Evil Spirit Consultant

Chapter 51 Diving Reflex
Seeing Yang Liu walking towards their child holding such a big kitchen knife, the child's parents were so frightened that they reacted on the spot.

After all, they could see that what Koizumi Ling was doing was to save her own child, but a guy of Yang Liu's size walking over with a knife in his hand didn't look like he was saving anyone.

Although he was very scared, the man still stood up tremblingly and stood in front of his wife and children.

But with his strength, how could he possibly compete with Yang Liu? Yang Liu lifted him up like a chicken with just one hand.

At this time, Yang Liu heard the voice of Koizumi Ling.

"Do you have any other ideas?" Yang Liu put the kitchen knife on the table beside him.

"Ok!"

Without saying anything more, Koizumi Ling handed the nearly unconscious child to Yang Liu.

He turned around, picked up a cup from the table next to him, poured out the drink inside, and hurried to the shop next door.

Yang Liu looked at her behavior with confusion, but still chose to believe her.

Just sit on the ground and let the child lie on your lap, then gently pat the child's back with your fingers while looking at your other hand.

The man he had just caught seemed to be too frightened and was still punching and kicking him mechanically.

"Stop fighting, the ambulance will be here soon. Go to the intersection and lead the way, and bring them here as soon as possible!" Yang Liu let go of the guy.

"Ah You……"

"Go!"

"Yes!"

The dazed man finally came to his senses after hearing Yang Liu's shouting. He hurriedly got up from the ground and stumbled towards the intersection.

"Please...save my child."

The mother standing by watched as her child completely lost consciousness and his face turned purple at a speed visible to the naked eye. She was terrified and at a loss.

"We will save him!"

Koizumi Ling's voice came from the side, and the cup in her hand was filled with tap water that she had just filled.

"Turn over and lie flat on the ground."

Hearing Koizumi Ling's voice, Yang Liu hugged the child with both hands without hesitation and turned him face up.

Koizumi Ling half-knelt on the ground and poured the ice water she had just scooped up all over the child's face.

"What are you doing?!"

"I see!"

Two different voices sounded at the same time. Compared to the shocked mother of the child, Yang Liu looked as if she had suddenly realized something.

"No need to bother!"

Seeing that Koizumi Ling was about to go back to get some water, Yang Liu simply stopped her.

He held the unconscious child in both hands, looked at the Hakata River next to him, jumped over the green belt, held on to the railing by the river with one hand, and flipped over the dam.

Koizumi Ling and the child's mother also stood up immediately and ran to the railing. Then they saw Yang Liu grab the child's feet with one hand, lift the child's head upside down and put it into the cold river water.

"What are you going to do?!"

The child's mother screamed and immediately tried to climb down the railing to stop Yang Liu from killing her.

Fortunately, Koizumi Ling was quick to act and immediately hugged the child's mother's waist tightly with both hands: "Calm down, calm down, he is saving him!"

"Help! Someone come quickly, they are going to kill my child!"

After hearing Koizumi Ling's explanation, the child's mother of course didn't believe it. After all, no matter how you looked at it, Yang Liu's behavior was murder, so she struggled desperately while shouting for help.

However, facing the tall and well-trained Koizumi Suzu, the child's mother could not break free from her arms no matter how hard she tried. "We are not killing him, we are saving him. Let me explain... Ugh!"

Before Koizumi Ling could finish her words, the child's mother punched her in the face. She felt dizzy and almost fainted.

But even though she was so moved that tears were streaming down her face, Koizumi Ling still closed her eyes and held her tightly.

The crowd watching around were also dumbfounded when they saw this, and for a moment they didn't know whether they should go up and help.

Just as the two were struggling with each other, the child's father and Nagai Miko, who had left earlier, ran over here quickly with several medical staff.

"right here!"

"What's going on?!"

Hearing the sound of medical staff running, Yang Liu decisively pulled out the child whose head was immersed in water.

He jumped hard, grabbed the railing, turned over with himself and the child on one hand, and ran quickly towards the medical staff with the child on his shoulder.

"my child."

Seeing the medical staff arrive, Koizumi Ling let go of her hand, and the child's mother immediately ran after them.

"His trachea was blocked by the glutinous rice balls..."

Yang Liu handed the child to the medical staff and described the current situation in the briefest possible words.

The medical staff took the child and did a quick check:
"He's already unconscious. We need to take care of him quickly... bring the equipment over!"

Because they knew the situation in advance, several medical staff ran over with relevant equipment and immediately provided emergency treatment to the unconscious child.

"The situation is still quite dangerous...Family members, please come with us!"

After temporarily stabilizing the child's vital signs, the medical staff hurriedly ran towards the ambulance with the child in their arms.

The child's parents were slightly stunned, and after hearing the medical staff's shouts, they subconsciously followed.

Yang Liu smiled at the people who left in a hurry, turned to the railing, reached out to help Xiaoquan Ling who was sitting on the ground: "Well done."

"Thanks……"

"You shouldn't say this to me, but those three people should say it to you."

As if remembering something, Yang Liu laughed at himself: "But good people don't get rewarded these days, you probably won't hear their thanks anymore."

"It doesn't matter, as long as we can save the people." Koizumi Ling smiled brightly.

"Xiao Ling!" Nagai Miko ran over anxiously, "How are you? Are you okay? What happened just now? Why did that person hit you?"

"Yako, it's okay." Koizumi Ling subconsciously rubbed the painful area on her face.

"What on earth did you just do?" Nagai Miko looked confused.

She had just heard the whole story from the people around her, and she really couldn't understand why the child's head had to be submerged in water.

Yang Liu glanced at the strange looks from the people around him. He didn't care, but he looked at Xiaoquan Ling next to him thoughtfully. Yang Liu raised his voice a little:
"The method she just came up with uses a physiological mechanism called the diving reflex..."

The so-called diving reflex is a basic physiological response of vertebrates to immersion in water.

Simply put, when a living organism is submerged in water, it will actively constrict its peripheral blood vessels, control the blood from the limbs and all organs, and concentrate the blood flow in the heart-brain circuit to save oxygen for the animal.

Nasal apnea and facial cooling are the main triggers of this reflex, which is why Koizumi Ling splashed water on the child's face before.

When the face is immersed in water and the water fills the nostrils, this reflex will reach its limit, so Yang Liu chose such an extreme method. (Note 1)

　Note 1: I am not making this up, here are some relevant references.

　　Vega JL (2017-08-01).
　　“Edmund Goodwyn and the first description of diving bradycardia“. Journal of Applied Physiology. 123 (2): 275–277. doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00221.2017. ISSN 1522-1601. PMID 28495845
　　Campbell L, Gooden B, Horowitz J (1969).
　　“Cardiovascular responses to partial and total immersion in man“. Journal of Physiology. 202 (1): 239–250. doi:10.1113/jphysiol.1969.sp008807. PMC 1351477. PMID 5770894.
　　However, this method is very dangerous and can actually result in murder if you are not careful, so use it with caution.

　　
　
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