Chapter 93: Babies in the Water
It's all because I'm delayed, if I can be faster when I walk the vine bridge, even if the monster runs up, it won't be difficult for Xiao Qi and them, and now we are at the bottom of the valley, even if Brother Shen can feel the jade, I don't know how long it will take.
I started to pick up my pace, but the inability to swing my arms made it difficult for me to balance, and I walked as fast as I could, with all my might, only a little faster than a normal walk.
The exercise made my blood flow faster, and my head was dizzy and swollen as if it was congested, as if the blood flowing into my brain was no longer flowing out, and my feet became soft.
I never dared to touch the wound on the back of my head, I could feel it slowly healing, sweat seemed to flow into the wound, it itched so badly that I really wanted to reach out and scratch it.
I endured it for a while, I couldn't help it, the back of my head seemed to be crawling with countless small worms, and the range of itching became larger and larger, I raised my hand tremblingly and grabbed it.
"Smack!"
My wrist was grabbed by Lao Huang, and he kept an eye on me.
"It's itchy when the wound is scabbed, and if you don't want to become bald in the future, take care of your paws."
He dismissed my thoughts with a single word, and he let go of my hand and rubbed the palm on the back of my head a few times, and the itching sensation finally subsided.
No one paid attention to our small movements, everyone's eyes were ahead, they didn't hold a flashlight, only Lao Huang held it, they didn't say anything, in fact, they were taking care of me all the time.
They are not indifferent at all, but they have seen more and understood more, so they no longer talk casually, and it is children who can confide their hearts without reservation, and the old man has always cherished words like gold, and they will only say decisive words on important occasions.
I feel a little sad, obviously they are not much older than me, why am I the only one like a child?
I don't know how long I walked, but the pain in my shoulders didn't go away at all, and after a long night's sleep, my spirits were much better, my legs and feet were resting, and only the feeling of dizziness that lingered all the time.
This underground river is too long, and its flow is gradually turning in the direction we should be going, which is good news, and we can get closer to the main burial chamber while searching for the lost jade.
The main burial chamber must be connected to this place, otherwise Brother Shen won't let us go with us, even if the lost piece is washed away, he will find it himself, he must have found something in the search.
Those monsters are still on the other side, they are still following us, the canyon has branched, the dark river has also branched out, the river is narrowing and shallow, and those monsters are only seven or eight meters away from us.
I looked at the tributaries, and they flowed all the way into the deep canyon, with no end in sight.
We walked for another while, and the terrain became more and more complicated, and the stone walls on both sides began to become uneven and strange, and the feet were full of large rocks, some of which were very sharp and sharp.
Brother Shen stopped to let us rest, Xiao Qi walked towards me with the medical bag, Ah Chuan looked at Xiao Qi raised his eyebrows, showing a playful look.
He was always so weird, and I was uncomfortable to watch, but he didn't say anything, just took another one and brought it to Lao Huang's side.
Xiao Qi skillfully lifted the gauze on the back of my head, I felt the sweat evaporate in an instant, and the cool air caressed the wound, unexpectedly comfortable.
She began to drug me, and her movements were not gentle at all, as if there was a lot of resentment, and I knew that she was like that, and she was very careful compared to the force with which she dislocated my wrist and pushed it back.
She changed the gauze and began to pull my clothes, my heartbeat accelerated in an instant, even if it was healing, she was also a girl, I felt a fever on my face, and I didn't even feel pain.
I don't know what kind of ointment she put on me, it's the medicine they brought, it's all in foreign characters that I can't read, but it's very cool to apply.
I was enjoying this rare comfort, but Xiao Qi squeezed my shoulder violently, and my cold sweat immediately came out.
"Shhhh......h
"Your left shoulder blade is cracked, a few small cracks, it can't be treated here, the bone has begun to heal on its own, and your shoulder blade will be a little deformed in the future, but it's not a big deal, at most, it's not convenient when you're old." Xiao Qi said a few words rarely.
My nerves are still in the pain just now, and the deformation of the bones can be called okay? All left sequelae.
Xiao Qi quickly took care of it for me, I sorted out my clothes, and Lao Huang was not finished yet.
His wound was worse than I had imagined, the new muscles were knotted like earthworms, red and oozing blood, and the gray-white dead flesh hung from the side of the wound, looking very terrible.
Ah Chuan was cutting his dead flesh, and I saw Lao Huang's sweat rolling down his forehead in strings, and the green tendons on his neck trembled, as if they were about to burst out of his skin.
I felt cold and numb in my body, just looking at me was worried for a while, God knows how much pain he endured, Lao Huang saw me looking at him, raised his head and smiled at me, smiling ugly.
