Chapter 261: Disaster Microcosm, Disaster Relief
"There's no need to hide it any longer." The white-haired old man shook his head. "We covered it up before just to avoid causing panic, but the speech by the King of the Empire means we can no longer hide it."
"After the negotiations in two days, the national investigation bureaus will be able to make their debut, which will also help ease the public's concerns."
"But now, let's do disaster relief first."
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On the highway where traffic was blocked, countless vehicles were stuck together. In a black car, Zhang Lei was holding his three-month pregnant wife beside him, feeling extremely panicked.
"Honey, I'm going to go down and see how the exhaust vent is doing. If there's snow, I'll clear it off. If there's no problem, I'll go check nearby."
After thinking for a while, Zhang Lei gently patted his wife Dong An on the back and decided to get out of the car alone to see what the situation was.
"Then you be careful." Dong An also patted Zhang Lei's arm with a worried look on his face, and then put all the warm things he could find in the car on him.
Both of them are teachers. They originally wanted to go back to their hometown during the summer vacation. Who would have thought that something like this would happen on the way?
When the car was halfway through the journey, Zhang Lei looked at the heavy snow falling from the sky and had a vague feeling of uneasiness. Because both of them were Chinese teachers, they had an indescribable fear of snowing in June.
So after discussing with his wife Dong An, the two decided to get off the highway halfway. After all, it was close to summer vacation and there were many vehicles on the highway. If any problem occurred, it would be difficult for rescue to arrive.
But man proposes, God disposes. Just as the two made their decision, the vehicle in front of them slammed on the brakes. If it weren't for Zhang Lei's instinct as a veteran driver with eight years of experience, they would have probably crashed into it by now.
Zhang Lei wanted to get out of the car to check the situation, but he didn't expect the driver of the car in front to get out first and point forward in horror. He didn't understand why, so he also got out of the car to check.
But this sight also gave him a fright!
Due to the snowfall, a thin layer of frost condensed on the ground. As the snow grew heavier, many drivers' vision was obscured even with the windshield wipers on.
So what lay ahead for Zhang Lei was an extremely tragic car accident.
In a snowstorm, many drivers choose to slow down and drive in the rightmost lane, but there are already many vehicles in the lane, and the vision is unclear, so two cars collide unexpectedly.
What's even more terrifying is that because they wanted to take the slow lane, which is also the lane most frequently used by large trucks, the two colliding cars directly hit a large truck, which in turn triggered a subsequent chain collision.
Looking at the tragic scene in front of us, at least a dozen cars collided with each other.
Zhang Lei shuddered all over and stepped forward to pat the owner of the car in front of him on the shoulder. "Thanks, brother. If you hadn't braked in time, I would have crashed into you too."
"I was also scared to death. It was snowing so heavily that I couldn't see clearly, and there was a layer of ice on the road. Fortunately, I was a novice and drove slowly, otherwise I would not have been able to stop at all."
The driver of the car in front of him also had a lingering fear on his face. Who could have thought that he would encounter such a thing not long after getting his driver's license? However, he reacted quickly and said, "Brother, stop talking and save people!"
The driver of the car in front was an enthusiastic young man. Without even talking to Zhang Lei, he ran forward and pulled the still intact door of the car.
Although it was a chain car accident, everyone wanted to slow down to the rightmost lane, and the speed was not very fast, so the casualties were not severe.
Most of the cars only had a dent on the front or rear, but the most serious ones were the two that collided with trucks.
However, those two cars were lucky. Although they were trucks, the truck drivers were carrying cabbages. The drivers also noticed it at the first time and turned the steering wheel sharply to the right.
Thanks to the timely turn, the truck driver brushed past the rear of a car and hit the highway guardrail, but the sideways body of the car also prevented the vehicle behind from braking in time, which led to a series of car accidents.
Looking at the tragedy in front of him, Zhang Lei did not hesitate. After comforting his wife, he ran to help.
Zhang Lei's wife Dong An was pregnant, so it was not her turn to help with this matter. However, she did not sit in the car peacefully. Instead, she took out a warning sign and placed it 50 meters behind the car.
He did not return to the car, but stood on the side of the road, shouting frantically to warn the cars coming from behind.
A white car coming from behind slowly slowed down after hearing Dong An's shout. After the owner got out of the car and understood the current situation, he also patted his chest with relief.
"Sister, thank you so much, otherwise I would have been hit too." The driver who got out was a female who looked about the same age as Dong An.
However, the current situation did not allow her to be distracted. She quickly parked the car in the emergency lane and together with Dong An, warned the vehicles coming from behind.
Cars stopped one after another at the two people's shouts.
After the car owners discovered the situation, the solidarity that came from their blood prompted those who were able to rush to the scene of the accident to rescue, while those who were not able to do so kept turning on their hazard lights and honking their horns.
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With everyone's concerted efforts, no one was injured, the road was successfully blocked, and even the injured at the traffic accident scene ahead were carried out one by one.
It was fine when they were working, everyone was so enthusiastic that they didn't feel cold at all. But after the wounded were rescued, everyone suddenly realized that the cold sweat on their backs was like a layer of ice.
"Hiss, why the damn weather has become like this? It's too cold!" Zhang Lei couldn't help but complain.
The young man who was helping him with the rescue also nodded repeatedly, "Yeah, brother, I don't know why it snowed so heavily in such a nice summer. We are in the south."
"As for rescue, the roads are so blocked that we don't know if rescue can come."
A trace of worry emerged on the young man's face. Although the bleeding of the wounded had stopped, the ice and snow were not a good environment for health preservation.
There is internal bleeding, and the vasoconstriction caused by the cold environment can easily lead to shock due to insufficient blood supply.
Zhang Lei sighed, stepped forward and patted the young man on the shoulder, then said to the shivering crowd, "Don't worry, the rescue team will be here soon."
"Go back to your cars and turn on the air conditioner. Don't save fuel at this time. There are still injured people. Who has space in their car?"
Thinking that the wounded also needed a warm environment, Zhang Lei waved his arms vigorously in the blizzard, hoping that a vehicle would come to pick up the wounded.
But he was worrying too much.
"I'm here!"
"It's the same here. I came here alone. There's room for others in the back seat of the car."
"And me!"
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In the face of disaster, the fraternal spirit and solidarity engraved in flesh and blood are now heard in the enthusiastic responses, and no one cares about the gains and losses anymore.
Their ancestors had taught them that if they were poor, they should take care of themselves, and if they were rich, they should help the world. But now - human life is more important than anything else!
One by one, the drivers carried the wounded onto the trucks, and there was even a scramble for the wounded. Even the young man picked up a wounded person. He was the truck driver at the beginning.
Seeing that the situation had stabilized, Dong An came to her husband and gently wiped the sweat from his forehead. She knew that her husband was a hero.
Zhang Lei grabbed Dong An's hand and rubbed it, then anxiously pushed her to the car, "Wife, you are still pregnant, hurry back to the car to warm up."
"Okay." Dong An smiled and half-heartedly returned to the car, but then he became a little worried, "Will rescue really come? The road is so congested."
Zhang Lei pressed his wife's face against his chest with a determined look, "Of course, the country will not forget us."
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