46. Men's space
It may not be that all the stumps are close together, some are separated by a foot apart, but they all have one thing in common: the surface of the bark becomes brittle, and the heart of the tree is empty. This fact proves the age of this place, and also reflects its primitiveness and simplicity.
In the first ten minutes, he dug three holes in a row and then turned back and called me along, because he had already foreseen that the situation might be the same in the future, and since it was impossible to climb up, he had to move forward from the bottom. The choice of direction is still based on the map points displayed on the mobile phone, relatively speaking, it is faster than walking on the treetops.
At first, I was in charge of chiseling the bark one after another, but later on, in order to save time, I also found sharp tools to help me chisel together. Layers of stumps passed through it, and we found ourselves getting closer and closer to our destination. If we can get there in this way, the potholes in these stumps will be our best cover. It's like digging a tunnel to get to that location, and no one would think we're hiding in a tree hole.
But the process was also difficult to execute, and after passing through dozens of tree stumps in a row, my tiger's mouth wore out the skin. After all, not all trees are hollow and rotten enough for people to drill through, and some have to be chiseled little by little with the tools in our hands, and even if there are not many such cases, it is still draining our physical strength. Later, he couldn't even lift his hands, so he threw the things in his hands on the ground one after another, and there was a clanging sound, "I'm tired, take a rest." Then he leaned back and sat down.
Seeing this, I also withdrew my hand, raised my wrist to look at the time, it was already past six o'clock, and just now I found that it was dark outside. The map shows that we are not far from that location, but it will take a lot of time to get through in this way, mainly because the physical strength cannot keep up.
In the end, they decided one after another: "Let's rest in here for the night, let's block the hole with a bag." ”
"Aren't you afraid that Brother Liang and them will have an accident?"
"If something happens, there will be an accident a long time ago, and no matter how fast you are, you can't catch up with each other, they are a hundred times more familiar with the road of this mountain and forest than us. And at night, when the beasts are infested, it will be very dangerous for us to make any more noise and burrow out of the trees. ”
He was right, but I was silent for a moment and then asked firmly, "The tracker on Brother Liang and the Three Crazy Men is a specific device, or did you have a code between you?" They should be fine for the time being, otherwise you wouldn't be so calm. ”
Squinted one after another, the burning eyes in the dark were a little like a leopard in the dark night, but only for a moment, and soon he smiled, "Xiao Jiu, can you not always be so sharp?" Leave some room for us men. ”
Ignoring his nonsense, although he didn't answer me directly, he admitted my previous speculation.
The space is small, if you don't speak, you can even hear the other party's breathing clearly, and after a silence for a while, he finds that the person next to him is breathing evenly, and the frequency is almost the same, and when he looks sideways, he closes his eyes as if he is asleep.
His eyes lingered for a moment, making sure he had really fallen asleep in just a few minutes. To be honest, I am also very sleepy and tired, as soon as my eyes are closed, I feel very sour, but my brain is constantly running, and I can't sleep. Just as I was dazed, I suddenly felt a weight on my shoulder, and when I opened my eyes, I found that I had fallen on top of me one after another, and I was sleeping soundly.
If I had done before, my instinctive reaction would have been to move away and let him fall to the ground. But there was a slight hesitation at the moment, and finally he took his head and gently put him on the ground, and then moved a little distance to the side. But the stump space is not larger than before, only more than a meter in diameter, so the movement position is limited, the knees are still against him, and he can only lie on his side with his legs curled.