Chapter 34: Air Leads the Way
Dekang quickly jumped into the door, dodged in, and the moment he passed through the door, the fur from head to tail was blown again. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Before he could hide behind the wall, the large basin on his back fell to the ground with a clatter, and the sound of collision echoed in the space and the corridor, Dekang's heart jumped to his throat, and Baoyue on his back was also frightened by the sudden sound, and then hugged Dekang tightly.
Strangely, hiding behind a wall, the feeling that something was wrong suddenly disappeared.
After settling down, Dekang inhaled carefully again to discern, and at the same time listened with his ears pricked up, and there was no movement in the corridor outside.
After a while, he slowly poked his head out to see the situation outside, but he knew that his head was just sticking out of the corner of the wall and a gust of wind was blowing up, Dekang quickly retracted his head and listened again, there was indeed no movement outside.
Dekang slowly stretched out his head again, and this time he clearly felt the wind blowing on the nose that poked out first, and there was no other smell in the air.
There was a false alarm, it turned out that the air in the corridor was pouring into the giant pillar space, and there was only a more obvious feeling at the door, no wonder there was no movement detected.
"Second brother. What just happened? Baoyue felt the second brother's tense body gradually relax, knowing that the alarm was lifted, she pinched his ear and asked.
"It's windy here, and the air in the corridor is pouring in."
If Dekang and the others could stand on the top of the hill where they had seen the black low wall, they would have seen a white pillar of smoke appear at the place where they fell, and the column of smoke was quickly blown away by the strong cold wind.
Therefore, even if you open your mouth on a long chain and wait for the whole day and night, you will not be able to contain a single snowflake.
When it comes to air movement, Dekang finds that he has been ignoring a problem: since falling into a dark space, no matter where he runs, he breathes fresh, dry air.
From the pictures on the top floor, I probably know that the big house is a large space that can be closed, and now the door at the top is tightly closed, could it be that the door below has not been closed after the wolf clan and the apron humans left, so the whole space has air circulation without that smell of mold.
Think about what you saw all the way up in the dark space, the door at the entrance of the corridor and the door of the space inside were not closed, maybe the moon god deliberately left this exit for himself.
In any case, this at least means that there must be a place in the space that connects with the mountains outside, as long as you can find it, you and Baoyue can run out, and at present, that place is likely to be the gate below. β
Decon's heart pounded again, but this time it was excitement: despair and hope were on either side of a wall. And he was only one step away from hope, but he went around in a big circle that he almost couldn't come back.
Without saying a word, Dekang hurriedly buckled the big basin, ran out of the space and continued to march along the corridor, and it didn't take long to run out of the corridor, and there was a somewhat slender empty space in front of him, and he looked up and saw the slightly curved wall opposite.
Dekang knew that this was the end of the oval house, and outside the wall was the mountain, and the way out he wanted to find was under the ramp.
Ran out and swept left and right a few times, ran along the foot of the wall to the entrance of the large ramp near the wall on the right, and when he turned around and was about to run down, he realized that above the gate of the corridor he had just come out was a large ramp that was inclined upward, and the entrance of the corridor was like digging a mouse hole in the middle of the ramp wall.
The width of the ramp was much wider than the picture seen, Dekang estimated that there were four or five small ramps, and that there were no railings at the entrance to the ramp, and that the intersecting diagonal grooves on the pavement could accommodate a wolf's claw.
The large ramp does not go up and down a circular wall like a small ramp, it leads diagonally straight downward, and the slope is much gentler than the small ramp.
Without any hesitation, Dekang rushed down the big ramp, and he was already a little anxious about the way out.
The lower level is also an empty and slender space, but the rat holes in the ramp wall are missing, and there are black walls on all sides, and there are no exits except for the large ramp.
Dekang continued to run down, and this time it was really the end.
When you go down to the ground, there is no big ramp that goes down, and the height is calculated, which is probably about the same as in the picture.
In front of me was the gate under the big house.
At this moment, the door was closed, and two wheels and valves of one size were evenly placed on the upper and lower edges and the vertical door frame.
Dekang knew that this was the switch of the door, a switch that he couldn't open, but it didn't matter.
Dekang turned around and took off the large basin, motioned for Baoyue to jump down, and said to her with a smile: "Baoyue." The exit is right here. β
Baoyue stared at the closed door, her face turned pale in an instant, she didn't hear Dekang's words at all, and said tremblingly: "Two... Second brother. It's dead... β
Dekang hugged her: "Why are you afraid of being like this, the exit is here." β
"But... How can you get out of this gate? Baoyue pointed to the door and said with a crying voice.
"If you can't get out of the gate, there is another way." Dekang kept rolling his eyes.
"What, another way out?" Baoyue's eyes widened and turned her head to search.
"Don't look for it, it's there." Dekang pointed to the large bulging black pipe next to the other side of the gate.
The big pipe was close to the height of two figures, and of course Baoyue couldn't see the whole picture, thinking that it was another low wall, so she was so scared that she was about to cry.
When Dekang just got off this ramp, he vaguely saw the closed gate and several wheel valves on the edge of the door, and his heart was also cold, thinking that the dark space was blocked up and down.
