CHAPTER XX
I double-checked that the trouser belt was not tightly tied, and that the vacuum bag balloon on my chest and back was unstable.
Once I was sure that everything was fine, I stuffed my cigarette and lighter into my backpack, shook my phone in my pocket, which was soaked with water, and threw it into my backpack as well. I don't know if it will break if it gets into the water. I'm a little distressed, the phone I just bought was blistered!
I picked up the backpack, relaxed the strap of the backpack, and fastened the safety buckle between the two shoulder straps, for fear that the backpack would be too tight and crush the balloon behind it; I tentatively and cautiously got into the water.
Sure enough, although it was very unstable, the two balloons floated like life jackets. I was overjoyed, and I said that I was really a genius!
But I still overlooked! The river was so fast that it wasn't a rough wave, but with me, I could barely hold my body and keep myself from spinning, and I couldn't control the direction at all.
As soon as I stepped out of the water, I felt the power of the current! I'm scrambling to grab the big rock I've just been living on!
Unexpectedly, this damn stone is covered with moss, and it is so slippery! If I didn't catch it, my whole body was swept away by the current!
I struggled to hold my body and pulled some of the branches in the water with my hands to prevent the balloons from being punctured by the branches.
I don't know how long I was floating, but I felt my body start to sink and the balloon on my chest leaked!
I secretly scolded: "This is really bad luck for people, drinking cold water and stuffing their teeth!" "Fortunately, the balloon behind me is still holding firm, although it is very unstable, but it is barely enough to make me float, and it is still okay.
So I leaned my weight forward and almost fell into the water to relieve some pressure on the balloon behind me.
After drifting for about ten minutes, the water suddenly slowed down, and I began to slow down slowly, and finally almost stopped on the water, I used a flashlight to shine around, and I found that this should be a slow-flowing area, and the river turned a bend not far ahead, and then I didn't know where it led.
Because the fog is so heavy, I can't see the situation at the bend, if I turn the bend and it's a big waterfall, then I'm really whining!
I also feel that I may have watched too many TV dramas, which can often be seen on TV. But no matter what, this is the perfect time for me to find a way to get ashore.
I continued to shine my flashlight around, and through the white mist, I made a careful discernment, and sure enough, I could see the outline of the riverbank, and it felt that it was not too far away from me!
I began to learn how swimmers look like on TV, paddling desperately in the water. After rowing and pulling, I finally swam to the shore, and I was so exhausted that I almost collapsed!
I climbed up to the riverbank, lay on the bank, gasped for air, pulled the leaky balloon out of the collar and threw it aside. It doesn't matter if it's a dedicated vacuum bag or not, but for now, it's just a very unduly balloon to me! It didn't hold out for even five minutes until it was scrapped!
I rested on my stomach for a while, and felt that my strength had returned, so I got up, dragged my heavy body, and walked up the riverbank, and stopped at a place where it was cleaner and drier.
I took off my soaked hiking suit, took out the towel I had used to make a gas mask from my backpack, and wiped my body briefly.
Then I changed into a clean outfit. took out the folding oven and supported the oven like Liu Tong. With a "click", I lit the fire, put the wet clothes on the grill to dry, and then sat down by the fire to start the fire.
Human instinct may be like this, and in such a place, as long as there is a bonfire, there is a little peace of mind; It's very different from the wild beasts, which are afraid of fire. Fire is so sacred to human beings, and it has also played a significant role in the evolution of human beings!
The air in the mountains is very cold, and I have been soaking in water for so long, and now I am roasted by the fire, and I feel indescribably comfortable all over my body, and my body has recovered a lot of consciousness! I suddenly felt some itching on my leg from the snake bite. "Is it infected?" I muttered to myself and rolled up my trouser legs.
When I saw my calves, I almost vomited nauseously, because I was still a little muddy when I changed clothes just now, and I didn't notice my calves due to the lack of light. Looking at it now, I saw that my calf was bitten by a snake with two rows of dense blood, although it was not deep, and now it is not bleeding, but there are several large locusts sucking on my legs, and the tail is still twisting and twisting!
"What a job!" I cursed and began rummaging through my backpack to see if there was anything that could fix them.
I've heard that if you are bitten by a locust, you can't pull it, you can pat it with your hands, or burn it with a red-hot dagger. I really don't dare to shoot it! If you slap it down and shoot out a hand of blood, although it is your own blood, it is also cautious enough!
Dagger dagger, I don't have a dagger! Rummaging through it, I felt the cigarette and lighter I had placed in my bag. I don't know if it's okay to burn them with cigarette butts.
So I lit a cigarette and put the end of the cigarette on the tail of the locust, and sure enough, after the end had been roasted for a while, the big locust fell to the ground.
I put the cigarette in my mouth, took two puffs, and scalded the second, third, and fourth......
