Chapter 190: Injured, Concealed, Commander Xu almost couldn't help but burst out...
Chapter 190: Injured and Concealed
Although this place is a hilltop away from the burning wildfire, the air is still scorching hot.
Yan Jiuru didn't care about much else and casually took out a few ordinary Golden Bell Cover Talismans and threw them to Bai Luopan, "I drew them myself, so just use them."
Because the three of them only knew each other's surnames and no one mentioned their specific names, he called the other person Bai Luopan in his heart.
"I'm deeply grateful for your kindness, Fellow Daoist Yan. If you need me, Old Bai, in the future, please let me know."
Yan Jiuru responded casually, took out a bunch of food and drinks from the storage talisman, and quickly filled his stomach.
There are ashes everywhere here. Let alone meditating to recover, it’s a good thing to be able to sit down and rest for a while.
While he was eating and drinking, he also took the time to divert his attention and took out a few ordinary spirit stones from his storage bag, holding them in his hands and absorbing them.
He exchanged this with the old turtle in the underwater world.
This world is short of spiritual energy, and the spiritual stones he exchanged for have been almost used up inadvertently. Well, he has to find time to go there again.
Not long after, Taoist Li, who was lucky enough to have a long life, finally woke up.
But he was still very weak and could only barely bow to Yan Jiuru.
It’s useless to make any promises in words to save your life. I’ll repay you later.
Yan Jiuru knew from the look on Taoist Li's face that this elixir was not suitable for the condition, but at least there was some spiritual energy in it.
When Taoist Li learned that it was a Qi-replenishing pill that saved him, he forced a smile and fumbled in the storage bag on his waist, took out a small brown bottle from it, opened it with difficulty, swallowed a pill, and closed his eyes to meditate.
Seeing that he was fine, Bai Luopan took out some supplies and quickly ate and drank to replenish his energy.
Man is iron and food is steel. These people have not yet escaped from their mortal form.
Yan Jiuru couldn't delay for too long. After wolfing down his food, he said, "I rushed here in a hurry. The mission isn't finished yet, so I have to go back quickly. How are you two?"
Bai Luopan raised his face.
Before he could speak, Yan Jiuru couldn't help laughing a few times, but immediately suppressed it.
Bai Luopan wiped his face somewhat unhappily. It was originally covered with dust, but now it was streaked with dust.
He didn't care and took out his camera to take pictures of Yan Jiuru and Taoist Li.
Then he said proudly: "Do you still think you are so handsome now? Look at yourself in the mirror! Humph, even your father can't help but say who is his son!"
He quickly put the camera away again.
I don’t know if it’s a storage talisman or a storage bag.
But that's not the point.
Yan Jiuru didn't have the habit of looking in the mirror, but after hearing what he said, he took out the razor box and looked at himself in the small mirror inside. Oh my god, who is this?
Not to mention his father, even he himself couldn't help it.
What a pitch-black face, what hair hanging straight back, and then he looked down at his tattered clothes!
This is really like returning to the time before awakening in an instant!
He poured some water, smoothed his hair, and smiled at Bai Luopan: "Well, give me a copy of the photo later."
***
Taoist Priest Li felt much better after taking a break. He panted slightly and took out the medicine bottle he had just asked for: "Thank you two Taoist friends for your help, but I came in a hurry..."
I nearly died here, and I can never repay you for saving my life... . . . . . Here are two more 'Restoring Spirit Pills', if you don't mind, take them as a backup."
Yan Jiuru took a look and found that the pill, which was the size of a fingertip, had some spiritual energy emanating from it, and was also a low-level elixir.
Oh, this is only slightly better than Bai Luopan’s Qi-replenishing pill.
He thought for a moment and returned it to Li Daochang: "I can't use it for the time being. You can take it and recover. We don't need to do this right now. It would be a waste if it were left there."
"Also, I think this place is too close to the fire. It's not advisable to stay here for long. If we can move, let's go."
Bai Luopan hugged his compass and cried, "This is too wasteful of spirit stones. When I came here, my master only gave me four spirit stones, and I've used them all up. How am I going to go back..."
