Chapter 143

Since they couldn't find the answer, Qiao Sheng and Li Mu decided to continue following Ah Dai. This guy had already flown around the island and should be able to find the answer they were looking for.

Following Ah Dai's wings, they continued to walk forward for only 20 minutes. All they saw were ruins. Before they could react, they suddenly felt a shaking under their feet.

"What is this? An earthquake?" Qiao Sheng was a little uncertain, after all, she had never experienced this.

The two stood still and didn't dare to waste any time. They quickly walked to the ruins and shouted loudly if there was anyone.

They didn't dare to step on the places where the bricks pressed down, they could only shout non-stop on the road, and had to listen carefully, but their ears were not as good as Su's.

Su heard the first cry for help first, jumped off Qiao Sheng's shoulder, jumped lightly onto the ruins, and shouted twice.

Qiao Sheng and Li Mu hurried over to check, and indeed heard a particularly faint cry for help from below. Through the gap, they could see that it was a young child inside, and their age was unknown.

While trying to put the bricks from the ruins into the wrist bag, they talked to the child, first asking how old the child was and how many people were on the island.

When they heard the child say that he was only four years old, they knew that they could not get any other information.

Then the two of them found that these were not a big deal. This area seemed to have restrictions, and they could not put these stones into the bag. This meant that if they wanted to save people, they had to move them manually. When they were harvesting trees in the forest before, they had never thought that this would happen. This game forced them to save people manually.

There was not even a second of hesitation. They put the machete into the wrist bag and quickly started to move the stones. However, the strength of the two was limited after all. Qiao Sheng watched helplessly as the child buried under the stone became increasingly silent.

"Don't sleep, wake up, kid, auntie has some delicious food here and can rescue you right away." Qiao Sheng was so anxious that he was already incoherent.

Li Mu had been moving stones silently. After a while, there would be aftershocks. The two could only retreat to an empty place and wait for the aftershocks to pass before continuing to climb up and move. Fortunately, the aftershocks did not cause a second collapse for the time being. The children inside were still alive, although their voices were getting smaller and smaller.

While the two were busy, someone was approaching from a distance. Qiao Sheng could only see them with the rest of his eyes, but he had no time to observe them. Every minute and every second was important now.

However, they were also on guard. If there was any unusual movement after those people approached, they would definitely take out a handful of knockout drugs quickly.

When the people approached, Qiao Sheng was completely relieved. It turned out that the people who came were acquaintances. Pei Hong came over with dozens of people.

Fang Yueyi, who was at the rear, came over happily to say hello when she saw Qiao Sheng. Before she could say anything, she asked Qiao Sheng to pull her over and start moving bricks.

Only then did she understand what it meant that there is strength in numbers. The two of them moved the stones for about ten minutes and only removed the stones on the surface. Once these dozens of people came, the effect was different.

In particular, Pei Hong immediately began to make arrangements. Since so many people could not stand in the ruins, he divided the existing forty people into four teams, with ten people going on each time, and the other ten people on standby. There were also twenty people who followed You Su and Ah Dai to find the next survivor. After

making such adjustments, in less than half an hour, the child who was pressed under the stone was carried out. He was quite small and covered in dirt. He was placed on the open ground and another team member was sent back to the ship to call a few logistics team members to help take care of the survivors.

Qiao Sheng took out most of the water and food in his bag and put them in the rest area, then continued to help in the ruins.

With the help of You Su and Ah Dai, they quickly marked out the points where there were survivors. They were still in groups of ten, digging for survivors in different directions.

Pei Hong also specifically reminded everyone to immediately retreat to an open area if they encountered aftershocks. If some ruins were unsafe and there were still survivors below, they must call other teammates to go together. Don't be individualistic. Your own safety is the most important. Not only do you have to save lives, but you can't sacrifice your own life in vain.

According to Fang Yueyi, the group he brought out now is the one that has survived the test of time. There are now 18 ships and 63 people. There were more people before, but the ones he complained about last time ran away after the spring, just to avoid returning the food. Although there are some unsociable or fussy people in the group left now, they all have a bottom line.

The two of them talked and worked at the same time, their mouths and hands never stopped. Qiao Sheng quietly sent an email to Li Mu: [The number is wrong. Fang Yueyi and her fleet only have 18 ships and 63 people. It doesn't match the number of 20 ships and 60 to 70 people reported by the system. There must be two more ships with 1 to 7 players in them.]

The two of them must be aware of this matter, otherwise they will be backstabbed and don't know how it happened.

As the rescue continued, it started to rain near noon. It was rainy this day. It hadn't rained since the rainstorm in the fall, but it happened this time.

Qiao Sheng and his team took everything with them when they went out, except for their raincoats and hats. However, their bodies were not suitable for being exposed to the rain for a long time. They didn't dare to try to see what would happen when the logo on the small clothes and the water droplets went back to the bottom.

Pei Hong's team members were brave enough to tell them that if the bar reached the bottom, they would be useless and would get a cold debuff. The countdown lasted three days, and they couldn't work. They could only lie down and eat and drink every day. If they had cold medicine, they would take it once to reduce the debuff by half, and take it again after twelve hours to recover.

