11. Chapter XI
The team methodically headed deep into the woods, and the rain fell from the sky, smashing on their bodies in pain. The ground under my feet was extremely muddy because of the rain, and the already difficult road was even more difficult to walk.
Unlike the daytime laughter, the 13-member team was silent, with no conversation, only heavy panting.
The road is difficult to walk, and the speed of the people in front of them is not fast, so the guide team keeps walking and stopping, especially the few people at the back often have to stop and wait for the front team to continue moving.
The team was stuck again, and Ye Zimeng stopped, her feet just stepped into the pool, and the cold rain reached the position of her calf.
It was pitch black all around, she turned her head, the flashlight on her head shone on the woods on the side, and there happened to be a black snake passing by, and when it was illuminated by the light, it subconsciously stopped.
Her body froze, and she turned her head mechanically, unconsciously moving back in the spirit of being out of sight.
Wei Jin, who was in the back, raised his eyelids, looked at Ye Zimeng, who was very close to him, and thought of the other party's reaction when he saw the snake during the day, and barely controlled his urge to move back.
The position in the middle of the line is the best, neither to be the pioneer to face the danger ahead, but also to stand at the bottom to guard the back at all times, so I really don't know why this woman who should be in the middle is in front of him, the penultimate in the line.
Because of him?
Maybe half of it was because of him, and the other half was purely her own blood.
Wei Jin stood up straight, thinking expressionlessly.
"Brother Wei." Ye Zimeng licked her dry lips and began to try to distract herself by chatting with Wei Jin, so that she would no longer think about how many snakes were around her on the road of escape on this rainy night.
"Hmm." A faint tail note fills the air, and there is a sense of unreality on such a rainy night.
"I thought you'd be going to say ...... again," she cleared her throat and began to learn his tone, "You came here on purpose, risking your life, it's not worth it." ”
"......" Wei Jin was silent for a while, and did not answer.
Ye Zimeng puffed out his cheeks, and just when he wanted to continue to say something, the team that had stopped for some time continued to move forward.
She swallowed back the next words with some pity and followed closely.
The rain was still falling, and the mask was covered with a layer of rainwater, and it was hazy and difficult to see clearly, she stopped, reached out and wiped it.
As far as the eye can see, there is a steep uphill slope, covered with shaggy grass, unusually slippery under the soak of rain, fortunately there are many trees along the way, as long as you hold on to your hands, although your feet will slip, but it will only be slippery, not a dog gnawing mud.
She straddled her right foot on a nearby rock, bent down slightly, took a deep breath, and climbed uphill with all her might.
With her hands firmly grasping the trunk of the tree, she lowered her head and followed the footprints of the person in front of her, stepping up step by step.
There was no danger along the way, and when she was about to reach the end, she breathed a sigh of relief, and grabbed the trunk of the tree on the side in a general direction, but instead of catching the rough trunk, she ......
A slippery and greasy body squirmed in her hand, and she subconsciously pinched it, but it was still soft.
Being pinched by her like this, the owner of the body froze for a moment, and then turned around angrily and took a bite.
A string buzzed in her heart, and she immediately shook off her hand.
There was a blank in my mind, only one sentence came on and on.
She actually touched the snake!! She actually touched the snake!! She actually touched the snake!!
Even though she was wearing a layer of safety clothing, but the fact of touching the snake with her own hands stimulated her too much, and as soon as her feet slipped, she fell straight and straight, and she didn't even have the reaction of human instinct to grab something, she only held her left hand high, and her eyes fell on the palm of her left hand, and her eyes were split.
She actually touched the snake!! She actually touched the snake!! She actually touched the snake!!
Before Wei Jin could react, a person was ushered in his arms, and the sudden force made him grasp the vine subconsciously let go, his feet slid a few steps, and his back hit the thick trunk of a big tree behind him.
The moment he hit it, his whole spine hurt like a heart, and he instinctively let out a muffled sound, and his lips turned pale for a moment.
The leaves on the trees fell one after another, and several pieces floated onto the two of them.
