The kayak was going faster and reached the destination in five minutes. Qiao Qingqing didn't know why Su Cong would go to such a far place alone to search for survivors. Everyone had their own story.

Arriving at the high ground, Qiao Qingqing saw a canopy had been set up there. There were quite a few survivors inside, about thirty or forty people, but Sheng An and his friends were not among them.

She didn't plan to go in, and planned to continue walking towards the new community in the base. Su Cong carried the girl down, and the girl who had been sleeping all the way suddenly woke up. After discovering her current situation, she shouted: "Let me go, let me go! I want to find my brother! I want to find my brother, let me go!"

The girl struggled in Su Cong's arms, and they both sat in the water.

Qiao Songzhi asked hurriedly: "Are you all right?"

Someone in the awning was shouting, "Don't worry about her, she's already run away several times!"

Su Cong said angrily: "I know you have a good relationship with your brother, but you have to take care of your own life. You fainted after walking a few steps. If I hadn't caught up with you, you would have drowned in the water!"

The girl was still struggling, shouting until her voice was hoarse. A soldier ran down to help, but was slapped by the girl.

Shao Shengfei covered his face, which hurt just by looking at it. He turned around to look at Qiao Qingqing and asked, "Sister, are we going there?" He pointed at the awning.

"We're not going." Qiao Qingqing said.

The girl finally ran out of strength, Su Cong helped her to the awning, and then ran down to ask them whether they wanted to continue on their way or go to higher ground. Although it was called higher ground, it was actually a ruin. Fortunately, it was not hit by the tornado. After continuous heavy rain, the terrain was higher than the surrounding area, and was chosen by the soldiers as a temporary resettlement site.

"We plan to continue on our way." Qiao Qingqing saw something that looked like a speedboat piled up outside the awning. "Are you planning to wait until the water gets deeper before using the speedboat to move?"

"Yes, most people are injured and can't wade through the water to travel. It would be faster with a speedboat, but the water level is not deep enough now, so the speedboat cannot be used." Su Cong sighed, "We only found one good one, and two were broken and need to be repaired."

After listening to their conversation, another soldier said to Qiao Qingqing, "We can't contact the headquarters after the earthquake, and we don't know what the situation is over there. Besides, there are too many unsafe factors on the road now. Why don't you stay here first and go with us when the time comes. It will be safer with more people." He put his hand on his waist, where there was a gun.

Qiao Songzhi thought it made sense, but still turned to ask her daughter for her opinion.

Qiao Qingqing shook her head: "Let's go now."

"Well then, stay safe, I'll get you some food."

Qiao Qingqing stopped Su Cong and said, "You have a lot of people here and consume a lot of food. You don't have to give it to us. We will look for it on the road when the time comes. Maybe we can find food in the water. Then we will leave now."

They set off as soon as they said they would, kayaking away from all places with fast-flowing water and suspected deep pits and gullies, and slowly but steadily moved towards Yeshan.

The rain curtain easily obscures the vision. The wind and water current sometimes become aids and sometimes become obstacles. The underwater situation is unclear. Occasionally, we will hit obstacles. The kayak will spin and collide with a body that has surfaced.

"Be gentle and leave quickly." Qiao Qingqing said softly.

The giant statue in front of her was frightening. Qiao Qingqing couldn't imagine whether the giant statue would explode in the next moment if she bumped into it. The picture was irresistible.

The kayak had only gone three or four meters when there was a muffled sound behind me and the sound of splashing water, as if many objects were falling into the water.

Some of it fell on Qiao Qingqing and the others, and along with it came a damp and rotten smell. Qiao Songzhi hurriedly said, "Hurry up, move further away!"

When they walked further, Qiao Songzhi exhaled, suppressed the nausea in his throat, and said, "Hurry up and wash it."

Fortunately, the three of them were wearing raincoats. They could take off their raincoats and rinse them in water to wash away the splashed body fragments. Shao Shengfei asked: "The water here stinks too. Water everywhere stinks."

Qiao Songzhi's hands stiffened for a moment, and Qiao Qingqing smiled and said, "If you didn't see it, just pretend you didn't know. Don't think too much about it." So many people died, and half a month later, it rained for several days, and the water became deeper and deeper. The corpses that had just decayed melted into the water, and the smell was naturally bad.

Picking up the raincoat, Qiao Qingqing sprayed it with disinfectant as a psychological comfort, and then put it on.

"It's getting dark, let's find a place to rest."

After eating, they changed the dressing and took the medicine. Qiao Songzhi and Shao Shengfei fell asleep quickly. Qiao Qingqing then took out the thermometer from her armpits and looked at the temperature displayed on it. She exhaled lightly, took out the antipyretic and anti-inflammatory drugs and took them, then wrapped herself tightly in the blanket and closed her eyes. She fell asleep almost immediately, but her dreams were bizarre and she woke up from time to time. When she woke up again, she heard the sound of water, someone wading in the water at night.

The light on the kayak went out, and Qiao Qingqing sat up carefully. The kayak swayed slightly, and the water waves spread out. She took out her night vision goggles and looked around, and found three figures walking not far away. They occasionally talked while walking, and Qiao Qingqing heard them say something like "I don't think they'll catch up with us" and "Go to the left."

