Chapter Twenty-Three: To Live or To Die
After Ah Le finished eating the plant, he suddenly covered his chest, then his breathing became short, and his hands were covering his abdomen again, Tang Qianrou threw away the flower and hugged Ah Le: "Ah Le, what's wrong with you?" Don't scare me, I'll tell you not to eat! Ah Le! ”
Just when Tang Qianrou's tears fell, Ah Le smiled, got up and pointed at Tang Qianrou: "Look at what scares you, it's okay, it's not poisonous, it's okay if you eat it." ”
Tang Qianrou was so angry that she slapped and slapped Ah Le directly on the cheek, who knew that after this slap, Ah Le fell directly to the ground, his eyes widened, and he no longer moved.
Tang Qianrou got up and said, "Are you finished!?" Come back! When is it, still playing! You're sick! ”
Tang Qianrou kicked it after speaking, but after the kick, Ah Le had no reaction, she kicked it again, squatted down and slapped Ah Le's head, but Ah Le still didn't react.
Tang Qianrou stretched out her hand and shook Ah Le: "Ah Le, you ...... What happened to you? Ah Le? Ah Le! ”
Ah Le didn't react, Tang Qianrou really panicked, and shook Ah Le desperately: "Ah Le, don't be like this, what's wrong with you?" Ah Le! ”
Tang Qianrou hugged Ah Le and pinched his middle man, just pinched, Ah Le grabbed her wrist, closed her eyes and smiled: "I know that you still care about me from the bottom of your heart." ”
Tang Qianrou was angry this time, Ah Le got up, didn't apologize to her, and walked directly in the direction of the waterhole: "I'll try to see if that thing will attack me, don't come over." ”
Tang Qianrou, who was still angry, immediately turned around when she heard him say this: "Be careful." ”
Ah Le nodded, and when he walked to the entrance of the cave, he turned around again: "If something happens to me......"
"Shut up!" Tang Qianrou said anxiously, "What nonsense are you talking about!" ”
Ah Le smiled: "I can't have an accident, if something happens, won't you be finished?" Well, wait with peace of mind. ”
Although Ah Le is so relaxed in his mouth, he actually has no bottom in his heart, Tang Qianrou is right, what if a plant is useful for goats and useless for people? But no matter what, he had to try, otherwise, he and Tang Qianrou would die sooner or later.
Ah Le deliberately walked towards the opposite side next to the edge of the waterhole, paying attention to the movement in the waterhole as he walked, and after he walked around the edge for about ten meters, Ah Le noticed that the black shadow in the water appeared again, he subconsciously paused, and stood there staring at the black shadow.
Tang Qianrou at the mouth of the cave was close to it, and the probe also looked at the waterhole, watching the black shadow circle in the waterhole, and then swaying towards Ah Le's position.
"Ah-" As soon as Tang Qianrou said a word, Ah Le in the distance immediately turned around and raised his hand to signal her to be quiet, just like a person who was fishing.
Ah Le stared at the surface of the water, watching the black shadow under the water get closer and closer to him, five meters, three meters, two meters, one meter, twenty centimeters, ten centimeters...... While the distance between Ah Le and the black shadow gradually narrowed, his heartbeat became faster and faster, and he wanted to run away, but he was afraid that if he moved too much, he would really cause the monster to jump out of the water and attack.
The monster stopped in front of Ah Le and didn't move, Ah Le slowly exhaled a breath, adjusted his breathing, and took a step forward, when this step was taken, Tang Qianrou behind him closed his eyes and didn't dare to look.
At this time, Tang Qianrou didn't notice at all that in the unfrozen river in the cave behind her, a humanoid black shadow slowly crawled out, dripping with mucus all over her body and walking slowly towards her.
The black shadow's footsteps remained the same as Ah Le's pace outside the cave, but Tang Qianrou's attention was completely on Ah Le, sweating for Ah Le.
The black shadow finally approached Tang Qianrou, raised his arms, and slowly grabbed Tang Qianrou's shoulders.
