FGCT CH28.1 Dad! Come help me hit him!!

On the morning of August 26th at 8 a.m, the rain outside the tunnel was still pouring down in a steady, relentless rhythm. After a while, the dense sound of rainfall seemed to become a constant background noise—inescapable, yet something people were beginning to grow accustomed to.

Inside the tunnel, the people had endured a night filled with fear and pain. Hardly anyone had managed to get any real rest. They spent the night tending to frightened or injured family members while anxiously worrying about the possible return of the wolf pack or other wild beasts from the mountains. They kept the small fires burning and drifted in and out of uneasy sleep.

When the light of dawn broke the next day, almost everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

But the light not only brought a sense of safety, as the bloodstains in the tunnel could no longer be hidden by the night, and the fevers and illnesses that followed with the sudden release of tension.

“Doctor Liu, come quickly. My child has a high fever, and he won’t wake up no matter how I try !”

“Doctor Liu! I think I have a fever—do you have any medicine for it?”

Liu Jin gently pressed his fingers against his brow through his glasses as he heard the cries around him. He and the other four doctors on the train hadn’t slept at all last night, as they were busy tending to those injured by the wolf attack.

But even though they had done everything they could, there was far too little medicine and medical equipment available. Let alone cold medicine—it had long since run out. They didn’t even have gauze anymore, and could only tear up relatively clean clothing to use as makeshift bandages to stop the bleeding.

They had barely managed to care for all the wounded through the night, but even the medications and bandaging techniques they used were minimal—just enough to stop the bleeding and keep them alive. In such primitive conditions, there was simply nothing more they could do.

Under these circumstances, how could there be any medicine left to treat something like a fever or a cold?

So Liu Jin could only rush over to the people calling for him and teach them how to use emergency cold compresses to lower the children’s—or their own—fevers.

They soaked clothes with rainwater to use as cooling strips. Liu Jin tried to find a bit of humor in the situation: At least with all this rain, there’s no shortage of cold water.

But things were much worse than they had expected. Everyone’s physical condition was really poor. Just like Lu Chengfeng had feared—not only was it impossible to move forward today, but even just staying put in the tunnel, some people might not survive.

Thinking of this, Liu Jin looked down the train tracks into the distance. It was already so hard for them to hold on here—what about the two people who had left in the rain during the night? Where were they now? Were they safe?

From what Liu Jin knew, an average person could run five or six kilometers in an hour, even in the rain. If they had run and walked through the night without much rest, it had been almost ten hours since 10 p.m.

That meant they should have covered more than half the distance by now, right? If they were fast, maybe they could reach Hailan Station by 9 or 10 a.m., and then get a rescue train to come before noon.

If only it could happen that way, Liu Jin thought, truly hoping for the best. But he also knew that was the most optimistic outcome.

What if the two of them ran into danger on the road? Or got too exhausted and something bad happened…

Liu Jin looked at the sky, then at his watch. He thought to himself: I’d rather they take their time—as long as they can bring help before nightfall today, they’ll be the heroes who saved everyone.

Liu Jin let out a small breath, then quickly returned to the crowd to keep working.

At the entrance of the tunnel, Song Sanchuan and Jin Mantang were also discussing Gou Fugui and Xie Tianlang’s journey.

“Last night was such a mess, my brain wasn’t working—I actually watched Fugui go with our boss!” Song Sanchuan slapped his thigh, full of regret. “We should’ve let our boss go alone, or had Captain Qin go with him. There’s no way we should’ve let Fugui go!”

Jin Mantang didn’t like what he heard. “What’s wrong with my brother Fugui? You think he’s not good enough?”

Song Sanchuan rolled his eyes. “It’s not that I don’t think he’s good. Your brother Fugui is tough, I get it—but he’s still just a regular person, you know?”

“No regular person can keep up with our boss. He’s not even human, with how crazy strong he is!”

“During full-army cross-country drills, he finished three hours ahead of the second-place guy. In war games, he once found the enemy’s base all by himself and took down their entire command center! And the craziest thing? One time, a gang of international drug dealers messed with him, and he didn’t sleep for six days and seven nights—he chased them down and took out the whole gang alone!”

As Song Sanchuan spoke, even his own face turned a little pale. “My dad—no, I mean, our boss—he’s like some kind of tireless beast! Running dozens of kilometers overnight? No problem for him. But I’m worried Fugui won’t be able to keep up.”

“I think our boss will find a safe place for Fugui to rest, then go look for help by himself.”

After hearing that explanation, Jin Mantang also realized there really was a big difference between Fugui and Captain Xie when it came to physical strength.

He thought about it and couldn’t say anything more. Even though he always saw Fugui through a ‘brotherly filter’, he had to admit—Fugui wasn’t the kind of guy who could run dozens of kilometers in one night and keep up with someone like that ‘werewolf’ of a captain.

After all, Fugui was still just a regular person.

That guy who killed a wolf with his bare hands? Maybe not so human.

“Alright then, let’s not talk about that. What I want to know is—when do you think Captain Xie will bring help back? It’s already 8 a.m. Do you think they’ll get here before noon?”

Jin Mantang looked around at the tragic scene inside the tunnel, clearly worried.

At that moment, Song Sanchuan couldn’t help but sound a little proud: “Before noon? That’s underestimating our boss! He can run 10 kilometers an hour on foot, no problem. Even with the rain and slippery roads, let’s say 8 kilometers per hour—he might already be at the station by now!

Ten o’clock! I’m telling you, by ten o’clock you’ll see our boss coming back with a train to rescue us!”

Song Sanchuan didn’t shout, but he also didn’t try to keep his voice down. Besides Jin Mantang, quite a few people nearby had heard him.

And many of them started to feel a little hope rise in their hearts.

If a train really comes at ten o’clock… that would be amazing!

But while some people were hopeful, others didn’t believe it.

Song Bo, who had been left out by the group, let out a mocking laugh. Then, with a sarcastic tone, he said, “Forget about ten o’clock—if they even manage to bring back help, we should count ourselves lucky. For all we know, they might get there and just leave on their own. Why would they come back to suffer with us?”

Hua Yingchun couldn’t stand the sight of him. “Not everyone is as shameless as you! Don’t use your dirty little mind to guess what others would do. Have you even looked in a mirror? See if you’re worth comparing!”

Song Bo’s face instantly turned dark. He opened his mouth to argue again—but before he could say anything, there was a stir at the far end of the tunnel.

And faster than any person, the dogs lying near the back—the Labrador, the Husky, and two little Poodles—suddenly perked up their ears and excitedly dashed toward the noise.

“Woof!”

“Woof woof woof woof!”

“Woof! Awoooo~”

As the Husky let out its excited howl, everyone inside the tunnel saw it: a strange, old-looking black train engine puffing smoke as it pulled up.

And right there at the front of the train were the very two people everyone had been talking about—Gou Fugui and Xie Tianlang. The long-haired young man with a patch of white hair leaned out the window with a bright, beaming smile and waved at the crowd.

“Brothers! Daddy’s back! Are you happy to see me?!”