His little bit of magic power usually seems pretty impressive, but this time he was able to absorb water and extinguish fire, which was really unbearable.
Taoist Priest Li emptied his storage bag and found only a spirit stone among a pile of miscellaneous items.
He handed Bai the compass.
Whether it was the spirit stones consumed to save him or the feelings gained from fighting together, it was appropriate to take them out at this time.
Wealth, companions, Dharma and land are the four treasures for practicing Taoism.
In his current situation, the three of them are all nationals and their character is impeccable.
If it were someone else, instead of taking advantage of your misfortune or trying to kill you, they would just pretend not to see it and wait for the storage bag to be collected.
What he could think of, Yan Jiuru and the others could naturally think of as well.
It’s just that we are all adults, and some things don’t need to be said.
Yan Jiuru saw that the spiritual light of Taoist Li's spirit stone was not sufficient, and it was obviously of the lowest quality. He didn't know how long it could last, so he had to pretend to fall into the talisman and drop a few spirit stones.
He fumbled around, and with a look of heartache, he picked out two pieces and threw them to Taoist Li and Bai Luopan respectively: "I borrowed them, you have to return them to me later."
They are all practitioners, and no one would ask where the other came from.
I dare to ask if I will have no friends in the future.
***
Fly again on the clouds.
It was only when they landed on the hill near the fire that they realized that they didn't need to hide from people at all.
When you look up from the ground, you can only see thick smoke billowing into the sky, and ashes blown by the wind all over your face, which can burn your eyes if you are not careful.
Yan Jiuru didn't care about much else and hurried back to the task line to continue splashing water in the lake.
Behind the center of this fire line, there are towns and villages below.
Yan Jiuru's consciousness swept over and he was shocked:
He saw that among the burnt-out ruins, several members of a family were lying on the kang, their bodies already burnt to carbonization!
It is not difficult to tell from the posture that there was no time to escape.
In another house, one person fell at the door and another fell on the ground. It was obvious that they were both trying to run out, but failed to escape.
His spiritual sense swept across a cellar where more than a dozen people were crammed, all of them turned into charcoal.
Also in water tanks, in yards, on the streets...
There were charred corpses of various shapes everywhere.
Some of the smaller ones were even completely burned to ashes.
Not even a carbonized corpse was left!
In the end, he only saw some people hiding in the river who were still alive...
Yan Jiuru was so angry that his teeth were itching.
In this fire, not to mention the property loss, just a quick glance at the loss of hundreds of lives, but he didn't know how many would be reported in the end.
He is now in the system and is familiar with some of the routines.
Not to mention those that cannot be confirmed and counted due to lack of technical means, even for those that can be counted, the numbers are passed down layer by layer from bottom to top in order to reduce the responsibility, and it is estimated that less than half of them can be reported in the end.
But compared with the millions of hectares of forest, it is obviously insignificant.
***
There was still a lot of lake water in the treasure basin, and it took nearly two hours to finish.
About 80 percent of the open flames on this fire line were extinguished.
“Thump, thump, thump…”
In the distance, a helicopter was flying towards him.
Yan Jiuru was surprised to find that it was already evening.
Lao Bai stuck his head out of the helicopter and waved at him. Yan Jiuru poured the last bit of water in the treasure bowl over himself and washed his head and face with the falling water.
"Hey, brother, leave me some——"
More than an hour later, the three returned to the front-line command post.
He was immediately sent to a simple hospital to treat his injuries.
Not to mention Taoist Li, even Yan Jiuru couldn't avoid some burns from the fire, especially when he was rushing to save Taoist Li, the Golden Bell Cover Talisman was broken and had no protection, and he got several big blisters on his back and arms without knowing it.
Fortunately, there was only a lot of dust on my face, otherwise it would have been disfigured.
Bai Luopan's burns were more serious than his. When this guy was hanging Taoist Li, the two of them could not maintain a safe distance.
Anyone with common sense knows that the hottest part of a flame is not the core, but the outer flame.
