Wei Xiaoyu and the female doctor were stunned for a moment. They then came to the front to help, not knowing whether Zhou Xuan was strong or if it was just a coincidence, they just wanted to get the people trapped in the car out as quickly as possible.
Zhou Xuan had already used the ice gas to detect the woman in the back seat of the car; her injuries were extremely serious, and her life hung by a thread.
Wei Xiaoyu and the female doctor, who had come closer, only saw the woman who was tightly wedged between the back seats. They didn't see the child below. Only Zhou Xuan knew that the child was not injured, but he was terrified and speechless. The air conditioning was off after the car crash, and he was freezing cold.
The front and back seats were crammed together in the narrow space of the car, and the woman was stuck tightly. No matter what, she couldn't be pulled out by force. If she were pulled forcibly, she would probably be dragged to death.
Zhou An discovered that the woman's chest cavity had been severely compressed, and she was seriously injured. Both of her legs had been crushed and broken. All she had left was her hands tightly holding onto the child below, protecting him despite her own life!
Zhou Xuan felt a mix of emotion—moved, excited, and heartbroken—as he witnessed the scene. His chest tightened as if something was stuck in his throat. The icy energy absorbed the steel at the bottom of the jammed seat. Of course, it only absorbed the key parts, and the amount absorbed was just right. While it appeared that Zhou Xuan was struggling to move the jammed parts, he actually moved them very easily.
At this moment, the police officer and the male doctor on the other side also saw the situation through the car window and quickly turned around to help.
While Zhou Xuan was helping them carry the woman out, he secretly used his icy energy to partially heal her injuries. Although she hadn't woken up and her injuries weren't fully healed, at least she was out of danger!
The amount of ice energy consumed in converting and devouring it wasn't much, but it was very expensive for healing injuries. Zhou Xuan had already found it somewhat difficult to heal the little girl's and her mother's injuries.
Several people nearby helped lift the woman out, but when they did, they noticed that she was holding the little boy tightly with both hands. Under her protection, and because the little boy was tucked under the car, he was not injured at all, only cold and extremely frightened!
Because the people had been rescued, a stretcher was immediately brought over, and the paramedics quickly put the mother and child back into the ambulance and sent them away.
The man driving the vehicle was already dead, so they didn't remove him. Zhou Xuan needed to conserve his ice energy to save the others. At this time, before the larger equipment arrived, his ice energy was the only hope for these injured people!
Time is of the essence; in temperatures as low as minus twenty degrees Celsius, even a second more could mean saving a life.
Without hesitation, Zhou Xuan rushed to the second vehicle, a large truck. A small car had crashed underneath it, and a medium-sized vehicle had smashed the front of the truck four times. Inside the large truck were two people, the driver and a passenger, both of whom had their legs crushed and trapped by the impact. To get them out, the entire front of the truck would have to be dismantled, or amputations would be necessary. But dismantling the front of such a large truck would be an enormous undertaking, even with tools it would take time, let alone for these people with their bare hands.
Zhou Xuan climbed onto one side of the front of the car, where several policemen were gathered. They used iron bars to smash and remove the windshield. If the two injured men could move, they could get out without any problem, but their legs were tightly stuck. Both of them were almost purple from the cold. The policemen who came to their rescue encouraged them to persevere while trying to pry them out with iron bars.
Zhou Xuan could see their helplessness, but they persisted because, at this moment, their actions were the only thing that could encourage the injured.
"Can I have an iron bar?" Zhou Xuan asked one of the policemen. "I'm stronger!"
Although Zhou Xuan said this, people could tell from his appearance that he was quite thin. Several policemen were trying their best, but they were helpless. Even if he was stronger, what could he do?
At this moment, the policeman who had been with Zhou Xuan quickly said, "Xiao Yang, give this brother an iron bar. He's really strong. He's the one who rescued the mother and her two children from that car up ahead!"
Volume 1, Chapter 240: Lying to One's Face
The scene was momentarily stunned. But then the iron rod was handed to Zhou because the policeman who called him was the deputy captain of the criminal investigation team, while he was just a policeman from a small police station in the East District. Everyone knew each other, but their positions and ranks were vastly different. The other person was the leader, and when the leader spoke, no matter what the meaning was, it was best to obey immediately.
After taking the iron rod, Ran Xuan first observed the situation inside the car to see where it would be best to start.
The young policeman, Yang, who had given him the iron rod, was about to take off his gloves and hand it to him again, but he saw Zhou Xuan casually take the iron rod and hold it in his hand without feeling any discomfort, which surprised him. This person was indeed somewhat special!
At temperatures of minus twenty degrees Celsius, if you hold an iron rod with your bare hands and then let go, the cold iron rod will almost tear off a layer of skin. No one would dare to hold a steel or similar object with bare hands, unless it is made of wood.
But Zhou Xuan seemed completely unaffected, holding the iron rod as if he had no feeling, checking the gaps in the front of the car, and then trying to fit the iron rod into these gaps, passing it back and forth between his hands, without any damage to his skin.
This was of course due to Zhou Xuan's icy aura. He himself was unaware of it because the icy aura itself had an extremely strong ability to resist cold. In the past, in the sinkhole river in the United States, the temperature at the bottom of the water was extremely cold and the pressure was extremely high. Ordinary people would freeze in water of that temperature for no more than three minutes, but Zhou Xuan was completely unaffected.
After trying for a while, Zhou Xuan first located the spot on the outside of the driver's leg inside the cab. The icy air had absorbed and neutralized the unseen area inside the cab, which was also the key point of stress. Then, he used an iron rod to push against that spot, and with a loud "crack," the cab parts were immediately pried open by about ten centimeters. The police officers watching nearby were stunned. They had worked together for a long time but couldn't pry it open even a little bit. Seeing that the driver and the other injured person didn't even have the strength to cry out, they were both anxious and helpless.
