Chapter 1127: Falling into the River
But Zhao Xudong didn't end well.
This guy had just cut the rope, and before he could rejoice, he was hit hard by a flying bag of rice. He only felt a tremendous force rushing in front of him, as if he had been loaded onto a speeding train. At the same time, Zhao Xudong heard a strange sound, which he had never heard before, as if something was breaking continuously. Before Zhao Xudong could figure out what the sound was, he felt a darkness in front of him, and then he didn't know anything.
Xiao Ping used all his strength in this throw, and the fifty-kilogram rice bag crashed into Zhao Xudong at a speed of hundreds of kilometers per hour, which was no different from a speeding container truck hitting him face to face. Eighty percent of the bones in Zhao Xudong's body were broken, and the whole person was knocked out of the body and flew far away, and then fell to the ground like an empty rice bag, and died so much that he couldn't die anymore.
Xiao Ping, who witnessed this scene with his own eyes, breathed a sigh of relief, no matter what, it was impossible for this guy to continue to do evil, and he could not threaten the safety of Li Wanqing and the others
However, Xiao Ping's sense of relief only lasted for a short moment, and the situation immediately changed in a new way. The suspension bridge that was cut off two ropes finally couldn't support it, and it began to collapse from Zhao Xudong's side, but the entire suspension bridge collapsed in the blink of an eye.
Xiao Ping only felt that there was nowhere to focus under his feet, and the whole person fell involuntarily. He grabbed Zhao Xue, who was already stunned, with one hand, and tried his best to stretch out his other hand, which was like grabbing a suspended bridge rope that had been broken.
However, Xiao Ping did not grasp the main rope of the suspension bridge, but a thin rope used as a railing. The rope couldn't bear the weight of the two people falling at all, and after quickly tensing in mid-air, it broke without any suspense.
Xiao Ping could no longer find another focus point. He could only watch as the scenery on both sides of the valley rapidly became smaller and smaller—he was rapidly falling downward.
Seeing the rushing river below getting closer and closer, Xiao Ping was still thinking before entering the water: Fortunately, he had just pulled the rope and changed direction. Otherwise, you will fall directly on the river beach, and that will be ......
The thoughts in my head just turned here. Xiao Ping plunged straight into the rushing river. He was somewhat glad that this section of the river was very deep. Even if it fell from a height of more than 20 meters, it didn't hit the bottom of the river, and it was like picking up a life.
The river was very turbulent, and when Xiao Ping finally poked his head out of the water, it had already been washed away dozens of meters away by the current. He didn't care about being surprised, but immediately asked Zhao Xue beside him to turn over and check the girl's situation.
Although he fell into the river from a height of dozens of meters and fought with the torrent for so long, Xiao Ping never let go of the hand holding Zhao Xue. That's why. The girl was able to be with Xiao Ping, and was lucky to be lifted to the water by him.
However, at this time, Zhao Xue's face was pale, her eyes were closed, and she was floating motionless on the water. This made Xiao Ping very worried, and hurriedly took a closer look, and found that the girl was still breathing weakly, so he was relieved.
After all, Zhao Xue is just an ordinary person, and she can't be compared with Xiao Ping at all. Falling into the water from such a high place is also very strong. At the moment, I am just in a coma for the time being, and I will find a way to rescue him when I go ashore.
After confirming that Zhao Xue has no worries about life for the time being. Xiao Ping held her head above the surface of the river and looked back at the raging current. Only then did I find that the original suspension bridge was gone, and there were still a few figures faintly on the river valley, but they were blurred to the point that they could barely be seen.
In this case. Xiao Ping wasn't sure if the people in the valley knew that he was still alive, so he couldn't help but secretly say in his heart: "You have to rely on yourself next!"
The banks of this section of the river are particularly steep and slippery, with no place to borrow. Xiao Ping could only hold Zhao Xue hard to prevent her from choking. Drift down the river to the lower reaches of the river, hoping to find a place to go ashore.
At the same time that Xiao Ping was fighting for survival. Li Wanqing was shouting his name like crazy in the river valley. If it weren't for the Foundation's colleagues, she would have jumped with her.
Li Wanqing, who was standing at the head of the bridge just now, watched Xiao Ping fall into the river valley. In an instant, I just felt that my whole heart was empty. She rushed to the edge of the cliff and looked down, but saw nothing but the rushing river.
At this moment, Li Wanqing regretted it very much, blaming herself for being too willful and letting Xiao Ping accompany her to participate in charity activities. If it weren't for that, he wouldn't have encountered such a thing at all.
"Xiao Ping......" The grief-stricken Li Wanqing looked at the river and whispered the name of her sweetheart, tears of sadness flowed from her empty eyes.
Among all the people, only Fang Qiang was the most sensible. He pulled the remaining rope of the suspension bridge, cautiously leaned out and looked down, and after a while he returned to the others and said in a deep voice: "I have seen it, there is no one on the river beach, Xiao Ping and Zhao Xue must have fallen directly into the river." The river here is very deep, and you don't necessarily get hurt if you fall down, so ......"
