Chapter 57: The Road to Escape
I was dizzy, my brain was dazed, and I couldn't lift up any strength, and when I was a little more sober, I found myself being carried by a Taoist priest, and the group was desperately running in the direction of the town.
The wind was still blowing strongly, flying sand and rocks, and the sky was terrible dark, and I don't know if it was because the dark clouds were obscuring the daylight, or if it was already dark. Thunder brewed in the clouds, and the sometimes bright light made the canyon flicker and dark, and the weeds and abandoned buildings all over the canyon were blown into a mess by the strong wind, which was quite a bit of an apocalypse.
The Taoist priest was carrying me, still running fast, I was uncomfortable on his back, trying to let him let me down, but when I thought of the grimaces chasing behind me just now, and I didn't have the strength to run, I had to give up.
I turned my head to look back, and the grimaces hadn't followed, and we had already left the village, and I couldn't help but feel relieved.
The Taoist priest noticed my movements and asked as he ran, "Are you awake?" ”
"Wake up!" I coughed, coughed up the bloody phlegm stuck in my throat, and asked him, "What happened to me just now?" ”
The Taoist priest was scorched black, his clothes were burned, and all his hair burst out, looking like he had killed Matt. He told me that the seal of the school had been broken by Cortana, and all the ghasts had run out, and when he ran away just now, a ghast had been eyeing you, and if it weren't for the female ghost who possessed you, I was afraid that you would have been swallowed by the evil ghost just now.
When he said this, I immediately remembered the ghost that suddenly flew out from behind me just now, and I thought to myself, could it be that she saved me?
I still want to ask carefully, the Taoist priest immediately scolded, saying that it was all burning his ass, you still fucking ask, if those evil ghosts catch up, just a few of us, it is not enough to stuff those things between their teeth, if there is a life to get out alive, he must tell me carefully for three days and three nights, don't ask now.
He was talking as he ran behind my back, and his breathing immediately became disordered, and I knew that the situation was serious, so I closed my mouth.
Thankfully, we didn't encounter any of the demons as we drove all the way, until we came to a stop near the mouth of the canyon.
Our hearts sank at once, and we saw that at the entrance of the canyon, about twenty townspeople with dicks in their hands were guarding the entrance.
Needless to say, the target of their squatting must be a few of us. We lurked in the dense forest on the side of the canyon, the Taoist priest temporarily put me down, Xiao Na had already woken up, but she was confused, pull her, she just moved, but if no one cared about her, she just stood sluggish.
The Taoist priest said that she had been attacked by evil spirits before, so she made abnormal actions and caused a catastrophe, but fortunately, when the school seal was broken, the terrifying evil spirit that was born was punished by heaven, and several electric arcs that overflowed just split on her, forcing the evil on her body out, but she was controlled for too long, and her soul was chaotic, so it would become like this.
In normal times, although these twenty or so people are also a little troublesome, there is no problem for the Taoist priest to break out, but now I can't run at all, Xiao Na is muddy, Lin Qiaoer has no combat effectiveness, he and Yang Mengqing want to take us out, the possibility is almost zero.
The demons behind us didn't know when they would catch up, and we were so anxious that we were sweating profusely. After a stalemate, there was still no way at all, so I told the Taoist priest to let him take Lin Qiao'er out, and leave me alone.
Lin Qiao'er's face changed immediately, hugged my arm, and said that if I didn't leave, she wouldn't leave, and it would be a big deal to die together. My head was big for a while, and I just wanted to say something to persuade her, but I was interrupted by the words of the Taoist priest: "Okay, okay, when will you still have a long relationship with your children, don't fight, reporter, you saved the Taoist, this kindness Lao Tzu has always remembered it, what Lao Tzu said will not leave you, besides, even if you don't take you, there is not much hope of breaking out." ”
I really didn't expect this dead Taoist priest to be so righteous, if it was in normal times, maybe I would have been moved to tears, but now is not the time to come to that set, so I hurriedly asked him: "What should I do then?" You can't stay here and die, can you? ”
Several people fell silent at once, the sky was getting darker and darker, and the thunder light was getting more and more terrifying. The thought of a black ghost coming out of the flickering environment around me made my heart flutter.
Just as we were anxiously thinking about how to get out, a drop of rain fell on my face, and I looked up to see that the raindrops had finally poured down in the black clouds that had enveloped the canyon for a long time.
More and more raindrops hit us, and I smiled bitterly in my heart, saying that I really fulfilled the old saying that the house leak coincided with the overnight rain. Thinking about it, my heart suddenly moved, and I hurriedly stretched out my head to look at the group of people guarding the valley mouth.
