Chapter 154: I'll Go
After all the events that followed, the desire to leave Alcatraz became more and more urgent.
Arriving at the institute earlier means returning home sooner.
On the one hand, there is a vicious wolf who is not sure when it will return, and on the other hand, there is a research institute that may contact the outside world, hoping to overcome the fear of the unknown, and everyone wants to leave here more and more at this time.
"Go first?"
Zhou Xueli asked rhetorically, and there was no unhappiness in her tone, but a hint of joy in the middle of the heart.
"However, it is not yet dawn, and there may be danger on the mountain......"
"Staying here may also be dangerous." Professor Yan said quietly, and one of the surviving workers said:
"The wolf doesn't know when it might come back."
The wind was strong on the beach, which meant that the smell of blood would spread much faster than everyone thought.
Everyone wanted to leave quickly, and the trialists did not object, so Zhou Xueli agreed.
Many of the tents in the camp had been destroyed in the previous silver-white wolf raid, and these things were heavy and inconvenient, so everyone only picked up other important things to take with them.
There was a sense of oppression in the silence of the atmosphere, there was no way up the mountain, and it was only up to the people of the team to forcibly open up a road.
The walls of the mountain were overgrown with weeds, and in the moonlight swayed with the sea breeze, making the sound of 'Sisisoso', and the grass was pitch black, and I wondered if there would be any danger lurking in it.
No one dared to walk in front, and the trialists did not dare to hold it up at this time.
After half a day, Mr. Zhou came forward to communicate with Wolf One, and the two whispered for a while, and finally two bodyguards walked in the front, Song Qingxiao and No. 3 accompanied Wolf One and another bodyguard to walk on the left and right sides of Mr. Zhou, and No. 1 and No. 7 were broken.
Without the mountain road, the road over the mountains is rugged and bumpy.
When the sea breeze blows, it blows the clothes and hair of many people, as if to blow them away.
In order to stabilize their figures, many people subconsciously grasp things with both hands on the way up the mountain before they dare to lift their steps.
Song Qingxiao tightened the grass vine, and every time he stepped on it, he could hear the soil 'brushing and brushing' falling down.
Her clothes were torn, the sweat on her body did not stop, and as soon as the wind blew, she felt a cold swish on her body, and a chill spread from her back to her limbs.
There was the sound of the people panting and heartbeat of the procession, and I don't know how long it was, but the sky was dark, and after surviving the steepest part of the terrain, the road was much easier.
As the sun slowly rose in the east, after revealing a glimmer of dawn, the breath held in many people's hearts gradually relaxed a lot.
Luckily, the initial fear of the wolf's return and danger did not materialize during the climb.
The sky was completely bright, and Song Qingxiao estimated that two or three hours had passed, and the top of the mountain was finally approaching.
When the exhausted people saw this scene, they couldn't help but lift their spirits, and subconsciously sped up.
The top of the mountain was rocky and covered with weeds nearly half a man high, and everyone climbed up and sat cross-legged. The wind was much stronger above than on the platform below, and many people's clothes were blown 'buzzing'.
The bodyguards who went up the mountain first were tired, and after a rough sweep of the surroundings, they were roughly sure that there were no dangerous creatures on the top of the mountain, and then sat down, and those who had exhausted their strength to climb the mountain took advantage of the situation and lay down on the ground, except for gasping for breath, as if they had no strength to move their fingers.
A few of the trialists, though also tired, were much better than the others.
The four of them sat separately in different directions, adjusting their breathing, taking out some food and stuffing it into their stomachs, recovering their strength.
Mr. Zhou and the others also began to distribute the remaining food, and the people lying motionless on the grass felt more frequent gastrointestinal peristalsis after hearing the sound of the food being torn open.
In the gasping sound of 'smack', the sound of hungry 'cooing' came and went.
Due to the scarcity of food and water, many people did not have enough to eat last night.
After running for his life, his physical strength was greatly consumed, which made the body protest even more.
"I can't do it......"
Someone lay in the grass and 'hummed', with a self-defeating tone:
"I probably won't get out alive."
There was frustration and crying in his voice, and the words were first silently responded by everyone, and then someone picked up the conversation in a soft voice:
"I'm hungry and thirsty, and I can't walk anymore."
"Can you give me something to eat?"
The workers lying in the grass began to plead, "Just a little food, I still want to go home......
"Give me something to eat......"
