Facing Wang Kai’s angry expression and the patrol team’s bewildered faces, the middle-aged man remained calm and shouted loudly.
“I’m from the construction team! You can’t just randomly move things after a building collapses. If you move the wrong part, all the debris piled on top could come crashing down, crushing everyone underneath!”
The patrol team members clearly didn’t know much about construction.
Hearing the middle-aged man’s explanation, all their eyes immediately turned to Wang Kai.
Faced with this situation, Wang Kai was decisive.
He directly asked, “Then what do you suggest we do?”
Seeing that Wang Kai and his team were willing to listen, the middle-aged man visibly relaxed.
“Before you arrived, I already assessed the general structure of the ruins with the other guard. Just do exactly as I say, and don’t make any mistakes!”
Wang Kai instinctively glanced at Jie Zichuan nearby.
Sensing Wang Kai’s gaze, Jie Zichuan nodded at him.
Wang Kai then let out a long breath and spoke again.
“Alright, do as he says!”
The group quickly got to work.
Using their tools, they continuously cleared the debris piled on the two buildings.
Beneath the ruins, a blood-covered, disoriented survivor visibly perked up upon hearing the commotion outside.
“Here! We’re here!”
Then, a flicker of torchlight appeared in his vision.
It was faint and wavered in the wind and snow, but it rekindled the hope of survival for him, who was in despair.
Hearing the survivor’s shouts, Wang Kai, holding a torch, quickly yelled a reminder.
“Don’t move! Wait for us, we’ll get you out!”
Listening to Wang Kai’s reassurance, the survivor looked up at the ruins above, which seemed as if they could collapse at any moment.
Then, he spoke again.
“Get my child out first!”
As he shouted these words, Wang Kai, by the light of the torch, noticed that the blood-soaked survivor was clutching a child of 5 or 6 years old.
The man clearly didn’t want his child to remain in the unstable ruins for another second.
Wang Kai had never encountered such a situation before.
He quickly called over the middle-aged man from the construction team.
“Old Zhao! Come quick! There’s a child here!!”
Hearing the commotion, Old Zhao rushed over.
After confirming the situation with Wang Kai, he crouched down and peered inside.
This spot must have been a hallway in the original residential building.
After the collapse, a small passage had opened up beneath the debris.
The outer edges had originally been blocked by rubble and slabs, offering no exit, making it helpless.
But now, after they had cleared the outer rubble and slabs, the space was just big enough for a child to crawl out.
Old Zhao understood the man’s feelings.
The ruins could completely collapse at any time.
He couldn’t guarantee with 100% certainty that everyone could be rescued.
He empathized with the father’s desire to get his child out first.
With thoughts racing, Old Zhao gritted his teeth and made a decision.
He quickly called a few people to use their tools to brace the opening.
Then he shouted to the survivor beneath the ruins.
“Let your child crawl out, quickly!”
A look of gratitude appeared on the survivor’s face.
He then painstakingly patted his child’s shoulder.
The child was clearly terrified, and his entire expression was somewhat dazed.
However, being overly frightened, he had forgotten to cry or make a fuss.
He obediently followed his father’s words and began to crawl out.
Only after he was free of the rubble and embraced by Old Zhao did the child seem to finally react, bursting into loud sobs.
As a father himself, Old Zhao was quite good at comforting children.
After soothing the child, he quickly handed him over to a nearby patrol team member, asking them to look after him.
Old Zhao then quickly took a group of people and continued the rescue efforts.
“Everyone be careful! First, move those large stone slabs that are pressing down!”
During the rescue, the entire section of ruins experienced at least five minor collapses.
Each time, Old Zhao and the patrol team members broke into a cold sweat.
After finally managing to clear all the collapsed stone blocks, they looked at the man lying in the rubble, and everyone’s mood grew heavy.
The man’s legs were completely mangled and bloody.
They checked his breathing and pulse.
Though faint, he was still alive.
The extremely cold environment had largely frozen his wounds, slowing down his blood loss.
This, ironically, had prolonged his life.
However, he was now completely unconscious.
In this situation, they didn’t know whether to feel fortunate or sorrowful.
One patrol team member, clearly retired from the army, spoke with a slightly pained tone.
“Even if he’s lucky enough to survive, he’ll lose both his legs…”
In this era, what could a man without legs do? Or how could he survive?
“Should we just give him a quick end?”
Everyone fell silent, as if in agreement.
Just as one person was about to act, a deep voice suddenly boomed.
“Stop!”
The shout made everyone turn around.
It was the patrol team member who had gone for reinforcements, arriving with people from the military!
And the person who had just spoken was Luo Yong, the commanding general of the Xuanjia Army!
“When he wakes up, he might wish he were dead, or even try to commit suicide. But regardless, he shouldn’t die by your hands now!”