This means that they really can't let the value bar reach the bottom, otherwise, even if there is medicine, this person will be useless for 12 hours. Now the time is tight and the task is heavy. Every rescuer is very precious, which makes everyone have to be more careful. Those

who have raincoats put on raincoats and continue to work, but most people go out without raincoats, so they can only work for a while and rest for a while. Pei Hong asked people to build a bonfire in a place where they can shelter from the rain. The team members who work in the rain will immediately retreat to warm themselves by the fire when the value bar drops by one-third, wipe their bodies, rest for a while, and continue.

Although it is a bit time-consuming, it is better than falling ill. Qiao Sheng needs nearly two hours to go back to the boat to get a raincoat, which is somewhat unnecessary. Just like Li Mu, he works in the rain and goes to the bonfire to warm himself when he is almost done.

While they were warming themselves by the fire, they heard the exclamations of other players outside. Ah Dai and You Su, who had not appeared until now, dragged their raincoats and hats that were several times larger than their bodies and entered the temporary shelter.

The two guys put down their things and began to shake off the water on their bodies, so that Qiao Sheng, who was half-dry and approached them to show off, was splashed with water in the face.

After wiping the rain off his face, he was interrupted by a woman in a raincoat shouting Qiao Sheng at the door before he could teach Ah Dai and the others not to shake off the water when people approached him.

When the people came in and took off their raincoats, they could see clearly that the people who came were familiar faces, Chu Wanyou and Wen Yizhou.

Upon asking, we learned that as soon as they reached the shore, they saw a little black bear standing on the deck and waving at a snowy owl flying in the sky with a raincoat on its head, as well as some animals whose species could not be identified clearly but were wearing sarongs.

They had seen the cubs in the cassock before. Although they were much bigger than before, they were basically sure that it was Qiao Sheng's. So they told Grandma Chu, Ji Ya and Wen Ning not to run around, and then followed the snowy owl.

Sure enough, they were right. When they got here, they saw them. Qiao Sheng smiled and asked if they were still two boats. After getting a positive answer, he glanced at Li Mu obscurely. It was exactly right. There were two boats, two people on Chu Wanyou's side, and 3-4 people on Wen Yizhou's side. The main thing was that he didn't know whether the baby in Ji Ya's belly had been born.

Qiao Sheng told them about the current situation outside and asked them if they wanted to join the rescue team. The two were also enthusiastic and agreed without hesitation. Li Mu picked up the fighting hat and took them to find Pei Hong.

Qiao Sheng stayed in the shelter to dry clothes, and then gave Ah Dai and You Su a chestnut each, then took out a strip of meat from her bag, split it in half, and fed them to them. She also promised to double the snacks when she got home, and she must strictly follow the strict rules of reward and punishment. After drying

the clothes, she put on the raincoat that Ah Dai brought from the boat and joined the rescue team.

This rescue operation was accompanied by aftershocks and rain, which made it more difficult for the rescue team. At noon, everyone had dry food in their bags, and they all took a bite and continued to move the stones.

By the afternoon, the survivors rescued had totaled 28 people. According to an old man with minor injuries, there were a total of 153 people living on their island. Except for the 53 young and strong people who went fishing at sea a few days ago, the remaining 100 were all old, weak, sick, disabled and pregnant.

The earthquake came suddenly, and it was at night. No one escaped, and they were all crushed in the ruins.

Pei Hong had a headache after hearing this. This meant that there were still 72 people under the ruins who had not been rescued. Whether they were corpses or survivors, at least the number had to be correct.

In this way, they had to continue to rescue people on the island and could not collect supplies. His fleet of 63 people had a big gap in food every day.

But they couldn't help but save them, because all the survivors were looking at them eagerly. Although it was a game, and rationally speaking, these were all NPCs, but when they stood in front of you alive, breathing, talking, with the same skin and hair color, there were really few people who could stand by and watch them die.

At this time, Qiao Sheng and Li Mu stood up and discussed with Pei Hong that they would provide the food, no matter how long the rescue lasted, they would solve all the food problems, but Pei Hong's logistics team would have to help with cooking.

"Don't show off, you two, it's just the way it is, so many people can't just eat fish every day." Pei Hong knew that No. 18 was Li Mu, and he was aware of their fishing ability, but it was not practical for so many people to eat fish every day. They couldn't keep up with the carbohydrates, and no one had the energy to work.

Fang Yueyi also grabbed Qiao Sheng's arm, asking her not to put everything on her body.

Qiao Sheng patted her hand soothingly and assured Pei Hong that meat, vegetables, carbohydrates and even fish could all be provided, as long as everyone worked hard on the rescue, and even food could be subsidized after the rescue was done.

"That's not necessary. I can refuse subsidies for all my team members. The gap is only caused by our inability to collect supplies during the rescue in the past few days. Once we can work, we don't need you to give us food anymore. We are not in an employment relationship. You provide things and hire us to do the work. We are all doing our part for the islanders on this island." Pei Hong knew that he could not persuade them to agree to the idea of ​​providing food for the next few days, and rejected all other offers.