They were going up the mountain in the direction the forest fire was about to spread.
With this mountain wind blowing, the fire surged like a giant dragon swallowing the sky and spitting out the earth, rushing straight towards the forest in this direction.
"Retreat! Retreat quickly! The fire is spreading this way..."
Just as Xu Lai was considering whether to go down, she heard a loud shout coming from the front.
"Quick, run! The fire is coming..."
The middle-aged men who had just reminded Xu Lai quickly reminded her again before rushing downstairs.
Xu Lai thought that since she had her own space, she was bolder. When she saw the firefighters in firefighting suits and some soldiers in military uniforms who were retreating from the mountain, the giant dragon, driven by the mountain wind, quickly surged in their direction.
"Drop your tools and run!"
The squad leader in charge of extinguishing the fire, Long Gan, shouted at the top of his lungs to the seven or eight brothers who were lagging behind.
The mountain was already covered with pine trees that had been scorched to death, and with the continuous high temperatures for several months, the resin inside the pine trees was completely roasted out.
The fire, amplified by the mountain winds and then encountering the pine trees coated in pine resin, instantly became exceptionally fierce.
The raging fire, like a raging fire dragon, wantonly devoured everything around it. Flames shot into the sky, illuminating the entire forest, while thick smoke billowed into the air, making it almost impossible to breathe.
The mountain wind howled, fueling the fire's spread, and flames quickly engulfed large swathes of forest. The burning pine resin emitted a pungent, suffocating odor. The trees groaned in agony amidst the fire, crackling and popping as if telling people of their despair.
Faced with this terrible fire, people appear so small and helpless.
The firefighters and soldiers, who were cutting down the firebreaks with chainsaws and carrying water guns and fire extinguishers, had to watch the rapidly approaching fire. Several quick-thinking individuals had already thrown away their tools and ran down the stone steps as fast as they could.
Three young firefighters and five People's Liberation Army soldiers were so frightened that they seemed to be frozen in place, unsure of how to react.
"Run! Run!"
Xu Lai watched as a tall soldier, who had already run out, saw that the fire was about to engulf the eight soldiers. He roared at his eight brothers like an enraged lion, his fists clenched.
Xu Lai, who was standing a few steps behind him, could even see the veins bulging on his neck.
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