Chapter 29: Torrent Undercurrent
One of the old man's worst fears arose, a river about a hundred meters wide blocked their way. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Shen Junru and Tilis also rushed here. As far as they could see, there were no trees on both sides of the river, and it suddenly became an open field, with no end to the left and right of the river, and the river was quite fast.
As the team could no longer move forward, the regular formation immediately dispersed, and everyone rushed to the side of the river side by side.
When everyone looked at the river carefully, it turned from curiosity to confusion...
Because this river is so special, not only is the water filthy, but there are also many floating objects on it.
The middle-aged man couldn't help but sigh: "When we first entered this isolated place, we thought we had entered a paradise, but when we saw such a polluted river, we knew that there was really no place in the world with beautiful mountains and rivers!" ā
The old man squatted down, picked up a little water with his hand, examined it carefully, and shook his head: "This is not artificial pollution, but a disaster from nature. ā
Shen Junru frowned and said, "Then where does this river flow from?" ā
The old man also moved his gaze to the direction of the upper reaches of the river, and guessed: "I estimate that there must be a volcano that erupts frequently near the source of this river, and many of the floating objects in this river are volcanic ash. ā
"So what are we going to do?"
The old man pondered for a while before he decisively said, "We can't walk along the riverbank, so we just wade across the river!" ā
Shen Junru's eyes were dizzy when she saw the turbulent river, and she asked nervously: "Although this small river is not very wide, who knows the depth?" It's not clear at all, you can't see the bottom of the river. ā
The old man looked at the young men and said, "We need to send a volunteer to wade into the water first to try it, and then we will know its depth." ā
Everyone looked at each other, and no one volunteered to stand up.
Qian Chong asked the men at this time: "Do any of you know how to swim?" Just help everyone. ā
The men shook their heads. One of them whispered, "Even if you can swim, what if you want to get this sewage on your body?" ā
Qian Chong couldn't help but say angrily: "Since you are all afraid of getting dirty, then let me do it myself." ā
As he spoke, he took off his trousers...
"Qian Chong, you wait a minute!"
Shen Junru suddenly stopped him in a loud voice.
Qian Chong was stunned: "Xiaoru, do you have any other way?" ā
"It's not! I want to ask you, can you swim? ā
Qian Chong smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I've been dizzy since I was a child, but now we can't always hesitate here, right?" Someone has always stood up for everyone! Since I am one of the leaders of our team, it is my duty to take a little risk for the safety of everyone. ā
His words moved everyone at the scene.
Shen Junru couldn't stop it, she moistened her eyes and said, "Then you should be more careful, in case you can't see it, hurry back." ā
Although Qian Chong felt weak in his heart, he deliberately pretended to smile: "Hehe, as long as I have your concern, I will sink down to see the Dragon King, and I will be willing." ā
Shen Junru didn't expect Qian Chong to be poor at this time, but she didn't want to scold him anymore, and a kind of reluctance suddenly sprouted in her heart.
At this time, Tilis suddenly stopped: "Mr. Qian, since you can't swim, don't take this risk." ā
Qian Chong smiled bitterly: "If I can't go down, who can go down?" ā
"Me!"
Tilis leaned back and replied with a decisive expression.
Qian Chong was surprised: "You're a girl, can you do it?" ā
Tilis smiled indifferently: "It's true that I'm a girl, but I can also swim!" ā
"Oh, do you really know how to swim? Why didn't I see it! ā
"I grew up by the sea, and when I was in school, I even participated in swimming competitions."
When I heard that Tilis had such an experience, everyone at the scene was pleasantly surprised.
Qian Chong withdrew, and he hurriedly complimented: "Since you are still a strong swimmer, then I have no choice but to let Xian." ā
Tilly took off her long skirt in public without hesitation, revealing her slender legs, and only wearing a pair of close-fitting pants on her lower body, which made everyone's eyes light up.
The tall woman looked at the delicate legs of this foreign girl, and also showed a look of envy, and she couldn't help but glance at the middle-aged man who looked straight.
With only a thin vest left on her upper body, Tilis stepped into the murky river and walked towards the center of the river step by step...
While everyone was worried that the filthy river would drown Tilis's delicate jade body, they were surprised to find that Tilis's thighs did not sink much, and when they reached the center of the river, the filthy river water did not soak her pants.
