Extreme germ phobia

Chapter 160: Tranquility in the Storm
The heavy rain continued. Ou Yang wiped the rain off his face fiercely, and his whole body was shaking uncontrollably.

Oh no, this is a sign of hypothermia!

Humans are warm-blooded animals. Once their body temperature drops too low, they will experience a series of physiological reactions such as severe chills, polyuria, and decreased judgment.

If the body temperature cannot be restored in time, serious reactions such as arrhythmia, slowed breathing, and mental confusion may occur!

Not only that, the steel beams under the three people were also tilted. Although no one knew what happened, there must be a big problem with the steel frame!

Ou Yang stretched out his shaking hand and touched Zhu Yiming's chest, which was icy cold. "Jiang, Jiang Yuwei, are you cold?"

Jiang Yuwei's upper and lower teeth kept chattering: "Cold!"

Right here and now, she longed for a warm bathtub or a blazing bonfire.

"You must maintain your body temperature, otherwise you will die!" Ou Yang rode on the steel beam and moved forward. He lifted Zhu Yiming up and held him in his arms. While groping, he asked, "Flashlight, do you have a flashlight?"

He had no idea where his own had fallen, and he couldn't find it on Zhu Yiming's body either.

Jiang Yuwei's suppressed reply came from the darkness: "No, it's gone!"

Ou Yang's heart sank. "Zhu Yiming, Zhu Yiming—how are you? Can you move on your own?"

He could feel Zhu Yiming's heartbeat, but could not hear his response.

Ou Yang knew he couldn't hesitate any longer and had to get away as quickly as possible while he still had the strength. "Jiang Yuwei, just sit here and don't move. Watch over Zhu Yiming and wait for me. Please wait for me, okay?"

Jiang Yuwei nodded vigorously: "I know!"

Ou Yang calmed himself down, fumbled his way around, and used his hands and feet to move towards the bus.

There was heavy rain and flooding, and apart from the steel frame, only the bus could stand.

In the dark rainy night, the faint green light at the rear of the bus was like a lighthouse, guiding Ou Yang in the direction of progress!

Time was running out, Ou Yang groped his way forward in the darkness, moving along the twisted steel frame, crossing four steel beams in succession, and successfully reaching the top of the bus!

He immediately tied the climbing rope to the steel beam and slid to the roof of the car using the rope.

The moment his feet touched the roof of the car, Ou Yang's legs went weak and he almost fell into the water.

Ou Yang held onto the steel beam and entered the car through the sunroof.

The situation in the car was much better than expected. The water level only reached the middle of the thighs, and all kinds of messy little gadgets were floating in the water.

Looking outside the car again, the water from upstream has already flooded to the bottom of the car window. You can vaguely see the water constantly washing the car window, but not a drop of water seeps into the car through the window gap.

The situation downstream is much better. The water level has to rise at least another 20 centimeters before there is a chance to touch the car windows.

That little glowing thing is not an ambient light, but a glow stick!

In addition to the one that has been lit, there are still many floating on the water.

Ou Yang immediately grabbed a few and bent them hard a few times, and immediately red, green, and several other colors lit up faintly.

He picked up a glow stick, waded into the kitchen and opened the refrigerator.

The refrigerator was filled with bread, ham, milk and drinks.

Ou Yang grabbed the ham and stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it a few times and swallowed it, then tore open the milk and drank it in one gulp.

Although I had only been out of the rain for a short time and had only eaten a small amount of food, I could feel my strength recovering rapidly.

Ou Yang wiped the residue from the corner of his mouth, stuffed a piece of chocolate into his pocket, grabbed the fluorescent stick, returned to the roof of the car, climbed up the steel frame and returned the same way.

Although the fluorescence was weak, it was enough to illuminate three feet around it, and the speed was much faster than when it came.

But when we came, it was pitch black and no one paid any attention to us. But when we returned, everyone was paying attention to us, and wherever we went, we could hear cries for help.

Only then did Ou Yang realize that there were so many old rice on the steel frame!

