Chapter 102 Wei County
Shu Fu was speechless, but he still had to do his task.
Moreover, this is a task with a basic progress of 20%. Judging from the check-in time this time, it is still a very urgent task.
The original service desk of the Wei County Rescue Station was inside the First Clinic, but it was destroyed yesterday. She had to first find out where the new service desk was located and then rush there as soon as possible.
When Yao Ruoyun heard that she was going to the new service desk, she naturally wanted to go with her. She was still worried about her parents and wanted to see if the signal in Wei County had been restored, or if there was any other way to contact Zhicheng, even if it was just to tell them that she was still alive and well.
In addition, she was rescued to Wei County while unconscious, so she has not received the supply package after arriving in Wei County. What she received yesterday was only a cold-weather bag. She has to go to the service desk to get the supply package containing drinking water.
Shu Fu was worried about leaving her here alone, and was taking out a locked chain from her backpack, intending to pull up and lock the iron fence outside the teahouse gate. But after hearing her talk about the signal, she suddenly remembered something and asked her parents if they had a cell phone.
"I'm not sure. I bought a new phone for the elderly before, but something happened at that time. I don't know if I will lose my phone again like the last time."
"Can you remember the cell phone number?"
“Yes.”
Shu Fu nodded, took out a thick mobile phone from her backpack and handed it over: "It's a satellite phone. Try calling your parents."
Yao Ruoyun:……!!
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The new aid station service desk is located in another building on the road from the first clinic.
This was previously a resting place for Weixian troops and rescue team members. It was originally a small hotel, but now there are fewer people living here and there is some vacant space, so the service desk was placed in the lobby on the first floor. Even the counter, sofas and chairs are ready-made. Just a little rearrangement and we can start working.
The door of the hotel is not big, and there is a thick cotton curtain hanging inside the door to keep out the wind, snow and low temperature outside. There is a square foyer at the entrance, and you have to turn into the corridor to reach the lobby. At this moment, there is a diesel barrel at the foyer, which contains firewood. Many people who have just come in from outside gathered there to keep warm.
There were two other team members standing by with tablets in their hands, who verified the information they had previously registered on it and checked their backpacks before letting them in.
After the two of them passed through the entrance, Yao Ruoyun leaned over to Shu Fu's ear and whispered, "It's much stricter. I guess it's because of the previous attack..."
Shu Fu nodded.
There was a diesel barrel with firewood in the corridor and the hall, burning chopped table legs and bench legs. There were more people in the hall than Shu Fu had imagined. Those who returned from the mountain road this morning and other survivors who had been in the clinic seemed to have come over.
Everyone came because of the freezing rain and heavy snow that blocked the roads. Everyone knew about the previous bombing and attack, and knew that the heating was cut off, some of the supply packages were lost, and the Internet was also down.
Originally they thought that as long as the vehicles were fine, the transfer could continue and it would be okay to endure a few days. But now the two vehicles that went out have not returned yet, and the only large truck left in Wei County has broken down. Apart from that, there are only some small cars like jeeps, which can't seat many people. Now they have to rely on another team passing by to rescue the remaining people. They were suddenly panicked.
Some people came to inquire about the news, wondering whether the evacuation in the next few days could be carried out, whether the other large vehicles that had been sent out to deliver people a few days ago could return to Wei County on time, when the heating would be restored, and if they could not leave for the time being, whether more cold-weather supplies and drinking water could be distributed...
During this time, some well-informed people knew that some members of the passing troops were resting and waiting in this building, so they asked around, hoping to have some communication with them and see if they could take their vehicles to leave. They heard that one of them was a military off-road vehicle and the other was a wheeled armored personnel carrier, both of which could operate in extreme environments...
However, the rescue team members' accommodation is located above the second floor of the hotel. In there, there are resting team members and their personal belongings. It is naturally impossible to let the survivors go up there at will. Therefore, a fence has been set up at the entrance of the stairs, and there are people standing there to guard it.
Those who were well-informed couldn't go up, but didn't want to leave, so they squatted aside and watched.
