Chapter 263 Earthquake 5
This earthquake was more severe than any natural disaster in the past. The floating city was completely destroyed, and the government and the army were also affected.
After the aftershock, the military contacted the authorities immediately and worked out a rescue plan as quickly as possible.
With the assistance of the army, the authorities divided the floating city into small areas and arranged personnel to set up camp in each area so that the survivors would have a place to stay and the injured would have a place to heal.
After two days of digging for supplies, Xia Xiaoman heard that there were troops stationed at Jiaqing Square. Some injured people and those who were too lazy to dig for supplies went to Jiaqing Square together.
After hearing the news, Chen Peiqiong came to find Xia Xiaoman and asked, "Xiaoman, aren't you going to Jiaqing Square?"
Xia Xiaoman shook her head, "No."
There were so many people at Jiaqing Square that it was inconvenient for her to get some food from the space. If she didn't know if there would be aftershocks, she would have left here long ago and found an uninhabited place in the deep mountains and forests to live.
Anyway, she has an RV and a tent, so she can live well even in the mountains.
As for the supplies buried in the ruins, she didn't care about the others except the generator and air conditioner. But it looked like the generator and air conditioner had been smashed to pieces, so it would be useless to dig them out.
When Chen Peiqiong heard that Xia Xiaoman was not going to Jiaqing Square, she felt a little relieved. "It's right not to go. If you are not injured, it's better not to go to crowded places."
As soon as Xia Xiaoman heard it, she knew what she meant. A great disaster will always be followed by a great epidemic, this is an old saying from ancient times to the present.
There were military personnel watching over at Jiaqing Square, which was indeed much safer than if they were alone outside. But besides the military personnel, there were also many dead bodies.
With corpses piled together and the sun shining so brightly, they'll start to stink in less than two days.
There were many patients in the square, and they were weak and had poor resistance. They were more likely to be infected with diseases than normal people when they smelled the stench of corpses or came into contact with dead bodies.
Moreover, there are all kinds of people who run to Jiaqing Square for help. If one of them has an infectious disease, they will most likely be infected if they live there.
Relatively speaking, if you are strong enough, it is better not to go to Jiaqing Square.
"Xiao Man, do you want to move to our place? It's too unsafe for you to stay here alone. The people I'm with are all pretty good. It would be relatively safer if you move to our place."
Although they lived in the same community, she and Xia Xiaoman were several hundred meters apart, with a lot of rubble and ruins in between. If anything happened to Xia Xiaoman, she would be unable to help even if she wanted to.
Xia Xiaoman refused, "No, I'm used to being alone. As for you, you'd better choose a new place to stay. Your place is full of ruins from collapsed high-rise buildings. If there is an aftershock, it may collapse again."
Chen Peiqiong nodded in response, but she didn't move the supplies to a flat place after she returned. It wasn't that she didn't want to move, but it was more than 50 meters away from the flattest place where they were looking for supplies. If the supplies were moved there, someone would have to stay behind to guard the supplies, otherwise the supplies might be stolen or robbed.
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Xia Xiaoman and Chen Peiqiong were not injured and could choose not to go to the base, but Sun Haiyun could not.
Sun Haiyun was seriously injured, so Fu Baiwei carried him to the previous medical station, only to find that the medical station had been destroyed. The surviving doctors had no medicine or tools, so they could only hastily bandage Sun Haiyun's wounds.
When the military personnel stationed at Jiaqing Square with the medicines dug out from the military hospital, Fu Baiwei immediately carried Sun Haiyun over.
Many people rushed to Jiaqing Square upon hearing the news, and Sun Haiyun was not the only one seriously injured. Many relatives of the injured knelt and cried and begged the doctors to treat their family members first, and Fu Baiwei did the same.
She knelt in front of the doctor, kowtowed and begged for help, and at the same time, she had to push away those who wanted to pull her away from the doctor. At that moment, she was more helpless and desperate than anyone else.
Sun Haiyun was arranged to undergo an amputation operation. His right hand was amputated from the elbow, and only this operation could save his life.
After the amputation, Sun Haiyun was arranged to rest in the tent for seriously injured patients. Fu Baiwei had to take care of him while working for the military to earn her own food.
The earthquake destroyed everything, and the food that the military had just collected was not enough to feed all the citizens of the city. It was no longer possible to get free food and drink at the relief station as before, and people had to help the military with work, such as carrying corpses, moving stones, or helping to dig for supplies.
Fu Baiwei had to spend eight hours every day helping the military move rocks. In fact, relatively speaking, the job of carrying corpses was easier, but she was afraid that the corpses were not clean and would carry bacteria that would affect Sun Haiyun's wound recovery, so she chose to move stones.
After Sun Haiyun woke up, he saw that his right hand was gone and he became silent. Fu Baiwei saw that he was in a bad mood and talked to him about what happened when he went out, trying to get him to say a few words, but Sun Haiyun seemed not to hear him and stared blankly at the top of the tent, as if he had lost his soul.
The kind-hearted lady lying next to him saw Sun Haiyun's state and advised him, "Young man, cheer up. It's just that you lost an arm. Look at me. I lost a leg. I don't know how to walk in the future. But as long as I can live, I will be satisfied."
"You were still asleep yesterday. I don't know how many people died in our tent. They all died from infected wounds. And the guy lying opposite you had both legs gone. He couldn't accept it after waking up, so he committed suicide secretly. The doctor's efforts to save him were in vain."
"After he committed suicide, his wife also lost the desire to live and followed him..."
"Young man, you are still young, and your wife is still young too. Even if it's for your wife and to live up to those doctors and nurses, you have to cheer up and live on."
Perhaps Sun Haiyun listened to what the aunt said, and gradually became willing to communicate with Fu Baiwei, and ate more.
Fu Baiwei cried with joy when she saw Sun Haiyun's transformation, and thought about thanking the old lady. But before she could figure out how to thank the old lady, the old lady next door died because of wound infection...
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