Chapter 954: Uneasy Night

Outside the shantytown, there was a faint fire in a two-story building.

This two-story building had actually collapsed more than half, but it was the highest point in the entire shantytown, and it was one of the few places that was not flooded except for the roof.

Nearly a dozen people were sitting around the building, and they had to light a fire to keep warm.

Li Yi was wearing a coat and standing by the window looking at the shantytown below, which was almost unrecognizable. If there were still people in it, the chance of survival had almost dropped to zero.

As for why I said that, there were not many intact houses left in the shantytown.

Weizi stood beside Li Yi. More than two hours after they arrived in the shantytown, Li Yi and his team also arrived. The two sides successfully joined forces. Fortunately, there was nothing serious at the moment. Weizi only had a scratch on his arm, which was now bandaged.

Wang Qi and Gu Jian were in charge of guarding the fire, and from time to time they put some objects that could continue to burn into it, mostly broken wood and the like. It was not easy to find dry wood in this weather.

"This shantytown was originally planned to be demolished in the second half of the year, but the developer had funding problems, so it was delayed for a while. I didn't expect the flood to come so suddenly."

Hearing Wei Zi's words, Li Yi nodded and said in a deep voice: "Calculate the time, the supplies should have been delivered. Let's look for a while tomorrow to see if we can find any survivors!"

There are still three rubber boats and a dozen soldiers who are searching tirelessly in the ruins of the shantytown. Originally, Li Yi and Wei Sanpao were going to follow, but they were rejected by the squad leader.

They had no obligation to follow, but they insisted on leading the way for such a long time, especially Wei Zi, who almost lost his life to save people. These soldiers already admired them very much. Finding people at night is a very physically demanding task, and people who have not received professional training can't bear it at all.

Li Yi leaned against the wall and sighed, saying, "How many people still live here?"

Wang Qi had just recovered and said subconsciously, "When I came here last time, there were about a hundred people. I don't know how many moved away later. I hope they all moved away..."

All moved away?

That's impossible, of course. The demolition has just started, and there is no money for the demolition. If they have the conditions to move away, why do they still live here?

Although it was just a small hope, Li Yi still sighed. This matter was still a tragedy in the end. Human beings are so fragile in the face of life and death.

On the other side, Gu Jian wiped his face and said, "I remember a classmate in the class. He came here to go to college. His mother came with him. His family was poor and couldn't afford to live in an expensive house. His mother lived here, but..."

Wei Zi stood by the window sill, holding the window frame without a window with one hand, and felt an inexplicable anger in his heart!

Oh my God, why does the hemp rope break at the thinnest part?

Li Yi just patted his shoulder and said nothing.

Now they can only face the reality, what can they do?

Even if they have money, is it useful?

Isn't Li Yi blaming himself now?

Even if he could know earlier and save one person earlier, it would be good!

Unfortunately, it is too late now. Since it is too late, he will not think about it anymore. Anyway, he will devote himself to saving some lives from fire and water in this life.

Dayu Investment Company still has a lot of money. These companies under his control can still get 20 million yuan. Then they can get 20 million yuan to help Danzhou with post-disaster reconstruction, and then contact Yin Dongrui and others. However, Li Yi did not want to do anything like moral kidnapping. He just hoped that Yin Dongrui and others could show some appreciation, which would be enough.

Danzhou is a strange city to Li Yi. Li Yi has only seen it when it was prosperous, and his impression is not very deep, because Danzhou is not a developed city. It is only a fourth-tier city in 30 years. For many people, this city is really just a place that can be forgotten after coming here.

But in such a small place, how many sufferings of the world have they ignored?

If Li Yi had not come here in person today and had not seen this bleak scene with his own eyes, perhaps he would not know how hard life was in this city.

Gu Jian was still thinking at this moment, his classmate and his classmate's mother, the gentle aunt with white hair, who would always cook a braised fish every time they visited her home, no matter when, no matter how difficult the days were, would they have moved away when the flood came?

At this moment, the soldiers on the side had rested and were ready to rotate, so that the soldiers who were searching below could come up to rest. Li Yi tidied his clothes and went down. Weizi came to his senses and went down as well.

One more person means one more strength. Even if they can't find anything, at least they can feel better.

…

As time went by, the sun slowly rose over the city as usual. The breach of the dam on the front line had been basically controlled, and the water level in the city was also slowly decreasing. Now it was basically only over the knees. The deepest place was only waist-deep water. Most places were like this. The most dangerous time had basically passed.

When Li Yi opened his eyes, he remembered that he had slept directly on the rubber boat last night. In the end, he still found a few survivors, an old man and a little girl, about sixteen or seventeen years old. The old man was the little girl's grandfather. They were relatively lucky. When the flood came, they were buying vegetables at the farmer's market. Later, they were stopped by heavy rain and had no way to go home. They stayed on the second floor. Later, when they saw that the rain was getting lighter, they went out and met the troops and Li Yi and his team.

There were not many people in the farmer's market, more than twenty. The first batch had been sent back. When they came back after sending the first batch, it was already early morning. Li Yi and his team dealt with it on the rubber boat for several hours. After the sun came out, the temperature rose a lot and the water level receded a lot.

"Team One and Team Two, go back and carry sandbags! Team Three stay here and continue searching! Everyone else, come and gather here!"

After hearing this shout, Wei Zi also woke up, and looked at Li Yi, and both of them walked towards the gathering place.

Now they were all wearing camouflage uniforms.