Chapter 51: Crossing the River
After this storm, the dark clouds in the sky were gone, the sun shone through the clouds, and the jungle was washed and turned green in the sun. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 The info jungle is also lively again.
"It's finally over." Li Kai shook his wet hair. The clearing where they were was was also flooded by lightning, and a large area of grass was burned to ashes by electricity, and the rain washed away to reveal gray rocks. The electricity that was spreading in all directions was still passing through them. Li Kai's body is still in a state of paralysis.
"Hopefully it's not a thunderstorm every time it rains." Simon wiped the rain from his face and shook it off.
Sun Yan looked at the clear sky and thought thoughtfully.
Ansu and the others rested in place for a while, and only after the numbness in their bodies had passed before they set off. This clearing is covered with waist-deep vegetation with shrubs, weeds, ferns, and other plants. Sun Cheng found some wild fruits hidden in the grass, but unfortunately they were all broken by the torrential rain and fell into the sewage on the ground, which will soon rot.
The fruits in the jungle are mainly concentrated in the canopy layer, and the fruits mainly grow on the branches of trees tens of meters high, and can only be picked with a flexible hand and a vigorous posture like a monkey. But after the heavy rain, the ground was covered with fruit that had been knocked down by the rain. Most of them have been smashed to shreds, but some are still edible. Sun Cheng picked some edible ones that were not too damaged for them to eat to replenish their physical strength. The smell in the jungle after the rain is more complex, in addition to the usual smell of decay, there is also a fresh smell mixed with the aroma of grass and wood, fruit.
Overhead, the immortals passed by, swaying the branches, and suddenly there was a light shower. There are these small showers everywhere in the jungle after the rain, which catches people off guard.
There is stagnant water everywhere on the ground, and where there was no water is now a makeshift pond or river, with foul water gushing up. They usually avoid these places, but sometimes they can't avoid them.
Now in front of them is such a temporary river, the terrain here was originally only relatively low, and now the rain on both sides is wrapped in mud, sand, dead branches and leaves, and even tree trunks to gather together, forming this turbulent river. In the turbid yellow waters, they even saw drowned animals.
How can we cross this river, which is about 10 meters wide?
The mud on both banks, which had been washed away by the rain, was swallowed up by the river in an instant. A section of lightning-struck tree trunk sped down from the upper reaches like a small boat, disappearing from view in the blink of an eye.
"Captain, why don't we wait?" Sun Tong said. Now the current is fast and strong, and it is not easy to cross the river by any method.
Ansu pondered for a moment, it might take some time to wait for the water to recede, and she didn't want to wait and do nothing. "We might as well look on the riverbank for an easy place to pass and wait for the current to slow down."
"Okay." Simon: They agreed.
"Whether you find it or not, I'll be back here in about an hour." Ansu lifted his spear and made a large cross on a tree beside him.
"Yes!"
They searched separately, An Su and Sun Cheng went upstream to find it, and Li Kai and Simon went downstream to find it. The process did not go smoothly, the river had no beach, and the land on both sides of the river was at risk of collapsing at any time. Ansu had no choice but to advance along the jungle on both sides. Through the dense branches and vines, you can see the river rushing. Ansu observed the situation on the other side from these gaps. Her face, arms, and legs were covered with scratches from the trees, and they didn't hurt her skin, just dirty marks.
Ansu climbed a thick vine and climbed a huge rock. The part where the rocks and the ground are chimeric is covered with moss, tiny shrubs grow, and other than that, the rest is slippery. Ansu's foot stepped on it and almost slipped.
Sun Cheng followed behind An Su very calmly and climbed up as well. At this time, their vision was a little wider, and it turned out that several tall trees were struck by lightning and fell to the ground, and they also crushed other trees. Ansu walked through the messy branches and foliage, and saw a fallen tree lying across the banks of the river.
Ansu's eyes lit up.
This tree can be used as a bridge, but it can still be dangerous. Its trunk lies across the middle of the river, but its branches and leaves are immersed in the water. The branches and leaves washed by the river made the whole tree tremble, and it seemed that it would be swept away in the next second. And the fallen tree is not very stable on both banks.
"Captain, you want to go over?" Sun Yan asked. One of Ansu's feet was already on the slippery trunk of a tree, which probably fit the soles of two feet side by side.
"Yes, I'll see if I can get there." Ansu replied as she stepped on her other foot as well. The trunk of the tree shook a little, but Ansu did not move. When the shaking passed, Ansu slowly moved his steps to the other side. All her senses were now focused on her feet, and she could clearly feel the rough bark, the silky moss, the cold droplets, and the trembling of the trunk. Her feet could find the best place to settle and balance, and they were firmly attached to the trunk of the tree like a suction cup, and she walked to the opposite bank step by step. An Sudu stared at the other bank the whole time, and did not look down at the turbulent river, and when it shook the most, she did not panic.
The soles of his feet finally touched the soft river bank on the other side, and An Su looked at Sun Yan and nodded. Sun Cheng understood and went back along the way to find Li Kai and Simon.
Li Kai and Simon walked downstream, although the terrain was not too undulating, but the river channel was getting wider and wider, and the ground of the jungle was full of yellow muddy water, which was only up to the ankles, but now it was almost up to the knees. The jungle in front was half flooded by the flood that washed down, and there was yellow muddy water everywhere.
Li Kai held the trunk of the tree with one hand and peeled off the bloodsuckers on his body with the other, including leeches. "There's no way ahead, let's go back." He turned around and walked back with a big stride in the water, and he didn't want to stay in the water to feed the leeches anymore!
Simon had no objection, and the two of them hurried back faster than when they came, and almost in front of the tree marked by Ansu, Sun Cheng found them.
"The captain has found a way to cross the river, come with me."
Before Sun Tong took Li Kai and Simon to cross the river, An Su had already touched all the nearby terrain, there were many jungle rocks here, although it was wet, but there were some natural caves formed by rocks to shelter from the wind and rain. (To be continued.) )