Chapter 62: Into the Cave (1st Shift)
Zilong had no choice but to take Minying with him, but he gave her three chapters of the law.
First, without Zilong's permission, he is not allowed to leave the team at will, and he must continue to be Zilong's follower.
Second, without Zilong's permission, you can't move anything at will, and all actions must be under Zilong's command.
Third, without Zilong's permission, don't mess around with anyone anymore, be obedient!
This seems to be a harsh so-called three chapters of the law, Min Ying disagrees with 11,000, but in order to be able to go to the pit viper cave to explore, she has no choice but to disobey the yang.
Early the next morning, Zilong led the four of them to the pit viper cave, which went straight up and down, and was bottomless, Min Ying took a look, and jumped up excitedly, her eyes burst out with a strong light, telling her impatient.
And on the contrary to Min Ying, it is Jia Sixian, a weak scholar, although he has been captured as a slave for a long time, but he really has no ability to protect himself.
For the sake of Jia Sixian's safety, Zilong had to add a Jia Sixian's small tail after having Min Ying's little tail.
Seeing that Zilong was sandwiched between two people with diametrically different emotions, the wry smile on his face was more ugly than crying, and he couldn't help but feel a chill, but fortunately they were not entangled with themselves.
When they arrived at the entrance of the pit viper cave, Zilong asked everyone to check their respective equipment.
Each person had a set of ropes, a dagger, a set of firearms, a ration of mutton jerky, a bag, and a few torches coated with pine oil for backup, and Zilong also brought a armor removal knife.
Ready, Min Ying grabbed it and was about to go down the hole, but was stopped by Zilong.
"Do you want to die? Don't remember what promised me? ”
Now it's time to see the real chapter, of course Zilong doesn't dare to be sloppy, especially if he wants Min Ying to look so elated, he will inevitably suffer from unjustified disasters.
But seeing that Niu Erlang was calm, he slowly untied the rope, tied a section to the big stone next to the cave entrance, and spared him a few times, although he seemed to be calm, but Zilong saw the excitement and excitement in Niu Erlang's heart from his trembling hands.
Niu Yilang didn't say a word, Jia Siqian shrank at the back, and didn't even dare to look at the swarthy pit viper hole, it seemed that the hole was like a monster's bloody mouth, as long as it got close, it would become someone's food.
Zilong sighed and said, "Don't be nervous, don't be in a hurry!" ”
As he spoke, he took off the fire, found some wild grass and dead wood on the side, took out the specially prepared mutton fat from the dry food bag, and carefully tied it into a small torch.
Tie the fire to a thin rope, light it and slowly fall into the hole, for a long time, you can still see the fire faintly, Zilong is relieved.
Min Ying looked at Zilong's actions and asked inexplicably, "What are you doing here?" ”
Jia Sixian, who had been shrinking at the back, was the most sober at this time, and said without waiting for Zilong to explain: "Brother Zilong is afraid that there is a miasma in the cave, so he will test it with an open flame first, if there is no poisonous miasma in the cave, and the open flame will not be extinguished, we can go down to the cave." ”
When Zilong heard this, he couldn't help but look at Jia Siqian with satisfaction, and cast an appreciative look, Jia Sixian's little face was still pale, his breathing was heavy, and he didn't know where to put his hands.
"Xiao Jia's words are good, now we can go down to the hole, Brother Niu is the first, be careful, I am the second, Min Ying follows me, Xiao Jia follows Min Ying, and Brother Niu is broken."
When Erlang heard that Zilong actually let Niu Ichiro go first, he was a little concerned in his heart, and hurriedly proposed to let him explore the way first, so that Niu Ichiro could enter the cave last.
Niu Yilang said indifferently: "Erlang is reckless, Zilong wants to take care of Xiao Jia and Miss Erzhu, let me take the lead!" ”
Zilong nodded, patted Niu Yilang's arm, and instructed: "This pit viper cave is at least fifty zhang deep, I will follow the eldest brother closely, the eldest brother must always look at the cave wall to see if there is a foothold, and when the rope is about to end, immediately use the rope on the body to connect." ”
Niu Yilang nodded solemnly and said, "Brother, don't worry, you don't know how many times you have said it, can't you trust the eldest brother?" ”
As he spoke, he threw the rope tied by Niu Erlang into the hole, glanced at everyone, and then Shi Shiran entered the pit viper cave, Zilong saw that Niu Erlang had descended a few feet, so he hurriedly caught up, and stared at Min Ying before entering the cave.
The rest of the people rushed in according to the order of Zilong's explanation, Niu Erlang walked at the end, looked up, although it was still morning, the sky was already a little dark, and a few birds and finches were hovering not far overhead, making an ugly croaking sound.
Niu Erlang was stunned, praying in his heart, hoping that when he got out of the cave, he could see the sky clear again, spit hard, and followed into the cave.
Zilong listened to the sound of Niu Ichiro groping below, and secretly prayed in his heart, don't rush, take your time.
Niu Ichiro was indeed very cautious, and went deeper, and found that the cave wall was getting more and more slippery, and every step down had to carefully look for whether there was a place around the lower body to stand on.
However, the walls of this pit viper cave are smooth, like a bronze mirror, and covered with moss, slippery and slippery, except for some ditches that only allow half a foot, there is no place to stand.
The deeper he went, the more stuffy Niu Erlang felt, his breathing gradually became short, and his physical strength was also very consuming, he was the first person to take the lead, not only to explore the way and connect the rope, but also to face the most dangerous uncertainties.
