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"Those up there, come down quickly!" Just as Zhang Yang was pondering, a loudspeaker announcement suddenly came from downstairs.
It turned out to be the Armed Police Rescue Team.
The rescue team members raised the bucket of a loader to the third floor, where the pregnant woman was trapped. On one side of the loader, a ladder was erected, and the rescue team members climbed up the ladder and reached the bucket.
"Get down from the bucket quickly, we are here to help!" A young armed police officer with a flushed face said seriously, as if facing a great enemy.
Zhang Yang suddenly found this officer quite endearing. "Don't worry, I can help you."
"No way, get down now!" Little Warrior insisted.
"Stop wasting time!" Zhang Yang shouted, "What’s your plan?"
His voice carried an imposing presence, and Little Warrior unconsciously nodded in agreement.
"Alright, give him a steel chisel!" Then an older officer climbed up from the bucket and explained the plan briefly to Little Warrior. The rescue plan involved the soldiers taking turns using the steel chisel to carve out space little by little until the pregnant woman could crawl out, after which she would be rescued by the loader.
The space was very cramped; only one person could work at a time with manual chiseling before rotating. The reason they couldn't use heavy machinery was that the building was too dangerous; its safety factor had dropped to zero, teetering on the brink of collapse at any moment.
"I'll go first!" Zhang Yang took the steel chisel, focused his energy, and transformed his spiritual power into a strong force. The chisel moved gently but created a large space!
"That's amazing!" Little Warrior couldn't help but exclaim.
Zhang Yang smiled slightly and continued to exert force. Wherever the chisel went, it felt like cutting through tofu. As more space opened up, after about half an hour of work, it was finally large enough.
"Slowly crawl out!" Zhang Yang reached out his hand to the pregnant woman.
Suddenly, the building shook violently again, and the half-meter gap began to collapse!
"Oh no!" Zhang Yang quickly grabbed the pregnant woman's hand, trying to balance the force as he swiftly pulled her out. In an instant, she seemed to fly out. After escaping from the building, Zhang Yang leaped into the air, spun a few times, and landed on the bucket while holding her. At that moment, with a loud crash, the previously half-meter gap was crushed shut. The building swayed but ultimately did not collapse.
"We did it!" The moment they placed the pregnant woman in the bucket, Little Warrior and the older officer couldn't help but cheer.
Seeing that the pregnant woman was successfully rescued, Zhang Yang let out a long sigh of relief. Noticing that many other rescue operations were still underway with great urgency, he didn't hesitate and jumped down from the building to rush towards another collapsed structure.
Zong Lingxu joined the team treating the injured alongside the medical personnel who arrived shortly after.
Amidst the ruins, a child's cries could be heard.
Zhang Yang followed the sound and discovered it was coming from a gap trapped under a pile of floorboards, bricks, and concrete blocks.
"Are you okay, little one?" Zhang Yang shouted loudly.
"I'm scared..." came the voice of a young boy from inside.
"Is there anyone else with you? Can you move?" Zhang Yang continued to shout.
"It's just me... I can't move." The voice came again from the gap.
"Alright, don't move!" After saying this, Zhang Yang began to take action. Because the layers of floorboards and concrete blocks were stacked precariously, he was cautious and moved them one by one.
Finally, Zhang Yang managed to clear a larger opening. He saw that the young boy was positioned in a triangular space created by a floorboard pressing down at an angle, so he was temporarily safe from harm. Zhang Yang reached out his hand, hoping the boy could grab it, but the boy stretched his hand for a long time and still couldn't reach.
Zhang Yang had to continue moving the floorboards and bricks until he turned the gap into a larger hole. Once he climbed down and saw the scene before him, he was stunned.
The boy's legs were tightly held by a woman, while one corner of the floorboard had fallen on her body. The woman had already succumbed to her injuries but still held onto the boy tightly, which is why he had not been harmed.
Zhang Yang tried to pull the boy out but found that he couldn't move at all; although the woman was lifeless, her hands remained firmly wrapped around him. After assessing the situation, Zhang Yang comforted the boy and went to find Armed Police Officers.
With everyone using tools together, they finally lifted the floorboard and rescued both the woman and the boy. They then pried apart the woman's stiff hands to pull the boy out.
"Mommy!" The boy finally noticed that the woman holding him was covered in blood and motionless. He then threw himself onto her, crying uncontrollably.
Zong Lingxu also rushed over upon hearing the cries, and tears filled her eyes immediately.
...
After an entire day, the rescue operation was mostly completed. Tents were set up in open areas, and medical teams along with supplies arrived in large quantities.
Regular checks and verifications revealed that during the recent earthquake in Dachang Town, over 100 people were injured and eight lost their lives.
What was most strange was that all eight deceased were women. Among the injured, the vast majority were also women. The rescue teams did not find this too surprising, as women generally have less physical strength and tend to panic in disasters, making such a situation understandable.
However, Zhang Yang felt that something was seriously amiss.
During the rescue efforts, he noticed that many men were actually in more dangerous situations but suffered little to no harm. Meanwhile, some of the women who died had peculiar circumstances. For instance, there was a young woman who was walking in front of a building when the earthquake struck. She immediately ran towards an open area, but suddenly the building collapsed faster than expected, and a brick flew out, striking her on the head and killing her instantly.
Additionally, while rescuing a pregnant woman, they were close to success when the building inexplicably shook violently. If it weren't for his quick action, that pregnant woman might have also lost her life.
This disaster came suddenly and only occurred within a small area of Dachang Town, and it seemed as if death was specifically targeting women...
"That pregnant woman must be about five months along. Right, I should ask if she is having a boy or a girl?" Zhang Yang suddenly thought and began to inquire. He had saved quite a few people, and the townsfolk were very cooperative with him. "Xiao Juan is having a girl. Thank goodness you saved her! Her husband is working outside, and it's just her and her mother-in-law at home."
Indeed, it was a girl! Zhang Yang frowned in contemplation again. Since it seemed to be targeting women, why were there exactly eight women? What did this number signify?
Eight... When I was saving others, I encountered one pregnant woman who was female and carrying a child. Could she and her baby have originally been included in this number?
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