Chapter 32: Sacrifice
The comrades-in-arms above their heads, almost in a strange posture, suspended on the wall.
It was as if there was a hand pulling his legs back tightly.
"I... I can't. ”
He muttered to himself softly with exhaustion in his tone, and then fell down.
In an instant, the falling stones, along with the body, fell straight down.
Everyone pounced and stretched out their arms to catch him in their arms.
I looked at the spirit monkey above my head, almost coming straight in my direction, my heart tensed, and cold sweat slid down my forehead.
It's almost electric.
I slammed my hand and grabbed him by the arm, stopping him from descending.
Gritting his teeth, he almost exhausted all his strength, dragging him to death.
The iron ladder under the feet, the "crunch" that is shaken.
It seems to be broken at any moment.
"If you hold on, you'll be fine."
My voice trembled, and I almost gritted my teeth and said it word by word.
Although the monkey looks relatively small and has a small body, it is very heavy.
I don't know if it's really what he said.
Someone kept tugging on his leg and pulling it down, which is not something I should consider at the moment.
The comrades-in-arms beside him hurriedly ran over when they saw this.
The iron ladder under his feet trembled suddenly.
It seemed that it was about to break on the verge of breaking, and everyone, including the platoon commander, was looking at it in unison.
I heard the monkey shouting at them.
"Don't come here, I can't bear the weight of a third person here."
I gritted my steel teeth, hugged his arms and even felt his weight increase a little bit.
The iron ladder under his feet was creaked with a shaking.
At this moment, I looked in the direction under him, and finally saw the so-called hand.
His inky military uniform was straightened by a nameless force.
At the ankle, there is a clear five-finger palm print, which is constantly pressing against the skin, squirming with the wind little by little.
My eyes... His pupils widened.
For a moment, I couldn't believe all this in front of me.
"Hummingbird."
"You... What do you see? ”
The spirit monkey hanging in the abyss was pale and almost bloodless.
I have already exhausted my physical strength.
"There are a pair of hands..., in... Pulling at your ankles. ”
My eyes widened and I stared until the weight sank.
and spirit monkeys... The tightly clenched palm was also forced to loosen.
He seemed to suddenly relax, and said the last words to me in a low tone.
"Live... It's nice to be alive.... ”
He closed his eyes, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he looked up and fell straight into the abyss.
At that moment, my heart was like a knife.
Almost stupidly stunned in place, the shouts of the comrades next to him were connected into a piece.
I didn't seem to hear it, but kept repeating in my ears what the spirit monkey had just told me.
and the smile on his face when he fell.
Suddenly, my throat was sweet.
"Poof..."
A mouthful of blood spurted out.
"Ahhhhh
I went crazy and roared.
Tears and sweat, mixed with blood in the mouth, flowed down the chin.
The corners of his mouth were dripping with blood, and every tooth was covered with blood.
"Whew..."
Subconsciously, I took a breath and dragged my tired body to the edge of the iron ladder.
His eyes gradually closed, and he felt a strong sense of frustration in his heart.
Tears flowed like a burst embankment.
A mouthful of old blood spurted out again.
The call in my ears is connected into a film.
"Hummingbird..., hummingbird!"
His vision finally blurred, and he fainted with the call of his teammates.
When I woke up again, my comrades-in-arms stood beside me, and there was solid ground under my feet.
In front of me, the blue flames were mixed with the smell of burning.
A small pile of hot fires, emitting a faint, eerie glow.
I even mistakenly thought that I had come to the Netherworld, but I took the water bag handed by Brother Leng next to me.
I realized that what I was seeing was real.
We are at a depth of 800 meters, at the very bottom of the mysterious abyss.
I looked at the nylon rope hanging in the darkness above my head, and I already knew in my heart that it must be the way out above, and I couldn't go back.
will be forced to descend to the bottom.
On my left, there was a dark corner, and there was endless darkness in front of me.
I don't know if the platoon commander explored the area around here.
On the curved walls on both sides, you can faintly see the iron doors hidden in the darkness.
I even think they're like a pair of eyes.
From the moment we came in, they were watching us and watching our every move.
It was silent, as if it were dead silence.
No one spoke, except for a small bonfire, rendered with blue flames.
It's burning.
Maybe it's related to the air here, and the mysterious debris residue floating in it makes the flames spark.
Burns like a "ghost fire".
"Monkey..., did you find it?"
I opened my mouth in a hoarse voice, and the scene in my mind came to mind again.
Everyone was silent, only Brother Leng was beside me, bowing his head and whispering.
"Found it..."
I barely lifted the strength of my body, and in a trance, I shuttled through the team.
Until the front of the eyes, next to the platoon commander.
There was a bloodstain covered in a white robe, and I could barely tell that it was... Silhouette of a humanoid.
The platoon commander, with red eyes, kept his head down and was silent.
I threw myself to my knees, as if the strength of my whole body had been drained.
Little by little, he moved towards the white robe.
I cautiously lifted the corner of the white robe, and instantly a huge grief surrounded my heart.
It was as if he, still standing beside me, was a living and complete person.
"I'm sorry for you... I'm sorry for you. ”
I swirled my fists and pounded my chest without any force.
The blood spat out from the corner of his mouth was rendered on the white robe on his shoulder, dripping little by little.
"Hummingbird, what are you doing!"
"What's the use of you doing this..., you tell Lao Tzu, what's the use of you doing this."
Brother Leng hugged me and burst into tears.
My face was blurred, and I couldn't tell where there was blood and where there were tears.
Only with a bright red mixture, flowing down the chin.
"I was the one who hurt you..., I was... Ahh The corners of my mouth muttered, muttered vague words.
took out a pistol, and wanted to kill himself immediately, but was suddenly awakened by the platoon commander next to him.
"Fuck you, what's the use of doing this..., if you shoot the monkey back to life, I'm willing to cut it with a thousand knives!"
I woke up with steel teeth crushed in my mouth.
In front of the body of the monkey in front of him, he gave a standard military salute.
The monkey died, I swear.
Even if it's a broken bone, you have to figure it all out.
Even if you die, you have to complete the mission.