I thought that those people would leave the valley to find a place to shelter from the rain after such a heavy rain, but they didn't expect that they had already built a temporary wooden house with the wooden planks in the ruins of the valley sentry post, and everyone shrank inside.
I sighed in my heart, lowered my head, and let the raindrops the size of beans crackle on my body, and my clothes were soaked in an instant. The rain was heavy, and soon the valley was filled with rain as deep as the instep. Because the middle of the canyon is low and the sides are high, all the rainwater collects in the center of the canyon, but when the water level reaches a certain level, the water in the center begins to pour back to the sides, and I immediately find that the water merges into small water and flows into the cave in the cliff wall.
Suddenly, I had a flash of inspiration and hurriedly shouted, "I have a way, hurry into the cave." ”
The Taoist priest looked at me with a frown, and when he saw that I was excited and seemed to be quite sure, he carried me on his back, and the group went into the cave that led to the cave full of dead bodies.
When I got inside, the Taoist priest asked me what I could do, and I asked him if he remembered the cave where the mayor had suppressed the living dead, and the Taoist priest nodded and said yes, but he still didn't know what I wanted to do. I told him that one side of the cave was connected to a river, and Yang Mengqing and I had seen the blood-stained river water when we were downstream of the town, and those blood were the blood of the villagers who were killed by corpses in the cave, which means that the river connected to the cave eventually flows downstream of Yushugou, and we only need to go into the water from there and swim out of the cave along the current, so we can avoid those people at the mouth of the valley.
Hearing me say this, the Taoist priest also came to his senses, saying that what are you waiting for, and hurriedly beckoned Yang Mengqing and them to follow. I was afraid of him and told him to be careful, because the cave connected the entire mountain cave, and I had to prevent the corpse from stumbling here.
The Taoist priest nodded, and several people cautiously walked to the depths of the mine, originally there was no bloodstain guidance, we couldn't find the previous way at all, but fortunately, the water in the canyon poured in, we followed the direction of the water, and soon found the mine.
The lights in the mine were out, and we quickly crossed the mine to the high platform above the cave. Yang Mengqing shone it down with a flashlight, and found that it was empty except for some sundries, there were no corpses, and even those strange birds were no longer there.
Still, we were very careful, and when everyone went down to the cave, I found that the disgusting corpses on the ground were gone, presumably corrupted into pus and blood by the venom of the corpses. There is water flowing down from the top of the cave, not only the high platform when we entered, but also the other rock crevices, I really don't know what these people think, how they chose such a place that becomes a water curtain cave when it rains as a refuge.
At this time, I had recovered a little, so I asked the Taoist priest to put me down, I went to the water's edge and took a picture downstream, and found that because of the heavy rain, the water was much more turbulent, and the flashlight was not far away, so I couldn't see whether there was a gap in the downstream river.
The Taoist priest found a large wooden plank from the corner of the cave, picked up a few logs, and tied them with wire to form a simple raft. This thing looks shaky and faint, and it doesn't look very reliable, but I didn't expect that after being pushed into the water, the bottom of the raft was draught, and the planks and logs were immediately pressed very tightly. A few people tried to sit on it, and found that although the balance was not too strong, as long as it was not too much impact, it could still eat everyone's weight.
The raft was available, and the Taoist priest was ready to act, but I stopped him, saying that I was not sure if there were any gaps in the river below, and if we had flowed into an underground river with no gaps at all, and the distance was very long, we would all have to suffocate to death.
When the Taoist priest heard this, he asked me what should I do?
I thought about it for a moment, took out a few waterproof bags from the backpack that contained the equipment, and distributed them to the crowd to fill them with gas. These waterproof bags were originally used to protect equipment, but our backpacks are inherently waterproof, and these waterproof bags are used as airbags. I estimated that this thing is enough to suck about ten times after it is full, and if it lasts for one minute each time, it is enough for us to last in the water for about ten minutes, and if it doesn't come out of the water after ten minutes, then we can only be considered unlucky.
Everything was ready, and just as we were about to leave, there was a sudden noise in the cave, which sounded like the sound of the iron door being kicked.
I hurriedly took a photo, but I didn't find anything, but the iron door of a mine tunnel on the wall of the cave was flickering and shaking, and the mine road behind the iron gate was pitch black, and I couldn't see anything clearly.
This sudden movement startled us, and I felt that the situation was not right, so I hurriedly told the Taoist priest to leave.
As soon as the voice fell, a black shadow suddenly flashed through the flashlight beam.