205. Habit
After the indigenous man was honest, Luo Jinghan put a rope loop on his feet, and the other end of the rope was held in Luo Jinghan's hand, and then pointed to the bamboo pole next to him. The indigenous man had to get up and prop up the raft again, and the tunnel was no longer as narrow as before, it was about two meters wide, but the water was gradually turbulent.
The bamboo raft with Xu Jiu has disappeared without a trace, and I believe that the problems I encountered here will also be encountered. It's just that with their shrewdness, those two indigenous men won't be their opponents, so they don't worry.
I'm worried about the water conditions. There are a total of four people on the bamboo raft, if the flat water surface is not a problem, but the water is turbulent, can only that bamboo pole be able to support it? Seeing that the tunnel in front of me had come to an end, the water waves had become larger, and the bamboo raft had floated up and down, and people could no longer stand firmly.
I first squatted down and clasped the sides of the raft with both hands to stabilize my body, followed by Luo Jinghan. However, Gao Cheng did not shake at all, but followed the bamboo raft swinging his body and tilted and straightened with ease, he actually figured out the water potential in a short period of time, and his body was able to follow the coordination. Even the native man at the helm at the front looked at him in amazement, and then I didn't doubt that Takashiro would be able to hold the pole and play the water, because his super learning ability was really amazing.
At the moment when the bamboo raft rushed out of the tunnel mouth, a strong wind blew in my face, and the waves were more than half a meter high, and the bamboo raft leaned up, and my body also leaned back. But the waves were so fast that my hands could barely grasp the sides of the bamboo raft, and suddenly Luo Jinghan, who was in front of me, let go of his hand and fell towards me, and the rope in his hand was also loosened.
Seeing that Luo Jinghan was about to hit me, and I would definitely not be able to hold the bamboo raft by this force, I was ready to roll into the water together with the next two of them, and suddenly Luo Jinghan was pulled by the collar and choked the fall. I raised my head and met Gao Cheng's calm eyes, the waves rolled over, and the bamboo raft was finally level. But where are the indigenous men?
Looking around, the water is wide, and there is a huge rock in the center, as if there is a suction force, and the water is all converging there. So where is the source of the flow of water? Suddenly I saw something on the surface of the water, I looked closely, and was surprised, it seemed to be an indigenous man, he had already reached the vicinity of the boulder, and the bubble just now was immediately swallowed by the water, and then it never came out again.
Seeing that the bamboo raft was rushing towards the boulder along the water, Gao Chengtu stepped on the head of the bamboo raft with a strong foot, and at some point he scooped up the bamboo pole that fell into the water, and thrust it into the water, blocking the momentum of the bamboo raft. Immediately after he pulled out the bamboo pole and inserted it diagonally, but a wave came, and the bamboo raft turned over to the side, and Gao Cheng narrowly held on to prevent the bamboo raft from turning over.
Luo Jinghan and I were not good, the water was all splashed on our bodies, and almost all my fingernails were cut into the bamboo raft to barely stabilize our bodies. At this time, I only listened to Gao Cheng's deep order: "You lie down and tie your bodies with ropes." "Luo Jinghan immediately executed, first come and help me tie it, the rope is ready-made just now for the indigenous man, after fixing my waist and legs on the bamboo raft, he also lay down and tied himself.
In this way, the eccentricity on the raft is relatively reduced. I was lying at the end of the raft, and I could see Gao Cheng standing at the head of the bamboo raft with his feet open and shoulder-width apart, and the bamboo pole was like a flying sword in his hand, and also like Sun Wukong's golden hoop stick, alternately leading the bamboo raft to split the waves.
If it weren't for this situation, I would have felt that Gao Cheng at this time was simply handsome, and he had the heroic momentum of crossing the river with a reed.
In the afterglow, he saw that although the bamboo raft was still approaching the boulder at a certain speed, it was no longer straight, and Gao Cheng was methodically moving the head of the raft away from the boulder. Due to the turbulent current, there are waves from time to time, and the overflowing water covers the face from time to time, and the water pours in from the neckline, and it is cold from the outside to the inside.