"Mr. Zhou......"
As soon as someone pleaded, others began to plead one after another.
At this time, food and water sources were extraordinarily precious, and Mr. Zhou himself was not enough, so it was naturally impossible to distribute them to others.
The voice of pleading was mixed with crying, and Mr. Zhou did not hear it, and the cry showed a bit of panic and sorrow.
After listening to it for a long time, Zhou Xueli stood up impatiently, and was about to scold, but after walking a few steps, she seemed to have found something, suddenly squinted her eyes, and shouted:
"Look."
There was excitement in her tone, and when she turned her head, she looked at Mr. Zhou and subconsciously shouted:
"Changsheng, I see the institute!"
As soon as she said this, the flame of hope for everyone was instantly ignited.
The people who were still crying before seemed to be covered with chicken blood again and got up from the grass.
Even Mr. Zhou propped up his upper body and turned his head to look.
Everyone stumbled up, leaned in the direction of Zhou Xueli, and asked in a loud voice:
"Where?"
At this time, there is nothing more exciting than discovering the news of the research institute, Song Qingxiao and No. 7 glanced at each other, pondered the name that Zhou Xueli shouted out of his mouth, and also stood up.
Everyone looked in the direction of Zhou Xueli's finger, the entire hillside was covered with green wattles, the mountainside was surrounded by layers of clouds and mist, on one side was the vast blue sea, on the other side was a shady green forest, a dilapidated white building was mixed in, which was particularly eye-catching.
If it weren't for the scene mission, the thrilling of the past two days would still be reflected in everyone's hearts, such a scene, I'm afraid many people would have been unable to help but sigh, but at this time, everyone was cheering for the discovery of the institute.
Confirming the location of the institute is like finding your way home.
Everyone stopped crying or shouting, and now they can't wait to put on their wings and fly to the research institute, make a call, and wait for the rescuers to appear.
However, Song Qing felt more and more urgent in his caution, looking down from the location on the mountain, the location of the institute was not far, at most half a day's journey, and it could be reached before evening.
As Mr. Zhou and others said, after calling the emergency number, the rescue plane can arrive within a day at most.
This means that the time of this round of tasks has begun to enter the countdown.
And the mission is only halfway now, and there are as many as three trialists left who need to be sacrificed.
Everyone looked at each other with something inexplicable in their eyes, and the battle intent rolled in Song Qing's care, and she could feel the breath of mountain rain that was about to come between several people.
"Let's go down the mountain first and rush to the research institute."
With the support of Professor Yan, Mr. Zhou saw the institute and immediately gave his orders.
Several people stuffed the food into their mouths, and the bags were thrown to the ground, and then picked up by many people who had nothing to eat.
The scraps of food on it were licked clean, and no one laughed at the hungry crowd at this time.
The appearance of the institute has aroused everyone's hope for survival, and everyone wants to fight for a chance to survive and leave this Alcatraz Island.
But the road down the mountain is far more difficult and dangerous than everyone thinks.
When I went up the mountain, the terrain was very difficult to walk, and the descent was even steeper.
As far as everyone could see, there was a grassy slope that sloped straight down, the edge of which was covered with long reeds, and then a bottomless cliff that went vertically.
The cliff wall is overgrown with thorns and densely packed, and it is not easy to climb down with bare hands.
Everyone showed a sad look on their faces, Zhou Xueli was also a little anxious, Professor Yan cautiously walked to the edge of the grassy slope to take a look, turned back again, and worriedly put forward a suggestion:
"Shirley, is there any other way to get to the institute again?"
"This one is the most recent and the best one."
Zhou Xueli shook her head and bit the corner of her mouth.
"After descending the mountain, it is a direct road to the institute. If you go in the other direction, you have to go down the mountain, and at the same time, you can only go around the forest, and there is a river dug out by hand in the middle. ”
Let's not say that it is not easy for everyone to go up the mountain, and it is even more difficult to go down the mountain.
The mere idea of returning to the jungle is chilling.
The lethality of the silver-white giant wolf in the forest had already impressed the survivors last night, and the reason why everyone climbed the mountain in the dark overnight was to hide from the wolf, and now where would they dare to go back again?
Not to mention what Zhou Xueli said, the dug river.
After going to the island, when everyone heard about the river, they didn't have a good impression.
In addition to the crocodile nest at the beginning, which caused the death of a large number of people, the scene of No. 4 being devoured and digested by unknown creatures in the river last night still surfaced in everyone's hearts like a nightmare.
