Free Web NovelChapter 454: Chapter 367: His Leg’s Healed?
I must say, this highly unscientific fasting crisis has a mechanism that is quite scientific.
At the very least, they hadn’t arranged for them to walk on mountain roads on the first day.
Those pure mountain paths, muddy terrain.
This was a highway, and although there were grasslands on both sides, the road was at least visible at a glance, a more relaxed rescue state, giving them time to think.
Moreover, the Logistics role-playing the trapped individuals gave them a strong impression from the start.
In the first two kilometers, everyone thought since they had just hit the road and the trapped individuals’ bus had just left, they would likely be hidden somewhere behind. As they were walking and discussing, the sixth group passing by a bush inexplicably shouted out:
"Yang Wei!"
They triggered the two-meter rule.
From behind the bush beside them, there came a trembling "eh..."
Damn?
Everyone was stunned.
Oh my god, how could we miss that?
"Quick, quick, quick! There’s someone here!"
Everyone hurriedly lifted the person onto the highway, and Hu Peizhou, who came up behind, immediately said with a cheerful smile:
"There may be injured individuals arranged later on, and if you carry them like this and encounter injured individuals, that counts as a failed rescue!
So, Skill Instructor Dolphin will teach you some first aid knowledge along the way! If you encounter injured individuals, administering first aid, including subsequent tasks, it might all come in handy! Please listen carefully!"
Tsk tsk tsk.
Everyone felt the difficulty was increasing.
The team also stopped.
Because of this oversight, they started to panic and became paranoid.
"Captain Hu, can we... go back and look for them? There might be trapped individuals we missed on the way!"
Now that they had only walked one or two kilometers, they still had time to turn back and make amends.
Hu Peizhou then revealed a smile, "You can! But the daily march is planned! If you turn back now, the endpoint will remain the same. You’ll need to manage the additional distance and your stamina yourselves!"
Everyone hesitated.
One kilometer, back and forth, that’s two kilometers.
But you can’t just leave people behind! Not even one! What if there was a group hidden up ahead that they didn’t see? Wouldn’t their efforts today go to waste?
"Let’s go back! It’s only the first day; we absolutely cannot lose anyone!"
"Let’s go back!"
...
The sun was scorching high above, and the morning sunshine Fang Huai had seen had now turned angry, radiating a fierce heat, glaring at everyone.
That glare, and a Northeastern man would have to concede after three seconds, covering their eyes.
Today could truly be considered the start of training.
The marching plan for today was to reach a town 25 kilometers away for lunch, then proceed to study.
One by one, they finally understood what difficulties lay on the road ahead.
Fifty-pound heavy backpacks grinding against their shoulders, they had no choice but to tighten the straps.
But once tightened, the heat trapped against their back soaked through, making the straps damp with sweat, particularly uncomfortable.
Fortunately, they were wary of dehydration, so water was not rationed. Anyone needing a drink could have their fill.
They were like a pilgrimage group seeking enlightenment, needing to traverse a long path to gain some knowledge.
Dolphin was like Monk Tang, muttering as he went:
"If bitten by a dog, tie a cloth band five centimeters above the wound tightly to draw out the polluted blood and then wash repeatedly with soap and water before heading to a disease control center for rabies vaccination.
For cat bites, the top of the wound should be tightly bandaged with a tourniquet, and cleansing of the wound should be done with saline solution or boiled water, followed by local treatment with 5% carbolic acid solution. free𝑤ebnovel.com
Cats and dogs that bite people should be isolated for observation. Cats and dogs carrying the rabies virus usually show symptoms within a short period.
There’s a ten-day observation method: if the cat or dog is not dead or ill within ten days, they generally do not carry the virus."
"Dolphin, I heard rabies can have an incubation period of up to six years in dogs, right?"
"That’s probably what those selling rabies vaccines say, it’s very rare, purely meant to cause panic."
"So, if the dog is fine, can you skip the rabies vaccination?"