He returned to his original position and saw Jiang Yuwei lying on Zhu Yiming, using her body to shield him from the wind and rain.

Jiang Yuwei stood up, with no expression on her face.

Ou Yang hung two glow sticks on Jiang Yuwei, then took out some chocolate and handed it to her: "Eat it quickly to restore your strength!"

Jiang Yuwei was cold and hungry, so she immediately took a big bite and swallowed it.

Ou Yang helped Zhu Yiming up: "Are you okay?"

Jiang Yuwei shook her head: "No."

Ou Yang carried Zhu Yiming on his back and asked, "Can you walk?"

Jiang Yuwei stuffed the remaining chocolate into her mouth and responded vaguely, "Sure!"

Ou Yang tied the climbing rope around his waist: "Follow me!"

The two men moved towards the bus, one in front and one behind, and another wave of cries for help arose on the steel frame. Some people spoke with full energy, while others had weak voices.

Ou Yang turned a deaf ear to him until he successfully reached the roof of the car, then he suddenly yelled, "Stop being so depressed, climb up by yourselves!"

After saying that, he went into the RV on his own.

To be honest, it is not safe in the car. Whether it is flooding breaking through the car windows or debris hitting the car body, it brings unpredictable risks.

But at a time like this, it’s good enough to have a place to shelter from the wind and rain. Why would I have the time to think about so many things?
Although the water level in the car was not very high, the sofa, seats and bed were all submerged in sewage. Only a few places such as the kitchen counter and dining table were still above water.

Ou Yang laid Zhu Yiming horizontally on the kitchen counter, leaned over to listen, and his heart was still beating.

He immediately stripped off Zhu Yiming's clothes and pants, leaving not even his underwear behind.

Jiang Yuwei stared at Ou Yang with wide eyes, not knowing whether she should be reserved or turn a blind eye.

Ou Yang didn't care about that at all. He immediately went into the bedroom and took out some dry clothes from the cabinet. He didn't care about the color or style and handed a set to Jiang Yuwei: "Put them on!"

Jiang Yuwei was stunned: "Where can I change it?"

Ou Yang pointed casually at the dining table: "Don't be so pretentious, I won't watch it."

After saying that, he turned around and changed Zhu Yiming into a set of dry clothes.

Jiang Yuwei walked from the front to the back of the car without giving up. Some places were exposed to the water, but there was no room for a living person like her. When she returned to the restaurant, Ou Yang had already walked into the bedroom, and only the unconscious Zhu Yiming was lying on the kitchen counter.

"Change it quickly!" Ou Yang said without turning his head.

Jiang Yuwei bit her lip, turned Zhu Yiming's head to face the wall, and felt unsafe so she covered him with another piece of clothing. After making full preparations, she climbed onto the dining table and changed all her wet clothes as quickly as possible.

"Are you ready?" Ou Yang urged.

Jiang Yuwei tugged at her men's shirt and jeans, which were clearly several sizes too big, and replied awkwardly, "Okay, okay!"

The clothes could be put together, but there was no replacement for shoes and socks. Jiang Yuwei hesitated for a moment, controlled the water in her shoes, and put them on immediately.

No one knows what will happen in the next second. No matter how uncomfortable it is, you have to wear shoes so that you can escape in time when an accident occurs.

Ou Yang waded out of the water and saw the clothes on Zhu Yiming's face. The corners of his mouth twitched: "It's already this late, is it really that serious?"

Jiang Yuwei didn't shy away: "What if he wakes up?"

Ou Yang didn't say anything. He took off his wet shirt in front of Jiang Yuwei, revealing his muscular body with smooth lines.

Jiang Yuwei's heart was pounding, and her face flushed red: "What are you doing!"

"What else can I do? Change my clothes." Ou Yang glanced at her sideways. "Turn around. Don't peek. Don't say I didn't warn you!"

The kitchen counter was occupied by Zhu Yiming, and he didn't want his newly changed dry clothes to get soaked, so he had to stay on the dining table.

Jiang Yuwei was furious and immediately looked away: "Rare!"

That being said, the image of that muscular body kept flashing through her mind like a kaleidoscope.