By the time I had scalded all the locusts, the smoke was almost gone. I touched my whole body again, and only after making sure that I hadn't been bitten anywhere else did I relax.
I took out the first aid kit that my mother had prepared in my bag, opened the vacuum bag, and rummaged through the large and small packets of medicine powder and potion inside, which contained alcohol, painkillers, sewing boxes, and a large pile of small white paper bags. I took out a powder in a small paper bag with the words "Disinfectant powder for external use." "I tore open a hole and sprinkled the powder on my leg.
"Oh mom!" After the powder was sprinkled on my legs, I felt a hot pain and rolled on the ground! It took a while to get better!
I originally wanted to use alcohol to disinfect, but because I was afraid of pain, I wanted to find out if there were other disinfectants, but I didn't expect that the power of this disinfectant powder is so amazing! I broke out in a cold sweat. However, after relieving myself, my legs really feel much more comfortable, and I don't itch or hurt anymore.
I picked up the compressed biscuits in my bag, opened the bag, took a few bites, and pumped a bottle of water in the river with the thermos cup that could filter water. Took a sip and tasted it, then drank it all. The water feels really tasty and has a hint of sweetness. I don't know if it's because the water in the mountains is clean, or because of the efficacy of this cup. But then I thought about it, this forest is full of poisonous gas, and the water is probably not going to be clean!
Thinking of this, my hand holding the water glass suddenly froze, and suddenly it seemed to think of something...... "Damn, poison gas, poison gas!" It's over, it's over, it's over" I secretly scolded myself for being so confused, how could I forget this!
So I quickly picked up a dry towel, which was supposed to be the last one. I opened the Coke bottle that Hadron gave me and poured the potion on it. I was about to put a towel over my face when I heard a woman's voice behind me, which seemed to be calling me.
"Wu Ping~Wu Ping~" This voice makes me feel excited, as if it is called a soul! When I reflexively turned around, I saw a woman standing in the grass not far behind me.
I hurriedly turned on the flashlight, because of the long-term use, the battery was almost exhausted, and the light was not strong at this time, but I still saw this woman clearly!
This woman has long hair and a shawl, fair skin, and is wearing a pure white dress, fluttering in the wind, looking bewitching and charming... I unconsciously started to beat my heart faster, I don't know if I was shy or scared!
At this time, this woman was standing in the grass, waving at me, and said faintly: "Wu Ping~Wu Ping~ Come on, come quickly." With that, he turned and walked into the dark and misty darkness.
My mind went blank, and the ghost almost followed her, and when we walked through a tall grass, a cave appeared in front of us, and the woman reached out and took my hand, and led me to the cave, and then suddenly fell into my arms!
I was startled at first, and then, gradually, I felt as if something had taken away my consciousness, and my thoughts were completely out of my control.
I just felt like my brain was getting groggy and unable to think, blank!
Suddenly I heard that faint voice again: "Kiss me..."
Just when I almost lost my mind completely, and when I continued, the only little consciousness left in my heart suddenly reminded me of Liu Tong! The thought of her and Akai saying goodbye made me feel irritated, and my thoughts slowly returned to my brain.
Suddenly, I suddenly remembered...... The picture of Liu Tong eating chicken legs in Wang's grave...... All of a sudden, I just felt nauseous!
Then I suddenly understood what was going on, and I said to myself, "Holy! It's an illusion, it's an illusion! ”
I opened my closed eyes, and I saw that the tip of her nose was almost touching mine, and I could feel the breath coming out of her mouth!
I closed my eyes and stopped looking at her, and slammed the drugged towel over my face, and I felt a strange smell that ran into my nostrils.
Although Qiangzi said that if he was hit by this hallucination, even if there was an antidote, he could not recover immediately, but I felt that I seemed to be immune to this toxin, just like the last time I was in the stone monument of Wang's tomb, I just put on a gas mask and immediately woke up.
So I had the mindset of giving it a try, and I took a hard breath. Then I felt the world spinning, and the ethereal voice of the woman echoing in my ears became more and more blurred.
After feeling dizzy, I was really much more awake, and what I was holding in my arms now felt like a dead tree trunk!
I cautiously opened my eyes, but I couldn't see what I was holding, my hand holding the flashlight, and now I was holding this thing, and the flashlight light happened to be blocked by it, so it was very dark, blurry and indistinct.
I held up the flashlight and shone it on this thing I was holding, and when I saw what it was, I was literally scared to pee my pants!
I saw that what I was holding was a dry female corpse!!
Her skin was severely dehydrated, with only a layer of skin hanging from her bones, her hair was very long, and her lips were rotten and shriveled, revealing a few teeth that had not fallen out. Her eyeballs were rotten, with only two black sockets. Moreover, her hideous, horrible corpse face was so close to mine that I could even smell the stench of corpses emanating from her!
Me: "Ah! With a scream, he pushed her far away, turned around and ran deeper into the cave.