"It's okay, it's really okay......" Seeing that the monster didn't attack him, Ah Le finally had a smile on his face, and accelerated his walking speed, and at the same time turned to look at Tang Qianrou, "Qianrou, it's okay, you see...... Qianrou! Watch out for your back! ”
Halfway through Ah Le's words, he saw the strange man behind Tang Qianrou who was dark green and looked like a human, but had no obvious facial features.
Tang Qianrou subconsciously turned around, and exclaimed when she saw the strange man, but the strange man pushed Tang Qianrou out of the cave with a palm, and the whole person jumped out, dragging Tang Qianrou's legs and running towards the waterhole.
Ah Le knew that the strange man must have come out of the underground river yesterday, so he immediately pulled out his legs and rushed over, throwing the strange man to the ground, and shouted at the same time: "Qianrou, run back, hurry up!" Fast! ”
Tang Qianrou struggled to get up and ran towards the cave, Ah Le pressed the strange man to death, but found that he couldn't hold it down at all, not because of how strong the strange man was, but because he was covered with mucus like oil, so that Ah Le couldn't do it, obviously his body pressed down, but he would always slide to the side.
Just when Ah Le hugged the strange man's waist with both hands and prevented him from chasing Tang Qianrou, the monster in the waterhole suddenly swam towards this side, extremely fast, like a shark cutting through the waves.
Seeing the thing rushing towards him, Ah Le immediately let go of the strange man and crawled towards the cave, but the monster grabbed Ah Le's ankle and dragged him backwards, making a strange "snoring" sound in his throat, like a fat man who was drunk and snoring.
Ah Le turned around and kicked the monster in the face, but he was stunned because he had kicked a clearly visible shoe print on the strange man's almost smooth face.
What the hell is this!? Ah Le was stunned for a moment, and then raised his eyes to see the water monster rushing over, kicked the strange man away, and ran towards the cave with his legs.
After running into the cave for a distance, Ah Le saw Tang Qianrou, and then turned to look outside the cave, it didn't matter at a glance, he didn't see the strange man and the water monster, and neither of them knew when they disappeared.
Ah Le looked outside and asked, "Did you see anything just now?" ”
Tang Qianrou nodded: "That...... Be...... It's a youkai. ”
"It's not." Ah Le gasped, "I'm asking you, did you see what happened to the waterhole outside the cave when I ran in just now?" ”
Tang Qianrou shook her head: "I didn't see it, I ran in one go, and when I turned around, you were already in front of me." ”
"Oh-" Ah Le nodded, he didn't expect to run that fast.
Ah Le was about to step forward, but Tang Qianrou grabbed him: "Don't go, why are there monsters here?" ”
Ah Le patted Tang Qianrou's hand: "As a cargo chaser, you are not used to monsters. ”
Tang Qianrou frowned and looked at the waterhole outside the cave, Ah Le took advantage of the situation in front of her and asked, "Do you regret it now?" It's too late to regret it, and when I find a way out, we'll leave right away. ”
Tang Qianrou first nodded subconsciously, and after coming back to her senses, she let go of Ah Le, gritted her teeth and shook her head: "No, I must find Qimen!" ”
Ah Le was a little angry: "I almost died several times, you still want to find Qimen!?" I think you're a demonic barrier! ”
Tang Qianrou looked at Ah Le and shook her head slowly: "Ah Le, don't you understand?" I can't go back, I've killed so many people and done so many sins over the years, just to study Qimen and find Qimen, and now I'm only one step away from Qimen, I can't just give up! ”
Ah Le pointed outside: "Your life is almost gone, and you are still looking for Qimen?" ”
Tang Qian said softly: "This is a deal, I have paid so much, I have hurt so much, I must reap it!" Ah Le, find a way out, if you are willing to go, you can go, I won't go if I don't find Qimen. ”
Ah Le looked at Tang Qianrou and lowered his hands: "You know that if you don't leave, I won't leave." ”
After speaking, Ah Le turned around and walked towards the entrance of the cave, looking at the traces of fighting and struggling left by the waterhole before, and then ran towards the dense vegetation opposite the waterhole without hesitation, and Tang Qianrou stood in the cave and looked at him, looking at this stupid man who was willing to give everything for himself.
