"Help! Please save us!"

"We're being swept away by the mudslide! Please save us!"

"I don't want to die! Someone, please save me!"

The villagers shouted and struggled desperately in the mudslide, hoping someone would come to their rescue.

However, many villages in the surrounding area were affected, and everyone was in danger, so there was no way to protect others.

Some lucky ones managed to hold onto some wooden stakes and escape unharmed in the mudslide, but were instead swept downstream.

Most of the villagers didn't have the speed to react. They were swept away immediately and had no way to protect themselves. Some were buried by the mudslide and lost their lives in an instant.

Many of these villagers died; only a small number managed to reach other safe places and were rescued.

This mudslide lasted for several days, affecting seven or eight villages in the surrounding area. Tens of thousands of people were impacted, and several thousand died. Only a small number of villagers managed to reach other villages and receive medical treatment.

Some people became refugees and fled to even more distant places, begging along the way in hopes of being rescued.

Xu Yuehuai, Qi Guze, and Pei Xuan were scattered when they were attacked.

"Your Highness! Quickly grab my hand! Otherwise, we'll be swept away by the mudslide!"

Qi Guze tried his best to reach out his hand to Xu Yuehuai, but he couldn't grab her hand at all. He was swept far away and could no longer return to her side.

Xu Yuehuai saw Qi Guze being swept away by the mudslide and wanted to run there to save him, but she couldn't get to his side at all. Suddenly, the two of them were blown further and further away, and they were swept to different places, heading further and further away.

Pei Xuan naturally chased after Qi Guze, rushing towards his location in an attempt to rescue him. However, he couldn't get close to him at all. But as he continued to move closer, the two of them would eventually collide at a greater distance.

After being swept away, Xu Yuehuai tried to get close to Qi Guze, but she couldn't. She was swept to other places and managed to grab onto a piece of driftwood, which protected her. However, once she got to other places, she couldn't get ashore.

Just as they reached a point several villages away, they suddenly saw several people on the shore helping others.

When Xu Yuehuai saw them looking in her direction, she was already exhausted, but she still immediately raised her hand and waved her arm to make sure they saw her.

"I'm here! Please help me!"

The villagers who were helping the disaster victims saw Xu Yuehuai and immediately rushed towards her, bringing her a long bamboo pole.

"Quickly grab this bamboo pole, we'll pull you up!"

As the villagers were talking, Xu Yuehuai quickly grabbed the bamboo pole, and they immediately pulled her ashore.

Xu Yuehuai had been feeling dizzy and disoriented for a while, having been submerged in the mudslide for so long that she was almost unconscious. Now that she saw someone had rescued her and that she was safe, she immediately fainted.

"This girl has fainted. Quickly carry her over and take good care of her!"

As the villagers spoke, they quickly had Xu Yuehuai carried to a safe place nearby.

It was an open space where some temporary tents had been set up to house the disaster victims.

Many disaster victims along the way were all sent to this temporary relief site.

There are nearly a thousand people here, all gathered in one place, men, women, young and old, all together. There aren't many rules anymore. Now everyone is walking on the edge of life and death, so there are no other rules to follow. They can only let the villagers arrange things for them.

There were so many disaster victims that the villagers were exhausted from making arrangements, so they quickly called on villagers from other villages to come and help.

However, some villagers were simply unwilling to come and expend their energy to help these disaster victims.

After all, even the government officials in their town, upon learning of the persecution of the villagers upstream, did not send anyone to help. Instead, the villagers themselves spontaneously gathered to help the injured disaster victims.

However, the villagers' abilities are always limited. Now they can only gather the disaster victims together and prepare some food for them every now and then. There is not much food at all, and the disaster victims are not full.

Some of the disaster victims were seriously injured and needed timely medical treatment, but the villagers simply did not have enough medicine or doctors, so they had no way to treat the victims' injuries.

Some disaster victims, after being injured, did not receive timely medical treatment and were often hungry. As their internal injuries worsened, they died soon afterward.

Some of the disaster victims nearby became even more distressed after seeing someone die, and were especially worried that they would also die. Some of them began to disobey and throw tantrums in this temporary treatment area.

However, the disaster victims didn't tolerate those who threw tantrums. They kicked some people out as a warning to others, and the rest became more obedient, dared not cause trouble, and were easier to manage.

However, some of the dead did not know they were dead at first, but only after smelling their scent did they realize that those people were dead.

The bodies of those people were not properly buried or disposed of, and the virus quickly spread, potentially leading to an epidemic.

Xu Yuehuai also suffered some head damage and was unconscious for a long time before waking up.

When I woke up, I saw a mess in front of me. Many disaster victims were lying on the ground, and many others were coughing. They had many wounds on their bodies, looked very miserable, and their faces were bluish-black, which looked very strange.

Xu Yuehuai noticed everything around her and smelled a very pungent odor, so she thought that someone might be seriously ill and that a plague might be spreading.

Not knowing if any of these people had contracted the plague, Xu Yuehuai quickly took out her handkerchief. Although the handkerchief was extremely dirty, she still used it to cover her mouth and nose to avoid getting infected.