Chapter 38: The Dead Man's Ditch
This dead man's ditch is adjacent to the entrance of the cave where we are now, and judging by the area, it should be about the same as a small football field, but on it, there is no green lawn, but a dense crowd of dead people.
I can't count them, I don't know how many people died, some of them are still very "fresh", the skin and flesh are not rotten, the clothes on their bodies are not collapsed, at first glance, they seem to be lying asleep in the distance, but some are not, or the skin and flesh are collapsed, pus is bubbling outward, and even white bones are exposed in some places.
I looked at the whole Dead Man's Ditch, and for a moment I couldn't describe how I felt in my heart. The others were not much better, especially Brother Dao, who stepped back with a pale face, and muttered, it was too fucking ruthless.
He was supposed to be referring to the Dead Man's Ditch. Brother was expressionless, and replied coldly, "If you retreat now, it's still too late, just turn around and climb back from the original path of the tunnel, and if you're early, you can go back to your residence to make up for sleep." ”
Brother Dao glanced at Brother. Brother ignored the others, touched his pocket, and took out a blowpipe, and he also took out a few darts and put them into the blowpipe.
I've seen Brother use a blowpipe, and the dart he loaded at the time had a white ointment stuck to it, and now, the ointment on this dart is pure black.
My gut tells me that this ointment is not simple. I'll ask one more question.
Brother Shi replied, "This black ointment is full of deadly alkaloids, not to mention highly poisonous, it can be said that the throat is sealed with blood, and those who want to continue to escape from prison must pass through the Dead Man's Ditch and escape to the opposite cliff, where there is a cave fifteen meters above the ground, and there are several old vines along the cave and all the way down." But let's not think about the cave first, but when we pass through this dead man's ditch, we can't make a sound, otherwise it will alarm the nearby guards, so I have to be ready to blow the pipe at all times, whoever violates the rules, it is the pit teammate, and I, as the overseer, will blow out the darts mercilessly to solve him. ”
Brother finally glanced at Brother Dao meaningfully.
My heart tightened, and I vaguely guessed one thing. If Brother Dao really retreats from the battle and wants to go back on his own, Brother may sneak attack and take a dart to Brother Dao's back.
I'm a little worried, I'm afraid of Brother Dao's stupid thing, don't do anything stupid, but in front of everyone, I can't remind him of anything.
Brother Dao kept his head down, thinking a lot. I don't know what he thinks, but when he looked up, he looked at the Dead Man's Ditch and muttered, "What are we waiting for?" Let's go. ”
Brother smiled coldly, he looked at the ugly girl again and said, "You first, give everyone a demonstration, how to cross the dead man's ditch." ”
The ugly lady didn't push back, she also took the suitcase from Brother Dao's hand and squatted down. Then she squatted out like a duck step by step.
She also explained to us, "Everyone learns from me, although it is difficult to walk like this, but lowering your center of gravity will not be discovered, and second, if something really happens, everyone can go to the ground and hide immediately." ”
Speaking from the heart, I don't agree with this walk, especially looking at the other side, I said in my heart that if I go straight to the past, this distance will last one hundred and eighty meters, and we will run quickly, and it will be done in ten seconds.
But Brother put the blowpipe to his mouth and waved his hand to urge us. I'm quite taboo about that blowpipe, after all, what comes out of it is deadly poison.
I don't want to argue with Brother. Beard and I looked at each other, and then followed behind the ugly lady and her men, crouching down and walking out like ducks.
Brother Dao hesitated again, this, these times, but Brother Shit kicked Brother Dao's ass very unceremoniously.
Brother Dao made up his mind again, he squatted and chased me and Beard. Finally, Brother and his men.
The seven of us started the long duck walk. Come to think of it, this posture is uncomfortable to walk on flat ground, let alone the current situation.
Every step I take, I step on a dead man. If the dead man is very hard, or if we step on bones, that's fine, but if the dead man is already soft, I'm miserable, especially when I step on it, and a layer of pus quickly overflows from the dead man's body, and the soles of my shoes can be wet.
I couldn't think about it and not get more and more nauseous.
In this way, when we slowly came to the center of the Dead Man's Gully, the smell of the dead here was even stronger, and it was no exaggeration to say that it was simply smoking.
The beard covered his nose uncomfortably, and complained to me a few more words, saying that he was too panicked.
I gave him a suggestion to open his mouth wide, after all, if you breathe through your mouth, you won't feel such a strong smell of death.
