Search and rescue operations currently lack specialized tools, relying mostly on the crew's bare hands. As a result, each crew member has some injuries on their hands, with cuts that have even torn open. In their view, applying some medicine is sufficient, and bandaging is unnecessary.

Seeing them like this, Ruan Ruan and Dr. Jiang didn't say much. They simply sat them down on stools and cleaned the dirt from their wounds little by little with alcohol. Then they applied medicine to their wounds. For the more serious wounds, they even stitched them up with two stitches. Since they weren't afraid of pain, they treated it as a kind of anesthesia.

After treating the two people's wounds, Ruan Ruan found the others and checked their injuries.

If their captains are like this, the soldiers below must be seriously injured as well. Ruan Ruan told them to go and notify the wounded to come here and clean their wounds.

Then, after wiping the table where they had just eaten clean, I took out all the medicines from the first-aid kit and put them on it, so that it would be convenient to treat their injuries.

A short while later, they returned with the injured.

"Everyone line up, one by one." Huo Haocheng and the others stood beside Ruan Ruan and the others, protecting them like guardian angels.

Perhaps the commotion here was too great, because Su Yunqing came over to take a look, and then went back to bring her medicine kit and came over with the other doctors.

When Su Yanqiu saw his father arrive with his men, he asked Ge Xiaotian and the others to help bring out and arrange the tables and chairs in the house.

Su Yunqing walked up to her son and gently patted him on the shoulder. "Are you alright?"

"No." All day today, Su Yanqiu led his team to travel between various brigades. Luckily, the brigades he visited were all quite responsible. When they arrived, apart from the villagers' houses collapsing and trees rolling down the mountain along with rocks and soil, obstructing the road and making it difficult for them to move around, everything else was fine. They did not encounter any casualties along the way.

"That's good. Take care of yourself." After chatting briefly with her son, Su Yunqing sat down and began examining the soldiers' wounds.

"Those of you behind, you can come over to these doctors to have your injuries checked." Seeing that her father was busy with his own things and not ready to talk to her, Su Yanqiu consciously stood behind him and then began to call the people behind her over, so that they didn't all have to line up with her sisters-in-law.

With the addition of several other doctors, Ruanruan and her colleagues' workload was significantly reduced.

However, it was already past 11 p.m. when the last soldier's wounds were cleaned up.

"You've worked hard today, go home and rest." After accompanying his wife to see the last person, he helped her pack the things on the table into the first-aid kit and gently kissed her forehead.

"Okay, you should get some rest too, and be careful." Looking at the dark circles under Huo Haocheng's eyes, and remembering that they hadn't had a break in a long time, and that today's decision was made on a whim, she told him to go back and rest instead of staying with her, but he just wouldn't listen.

After speaking with him, so as not to disturb their rest, Ruan Ruan carried the medicine box and went back with Su Yunqing and the others.

After watching Ruan Ruan walk away, Huo Haocheng returned to the group, casually lay down on the hay, covered his face with his hat, and fell asleep.

Fortunately, the weather in July is not too cold, even at night. Otherwise, if they were to sleep under the open sky like that, they might have developed a fever in the middle of the night.

The next morning, after eating two multigrain steamed buns, each person led their team and set off according to the division of labor from the previous night.

After checking around the city yesterday and finding it deserted, Huo Haocheng led his team to begin clearing the area starting at the city gate.

Compared to Huo Haocheng's simple task, it was much more difficult for Bai Sirui and his group, mainly because none of them knew how to repair railways. As a result, before setting off, they had no choice but to seek help from various shelters.

"Um, uncles, grandpas, and grandmas, we're going to clean up the railway now. Does anyone here know how to repair railways? Or is there any railway worker who would like to come with us to check the extent of the damage?" Persley stood at the entrance of the shelter, holding a megaphone and shouting to the crowd.

There's no way around it; if he doesn't shout through a loudspeaker, the people inside simply can't hear what he's saying.

It was mealtime, and in order to get through this difficult time, everyone's food was distributed in unison. So, everyone was sitting together in groups to eat.

After the earthquake, their biggest worry is finding accommodation and food. Everyone is preoccupied with this, so who's going to listen to what he has to say?

Some people sitting by the door saw them come in, but they thought it had nothing to do with them, so they went back to eating in silence.

Seeing that he was ignored, Bai Sirui took a few deep breaths and then raised the megaphone in his hand to repeat what he had just said.

However, the results were unsatisfactory.

"Forget it, let's go ask at a few other shelters."

They were all angry at the scene before them, but what good would anger do?

It's useless to them.

Because they are soldiers, soldiers who protect the country, they can neither hit nor scold ordinary people, and can only worry helplessly.

"...Sigh, let's go." Bai Sirui put down the megaphone in his hand, sighed, and said helplessly.

Just as they turned around to leave, the megaphone in his hand was forcefully snatched away.

Yes, it was a very forceful pull, which shows how angry the person who snatched his horn was.

"Hey, hey, hey, can you all hear me? Can you all hear me? If you can hear me, please raise your noble heads, shut your superfluous mouths, and listen to me for a moment."

While Ruan Ruan was having lunch with everyone in the nearby infirmary, she saw Bai Sirui and his group come in with a megaphone. After he finished speaking, she noticed that no one in the entire place paid any attention to him.

She was furious about this. She heard that they were going to clear the railway, which meant they wanted to improve the travel route as soon as possible so that people transporting supplies and those coming to help could reach the railway quickly, instead of being trapped outside, unable to get in while they themselves were unable to get out.

So when Bai Sirui insisted on repeating it a second time, she put down her chopsticks and quickly walked over.

"Just now, I want to ask everyone here, did you hear what this soldier said? Did you hear it but choose not to, or did you really not hear it? No matter which one you are, it has nothing to do with us, because we are all outsiders. To put it bluntly, we are just forced to stay here for a while because of the earthquake. Once we understand the situation, we can turn around and leave here as quickly as possible."

But if we can leave, what about you? As people born and raised here, can you leave with us too? Ruan Ruan's words were hurtful. The Tangcheng people present were first angered by her extremely sarcastic opening remarks, and then their thoughts were disrupted by her self-narration and questions. Her questions made them all fall into deep thought.

Yes, can they leave? If they leave here, where can they go?