Blending of Planes: I am leisurely farming

With Robin pointing the way, Sean and his friends passed through the dark night and rugged mountain roads, and finally arrived at the safe place opened up by Mayor Lewis and his friends.

This is a relatively flat open space, less than a hundred meters away from the place where Geller called for help on the radio. The open space is surrounded by tall cedars, which form a natural buffer zone layer by layer, effectively blocking the advance of mud and rocks brought by the avalanche and providing site support for the valuable rescue operation.

Not far in front of the open space, there was a sand wall made of mud and stones several meters high, which stretched for several miles and seemed endless.

Geller was buried in the ruins. It was impossible to rescue him from the ruins by human power.

At this time, Mayor Lewis was sitting on a big rock, his tired expression was obvious, his gray hair was lying sickly, and a few strands of hair mixed with mud and water were firmly stuck on his face.

The previous excavation and rescue work had turned him into a mud man, with mud filling his fingernails and blood oozing from his cracked skin already covered by mud and scabs. He stared blankly ahead, as if he had aged a few years.

Demetrius and Harvey disappeared, leaving Jenny alone operating the radio and trying to communicate with Geller.

"Old Liu, good news! The young man who came back from the city is no ordinary man. There is hope for Geller!" Robin rushed up to report to Lewis immediately, bringing a glimmer of hope to the already desperate old man.

On the way there, Sean discussed his respective situations with Robin and gained a general understanding of the difficulties faced by the rescue.

Lewis turned around when he heard the voice, and a glimmer of expectation flashed in his dazed eyes.

Sean went up and had a brief conversation with Lewis, revealing some of the inside information.

Lewis officially handed over the on-site personnel dispatch to her on the grounds that he was old and physically unable to do so, and at the same time asked Sean to use his abilities to assist Demetrius in rescuing Geller.

According to the previous assignment along the way, the rescue team of more than 30 people was divided into several groups by Sean step by step to perform their duties.

The first group, led by Elliot, consisted of three people. They collected dry branches and grass and quickly started a fire to prevent the rescuers from losing their energy too quickly and suffering from hypothermia in the continuously low temperature environment.

At the same time, because of the different mountain roads, transporting the wounded is also a problem.

In order to prepare for a rainy day, Elliot had experience in fishing at sea and was skilled in weaving fishing nets, so the task of making a simple stretcher was also assigned to him.

The second group was handed over to Alex and Sam, who went back to meet Pam, Pierre McClure and others.

The third group, led by Robin, consisted of dozens of people who cut down trees, collected wood, and used the wood to make soil support structures to prevent secondary landslides and mud and rock backfilling during the excavation work.

The rest of the people will follow Sean to assist Demetrius in searching for the exact location of the trapped Geller and developing a corresponding rescue strategy based on the situation.

In the darkness of the night, relying on the light of a flashlight, Sean led a team to find Demetrius and Harvey who were searching for signs of life in the ruins.

Both of them were exhausted, panting, unable to straighten their backs. Their hair was soaked with sweat and attacked by the cold air, condensing into frost on the ends of their hair and the brim of their hats.

The two men seemed to have fallen several times, and there was a layer of mud on their buttocks, elbows, backs and other parts that had not yet dried, as if they had waded through a mud pit.

Seeing the people coming with lights on, the two stopped and leaned on the wooden sticks they picked up, giving themselves a chance to catch their breath.

Finally! The two wiped their foreheads with their only clean wrists and breathed a sigh of relief.

Sean stepped forward and explained his purpose, and discussed it with Harvey and Demetrius.

Unfolding the map, Demetrius drew a circle on the map around the area where Geller might be trapped, based on the situation Geller had described when he asked for advice and the on-site investigation, and displayed it to everyone.

The flashlight shone through the map, covering an area of ​​about one kilometer along the road to Baidu Peak, including the area along the road and the area where people left the road to seek shelter after discovering the avalanche.

Since there were no life detectors and radio communications had never been established except for the initial distress signal, such a large area could only be searched by manpower, such as digging, looking for traces of moving vehicles, knocking and listening for sounds, etc.

In the face of natural disasters, human power is so insignificant and can only make a small difference.

After understanding the general situation, everyone's mood became a little depressed. No wonder Lewis showed a confused and helpless expression just now.

"There is strength in numbers, don't give up! I believe man can conquer nature, and God certainly didn't expect me to be able to see through the soil!" Sean took a pen and divided the area into eight equal areas on the map, and encouraged everyone, "Search separately, two people in each area, and report any abnormalities in time. I will confirm them!"

"Uncle Demi, let's check the most likely section along the road first." Sean drew his hand across the long line on the map and shouted to everyone.

The gathered lights dispersed in pairs in all directions and gradually disappeared into the darkness.

I wonder who will bring hope among the departing crowd.

In the night, the light of the flashlight flickered in the dark forest, as if the fire of hope was burning in the ocean of despair.

Sean and Demetrius carefully searched for any possible signs of life along both sides of the road. Sean activated his ability to penetrate the thick mud and rocks to find the buried Geller.

"Geller~" The loud shouts of the search and rescue workers were heard from time to time in the night not far away, echoing in the mountains and forests, but finally fell into the sea with no response.

As time passed, anxiety slowly filled everyone's hearts, squeezing out hope bit by bit, and despair surged up.