She said nothing, watching the man turn five meters in front of their kayak and leave the area.

Putting down the night vision goggles, Qiao Qingqing lay down again and stuffed the thermometer into her clothes to take another measurement.

The result was not ideal, 38.2°.

She also felt a sore throat and a blocked nose. She listened and found that Qiao Songzhi was also having some breathing problems in her sleep, and her nose must have been blocked. She touched Qiao Songzhi's wrist and decided not to wake her up. Sleep was more important for restoring the body and mind now.

Qiao Qingqing took out the hot water to take the medicine, and drank all the remaining hot water after taking the medicine, then took out two air-conditioned quilts from the space, one for Shao Shengfei, and one for herself and Qiao Songzhi. She exhaled a breath of hot air and closed her eyes tiredly.

Qiao Qingqing woke up when it was just getting light, and then Qiao Songzhi also sat up and rubbed his neck: "It seemed like there was thunder again in the middle of the night, and I was startled." He noticed a nasal sound when he spoke, and quickly rubbed his nose.

"Mom, have breakfast first and then take medicine." Qiao Qingqing said not to wake Shao Shengfei up first and let him get enough sleep.

The breakfast was very light. Qiao Qingqing and Qiao Songzhi had no appetite, so they ate white porridge with pickled vegetables and scrambled eggs. Qiao Songzhi finished the medicine, touched Qiao Qingqing's head again, and said worriedly: "She still has a fever. What should I do? This environment is not good for recuperation."

"I'm fine." Qiao Qingqing looked at Shao Shengfei, "Brother doesn't have a fever and his breathing is normal. Let him continue to sleep."

The new day was still humid, and the weakened wind had a tendency to strengthen again, blowing over the water, shaking the tent umbrella, and the kayak was also shaking in the water. Qiao Songzhi sneezed again, and Qiao Qingqing gave her brown sugar ginger soup to drink, and asked her to take off her hat: "Let me see your head."

The bump on Qiao Songzhi's head subsided a little. Qiao Qingqing poured some medicinal wine and pressed gently with the palm of her hand since her fingers were not convenient to use.

"Hiss... Qingqing, my head is fine. Your hand is injured so badly that the nail is turned over. Please don't press my head. Be careful not to hurt the wound." Qiao Songzhi wanted to move, but was stopped by Qiao Qingqing.

"Mom, please don't make me feel uneasy."

After hearing this, Qiao Songzhi didn't dare to move.

After rubbing for ten minutes, Qiao Qingqing stopped and carefully examined Qiao Songzhi's eyes.

"I've been fine for the past two days, and I can see perfectly well."

"There's still some inflammation, Mom, remember to put in the eye drops."

"I know, it's been dripping." Qiao Songzhi felt scared. She was really scared when she couldn't see clearly. What would she do if she became blind in this world? She would drag her daughter to death! What made Qiao Songzhi more worried was the injury on her daughter's head. She had fainted for two days. She was so afraid that the root of the injury was injured. Now there was no hospital and she couldn't take an X-ray.

Qiao Qingqing rubbed her wound and comforted her not to worry too much: "At least I have medicine on hand, and I'm a half-baked Chinese medicine practitioner. It will definitely get better if I take it slow." She was brave and planned to give herself a few injections in the head once the wound on her hand healed and her hand was steady.

"Let me rub it, give me the medicinal wine."

As Qiao Songzhi gently massaged Qiao Qingqing's head, Shao Shengfei finally woke up. He huddled under the umbrella, grasping the umbrella handle in confusion and looking up: "Mother Qiao?"

"Fei Fei, are you awake? Breakfast is next to you, take it and eat it yourself. Then take the medicine, okay?" Qiao Songzhi said.

"Oh, I know." Shao Shengfei brushed his teeth and rinsed his mouth first, then opened the insulated lunch box at his feet, picked it up and drank the porridge in big mouthfuls. He finished it all in less than five minutes, and then took the medicine. He wiped his mouth and looked around curiously. He saw a corpse floating not far away. The swollen face was very scary. Thinking of the corpse that exploded yesterday, he immediately retracted his gaze and asked in a low voice, "Are we going to row a boat later?"

"Row."

Shao Shengfei was happy: "I am full and have more strength. I will row fast!"

The wind was getting stronger and stronger, and it was headwind towards the new community, making kayaking very difficult.

An hour later, the rain and wind increased significantly, and the kayak was spinning in place and finally unable to move. What's more, Qiao Qingqing felt the ground shaking.

"No, it can't be an aftershock, right?" Qiao Songzhi's voice was trembling.

"Be careful, check your backpack to make sure everything is on." Qiao Qingqing threw the paddle onto the kayak, picked up the life jackets tied to the kayak and gave them to Qiao Songzhi and Shao Shengfei. She held their hands and said, "Don't be afraid. No matter what happens, don't panic. Remember to conserve your energy."

"But you still have a fever—"

"I can do it." Qiao Qingqing observed the water surface. The waves were very violent and the kayak was also swaying violently in the waves.

The kayak almost capsized, but fortunately Qiao Qingqing had brought the big rock with her, and it was just the right amount to stabilize the kayak.

"Hold on tight!" Qiao Qingqing shouted.