But Zhou Xuan accidentally pried open a gap with a casual pry!
This freed the driver's left leg, but it was already a bloody mess and frozen numb. However, this may have eased his pain.
Given the condition of this large truck, the doctors nearby estimated that the two injured people would most likely need to have their limbs amputated. They might have to choose between life and disability. However, after Zhou Xuan managed to get a leg back, this estimate might change.
Zhou Xuan used ice energy to alleviate the driver's injuries a bit, and then seemingly unintentionally freed the other leg. The police officers nearby were overjoyed and quickly worked together to lift him out. The movement was very slow because the front of the car was high, the weather was too cold, and the snow was still falling heavily, so it was difficult to see clearly from a distance of more than ten meters.
At this point, the police officers believed that Zhou Xuan was stronger than them and perhaps more skilled, but in any case, at this critical moment, rescuing the person was the most important thing.
Zhou Xuan then rescued the injured person next to the driver. He used his ice energy to heal some of the injuries while rescuing the person, ensuring that the person was not in life-threatening danger and could hold on until being taken to the hospital for treatment. However, Zhou Xuan's ice energy was also quite depleted.
When rescuing the injured from other vehicles, Zhou Xuan only dared to slightly heal the injured, give them a little more breath, and alleviate the most serious injuries. The ice energy was mainly reserved for rescuing people out of trouble. After rescuing the injured from six more vehicles, Zhou Xuan felt like he was about to faint!
There was a similar experience to when he treated Wei Haihong before, but back then, the ice energy was obtained without any increase in its intensity. Compared to the current ice energy level, it was like comparing heaven and earth.
Even with such thick ice, there was a time when it couldn't hold up. However, Zhou Xuan looked at the car accident scene amidst the falling snow. There were still seven or eight cars with injured people who hadn't been rescued. He couldn't faint at this moment!
At this point, there were almost ten or so people with Zhou Xuan. Zhou Xuan was in front loosening the debris, while the people behind him quickly helped the injured out and put them in ambulances to be taken away. Naturally, Zhou Xuan took the lead.
Wei Xiaoyu remained silent, quietly helping Zhou Xuan. Zhou Xuan paid no attention to her, his face, body, and hands covered in blood. But at that moment, Zhou Xuan seemed incredibly great to Wei Xiaoyu, and her heart was even more firmly attached to him.
Zhou Xuan was naturally unaware that he had never liked Wei Xiaoyu and almost always kept his distance from her. If he had known earlier that she was Wei Xiaoyu and not Wei Xiaoqing, he would not have even gone out!
Wei Xiaoyu has always been a very strong and hard-hearted girl who has never paid any attention to any man. But ever since she had physical contact with Zhou Xuan and was unexpectedly defeated by him, her heart has softened. She misses Zhou Xuan sadly every day. She knows that her younger sister Xiaoqing has the same thoughts, but she can't help but think about him!
Sometimes it's infuriating. We're the Erbing sisters. In terms of status, appearance, and everything else, we both seem ruthless and muscular, so how could we both fall for an ordinary man?
She used to think Zhou Xuan was ordinary. But the more she learned about him, the more she realized that Zhou Xuan was not ordinary at all, and even more mysterious than she had imagined! What moved Wei Xiaoyu even more was that when Zhou Xuan was rescuing these injured people at the scene, he was completely selfless. This was definitely not to show off in front of her, because Zhou Xuan didn't care about her at all. Although she was annoyed, it was the truth.
As Zhou Xuan rescued the injured, he was panting heavily. Wei Xiaoyu could tell that Zhou Xuan was extremely tired, but he did not give up and continued working with red eyes.
Zhou Xuanbing was almost completely exhausted and nearly fainted, but she still tried her best to hold on. Her chest felt tight, and she couldn't say anything. She felt like tears were about to fall from her eyes!
The first small utility vehicle finally arrived after Zhou Xuan had held out for forty minutes, followed by more than a hundred armed police officers. However, the situation on the ground was not that having more people would be helpful; in fact, the more people there were, the more they would get in the way. Manpower alone was simply not enough, so of course, Zhou Xuan had to be eliminated.
The small tool cart is much more effective, but still far less effective than Zhou Xuan's ice energy. The ice energy can almost autonomously convert and absorb any place, but the tool cart cannot. The operator can only choose a suitable place to pull, and the tool cart has too many side effects. While it is powerful, it also has great drawbacks. In order to take care of the injured, the machinery on the tool cart will be difficult to operate.
It was still much better than Zhou Xuan doing it alone, as two more vehicles arrived shortly afterward. They were both small utility vehicles; larger vehicles couldn't get through. The roads were severely icy, and the armed police officers involved in the rescue were using the utility vehicles to shovel snow while spreading salt on the roads to prevent them from freezing again.
The snow fell heavier and heavier, and visibility decreased. Zhou Xuan tried his best not to faint. After rescuing the last injured person, amidst the cheers of the crowd, Zhou Xuan gently tugged at Wei Xiaoyu's sleeve and quietly led her away.
Wei Xiaoyu understood Zhou Xuan's meaning. Some of the police officers who arrested her and Zhou Xuan were helping to clean up the scene, some were on the phone, and some were searching for leftover supplies in the wrecked vehicle with the rescuers at the scene and collecting them for safekeeping. No one noticed the two of them and immediately left quietly.
After walking a few dozen meters, I faintly heard someone calling from behind: "Where's that young man? Which district's police officer is he?"