Transmigrated & Triumphant: Defying Destiny's Chosen One-Chapter 578 - 71: Rescue [Don’t Save Up]

3:42 AM, July 28.

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake occurred in Han River area.

Beijing was also severely affected, and the whole nation was shaken. On one hand, there was a struggle to rescue; on the other, there was a need to guard against certain foreign actions... Internal strife, external threats, nothing more than these.

At 8:00 in the morning, Shi Suifeng was still full of joy when he called Chu River.

But at this moment, his heart was only filled with anxiety and worry.

The group was forced to stop halfway — ahead was the disaster area in urgent need of rescue, but the trucks couldn’t pass through —

Not only them, but all the people who arrived earlier had to stop here —

Both bridges ahead had collapsed, rail tracks were broken, and even planes couldn’t find a flat area to land now.

All the rescue supplies and large numbers of personnel that could improve efficiency were completely blocked on the other side of the disaster.

Two young men in the team were already crying profusely — their home was in Han River.

On the march, afraid of affecting morale, they had been holding back, but now, being forced to stop, even the strongest heart couldn’t hold back anymore.

Now, so close to home, they couldn’t get in; how could they not be heartbroken —

"My son said yesterday... he said he caught a fish for me, said the fish was dumb, put a net on the river surface, opened the net, and the fish jumped in by itself..."

Now... now what hope is there?

The tall man now choked to the point of being incomprehensible, and everyone present had red eyes.

Shi Suifeng was also filled with anger.

He had a higher rank than everyone present, so naturally, he got more information — this earthquake, there had been warnings half a month ago!

In half a month, 18 monitoring stations before and after, 85 observation points kept issuing warnings, even went into full alert —

Yet the person responsible for this...

Shi Suifeng closed his eyes.

He swore in his heart — if he survived, he would never allow such a thing to happen again!

He clenched his fists, went to survey the front again, and immediately made a decision —

"We can’t wait any longer!"

As the sixth batch of frontline troops and medical staff, they couldn’t wait idly for road repairs, so they simply abandoned auxiliary traffic resets and left those tasks to professionals.

While others would quickly get to the designated locations via helicopters — as for the rescue supplies, they could only be airdropped by plane. After all, the front was devastated, and finding a clear area to safely land a plane wasn’t an easy task.

...

The sun was at its peak, the fireball hung high in the sky just like usual, but the ground remained shrouded in thick fog at noon.

Thick fog mixed with smoke, ash, and the smell of death lingered for a long time before slowly dispersing.

At this time, looking down from the helicopter, the thick fog covered a continuous spread of ruins, collapsed sections of road, fissures on the earth, and the road scars where muddy water flowed through the rock crevices...

The helicopter quickly found a place to stop, and all personnel got ready at the fastest speed. When the plane took off again, pebbles of different sizes rolled down the mountain slope by the side of the road...

The experts accompanying them started to worry — looking at the post-earthquake situation like this, they not only had to worry about the post-disaster rescue work, but also be wary of the aftershocks that were highly likely to follow.

But how could they be wary of a natural disaster?

And how could they be cautious in such an environment?

The group quickly set off for the most severely affected urban area. Crossing this small hill, the small city was fully exposed before everyone.

— All the buildings in the old city district collapsed, and this place seemed like a battlefield bombarded by heavy artillery, with dead silence and frenzy all around —

There was no telling how many people screamed in agony because of the pain in their bodies and minds.

The cuckoo’s cry, mournful.

...

This even more unsettling earthquake occurred in the early hours when everyone was asleep.

And because of this, at this moment, survivors in the old city could be counted on one hand.

More people were buried deep underground without leaving even a finger exposed.

They brought down various rescue materials, and Shi Suifeng immediately delegated the distribution of rescue operations and without further ado, chose a location and began to look for any possible signs of life in the rubble.

Fortunately, when he lifted a beam, an old woman underneath groaned and still managed to turn over to avoid the beam.

Even though — half of her body was already a bloody mess.

"Doctor! Doctor!"

Shi Suifeng shouted — such serious injuries!

The old woman lay on the ground looking at him, with a hint of joy and tranquility in her eyes:

"The liberation army..."

Then she looked up at the sky and murmured: "I knew the Party would definitely come... The heavens are angry, I told them, at night the steel bars were all lit up, no one believed, no one believed..."

Her consciousness was slipping away, and after a brief rally, her whole being visibly declined, finally unable to make a sound.

The doctor hurried over, but after stretching his hand out, he sighed helplessly.

Shi Suifeng understood what it meant.

He judged that this was a privately built old house, with beams, but not very large, and there must be other buildings around ...

So he called for people to dig downwards quickly along the direction while working hard and feeling stifled:

"She said the steel was glowing, what does that mean?"

The doctor hesitated, then wiped his face covered with ashes and sweat:

"Several rescued people over there all said Granny Feng saw a pile of steel glowing last night at the construction site, said it was a warning from the heavens, and no one believed..."

Everyone thought the construction workers were just making a fire at night!

Shi Suifeng remembered the information he received and closed his eyes.

...

Ning City’s distance was indeed a bit too far.

But fortunately, by the time they arrived, the road was basically navigable.

Chu River stood on the vehicle looking at the devastated landscape, barren and desolate, and a palpable sense of pain surged in her heart.

She fought fiercely on the interstellar battlefield, guarding something that, in the end, was not different from people hundreds of years ago.

And now, the limitations of the times, the backwardness of technology, all kinds of issues were shackles on life.

Chu River took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and carefully pondered in her mind — in this simple environment, was there any way to help save one more life as quickly as possible?

The answer was, no.

The limitations of the times brought not only a lag in thinking but also a lack of hardware.

In this stage where even infrared detection had just been made, wanting to further study, even without considering her current lack of spiritual power, even if she let loose entirely without concern, it would take at least several months to find matching materials.

This time was too long; it wasn’t a question of letting go or not — some materials haven’t even been applied now; even if made, would there even be a network for real-time connection?

She sighed helplessly — since technology couldn’t do it, the most basic human effort should strive hard.

Could it be that because the times are backward, the actions should be backward too?