"The best vaccination period is within 24 hours. Rabies requires five shots, on the day of, and on the 3rd, 7th, 14th, and 28th days thereafter. It’s best to get one shot first. If the dog gets sick, then continue with the vaccination. If there are open wounds or multiple bite injuries, immunoglobulin injections are required.
So, the first reaction to a dog bite should be to intimidate or escape. If you fight back, causing more wounds in the process, the more wounds there are, the more expensive it gets.
If you haven’t been vaccinated within 48 hours and the dog shows symptoms, you can still get the shots. But the first dose must be doubled, and the risk is greater." ƒгeewёbnovel.com
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"Aside from bites, if there’s minor arterial bleeding and the wound isn’t large, you can press a sterilized cotton pad tightly against the wound, which is also called pressure bandaging.
If the bleeding won’t stop, elevate the injured limb to slow down the blood flow and prevent dizziness.
If the bleeding is very serious, place a cloth pad above the wound and wrap a tourniquet around it to control the blood flow, then head to the hospital.
Remember, with this method, you need to loosen it every half hour and it can’t be on for more than two hours in total, to prevent tissue necrosis!"
"Mhm, mhm, mhm..." the soldiers responded somewhat dazedly.
Dolphin went from explaining what to do about sand in the eyes to sudden death during sexual activity.
Some topics sparked interest, such as sudden death during sexual activity, prompting them to excitedly discuss some of the bizarre incidents they had encountered on police calls.
Like someone fainting from masturbating after a cold shower.
Or someone having relations after heavy drinking and passing away after a gust of cold wind.
In short, after such activities, the body is rather weak, so one shouldn’t take cold showers, get chilled, or even move around.
At this point, Fang Huai recalled the advice about how long after getting sick one should refrain from sexual activity during the mask-wearing period.
This topic interested everyone.
Or there were situations previously encountered during police dispatch that some people didn’t know how to handle, and upon hearing about them, some would ask questions.
But everyone has moments of confusion, such as how to give first aid for a sprained waist or a spinal injury—the procedures are truly too complicated. Even if you knew what to do, nobody would dare to attempt it. Dolphin even taught them how to use Chinese medicine for emergency situations, like certain types of poisoning or heart attacks, and how to use proprietary Chinese medicines for first aid.
It scared everyone listening.
Do firefighters really have to learn all this stuff?
Dammit, in those situations, your first reaction should definitely be to dial 120 quickly!
Everyone would dare to try first aid for Western medicine.
But Chinese medicine is profound: the acupoints, herbal decoctions, bone setting, and all of that. Many awesome things are like secret techniques passed down in families of traditional Chinese medicine, taught and learned from childhood.
That’s too much; can’t do it.
On the road to enlightenment, it’s not just Monk Tang.
This weather and the physical ability instructors following behind are their 81 challenges.
Lin Chong and Li Kui, carrying backpacks just as heavy as everyone else’s, one leading and the other following, kept urging everyone to move faster in the moments when Dolphin wasn’t giving a lecture.
They also had to look for and call out to people along the way; they feared losing someone from Logistics, and how could they go as fast as two people who were only focused on moving forward while they searched?
Bobcat wasn’t playing fair like Lin Chong and Li Kui, carrying only a megaphone and occasionally weaving in and out of the group, using his silver tongue to dish out tons of damage.
"Can’t do it anymore, huh? Drop out, why don’t you?"
"Number 26, you have such delicate features, but all this sweat is ruining your face. It hurts my heart to see you like this!"
"If you drop out today, we have a special event! Two bottles of Cola and a pack of chicken legs, with immediate air-conditioned bus transport!"
"Friends, don’t keep pushing yourselves, I’m tired out from shouting. If you keep torturing us, don’t blame us for pulling something big on you tomorrow!"
So you’re going to pull something big, just go take a big dump!
The soldiers didn’t respond with loud cries of "I can persist," instead immediately pretending to be the descendants of the deaf upon hearing his banter.
Bobcat’s taunts circled everyone, but he deliberately avoided Fang Huai.
