"Village chief, what should we do now? If we don't listen to the government officials, we'll probably just be trapped here and die. Those people in the temporary refugee camp have the plague. If we keep hanging around with them, we'll probably get the plague and die too."
"Staying here with those refugees will only lead to our deaths. Who knows, the plague might spread, and then we would be sinners."
"What should we do? Should we really listen to the officials and become their lackeys, helping them to kill all those people who have contracted the plague?"
"Those people are innocent too, but we are innocent too. We saved them, so should we die with them?"
The villagers of Qili Village nearby did not want to die because of the plague. Most of them wanted to listen to the government and help the government kill the plague victims.
But there are still some people who have humanity, and they are unwilling to kill so many innocent people.
However, many people only thought about their own safety and didn't care about other people who had contracted the plague. They just wondered why those people had contracted the plague and harmed them.
They didn't want to stay and die alongside those infected with the plague; they just wanted to leave as quickly as possible and live safely.
After hearing what these people were saying, the village chief immediately said to them, "Our villagers have saved so many people, but many villagers have also died."
“It’s not that we’re unwilling to save them now; we’ve done everything we can to help them. It’s just that they’re unlucky to have contracted the plague.”
"It's the government officials who want to kill them now, not us. Even if they die without our help, the government officials won't save them, and they'll still die. The plague might even spread then."
"For the safety of all of us, we have no choice but to do as the government says: find a few people to disguise themselves as officials and take those who have contracted the plague to the place the government has told us to go."
The village chief said this, and then the villagers next to him nodded in agreement. They actually wanted to do the same thing, at least that way they could save their own lives.
So after they had discussed it and made mental preparations, they had some villagers from Qili Village who were busy with logistics dress up in the official uniforms of the officials. Then they pretended to be officials, taught them a few words, and told them to explain the situation to the people in the temporary refugee camp and lead those who had contracted the plague away.
After those men pretending to be government officials were ready, they went to the temporary refugee camp.
“These people are government officials. They came to rescue us, but the road conditions are very dangerous right now. We can’t save that many people for the time being, so we can only take a group of people and evacuate first.”
"Right now, we can only get the most seriously ill people out first, and then take the others out later."
"Everyone, stay put and wait for instructions. Don't do anything reckless, or you might not have a chance to leave."
The people of Qili Village said this to the refugees.
Upon hearing this, the refugees immediately became extremely quiet and remained where they were, not daring to move at all, otherwise they feared they would not be able to be rescued by the officials later.
However, when the officials approached them, they pointed out all the seriously ill people and told them to leave with them on their journey.
Xia Sen's grandfather was also among them, but Xia Sen saw that his grandfather was still unconscious and was particularly worried about his grandfather's safety, so he spoke to those officials-looking people.
“My grandfather is seriously ill now. There’s no way to travel for so long. Could I go with him and take care of him? That way, you won’t have to waste your manpower and resources and still be unable to take good care of him.”
"Please give me this chance to stay with my grandfather. I'm worried something might happen to him on the way. Please."
Seeing that the officials seemed unwilling to agree, Xu Yuehuai quickly spoke up beside Xia Sen.
“Please have pity on this little boy and his grandfather. He has been taking care of his grandfather for so long and is very worried that something might happen to him on the way. Let him go with his grandfather. He won’t bother you much. He is very kind, sensible and obedient. He will not only not bother you, but he will also help you take care of other refugees.”
"Please, have mercy and let him stay with his grandfather!"
After hearing this, the officials nodded and agreed.
"Alright, in that case, you two can both stay with this old man."
After learning about this, Xu Yuehuai had no way to refute it, so he nodded and stayed by Xia Sen's side to take good care of his grandfather.
After the officials had counted the people, they immediately set off with them.
Some people are able to walk, so let those who can walk support each other and help those who can't walk very well.
Those who were already sick and unable to get up and walk on their own were helped and carried by the disaster victims by the officials, who led the way without caring about the lives of the disaster victims behind them. They walked very fast and paid no attention to the actions of the disaster victims.
Upon seeing the disaster victims suddenly stop, he quickly shouted to them, "We need to get out of here before sunset! Hurry up and don't fall behind, or we won't come back for you!"
"Everyone, give it your all! Let's keep moving forward!"
These were officials who kept urging the disaster victims to hurry on their way.
Xu Yuehuai noticed the tone of voice these officials used when they spoke and felt that they were not real officials. Even the way they held their knives and the style of their official uniforms did not look like real officials at all.
After noticing the anomaly, she carefully observed the direction they were heading. It looked particularly strange, as if they were heading towards a very low-lying area, which would be extremely dangerous if a collapse occurred there.
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