100. There is no way back
Obviously, the first choice is in the wrong direction, and after digging about a meter forward, I found that the rock formation of the honeycomb structure has become hard, and the cavity is also getting smaller, so it is difficult to hit naturally. You don't have to open your mouth one after another, you know it's time to stop.
When I turned around and was about to dig in another direction, I heard one after another say behind me: "Xiao Jiu, if all directions have been tried and failed, use the stupidest method, in the position where I just dug in one meter out, carefully dig upward, leaving my own free space, and push the gravel in the rest of the position out until it is dug through." β
This is indeed the stupidest method, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive. Fortunately, I didn't encounter a situation where all the directions mentioned one after another didn't work, and the other wall I chose was quickly dug into it to a depth of more than one person, and I was crawling on the ground to operate. After another thought, the silence followed, and the fire cluster could no longer be tied into a torch with strips of cloth because the steel pipe was going to come in handy, so he stuffed the strips of cloth into the hole, and then lit them like a wick, burning very slowly, and the light of the fire was not very bright enough to illuminate. After all, I'm a coolie, not a technical job, as long as my subordinates are light.
As it turned out, it was very likely that when I used my whole body as a force point, I would lie on it diagonally and I would not hear the sound of the rock breaking at all. The deeper you dig, the more you sigh at the breadth of the range, which is astonishing.
It was only after I had dug ten meters into it that I had dug in, and since I had only dug the diameter of one person to pass through, as soon as he entered, he hid the faint light of the fire at the entrance of the cave and plunged into darkness. He also wanted to swap places with me before, but I refused, don't see if he can get up, but I know that the two wounds have shed a lot of blood, and he has consumed too much blood, and he is still weak when he even speaks, where can he dig again.
He didn't insist on it, and followed me silently. It is estimated that when I climbed about three or four meters high, I suddenly heard a clear crisp sound from behind, and I was shocked to turn back, but I heard a sharp voice one after another: "Don't care about me, keep digging up!" As his voice fell, there were a few more obvious crisp sounds, and our hearts sank, and we ignored something.
The same force point has different load-bearing strengths, just like a thin piece of ice that can only withstand 50 kilograms of force, but adds an extra 15 kilograms, then the result will only be ice cracking. At this time, the honeycomb structure on my body is this thin layer of ice, my weight can bear it, it does not mean that it can be one after another, and the thinness of these rock layers is not even, it is likely that the rock formations under my body are particularly thin.
Gritting your teeth, trying to breathe as steadily as possible, and asking in a voice that couldn't be softer, "What do you do now?" Don't let me go alone, I won't accept it. At this moment, even the sound is a little higher, I am afraid that a slight earthquake will shatter the rock formations under the body one after another, and if it collapses at this time, it will inevitably drive a large earthquake, and the honeycomb structure above is likely to fall down directly.
Silence returned, I waited silently for his reply, and the movements of my hands stopped, for fear that no matter how light I was, it would affect him.
The light sigh was very clear, and the low voice circulated in the cramped space: "Xiao Jiu, why are you so stubborn? Don't you understand? You can get out of this place alone, and these thin rock formations can't hold my weight. At this point, you can no longer retreat, but only move forward, because if you retreat, it will only increase the load of my thin rock layers, accelerate their fragmentation, and you and I will sink to the bottom, so that the superstructure will collapse and we will be buried alive together. Only if you move forward, climb up little by little according to the method just now, and when you reach the surface, you may still be able to think of a way to save me. β
He whispered at a constant rate throughout the passage, and even though I couldn't see him, I could tell that he was calm in his tone. I also admit that what he said is the only feasible solution, because at this time it is not only me, but even he can't retreat. It is estimated that at this moment, even a minute of movement while he is lying there may immediately cause a collapse. However, I took a deep breath and asked in a low voice, "What if, in the process, you fall in?" β
A low laugh came, and one after another's voices became extremely cold: "Xu Jiu, are you there?" I have Dongdong, I won't like you, even if you die for me, it's just a touch at most. When I look back on this moment years from now, I'll mention you like a story, but that's it, no more. After all, I met you in Pingshui, but we have only known each other for more than ten days. So, are you sure you want to fight for me? β
I buried my head in my elbows, and the dull pain spread from the bottom of my heart, and my eyes were hot, and the liquid dripped down from the hole beneath me, silently. When I looked up, I replied with practical actions, stretched out my arm and continued to tap the thin rock formation, knocking off one point, moving one point upward, sometimes an inch, sometimes half a foot, and when I moved out about ten meters, the words overflowed from between my bitten lips: "One after another, I will come back." β
There are still two words left unspoken: wait for me.
