Animal Detective

Chapter 324 A Good Dog Should Be Like This

The village where the incident occurred is called Dengjiawan.

It's not because it's located in a mountain valley; its "bend" refers to the winding road leading into the village.

Even if it doesn't have eighteen bends, it still has at least ten.

It was a pitch-black night, with no streetlights and rain falling.

Guo Jin was anxious, but he couldn't drive fast.

Finally, after crossing the mountain ridge, the road became straight. He stepped on the gas, and the pickup truck roared and sped off.

Shen Xin quickly grabbed the handle and couldn't help but say, "This car is great today."

Guo Jin drove it around all day and it didn't break down at all.

Mentioning this, Guo Jin smiled smugly, patted the steering wheel, and said proudly, "Of course, it's a good car."

But soon, the smile on Guo Jin's face disappeared.

The power was off, and the light from a flashlight could be seen in the distance across the gently sloping basin.

The sun occasionally shines on the mountain, making it look as if a piece of the mountain has been scooped out of thin air, with countless rocks piled up at its foot, burying part of the village.

At this point, the rain had decreased to moderate rain.

A large number of villagers were seen gathered on the west side of the village, which was untouched by the landslide, while several flashlights were seen wandering around the landslide-affected area on the east side.

Shen Xin and his companion were the first to arrive.

Guo Jin wasn't afraid. He drove straight along the narrow path to the front of the landslide.

A two-story cement building collapsed from the side, crushed by sliding rocks, house ruins, tree trunks, and miscellaneous debris.

At this moment, a man covered in dust climbed out of a twisted and deformed doorway on the first floor and shouted to the people outside that it was impossible to get up there.

Looking up, I saw Guo Jin hurriedly getting off the bus.

"Old Guo!" His eyes lit up, and he called out urgently.

Guo Jin quickly stepped forward, helped his opponent up, and asked anxiously, "Old Yang, how many people were buried?"

We only know that the landslide buried some people, but we don't know the exact number.

This man, in his forties, is Yang Shuaiping, the village head of Dengjiawan.

He wasn't wearing a raincoat and was soaked to the bone, looking like he'd crawled out of the mud. When he saw Guo Jin, he suddenly lost control of his emotions, grabbed Guo Jin's arm, and collapsed to the ground.

"I don't know, my mind is completely blank right now."

He shook his head vigorously and then quickly pointed to the second floor, saying, "Quick, there's a child upstairs. I heard her crying. It's Yang Feng's daughter, Huihui."

"And Yang Feng's wife, she's buried underneath. I only saw her arm, I couldn't pull it off, but it was still warm to the touch. I don't know if she's still alive."

As he spoke, he couldn't hold back his tears and started crying.

Guo Jin's expression changed, and he hurriedly looked up at the second floor.

Shen Xin also quickly looked up.

The second floor has no balcony, but it has windows. The room on the right has completely collapsed, and the room on the left has also been mostly crushed. The windows are folded and deformed, with only a small gap that looks like you could squeeze through.

"Is there a ladder? Does anyone have a ladder? Please find one."

Shen Xin turned and shouted at another young man present.

I feel like everyone was completely terrified.

He said "Oh," muttered "ladder," and quickly ran away.

Shen Xin then asked Yang Shuaiping where the person trapped on the first floor was located.

I guess the adults are on the first floor, and the children are on the second floor.

It's not time to go to sleep by seven or eight o'clock.

Yang Shuaiping gave a rough idea of ​​the location.

Seeing Shen Xin about to crawl inside, Guo Jin hurriedly stopped him, glaring at him and saying, "Nonsense, you're still young, let me do it."

As he spoke, he put on airs like a director, shouting that this was an order.

Shen Xinxin said to himself, "You're just a police chief from Huaiyi, you have no authority over the criminal police in Nanjiang."

But Guo Jin, without saying a word, grabbed a flashlight and climbed inside.

Helpless, Shen Xin could only remind him to check the pulse to determine if the person was dead.

