Chapter 134 Rescued

Everything happened so fast. Qin Yu held Su Qing tightly in his arms the moment they fell. In just over ten seconds, they both fell heavily to the ground. He cushioned under her and took most of the impact.

"Hmm..." Qin Yu let out a very light groan in the darkness.

Su Qing was a little dazed after being thrown down. A bloody smell spread in the air, and she quickly turned to the side.

"Qin Yu..." Her fingertips frantically touched his body in the darkness. The warm touch on her hand startled her. Her voice was filled with anxiety, "You're hurt!"

Su Qing quickly took out a flashlight and turned it on. The dazzling light came on. Qin Yu tried hard to lift his heavy eyelids and glanced at Su Qing's figure in the chaotic light. Seeing that she seemed to be intact and half-squatting beside him, he breathed a sigh of relief.

In the bright light, one could see that Qin Yu's clothes were soaked in blood and his body was covered in cuts and scratches.

When she fell, Qin Yu held her tightly. She was fine except for a few scratches, but the man in front of her...

I couldn't hold back my tears any longer and they fell instantly.

"I'm fine... cough cough cough." He started coughing as soon as he opened his mouth, and the fishy and sweet taste in his throat surged up. He clenched his fist and pressed it against his lips to cover it.

The ground began to shake again, and concrete fragments fell to the ground. Qin Yuqiang endured the pain all over his body and struggled to stand up. Su Qing hurried forward to support him.

"Let's go." He said in an urgent voice.

The place where they fell should be the underground garage of the building. The space was unstable and they could not stay there any longer. Su Qing supported Qin Yu and moved them in the narrow gap.

Qin Yu scanned around with a flashlight. The underground space was empty with few supports. Most of the ceiling had collapsed. Concrete bricks were hanging on the twisted broken ends of the steel bars above. As they swayed and fell, tiny cracking sounds were heard from time to time. They had to find a solid place to hide.

"Go there." Qin Yu used a flashlight to illuminate a corner.

They squeezed sideways into the collapsed gap between two load-bearing walls. The two of them huddled inside, with only less than half a meter of space above their heads. A roar of collapse came from the distance, and the ground shook again, with fine dust falling like rain. Fortunately, this place was still solid and there was no sign of further collapse.

In this small space, the bloody smell of Qin Yu filled every inch of the air. He was breathing slightly, his face was pale, and beads of sweat kept rolling down his forehead.

Su Qing bought some medicine for injuries in the system mall and handed it to Qin Yu along with some water. "Take the medicine quickly."

Qin Yu didn't respond immediately. He tried to raise his hand, his chest heaving violently...

Su Qing, who was standing by, sensed his abnormality and leaned closer, feeding Qin Yu a few pills in her hand. "Don't move, I'll feed you."

She watched him hold the pill in his mouth and swallow it without even taking a sip of water. The bulging tendons on the side of his neck were particularly obvious when he swallowed. He pursed his lips lightly and said in a hoarse voice, "Thank you..."

"I'm the one who should say thank you." Su Qing's voice was very soft. She lowered her eyes, and her long eyelashes cast a shadow, covering the surging emotions in her eyes. "If you hadn't protected me, you wouldn't be hurt so badly."

She picked up the flashlight and motioned Qin Yu to turn around, "Let me see your back."

Qin Yu turned sideways to allow the light to illuminate the wound more clearly, and the beam of light stopped on a hideous bloodstain.

Su Qing reached out and tore off the torn clothes around the wound, exposing the glaring wound to the air. The irregular edges of the flesh were bleeding, and it was obvious that it had been cut by something sharp. "The wound is too deep and needs to be sutured."

Qin Yu's breathing became heavy for a moment as the fabric of his clothes brushed against the wound. A trace of pain flashed across his brow, but he pretended to be relaxed and said, "It's okay, just a minor injury." He moved and wanted to turn around.