She really wanted to promise Ah Le to return to Paris with him, open a restaurant, and live the rest of her life in peace, but she also knew that from the moment she was born, her heart was branded by her parents as Qimen, and unless she found it, or until the day she died, she would never be able to get rid of this curse.
On the premise of not encountering any resistance at all, Ah Le finally ran safely to the bush of vegetation, when he pushed away the vegetation, he found that there was indeed a cave in the back, unlike the cave behind him, this cave was full of strange rocks protruding like teeth, densely covered with caves, people walking in it, the slightest carelessness, will bump into it.
Ah Le approached the cave and looked at the drag marks left at the mouth of the cave, especially the deep square mark that was the most obvious in the traces, he recognized that it was left by his own belt buckle, so those monsters must have dragged themselves and Tang Qianrou in from here, and this must be the only exit.
After Ah Le saw it clearly, he turned around and ran back to the cave, told Tang Qianrou everything she had found, and then pulled out a plant and let Tang Qianrou swallow it, and then led her along the edge of the waterhole towards the opposite passage slowly.
When the two of them were halfway through, the strange man slowly emerged from the center of the waterhole, and Ah Le also took advantage of the situation to block Tang Qianrou, ready to fight him.
The strange man didn't attack immediately, but slowly walked to the other side of the waterhole and stood there, looking directly at the two of them with golden eyes sunken deep into his face.
Ah Le and Tang Qianrou looked at this strange man with a green body, skin like a frog, but a human body and limbs, and even a pair of shorts, and they didn't know what this thing wanted to do.
The green monster looked at the two of them for a while, spread his hands, and sat on the shore opposite the waterhole with a very disappointed expression, while the stupid goat stood not far from him, still looking at Ah Le and Tang Qianrou opposite with that kind of "what do you see" eyes.
"Looks like it's okay, let's go." Ah Le led Tang Qianrou towards the cave behind the vegetation, and when they reached the mouth of the cave, the two heard the sound of water coming from the waterhole, and immediately turned back, only to see the black shadow in the waterhole swaying up to the opposite bank, staying by the side of the green monster like a gentle pet.
"Oh my God, what the hell is that?" Tang Qianrou couldn't help but say, because she had never seen that species, the body was like a crocodile, but the tail was like a fish's tail, and it also had three spikes, and the back was covered with a thick layer of scale armor, and there were some thick spikes standing in the gaps in the scale armor, the limbs were short, but the claws looked sharp, and the most bizarre thing was the head, the head was like a lizard, but it was not covered with scale armor like the body, and the skin surface was very smooth, almost the same as the skin of the green monster.
Ah Le shook his head and urged Tang Qianrou to leave: "No matter what it is, it has nothing to do with us, let's leave quickly." ”
Tang Qianrou glanced at the green monster sitting there staring at them again, and then crawled towards the strange tooth hole under the leadership of Ah Le.
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After the torture technique grabbed the crack in the rock above with an ice pickaxe, he pulled it hard, and after making sure that it could be fixed, he stepped on the foothold a little harder, and then turned his head to Ma Fei on the lower right side and said: "Slow down, don't worry, there are not many points that can be fixed here, you must find it." ”
Maffei was too tired to answer, so he just clinged to the cliff and reluctantly nodded. When she looked down, it was completely clear where they had set out, and it was not only covered with snow and mist, but also filled with some kind of gas that had become colorful by the sun, but the only thing it could bring to her was vertigo, constant vertigo.
Lian Jiuqi, who climbed on the top, after laying a piton, looked up at the top, gasped and asked the Modui Bridge next to him: "You ask Angu, how far is it?" ”
Mo Duqiao lowered his head and looked at the equally tired Angu below: "How far is it?" ”
Angu replied weakly, "How do I know? It used to be an inclined plane, but now it has almost completely become a 90-degree cliff, and I wonder how the hell did those wolf herders climb up? ”
Torrei pointed to the rocks protruding from the side and said, "If you are so nimble, you can also step on these rocks next to you and make continuous jumps." ”
After hearing this, Mo Duqiao sighed: "Whether it is a wolf herd or a goat, I know that goats are born with this kind of climbing skills, and the weight of wolf herds is two or three times that of one of us. ”
"It's because they know their weight very well, so they make a prediction and do continuous jumps, and they only take a break where they think it's safe," Torret said. ”
"Give me the binoculars." Lian Jiuqi took the telescope from the Modui Bridge, looked at the snowy and misty top, and after looking at it for a while, Lian Jiuqi took the telescope violently, looked at it, raised the telescope again, and then handed it to the Modui Bridge, "Dusk Bridge, look at it, is there anyone?" ”
"Someone? Are you dazzled? Murwilight picked up the binoculars and looked at them.