But his nose told himself that the exit was here: how could there be fresh air in a corner at the bottom of the dark space, fresh air with the smell of a valley.
Running to the end of the big ramp, Dekang has basically confirmed the location of the exit, which is really a mysterious thing.
Ever since the trap fell, the warm air of the dark space has been pouring out of the small crater at the top, causing the air to flow slowly throughout the space.
When Dekang first fell in, he had not yet adapted to the environmental conditions of the dark space, and he could not feel the subtle changes caused by the flow of air, until he returned to the corridor he had entered at the beginning, and it was not until he entered and exited the gate of the giant pillar space that he realized that the air was flowing, and confirmed that this time his nose could lead the way.
Sure enough, at the entrance to the Grand Ramp, the nose smelled the freshness of the valley.
When Dekang rushed to the gate in one breath, every cell in his body was telling him that the way to live was not an open door, but at the junction between the top of the big pipe and the wall, and there was a gap there, to be exact, a gap enough for him to pass through to the outside.
"Stinky second brother... Why didn't you tell Baoyue earlier, and hurt Baoyue... I'm going to pinch your ears ... After listening to Dekang's explanation, Baoyue jumped up suddenly.
"Hey, hey... The second brother was also at the gate of the giant pillar space and felt that he might have to escape by his nose this time, and it was not very guaranteed at that time, so he didn't tell Baoyue. β
"Hehehe, hey, laughing, no wonder it's mysterious in the corridor, Baoyue thought that a terrible bad guy was coming, and he was so scared that he didn't dare to move on your back."
Dekang patted his chest: "With the second brother here, Baoyue doesn't have to be afraid." β
"Hmph... The stinky second brother will scare Baoyue. β
"This... Well... Looking at this problem negatively, that is, Baoyue was scared a little, and she was a little scared; Looking at this problem positively, that is, the second brother I created a little tension, Baoyue successfully withstood this small test, and the courage to exercise will become stronger and stronger in the future. β
"Stinky second brother. Let's tease Baoyue again. β
Baoyue threw herself into his arms, and Dekang hugged her several times in a row; To be able to find the exit smoothly, a small celebration is a must.
After a while, Dekang put down Baoyue and jumped on the big pipe.
According to the information seen at the top of the mountain and the pictures on the top wall, Dekang estimated that he was in a valley in the mountains at the moment, and it was still unknown whether he could get out smoothly after finding the exit.
At the junction between the large pipe and the wall, there was indeed a large hole that cracked upwards and was close to half of the body.
Dekang calmed down, stepped forward and leaned on the crack probe to look inside, and when his head was sticking in, he clearly felt the wind in the pipe outside surging into the space.
The pipe leading to the outside was really black, as if there was no end in sight, and there was yellow-brown mud and sand under the pipe, indicating that the exit of the large pipe was connected to the mountain, which gave him some comfort.
"Baoyue. It's a long pipe passage outside, and we'll have to follow the big pipe inside. Dekang stood on top of the big pipe and said loudly to Baoyue.
"Can you see the exit?"
Dekang shook his head.
If they go out to the valley, they will not fall in, and at the top of the mountain you will see a big black house, which must have been buried by rocks and mud and sand many years ago in winter and summer.
Dekang jumped down and touched Baoyue's head to comfort her: "Baoyue." The big pipe is full of fresh air, and there is a thick layer of sediment at the bottom of the pipe, and the exit is definitely not blocked, let's go. β
Baoyue nodded, her interest was obviously not high, she thought that she would be a familiar valley when she drilled out.
Baoyue buckled the big basin on his back, Dekang jumped up with the remaining half of the rock sheepskin, and after standing firm, he carefully took off the big basin and stuffed it into the gap and dropped the rock sheepskin at the same time, and then lay down and asked Baoyue to stand on the big pipe: "Baoyue." The second brother jumps down first, you jump down again, and the second brother will catch you. β
Speaking of jumping, in fact, only the widest section of the slender gap in the middle can accommodate Dekang to pass through, and there is no way to jump at all.
With his back to the wall, he first put the scabbard of the sword into the gap, then hunched his waist and limbs along the edge of the gap, grabbed the edge lightly and lifted his body backwards, and his lower limbs and buttocks fell into the big tube, at this time the front paws firmly hooked the edge of the gap, and when the body stabilized the back paws, he jumped down.
The mud and sand below were much harder than expected, and Dekang's claws were not completely retracted and stabbed at the surface of the sand at once, but he didn't expect to be pierced only a little bit, which shook the root of his claws and made him feel a faint pain. Then he took half a step back and raised his head to shout to Baoyue, who was looking down above: "Baoyue." Jump off. β
This time, Baoyue didn't hesitate for a moment, and saw the second brother standing up and stretching out his forelimbs to make a hugging motion, and suddenly threw himself on his chest with a scream.
Dekang wanted to hug her waist, but he was half a beat slow and hugged her buttocks, but their heads collided together, and Dekang flashed back in a flash, otherwise Baoyue's little head would probably hit her head and break the bloodstream.
"It hurts!" Baoyue covered her forehead.
