Chapter 39: Where is the hope
"Roar!" The excited cheers were passed far away.
After adding the last 20L of oil to the fuel tank, Xu Qiang drove an off-road pickup truck down the hill and ran towards the lush forest, startling countless hares and pheasants along the way. Luo Fatzi looked at the wild things flying by outside the window, the saliva at the corner of his mouth unconsciously flowed, in his eyes, these are delicious foods, his favorites.
After approaching the edge of the forest for about a kilometer, Xu Qiang drove upstream along the tree line.
There is a mountain in front of it, towering into the clouds, the vegetation on the mountain is relatively rich, layer by layer of clouds are constantly rolling, under the blowing of the wind constantly hitting the mountains and trees, and scattering in all directions, like light yarn, like cotton wool, without power. In stark contrast to the thick soot covering the sky, it is as white as snow and as soft as a feather. On the other side, a wide waterfall rushes down from the clouds to the bottom of the cliff wall of an unknown depth, stirring up more mist, and the deafening sound of water turns around the mountain, making a rumbling sound, like the sound of war drums, reaching into the sky.
Xu Qiang and the others were not attracted by the beautiful scenery in front of them, they were still looking for a suitable place to live or live. They had been walking along the edge of the forest for an hour, and the fuel in the tank was approaching the cordon, and if they couldn't find their destination, they would have to try their luck at the waterfall, which at least had the supplies they needed to survive, including water, forests, beasts, stones for building houses, and possibly a cave.
They were now in a savanna, the grass more than half a man tall was growing luxuriantly, distributed between the mountains and the forest, the figures of several ancient elephants were gradually moving away among the lush weeds, and from time to time some birds with a large wingspan disappeared into the sky, and the sparse tall trees grew on the grassland, and the first sight of them was the same as in the vast grasslands of Africa.
At this moment, in the back compartment, the fat man stood on it and looked around, and pointed out the direction to Xu Qiang, who had completely regarded himself as a navigator. As they walked, they discussed where to go, and decided that if they hadn't found a better place to go around the confluence of mountains and grasslands in front of them, they would turn back and find a place to settle down at the river below the waterfall, and begin their ancient life as a paradise.
The speeding pickup truck overwhelmed the half-man-tall weeds, startled countless unknown birds and insects, and rolled a clear rut mark behind him towards the corner of the mountain.
Just as the two of them turned the corner of the mountain and greeted the beautiful destination they imagined with anticipation, a huge swamp appeared in front of them, the edge of the swamp was muddy, scattered with all kinds of footprints, and there were some dry bones of wild beasts scattered on the ground, overgrown with wild grass, extending into the water, and they could not see the scene below, and they did not see any large beasts for the time being.
Looking ahead, a large area of water is in the middle of the swamp, and the water is rolling down to the southeast, and some waterfowl rise and fall, or feed in the water, or play among the aquatic plants. Apparently this is a swamp formed by the flooding of a large river, and it is huge.
Luo Fatzi, who was standing in the back compartment, held on to the handrail, with a trace of loss on his face, in his heart, this should not be a suitable place to live.
"Brother Qiang, what do you think of this place, why don't we go back, go to that waterfall, there is a high probability that we can find a suitable place to live." He spoke in a slightly low, absent-minded tone.
Xu Qiang heard that his mood was not high, and the higher his expectations, the greater the disappointment, everyone understood this truth, but he didn't understand it when he put it on himself.
Xu Qiang didn't answer, turned over into the back compartment, stood on the roof of the car and looked at the four dynasties, his eyes were a thick water vapor, looking to the left, the swamp stretched along the river to the distance without a boundary; To the right, the large swamp gradually shrinks into the middle, and finally stops on a fan-shaped plain formed by the erosion of the river. And the river followed the valley formed by the two mountains, and gradually disappeared at the mouth of the valley, and the scene inside was not visible. There are no forest trees around, only wild grasses swaying in the wind, which are bare.
Just when Xu Qiang also felt that the situation here was not very good, a path hidden among the weeds came into his sight, and he faintly saw the footprints of some beasts scattered among them, revealing its hidden veil as the wind continued to blow, and disappeared along the edge of the foot of the mountain at the mouth of the valley.
It's a beast road! An animal path that leads into the valley. A bright light flashed, Xu Qiang didn't care about explaining, immediately jumped out of the car, got into the cab, started the vehicle and rushed towards the beast road. Luo Fatzi in the back compartment didn't notice it for a while and almost fell, but he believed that Brother Qiang must have found something to rush over in a hurry, and he just continued to be a navigator.
Suddenly, Luo Fatzi's eager voice reached Xu Qiang's ears.
"Brother Qiang, stop, there's a swamp ahead!"
Crunch, the vehicle stopped, and Xu Qiang's voice also came out: "Can you take a detour?" ”
"No, this area is a swamp, but looking at the right side, it's shallow, and you should be able to pass through." Regarding the situation that Luo Fatzi said, Xu Qiang must believe that he will move towards the shallow beach as soon as he hits the steering wheel.
The splashed muddy water was splashed everywhere, and the body was covered with sludge and rotting aquatic plants. The wheels were spinning, but they didn't move forward a little, and the writhing body stirred up more muddy water, but it didn't work at all, and the bottom kept slipping.
The two of them had been stuck in this half-meter-deep quagmire for a while, and there were still two meters from the shore. When I rushed to this quagmire, I thought I could pass through it smoothly, but I didn't expect to fall here, and the time was not short, but there was still no way to rush through, and the sky began to darken.
Xu Qiang pushed more muddy water to both sides with the steering wheel left and right, but more muddy water rushed into the quagmire. The four-wheel drive mode has long been opened, but it is useless, the wheels are slipping, there is no point of focus, and you can only get out of the car and use the stupidest method.
Xu Qiang took out the fire axe and the monkey climbing pole from the rear compartment, beckoned Luo Fatzi to walk to a relatively dry place five meters in front of the front of the car, and Luo Fatzi helped the monkey to climb the pole, and smashed the monkey climbing pole into the soil with a fire axe, until the remaining half of the pole was exposed.
He took out the winch rope from the winch and wrapped it around the monkey climbing pole, tried the strength, the pole did not move at all, Xu Qiang, who was more satisfied with this, still arranged for Luo Fatzi to operate the winch motor, and he entered the off-road vehicle full of muddy water again, continued to turn the steering wheel, swayed the body from side to side, pushed away the muddy water, and repeated the previous action. And Luo Fatzi was there to operate the motor to pull the winch and cooperate with Xu Qiang.