Because Fang Huai was the leader.
Moreover, his feet seemed to have completely recovered. During the long march, Fang Huai’s recovery ability had clearly become an advantage.
As soon as he got close, they would immediately pick up speed, leaving him behind.
The entire team had to speed up, resulting in complaints:
"Bobcat, can you not go to the front? If you walk so fast, how can we find people? If we lose someone, will you cook for us? Slow down in front!"
Bobcat was taunting everyone to energize them, not to wear them down. Judging from what Captain Hu let slip, Number 1 was an important figure, and it was impossible for him to drop out.
Fang Huai, carrying the flag at the front, enjoyed a moment of peace and quiet, but the cumbersome flag pole on his shoulder was very uncomfortable.
Sigh.
Despite continuous physical improvement with such training, it felt worlds apart from the exhilarating feeling he used to have.
If only there were some way for the System to give him a new task to quickly enhance his physical condition.
Any improvement would do!
At the start of the long march, carrying a flagpole, walking, and bearing a backpack weighing tens of pounds on his back, he felt every part of his body bearing the burden.
Beside him, Lin Chong, who was marching briskly, occasionally stepped in front of him and gave him a disdainful glance.
If allowed, Fang Huai really damn wanted to test his skills against this hijacker, to see whether his legs were stronger or his reactions quicker.
Suddenly, a voice came from behind:
"Five kilometers ahead, there are no trapped individuals. Forced march five kilometers! Start running, move it, move it, move it!"
Whis today.
Lin Chong, as if unleashed, dashed off in a flash, still turning back to fiercely shout:
"Hurry up!"
"Number 1! As the lead, you have to bring the others along with you as you run. How are you going to achieve a training effect running so slowly?"
Obviously, it was on him.
Fang Huai followed suit, charging after him. Since his burst speed was slightly inferior to Lin Chong’s, he planned to use his stamina to grind down his energy.
Just a few minutes into the run, Fang Huai was right behind Lin Chong. If Lin Chong was fast, so was he, pulling far ahead of the rest of the team. Some who had better stamina but felt challenged wanted to catch up to them, forced to keep swapping positions and leaving those with poorer fitness behind.
The skill instructors from the rear were left far behind.
The first echelon coming up also struggled to keep up as their stamina had already been heavily drained during the ten-plus kilometers of back-and-forth travel earlier on.
Yet, seeing Fang Huai with the flag stubbornly keeping up with Lin Chong, everyone was shocked.
The more they ran, the worse they felt, and the more alarmed they became.
Everyone had braced themselves for Lin Chong’s abnormalities, but during the running test that day, they hadn’t seen Number 1 be so fierce!
Even Number 20, whom everyone thought had the best chance to challenge Lin Chong, was tired and falling behind them by a distance.
Moreover, Number 1 still carried a flag!
After running for a while, both Fang Huai and Lin Chong were equally shocked.
And they had the same thought.
How could his endurance be so strong?
One had years of training with 20-kilometer weighted runs, possessing not just short-distance burst strength but control over long-distance assaults which ordinary firefighters couldn’t match.
The other had the support of an incredible circulatory system.
Both were full of godlike confidence in their endurance capacities.
But why couldn’t either outdo the other?
On a straight highway, the two up front were running faster and fiercer, both getting a bit too into it.
At the back of the squad, fully equipped Kui Li and lightly loaded Hu Peizhou watched Lin Chong and Fang Huai taking the lead with some astonishment, seeing them starting to leave Number 20 and Number 11 by a hundred meters.
As Kui Li brought up the rear, still with energy to spare, he gasped, "Crap... What’s with this guy... Why is he so fierce today? Was his foot really injured before?"
With Hu Peizhou in light gear and quite relaxed—he was confident as a squadron captain because he had undergone strict training before and had much more stamina than skill instructors that came from the Ministry’s War Training Department—he followed the group, even having time to ponder.
"That’s odd... How can this guy recover so fast?!"
