Rebirth at the end of the world: I report to the country

December 5, 2024, 6:30 a.m. Eastern Time - nearly five days have passed since the earthquake hit and the rear group made the choice to stop advancing and choose a place to evacuate.

Pingbo Village.

Five days were enough for most of the not-so-thick ice to completely melt into water, revealing the true appearance of Blue Star to the surviving humans.

Although it was actually hit by countless large hailstones before it was frozen, the so-called true appearance was also riddled with holes.

The soil was pitted and covered with flowers and vegetable seedlings that had been pressed into the soil. Jiang Yaguang even saw the mutilated body of a scarecrow.

The corpses of insects and animals lay quietly. Fortunately, perhaps thankfully, no human corpses appeared after all.

Because they are frozen, they still look fresh.

It's alive but lifeless, and this scene is a bit sad.

But the tenacity of life is always beyond everyone’s imagination, and vitality will not disappear forever. Today, when the temperature has only risen for five days, although there are no bright and colorful colors yet, there are already colors in the brown soil. A few small touches of greenery were born.

They will continue the life of Blue Star.

Jiang Yaguang came out of his tent and stretched in front of the autumn sun, which had only been rising for a while.

Then he skillfully walked to the outside where the soldiers were camping. Looking at the Dongguo soldiers who had already made a fire to cook, he said with a smile:

"Hey, can you have hot pork rib soup this morning? Such a luxury."

The soldiers seemed to be used to Jiang Yaguang's arrival. The members of the cooking team who were making soup even asked with a smile:

"Would you like a bowl first?"

"Of course I won't be polite. I don't want soup in my pork rib soup. I'll add more pork ribs, some herbs and green onions. Thank you, brother." Jiang Yaguang said with a playful smile.

"I also have chopped green onions and coriander. You can use this as a restaurant order. It's just a bowl. You can drink it if you like. Besides, what's so delicious about coriander?"

The members of the cooking class rolled their eyes and gave Jiang Yaguang a bowl before stuffing him with two steamed buns.

"Sooner or later, those of you who don't know much about coriander will be assigned to grow coriander." Jiang Yaguang took a big gulp of the soup bowl and then looked ugly.

"What's wrong? Although the seasoning is limited, it definitely doesn't taste bad."

How could the cook accept that the food he made was unpalatable? Hearing this, he asked a little strangely.

"It's hot!" Jiang Yaguang stuck out his tongue and said painfully while inhaling, "It's over, my tongue will be numb for at least two days again."

"..."

"Hahahahaha."

The members of the cooking class burst into laughter after a brief silence.

"What happened? It's so funny." A few more soldiers came out of the tent nearby. After seeing Jiang Yaguang, the leader sat next to him and said hello:

"Ya Guang? Here you go again. Do you want to join us today? If you are tired, you can have a good rest for the day."

"Hey, Captain Li, I'm not following you out purely to help you. The main thing is that I also have a hobby in this area. This is a win-win situation for us." Jiang Yaguang responded with a smile.

“Exploring the ruins of villages and towns and collecting supplies is what I, a survival enthusiast, like to do most, but I couldn’t find any environmental practice before, so I didn’t feel tired at all.

Today's earthquake ended two hours ago, right? Then there is probably another six to ten hours of buffering period. Why don't we explore the villages and towns on the other side of the road? The ice has almost melted anyway. "Jiang Yaguang is gearing up.

"I know, but your plan this time may be in vain, because we may have to do mainly physical work today."

Li Zhengzheng gnawed on the steamed bun and sipped the pork rib soup while answering vaguely.

"Ah? Physical work, what are we going to do today?" Jiang Yaguang was a little curious about this.

"Clean up the falling gravel and create an open space for the helicopter to land." Li Zhengzheng replied.

Hearing the keyword, Jiang Yaguang asked with some surprise: "Captain Li, are we leaving?"

"Yes, it is expected that in the afternoon, or tonight at the latest, the Dongguo rescue team will be able to focus on us and send a rescue helicopter to take everyone away." Li Zhengzheng smiled and nodded.

Although there was no network here after the earthquake, the soldiers in the rear group naturally carried extremely professional satellite communication equipment and were able to keep in touch with the Dongguo army.

Not to mention the Dongguo official, most of the mobile phones of ordinary people nowadays are equipped with satellite communication modules, but the information transmitted by Tongchun is limited to text and the quantity is limited.

Therefore, Dongguo immediately established the Dongguo Earthquake Disaster Relief Department, focusing on bringing back citizens like Jiang Yaguang who were scattered outside and had not reached a permanent shelter.

As for why five days have passed and the rescue department still has not shown up, there is a reason.

First of all, during the earthquake disaster, land travel was completely unusable. The terrain changes and rock collapse caused by the earthquake caused much more trouble and repair difficulties than hail, and it was impossible to use them again. Therefore, rescue could only be through air units.

However, large aircraft were once again excluded at this time because they had no landing point or runway. As a result, the only thing Dongguo could use was the rescue helicopter.

The number of people that helicopters can rescue each time is single digits, which greatly limits Dongguo's rescue speed.

But no matter how slow the speed is, it won't take five days for a car to fly here. The reason for this is that there are many people in Dongguo who are in the same situation as Jiang Yaguang.

There are so many people in Dongguo, and the end of the queue on each line encountered similar problems.

Some convoys took the initiative to make a judgment similar to Wang Shihu's and gave up moving forward, while some convoys chose to take refuge on the spot according to the instructions of the Dongguo headquarters.

For a big country, this number is still extremely exaggerated.

Because the routes and locations are different, the conditions of the nearest evacuation point chosen by each person are different, which leads to the different duration of persistence at each evacuation point. Some unlucky teams can hardly find flat land that can perfectly avoid the earthquake disaster. Therefore, Every second is at risk.

There are many such situations. For the natural environment that has changed once during the ice disaster, not everyone can be lucky enough to judge correctly. Just a few kilometers near Pingbo Village, another convoy on the same route chose the point. It's very dangerous.

For such a convoy, Dongguo naturally adjusted the highest priority of rescue and poured its rescue power on them first.

As for the evacuation point like Jiang Yaguang, because the location was well chosen, although the surrounding landslides and ground cracks occurred, it remained 'steady'. So far, there have been no casualties caused by the earthquake, so the priority has been adjusted to the lowest.

But the minimum does not mean to ignore it, otherwise the Dong people here would not be able to survive now. You must know that each of them has different personal habits, but they only bring dry food and water for one or two days.