Ou Yang only changed his shirt and was still wearing his soaked pants. He moved closer to Zhu Yiming and gently patted his cheek: "Zhu Yiming, Zhu Yiming, wake up!"

Jiang Yuwei asked worriedly, "Is he okay?"

"I don't know." Ou Yang's face was solemn. "Let's do our best and leave the rest to fate." He is not a doctor, but from his own experience he can infer that the cause of the coma was either hypothermia or drowning. The problem is that he doesn't know how to start treating the patient.

Ou Yang recalled carefully and seemed to have read somewhere that after a drowning person is rescued, lung inflammation must be prevented, which is definitely not applicable to the current situation.

That can only be hypothermia!
This is easy to solve, just raise the temperature quickly... No matter whether it is right or not, let's try it!

Ou Yang picked up Zhu Yiming and said, "Get out of the way!"

Jiang Yuwei stepped back a few steps, and Ou Yang put Zhu Yiming on the dining table. He lifted the cover and tried the stove, and successfully ignited the gas stove.

Ou Yang was overjoyed. He immediately took out the milk from the refrigerator, found a pot to heat it up, and when the temperature was about right, he helped Zhu Yiming up and prepared to force him to drink.

Isn't it just hypothermia? Change into dry clothes, add a cup of hot milk, warm yourself inside and out, it should be fine, right?

But Zhu Yiming was still unconscious, his whole body limp, like a boneless slug. Ou Yang held his back, but his head rolled back and forth, unable to find a suitable position.

"Help me hold him!" said Ou Yang.

Jiang Yuwei walked behind Zhu Yiming and held his shoulders.

Ou Yang held Zhu Yiming's head and suddenly felt something was wrong, so he immediately moved closer to take a closer look.

Jiang Yuwei asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

"There's a bump on the back of my head." Ou Yang breathed a sigh of relief. "I must have fainted!"

Just from the size of the bump, you can tell that the collision was not light, but no matter how serious it is, it is only an external injury. Even if it is a concussion, as long as it is not serious, there is no problem.

Hypothermia and drowning are internal injuries, which Ou Yang is completely unfamiliar with.

The hot milk was brought to Zhu Yiming's mouth. The boy moved his lips and actually drank it himself.

Still able to swallow, good sign!

Ou Yang felt more relieved: "It's okay, the collision wasn't serious!"

Perhaps it was the smell of milk that caused Jiang Yuwei's stomach to rumble suddenly.

Ou Yang chuckled and took out everything from bread, ham, and steak from the refrigerator. As he processed them, he ordered, "Pay attention outside. If there's any movement, run!"

"Can you get out?" Jiang Yuwei curled her lips, her mood suddenly becoming depressed. "That's it, don't bother with it, it's good to be a full ghost."

It is dangerous to hide in the car, and leaving the bus means she will face hypothermia. Between the two deaths, she would rather die quickly in the car than freeze to death outside!
Ou Yang put the steak into the pot. With a sizzling sound, the rich aroma of burnt food quickly spread.

Jiang Yuwei squatted on the dining table in an unladylike manner, watching the water constantly rushing against the car windows. She suddenly laughed, "How interesting! We were just riding on the steel frame, desperately trying to survive, and now we're frying steaks. I'm clearly still in danger, so why am I not afraid anymore?"

"Why else? I saw through it." Ou Yang flipped the steak over. "It's just that it wasn't our turn yet."

Although the RV is dangerous, the situation is not as urgent as on the steel frame, and the tense mood will naturally ease.

To put it simply, after experiencing a life-and-death crisis, the threshold of psychological endurance increases.

"I didn't realize you were quite superstitious."

"Hey, this thing, believe it or not, it doesn't matter whether you are superstitious or not." Ou Yang picked up the pot and put a piece of fragrant steak in front of Jiang Yuwei, and handed her a pair of knife and fork: "No chopsticks, just make do with it!"

Jiang Yuwei laughed again: "Using chopsticks to eat Western food is heresy, do you understand heresy?"

