flstandardbreds Chapter 366
Chapter 366
Zhou Shuwan had already seen that the child's face was completely corroded by acid rain, and even one of his eyes was missing...
She could clearly see the white bones under her eyeballs.
The child's crying was already very weak.
Zhou Shuwan was not scared.
She had seen many more tragic situations in her previous life!
She silently took out a bandage from her backpack, covered the child's eyes with it, and then took him to the clinic with Qi Mingyu.
After handing the child over to the doctor for emergency treatment, the two went outside the clinic together.
Everywhere you look is a mess, and the air is filled with the pungent smell of acid rain, mixed with the smell of blood and soil, which makes people nauseous.
Pieces of clothing corroded by acid rain and some daily necessities were scattered on the ground. Several medical staff were busy treating the wounds of the wounded, disinfecting and bandaging them.
The groans and cries came one after another, creating a scene like hell on earth.
"What's going on?" Zhou Shuwan asked.
Qi Mingyu clenched his fists and after a long while he whispered the reason.
It turned out that there were too many survivors who came to the new base for refuge. The base had limited housing and they could not afford to buy houses, so they could only set up tents outside the base or sleep outdoors. There were too many people and not enough buildings for them to take shelter. The acid rain came too suddenly and many people were injured.
Zhou Shuwan took a deep breath, suppressed the churning in his stomach, and quickly scanned the crowd.
They were dressed in rags, looked pale and thin, and it was obvious that they had been struggling to survive in the apocalypse for a long time.
A white-haired old woman hugged a wounded child tightly, crying heartbreakingly: "My grandson, he is only five years old..." The child's skin was ulcerated over a large area, revealing bright red flesh and blood, and he was dying.
The old woman tried to touch the child's wound with trembling hands, but the doctor stopped her: "Don't touch it, disinfect it first!"
A young mother, holding a baby, stood helplessly in the crowd. The baby's cry was so weak that it was almost inaudible.
The mother's tears flowed silently, dripping onto the baby's face.
"The child's father went out to find something to eat, and he hasn't come back yet..." She choked with sobs, her voice trembling, "What should I do..."
Zhou Shuwan felt a pang of pain in his heart, and hurried over, took out a clean towel from his backpack, and wiped the rain and stains off the baby's face.
"Is the baby okay?" she asked softly, her tone gentle.
The young mother shook her head, her eyes empty. "I don't know... He keeps crying, and I don't know what's wrong with him..."
Zhou Shuwan checked the baby and found that he was just a little frightened and not exposed to the acid rain, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
"The child is fine, just hungry." She hesitated and took out a cup of warm milk from her backpack. "Feed him some milk."
Now there is even fresh milk.
Since giving birth to her child, the mother has been fleeing and has not had any nutritious food, so she lost her milk early.
There was no milk for the child to drink, so the child followed the adults and drank compressed biscuit porridge soaked in water.
Therefore, the cup of fresh milk that Zhou Shuwan casually gave out was very precious.
The young mother looked at her in surprise.
After taking a look, Zhou Shuwan realized that her mother was younger than she had imagined. She was probably about the same age as her, or even a little younger.
The baby was only a little over one year old, and no one knew how the mother managed to raise the child in the apocalypse.
She sighed softly in her heart and gave the other person a kind smile.
The mother took the cup, thanked the baby gratefully, and then carefully put the cup into the baby's mouth.
The baby stopped crying immediately and drank the fresh milk greedily.
Zhou Shuwan then realized that it was probably because the acid rain came that the mother bent over and held the child tightly in her arms, so the child did not have any wounds.
But her back was covered in blood.
Fortunately, she has been able to endure it without saying a word until now.
This is probably the power of maternal love.
Zhou Shuwan felt awe in his heart.
After the child had almost finished eating, she took the mother to the clinic and said, "If the wound on your back is not treated in time, it will get worse. You need to see a doctor as soon as possible."
There simply aren't enough doctors in the clinics.
There were too many injured people, so Zhou Shuwan quickly started emergency treatment.
It was Qi Mingyu who brought these injured people here. He had been directing the security guards inside and outside to maintain order and prevent chaos or stampedes.
If a doctor is too busy, I will help out.
The most difficult part of acid rain damage is cleaning the rotten flesh quickly, vigorously and accurately.
Without anesthesia, all the injured could only grit their teeth and endure it, and those who could not bear it would burst into howling.
Those with minor injuries can be saved with simple surgery, but minor injuries can leave deep wounds on the face or body, while serious injuries can leave people with lifelong disabilities.
However, one-third of the people sent here were too seriously injured to be saved.
Zhou Shuwan saw with his own eyes that in a simple operating room, a wounded soldier's legs, waist and back were severely corroded by acid rain, with blood and flesh blurred and white bones exposed.
The doctor used trembling hands to clean the dead flesh from the wound, disinfect it, and bandage it, with beads of sweat oozing from his forehead.
"Doctor, can he still be saved?" Zhou Shuwan asked softly.
The doctor sighed and shook his head: "His condition is very bad. I will do my best."
Zhou Shuwan didn't say anything else.
Time passed minute by minute, and the sky gradually darkened.
Suddenly, a roar came from the distance, getting louder and louder as it got closer.
"Someone is coming!" a security guard shouted in surprise.
Everyone raised their heads and looked in the direction where the sound came from.
I saw several trucks and off-road vehicles driving towards the clinic, loaded with a large amount of supplies and medical equipment, with warning lights flashing on the roofs, making them particularly eye-catching in the night.
The rescue team sent by the base arrived, bringing a large amount of medicines, medical equipment, tents and food, as well as a group of hastily assembled first aid personnel.
They quickly launched rescue operations, carried the seriously injured onto stretchers, and sent them to the base hospital for treatment.
The people in the clinic breathed a sigh of relief. They were in urgent need of manpower. Even the construction team that stayed here had started washing their hands to help treat the wounded.
Xiao Xiao got out of one of the off-road vehicles and walked over.
He was wearing rain boots and his trouser legs were covered with mud, obviously he had come in a hurry.
Seeing Zhou Shuwan and Qi Mingyu, he walked over quickly with a tired look on his face: "What's the situation?" He took off his hat and wiped the rain off his face while asking.
Qi Mingyu shook his head: "The number of casualties is still being counted."
He pointed to the clinic and said: "The clinic is packed with wounded people, many of them seriously injured. About one-third of them are dead or injured."
Xiao Xiao closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, her voice was hoarse and her eyes were bloodshot: "Blame me this time!"