The rented fishing boat arrived at the waters near Polillo Island in the middle of the night, but this was obviously not a good time for patrol, so it was not until the early morning of the next day that Yang Jing and his team took a helicopter to Polillo Island.
The Polillo Archipelago is composed of 17 islands of varying sizes. Polillo Island, located in the west, is the main island and the largest in area. There are 70,000 to 80,000 people living on this island, most of whom are concentrated in the city of Polillo at the southwestern end of the island.
The fifth location recorded in the notebook is located in the hills a little east of Polillo City. So when Yang Jing and his team flew over Polillo Island in a helicopter, they were really surprised by the changes in the island.
Catanduanes Island was not washed away by the tsunami because of its high average altitude, but Polillo Island was not as lucky as Catanduanes Island. This island was completely washed away by the tsunami.
This kind of tropical island should be covered with lush tall trees everywhere, but when viewed from the air, this island of more than 600 square kilometers looks like the head of a patient with severe alopecia areata.
More than 80% of the vegetation that was supposed to cover the entire island had disappeared, and the only little bit of green was mostly located on peaks over 250 meters above sea level. It could be said that on this island, there was almost no green anywhere below 200 meters above sea level!
In addition to the city of Polillo, there are many settlements on the island, dozens of settlements that look like villages are distributed along the coast and in the inner area of the island. But at this time, these settlements have all been destroyed, leaving only ruins.
Meanwhile, Polillo City, the largest city on Polillo Island, was almost completely destroyed. The hills to the east and southeast of Polillo City were generally less than 100 meters above sea level, mostly 30 to 40 meters above sea level. Hills of this height could not stop the 40-meter-high tsunami waves!
Therefore, even though it was separated from the southeastern coastal area of the island by a hilly area of more than ten kilometers, this city with tens of thousands of people was still ruthlessly destroyed by the tsunami. The tragedy was almost the same as that of Baator or Bilak.
At this time, rescue boats had appeared in the Polillo Bay outside the city of Polillo, and there were also many rescue workers in the city. After seeing the helicopter Yang Jing was riding in, they all raised their hands to greet him.
"Boss, are we going down?" Chris asked.
Yang Jing thought about it, looked at the coordinate point below, nodded and said: "Let's go down and take a look, and land over there." Yang Jing pointed to the completely destroyed farmland, and Chris slowly landed there in the helicopter.
In fact, when Yang Jing saw the terrain here, he had already given up hope for this hidden place.
During World War II, Polillo was just a small port. After the Japanese occupied the Philippines, they set up a military camp here with a squad of about 50 to 60 people. At that time, Polillo was not much bigger than a small fishing village, and it was surrounded by dense primitive jungle.
But now, Polillo has developed into a city with tens of thousands of people, and the tropical rainforests within a few kilometers around Polillo have been turned into farmland, covering an area of more than ten square kilometers.
If the Japanese had buried the treasure in the jungle, then the local residents would have dug it out when they were developing farmland. And when the helicopter was hovering in the sky just now, Yang Jing used his Sky Eye skill but did not find any treasure light coming out.
Not long after Yang Jing and his team landed, several people wearing uniforms marked with the word "rescue" in English rushed over. One of them was a dark-skinned man in his forties. After seeing Yang Jing and his team of seven or eight, he hesitated for a moment before asking, "Hello, sir. I'm the person in charge of the rescue of Polillo City. My name is Benny Carlos. Are you here to participate in the rescue? Also, can we borrow your helicopter temporarily? We found several survivors over there and they need to be transported to a city on Luzon Island for emergency treatment, but we don't have a helicopter, so..."
Yang Jing shook his head and refused: "I'm sorry, I'm not here to rescue you. I just came to see if one of my relatives is still alive. Unfortunately, my relative can no longer be found."
"I'm very sorry, sir." Benny Carlos made a cross on his chest, "Sir, your helicopter..."
Yang Jing shook his head again and said, "I'm sorry, I can't lend you my helicopter. I have more important things to do, so you can't borrow my helicopter."
As soon as Yang Jing finished speaking, a young man next to Benny Carlos immediately shouted angrily: "Why are you like this? Do you have any mercy? This is a matter of life and death, so what if I use your helicopter?" Then the young man turned to Benny Carlos next to him and said: "Boss, this is an emergency. If nothing works, we can forcibly requisition this helicopter and see what he says."
The young man's words made Benny Carlos hesitate. It was obvious that he had such power.
Yang Jing said calmly, "Mr. Carlos, I advise you not to do this. You may not know that we were also trapped on Catanduanes Island for several days. It was me who contacted the outside world and paid for a helicopter to pick us up. Where were you when we were trapped? Now you want to requisition my helicopter. How can such a good thing happen?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
