Chapter 791: County Magistrate Tang's Whereabouts Unknown!

After hanging up the phone with Jiang Anbang,

Ou Xiye hurriedly dialed the number of Municipal Party Secretary Liu Mingyuan.

The call was connected very quickly.

"Secretary Ou, is there an emergency?"

Liu Mingyuan's voice came through the receiver, carrying his usual composure.

"Secretary Liu, I am reporting an emergency situation to you.

A mudslide suddenly occurred in Dayu County a few hours ago. We received an early warning and transferred all the villagers to a safe area, so there were no civilian casualties.

However, Comrade Tang Ye did not manage to evacuate in time while he was up the mountain assessing the disaster risk.

He and several other comrades are currently stranded on the mountain, and their whereabouts are unknown."

"What?!" Liu Mingyuan gasped, his tone instantly turning serious. "This is no small matter! Comrade Tang Ye is an inter-provincial Exchange Cadre under the key focus of the province. If something happens to him, the Provincial Party Committee Organization Department will definitely hold us accountable!"

"I know the severity of the situation, but the rain is still falling, making rescue impossible. We can only wait for the weather to improve before organizing a search and rescue team to enter the mountain."

Liu Mingyuan said in a deep voice, "Relying solely on local forces is not enough. I will contact the Garrison Command now and have them dispatch a more professional rescue team to support. We must seize the golden rescue window and find them as soon as possible."

Ou Xiye hurriedly said, "Secretary Liu, thank you for your support!"

Liu Mingyuan sighed, his tone full of regret.

"Tang Ye is a capable young man with drive and ideas; he is a young cadre worth cultivating well.

If he meets with an accident in Dayu County, it would be a great pity.

Although natural disasters are ruthless, human effort can make a difference!

We must go all out to prevent a tragedy."

Ou Xiye felt a secret pang of emotion; in Secretary Liu's eyes, there was only Tang Ye.

He completely ignored the existence of the other three.

However, this was understandable.

Tang Ye had left too deep an impression on Secretary Liu!

Tang Ye, Shen Yuping, Chu Weiming, and Gao Xiang were currently trapped on the mountain.

They were only fifty meters away from the opening where the mountainside had split.

The only path down the mountain had been completely destroyed by the mudflow.

The water level was getting higher and higher.

At the moment, there was no other choice.

The only way was to push through the dense shrubs and thorns and head toward the summit.

Only then could they fight for a glimmer of survival.

Tang Ye glanced at his phone.

There was still no signal on the screen.

They had completely lost contact with the outside world; now they could only rely on themselves!

"The top priority is to find temporary shelter. The rain keeps falling, and if people are soaked for a long time, they are prone to hypothermia. Once hypothermia sets in, they will get sick."

Seeing that their backbone, Tang Ye, did not have a trace of panic on his face, Chu Weiming also gradually calmed down and nodded in response: "You are right, we must quickly find a place to take shelter from the rain."

Tang Ye's gaze swept over Shen Yuping, who was shivering all over, and his tone carried concern: "County Magistrate Shen, can you still hold on?"

Shen Yuping gritted her teeth and persisted.

"I'm fine."

At this moment, Shen Yuping was full of regret.

Tang Ye had advised her not to go up the mountain, saying the risk was too high, but she had insisted on following him.

In the end, she had underestimated the suddenness of the mudslide and overestimated her own physical endurance.

The group walked toward the mountain with unsteady steps.

They hadn't gone far when Tang Ye suddenly noticed bloodstains on Shen Yuping's pant leg and hurriedly reminded her in a low voice: "County Magistrate Shen, there is blood on your pant leg. Are you injured?"

Shen Yuping's eyes turned red; she hurriedly lowered her head to check her pant leg, her voice very low: "I'm not injured... I'm just having my period these few days."

Only then did Tang Ye realize.

It turned out that Shen Yuping was on her period, yet she had gritted her teeth and followed them into the mountain.

This resilience touched him.

His negative opinion of Shen Yuping also vanished quite a bit.

They climbed for another few minutes.

Tang Ye stopped beside a protruding rock and looked down at the rolling mudflow at the foot of the mountain.

The village, which had previously been arranged in an orderly fashion,

was now covered by yellowish-brown mud, and the outlines of most of the roofs were no longer visible.

A sense of sorrow instantly surged into his heart!

Humans are always self-righteously "transforming" the Earth.

But in the face of nature, expansion and development are nothing but self-righteous arrogance.

Humans may be retaliated against by nature at any time.

Shen Yuping, who was walking behind, was gradually losing her strength.

Her steps became heavier and heavier, and the cold sweat seeping from her forehead mixed with the rain as it streamed down.

"County Magistrate Shen, can you hold on?" Tang Ye asked with concern.

Shen Yuping nodded gently: "I can do it."

She caught her breath and continued walking forward.

Suddenly, a cave hidden behind the bushes appeared in her field of vision.

She hurriedly pointed in that direction and suggested, "That side is quite suitable as a temporary shelter!"

Chu Weiming looked in that direction and also saw the cave, quickly agreeing, "County Magistrate Shen has a sharp eye. As long as we can hold out for three or four days, once the rain stops, we can figure out a way to contact the outside world."

The cave looked close, but in reality, it was still a few minutes' walk away, and one had to pass through a narrow and rugged path along the way.

Both sides of the path were covered in thorny vines.

Fearing that Shen Yuping might have another accident, Tang Ye followed behind her, reaching out to steady her from time to time.

Suddenly, Shen Yuping's foot slipped; she stepped on a loose piece of gravel, and her body instantly lost its balance.

Accompanied by a cry of alarm, she slid down the steep slope to the right.

Tang Ye reacted extremely quickly; at the same moment she cried out, he took a stride forward and desperately grabbed her wrist.

Chu Weiming stood a bit further away; he wanted to reach out to pull Tang Ye, but it was already too late.

He could only watch helplessly as the two of them clung to each other and rolled down the steep slope.

Tang Ye only felt the sound of wind in his ears and the "rip" of branches scraping against his clothes.

He did not know how much time had passed before he slowly regained consciousness.

His bones ached as if they had fallen apart.

He looked down and saw that Shen Yuping was still in a coma, her face stained with quite a bit of mud.

He braced his hands against the ground and slowly sat up.

Afterward, he looked around.

Behind them was an open platform.

There were no steep slopes or gravel.

Directly in front was a cave half a person's height tall; the entrance was dry and looked like it could shelter them from the rain.

At this moment, Chu Weiming's anxious shouts came sporadically from above!

"County Magistrate Tang! County Magistrate Tang! Can you hear me?"

Tang Ye hurriedly responded loudly toward the direction the sound came from.

"Old Chu! You and Expert Gao make your way down from the right! There is a cave here; villagers have lived here before, and it is very suitable as a shelter!"

A few minutes later, Chu Weiming and Gao Xiang made their way down.

"This place is not bad! Eh, County Magistrate Shen, what happened to your leg?"

"I'm fine!" Shen Yuping said through gritted teeth.

Tang Ye also noticed Shen Yuping's abnormality!

"County Magistrate Shen, what happened to your leg?"

Not wanting to be a burden to everyone, Shen Yuping forced herself to say, "I twisted it, it's nothing serious."

She tried to move a little.

Intense pain struck...

Even though she was a very strong and independent woman.

At this moment, she still could not help but cry out—

"Hiss! It hurts so much..."