Thankfully, Takajo narrowly avoided the bamboo raft over the boulder area. It was true that the boulder was a bit evil, and I could feel a strong suction force under the water while lying on the raft, so avoiding the whirlpool area was tantamount to going upstream. If it weren't for the foresight of Takajo to lie down and tie the raft to the raft with ropes, we would have been swept into the water by the waves, and we might have ended up swept into the boulder area like an indigenous man.
Later, almost the whole person sank underwater, and the sound of water was all in his ears, and he couldn't open his eyes. After a few degrees of breathlessness and almost suffocation, my face suddenly burst out of the water, and I took a big breath and sank into the water again. After tossing and turning like this, my head was a little groggy and my ears were buzzing.
Finally, no matter how difficult the countercurrent was, Gao Cheng still managed to survive the bamboo raft, avoiding the relative waves in the rapids area, which was not so big, and my breathing that was blocked by the water several times finally returned to normal. When I opened my eyes, I found that the sky was hidden from time to time, and I was slow to react for a moment, only to realize that the bamboo raft seemed to have entered the canyon, and the mountain had covered most of the sky, leaving only a small half of the sky.
Hearing Luojing, he said happily: "It's the first time I've seen the sky from this perspective, beautiful!" ”
When I saw that the water was already flowing, I untied the rope around my waist and sat up. Just as Gao Cheng looked back and beckoned to me, "Come here." Without hesitation, I untied the rope on my feet, stepped over to him from the bamboo raft next to Luo Jinghan's body, and my hand was held, pulling me to his side and side by side with him.
The wind in the canyon was not small, and it was cold on my soaked body, but because of the man standing next to me, I ignored my external sense. There is a moment of tranquility in the rare danger, and it feels like riding the wind and waves with him, wandering the world.
When the raft turned a corner, I saw a shore not far away, and a long bamboo raft was lying across the shore. We looked at each other, not sure if the bamboo raft was taken with Xu Jiu one after another, but at least we were sure that this place was already on the other side of the voyage. I calculated that if we were to be excluded from the time when we had a dispute in the middle, it would be about half an hour.
If they go ashore with Xu Jiu one after another, it stands to reason that they should be waiting for us here. But there was no sign of anyone around, not even the other two natives.
After pulling the raft aside, we went ashore one after another. Judging from the obvious water stains on the ground, the people on the raft had just come ashore. If the whole system of this organization is what people do and does not interfere with each other, then there should be three natives waiting to pick up the population on this shore. Therefore, if you successively pinch the indigenous people here with Xu Jiu, there should have been a fight with little impact.
The reason why it is said that the impact is not great is that such an organizational system is so huge, I don't know how many people there are from top to bottom, and it is impossible for all of them to be as good as "Bruce Lee". It is not difficult to deal with Xu Jiu's skills one after another.
Without much thought, he walked along the trail of water. When I saw the shallows on the shore, I couldn't help but wonder how big this wetland park really is, and I haven't seen any traces of tourists so far. There is no signal on the mobile phone here, and Luo Jinghan's locator has completely lost its effectiveness, but it is certain that Qiu Yuebai and Qu Xinhua are also within this range, and I have a feeling that the mountain rain is about to come and the wind is full of buildings.
The trail of water was hidden in front of a shoal, and behind it was a forest of reeds that was taller than a man. Faintly feeling that something was wrong, if the natives gave the people who had been transported over to the people on the shore, would they be able to carry the people on their backs through the reed forest
In his ears came Gao Cheng's order: "Go back!" "We turned around without saying a word, but after only a dozen meters away, we realized that something was wrong under our feet, and the soil that was still quite hard became soft. Gao Cheng's face sank, and he grabbed my hand and ran, Luo Jinghan followed closely, but he was injured and his steps were not so fast, and he was left behind by us. Hearing only a muffled snort, I reflexively turned around, and was surprised to see Luo Jinghan's right leg sunk into the mud, and he grabbed the grass next to him and tried to pull it up.
