Chapter 325: Survival from Desperate Situation
Si Ran closed his eyes and couldn't help but think back to his past life.
It had been so long that she had already forgotten a lot of things, until just now, when she saw the plane, all her memories came flooding back like a tide.
When she was a ghost, she could only move around in the cemetery. The security guard in the cemetery would watch videos when he had nothing to do. She still remembered that there was a similar wildfire in Country A some time ago.
There was even a news report long after that the quokka, which is good at digging holes, gave up the law of the jungle in its genes because of the wildfire. It allowed its natural enemies and food to enter its holes to avoid the disaster.
However, even so, the wildfire burned intermittently for three years, and millions of animals died in the fire.
She would never let the tragedy that happened in her previous life happen again in this one.
Since she escaped death, she must do her best to change the fate of these animals.
Si Ran opened his eyes and quickly searched for news information from his previous life in his mind.
She remembered that the fire would improve at five o'clock in the afternoon of the next day. This was originally a good time to put out the flames, but the local firefighters were about to go off work, so many fire trucks drove away directly.
The wildfire, which experts originally estimated could be extinguished in three hours, suddenly reignited at eight o'clock in the evening and began to burn rapidly at a speed of five meters per ten seconds. It was not until three days later that a heavy rain fell from the east, temporarily extinguishing the fire.
Si Ran still remembers that experts said that if the rain had arrived earlier, the animal mortality rate might not have been so high.
Animals are very smart and they knew how to flee. The real reason for the large-scale deaths was the sudden backlash of the fire, which caught many animals off guard and killed them all in the forest.
"What time is it now?"
Everyone didn't know why Si Ran suddenly asked this, but they immediately glanced at their watches: "It's eight o'clock in the morning local time."
It's eight o'clock sharp, which means there are still twelve hours to evacuate.
Si Ran took a deep breath and immediately said, "At 5 o'clock this afternoon, the fire will suddenly decrease, but at 8 o'clock it will suddenly rage back."
"That's great. The local rescue department will definitely come to put out the fire in three hours." Ji Zhishi breathed a sigh of relief.
Si Ran sneered after hearing this and said, "It's better to believe in ourselves than to believe in them."
For a moment, Ji Zhishi didn't quite understand what Si Ran meant.
Before he could ask, Si Ran said confidently, "They won't come to rescue us, so we can only save ourselves in the next twelve hours."
Their mobile phones had no communication equipment, and even the only satellite signal machine was given to the film crew at the time.
It is extremely difficult to contact the outside world.
More importantly, they have a chance to escape, but if they run away, millions of wild animals will have no chance of survival.
The members of the wildlife protection team naturally understand this.
Ruan Qingyue and Ji Zhishi were both confused. They asked, "What should we do? The forest is so vast. If the fire spreads back in twelve hours, not to mention the animals, we'll probably die in here too."
Qiu Chi: "There are other expert groups. I don't know what they should do now. They don't know this news. If they don't get down the mountain in time..."
The descent would be much faster, but twelve hours would not be enough if they had animals with them.
Everyone's eyes fell on Si Ran.
At this moment, Si Ran seemed to be the only hope.
Although they were curious about how Si Ran knew that the fire would subside at five o'clock and why it would rage back at eight o'clock, as long as Si Ran didn't say anything, they wouldn't ask.
Everyone was silent for ten minutes, and then Si Ran suddenly pointed to a piece of brown land and waved for everyone to come over.
Si Ran drew a few coordinates and said, "I checked the direction of this forest before coming here. We are probably in the middle. We should be here in twelve hours..."
Si Ran drew a distance of about ten centimeters forward.
After a pause, Si Ran continued, "Even if we call on the animals and reunite with other personnel, we will most likely only stay in a position between these two. If the fire rebounds, it may reach our position in less than three hours."
It’s over!
Looking at it this way, it seems like there are dead ends everywhere!
Ji Zhishi and Ruan Qingyue looked ashen.
Qiu Chi pursed his lips: "Is there no other way?"
"have."
Si Ran nodded seriously. She said, "If we travel day and night, and with the help of wild animals, we can evacuate more than half the distance we originally planned."
"Won't the flames still catch up with us?"
Si Ran shook his head. "The flames will only last for a few hours. If we can hold out for twelve hours, it will rain in the east and the flames will be mostly extinguished. If we can hold out until then, the number of animal deaths can be reduced by millions."
When they heard the number of millions, their hearts couldn't help but tighten.
It can reduce the death toll by millions, but does that mean that if there is no rescue, the death toll will be millions?
If this is the case, it would be a disaster for this forest and its animals!
Lin Suiye and the others didn't dare to think about it any further, and quickly said, "Xiao Ran, you take the lead, we will listen to you."
Si Ran nodded. "Next, I will have the flock of birds guide the other teams to reunite with us. Our wildlife protection team will be the vanguard to lead the way, and let all the animals follow us to a safe area."
Everyone nodded immediately.
Flocks of birds are the easiest to evacuate, and Si Ran can use them to find the location of other people.
If the rescue team is willing to come up to rescue, they can also discover the abnormalities in the forest, but the national conditions are different. After the news from the previous life, Si Ran does not hold any hope.
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Birds fly very fast. Thousands of them search for animals in the mountains. Within an hour, a bird comes back to report the news to the experts, and within two hours, everyone is reunited.
However, the expert teams from other countries were in a very bad state, and some of them had burns on their bodies.
The remaining four celebrity guests were so frightened that their eyes were red, and it was unclear whether they were affected by the smoke or crying.
Behind them, there are many animals of all sizes.
Si Ran explained it briefly, and everyone's faces turned pale when they heard that they had to hike continuously and quickly, even running for twelve hours.
Si Ran said, "Everyone, drink water sparingly on the way. The PDs from the production team don't want to take care of your cameras anymore. Throw away the heavy ones, put the light ones in your bags and take them away. If you can't run fast, throw away all of them except the memory cards."
After Si Ran finished speaking, someone silently raised their hand and asked with a trembling voice, "Why can't we go down the mountain now?"
"Yes, we just want to survive and don't want to save any animals."
The speakers were two celebrity guests, but they also struggled for a long time before asking this question.
Si Ran understood, but still explained in a hoarse voice: "This fire is man-made. I have asked the flock of birds to check. The road down the mountain is now surrounded by flames. We have no choice but to move forward and can't go down anymore."
For a moment, the celebrity guests burst into tears.
"What about Meng Qiyu and Songka?"
"They were the first to come down the mountain, so there's a high probability they'll arrive safely."
Si Ran didn't want to dampen morale at this moment, so he quickly said, "We've analyzed it. As long as we reach our target, we have a chance of survival. But if you can't run anymore, you'll die."
After saying that, Si Ran turned around and left.
The celebrity guests looked at each other and knew they had no other options. Even though their legs felt as heavy as lead, people have enormous potential in the face of death, even if they have to walk and run for twelve hours straight.
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