Lele was leading the way in front, with Lin Jie and Zhang Xiaoxiao following behind, while An Kexin and the others stayed behind to rest.

The two humans and one dog walked north for about a few hundred meters, climbed over a high slope, and witnessed a massive scene of collapsed mountains and destroyed trees.

All around, there were shattered rocks, with rocks of three to four meters, even seven to eight meters in diameter everywhere, along with many trees crushed by huge stones.

"Woof woof... woof woof..."

Looking toward the sound, Lin Jie saw Lele about twenty to thirty meters away, barking continuously at a huge rock.

Lin Jie and Zhang Xiaoxiao hurried over, turned to the other side of the rock and looked down, and were instantly shocked.

This rock, over six to seven meters tall, was tilted but not toppled, with some rubble piled up at its base, along with some green branches. Through the gaps in the rubble, a person's head was visible.

Just when Lin Jie thought the person was dead, he suddenly saw the person's eyelids twitch, open, and, like a flash of life, sparkle as he opened his mouth and shouted, "Help me! Help me..."

Seeing this, Lin Jie and Zhang Xiaoxiao carefully moved a few rocks to expose his head.

Lin Jie touched his carotid artery, and unexpectedly, the person's pulse was quite strong, seemingly not severely injured.

He leaned over and saw a few thick branches, miraculously supporting a space that prevented the rocks from crushing the person.

This person can still be saved!

Over the next two hours, Lin Jie and Zhang Xiaoxiao chatted with the person, encouraging his will to live while trying various methods to clear away movable rocks to help free him.

Through conversation, they learned that the person was named Xu Feng, also a tourist visiting the Bamboo Sea.

According to him, he had even seen Lin Jie, Zhang Xiaoxiao, and the others in the National Village.

He and his companions had stayed in the Bamboo Sea for a few days and, feeling bored, decided to explore remote areas untouched by tourists.

Last night, after the earthquake, as they anxiously gathered their belongings to move to a safer place, they encountered this landslide.

When Lin Jie asked about his companions, Xu Feng remained silent.

Lin Jie sighed silently, thinking that perhaps his companions were buried under these rocks.

Nearing the end of the clearing, Lin Jie's heart sank.

A large horizontal rock pinned Xu Feng's legs and supported the massive leaning rock.

Perhaps seeing Lin Jie and Zhang Xiaoxiao's delay, Xu Feng grew anxious and said, "What on earth is happening? Why aren't you moving? Tell me quickly!"

Lin Jie pondered for a moment and said, "A large rock is crushing your legs, and we can't move it. Even if we could, we wouldn't dare to, because if it moves..."

He pointed to the massive rock towering over him, "This rock might come crashing down."

Xu Feng's face turned ashen, murmuring, "Am I really going to die here? I'm still so young!"

Lin Jie and Zhang Xiaoxiao tried pulling Xu Feng, but it had no effect whatsoever!

Out of options, Lin Jie reassured him, "We'll go back and call for help, call many people. With enough help, there will be a way."

Xu Feng's eyes lit up with urgency, "Yes, yes, hurry and get people here, as many as possible!"

"Hey, I remember now, I have a mobile phone in my back pocket, check if it's still working?"

Hearing this, Lin Jie was delighted!

When they had fled in the moment, they were in such a hurry that, apart from the clothes on their backs, a camping lantern, and an emergency medical kit, they had left everything else behind.

Lin Jie bent down and reached toward Xu Feng's back waist, pulling out a phone with a cracked screen and a pack of cigarettes, surprisingly with a lighter inside.

With fire, many problems can be solved!

The phone still turned on, but, as expected, had no signal.

Lin Jie said with some optimism, "Even though there's no phone signal, we can use the lighter to light a smoke signal, surely someone will see it."

"A-Jie/Brother/Jie-ge"

Suddenly hearing the voices of An Kexin and Lin Miao, Lin Jie turned to see the three of them stumbling over.

Lin Jie went up to them, supported An Kexin, and asked with concern, "Why did you come over? Didn't I tell you to stay and wait patiently?"

"Brother, we've been waiting for quite a while, so we brought some water over to find you!"

Saying this, Lin Miao handed over a bamboo tube.

This was a simple water container Lin Jie had carved with a scalpel in the morning.

Lin Jie and Zhang Xiaoxiao each took two sips, leaving most of the water for Xu Feng.

He then instructed An Kexin, Lin Miao, and An Kemeng to stay in a safe area and keep Xu Feng company while he and Zhang Xiaoxiao went to collect firewood for the signal fire.

The mountains and forests were abundant with dry wood!

The two collected some and placed it in an open safe area, then added many green-leaved branches on top.

Soon, a thick column of smoke curled up...

Returning to Xu Feng, Lin Jie discovered Lin Miao holding a phone to Xu Feng's face, recording his words.

"...Dad, Mom, I can't bear to leave you!"

"If I'm really gone..."

Xu Feng spoke with bitterness, "Take this recording to Ji Yangcheng and Peng Yutang and make them pay some money, no, a lot of money, to support you!"

"Last night, when we were escaping together, Ji Yangcheng fell, and I kindly went back to pull him up, but I was caught by a falling branch."