Baoyue's forehead was in the middle of Dekang's left eye socket, tears flowed out after a burst of stars shone, Dekang rubbed his left eye to look at Baoyue, and a small red envelope was on her forehead.
Dekang sighed, he had already left the dark space, he didn't expect to encounter an oolong thing, he thought that this time he would have to persuade Baoyue a few words before she jumped down, so he stretched out his forelimbs and posed to prepare to flicker again, but he didn't have any energy at all, how do you know...
Dekang sat on the mud and sand and rubbed Baoyue's forehead: "What's the matter, it's okay, right?" β
"Stinky second brother. Why didn't you almost catch Baoyue? β
Dekang blinked his left eye and pretended to be in pain: "This place is too narrow, and the second brother didn't calculate the distance." β
Baoyue stretched out her right foreleg to help him knead it.
After resting for a while, Dekang buckled the big basin on his back and began to move along the big pipe, which was empty except for the hard mud and sand under his feet.
At first, I felt like I was running down, and the mud and sand under my feet after walking a few hundred steps became thicker and thicker, and I walked forward for a while, and the mud and sand had submerged most of the pipes, and further on, I couldn't carry Baoyue on my back.
Dekang took down the large basin and threw the rock sheepskin into the basin: "Baoyue." There is more and more mud and sand, and the second brother is pushing the big basin in front, and you are following me. β
"Second brother. Will the sediment block the way out? β
"No, it won't. It's all blocked with fresh air. β
"What if there's only a small gap?" Baoyue's brows were about to furrow.
Dekang patted her head: "Baoyue looked ahead, the big pipe no longer seemed to be going down, and the sediment was no longer rising; The second brother estimates that this is the bottom where the big pipe reaches, so most of the sediment gushing in from the mouth of the pipe is silted here, so there is no problem for us to move forward. β
Dekang pushed the big basin forward step by step, Baoyue held the tip of his tail behind him, and walked more than a hundred steps, the big pipe seemed to start extending upward, and the mud and sand under his feet gradually receded.
Running forward with Baoyue on his back again, the space in the tube is getting bigger and bigger.
I don't know how long I ran, it was still dark in front of me, Dekang only felt dry and panting like a cow, but I didn't expect that a short section of black pipe in the picture could still not see the exit after running for so long.
When Baoyue was lying on his back and was about to fall asleep, he finally saw the outlet of a tube the size of his head in the distance, and Dekang's blood instantly rushed to his brain, and he was finally about to get out of the sea of suffering.
He lifted the big basin and turned around to hold Baoyue in his arms and shook it up and down: "Baoyue." We're going out! Get out! β
Baoyue was confused for a while, saw the light in the distance, and began to scream continuously.
The two of them jumped for a while, carried a big basin on their backs, and ran over, the hole changed from a head to a small basin, from a small basin to a large basin, and then from a large basin to a large pipe, and they squatted at the entrance of the cave, you look at me, I look at you, and no one took the first step.
The mouth of the large pipe is covered with a layer of black mesh that is exactly the same as in the space of the birds.
Baoyue looked at Dekang with a bitter little face: "Second brother." Try your sword and split the damn grid. β
Dekang shook his head: "Inside, the second brother stabbed the wall with all his might, but there was not even a sand pit left. β
They have all run here, and they will die of hunger and thirst at the mouth of this cave.
The more Dekang thought about it, the more depressed he became, and he flew up his right lower limb and kicked it at the damn grid, which fell out incredibly and slid into the crack of the big rock.
Dekang and Baoyue stared at the empty hole with wide eyes, unable to believe their eyes. Happiness came so suddenly, he forgot to retract his right lower limb, and still maintained a kicking posture.
Baoyue's mouth was wide open enough to fit into her own footpads.
After being stunned for a while, the two of them came to their senses, hugged each other and screamed and jumped, and Baoyue was so happy that tears flowed out.
After staring at the grid for a while, I remembered the pit where I fell, and it seemed that there was also a black round thing that fell into it together, and that thing was probably a little connected to the grid in front of me, one was the door of death, and the other was the door of life.
And I met it in the dark
Dekang stood at the entrance of the cave and screamedγγγγγγ
When the screaming disappeared, Bao Yue shook Dekang's forelimbs: "Second brother." You were so scary. β
Dekang showed all the smiles to her: "Baoyue." We have experienced life and death day and night, and nothing can stump us in the future. β
"Baoyue is thirsty."
Isn't it snowing outside? Dekang waved his forelegs: "The second brother will take you to gnaw on the snow, and your little belly will bulge after eating Baoyue." β
"But there's not a single snowflake here." Baoyue pouted and only looked out of the cave.
Standing at the entrance of the cave for a short time, but running back and forth at the threshold of life and death, the ups and downs of Dekang's emotions can be imagined, and he has not seriously looked at the situation outside the cave, but it is Baoyue, who jumped for a while and stood at the entrance of the cave and stretched his neck to investigate.
Baoyue's sentence did not have a snowflake here to pull Dekang back from his trance to the entrance of the cave.
He shook his head, blinked his eyes, stretched his neck, leaned around the hole, and couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, the situation outside was much more complicated than expected.
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