Everyone was stunned and silent, looking in the direction the driver pointed, speechless.
"Here, there was a road a few hours ago."
Zheng Ren looked forward and saw countless gravel piled up into hills. A few dozen meters away, there seemed to be some bright colors.
"What's that there?" Zheng Ren pointed.
Everyone walked over with difficulty on the gravel, and after taking a few steps closer, the color turned bright red.
The closer you get, the clearer you see.
It's a half flag...
An indescribable feeling of oppression appeared in everyone's heart. There can't be a national flag here for no reason. Someone must have carried the national flag into the mountain and was crushed by the falling rocks.
Everyone was silent and started digging. Unexpectedly, the rescue work would have started from now on. But only one layer of gravel was dug, and everyone was stunned.
There are several huge rocks below, and a pale hand is holding a national flag. There is no flagpole, only a flag, stretched out. Under the rocks, there were dried blood stains, which dyed the national flag a bit red.
No one knows their names or what they look like. In the future, they will not even be counted as dead, but only as missing... They were so enthusiastic that they were wiped out from the world by the earthquake before they entered the mountains or reached the disaster area.
The only trace is the flag stained with blood.
There was no point in rescuing anyone. Everyone looked at each other, then stood at attention and saluted. Zhao Yunlong marked the location here. Here, not long ago, the entire rescue team was killed. As for more work, it can only be left to the large forces behind.
Zheng Ren silently opened his hand. His hand holding the national flag was so tight that Zheng Ren felt that he was still alive.
Take the national flag in your hand, fold it carefully, and put it close to your chest.
The driver returned to the car and brought over a bottle of mineral water he had brought, and each person shared a bottle.
There was no speaking or eye contact, and there was even a hint of indifference in the silence.
People who may be thousands of miles away will be sad and shed tears. But here, with the aftershocks still lingering, this sharp knife squad will be submerged by a mountain of rocks at any time.
Perhaps, not even the bones can be found.
Maybe, even a name can’t be left.
Just like a few hours ago, the driver watched his comrade-in-arms being submerged by the broken rocks in a parking space behind him.
Just like this unknown team in front of them, there is no hope of rescue, only one hand and a flag are left.
All blessings are pale and feeble.
It is possible that on the way back, I will follow in the footsteps of my comrades.
So, do what you can. The emotion of sadness is the most meaningless at this moment.
And leave the rest to fate.
After distributing the mineral water, the driver walked away in silence, came to the car, turned around, looked back, and gave a silent military salute.
Zhao Yunlong returned the gift with a solemn expression.
Immediately, after the ceremony, Zhao Yunlong turned around and said: "Let's go!"
There is no road under your feet, but when there are many people walking, it becomes a road. But this should be the first group of people to leave after the landform changes.
Looking around, there are mountains and rocks everywhere.
The sound of rocks loosening and rolling down can be heard constantly in my ears.
How to go
There is no way to go!
But, this is a mission! In Nanchuan Town, if it still exists, there will be survivors waiting for rescue.
With the exception of a handful of satellite phones, all contact has been terminated.
If they can't get in, these people will only die.
When the aftershocks fade and heavy machinery comes up, when the road is dug, more dead people and very few survivors will be found.
Zhao Yunlong raised his feet, stepped on the rocks, and walked up immediately.
It is useless to say 10,000 rhetorical words. If you save time shouting slogans, you can take two more steps.
As for those “annoying” reporters and photographers…
Zhao Yunlong judged that Pampered and the others simply couldn't keep up with the pace, and might stop panting in the next second.
what to do? It's better to let them wait for rescue, Zhao Yunlong thought in his heart.
Zheng Ren followed. He had an idea in his mind. He didn't know if Lucky +12 would be useful at this time.
If it is useful, it seems most suitable to explore the way ahead.
But looking at the expression on Zhao Yunlong's face as if he was ready to die, it would probably be fruitless to tell him at this time.
The road is still long, just wait.
It was getting dark, the sky was filled with dark clouds, and the wind was howling.
A drop of water hit Zheng Ren's face. He looked up and saw more raindrops falling on his face, like tears from the sky.
It's raining, damn it!
