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Chapter 107 Moving forward with a heavy load

Time flies by.

Caiyi's face, which was covered by a mask, was now covered with large beads of sweat, which kept sliding down his cheeks.

Her breathing became somewhat erratic, and she felt a dull pain in her chest, clearly due to discomfort caused by lack of oxygen.

However, she endured the discomfort in her body, stared intently at the firefighters ahead who were still moving quickly and without hesitation, blinked hard to wipe the sweat from her eyes, and then resolutely continued to follow behind them.

Gradually, the number of people in the team dwindled until only one firefighter remained.

Caiyi didn't want to leave; she wanted to continue climbing higher, where there were still many people.

He carried the wounded man on his back, his gaze fixed on the raging flames, a hint of hesitation in his eyes. He turned to Caiyi and asked softly, "Can you... really keep going?"

Cai Yi answered without hesitation, "There are still people inside!"

The firefighter then said, "Actually, you can come out with me first."

"After all, this is not your responsibility."

Caiyi: "No, this is my responsibility."

Even though she is currently in Cheng Xin's body, these victims are her responsibility.

The firefighters were still a little worried, after all, the level of danger inside was unpredictable, and a group of firefighters who had gone in earlier were still working hard to rescue people at a high place.

But Caiyi said to him firmly, "Don't worry, I'm perfectly fine! You take the injured out quickly. I'll go to higher ground, and their search and rescue will be faster."

After saying that, she added, "These flames can't harm me."

Hearing Cai Yi's resolute words, the firefighter no longer hesitated.

He nodded, turned and ran quickly toward the exit, silently praying that Caiyi could lead his teammates and the victims out safely.

Without anyone clearing the way, Caiyi had some difficulty making his way, but he still groped his way up to the upper floors, straining his ears to listen for any faint sounds.

"......Help......"

The faint yet desperate cries seemed to come from another world, instantly tightening Caiyi's heart.

She stared wide-eyed at the slowly opening door in front of her, her face full of suspicion. Most of the doors that opened had been searched and rescued.

Caiyi thought this to herself, but she still decided to go in and see, just in case there really was someone inside.

Cai Yi walked with such composure, carefully reaching out and gently pushing the door, as if afraid that the slightest carelessness would lead to unpredictable consequences.

Her gaze was fixed on the door, ready to deal with any unexpected situation that might arise.

Finally, the door was pushed open, but Caiyi did not rush into the room.

She took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down, before cautiously stepping into the house.

Upon entering the room, a strong smell of burning filled the air, causing Caiyi to cough repeatedly.

She frowned, looked around, and tried to find the source of the sound.

Soon, her gaze fell on the toilet door in the corner of the room.

Caiyi took small steps and slowly approached the toilet.

When she saw what was inside, she couldn't help but gasp – there really were people inside!

The toilet had a large bathtub filled with water, and some unidentified charred objects were floating on the surface, presumably fallen from the surrounding walls.

On the edge of the bathtub, a woman with a blurry figure and indistinct face sat.

The water in the bathtub was heated by the surrounding flames, causing a hazy mist to rise continuously, filling the entire bathroom with a dreamlike atmosphere.

The steaming heat made Caiyi wonder if it had already boiled.

Caiyi stared wide-eyed, trying to see through the thick fog to make out the situation inside, but he still couldn't determine whether the person was alive or dead.

The woman clutched the object tightly in her arms, her body trembling uncontrollably.

Her head was tightly covered by a wet towel, leaving only her closed eyes and a few tangled strands of hair partially visible.

From these subtle details, Cai Yi could vaguely sense that this woman was currently trapped in an abyss of extreme pain.

Caiyi's gaze shifted to the rickety door that seemed ready to collapse at any moment, and a sense of unease welled up within him.

She cautiously reached out and gently tugged at the door frame, trying to see if the door could still be opened normally.

However, just as he applied a little external force, the already fragile door suddenly lost its balance and collapsed with a crash.

Fortunately, Caiyi had taken precautions beforehand and nimbly dodged to the side, successfully avoiding this sudden crisis.

Caiyi carefully stepped onto the fragile door and slowly entered the room.

In an instant, the raging flames miraculously diminished.

At this moment, the woman seemed to sense the movement around her, but she was so exhausted that she couldn't even open her eyes. Her lips trembled slightly, as if she were muttering something to herself, while she tightly gripped something in her hand and kept trying to push it towards Caiyi.

Caiyi quickly stepped forward and took the item from the woman's hand.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a child wrapped tightly in a wet cloth.

However, worryingly, the child's eyes were closed and he remained motionless, making it impossible to know his condition at that moment.

Caiyi took a deep breath, gently but firmly held the child with one hand, and quickly pulled the woman up with the other, carefully wrapping her in a similarly damp towel.

Without hesitation, she hoisted the woman onto her broad back, turned around, and strode towards the door.

With each step he took, Caiyi would exhale a breath of stale air, trying his best to remain calm and composed.

Because she knew that, given her current physical condition, if she walked too fast, she might not be able to support herself and would collapse to the ground.

Caiyi was alone, holding her young child in her arms, and carrying a woman who had fallen into a coma and was in a daze on her back. The immense pressure she was under was indescribable.

She was filled with fear, afraid that she would not be able to save them and worried that she would die there.

Each step felt so heavy, as if I were stepping not on stairs, but on the edge of life and death.

However, before she had even finished walking down one floor, she encountered the firefighters who had returned.

To Caiyi, they arrived just in time, like divine intervention.

They quickly took the young child from Caiyi's hands, along with the frail woman on her back, and then rushed outside without hesitation.

Cai Yi breathed a slight sigh of relief, but she did not stop and resolutely followed the firefighters to continue searching upwards.

Time ticked by, and the tense and arduous search and rescue operation continued.

Although not everyone could be rescued, the number of survivors was still quite considerable compared to fires of similar size in the past.

This is undoubtedly the result of the joint efforts of all rescue workers who did not give up any hope.