Just then, the young man and another person came running over carrying a bamboo ladder.

It's about four or five meters long, and a little bit long.

I was the only policeman left, so I had to do it myself.

"Hold on tight."

Shen Xin set up his position and quickly climbed up.

It's like the roof collapsed, crushing more than half of the windows. The aluminum alloy windows folded outwards, and all the glass shattered, leaving only a triangular gap of about 40 or 50 centimeters, big enough for someone to crawl through.

Shen Xin grabbed a flashlight and quickly knocked away the remaining shards of glass.

There's a little bit left stuck to the glue that I can't remove.

At this moment, Shen Xin heard the child crying. Without thinking twice, he stretched his leg out and crawled inside.

I'm 1.8 meters tall, so it felt a bit awkward. I used the ladder to help me squeeze in.

The floor above broke and collapsed.

It was just a bedroom, with a bed and a wardrobe. The wardrobe was a big help, as it supported the collapsed floor and roof, creating a narrow gap.

A girl, probably only five or six years old, was huddled in the crevice, covered by cabinet doors, clothes, storage boxes, and other odds and ends.

When the flashlight was shone on her, her little face was covered in gray dust, and two tear tracks appeared on her cheeks.

Upon seeing Shen Xin, she burst into tears again.

"Uncle, save me!"

Shen Xin quickly bent over and crawled over to her, telling her not to cry, and then asked her if she was in pain.

"pain."

"Can the toes move?"

My body was trapped underneath; I don't know if I was injured.

If you injure your lumbar spine, your toes may become numb and you may lose sensation.

The girl nodded slightly and said she could move, but couldn't climb out.

Shen Xin shone a flashlight on it and examined the structure.

All I can say is that this wardrobe saved her.

She may have gotten up the instant the roof collapsed, and then the entire wardrobe fell down, burying her underneath. The bed also provided some cover, creating a gap.

There were clothes in the wardrobe, so they pinned her down and prevented her from moving.

After weighing the options, Shen Xin started to rummage through the clothes. It wasn't too difficult; if he could get them out, then it probably wasn't the weight of the floor and ceiling, but rather the weight of the clothes themselves after the wardrobe had fallen over.

The item that was taken out was stuffed into a corner next to it.

Before long, Shen Xin took out a small space and let the girl try to move around on her own.

The main concern is that if there are any injuries on the body, it could cause further harm.

Seeing that she could move, Shen Xin felt reassured and hurriedly continued to pluck her.

With a little effort and a gentle pull, the child finally crawled out, threw himself into Shen Xin's arms, and cried loudly, saying that his mother was still down there and that he wanted to find her.

Shen Xin didn't care about any of that. He hurriedly grabbed two pieces of clothing, went back to the gap he had come in through, and first laid them on the window frame with broken glass before telling the people below to catch them.

Guo Jin had already climbed out, so he simply drove the pickup truck close to him and stood on the hood, where he could almost reach the window frame.

The child was caught safely, and Shen Xin climbed out backwards on his own. Guo Jin gave him a push from below, and he jumped onto the hood of the car.

Only then did he ask his mother how she was doing.

Guo Jin said, "I could feel a pulse, she must have fainted, but there was no response when I patted her hand."

Shen Xin breathed a slight sigh of relief.

I had a feeling that the woman had a high chance of surviving. Her house was on the very edge of the landslide, and it was the house itself that collapsed and crushed her.

The problem lies with those inside who are directly facing the landslide.

Guo Jin peered over the ruins for a while, then pulled Yang Shuaiping aside and said, "Old Yang, the rain has lessened a bit now, so I don't think there's a high chance of a second landslide."

“It will take time for people from the town to come, and even longer for those from the county. We can’t just wait around; we need to hurry and save as many as we can.”

"Go and organize the villagers. Get all the men in the village here, and the women go to each household to find shovels, sledgehammers, crowbars, and the like. Get everyone moving and start digging. There's still hope for this person."

Yang Shuaiping nodded and turned to leave.

