"What are they doing, is it a live stream?"
Wan Yunting, Nie Xiaoyu, and other soldiers who were still searching for villagers were drawn by the commotion of Chen Li's live broadcast, and they all turned their heads to look over there, their brows furrowed.
They watched as those people were broadcasting live the entire time, while the three men holding shovels and hoes were randomly digging at the edge of the mudslide, pretending to be working hard to rescue people.
But anyone with eyes could see that they were just putting on a show for the people in the live broadcast room.
"Xiao Gu, go see what's going on." Nie Xiaoyu immediately asked Gu Xiaozhuang to go.
"Sister Li, the soldiers are here."
The man holding the phone stand and filming felt nervous when he saw Gu Xiaozhuang and the two soldiers approaching.
"What are you afraid of? Everyone stay calm."
Chen Li glared at them and continued broadcasting live. Facing Gu Xiaozhuang's approach, Chen Li even asked her companion holding the phone stand to point the camera at Gu Xiaozhuang. Chen Li excitedly shouted, "Babies, look quickly, our rescue soldiers are here! The disaster-stricken villagers can finally be saved..."
When the live broadcast room saw Gu Xiaozhuang and the others in military uniforms, they were even more convinced that Chen Li and her group were part of a charitable rescue team. Many netizens were adding their WeChat accounts and transferring donations.
"Don't film us."
Gu Xiaozhuang immediately raised his hand to block the phone camera and said to Chen Li, "Please turn off the live broadcast, and show us your identification. We need to inspect."
Chen Li and the others were stunned. The one named Brother Shan also stopped and said, "Officer, we are a rescue team organized by a caring public welfare charity. We are here to help with disaster relief, so there's no need for inspection, right?"
"Exactly."
Chen Li, with an upright attitude, said to Gu Xiaozhuang, "We are broadcasting live because we want the vast number of netizens to see the situation at the disaster site. There's nothing wrong with that, is there?"
The live broadcast continued, and the camera occasionally panned towards Gu Xiaozhuang and the others. Many netizens in the live broadcast room began to feel suspicious seeing this scene.
Gu Xiaozhuang blocked the camera and said to Chen Li and the others, "We just want to verify your identities and whether your live broadcast and soliciting donations have been approved by your charitable organization?"
"Of course, our leaders approved it, so we dared to broadcast live and ask netizens for donations," Chen Li retorted, speaking with great certainty.
"Here are our credentials..."
Saying that, Brother Shan and the others took out their charitable organization identification cards.
Gu Xiaozhuang took them and examined them carefully under the flashlight, his brows raised. He couldn't tell if the credentials were real or fake.
"How is it, no problem?"
Chen Li cast a disdainful glance at Gu Xiaozhuang and the others, stating confidently, "We are also helping the disaster area by doing this. It's not illegal. You shouldn't stop us."
"Exactly..."
Brother Shan and the others echoed her words.
Gu Xiaozhuang returned the credentials to them. Seeing the man holding the phone camera pointed at him for the live broadcast, Gu Xiaozhuang said nothing and turned to head back...
"Come on, babies, if you want to donate to the disaster area, just add our WeChat and transfer!"
Chen Li and her group became even more audacious and continued their live broadcast, shouting enthusiastically to the tens of thousands of viewers in the live stream.
Meanwhile, Brother Shan and the others, holding iron shovels and hoes, continued to dig randomly, shouting, "Old buddies, shout '666', we'll be rescuing the villagers buried underneath soon..."
Wan Yunting and Nie Xiaoyu were still searching for the buried villagers. Seeing Gu Xiaozhuang and the others return, he asked, "Are they from a charitable rescue team?"
"Yes."
Gu Xiaozhuang glanced back at Chen Li and her group and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. "They said they are a rescue team organized by a caring public welfare charity, and they are broadcasting live to encourage donations for the disaster area."
Wan Yunting couldn't help but laugh. Looking at Chen Li's group randomly digging and rummaging at the edge of the mudslide with iron shovels, he sneered, "What charitable organization? They're obviously trying to get traffic by pretending to be rescuers in a disaster area. It's even possible that they're using live broadcasts to deceive netizens' sympathy and transfer money in the name of donations!"
