Chapter 22: The Driven Cattle and Sheep

Kong Yan smiled, "Naturally." As he spoke, he untied the holster, only to see more than a dozen shiny scalpels lined up one by one, scalpels of different styles refracted dazzling light in the golden sunlight, and then Kong Yan took out iodine tincture and alcohol from his clothes.

Xiang Qingwu was no stranger to the strange things that these people took out from time to time, she looked at Kong Yan, when she saw him on the bank of the river beach for the first time, she thought that the other party was the same as herself, and he was also from Yuelan Country, but now it seems that she is thinking too much, the person in front of her is from Huaxia Country like Liu Sha and them, but he belongs to the one with a special hobby in Huaxia Kingdom.

Xiang Qingwu watched Kong Yan slowly wipe the potions on Xu Lin's legs, and then took out a transparent film and pasted it on the surface of the wound site, and only after everything was in order did he take out a knife that was no more than two fingers wide and began to cut off the rotten flesh and blood on Xu Lin's feet bit by bit, the rancid smell even Xiang Qingwu had to have a sense of smell to endure it, but the other party could not change his face during the whole process, and every time he went under the knife, he was more stable and ruthless, and he was not affected by the outside world at all.

I have to say that Xiang Qingwu has indeed changed his opinion of Kong Yan, at least he is not a useless sick seedling. And she also realized that the "doctor" in the other party's mouth should be the "doctor" of Yuelan Country.

How painful it is to scrape bones and dig flesh, Xiang Qingwu has never been so serious even if she has suffered the most serious injury, but she watched Xu Lin grit her teeth in pain and faint during the whole treatment process, but she will soon wake up in pain, and after waking up, she faints again, so repeatedly, it is really better to die than to live.

"He can tolerate pain more than the average person." In the end, Kong Yan bandaged Xu Lin and said so.

Xiang Qingwu squatted down and pulled the strip of cloth out of Xu Lin's mouth and threw it aside, after hearing this, she looked at Xu Lin's closed eyes and sweaty head, and nodded, "It is indeed beyond my expectations." She thought that Xu Lin would not be able to resist.

Kong Yan carefully wiped the scalpel, and his cheeks, which were not very bloody, looked even more haggard because of exertion at the moment, so he put the scalpel back into the skin bag one by one and tied it around his waist. Finally, he turned his head to look at Xiang Qingwu and asked with a smile, "Miss Xiang, can you talk about our cooperation now?" ”

Xiang Qingwu looked at him and asked for a while, "How do you want to cooperate?" ”

...

On Shiachijima, none of the disasters were expected, and none of them could be explained by science.

All despair often comes from a moment of powerlessness.

In the afternoon, the sky was suddenly cloudy, and a heavy rain poured down, and the rain burst into a noisy noise, but it was only half an hour to make the sky dark on Shichiju Island. The previously parched beach resembles an enraged beast, and the river swells and becomes turbulent, with broken branches and gravel rushing downstream.

The frightened screams of the contractors who had not had time to flee were soon drowned out in the torrential rain, and the howling flood drove the remnants of the people to the shore, and the once bustling river beach was completely covered by muddy floodwaters in the afternoon.

The river is still rising little by little, and even on the high bank, it is not reassuring.

The howling, the invective, the shouting, it was as if it were repeating itself again on the seventh day.

"What to do, what should we do, no, nothing, nothing, woo woo woo ......"

"Hold the grass, your uncle, what the hell is going on, don't let people live, damn it, damn it!"

"Help, who will save me, my leg is injured, please, help me."

Crying in the storm, scolding in the dark, and lingering like a dehydrated fish, all of these make up the most unique "scenery" of Shiaju Island.

"Captain, if you don't see Kong Yan, I'm afraid it's too bad luck!" The figure hurriedly ran to Bao Qiren and shouted.

In the afternoon, Bao Qiren was tired of playing with the two women, and was dragged to the shore by his subordinates when he was sleeping in a daze.

"What do you say? Let you go to someone! The rain was so heavy that Bao Qiren didn't hear it clearly.

The subordinates said it again, and Bao Qiren frowned after hearing it and asked, "Dead?" Are you sure? ”

"I searched around and couldn't find anyone, I should be dead!" The other party replied.

Bao Qiren scolded, regretting that he didn't listen to Kong Yan's words and let people transfer all the materials first, although he asked people to pack up their things, but in such an urgent situation, his subordinates only brought out a small batch, thinking that so many supplies were gone, Bao Qiren was like being dug up meat, he irritablely pushed away his subordinates and turned around and shouted, "Don't look at it, don't hurry up!" ”

At the same time, the other side.

"How's it going, have you found it?" Zhuo Jinghua wiped the rain from his face, squinted his eyes and asked loudly.

Wang Yu walked over with the injured Liu Sha in his arms, shook his head and shouted, "Captain, don't look for it, let's get out of here quickly, the flood is so fierce, they will definitely not survive." ”

"Yes, Captain, let's go!" Others persuaded him.