"Don't move!" Su Qing suddenly raised his voice, then realized his mistake and lowered his tone, "Let me treat your wound first."

She placed the flashlight on the ground and helped him take off his shirt. She held a cotton swab and iodine in her hands. Her fingertips trembled slightly, but she tried her best to control her movements. "One of the pills you just took has a painkiller effect, but the effect hasn't been fully released yet, so it might hurt a little."

Su Qing's eyes were focused as she carefully wiped the dust from the edge of the wound with her hands. "Bear with it." Then she pressed the cotton swab on the wound to disinfect it.

In just a few minutes, a layer of fine sweat beads appeared on Su Qing's head, shining in the light.

Qin Yu's muscles were tense and trembling slightly, but he didn't say a word. He just clenched his hands at his sides secretly. Su Qing saw out of the corner of his eye that his movements were becoming more and more gentle.

After simply disinfecting the large and small wounds on Qin Yu's body, she gave him anesthesia, sutured the larger wounds with a suture device, and then carefully wrapped them with gauze. When the last circle of gauze was tied and fixed, Su Qing breathed a sigh of relief.

She raised her eyes to look at Qin Yu, but met his deep gaze. His always sharp eyes were now surprisingly bright, like the eternal stars in the dark night, staring at her intently.

Su Qing's heart trembled and he subconsciously lowered his head, then glanced at Qin Yu's legs, "Do you... have any injuries on your legs?"

Qin Yu did not answer immediately, but just stared at her quietly. The light in his eyes flickered, as if he contained thousands of words, but in this moment they all turned into a silent gaze.

After a long moment, he opened his thin lips and said, "It's just a little scratch, I can handle the rest myself."

Seeing this, Su Qing did not insist. He took out a large-sized shirt from his backpack and helped Qin Yu put it on, then handed the thing in his hand to him.

She looked out of the gap, her brows furrowed. "I don't know what's going on up there. That little fellow Fugui'er should have gotten away, right?"

Qin Yu replied in a low voice: "Fugui'er is very smart, don't worry, it will be fine."

After saying this, he put down the cotton swab in his hand, used his wristband to contact the military for rescue, and after sending the coordinates, Qin Yu turned his gaze back and stretched out his hand towards Su Qing...

Su Qing looked at the usually calm and self-possessed person in front of her in surprise. At this moment, he carefully supported her drooping wrist with his fingertips, slowly lifted her arm, and said gently, "Your injury also needs to be treated."

Looking at the scratch on his arm, the blood had already coagulated at this moment. Compared with the wound on Qin Yu's body, it was insignificant.

"It's just a minor injury, I can just put a Band-Aid on it. You should take care of your own injury first..." She tried to pull her hand back, but Qin Yu stubbornly refused to let go. "Don't move. The wound needs to be disinfected, otherwise it will get infected."

The moment the iodine came into contact with the wound, she couldn't help but let out a soft cry. Qin Yu immediately looked up at her with concern, and then his hands moved more gently, as if she was the one who was seriously injured.

"I'll be right there." There was a hint of nervousness in his voice.

After the two men had their injuries treated, they sat quietly waiting for rescue.

"System, is there a way out?"

"Scanning... Scan completed! The collapse above is severe, and no effective route can be planned underground. We recommend rescue measures be taken from outside."

"So, if there's no rescue from above, we'll be trapped here and die?"

"The system can guarantee the host's life and take the necessary measures to get you out. However, I cannot control the damage the energy wave may cause to others."

I will only protect her...

"What specific level of damage will it cause?"

The system gives a standard official answer.

"The energy wave may cause internal organ damage, fractures, and may even lead to death."

Su Qing closed his eyes. It seemed that he could no longer count on the system to save them...

Ding-dang-dang sounds like metal collisions suddenly rang out, and the triangular support above his head began to shake. Qin Yu raised his hand and hugged Su Qing in his arms, using his body to help her shield her from the sand and gravel that kept falling from above her head.