"Damn/I hurt Lao Tzu to death." He muttered, his voice distorted.
My nose was very sore, I turned my head to look at the monster on the other side of the river, I didn't dare to look at him anymore, Ah Chuan didn't feel any discomfort at all, and his voice was still smiling: "This is already much better, the body is great, young man." ”
No one answered him, he threw away the gauze stained with blood and pus, put medicine on it and began to bandage it, his technique was very professional, I don't know if he had learned it deliberately or if he had been injured too much.
"Watch me tie you a nice bow."
Ah Chuan said as he moved his hands, he even tied the knot very professionally, it was the kind of gift-wrapped bow, which was wrapped several times in layers, wrapping Lao Huang's arm like a ham specialty.
"How old are you?" Lao Huang gave him a blank look.
"It's not right for you to say that, childlike innocence has nothing to do with age."
"Neuropathy."
Lao Huang said mercilessly what I had never dared to say, and Ah Chuan didn't get angry when he heard it, but smiled.
We continued to move forward, Brother Shen didn't have a watch, but he had a good grasp of the time, and Xiao Qi and Ah Chuan also trusted him, and this change of dressing must have been performed several times when I was asleep.
The more I look at it, the more I feel that Brother Shen is very similar to them, but he can't be the Mo family, they were obviously tense a day ago, why did the trust after reconciliation increase so quickly?
Xiao Qi's words must have a mystery, I have been with Brother Shen for so long, and I still have doubts from time to time, what can make the two parties who are not dying unconditionally trust?
I don't have a clue, Xiao Qi's sentence has a premise, since she dares to say it in public, she can be sure that we don't understand, Ah Chuan didn't know it originally, but he knows more than me, so he can figure it out for himself.
If I knew the information that Ah Chuan had, would I be able to figure it out for myself? My heart began to beat wildly, and it must be a great secret.
I was thinking wildly, it seemed to be a psychological effect, the pain in my shoulder blades was also reduced a little, both wounds were itching, they were healing.
The road is getting more and more difficult to walk, the cliffs on both sides are approaching, the canyon is about to reach the end, they grow countless rocks, little by little the top of the head is hidden, the dark river shrinks to only four or five meters wide, tens of centimeters deep, the river beach becomes very narrow, the place where we can walk is only one or two meters wide, I see that the mountain walls in front of me are completely integrated, and the dark river enters the karst cave they are composed of.
There were fewer and fewer monsters following us, and we walked for at least eight or nine hours, and we walked into the cave, and the monsters stopped outside the cave, and they were there watching us, carefully avoiding the water, and there were rocky beaches in the cave, but they just refused to come in, as if there was something terrible in it.
"Why aren't they gone? What's in it? I couldn't help but ask.
"Everything has to go, are you still letting them have feelings?" Ah Chuan looked back and smiled.
He hadn't walked before, of course he didn't know, Brother Shen must have been here, I wanted to hear him say, but he didn't say a word.
I was not interested, and I had a bad premonition in my heart, there must be something that those monsters were afraid of, I thought it would be safe to follow them, but I still fell off the cliff, and only my own strength is the hole card.
We had advanced a few hundred meters, the rocky beach was completely gone, there was only a river in front of us, and we had to go into the water.
We rested on this bit of land, ate something and continued on the road, the water under our feet was shallow and clear, I could see the yellow and white stalactites at the bottom of the water, we entered the cave again, as if we had returned to the starting point.
When I think about it, I feel that everything in front of me is familiar, as if we have actually walked through this place, and I am a little dazed, and I have experienced a long and strange dream.
The only thing that reminded me was the temperature, it was very shady, the water was cold and even a little biting, very different from the stuffy cave outside, which was close to the ground, and it was already deep underground.
Once again we went around in the dark, the current washed the bottom of the river very flat, much easier than the rocky beach, and we were careful of the stalagmites above our heads, which were very fast.
My shoulder doesn't hurt that much anymore, it actually hurts, but at the same time it's itchy and it dilutes the pain.
"Brother God, how far is the jade?" My head was dizzy, and I blurted out thoughts.
"It's close."
"Has it stopped?"
"Hmm."
I felt a palpitation for no reason, it seemed that it was because the cave was narrow, I was panicking, but I didn't know why it was happening, I should be a little hypoxic.
There were so many forks in the road that we made a few more turns and entered a slightly wider cave, and for some reason, the water temperature in this cave was so low that I couldn't help but shiver when I stepped down.
"What's that?"
Lao Huang suddenly spoke, and it was loud in the silent hole, and I shivered violently.
In the light of the not-so-bright flashlight, I saw a small figure sitting in the water in front of the cave, with all its limbs, like a baby playing in the water.