Chapter 353 Rescue]

The rescue team, the person in charge, and the villagers finally persuaded the excited crowd to calm down.

The result of the negotiation was that the rescue team had to allocate some people to find the missing children.

Fortunately, some villagers saw where the children went before the earthquake, so the rescue team did not have to search blindly.

"They went to the mountain behind the village and said they wanted to play hide-and-seek."

The villager pointed out the location at the casualty concentration point.

Ye Qingyue, who was bandaging the new casualties, raised his head and said, "Are there any houses or caves in the mountains?"

If an earthquake occurs in the mountains, the probability of being trapped is not high given the size of the children, let alone a group of children.

But the reality is that a group of children entered the mountain, and after the earthquake, none of them has shown up until now.

Ye Qingyue suspected that they were all in a closed space, and because of the earthquake, the space collapsed and was destroyed, and the children were trapped and couldn't get out.

"Yes!"

Wang's wife said immediately: "Xiaohua said that they found a naturally formed cave in the mountains. The children in the village often go there to explore. We adults also went in to see that there was no danger, so we didn't stop them."

"Those children are very likely trapped in the cave."

The people in the rescue team are also experienced and think the same as Ye Qingyue.

One of the burly female team members said, "Has anyone been to that cave before? Help lead the way, and the rest of you bring your tools. If the child is really in the cave, we will have to dig dirt and shovel stones. There are definitely not enough of us. Let the villagers help."

They were all children from their own village, and soon seven or eight villagers volunteered to join.

The rescue team was about to set off, and the female team member found Ye Qingyue and said, "Little comrade, can you come with us to rescue? If the earthquake caused the cave to collapse, there must be children injured. It's been almost two days now. I'm afraid it will take a lot of time for us to rescue the children and send them to the camp."

However, the golden rescue time for earthquakes is 72 hours, and the child's physical condition can't even last that long.

"Okay."

Ye Qingyue nodded in agreement.

The medical staff in the camp, except for her and Zhong Jun, have been busy since dawn and are exhausted.

Zhong Jun is old and not in good health. She will definitely not be able to go to the mountain road to rescue people so late at night. It

is the best choice for her to go.

After handing the injured to other medical staff, Ye Qingyue said hello to Zhong Jun, put on the medical kit, and followed the rescue team.

"Wait, I'll go too!"

At this time, reporter Zhou came jogging with a shovel on his back and a camera hanging around his neck. "One more person means more strength."

The villagers expressed their gratitude to reporter Zhou for taking the initiative to help, and the group set off.

Under the guidance of the villagers who were familiar with the terrain, although the night road was a little difficult to walk, they still reached the foot of the mountain smoothly after stumbling.

More than an hour had passed and it was late at night. The

villager who led the way said, "The cave is not far from here. Normally, it takes 20 minutes to get there. The road is not easy to walk on due to the earthquake. It will probably take more than half an hour."

The leading female team member said, "Everyone should be careful. After the earthquake, the rocks and soil have cracks and looseness. You should first use the tools in your hands to explore the road. After confirming that there is no problem, you can go. Half of the rescue team will lead and half will follow. The doctors and villagers will walk in the middle. Everyone, watch your feet."

Under the leadership of her and the villagers, everyone entered the mountain and walked carefully.

In order to ensure safety, the road that usually takes 20 minutes took nearly an hour to finally reach the cave.

As expected, the entrance to the cave was blocked by a landslide.

The female team member motioned for everyone to be quiet, and then walked to the cave where the landslide occurred, with her ears pressed against the stone wall, as if listening.

Ye Qingyue stood behind, consuming merit points and directly expanding the scanning range.

Soon, she "saw" the children trapped in the cave.

The nearest one was just behind the cave collapse, two meters away from them. Probably because she had not eaten or drunk water during this period, the girl who looked only seven or eight years old was listless, leaning against the stone wall motionless, as if she was asleep.

And the farthest child...

Ye Qingyue expanded the scanning range to twenty or thirty meters away, and only then found him in the deepest corner of the cave.

He was a boy in his teens, his legs were pressed under the stone, he seemed to have a fever, his face was flushed, his breathing was weak, and he had fallen into a coma!

"Is there anyone in the cave?"

At this time, the female team member who could hear the movement directly raised her voice and shouted, "I am the police sister, I am here to save you!"

After she finished speaking, she paused for a few seconds, as if waiting for a response.

However, there was still no sound in the cave.

Then, she repeated what she had just said in a louder voice, paused for a few seconds, and then repeated it again. Her voice echoed throughout the mountain.

After the female team member persisted in repeating it several times, the girl closest to the cave entrance in Ye Qingyue's scanning range seemed to have heard it. She slowly opened her eyes and looked dazed at first, but when she heard the female team member repeating the words "The police sister is here to save you", her little face showed excitement.

The girl opened her chapped lips and shouted with all her might: "Public security sister! I! I'm here! Save us!"

Once she got a response and confirmed that there was indeed a child trapped in the cave, the female team member was also a little excited. She hurriedly shouted in a loud voice: "What's your name? Can you move now? Or are you trapped?"

"My name is Xiaohua! I can move!"

The girl moved her body. She was lucky that the surrounding rocks formed a relatively large open area. She tried to shout loudly: "I'm not trapped!"

"Okay, sister will take people to dig a hole to save you now. If you can move, stay away from where you can hear the noise, so as not to be injured by the shovel or falling rocks!" The

female team member said: "Xiaohua, protect yourself, do you hear me?"

"I heard it!"

Xiaohua's voice was a little hoarse, but she couldn't hide her joy at the moment.

After waiting for so long, someone finally found them!

Soon, the female team member took the lead, and the rescue team and the villagers worked hard to dig the soil and move stones, clearing a hole that could be entered and exited by one person.

"Xiaohua, are you in there?"

The female team member asked someone to move the flashlight away, not to shine it directly inside, so as not to blind the child.

The sideways flashlight can also allow the people inside to see the light source.

"I, I'm..."

Soon, a small figure staggered out of the cave.

When she saw the familiar villagers, tears fell down and she cried loudly: "Auntie!"

Among the villagers, an auntie with eyes similar to Xiaohua threw away the shovel and ran forward, hugging Xiaohua: "Oh, my darling has suffered! It's okay, it's okay, auntie is here! Your parents are waiting for you too!"

Xiaohua was hugged by her auntie and cried for a few seconds. It seemed that she forced herself to hold back her tears. She hiccuped and then said hurriedly: "Cuicui and the others are still in there!"

Although she wanted to cry very much, when she thought of her friends who were still trapped in the cave, Xiaohua quickly told the rescue team everything she knew.

It turned out that before the earthquake, they had just finished the last round of hide-and-seek and planned to go home as it was getting late.

When everyone was found and gathered at the starting point of the cave, the earthquake began.

There have been no serious earthquakes in recent years, and the children had no experience at all. They didn't know what happened, and the ground was shaking under their feet, so they were scared and ran around in the cave.

Xiaohua's first reaction was to run home to find her parents, but before she could run out of the cave, rocks collapsed and blocked her way. The falling rocks quickly blocked the cave entrance and she was trapped inside.

As for the other children, they were deeper in the cave, and their lives and deaths were unknown.