In short, the hall, the corridor and the doors of several rooms on the first floor were crowded with people and there was a lot of noisy voices.
After Shu Fu and Yao Ruoyun came in, they found that they couldn't even squeeze through the service counter, so they could only wait outside. However, Yao Ruoyun had just called her parents' elderly mobile phone and reported that she was safe, so she was not in a hurry at the moment and could wait.
After waiting for about half an hour, the crowd didn't disperse much, and many people came in from the corridor outside.
These people were the same as those who entered the clinic building in the morning. They all looked disheveled and very cold, with ice chips on their hair and shoes. They were holding or carrying their luggage bags in their hands. They were the survivors who were trapped in the bus on the mountain road last night.
They had just been picked up, but because of a slight conflict with the people who were picking them up, the armored personnel carrier stopped as soon as it reached the county entrance. They were kicked off the vehicle and had to walk across the entire county.
A moment ago, they had come to nothing at the clinic building again. They finally found this place with great difficulty. Now they saw several rescue workers near the service desk. They all craned their necks and started to complain, saying that the soldiers bullied civilians for no reason, and suddenly lost their temper and threw them out of the car in such cold weather and heavy snow, blah blah blah...
The rescuers were originally worried that going to pick them up would affect the mission of that unit. They had been worried for the whole morning. Now they heard that they were actually having a conflict with the other party. They were so angry that they had a headache. They asked them to shut up, but they were not happy and continued to talk nonsense...
"What's wrong with carrying out the mission? Isn't the mission now to rescue people? We are also civilians. How can rescuing us affect their mission?" The speaker was a middle-aged man. He was not wearing much originally, because there was no freezing rain and the temperature had not dropped when he got on the bus yesterday. Now he has been walking all the way to the county entrance. He fell twice on the road. Not only were his pants and shoes wet, but his head was also bruised. At the moment, he was full of resentment and felt that he had good reasons.
"Yes, no matter what, how can a team member treat ordinary people like this! Especially the captain, his attitude is the worst, he is so vicious! We have been frozen in the mountains all night, our hands and feet are frozen, and now he left us at the county entrance and walked in by himself. Isn't this just taking advantage of the situation to bully others and take revenge?"
"Bullying others by taking advantage of your power? Taking revenge?" A clear female voice came from the stairs beside. Those people turned around and saw a fully armed team member standing in the middle of the stairs. It was obvious that he was about to go downstairs, but stopped and spoke after hearing these words.
She was very tall, and her face showed some fatigue from the long journey. I don’t know if it was because of this that her expression looked a little indifferent.
She was holding a walkie-talkie, and there were four or five people following behind her, all wearing the same clothes and equipment. One of them was tall and stopped at this moment, leaning against the wall with his arms folded, and was looking at the people talking with a smile.
He was very handsome and seemed to be smiling, but that smile made the people who were talking very uncomfortable. It felt like he was not smiling out of politeness, but because he was enjoying the show.
"Yes, it's just revenge, I'm not kidding..." The man with the broken head didn't know why, his arrogance suddenly weakened a little, but relying on the wound on his forehead that was still bleeding, he still refused to give in, "It's snowing so heavily outside, and the ground is all frozen. You could have driven the car in, but you deliberately left us at the county entrance. How can this not be revenge?"
The last group of people who came in hadn't figured out the situation yet, so they didn't notice anything unusual, but the other survivors had noticed it. They immediately shut up and quietly stood a little further away to avoid being affected.
Obviously, the few people who just returned mistook the six people on the stairs as the original troops from Wei County. They only saw the group of people who came to pick them up on the mountain road, and did not know that there were actually two cars in total.
Because they knew the number of people trapped on the mountain road, they did not go in with an off-road vehicle and only drove a military armored transport vehicle. The vehicle's compartment could seat more than a dozen people, which was enough for rescue.
Therefore, they did not know that part of the team that rescued them remained in Wei County and had been waiting on the second floor for their captain and other team members to return. Now he was complaining behind their backs and then directly confronted them. When someone heard him and questioned him in public, he did not even react.