He thought I was stupid and could get away with me by saying things that bordered on being harsh to provoke me. But I've known one after another, and I've never been a mean person, even if he really doesn't like me, but he won't say such hurtful words, and if I really die here today, if he can walk out alive, I believe he will be guilty for a long time. That's the kind of person he is...... Good.
Yes, he is a good man. I've hugged him before.
In the dark space, I couldn't hear his breathing, and I didn't respond, but I knew it was far from what he could hear. After that, I didn't stop any longer, slowly going upwards in a slow process, I don't know how long I was sneaking on my stomach, when I chiseled through the rock formations and saw the hollowing out above the diagonal top, I was stunned for a while, and then ecstasy.
During the whole process, I was always dual-minded, tapping on one hand, sharpening my ears to listen to the movement around me, and even the slightest whisper would stop, listening intently to make sure that it was not the sound of collapse coming from behind me before continuing. So, so far, I haven't heard anything unusual.
I moved forward and thought that when I got out and reached safety, I would have to find more vines, and if there were none, I would make a rope out of branches or bark, find a solid tree and tie it, and then I would take the rope and go down from the original pit.
Silently thought: Look, one after another, I have even thought about how to save you, wait for me a little longer, and I will come to save you soon.
Happiness and sorrow may be me, just after I thought about those words happily, even my hands were already stretched out of the honeycomb hole, and suddenly a bang exploded in my ears, and my scalp was numb on the spot, and my whole brain crashed. After that, my body sank uncontrollably, like a heart that sank to the bottom, and I once again experienced the process of falling from a high place to the bottom layer by layer.
There is only one thought in the blank mind: what to do one after another?
This time, there was no one one to cushion me under me, so when I fell to the bottom, it was completely solid, and when the pain spread into my nerves, I experienced the pain of being bitten by ants in my whole body, as if all the bones in my body were falling apart. And this is not what I fear, what is really terrifying is the sound of the collapse of thin rock layers one after another, not only at this point, but also on the whole surface.
The only protection I could do was to cover my head with my hands, and sometimes a gravel hit me, and it hurt so much that it was numb. When everything finally came to a standstill, I didn't bother to look at my surroundings, and I tried to roll over and get up, but I fell to the ground halfway through my posture because I was dizzy.
Lying on his stomach for a long time, waiting for the dizziness to be less severe, he slowly raised his head, and then struggled to get up. The direction of the fall just now was messed up, and I don't know which side it was on one after another, it was dark and not in the middle of winter, and there was no fire, but I felt that the space was now empty because of the collapse of a large area, which was equivalent to opening a super large hole on the surface of the ground.
I had to shout: "One after another, are you not there?" "I shouted out, and there was no sound except for my own echo. I shouted again with my voice raised, but there was still no response. Inexplicably, I was afraid, I didn't know if I was afraid that I was the only one in this empty space, or if I was afraid...... No, it won't, it's going to be fine.
Still blindly walked in one direction, shouting the sentence repeatedly as he walked, walked forward for about twenty or thirty meters, then turned around and walked back to the original place, and then chose a direction to shout. After all four directions have come, I already have a bottom in my heart, choose the direction I took at the beginning, and move forward step by step.
Just now I was actually measuring the size of this space, and the other three directions are about twenty to thirty meters to the end, but the first direction is not reached. From digging the pit that originally fell to the hole penetration, it is at least about 50 meters of slope distance of about 50 meters, and the distance of the mental arithmetic straight line must be about 40 meters. The huge tremor just now apparently collapsed the thin rock formations around it.
I walked faster and faster, until I became a wild run, and when I finally reached the end, I looked at the faint white light shining from the top of the clear, and almost immediately determined that this was the place where we had fallen, for I had seen the fur coat I had taken off from the ground.
"One after anotherβ"
A muffled grunt came from behind him, and he turned around in surprise, but his eyes narrowed into a line, and he didn't see a figure. Suddenly realized something, strode forward, the steel pipe that had been dug and chiseled before did not know where to roll when it fell, there was no way, I could only dig the gravel with my bare hands. Dig down two or three feet deep, and if you don't have it, you will change positions, and there was only one thought at that time, one after another, he must be found.
The hard work paid off, and finally when my hand was numb and unconscious, I found a human leg lying down, and tears instantly burst out of my eyes. When I was digging hard to get people out of the rubble, I wiped my tears with my sleeve, and when I was done, I wiped them again, but I couldn't wipe them out.
Even I don't know if it's joy and crying or sadness comes from it, the joy is that he really didn't die one after another, and he still left a breath of air, I really heard it right just now, that muffled snort came from his mouth, obviously he was not completely unconscious, and there was still consciousness. Sadly, he was hurt worse than I had imagined, and the rubble poured on his back, destroying the wound once again, but luckily in the last moment he put his head in his hands, not exposing the most vulnerable part to danger.
It's just that......
His hand was broken.