"Even if you put these factors aside and go from there, it will take at least three days or more."
Zhou Xueli said this, and added:
"And that's not even counting dangerous situations."
That is, once a mutated creature is encountered, this time will increase even more.
Now that food and water are in short supply, not to mention delaying for more than three days.
If you could, you wouldn't want to stay in this place for a moment.
After she finished speaking, Professor Yan himself knew that this method was not advisable, and the only way left was to go down the mountain from here.
But it was not easy to go down the mountain, so everyone briefly discussed, and Wolf Yi made a suggestion:
"We should all have safety ropes on us."
Among the materials prepared at that time, safety ropes were available in each backpack, and when everyone left the foot of the mountain, although the tent was abandoned, the safety rope was left.
There are a total of 10 safety ropes, each of which is three meters long, and after being spliced together, a total of 30 meters long.
These ropes were prepared by Mr. Zhou, and the materials are quite strong, so it is not a problem to carry two or three people.
Everyone went down in turn, first finding a place to settle down halfway up the mountain, and then talking about the rest of the way down the mountain.
Although this proposal is not particularly good, but other than that, everyone can't think of any other way for a while.
But on the question of who will go first, everyone is divided again.
The workers knew very well in their hearts that in such a situation, nine times out of ten, the bodyguards were divided into two groups, and one group of people went down to investigate the situation below, and confirmed that it was correct, and Mr. Zhou's group of people must go down first.
This will be followed by the remaining bodyguards, who will probably be left last.
But there is hope for survival, even if it is left in the end, everyone is satisfied.
The most problematic thing is the four trialists.
As the time of the mission approaches, no one will believe whom, and who will go down first is a big problem.
Mr. Zhou and the others were still discussing how to go down, and the four trialists unanimously chose a corner to stand still, and No. 7 said with a smile:
"Between us, who will go down first?"
After deciding on the plan, Mr. Zhou still had an 'evolution medicine' in his hand hanging the trialist.
Mr. Zhou would not throw such a bait in vain, and he would definitely make the trialists make the best use of it.
There are only four bodyguards left, and the rest are all elites, and if any of them are damaged, the crisis for Mr. Zhou's future itinerary will be even greater.
In such a situation, he would definitely ask for a skilled trialist to accompany him to ensure the safety of his bodyguards.
If everyone doesn't want to leave the team, it's a big question who goes down first.
Now that everyone doesn't trust anyone, the closer to the important juncture of the time, everyone hates to give the other party cold arrows, in order to weaken the opponent's strength and increase their chances of survival.
Whoever pulls the rope down first, there is no guarantee that the people above will not be mad and do something.
Number One squinted, and when he didn't hear Seven's words, it was clear that he wouldn't be the first to go down the mountain.
No. 3 is even more unlikely to agree, she was only secretly calculated by Song Qingxiao, her back was injured, and she didn't dare to guarantee that when she climbed halfway, someone would cut the rope.
At this point, everyone doesn't care about the lives of Mr. Zhou and ordinary people, and everyone is only eager to complete the task as soon as possible.
Several people were still discussing, and Mr. Zhou was already starting to greet him:
"Mr. Zhao, Miss Song......"
Wolf Yi and the others were splicing the safety rope and preparing to go down the mountain, and Mr. Zhou, with the support of Zhou Xueli, slowly walked in the direction where the four trialists were:
"We decided to go down the fishing line, but what is the situation below, I don't know very well, now Wolf One, Wolf Two, and Wolf Six are ready to go down to check first, and after confirming that there is no danger, we will release the news." He explained first, and then said with a smile the purpose of his visit:
"But the three of them, I'm afraid there is a shortage of numbers, can you please also send someone to help go down, and in case of danger, you can also help each other?"
As soon as his voice fell, his eyes swept over the faces of No. 1, No. 3, No. 7 and Song Qingxiao, waiting for them to give him an answer.
"Mr. Zhao?"
He didn't get a reply from No. 1, so he named No. 3 and No. 7 in turn, and finally his eyes fell on Song Qingxiao:
"Miss Song?"
"I'll go."
To the surprise of others, Song Qingxiao nodded and agreed to Mr. Zhou's request after being named by Mr. Zhou.
Number One and Number Three instinctively glanced at each other, and there was a dark and inexplicable look in their eyes.