A few survivors started to suffer from stupidity phobia. They thought that this group of people were just too stupid. Even if they didn't notice the atmosphere around them, they should have reacted after looking at their clothes and equipment!
All of them were wearing the same field cold-proof clothing, including helmets, gloves, cold-proof vests and cold-proof boots. It was obvious that they were not from Wei County.
Moreover, every person in this team looked different from ordinary army members. No matter whether they were men or women, they all had a cold and hard smell of gunpowder. In addition, several of them had bad expressions at the moment, making it difficult to approach them just by looking at them.
"So..." the female team member spoke again, "What exactly do you mean by personal vendetta?"
Her question obviously hit the key point. The man with a broken forehead fell silent. The others who were traveling with him became anxious, thinking that they couldn't give up and show weakness at this time, and began to wink at others.
Then someone else spoke a few words, but no one got to the point. Another person in this group who had not spoken could not help it.
She was the person who had grabbed the last parking space. That day, when she saw the rescuers asking another person in front of them whether he wanted the space, she felt that she was unlucky and was a step slow. As a result, the person gave up the parking space on his own and went to hug and talk with others happily.
After that, the parking space belonged to her. She always thought she was lucky, but she didn't expect to be so unlucky. Halfway through the journey, it started to rain. She didn't dare to trek in the wild at night when it was raining. She always thought that rescue would come soon, but in the end, no one came to rescue her until dawn on the bus.
She originally thought that she was really going to be trapped to death in the wild this time, so when she saw the armored vehicle appear, she was extremely excited.
She was rescued, and she knew she was in the wrong, so she didn't feel that much resentment. She followed along because she thought that other people would come to the rescue team to complain. Maybe the rescue team would see how miserable they were and be willing to give them some supplies as compensation.
If she hadn't come, there might have been one missing supply. After all, things had already happened and she had been forced off the bus and had to walk from the county entrance to here in the snow and ice. If only her share of supplies was missing, wouldn't that be a huge loss?
But now she was also afraid that these people would continue to be so relentless and in the end she wouldn't even get any supplies.
She hesitated for a moment, but finally spoke: "Well, it wasn't our fault that it suddenly rained yesterday. It's a disaster now, people are dying everywhere, and it's not easy for everyone... I'm also sick all over. The car ran out of fuel in the middle of the night last night, and the air conditioner couldn't be turned on. It was freezing rain outside, and the few of us who stayed in the bus almost froze to death. I don't know how we made it through..."
She thought that they were all women, so she should show weakness and retreat in order to advance.
However, the female team member on the stairs was not affected by her at all. She raised her eyebrows slightly and got to the point directly: "Also - almost froze to death? So, who is frozen to death now?"
As soon as this question was asked, the few people who were still talking suddenly stopped talking.
The atmosphere in the hotel lobby suddenly became a little weird. The first ones to notice that something was wrong were the survivors who were sent back in the morning. They had been hiding behind the crowd for fear of being affected, but now they poked their heads out and soon discovered the situation.
"1, 2, 3...6? Why are there only six people?" If six people were to squeeze together, they could fit in the military off-road vehicle, because the back half of the car had been modified, and the original single-row seats had been turned into double-row seats facing each other.
However, according to the count by the Weixian team members who accompanied them back, there were still nine people trapped in the bus on the mountain road.
That's why the other party drove an armored vehicle to rescue people later, because the off-road vehicle couldn't accommodate all nine people, so the armored vehicle was able to bring all nine people back.
But now, what about the other three people?
The rescue team members near the service desk also noticed that something was wrong with their expressions. They originally wanted to stop these people from talking nonsense, but now they realized that something was wrong and immediately asked them about it. As a result, this time the other party shut their mouths, like a river clam that could not be pried open.
"Speak! Aren't you very talkative?" The more anxious the rescue team members became, the quieter that group of people became.
But soon they didn't have to speak anymore, because one of the team members who was originally responsible for the transfer of their group also came down from the upstairs. He had been upstairs resting and catching up on sleep because he had not slept all night looking for the farm and subsequent sentry. When he heard the noise, he quickly looked up the information of all the people who got on the bus yesterday from the service desk.
