Reborn: I Stock Up and Bully the Trash to Dominate the Apocalypse

Zhou Shuwan shook his head, looking very serious.

Her eyes darted back and forth over the ruins, her fingers pressing lightly on the ice.

After a moment, she took out a piece of paper and a pencil from her backpack.

In such low temperatures, the fountain pen has already frozen into ice and cannot be used, so only pencils can be used.

She quickly drew a diagram of the structure of the underground ruins on paper, her movements smooth and concise.

"Here, and here, the structure is relatively stable and can bypass the dangerous area." Her voice was very low because of her hoarse throat.

Qi Mingyu stood beside her and listened carefully: "Okay!"

He began directing the others to bypass the danger zone and carefully clear the gravel and ice according to the locations marked on the sketch.

But suddenly the accident happened again.

Before any sound was heard from below, Zhou Shuwan had already sensed that the collapsed layer below seemed to be loosening.

Her expression changed instantly, she stood up suddenly and shouted, "Back off! Everyone, back off immediately!"

The soldiers reacted quickly and retreated.

Just as they had retreated a few meters, the ice in front of them suddenly collapsed, and huge blocks of ice mixed with the floor fell into the abyss, stirring up a cloud of dust and snow.

"Be careful!" several people shouted at the same time, but it was too late.

One of the search and rescue workers was unable to dodge and fell into the pit along with the reinforced concrete slab.

The steel bar penetrated his winter clothes and pierced his waist, and blood gushed out instantly.

However, at such low temperatures, the seeping blood quickly froze as soon as it came into contact with the air, forming black and red blood clots.

The soldier's name was Xiangyang. His face turned pale in an instant, and then he let out a heart-wrenching scream.

The pain made his body tremble violently. His fingers tightly grasped the steel bars and he tried to struggle, but he could not move at all.

Major Wei's eyes instantly filled with bloodshot, his face livid. He quickly rushed to the edge of the cave-in, looked down at Xiangyang who had fallen into the deep pit, and said in a hoarse and urgent voice: "Bring a hacksaw! We must rescue him as soon as possible!"

Several soldiers quickly ran to get a hacksaw, but their movements were extremely clumsy in the extreme cold.

Zhou Shuwan stood aside, staring at Xiangyang's wound and the surrounding geological structure with a serious expression.

She whispered to Major Wei, "The structure here is very unstable. If we use a hacksaw to forcibly cut the steel bars, it may upset the existing balance and cause a larger collapse."

Major Wei clenched his fists, his knuckles turning white from the exertion. His voice was low and suppressed: "What should we do? Are we just going to watch him die here like this?"

Zhou Shuwan didn't say anything, but just stared silently at Xiangyang in the deep pit, with a complicated look in his eyes.

At this time, Xiangyang's screams gradually weakened, his face had turned gray and his lips had turned purple. It was obvious that he had fallen into a semi-comatose state due to pain and excessive blood loss.

Major Wei's expression turned even uglier. He turned around abruptly and said in a low, hoarse voice, "No matter what, we must save him! He is our brother!"

When the soldiers heard the order, they all quickened their movements.

However, Zhou Shuwan still stood there, staring at the deep pit with a solemn and complicated expression.

Her fingers were clenched into fists, her knuckles turning white from the effort.

Zhou Shuwan took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

She looked down at her surroundings.

The biting cold wind, carrying fine ice and snow, raged among the ruins.

The excavation site was in a mess, with broken steel bars, scattered stones and frozen soil mixed together, forming a shocking but truly cruel scene.

"Major Wei," her voice was a little weak in the wind, but her tone was firm, "We must first stabilize the surrounding foundation."

She pointed to the soil and rubble surrounding the collapsed area and said, "The geological structure here is loose. Cutting the steel bars rashly will cause a larger collapse. We need to use supports to stabilize the surrounding soil first to relieve the pressure before cutting."