The people in the back, at least if they know that Niu Ichiro is fine, they will probably be safe, this is the role of the heart, and they are always nervous in the face of the unknown.
Finally the rope came to an end, Niu Ichiro shouted, Zilong heard it and asked the individual to go in to find a foothold where he could temporarily rest with his strength, feeling a shaking below, Niu Ichiro should be connecting the rope.
I don't know if he found the raised stone wall we stand, otherwise the continuation would not only be laborious, but also dangerous.
Fortunately, it didn't take long to hear Niu Ichiro's prompt to continue, and everyone took a deep breath and continued to fall for a long time.
Although Min Ying was so excited that she jumped before going down the hole, but after she really got down the hole, she was quietly dying, and she didn't fall a few feet. There was a pang, the five fingers were missing, everyone didn't say a word, and the sense of fear came for no reason.
I don't know if it's because the cave is getting wetter and wetter, or if Min Ying is getting more and more nervous, I always feel that the rope is getting more and more slippery, and it is becoming more and more difficult to grasp, and my physical strength is slowly unable to keep up.
Suddenly, Min Ying only felt a huge vibration of the rope in her hand, a gust of cold wind came from her head, and she screamed, but she felt that something fell on top of her head, and she was so frightened that she let go of her hands and slipped down.
Zilong was paying close attention to Niu Ichiro's progress when he suddenly heard a scream above his head and was shocked.
"Minying, hold on!"
This is the first time, Zilong called Min Ying by her name for the first time, Min Ying was stunned when she heard it, I don't know if she really heard Zilong's prompt, or because of nervousness, she hurriedly grabbed the rope tightly with both hands.
A sharp pain came from her palm, and Min Ying seemed to feel the burning heat coming from her palm, making her flustered.
There was nothing above her head, and Min Ying breathed a sigh of relief, and Nuo Nuo's voice suddenly came from the top of her head.
"I'm sorry, I just seemed to have touched some living thing, and I was scared for a while, so I let go of my hand, I'm sorry!"
Jia Sixian's voice, not only Minying heard it, but everyone in this quiet and panicked pit viper cave faintly heard his words, is there something?
At the same time as Jia Sixian's voice came, everyone didn't make a sound, holding their breath, and sure enough, they heard the sound of Si Xi Suo Suo coming from beside him, Niu Yilang suddenly felt a fishy smell coming from under him, and hurriedly covered his mouth and nose.
"Everyone, be careful!"
After saying only that, everyone put the rope on their arms and spared it, and suddenly the fishy smell came, and they all covered their noses tightly.
There was another dead silence, and the five of them all seemed to hear the clamor from the pounding of their hearts in their chests, Jia Siqian was especially nervous, and his whole body couldn't stop trembling, it couldn't be that he had encountered something strange, right?
Min Ying felt the tremor coming from the top of her head, and felt a little relieved, it seemed that she was not most afraid of herself.
Maybe it was really curious, maybe it was to prove that she wasn't afraid at all, Min Ying let go of the hand covering her mouth and nose, groped towards the cave wall, and her hand was slippery, but it was still moss on the cave wall, and she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"What are you afraid of, isn't it still ......"
As soon as she was halfway through her words, she suddenly felt an itch on her fingers, as if something had crawled down her fingers to her arm, and after a short silence, Min Ying screamed.
"Ah, help, something bites me!"
Startled by Min Ying's scream, Zilong immediately crawled towards the top of his head, this eldest lady is really a bad star, can't she not add to the chaos?
While Zilong climbed up, Niu Erlang also fell quickly, feeling that Jia Siqian below seemed to be getting farther and farther away from him, and his heart was shocked, don't have an accident!
He continued to fall, but he felt as if his feet were in contact with the real thing, and he lightly touched it with his toes.
"Ahh There's something in my head! ”
It was Jia Sixian's voice, he screamed, his hand slapped on the top of his head, and he wanted to slap the thing on his head, but he heard Niu Erlang drink: "Don't move, coward!" ”
Hearing Niu Erlang's voice above his head, Jia Siqian calmed down, it turned out to be Niu Erlang!
Everyone experienced a false alarm, and they all climbed on the ropes and did not dare to move.
Niu Erlang still covered his mouth and nose, trying to see what was below in the dark, but there was no light, so he found nothing.
Zilong was busy finding the raised stone wall on the surrounding rock wall, rubbing for a long time, found a protrusion, carefully tested it with his toes, and after making sure that it was firm, he stepped on his toes with confidence.
Smelling the fishy smell mentioned in Niu Ichiro's mouth, as if something was rotting, he tested it with a torch, but there was no explosion sound in the cave, it should not be a flammable and explosive gas.
Zilong carefully took out the fire tool and lit a torch, and the cave immediately became clear.
The poor few people fell in the dark on the rope for a long time, and only then did they suddenly see the light, and they couldn't help but move closer to the direction of Zilong, and they gathered together in one place in a few moments.
In order to ignite the fire, Zilong let go of the hand that grabbed the rope, and wrapped the rope with his other hand, which was attached to it for a long time.
The firelight was lit, and everyone was head-to-head again, gathered in one place, by the firelight, looked at the cave wall, and found that there was nothing unusual, Zilong looked up and asked: "It's all right, maybe there are some insects in the cave, don't panic." ”
As he was talking, he saw that the spider, which had always been the size of a small fist, was crawling down Min Ying's thighs quickly, Zilong didn't make a sound, staring at the spider, but felt that Min Ying was trembling slightly.
"Smelly thief, I'm ...... I'm on my lap...... Is there something crawling? ”