This movement was not small, and the person who had already climbed the gentle slope realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly shouted below: "Brother Wei, Yezi, what's going on down there?!" ”
Hearing the voice, Wei Jin wanted to answer, but the indescribable pain made him unable to speak for the time being, so he could only frown tightly and wait for the pain to subside.
And Ye Zimeng is not comfortable, the man's body is not soft, and the long-term exercise has made the muscles in front of his chest hard, and when he bumps into it, he feels that his internal organs have shifted their positions.
The light of the flashlight in such a dark and rainy night, it can't shine much distance, and the people above can't see the situation of the two people below at all, and more than 20 seconds have passed, and they still haven't heard a reply, they are a little anxious, and they want to let a few people go down to see.
"I'm fine." A minute later, just as two of them were about to come down, Wei Jin, who had eased up, heard the movement above and hurriedly stopped, "Don't come down yet." ”
After explaining a few words to the people above, Wei Jin turned to Ye Zimeng who crashed into his arms, "Are you okay?" ”
She shook her head dumbfoundedly and straightened up from his arms, her left hand still frozen in mid-air in an eerie position.
He glanced at her and said almost certainly, "You touched the snake?" ”
Ye Zimeng nodded mechanically, dragging his cry and muttering to himself: "It's ...... It's disgusting to the touch......"
It was so disgusting that she wanted to cut off her left hand when she thought of the cold and slippery touch just now!
Wei Jin pursed his lips into a hard straight line, moved his shoulders silently, and made sure that there was nothing unusual after the short-term pain passed, so he put down his two hands with confidence, looked at Ye Zimeng's left hand with a strange posture in mid-air, was silent for a moment, and said loudly: "We have to go up, we can't slow down the progress of the team." ”
She sniffed, stabilized her mind, and forced the growing nausea to a corner of her heart, and said in a hoarse voice, "Okay, let's go." ”
As soon as she finished speaking, she closed her eyes and straightened her left hand with her right hand, hung it at her side, and crawled up.
It's just that when his right hand was about to grab the trunk of the tree, he shook it several times, and he still didn't have the courage to grab it.
She wanted to cry without tears, and turned around and said, "I'm sorry, I have a psychological shadow that I can't overcome in the short term." ”
Even if the current terrain is not the highest point on the island, it is not low, and the sea water will not be able to be submerged for a few hours, so she decided to wait until dawn and can see her surroundings clearly before climbing up. After quickly weighing it, she said what she thought, let Wei Jin go first, and she would follow herself afterwards.
After all, it's not the first time she's done this kind of thing.
Wei Jin was silent for a long time, his eyes fell on Ye Zimeng, who was tilted up and his face was full of vegetables, and moved his lips, "Don't be so troublesome, I'll carry you up." ”
She was slightly stunned: "Are you sure you can do it?" ”
With such a slippery steep slope, it is still a little difficult for a person, let alone carrying a person behind his back?
He didn't answer the question, moved the bag behind his back to the front of him, vacated the position of his back, squatted down, and said, "Come up." ”
Ye Zimeng looked down, and the flashlight above her head followed her movements, shining the light on his wide back.
Along the way, his back safety suit was a mess, the leaves were mixed with mud, and the carcasses of some small animals were closely examined.
She hesitated for a moment, not because of cleanliness, of course.
"I look skinny, but I actually carry a lot of weight." She added.
"Hurry up." He urged.
Ye Zimeng bit her lip, leaned over, lay on his solid back, wrapped her right hand tightly around his neck, and sprayed his breath on the side of his ear as he spoke, "I'm fine." ”
Wei Jin didn't raise his eyes: "Left hand." ”
She paused, resigned herself to her left hand, which was hanging by her side, and as she was about to grasp her right arm, she paused for a few more seconds, and suddenly brushed her left hand against the placket of his chest, and then and again.
His body stiffened, and he coughed a few times in warning.
So she stopped her movements, wrapped her hands tightly around his neck, her feet between his waist, and the whole person hung firmly on his back.