"Bang, bang, bang~" Abigail, who was thirsty, knocked on the ground with a brick, bent down and listened carefully to see if there was any echo coming from under the sand and gravel.

"Uncle Gail, I hope you're okay, otherwise what will Sister Jill do?" Abby muttered to himself, raised his face which was covered in mud from lying on the ground listening, and shook his head at his companion next to him.

The loss was beyond words, and the two men walked towards the next location mechanically.

It is now past 3 a.m. and the rescue work has been going on for more than two hours.

"Woof woof woof~" A dog barked in the distance, but some of the insensitive search and rescue workers turned a deaf ear to it.

"Lao De~ Lao De~" Soon after, someone's shouting voice penetrated the mist that had just risen. Following the direction of the voice, several flashlights appeared in the dark night.

It turned out that Pierre, the hunters led by McCaroo, and the fishermen headed by Willy were late. Because their vehicle broke down on the road, they had to come on foot, which delayed them a lot of time.

After much talk, they finally arrived, and their participation gave a shot of confidence to the rescue team whose morale was somewhat low. Not to mention that McCaroo brought four hounds, which greatly improved the search and rescue efficiency.

With the addition of more than 30 townspeople in their prime, including McCaroo and Willy, Sean reorganized the search and rescue team, allowing the previous townspeople to rest and rotate in shifts every two hours.

Relying on his excellent physical fitness, Sean continued searching, using his abilities whenever they recovered. When his mental strength was insufficient, he ran between the teams that discovered the anomaly, recovering his mental strength during the running.

At 72 a.m., the sky was already turning pale. At this time, 6 hours had passed since the -hour golden rescue period for geological disasters. No trace of Geller's trapped body had been found. During this period, the rescuers had not taken a drop of water and were seriously exhausted. Everyone was hoping for a miracle to happen.

At eight o'clock in the morning, the sky was already completely bright. The rising sun dispelled the mist that had risen during the night, revealing the devastating disaster scene in full view of everyone, starkly hurting everyone's heart.

At around nine o'clock in the morning, a burst of rapid dog barking startled the surrounding rescue workers. They saw a hunting dog circling anxiously around a pile of mud and rocks under a protruding rock wall, growling and digging the soil with its claws when it saw the search and rescue workers coming.

Something's happening! Sean rushed over immediately and used his detection ability to take a look.

Below the rock wall, about 4 meters underground, covered with mud and rocks, a black car was upside down, but fortunately the car was not seriously damaged. Geller himself was hanging upside down in the driver's seat without any movement.

Sean made an inference in his mind that Geller was trying to escape the mudslide caused by the avalanche and didn't notice that he and his car fell off the rock wall and were buried by the mudslide.

Fortunately, there were many fallen trees above the vehicle, and the dead branches created a gap in the soil, preventing the person from suffocating to death.

Upon hearing the good news, the crowd cheered, and everyone gathered together, led by Mayor Lewis.

Sean used his ability to explain the situation under the mud and rocks to Demetrius on paper, and asked the geologist to develop a rescue plan.

Difficulties in rescue:

First, the soil layer is too thick, the mud and rocks are loose, the excavation work is large, and the phenomenon of landslide backfill is serious;

Second, air circulation must be ensured during the excavation process to prevent Geller from suffocating to death;

Third, fallen trees are across the top of vehicles and need to be cleared and moved;

Fourth, the vehicle was upside down in the soil, which made it exponentially more difficult to rescue people.

"Huh~" Sean took a breath. While Demetrius was making a plan, Sean found a place not too far from the crowd and sat down on the ground.

Finally there was a chance to rest. Sean, who had not rested for a long time, had reached his physical and mental limits.

At this time, Robin's team also rushed over with the wooden support frame they had made. After Delitius gave her a few instructions, she put the wood aside and left with more people, not knowing what they were preparing.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the excavation work was still in progress. Everyone was digging carefully under the command of Sean and Demetrius. At this time, the mud and water on everyone's hands had long dried up, and fell off due to the friction with the shovel handle, and then the mud and water dripping from the shovel along the shovel handle soaked the palms of their hands.

At 11 o'clock in the morning, a voice came from afar. It turned out that Pam went back to bring the ranch owner Marnie, Caroline and other women over to deliver food.

When Sean saw Caroline, he thought of Abigail. After Pierre came over, the little girl, in order to prove that Pierre was wrong for not letting her come over, competed with Pierre to see who could dig more soil.

It was rare to have such fun during the tiring and boring excavation work, so no one tried to stop them. Sean picked a position where there was no danger and let the father and daughter compete.

As family members, they stick together. Neither the father nor the daughter would admit defeat. Their increasingly violent movements caused the splashing mud and water to turn their clothes gray.

It was Caroline who came with two lunch boxes, eyes wide open with anger, and stopped the fight between the father and daughter.

The two sides sat at a distance from each other. Pierre was eating with big mouthfuls of food. Abigail glanced at him and also started eating with big mouthfuls of food.

"Click, click, click~" The father and daughter started competing with each other about the speed of eating again, which dispersed some of the tense and anxious atmosphere.

"Where's my meal?" More and more people took their lunch boxes and found an open space to eat. Sean realized later that he had no relatives to bring him food.

"Sean! Sean!" Just as Sean was hesitating whether to find a deserted place and take out a meal from the space, Penny, holding a lunch box, raised one hand high and shouted to Sean on the top of the rock wall.