"Brother Yunting is right. Who asks for donations like this in a live broadcast room? They're clearly scamming people," Qi Miaomiao also didn't believe they were real charitable rescue teams, looking like scammers.
This made Gu Xiaozhuang and Nie Xiaoyu exchange confused glances. Little Zhao said, "But we don't know if they're real or fake, and besides, they're broadcasting live, so it's not appropriate for us to drive them away."
"Quick, we found a survivor!"
At this moment, a soldier who was leading a military dog for the search found some movement below and immediately shouted back.
"Let's ignore them for now and focus on rescuing people. I'll ask a friend later to confirm their identities," Wan Yunting said to Nie Xiaoyu and the others. They would not bother with what Chen Li's group was doing for now, as saving lives was the priority.
"Okay, hurry and rescue them..."
Gu Xiaozhuang and the others nodded and rushed over to rescue and excavate the survivor buried below. Wan Yunting and Huang Jingshan also helped dig with their shovels.
To save lives, everyone dared not relax for a moment.
"Look, they've dug someone out!"
Over there, Chen Li and her group saw Wan Yunting's rescue team excavating a survivor. Chen Li happily said to Brother Shan and the others, "Let's go take a look and film it for everyone."
"That might not be a good idea."
However, Brother Shan and the others were still somewhat wary of the soldiers, as they were not a genuine charity.
"Yes, Xiaoli, let's just broadcast from here and then leave," another companion said, worried that if the soldiers saw through their identities, they would definitely go to jail.
"Oh, what are you afraid of?"
Chen Li glared at Brother Shan and the others, saying righteously, "We are broadcasting live. If there are any problems, we will film those soldiers directly. Are we still afraid of them?"
This made Brother Shan and the others exchange glances, knowing that this was not the first time Chen Li had done something like this.
"Xiao Gao, how much money have we received?"
Chen Li then turned to her companions who were busy receiving donations from netizens, and the one named Xiao Gao excitedly said, "Sister Li, we've received a total of 470,000, and people are still donating."
"Wow, so much?"
Brother Shan and the others were thrilled and ecstatic to hear that they had received over 400,000 in less than an hour of broadcasting.
"Look at the effect."
Chen Li couldn't help but raise her head proudly, encouraging and instigating Brother Shan and the others, "Let's go over and film the scene of digging out a person for our netizens, so they know we're real. Then more fools will donate and transfer money to us. As long as we finish this job, we can go on vacation abroad."
This made Brother Shan and the others excited and stimulated. They clenched their fists and nodded, saying, "Let's go..."
"Let's go."
Chen Li waved her hand, and the seven of them walked towards Wan Yunting and Nie Xiaoyu.
At the same time, Chen Li asked her companion holding the phone stand to open the live broadcast room. She faced the camera and apologized to the netizens, saying, "Sorry, babies, the network suddenly lagged just now, but I have good news to tell you all. We've found a survivor here, and we're making every effort to rescue him..."
At this moment, Wan Yunting, holding an iron shovel, along with Gu Xiaozhuang and several soldiers, had already dug a pit. The buried villager's head was exposed. Gu Luotang and Song Sinan were squatting in the pit checking the villager's condition. They found that the person had stopped breathing and looked up at Wan Yunting, saying, "Brother Yunting, the person has stopped breathing."
Wan Yunting, who was digging, and Nie Xiaoyu and the others froze. He immediately dropped his shovel and went down. Gu Luotang moved aside, and Wan Yunting placed his fingers on the villager's carotid artery. However, when he felt the cold skin, Wan Yunting's heart also turned cold, knowing that the person had been dead for some time.
For a moment, Nie Xiaoyu, Gu Xiaozhuang, and the other soldiers stopped. Everyone felt sad and regretful, wondering why they hadn't found him sooner. Perhaps even one minute earlier would have resulted in a different outcome.
Just then, Chen Li and her group rushed over. The companion holding the phone stand with two phones pushed aside a soldier who was blocking him...
Then, they aimed the cameras of the two phones at the dead villager in the pit, and Chen Li shouted, "Babies, look quickly, the survivor has been dug out..."