Needless to say, Taoist Priest Li was left in the hospital.
***
After a simple dinner, he returned to the tent assigned to him to rest.
Yan Jiuru had blisters on his back and couldn't lie down, so he could only lie down and write a letter to Chen Yin.
Before I had written a few words, a guard outside the tent called out, "Report."
"The chief wants you to come over for a meeting."
Yan Jiuru had no choice but to put on his clothes and follow him.
The night sky outside became very strange because of the wildfire. Scarlet was visible in the thick darkness, and the fiery night wind smelled of burning.
Yan Jiuru walked into a large tent and saw that the Prime Minister, Commander Xu and several other key commanders were gathered there.
Commander Xu was in good spirits, but the Prime Minister's face showed an unconcealable fatigue.
Yan Jiuru saluted with a standard military salute: "Hello, leaders!"
Commander Xu and others returned the military salute.
The Premier waved gently at him, "Comrade Xiaoyan, I heard you were injured? How is it? Is it serious?"
"It's no big deal, just some blisters." Yan Jiuru smiled carefree and walked over.
"Well, you still have to be careful. Come, sit here and talk."
The Prime Minister personally offered his seat to Yan Jiuru, who politely sat down.
His current rank is not low, whether from the 107 level or the director level. He can occasionally meet the Prime Minister and senior leaders in meetings, so he is not a stranger.
After a brief greeting, the Prime Minister got straight to the point: "Comrade Xiaoyan, the organization would like to know how effective your firefighting efforts were today, from your perspective."
Yan Jiuru said seriously: "The effect is significant in a short period of time.
But if the subsequent firefighting efforts are not kept up, it is only a matter of time before the fire flares up again.”
Yan Jiuru explained the fire situation he saw in detail to the command center for reference. "It's not impossible to continue sucking water to put out the fire, but the water is a bit far away. It takes seven or eight hours to go back and forth. It would be best if we can get a large amount of water nearby."
Commander Xu, the Chief of Staff, and others gestured on a large military map. "Less than 150 kilometers from here is Dalbin Lake, ten meters deep. It's the largest barrier lake in the area, and we can get water from it!"
Yan Jiuru glanced at the map and found that this location was indeed good.
The round trip by helicopter takes less than an hour, and including the time for fetching water, the round trip takes less than three hours.
It can be of great help in fire extinguishing.
"That would be great! If the three of us work together, oh, I don't know if Master Li..."
The Prime Minister sighed and shook his head. "Master Li is seriously injured. A helicopter has been dispatched to transport him back to the rear along with the other seriously injured. You and Comrade Bai will be the only ones left to fetch water."
Yan Jiuru...
Well, Lao Li’s little Qigong training really couldn’t last.
After discussing tomorrow's battle plan, Yan Jiuru looked at the clock in the headquarters. It was already past ten o'clock in the evening. "If there is nothing else, the leaders should go to bed early."
He remembered seeing those people hiding in the river, winked at Commander Xu, and walked towards the door.
After standing outside the tent for a few minutes, Commander Xu came out with a cigarette in his mouth.
Yan Jiuru gestured to him to walk a little further away.
"What's going on?" Commander Xu asked in a low voice.
Yan Jiuru described the situations of several towns and villages that he had seen burned down by fire.
Commander Xu was shocked: "The current situation reported by the local authorities is that several towns have been burned and the people have been evacuated, but they did not say that the entire town has been burned down!
And you said hundreds of people were burned to charcoal?!"
In this kind of major fire, the lines have been burned and the phone cannot be reached at all. The roads are blocked by fire and even helicopters cannot see through the thick smoke.
Except for the statistics on the situation in each place after the arrival of the disaster relief team, all other information depends on reports from the relevant departments that can be contacted.
The fire hasn't even been put out yet, and they're already covering up the truth?!
How fucking audacious!
What the fuck!
Commander Xu almost couldn't help but burst into cursing.
Fortunately, he was still rational and quickly asked for the specific coordinates. Since there were people in the river, he quickly arranged for a helicopter to airdrop supplies!
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