Guo Jin suddenly grabbed him again and said urgently, "Take a roll call. You arrange for someone to take a roll call, and then ask around. You must confirm exactly how many people were buried."

With someone organizing, everyone immediately sprang into action.

The house collapsed most of the way, but the foundation is still there, which is a good thing.

Moreover, once the location where the woman was pinned was roughly determined, the dismantling began from the top down.

This household installed a roof using floor slabs, which is actually better than a cast-in-place roof.

The floor slabs collapsed in a scattered manner, making them easier to clean up.

Everyone pitched in to remove the tiles and clear away the broken floorboards.

In this situation, there is no better way than to use force.

After digging for more than 20 minutes, reinforcements from the town arrived.

Many people came, including the town's mini fire station and Li Xiaowen and his group.

Of course, there's also Tiankui.

The town mayor, Miao Dingqiang, was stunned for a moment upon seeing the scene before him.

He knew he was finished.

But he couldn't worry about that now and immediately called everyone down to help.

At the same time, and most importantly, it is about locating the position of the person being crushed.

In such a large area, even if the incident happened suddenly and it was raining, many people were at home.

But when rocks slid down, houses collapsed, and people were swept away, nobody knew where they ended up.

The town doesn't have any professional life detectors, but the county does, and they're being sent here.

Therefore, for now, we can only rely on Tiankui.

Miao Dingqiang came up to Shen Xin, grabbed Shen Xin's hand tightly, and said, "Shen Xin, right? I won't say anything more. Thank you."

Just then, Shen Xin came to deliver police dogs.

There was only one police dog in the entire Shiyao County, and it just so happened to be in Machang Town. We really just happened to be there.

Li Xiaowen was standing nearby, nervously asking what help he needed.

Shen Xin had already inspected the impact zone.

The area is the size of several football fields, filled with rocks, soil, trees of all sizes washed down from the mountain, and then there are building ruins.

There's a roof exposed here, and a wall collapsed there.

The rain hadn't stopped, and the scene was muddy, like a swamp.

Stepping on it carries the risk of falling into a hole.

Shen Xin was holding Tian Kui, explaining the situation to him and teaching him what to do. He then looked up and asked Li Xiaowen to find a police shoulder light.

Normally, a flag should be planted to mark it.

But now it's completely dark, you can't see anything at all, it's not even as good as a police shoulder light.

It features flashing red and blue lights, making it extremely eye-catching. It is also waterproof and can clearly indicate the location.

Li Xiaowen quickly told Zhu Qiuwei to go and get it.

Shen Xin took the shoulder lamp, turned it on, and had Tian Kui hold it in his mouth before immediately sending him off.

He moves quickly, and holding his hand while searching would only slow him down.

Tian Kui darted away in a flash.

The rain disturbed Tiankui to some extent, but it wasn't a major problem.

Even with pungent smells interfering during large-scale competitions, he could accurately locate hidden enemies.

He bit his shoulder lamp as he waded through the mud.

Shen Xin asked everyone to shine flashlights to help him illuminate the surroundings.

He moved nimbly through the ruins, the protruding branches and building rubble doing nothing to stop him.

Shen Xin also took Tian Kui's helmet, which had a blue laser that could remotely guide the location.

After asking Yang Shuaiping and recalling the distribution of these houses, we can roughly define the search area.

In just over a minute, Tian Kui located a pile of ruins, threw his flashing shoulder light into the ground, and quickly ran back.

"There!"

Shen Xin quickly pointed to this spot, saying there were people below.

"quick!"

Miao Dingqiang hurriedly called everyone to go up and check the situation on the spot.

Meanwhile, Tiankui had already returned, carrying the second shoulder light in his mouth as he set off.

In the darkness, he held a shoulder lamp in his mouth, its red and blue light piercing the darkness, like a brave and fearless policeman bringing hope to the victims.

At that moment, Miao Dingqiang stared intently as the points of light spread out into the distance, feeling a lump in his throat and a surge of emotion welling up inside him.

(End of this chapter)