Seeing this, Tilis couldn't help but be happy, she walked a few steps, and soon stepped on the opposite bank, and waved to everyone again and again...
Qian Chong was also overjoyed and said: "Great! It turns out that this river is not more than a meter deep, so we only need to wade through the water to reach the other side. ā
Tilis's successful passage reassured everyone. They took off their shoes and socks one after another, and some of them did not take off their trousers, but directly pulled up their trouser legs.
The old man reminded at this time: "It's better for everyone to line up hand in arm. ā
Some of the people had already put their feet in the river, and after listening to the old man's advice, they turned back and asked, "Why?" ā
The old man said with a solemn expression: "Don't look at that girl who crossed it smoothly, but she may have stepped on the ground, but there is no guarantee that there are no undercurrents and quagmire inside. In case someone gets stuck inside, it's especially troublesome. ā
Everyone was still skeptical, but after listening to the old man's words, they immediately echoed his suggestion. Since Tilis had already arrived on the other side, Shen Junru used her knowledge of English to convey the old man's advice to the locals.
Qian Chong has always had a sense of foreboding about this strange little river. When he heard the old man's words, he immediately became cautious, and organized everyone to go and break some thin branches and rattans from the nearby bushes before crossing the river, or according to the original formation, let the men walk at both ends and the women in the middle, and let everyone hold the branches and rattan tightly, as if they were tied to a line.
Because Qian Chong set an example just now, everyone gradually trusted him. No one felt troubled by such a careful arrangement of his.
Seeing this, Tilis, who was standing on the other side, felt a little disapproving: were they too cautious?
However, before the first team to cross the river had yet to reach the other side of the river, and the last person had not yet entered the water, suddenly, a whirlpool came from a distance in the middle of the river...
A lot of people noticed it, and found that the vortex was coming from far to near, and was coming straight to the middle of their ranks...
Everyone looked stupid and was so frightened that they all stopped.
Qian Chong hurriedly reminded loudly: "Don't panic, everyone, you must hold on to each other, and don't separate each other if you die!" ā
Crash!
As soon as his words fell, in the middle of their formation, the whirlpool suddenly stopped, and a big head with a wave of water suddenly rose into the air and opened its mouth towards them...
The head was terrifying, and the tongue that came out of its mouth was like a big brush, and it had already reached the top of everyone's heads, and it condescended to the people among them...
Since the middle was full of women, a middle-aged woman's body was sucked into most of her body by its large mouth, and her head had already entered the monster's belly, and only her two feet were exposed.
"Mom!"
The surviving women all screamed, and the whole formation immediately went haywire.
"Run, there's a monster in this river!"
Those with quick brains shouted as they flashed to the banks of the river...
Shen Junru was standing beside the devoured woman, although she was also afraid, but when she saw that her siblings were about to be swallowed by a monster, she subconsciously reached out and grabbed the woman's feet...
Since the monster had to tilt its head up when it swallowed its prey, Shen Junru dragged the woman's feet and didn't let go. As a result, her body was also brought over, but the woman's body was also forcibly pulled out of the monster's mouth by her.
It turned out that the monster had no teeth, or had degenerated. It generally swallows the prey directly into the stomach to digest, because there is mucus from the mouth to the abdomen, which plays a great role in lubrication, it cannot control the external force to snatch the prey from the mouth out. Therefore, with Shen Junru's strength, he actually rescued the middle-aged woman from the monster's mouth.
Shen Junru was brought over because of her body, although she dragged the middle-aged woman out of the monster's mouth, but she was also unstable, and fell into the sewage together with the woman who escaped from the monster's mouth, but she quickly stood up and lifted the upper body of the woman who had fainted out of the river.
The monster couldn't help but be furious when he saw that the prey in his mouth had escaped again. It faced the countless human heads below, and it was difficult to subdue these prey with its own mouth, and when it suddenly turned its head, the river around it immediately splashed in all directions, hitting the eyes of the tourists who were still standing in the river...
"Beware, everyone!"
The old man, who was standing a little farther away, saw the monster's intentions and hurriedly reminded everyone loudly, but it was too late.
I saw a swarthy pillar with a thick basin mouth sweeping towards them against the water...
Including Shen Junru and the middle-aged woman who had just been rescued by her, many women were swept down by the 'pillar' into the sewage in the middle of the river...