It just so happened that the people who returned from the previous wave were also in the hall, and after comparison, it was confirmed that three people were missing.
One person fell into a coma due to injuries, but the back seats of the bus had been converted into fixed beds, and she had reserved a parking space in advance, so she was carried onto the bus.
The second one was paralyzed, and he was accompanied by his teenage son.
These three people should have been brought back with this group of people, but they haven't returned yet.
"Where are the people?" The rescue team members were anxious. The paralyzed father and his son had family in Xizhou Province. Due to the current traffic restrictions in the opposite direction, they could not come from Xizhou Province, but they had been waiting for them to reunite.
When that group of people heard the other party clearly state the appearance characteristics and information of these three people, they suddenly became quieter. They looked at each other, feeling that the gazes of other people around them were like thorns projected on them, making them feel uncomfortable all over. They began to panic inside and wished they could disappear from here immediately.
The man with a broken head couldn't stand this kind of stare, and finally couldn't help shouting: "What are you doing! Why are you looking at us! What are you asking? It's as if we killed them! What does it have to do with us?" He shouted and looked at the rescue team member, "Why didn't you stay with us yesterday? This is the responsibility of you rescue team members, we...we are all victims!"
"Hello--"
"you--"
"Shut up!"
It was too late for the people traveling with him to stop him. Once he had said this, he couldn't take it back. The man seemed to be still very angry and continued, "It's not dozens of degrees below zero. Who knows what happened to them? They were so close to the car window... They died, they froze to death! Who can we blame!... And they asked us to carry them to the car and bring them back by ourselves. They even made us sit with the corpses. Are you crazy? It's as if it's our responsibility! We just didn't pay attention. There are dead bodies everywhere now. We almost died last night too!"
The more he spoke, the louder the uproar in the hall grew. What shocked them was not that the people in the same bus with them had frozen to death, but his attitude at the moment.
The female team member on the stairs even looked cold this time: "So, you said the same thing in front of our captain?"
The tall male team member at the side sneered: "I knew that our captain would be angry and throw people out of the bus at the county entrance. It must have touched his bottom line." If their captain was really angry because they didn't consider the people on the same bus, he would not let them get on the bus from the beginning.
When they heard the words "our captain", they were stunned. After all this fuss, did they find the wrong person? And they even bumped into him and started a fight?
At this time, the other survivors in the hall also understood.
Many people do die every day due to natural disasters and man-made calamities, but they were all in the same car, one was unconscious, one was paralyzed and the other had a teenage child. Let alone risking one's life to save others, if one had taken a closer look at the car at night when there was no air conditioning and the temperature was very cold, and tried to move or cover people with some warm clothes, the outcome might have been different.
It's okay to be careless, we can't force everyone to have empathy in this apocalypse, but others are freezing to death, and this person is still here speaking rudely and disrespecting the dead. No wonder the captain threw him out of the car, he must have reached the end of his patience.
What's more, from the perspective of other survivors in the hotel at this moment, how exactly what happened last night and the specific process are still to be verified.
The words were spoken by the survivors, but who knows whether they were telling the truth or not. Last night there was freezing rain followed by heavy snow, and it was indeed very cold. Although they were trapped on the mountain road, at least they were in the car.
No matter how low the temperature is on the mountain road, even if it's more than ten degrees below zero, it won't freeze people to death in one night, right?
Moreover, those who froze to death were either unconscious or paralyzed and unable to move, and one was a minor child... The more others thought about it, the more they felt that there might be something wrong.
If these six people took away the cold clothes of the other three vulnerable people in order to keep warm, or if there was any conflict...
Once the voices of speculation started, there was no way to stop them. The six people felt like they were on edge. They had no time to complain, ask for explanations, or ask for supplies. They just wanted to leave as soon as possible.
But this incident has attracted attention and has also sparked controversy. The rescue team naturally cannot let them go so easily. They immediately said that they had to find out what happened last night and take them away temporarily, hoping that they would cooperate.