Zheng Ren was helpless, what the hell weather. Every step is difficult, and there is no way to go without rain. Once it rains and the mountain roads become slippery, I am afraid that the entire sharp knife squad will not be able to reach Nanchuan Town and the entire army will be destroyed.
Zheng Ren, who had always been calm, felt a little desperate in his heart.
He did not know that it was precisely because of the rain that delayed the progress of all rescue teams that the warriors of the 15th Army landed from high altitude in extremely dangerous circumstances.
Zheng Ren didn't know any of this.
A group of people moved forward in silence. Zhao Yunlong at the front carefully tested whether the road was solid. It had already slipped twice and was caught by Zheng Ren each time.
It took two or three hours to slowly walk out of this area of mountains and rocks.
The female reporter took a deep breath and wanted to say something, but she immediately felt that the atmosphere was not right.
It was dark in front and nothing could be seen.
The ground roar caused by the aftershocks roared faintly, echoing in the mountains, as if there were countless monsters underground and would burst out of the ground at any time.
She pulled the arm of the camera in front of her and asked, "Old She, what's wrong?"
The cameraman was speechless and pointed helplessly at the mountain in front of him and said: "Xiao Sun, look at the mountain road, more than half of it collapsed due to the earthquake, and only a little bit is left."
Reporter Sun squinted his eyes and searched carefully. Sure enough, the mountain road that circled the mountainside should have been 5-8 meters wide. Now, only less than 1 meter is left.
Even on this mountain road, which is less than 1 meter wide, there are still small gravels rolling down.
On one side of the mountain road, there are tens of thousands of mountains and piles of gravel. On the other side, there is a bottomless cliff.
Her face suddenly turned pale... She was cold and hungry. Her face was already in bad shape, but now it was even more ugly.
At the same time, her heart was beating wildly. Was she going to take such a mountain road
At this moment, she thought of her warm home in the imperial capital and her parents' kind smiles.
"Mr. Zhao, take a rest." Zheng Ren pulled Zhao Yunlong and said, "I'm tired after walking all the way. Take a rest, and we'll go up again."
When Zhao Yunlong saw the mountain road, he felt awe-inspiring and nodded heavily.
At this time, I used the satellite phone to report that I had no way out and requested to go back to the rescue headquarters
Of course it is possible.
But he can't. It's not that there is no way to go, there is still a road ahead, but this road is extremely dangerous.
"Rest where you are." Zhao Yunlong said in a deep voice.
Zheng Ren glanced at the mountain road and said, "I'm going to explore the road."
After saying that, he strode over.
Zhao Yunlong was just about to call Zheng Ren, but he was surprised when he saw that he was walking vigorously, like a monkey, and it seemed that his physical strength was not exhausted at all.
Mr. Zheng did a good job with the surgery, how come he has such good physical strength? He held back his words to stop Zheng Ren and tried to breathe. It was like a raging fire was burning in his chest, and blood oxygen exchange became a problem.
md, this damn weather! Zhao Yunlong cursed in his heart.
"Boss, please slow down, I can't keep up." Su Yun followed Zheng Ren and walked onto the narrow mountain road that could collapse at any time.
"Go back," Zheng Ren said, "I'll take a look at the situation, don't worry."
"That's nonsense. If you're going to fall, someone has to grab you." Su Yun gasped and said, "If you really die here, what will I tell the little lady when I go back?"
"If you follow me, I have to take care of you, don't you feel like you are a burden?" Zheng Ren walked forward indifferently, his voice coming out in the cold rain, so cold.
"Who the hell are you being a burden? Master, I have plenty of energy and endurance... unlimited." Su Yun wanted to say something to Zheng Ren out of habit, but he really couldn't keep up with his physical strength.
Although he doesn't exercise every day, Su Yun is indeed a genius. He has retained more energy than Zhao Yunlong to get here.
But he still couldn't keep up with Zheng Ren.
return to? Nope either.
What Su Yun said was indeed true. The mountain road was slippery, and if someone accidentally fell down, they wouldn't even be able to find the body.
Multiple people may pull one at a time of danger. Although it was more likely that he would fall down too, Su Yun couldn't care anymore.
The two quickly climbed up the mountain and onto the winding path less than 1 meter wide.