Su Qing's heart nearly leaped out of her chest as she felt the ground tremble. This wave was even more violent than before. She felt as if the whole world was spinning. The roar of heavy objects falling could be heard one after another. In the face of such a natural disaster, they had no way to escape and could only stay where they were...

Now, Su Qing could only pray in his heart that people outside would come to rescue him quickly, or that the earthquake would end quickly...

She rummaged through her backpack and found two military helmets, motioning Qin Yu to put them on, then took out a dust cloth and covered their heads with it.

Qin Yu tightened his arms and pulled Su Qing closer to him. Their bodies were almost completely fitted together, and they could clearly feel each other's heartbeat and body temperature. They hugged each other tightly, waiting for the arrival of an unknown fate.

"I'm sorry, it was my decision to come here and I've implicated you." Su Qing's voice was muffled in Qin Yu's chest, filled with self-blame.

Qin Yu was silent for a moment, then said gently and forcefully, "Don't say that. It's me who chose to go with you. I want to be by your side." He lowered his head and looked at the person in his arms, a faint smile on his lips. "Perhaps this is fate, allowing us to share hardships together and have unforgettable experiences that belong only to us."

Su Qing suddenly grabbed Qin Yu's wrist and said, "We will get out!"

"Yes, we will go out!" Qin Yu's eyes were like water.

After more than ten minutes, the surroundings returned to calm, and not long after, Qin Yu's bracelet vibrated.

After the call was connected, Shen Kuo's anxious face appeared. He looked at the two people hugging each other in the picture, and was startled at first, then said: "Boss, we're here, how are you guys?"

"fine."

"Fuguier has been digging in this area, so we decided to follow him."

In a corner of the screen, Fuguier, covered in dust, was frantically digging the collapsed debris with his front paws. The surrounding bricks and soil were splashed everywhere, raising a choking cloud of dust. He had dug a deep pit, with his small body almost completely submerged, leaving only a furry back and undulating ridges exposed. Every time he exerted force, he was determined and ruthless.

Su Qing looked at Fugui'er, tears welling up in her eyes. She murmured, "Fugui'er..."

Fuguier seemed to have heard her voice. He paused slightly, turned around and jumped out, coming to Chen Kuo. He tilted his head and looked at Su Qing on the virtual screen, whimpering.

Su Qing looked at its claws on the ground, which had been worn to the point of bleeding, but Fuguier seemed to feel no pain. She could no longer hold back her tears, which rolled down her cheeks. "Don't worry, Fuguier, don't worry, we're fine, we'll be out soon."

She choked up and gently comforted the stubborn and loyal little life on the screen.

Shen Kuo led the engineering corps to work quickly. Fortunately, the building broke in the middle and collapsed to one side instead of collapsing downwards, making excavation much easier.

As the city roads were blocked and severely damaged, they had to land by helicopter with various equipment. During the excavation, there were several aftershocks, and the rescue workers had to take emergency shelter. As time passed and night fell, they finally dug to a position above Su Qing and the others.

According to machine scans, the reinforced concrete here is several tens of centimeters thick and can only be cut and removed bit by bit.

The first rays of sunlight in the early morning penetrated the dust and mist and sprinkled on the ruins. The rescue soldiers had been digging for more than ten hours and now they finally broke through the ground. Excitement appeared on their faces.

Chen Kuo lay down in front of the narrow hole on the ground and shone the flashlight downwards to search.

"We are here!" Su Qing's voice was weak but clear. She crawled out from the hiding gap, waved to Shen Kuo, then turned around and supported Qin Yu behind her.

Looking at the two people's embarrassed appearance, Shen Kuo took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down. "Hold on, we will expand the cave entrance immediately!"

The sun gradually rose, and the sunlight became hotter and brighter. Su Qing was pulled up, and the dazzling light pierced her tired eyes like a sharp sword, and then her eyes went dark again.

A dark shadow appeared in front of her, blocking the dazzling light.