The rescue team members were also equipped with guns. They were asked to cooperate seriously by the other party, so how could they not dare to cooperate? The six people were immediately taken to the rooms in the corridor on the first floor, and they were placed separately to prevent them from colluding with each other.
At this point, all six of them came to their senses and knew that they were in deep trouble this time. The problem was that when it was the coldest last night in the middle of the night, they had indeed gotten up and searched through all the luggage in the car - including those of the three people.
They felt like they were freezing to death, and just wanted to find all the warm clothes. The six of them even started scrambling and pushing each other. As for whether the three people were injured or fainted in the chaos, no one could tell...
The two people who were the first to complain regretted it so much. If they had known earlier, they should not have said anything. They should have just pretended to be pitiful and asked for some supplies. The people on the armored vehicle did not follow them in at all. If they hadn't said anything themselves, who would know what happened last night? Unfortunately, it's too late to regret now.
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In the hall, the female team member on the stairs picked up the intercom, said "Come out now", and continued to lead the team downstairs.
When passing by the service desk, she told the rescue workers that the bodies and belongings of the three people had been brought back, and asked them to send someone to move them when the car arrived.
The rescuer was stunned for a moment, then quickly responded.
After explaining this matter, the pedestrian continued to walk out, and it was obvious that he was preparing to leave Wei County.
The few people who had been waiting nearby and wanted to take the other party's car to leave immediately walked up and directly stated their purpose: "Hello, I heard that you are going to Jiangcheng..."
In their opinion, the people in this unit seemed difficult to approach, but were actually quite soft-hearted. If they met them halfway, they would not only send them back, but also drive to the mountain road to pick them up again.
They had inquired and found that their team was small and the two cars were not full. If they were sincere, the other party would take them. They wanted to go to another county town more than 300 kilometers away. Although this would require the other party to take a detour, it would only be a few dozen kilometers at most, and they believed that they would not refuse.
However, when these people approached with full confidence, they were rejected outright.
"Sorry, it's not on my way."
"But we didn't ask you to take us there specially. This county town is in the same general direction as Jiangcheng where you are going..." The man didn't expect that they would not listen this time and just walked out. He was immediately anxious. "Didn't you take a detour to send people back before? You even went to the mountains to pick up other people - even bringing corpses with you. Why can't you help us now? I know you are carrying out a very important mission, but now the mountain roads are all blocked by ice and snow. Except for your car, other cars can't drive. Protecting the safety of the people is also one of your responsibilities-"
The female captain stopped and glanced at him: "Don't be self-righteous and speculate, don't blackmail us morally. Everyone in our team has retired. This is a private trip, not a mission, and we have no obligation to help you."
She still spoke indifferently, but her hand had subconsciously reached for her waist, where the rifle was. It seemed that if the person in front of her didn't move away, she would be rude.
Outside the crowd, Yao Ruoyun approached Shu Fu and exclaimed, "That female captain is so handsome!"
Shu Fu smiled: "She has always been so handsome."
"…But it just looks a little familiar."
Shu Fu: ...
She quietly took Yao Ruoyun's hand, walked out of the hall, and waited at the entrance. She estimated that the other party would come out soon.
Sure enough, even though she didn't actually take out the gun, the man was frightened by the warning that instantly burst out from her eyes when she glanced at him. He didn't dare to pester her at the moment and immediately gave way.
The other adults who had been gathered in the hall also moved to the sides, making way for the corridor and entrance outside.
The female leader hurried out, but she had already stepped out of the hotel door when she stepped back the next second. She turned her head and looked at a young girl standing beside her. Her expression changed from indifference to surprise in a second: "...Xiao, Xiao Fu?"
Shu Fu's eyes shifted away from the white light bar that suddenly appeared and flashed above the other person's head. She smiled at her and said, "Long time no see, Sister Liu Shuang!"
Then he smiled at the tall man beside Liu Shuang and said, "Long time no see, Han Lan!"
The other party also smiled at her: "Han whatlan, little girl, call me brother!"
Yao Ruoyun:? ?
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