Ou Yang continued frying his own portion: "We all eat it in our mouths, so a knife and fork are more noble than chopsticks? There's something wrong with your thinking!"

"No way!" Jiang Yuwei cut a large piece, put it into her mouth and chewed it vigorously, determined to fill her stomach before death came.

Suddenly, there was a muffled sound from the roof of the car, and then the sunroof opened. Before a figure got into the car, he smelled the aroma of steak and immediately felt unwell.

We are lying on the steel frame exposed to the wind and rain, and you are hiding in the RV frying steaks?

What the hell!

The man jumped into the bus with anger in his heart, and Ou Yang quickly pulled out his 43 and pointed at the man.

The man immediately calmed down, his anger vanishing: "Hey, be careful of accidental discharge."

Ou Yang held the gun in one hand and plated the steak with the other: "Are you alone?"

"Not only that, but the others are still on the steel frame." said Lao Mi.

Ou Yang couldn't help laughing: "You are quite interesting. Do you want to eat?"

Lao Mi swallowed and said, "Of course... uh, thank you!"

Ou Yang put away his gun and made way, then picked up the steak and brought it to his mouth: "Help yourself!" After saying that, he took a big bite.

Well, the heat was not controlled well, it’s a bit overcooked.

Lao Mi immediately grabbed two slices of bread and stuffed them into his mouth, then fried himself a steak.

If you can eat a steak at a time like this, what grudges can you not let go of?
Jiang Yuwei chuckled: "I thought you were going to treat him to a meal."

"I don't even have any food myself!" Ou Yang said, "It's all generous to others, so there's no difference."

Jiang Yuwei nudged Ou Yang with her shoulder: "Hey, you just let him in like this, aren't you afraid that he will hit you?"

"Heaven moves with vigor, and a gentleman should constantly strive for self-improvement." Ou Yang chuckled. "They don't have the courage to come down, so who can they blame?"

"Hey!" Lao Mi suddenly reminded in broken Mandarin, "Don't talk in a way I don't understand, OK!"

Ou Yang and Jiang Yuwei looked at each other. This guy actually knows Chinese?

Jiang Yuwei asked curiously, "Were you on the steel frame just now?"

"Of course!"

"He didn't save you, don't you hate him?"

"Hate? Why would you hate?" Lao Mi asked in surprise, "Are you firefighters?"

Jiang Yuwei shook her head: "Of course not."

"So you guys are super heroic?"

"Definitely not."

"That's it," Lao Mi shrugged. "Even the police have no obligation to protect civilians, so why should ordinary people be asked to rescue others when danger strikes?"

Jiang Yuwei didn't believe it at all: "No resentment at all?"

"Okay!" Lao Mi spread his hands helplessly. "Of course I hope to be rescued. I feel a little dissatisfied, but more of it is regret."

Jiang Yuwei tilted her head to look at Ou Yang, fork in her mouth, and asked in unclear Mandarin: "What kind of brain circuit is this? Is there water in it?"

Ou Yang responded in the same way: "Have you seen Blood Battle on Steel Ridge? Maybe it's also about faith, or something similar."

"What bloody battle?" Jiang Yuwei was confused. "Is it a TV series?"

Ou Yang was too lazy to explain, and Lao Mi protested again.

After a few casual chats, the steak was finally cooked, and Lao Mi even surrounded it with vegetables.

If it weren't for standing in the water, it would really look like that.

Everything was ready, and he even clasped his hands in front of his chest and prayed before picking up the knife and fork to enjoy the food.

Ou Yang whispered, "It feels quite ceremonial. Is this the last supper?"

Jiang Yuwei quickly reminded: "Everyone here believes this, don't talk nonsense, otherwise you will get beaten!"

"Okay, I won't say anything more, okay?" Ou Yang finished the last piece, threw it away, and the plate spun and sank into the water.

"Listen?" Jiang Yuwei suddenly stood up. "Is the rain getting lighter?"

Ou Yang realized belatedly: "It seems so. It has been a while since there was thunder!"

The two of them looked out the dark window together: Have we survived?
(End of this chapter)