The soldier lowered his voice and said, "The commander has led the team to rescue a village ahead. The situation there is more critical than here."

It has been a day and a night since the earthquake, and they are racing against time to rescue people. If they miss the best search and rescue time, the situation for those affected at the epicenter will be even more dangerous.

Yang Niannian finally heard the news about Lu Shishen, and she felt relieved and asked.

"Are you going to Dawa Town?"

The soldier's expression became more serious and he nodded.

"The situation over there is very serious. Due to the terrain, it takes too long to get there. We have arranged for paratroopers to go there. We are currently responsible for search and rescue in the surrounding villages and are slowly approaching Dawa Town."

In other words, their destination was still Dawa Town, and they were just searching and rescuing as they went along.

Knowing that everyone was busy, Yang Niannian didn't waste his time.

"Okay, thank you. Please be careful."

The soldier asked with concern.

"Sister-in-law, you should also pay more attention to your safety. If you want to find the leader, you should be able to meet him now if you chase him."

"OK."

Yang Niannian did not waste any time and turned to Wang Chengcheng and said.

"There are troops here. We are not needed anymore. Let's keep moving forward."

Wang Chengcheng looked around and found that the people who came with them didn’t know where to go for rescue.

The fog was so thick that it couldn't be cleared up, so there was no way to find them, so I asked.

"Aren't you waiting for the others?"

Yang Niannian shook her head. "No need to wait. The fog is so thick that I don't know how long it will take to find them. They are all adults, and there are so many people traveling together. There is no need to worry about them."

After saying that, he walked in the direction the soldier pointed, and Wang Chengcheng immediately followed.

Wu Qingxia was searching and rescuing in the ruins. When she saw the person passing by was Yang Niannian, she couldn't help but look at her twice.

Seeing that Yang Niannian was walking fast, it didn't seem like she was searching for help, but rather like something was going on, so he quickly followed.

She wanted to see what Yang Niannian wanted to do.

Zhang Shuen saw this and quickly caught up and asked, "Qingxia, why are you walking so fast?"

Wu Qingxia turned around and glared at him impatiently, "Stop making noise."

Wang Chengcheng quickly noticed the two people following behind him and whispered.

"Boss, Wu Qingxia and Zhang Shuen are here."

Yang Niannian didn't take it seriously. "The legs are on their bodies. It's their freedom to go wherever they want. Don't worry about them."

Hearing this, Wang Chengcheng said nothing more.

The sun gradually rose and the thick fog slowly dissipated a little. The visibility was already four or five meters. Because everyone had been outside all night, a layer of white frost formed on their heads, which slowly began to turn into water vapor.

The two quickened their pace. After walking for about ten minutes, Wang Chengcheng suddenly stopped and said, "There's movement."

After what happened with the black bear, when Yang Niannian heard him shout like that, she immediately became alert and put her hands in her pockets.

He looked around and asked while trying to stay calm.

"What's going on?"

Seeing this, Wu Qingxia and Zhang Shuen also became tense and ran to Wang Chengcheng. They had wanted to beat Wang Chengcheng to death before, but now they felt particularly safe following him.

Wang Chengcheng listened carefully for a while, but heard nothing, as if the sound he heard before was an illusion, he said uncertainly.

"I just heard someone shouting for help."

Wu Qingxia's heart was in her throat. When she heard this, she glared at Wang Chengcheng.

"Why don't you just say someone is shouting for help? You made it so scary that I thought there was a wild beast."

Zhang Shuen also felt that Wang Chengcheng was being mysterious. "Where did anyone shout for help? I didn't even hear it. Don't be so startled. It's scary."

Yang Niannian knew that Wang Chengcheng had been a soldier and was more alert than others, so he must have heard something.

If someone really cried for help and they just left like that, how desperate would the person be?

Although he was anxious to find Lu Shishen, he didn't mind spending this little time.

Thinking of this, she said, "Don't talk, listen carefully again."

Wu Qingxia rolled her eyes, stood aside with her arms folded and a look of disdain on her face. If she didn't know the way and was worried about encountering large wild animals, she would not have followed Yang Niannian.

There is no village here, so how could there be wild animals?

What a pair of idiots.

The four of them stood there and listened for another minute or two, but heard no movement. Wu Qingxia became a little impatient and was about to speak when a clear cry of "Help" suddenly came over.

Wang Chengcheng quickly identified the direction of the sound and pointed to the left.

"It came from over there."

"Let's go and take a look." Yang Niannian raised her foot and walked in the direction he pointed.

Wu Qingxia didn't expect that someone would actually shout for help, so she followed the two of them angrily, and Zhang Shuen followed closely behind her.

They soon found the person shouting "Help" in the cracks created by the earthquake. When they got closer, they discovered that it was a little boy of about ten years old who was stuck in a crack more than one meter deep, unable to go down or up, and groaning in pain.

Hearing the noise above his head, he suddenly became more alert and continued to shout "Help" in Qingcheng dialect.

Yang Niannian saw that he was stuck in the crack and seemed to be in great pain, so she comforted him softly.

"Don't panic, we'll rescue you soon."

The little boy instantly quieted down when he heard what Yang Niannian said.

Wang Chengcheng broke off a few wooden sticks and placed them across the middle of the crack. Then he stepped on the sticks and pulled the little boy up.

The little boy was covered in yellow mud, and his facial features were dirty and difficult to see clearly, but his eyes were quite bright.

Apart from spraining his ankle and holding his breath for too long, which caused him some hypoxia, there were no other serious problems. He just needed to rest.

Yang Niannian felt strange, "Why are you here alone? How did you fall in here?"

The little boy spoke in Qingcheng dialect, "My father and mother were saving people in the village, I got separated from them, and then I accidentally fell in."

Wu Qingxia didn't understand and frowned.

"What are you talking about? Don't you have any education? Can't you speak Mandarin?"

The little boy was frightened by her fierce appearance and limped to hide behind Yang Niannian.

Yang Niannian could understand it. Not only could she understand it, she could also speak a few words, but her voice was not so authentic.

Their family moved to Beijing and later started a small business. By her generation, they no longer taught their children to speak their hometown dialect, but her grandparents felt that they should not forget their roots, so they taught her a few words from time to time.

When people get older, they often talk about the past, and the thing they talk about the most is the Qingcheng earthquake.

Every time, grandparents would say with fear that during the earthquake, they almost got separated from their father, and that their father fell into a crack. If they hadn’t met a kind person, then…

boom……

Yang Niannian suddenly realized something and was stunned as if struck by lightning. She stared at the little boy, wishing she could stare a hole in his body.

The little boy was a little at a loss as to what to do when she looked at him, and even Wang Chengcheng noticed something was wrong.

"What's wrong?"