Fang Qiang's words were like a life-saving straw, allowing Li Wanqing, who was already desperate, to see a glimmer of hope again. She wiped the tears from her face, stood up and muttered to herself: "That's right, Xiao Ping will definitely be fine! First of all, the most important thing is to spread the news out of the river, and let everyone look for it downstream along the riverbank!"
Thinking about this section, Li Wanqing felt that her whole body was full of strength, and she walked to the two cars parked on the side of the road first, and at the same time shouted to the others: "Don't stand, let's hurry up and get on the road!"
Looking at Li Wanqing, who had regained her spirits, the others glanced at each other and immediately strode after her. In fact, everyone knows in their hearts that the kind of situation Fang Qiang said is just possible, and at the moment, Xiao Ping and Zhao Xue are probably already very lucky.
The drawbridge is just too high. Even if Xiao Ping and Zhao Xue fell into the water, they would definitely be greatly impacted. In such a turbulent river, even a few minutes of unconscious for two people is enough to be fatal. Even if neither of them is unconscious, soaking in the river water in winter for half an hour will make hypothermia another deadly threat. By all accounts, the chances of both of them surviving are very slim.
However, looking at the grief-stricken Li Wanqing, no one dared to say these words, for fear of stimulating her. Besides, the life and death of Xiao Ping and Zhao Xue have not yet been determined, of course, they must do their best to organize rescue. So everyone didn't raise any objections, and they all got on the bus and rushed down the mountain.
Li Wanqing looked anxiously at her phone all the way, but unfortunately there was no signal here at all. Fortunately, Fang Qiang said that now that all the villages are on the phone, as long as they rush to the village in front, they can use the landline phone to call the police for help.
While Li Wanqing and others were desperately hurrying, Xiao Ping also held Zhao Xue to struggle in the river. The weather in early winter is already quite cold, and the temperature in the mountains is naturally lower, and although the river is not frozen, it is already cold and biting. Even Xiao Ping, whose physique was far beyond ordinary people, felt that his whole body was cold, and his fingers and toes were numb.
Compared with Xiao Ping, Zhao Xue's situation is even worse. The girl's pretty face was extremely pale, and even her lips were bloodless. Although there was still a faint breath, Xiao Ping found that her heartbeat was getting slower and slower, and if she continued like this, she would definitely not be able to hold on for long.
"Damn, you have to go ashore as soon as possible!" Xiao Ping thought in his heart, and at the same time observed the situation on the riverbank with great anticipation, looking for a suitable place to go ashore.
Fortunately, there is a saying called "the road of heaven and earth", which is just right for use at this time. After turning a corner, the narrow river channel instantly became open, not only the water flow slowed down, but the banks on both sides gradually flattened, and Xiao Ping was finally able to go ashore.
Xiao Ping held Zhao Xue in one hand, and paddled hard with the other three limbs, struggling to swim towards the shore. It is not difficult to do this in normal times, but now the clothes of the two of them are full of water, which has become a heavy burden for Xiao Ping. He struggled for a while before he slowly approached the shore. After his feet could touch the bottom of the river, he finally brought Zhao Xue ashore.
At this time, the girl's condition was already extremely bad, her face was pale, unconscious, and her heartbeat and breathing became extremely weak. Xiao Ping was very skeptical that if she ignored Zhao Xue, she would be able to hold out for how long.
Thinking that on the suspension bridge before, Zhao Xue would rather give up the opportunity to escape than live and die with him, Xiao Ping couldn't help but be a little moved. Of course, he wouldn't watch the girl die like this, so he hurriedly took out the demon refining pot with a movement of his mind and poured a drop of spiritual liquid into Zhao Xue's mouth.
The effect of the spiritual liquid is indeed extraordinary, as soon as Xiao Ping put away the demon refining pot, Zhao Xue's long eyelashes moved lightly a few times, and then slowly opened his eyes.
Zhao Xue, who had just woken up, hadn't seen the surrounding situation clearly, so she screamed nervously: "Uncle beware!"
Seeing that the girl was worried about herself as soon as she woke up, Xiao Ping was also very moved, and hurriedly comforted her softly: "It's okay, we're safe!"
"Uncle?" Zhao Xue also saw Xiao Ping's face, and smiled at him reluctantly: "You're okay, are you okay?"
Xiao Ping smiled gently: "I'm fine, how do you feel?"
Speaking of this, Zhao Xue frowned, her teeth chattered, and said intermittently: "I...... I'm so cold!"
Although the two of them left the river, the clothes on their bodies were all soaked, and they were blown by the cold wind in the valley, and even Xiao Ping felt cold, let alone Zhao Xue, a delicate little girl.
Xiao Ping glanced around and found that there were still some dwarf shrubs nearby. Because of winter, the leaves of the shrubs have fallen off, which is the ideal ignition material, so he hurriedly said to Zhao Xue: "You hold on for a while, I'll get some firewood to light a bonfire!"
Zhao Xue was already a little dazed by the cold, and she just nodded lightly and answered Xiao Ping, but she quickly continued vaguely: "I...... I don't seem to be cold anymore, I feel hot now, so hot, hot to death!"
Xiao Ping was about to go to find Chai He, and when he heard Zhao Xue's words, his heart immediately sank. (To be continued......)