Instead of doing what I said right away, Beard defended, "Little stuffy, you know what? The reason why it stinks so much is because of the rotten flesh or rotting blood of these dead people, and their tiny particles are floating into the air, and we are forced to suck these particles again, so we smell the stench. But if you think about it, if you open your mouth wide, won't these particles float into your mouth again? In that case, what's the difference between eating dead human flesh? ”
I think Beard has too much imagination, and if he were to go to a dry toilet, wouldn't there be countless particles of floating there? If he goes to squat in a pit, isn't it equivalent to ****?
I want to persuade Beard a few more words, the problem is that Brother behind us, shush a few times, let me and Beard stop a little, otherwise he will be polite.
I had no choice but to pull my beard again, and in front of him, I deliberately opened my mouth wide and took a few breaths, so I should give him a final reminder.
After a short while, the seven of us gradually left the center of the Dead Man's Gully, and the smell was not so strong. This was a good thing, at least it allowed us to take a few breaths of relatively fresh air, but unexpectedly, trouble came again.
Far in the air behind us, fireworks suddenly appeared.
There was more than one firework, a total of five, which exploded in the air one after another.
We all turned our heads to watch. I made a preliminary estimate that the place where the fireworks were detonated was in Nanditou, and it was also likely the location of the villa.
I can't say it in my heart, someone found something abnormal in the villa and "called the police".
Going deeper, this firework is likely to be a reminder to the island guards, who are not stupid and will probably think that someone has escaped from prison.
I stared at the ugly lady and the brother again, wondering how they would react,
The ugly lady didn't rush to say anything, and Brother couldn't help but scold the mother, and reminded everyone, "Always be ready, once a searchlight appears, we will all lie down and hide among these dead people." ”
Hu Ziduo asked, "Where is the searchlight?" ”
But just like answering the question of the beard, a hundred meters away on our left, a bright light appeared.
The irradiated area of this strong light is not small, and it is even more mobile. Its purpose was clear, and it quickly ran towards the side of the Dead Man's Ditch.
I was a little dumbfounded at first. Brother gave an order and shouted, "! ”
He and his men were the first to act. These two people didn't think it was dirty or dirty at all, and they rushed down and pounced on them.
I know the rest of us won't be able to escape this fate. I looked at each other with Beard.
The beard took out a depressed look, and he was about to learn from Brother. But I fed it gently. Beard looked puzzled again.
I used myself as an example in front of him. As soon as I turned around, I fell on my back. That way I don't have to make a hard contact with a dead person.
The beard took out an epiphany posture, and he gave me a thumbs up, which means, high!
Then he lay down on his back. I moved again while I was free, for I was lying between two dead men. I wanted to hide myself deeper, so I had to borrow a place from these two dead men temporarily.
They were all corpses, and they were soft, and I didn't have much effort to let my body sink in a little more.
Not satisfied, I reached out and grabbed the dead man's hand on my right, letting his hand rest on my chin seemingly casually.
While I was done, everyone else was ready, and the light from the searchlight was quickly swept in.
I squinted as I watched it sweep past my feet. The searchlight had been hovering over the Dead Man's Ditch. I don't know what the guard received, but it's clear that he's suspicious of the Dead Man's Gully.
Finally, the searchlight lingered and shone on the ugly girl's men. After all, this subordinate is a woman, and women are born to love cleanliness and beauty. The woman was not deeply hidden, but only lay on her side, lying on a dead body.
Although she kept her breathing, didn't let her chest fall together, and closed her eyes tightly, her expression was hideous, making herself look like a dead corpse as much as possible, but it still aroused the vigilance of the guards.
The searchlight continued to shine on her for a few seconds, which made me feel a bad feeling, and I was really pessimistic, and then a gunshot rang out.
A bullet hit the woman's leg very accurately. At the moment when the bullet was fired, a stream of blood appeared on her leg.
After all, she is a human body, and the pain of this moment makes her unbearable at all.
The woman screamed, she couldn't pretend to be dead anymore, she struggled to jump up from the dead body, the problem was that she was lame on one leg and had to sit in the end.
The gunfire came again, this time the bullet unceremoniously hit her in the chest.
She snorted miserably, her body went limp, and she lay back fiercely, and her limbs, especially her hands, were shaking. This is supposed to be a nerve reflex.
When I saw this, I didn't know what to say. Beard couldn't help but curse, "Damn it." ”
I know what Beard thinks, this woman's actions before she died have undoubtedly sold the rest of us.
And that searchlight, like crazy, shone in all directions. It must have wanted to look for another look to see what else had slipped through the net in this dead man's ditch.
I don't move now, I don't move, it's like lying on pins and needles.
Brother took the time to remind us, let us all resist the pressure, and said that as long as we don't move, the result may not be so pessimistic.
But just like hitting him in the face, bursts of dense gunfire came from a distance, and the guard didn't care if he saw the fish that slipped through the net, he wanted to use bullets to fish in troubled waters.