Angu looked up and asked, "Hey, why don't they climb up?" ”
Torrei looked at it and whistled, and the whistle continued to extend in an echo shape towards the upper end, and soon the howl of the wolf herd came back from the snow and mist, and Torrei listened there for a while, and then said to Lian Jiuqi: "Something is wrong above, there is a situation." ”
Lian Jiuqi turned his head: "Yes, I saw it, it seems that there are still people on it." ”
"Huh? Someone? Angu was stunned for a moment, and the voice of his voice came down, and the torture technique and Ma Fei, who had just climbed up parallel to him, were stunned.
Although he was very nervous inside, this nervousness still couldn't overcome the exhaustion of his body, Ma Fei just grabbed the rope with one hand, grasped the ice axe with the other, closed his eyes and said, "I really want to sleep for a while, even if it's five minutes." ”
"Don't sleep!" Torture raised his hand and touched Maffei's cheek, "If you fall asleep, you're dead." ”
Ma Fei closed his eyes and smiled: "I know, then you keep talking to me, otherwise I will really fall asleep." ”
Sure enough, through the binoculars, he saw several figures flickering in the snow and mist, but they were all hanging there with their limbs drooping, not climbing upwards at all.
"Probably someone killed." "I only saw about five, three on the left, and two on the right, about ten meters away, all hanging there. ”
Lian Jiuqi nodded and picked up the ice axe: "Go on, climb up." ”
After climbing up for nearly half an hour, Lian Jiuqi and Mo Dui Bridge at the top finally climbed next to one of the dead bodies hanging in mid-air, and after the two of them fixed their bodies one left and one right, Mo Dusk Bridge raised his hand to grab the dead body that had frozen into popsicles, trying to turn its head in one direction to see who he was.
"It's someone from Cusco." Lian Jiuqi just took a closer look, and immediately confirmed, "It should be Tang Qianrou who told the torture technique, one of the two survey teams." ”
Murwilight struggled to turn the man around, and was about to try to search for anything useful on him when the rope around the man's waist suddenly broke, and the body fell straight down.
"Be careful!" Murwilight immediately shouted, and Torrei and Angu below immediately clinged to the cliff, dodging the falling corpse, and the corpse passed between the two of them, and landed directly on the front end of the protruding Shuoyan below, startling the torture and Ma Fei next to the Shuoyan.
The corpse fell on its back, its face just facing Ma Fei, and Ma Fei instantly woke up in fright, staring at the corpse's face for several seconds before coming back to his senses.
Torture smiled on the side: "Are you much more sober now?" ”
Ma Fei took a deep breath: "It's hard to be unconscious, how can a corpse fall?" ”
Xingshu glanced up: "I vaguely heard Lian Jiuqi say just now that it should be someone from Cusco Company, and he is the survey team sent by their company that Tang Qianrou said." ”
Ma Fei looked at the corpse: "I don't see any external injuries, how did the person die?" ”
Torture shook his head: "You hold it firm, I'll check the corpse, even if I can't find the cause of death, I can find something useful from this guy." ”
After saying that, the torture technique folded his hands and bowed, and then carefully rummaged through the corpse.
Above, Lian Jiuqi and Mo Duqiao stretched the rope and told Torlie and Angu to take cover, and the two of them continued to climb towards the top, checking on the other corpses.
After painstakingly examining two of the corpses, Lian Jiuqi affirmed, "They were frozen to death." ”
Mo Duqiao, who was inspecting, looked up: "It should be said that he was trapped and froze to death." 2k reading network