"Save him!" I shouted. was dragged forward by Gao Cheng: "You run first." He turned around and dragged Jing Han down, and I only hesitated and continued to run forward, the only thing I could do at this time was not to drag down. There must be something wrong beneath the surface, otherwise it would not have been possible to collapse like a swamp in a short period of time.
ran out forty or fifty meters in one breath, and only stopped when he reached the rocky area, and turned around to see Gao Cheng striding towards Luo Jinghan, and Luo Jinghan's right leg was limp, obviously injured. But because it was covered with mud, I couldn't see where the injury was.
I silently stepped forward to hold him to the other side, and increased my running speed. Finally returned to the shore where the bamboo raft was parked, and let Luo Jinghan sit down and wash his right foot in the water to wash off the sludge. As the water was muddy and his pants were clean, I saw that his pants were broken with several holes, and when he pulled his legs out of the water, I couldn't help but gasp, "What did you bite?" ”
Luo Jinghan grinned bitterly: "It seems to be a snake." ”
Looking at the swollen foot, I asked nervously, "Is it poisonous?" Gao Cheng sneered: "If it is poisonous, he can still sit here?" "I breathe a sigh of relief, as long as it's not poisonous. But seeing Luo Jinghan digging out his pocket but looking for it, I asked him what he was looking for, and he replied that the knife, although the snake is not a poisonous snake, it was quickly infected after being bitten, which proves that the snake is very problematic, and the skin of the foot must be cut open and bloody.
I hesitated and reached into my pocket, "Use mine first." "On the open palm lay a Swiss Army knife. Luo Jinghan was stunned, and subconsciously turned his head to look at Gao Cheng, but I lowered my eyes and did not squint. The Swiss Army Knife was left over a year ago on the isolated island of High City, and I tried to throw it away, but I eventually took it with me.
For more than a year, it has become a habit to keep it close to your body.
Sometimes I feel like I'm deceiving myself, trying to forget him on the one hand, but ...... on the other You can't quit this habit.
After Luo Jinghan took the saber and opened it, he made two cuts on his calf without mercy, and blood immediately gushed out. But when he saw that the blood was red and black, and it was very concentrated, it flowed to the ground and became lumpy. Squeezed until the blood turned bright red, Luo Jinghan took out a packet of medicinal powder and sprinkled it on the wound, the medicinal powder was used to treat his abdominal knife wound, and it turned out that he had brought it with him.
Fortunately, it was wrapped in oiled paper, otherwise it would have been useless if it had been soaked in water just now.
At this time, looking back at the dangerous place just now, it became calm again, as if nothing had happened. Luo Jinghan asked the question in my heart: "Brother Cheng, why did that land suddenly collapse?" ”
"Because there are serpents beneath the surface."
Luo Jinghan and I were both stunned, "You mean it's the snake that caused the ground to soften and collapse?" How many snakes does this take? ”
"The reed forest is a snake cave, and these snakes are all trained, and they are basically hollowed out under the surface. Originally, the snakes may have been hibernating, and when they receive a signal, they will move underneath, causing the surface structure to collapse. In addition, there is water in the lower layer, and when it is in harmony with the soil, it becomes silt. In a few words, Gao Cheng summed up the danger just now.
"So what now?" Luo Jinghan frowned, "Can't move forward, can you go back to the raft again?" ”
I looked at the mountain wall on the shore at the same time as I looked at the high city. The reason why I followed the trail of the water was first of all because I thought that there was only one road to the west on the shore, because to the east was a right-angled mountain wall, which surrounded the water. But just now I had noticed a loophole in front of the reed forest, and not to mention the danger of the serpent beneath the surface, it was impossible to drag the natives from the other side of the water to the reed forest by such a long way as to get there.
Then instead of going west, there is only one possibility, and the shore is the end point. <