"Unexpectedly, Ji Yangcheng and Peng Yutang abandoned me and ran away."

"Dad, Mom, you must make them pay the price..."

Hearing this, Lin Jie frowned.

Although what Xu Feng said about those two was somewhat inappropriate, considering last night's situation, under the threat of death, instinctively choosing to flee couldn't really be blamed.

After all, situations where someone sacrifices themselves to save others are rare...

At this moment, the ground suddenly shook again.

Lin Jie swayed a bit before he barely managed to stand firm.

He suddenly noticed that after Lin Miao staggered forward a step, her body was falling forward!

What frightened him to the core was that the massive boulder, seemingly about to topple, wobbled and slowly fell down.

"Miaomiao!"

Lin Jie let out a desperate cry!

Just as despair filled Lin Jie's heart, freezing his whole body into immobility, he saw Lin Miao, who had fallen to the ground, roll several times on the rock-covered ground, quickly getting out of the range of the falling boulder.

The giant boulder finally fell, and a heart-wrenching scream emerged from beneath it.

"Ah..."

At this moment, Lin Jie regained control over his body, rushed forward a few steps, helped Lin Miao up, and asked anxiously, "Miaomiao, are you okay? How are you?"

Still shaken, Lin Miao went limp in Lin Jie's arms, unable to speak a word.

Seeing this, Lin Jie carried her to a relatively open and safe area to examine her.

Lin Miao's face had three small cuts from the gravel, and her hands and body had over a dozen small cuts.

After checking repeatedly and confirming that Lin Miao was indeed okay, Lin Jie finally breathed a sigh of relief, his body collapsing to the ground in exhaustion.

He felt his heart pounding so fiercely, it seemed like it might just burst out of his chest with a little more force...

"A-Jie, A-Jie, are you okay?"

"You look extremely pale, it's terrifying, don't scare us!"

An Kexin, An Kemeng, and Zhang Xiaoxiao gathered around Lin Jie, their eyes reddened, looking at him with deep concern.

Lin Jie waved his hand weakly, breathing heavily, and said, "I'm fine, I'm fine, don't be afraid! I'm just scared, just scared, a little rest and I'll be okay..."

Before he could finish speaking, he heard a faint voice calling, "Help me... help me..."

Xu Feng is still alive?

They all followed the sound and looked toward the boulder!

They saw that at Xu Feng's location, the boulder had formed a triangular space, about forty or fifty centimeters off the ground.

Xu Feng really was lucky not to be crushed into mush by the boulder!

Lin Jie took a few rapid breaths, regained some strength, approached the opening, and reached out to check Xu Feng's carotid artery, finding the pulse somewhat weak.

He speculated that the boulder's force must have been transferred to the horizontal stone, likely crushing Xu Feng's legs completely, causing bleeding!

Lin Jie decisively said, "Xu Feng, there's only one way to save you now! We have to amputate your legs, stop the bleeding, and then pull you out!"

Xu Feng's voice was weak yet urgent as he said, "Okay, okay, as long as it keeps me alive, do whatever you need to!"

Lin Jie picked up a camping light and a first aid kit, preparing to crawl into the space beneath the boulder.

"Brother/A-Jie/Jie-brother!"

Lin Miao, An Kexin, Zhang Xiaoxiao, and An Kemeng all grabbed him simultaneously.

Seeing their expressions, Lin Jie understood their concern and softly said, "I'm a doctor. In this situation, I can't just stand by and do nothing—I couldn't live with myself."

"Besides, that space is relatively stable. I only need two or three minutes."

"Trust me!"

An Kexin bit her lip and said, "A-Jie, we trust you!"

She released her grip and added, "Come on, let's move some rocks to stabilize that boulder even more!"

Lin Jie did not stop them. He lay down, turned on the camping light, and crawled under the boulder!

A strong smell of blood hit him in the face, confirming his judgment that Xu Feng's legs were indeed crushed!

He moved a bit further, reaching Xu Feng's knee area, adjusted his position to make it easier to perform the surgery.

Although the space was narrow, Lin Jie found it adequate to operate in.

He opened the first-aid kit, picked up a scalpel, and without hesitation, made an incision at Xu Feng's lower leg, just below the knee...

Reattaching amputated limbs can be quite troublesome, but for Lin Jie, who has an exceptional understanding of human anatomy, amputation was the simplest task.

After a few cuts, amid Xu Feng's cries of pain, he severed the skin, muscles, and ligaments around the knee joint, separating the lower leg from the body, without yet cutting the main blood vessels.

Lin Jie then used sutures to tie off the major blood vessels before cutting them.

Then, applying the same process, he amputated the other lower leg...

Once Lin Jie crawled out, Zhang Xiaoxiao and the others began moving the second stone!

Afterwards, they all worked together to pull the now unconscious Xu Feng out!

On the open ground, Lin Jie proceeded to further treat Xu Feng's amputation wounds...

"Jie-brother, sister, Miaomiao, listen, listen..."

An Kemeng suddenly spoke up, pointing to the sky...

Lin Jie stopped what he was doing and listened intently.

A faint "whirring... whirring..." sound was heard...

It was the sound of a helicopter...

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