"Our family! And us!"
"Wuwuwu, police comrades, please, you must save them! Save our children, our parents!"
"Otherwise, we don't want to live anymore! Please!"
Countless villagers grabbed our hands. I looked at the hellish inferno coiling around the mountain, but felt no fear. I shouted to Liu Yuning, Xia Hou, Xiao Yuande, and the others, "Is anyone afraid of death?"
"No!" everyone in the Sin Punishment Team shouted. I continued, "Then follow me up the mountain!"
At that time, Linghu Jing and others saw we were all determined, and had no choice but to lead over a thousand firefighters, armed with firefighting equipment, to escort us up the mountain. I refused to believe there was any fire in this world that couldn't be extinguished! As we approached the foot of the mountain, the merciless flames burned continuously. When I saw Xia Xiaoling and Dao Zhi Yong also by my side, I became a little angry and said, "What are you two doing following us?"
"Team Leader He, we are the Sin Punishment Team now. You are no longer the Director. How can we not obey your orders? If He Xin..."
"No, she cannot be here!"
However, in the next second, I saw He Xin with red-rimmed eyes arriving at the scene!
This guy actually joined too!
"Why are you so foolish? If we all die, you will have to inherit the Sin Punishment Team, you know?"
"No! I will not back down. Let's all go up the mountain! We cannot die, and we must save people!"
Since that was the case, we had no choice but to go all out. However, I looked towards the summit and thought, the Moon Goddess has blessed our Guangming City for tens of thousands of years. Now, a raging fire sweeps in, what will she choose?
As we resolutely stepped towards the mountain, I surprisingly found that the surrounding flames seemed to fear us, not daring to spread any further. Midway, we found an armored vehicle, and together with Linghu Jing, we drove towards the summit. Fortunately, the armored vehicle could withstand the flames. As we rushed near a mountain road at the summit, everyone disembarked immediately. We saw countless firefighters moving stones to create barriers to prevent the flames from spreading. We also quickly joined in, moving stones to encircle the Dafu gasoline plant. At that moment, I saw the Moon Noble Tree in the center swaying in the wind, as if encouraging us from behind!
With the fire retardant, when the flames had nothing left to burn, the fire gradually began to weaken. However, this Moon Noble Mountain would have to be sacrificed. It was estimated that the entire mountain would turn black and be reduced to charcoal-like substance.
Countless plants and remaining structures would cease to exist, but there was no other way. At least the situation at the summit was under our control.
Seeing that everyone's efforts had yielded results, Linghu Jing breathed a sigh of relief, "Everyone, we owe you this time!"
"Don't say that, everyone has contributed. Huh? Are these colleagues from the criminal investigation team?" A firefighter wiped the sweat from his brow and sat down tiredly, saying.
We didn't reveal anything about the Sin Punishment Team, but another firefighter nearby seemed to recognize us and said, "Are you guys the Sin Punishment Team? No! Aren't you Director He?"
This guy was sharp to recognize me so quickly. At this moment, Linghu Jing also said, "Don't talk nonsense, how could he be Director He?"
Actually, Linghu Jing wasn't unable to recognize me. Given my position, anyone with a high position in government would know of my existence, such as bank presidents, funeral directors, public security bureau chiefs, etc. Moreover, I had been on television. Even if many people didn't pay attention at the time, quite a few would still know. Linghu Jing and I had agreed beforehand that he shouldn't reveal my identity, and if anyone mentioned it, he should deliberately say that I wasn't that person.
That firefighter was reprimanded by his captain and quickly changed his tune, "That's right, I mistook you!"
But I could see he didn't really think so, he just didn't want to contradict his superior.
I told everyone not to dawdle. Since the fire was under control, I wanted to find something else to do, like appeasing the employees of the gasoline plant and asking them to cooperate with us in monitoring the surrounding situation, taking necessary measures immediately if anything changed.
Those employees had also helped us move stones. Now, everyone could finally rest. The factory canteen had prepared some late-night snacks for us. The firefighters and everyone else didn't care much and ate something first.
Looking at their worn-out work clothes, their faces and skin black and sooty, and some firefighters injured, now in the factory's infirmary, waiting for the fire to subside and ambulances to arrive for rescue, my heart was filled with mixed emotions. Being a firefighter, one is often hovering on the brink of death.
We waited. For now, we didn't let anyone extinguish the fire because nothing we tried had any effect on this kind of fire. Otherwise, we wouldn't have resorted to the most primitive method: blocking the combustible materials.
After a meal, Liu Yuning and I took the opportunity to find the survivors the villagers had asked us to pay attention to. This was not far from the raging fire, otherwise, it would have been impossible to save them.
After bringing those people to the gasoline plant for temporary resettlement, Liu Yuning and I came to a building near the gasoline plant. Factory Director Wu told us, "This tall tower is the highest peak in all of Guangming City, called the Guangming Technology nCe Building. It's not only the terminal for our gasoline plant but also the information hub connecting the entire Guangming City. With it, we can contact anyone."
"Oh, so it's a signal tower?"
"Yes, Captain Liu. This building was constructed in 2000 and is connected to the gasoline plant. There is also a small town nearby, do you see it?"
"I see it. I didn't expect there to be a town on the mountain."
"You may not know, Director He... no, Officer He, we have been working in the gasoline plant for generations. The only job for everyone in this town is to refine gasoline and make a living here. In recent years, with the strong support of the state, our gasoline plant has undergone several expansions and now covers an area of one thousand mu."
"That's still quite large." One must know that generally, large factories occupy hundreds of mu of land. Famous large manufacturing plants usually occupy thousands of mu. And they don't just have facilities in one region; they have branches across the country and even around the world.
At that moment, I thought that if the fire really spread in, it would be an unprecedented disaster. Such a large factory, with gasoline pipelines everywhere, and many specific oil tanks in the center, and five terrifying steel pillars. Factory Director Wu told us that inside these giant pillars was the core of the gasoline plant, containing millions of tons of gasoline!