bookcurios Chapter 218 Mountain Fire
Chapter 218 Mountain Fire
The scary thing about wildfires is that once they start, they are difficult to put out. They will continue to spread outward and anything combustible will be affected.
It’s such a big mountain with so many trees on it that it would take ten days or half a month to burn them all. All living things within a five-kilometer radius will suffer.
The loss of life and property at that time was incalculable. The entire Shiling Town, and even Shuangqiao City, would not be able to recover in three to five years.
The more she thought about the consequences, the more terrifying they became, so Tu Shan quickened her pace.
The fire had already started and it was difficult for her to put it out on her own. She did not have the confidence to control the fire 100%, so she could only save people first.
"Hurry down the mountain, is it burning?"
Tu Shan's appearance was sudden and her words were also sudden, leaving the team members confused.
"Where is the fire? How severe is it?"
"The mountain is on fire! Hurry down and get down before the fire gets to you! Don't dawdle.
Follow the vines quickly, don't linger on the mountain, I'll find the rest."
Everyone was shocked and their hearts were pounding.
Wildfire?
They wanted to ask more, but Tu Shan had already left, so quickly that the group thought it was an illusion.
"No wonder I smelled something, it was burning. What should we do, Captain?"
The captain pondered for a few seconds and said, "If we go down the mountain, if the mountain really catches fire, the leadership will definitely make unified arrangements. If we stay here or rashly go to find people to put out the fire, we will not only be unable to help, but will also become a burden."
The team members had no objection and followed the captain down the mountain along the vines.
Similarly, no one paid much attention to the vines that appeared so abruptly.
Tu Shan ran wildly in the mountains, using her special abilities to find people. She could use plants to distinguish between her own people and those whose identities were uncertain.
At this time, naturally, one's own people come first.
When they found it, they used vines to clear a path for them and urged them to get down the mountain quickly.
Wildfires are a far greater deterrent to everyone than most natural and man-made disasters because they are uncontrollable.
When everyone learned about the wildfire and vaguely sensed it, their hearts were lifted. No one questioned it and they quickly left.
Tu Shan had no appointment and no position, but she was able to command everyone at this time because of her own momentum.
Even if some people hesitated, they all shut up and followed the main force to evacuate at her strange speed.
After everyone had evacuated, Tu Shan went to look for people of uncertain identities scattered in the mountains.
Superpowers surged out like crazy. There were more than twenty people investigating before, but now there are more than ten more. What happened?
It looked like people were constantly trying to get in from the outside of the mountain. Why? Even if they didn't know there was a wildfire, they shouldn't have been heading up the mountain so late at night.
Tu Shan felt something was wrong, but these people were too scattered and she didn't have time to look for them one by one.
He gritted his teeth, turned around and ran towards the fire.
There are three fire points, located at opposite triangular points on the mountain.
I don’t know if it’s because of the burning, but the fog in the mountains is particularly thick tonight, visibility is less than one meter, and there is a pungent smell in the air.
Tu Shan tore a piece of clothing to cover her mouth and nose and ran away at high speed.
The nearest fire started three kilometers away, in a lush basin.
When she arrived, a basin as big as a small town was already on fire.
Countless insects, birds and beasts rushed out with roars, and there was a faint smell of barbecue in the air.
The air a mile away was scorched. When you got a little closer, the burning sensation was so intense that you felt pain all over your body.
Tu Shan turned around and made a firebreak one kilometer away from the burning edge.
The fire was so intense that the fire zone was at least a hundred meters wide.
All the trees were either broken in half or uprooted.
All the weeds were grown to their limit and turned into ashes.
The fire spread quickly, and Tu Shan used all her strength and did not dare to stop for a moment.
It took more than three hours of numbly pulling up and kicking trees to finally build the isolation belt.
After confirming that the fire here will not spread further, rush to the next fire point.
Halfway through the journey, they saw a large group heading up the mountain, so they turned around to meet them.
He didn't know the leader Tu Shan, but he knew Tu Shan.
Seeing that she was covered in dirt and had all kinds of scars, I couldn't tell what she was doing.
"Comrade Tu, I'm Liang Anguo, the captain of the mountain fire rescue team. The leader said that if we encounter you, we will notify you to get down the mountain immediately. All our team members have been safely evacuated. It's very dangerous in the mountains and we can't stay for long."
Tu Shan nodded. "I know it's dangerous in the mountains, but we can't go down now. Do you know what's going on down there? Why are there so many unidentified people coming up?"
Liang Anguo was a little surprised how Tu Shan knew this, after all, they had just pried this information out of the bandits.
He had received instructions from his superiors long ago, so he answered whatever Tu Shan asked: "The bandits are using the families of the surrounding mountain residents as threats to force other mountain residents to go up the mountain. The leaders are already handling this matter.
But we cannot take care of the mountain people who have already gone up the mountain for the time being, we need to solve the wildfire problem first.
This matter cannot be delayed any longer, Comrade Tu, please get down the mountain immediately."
Tu Shan cursed them as animals, no wonder there were suddenly so many people in the mountains.
He is truly a vicious bandit, inhumane, without purpose, and only wants to kill.
They probably want to wipe out the mountain people and their iron rice bowls in one fell swoop.
"Do you know about the wildfire situation?"
"Needs investigation."
That means I don’t know.
Tu Shan: "No need to investigate, the wildfires are in these three places. This is a basin. I have already built firebreaks, and the danger is over.
I haven't been to the remaining two places yet. Since you're here, come along. It will save you a lot of trouble if I lead the way."
Tu Shan drew a simple map on the ground and marked the distances.
Liang Anguo didn't expect Tu Shan to know so much, but according to the location she provided, the straight-line distance was ten kilometers, deep in the mountains where you couldn't see your hand in front of you. By the time they got there, the daylily might have been cold.
Liang Anguo felt nervous, thinking that the fire could not be put out.
Tu Shan didn't care what Liang Anguo was thinking, and she knew that ordinary forces would not be enough to put out the fire.
He threw out the vines directly: "Hold on tight, I'll take you there."
"What?" Liang Anguo was puzzled.
Three vines as thick as arms appeared out of thin air, two of them fell at everyone's feet, and one hung beside everyone. Even the well-trained team members couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
Seeing them in a daze, Tu Shan shouted again, "Hold on tight."
The sound carried a strange energy that made people's hearts tremble, and everyone subconsciously grasped the vines on their sides.
"gone."
As soon as the words fell, everyone felt like they were on a speeding train. The strong push on their backs caused them all to dig into the ground with their toes as they walked through the mountains. They couldn't see the road ahead or behind, and there was only the whistling wind that made their faces hurt.
No one spoke, because as soon as they opened their mouths, they would be choked by the thick fog filled with dust, which would make them cry.
"arrive."
Ten minutes, not too fast, not too slow either.
Tu Shan's voice was like a wake-up call, waking up the numb-faced people.
The flames shooting up into the sky dispelled the darkness, and they came back to their senses from their trance and remembered their mission for today.
Looking at the fire in front of me, I was shocked.
"Has the fire gotten to this point?"