Chapter 611: Chapter 447 Awakening, Saving People_2
"Okay, got it! You guys also be careful!"
Fang Huai hung up the phone and looked at Squad Leader Qiu in front of him, reminding him:
"Squad leader, I heard that the valley road section ahead might have ice, so be careful."
Squad Leader Qiu nodded his head, tentatively slowed down a bit, and then, feeling reassured, sped up again slightly.
"Don’t worry, I drive this road often, and with this weather, it’s unlikely to be icy. An overturned oil tanker is too dangerous. It’s best to arrive early and deal with it sooner."
Hearing this, Li Zhi also spoke up, "Yeah, if we arrive early, it will also help us decide whether we need to mobilize additional forces for support."
After finishing, he looked at Fang Huai with a smile and said, "Little Fang, don’t worry, our Detachment’s administrative vehicles all come with ASR (traction control system), so if it slips in the rain, it’ll slow down automatically."
The words of the two men suddenly touched Fang Huai.
Some of his restlessness also began to subside. He smiled at Li Zhi, nodded his head, and stopped talking about slowing down.
Because he had always been approaching this issue with the idea of seeking advantage and avoiding harm, thinking about how to stop his uncle and Li Zhi from going to the scene, and when that failed, thinking about having them drive more slowly to avoid the collision point.
But as they drew closer to the accident scene, he also began to adopt the mentality of a rescue worker.
In his previous life, the accident wasn’t due to Squad Leader Qiu’s driving skills, but rather a pile-up after stopping. Perhaps by arriving earlier, he could prevent the accident and save all those who would otherwise be involved in the crash.
In this matter, he had been a bit too timid and cautious.
Every police dispatch came with inherent risks. Aren’t there many scenes where people could die? Should they avoid going just because they’re afraid of death, afraid others might die?
One traffic accident from a previous life had become a mental blockade for him.
Wildfires as fierce as tigers, lakes cold to the bone, liquefied gas tanks ready to explode, houses so hot they were near collapse, being high up on a helicopter with lives at stake, and even the overturned oil tanker ahead that could burst into flames; he had never been afraid of these, and always charged to the front.
What’s there to fear from a minor traffic accident?
Let alone an unintentional rear-end collision, with his body trained to this level, even if a car deliberately tried to hit Li Zhi, he wasn’t without means to save him.
With these thoughts in mind, the corners of Fang Huai’s mouth lifted slightly.
Li Zhi suddenly felt the breathing of Fang Huai beside him slow down, turned his head to look at him, noticed the smile on his face, and asked:
"Little Fang, what are you laughing about?"
Fang Huai came back to his senses and said, "Reporting to the Regimental Commander, I forgot we had a system."
After a moment’s thought, he added another sentence: "The anti-skid system."
Li Zhi laughed as well and said, "You kid, I thought you knew everything. Didn’t your uncle say you can’t drive yet? Take some time to get a driver’s license."
Fang Huai felt more relaxed, with his usual pride returning to his face: "If you give me leave, I’ll go get a pilot’s license to show you."
Li Zhi burst out laughing heartily: "Hahaha... that’s your promise."
The car continued on its way.
Soon, Squad Leader Qiu in front saw a road sign and said:
"Li Zhi, Shang Mao Dong you mentioned should be close by, just in this area, but I’m not sure exactly where."
Finally, Li Zhi spoke up as well:
"The whole corps gave the location as Shang Mao Dong, no worries, there’s only this one road; slow down, and we’ll look along the way."
This was a section through a valley and also had a big curve, leading right into a tunnel, and it seemed to be a stretch of road prone to accidents.
In Guizhou, with its many mountains, the roads are difficult to navigate, whether it’s the highways or provincial roads, many such places exist.
Squad Leader Qiu, an experienced driver, kept the car slightly toward the inside of the bend and reduced the speed to 70.
Having passed through the valley and entering the tunnel, Fang Huai felt a bit relieved.
It seems not to be this place.
The tunnel was long and dark.
Squad Leader Qiu turned on the lights but didn’t use high beams.
After adapting to the weak light for a prolonged period, the light from the exit at the end of the tunnel, which was nearly half a kilometer long, was dazzling like the exit of Doraemon’s time machine.
Both Squad Leader Qiu and Li Zhi blinked slightly.
But Fang Huai’s eyes pierced through the light, catching a glimpse of the scene outside the tunnel, his pupils tightened, and he immediately yelled:
"Stop the car! Squad leader, pull over, stop the car!"
"The tunnel..." Squad Leader Qiu started to say something but also saw something and quickly pulled over to the side.
In the instant that he stepped on the brake, Squad Leader Qiu’s face changed.
"Thunk, thunk, thunk..."
The noise of the ABS (anti-lock braking system) kicking in sounded like the undercarriage was being hit with large stones, and along with the car’s slight drift, the tension surged.
Li Zhi, hearing the sound, immediately shouted, "There’s ice on the ground! Slow down!"
In that instant, Fang Huai’s hand grabbed Li Zhi’s arm to protect him, and in his heart, he called forth the System without hesitation, choosing "Immunity Enhancement" with the second-class meritorious service he had just acquired.
As the car started drift toward the edge after regaining a bit of balance, Squad Leader Qiu proved his skills as an experienced driver; steering left and right, he used the short distance to its limit and finally stopped the car safely at the tunnel exit without hitting anything.
A long "zzzt" sound.
Then, there was a moment of unsettled silence.
The gradually clarifying scene outside the tunnel was even more shocking.
A couple hundred meters away were God knows how many cars piled up, with one semi-trailer refrigerated truck literally half hanging off the side.
Half of its body was hanging over the highway guardrail, looking like it could fall at any moment.
The ice on the ground had come from that truck.
The back door of the truck was already open, and who knows what had happened before it hit the guardrail—maybe it slipped into several drifts. Foam boxes, frozen fish, seafood, and broken ice were scattered all over the two hundred meters of the road, creating a complete mess.