"Those who can escape have already escaped, there are more than 30 people in our team, and now there are more than a dozen people left, which is already good, I see that no one in some teams has escaped, the captain is the most important situation, let's go!"

Zhuo Jinghua frowned and looked at the surging river, ten minutes ago there were still people struggling in the river to call for help, but now only the corpses and dead branches and rubble washed down with the current are left.

"Let's go!" Finally, Zhuo Jinghua gritted his teeth and helped the wounded man turn around and walk towards the forest.

More and more contractors recognized the reality, and they hesitated, and finally followed them out of the river beach and into the forest. If they want to survive, they must find shelter from the rain as soon as possible, otherwise if they get sick, the consequences are likely to be death.

"Vice! Why aren't you leaving? Someone rushed to Bai Ke's side with a leaf on his head, squinting his eyes and urging him.

Bai Ke looked at the chaotic crowd on the riverbank and sighed secretly, "Kong Yan, you must give me a life." ”

"Vice? If you don't leave, the captain will be angry! The man complained.

Bai Ke turned around and angrily snatched the leaves from the other party's hand and put them on his head, and gave the other party a chestnut casually, "Go!" ”

"Vice, you bully!" The people who came unwillingly chased after them.

The two figures quickly disappeared into the heavy rain.

Natural selection, survival of the fittest.

The invisible hand was turning the clouds and rain on Shichiju Island at will, pushing the contractors to move forward step by step, and no one could turn back.

It rained heavily for three days and three nights, and no one knew what hellish the scene was on the other side of the river. During these three days, as more and more people were injured and sick, they were gradually abandoned by their friends and team, and the corpses that did not have time to decompose were soon devoured by the wild beasts of the forest.

On the fourth day, the clouds were cleared.

The sun illuminated the dense forest, and the water trails on the ground soon receded, and people huddled in all corners began to come out and move.

"Whoosh-" A feathered arrow pierced through the right leg of the creature in the bushes, and it fluttered to escape, but was then captured by a bandaged hand.

Just as Xiang Qingwu was walking back with this wingless but pheasant-like animal, an arm suddenly stretched out from the grass and grabbed her ankle.

"Help me... Please......" a weak voice came from the grass.

Xiang Qingwu used a bow and arrow to push through the grass with an expressionless face, only to see a man lying inside with a foul smell all over his body, the clothes on the man's body were in tatters, as if they had been burned by fire, the white bones inside the two legs were rotten, and even the palm of the hand holding her ankle was covered with thick sores after blisters rotted.

“... Fire...... What a big fire... Help me, save me......" The man pleaded as hard as he could, his festering face twisting violently in pain.

Xiang Qingwu frowned and kicked the man's arm, meeting the man's completely cloudy gaze, she knew that the other party could not live anymore.

The man craned his neck hard, perhaps sensing Xiang Qingwu's refusal, he suddenly smiled bitterly, he couldn't support it anymore and fell, but his mouth was pleading, "... Help me, kill me. ”

The appearance of the man did not surprise Xiang Qingwu, after the river beach was flooded, people fled into the forest, it was only the fourth day, there should be many people who survived, but as time went by, there will be fewer and fewer who will survive. Xiang Qingwu even had the illusion that the entire Seven Islands was like a huge cup, and they were all Gu raised by the people behind the scenes!

When she went back, Xiang Qingwu remembered Kong Yan's words, and from time to time she paid attention to the plants along the way, and when she saw that the plants she felt familiar with would pick some and bring them back, she guessed that Kong Yan should be trying to find out the herbs that could be used on the island, after all, they would be here for a long, long time.

When they remembered that day, they were in the forest, and when they realized that the river beach had been submerged, they saw countless people flocking to the forest regardless of it. They are like cattle and sheep that have been driven out of the pen, running away in a panic.

Xiang Qingwu thought about it as he bypassed the puddle under his feet, the continuous rain caused many low-lying areas in the forest to merge into puddles of different sizes, Kong Yan said that there are especially many parasites similar to white caterpillars in this puddle, which will enter the bodies of people and animals through wounds and multiply rapidly.

There was a sound of talking from the half-cliff in the distance, Xiang Qingwu's hearing was particularly keen, she knew that it was Kong Yan talking to Xu Lin, Xu Lin woke up yesterday afternoon, the recovery speed of his wound was amazing, Kong Yan said that if such a serious injury was changed to an ordinary person, it would take at least ten days and half a month to get off the ground, but Xu Lin secretly went to the ground last night to relieve himself outside the cave, and although she blamed a few words when he came back, the inspection found that the wound had no effect at all.

After this incident, Kong Yan's interest in Xulin seemed to be much greater than that of her, if it weren't for the conditions, Xiang Qingwu suspected that he would be eager to slice Xulin and take it to study.

The entrance to the cave on the half cliff was found by Xiang Qingwu the day before yesterday, it was raining heavily, she vaguely saw the fire on the cliff, and thought that someone was on it, so she dragged Xu Lin and Kong Yan into the cave, but when she went in, she found that there was nothing inside.

Putting away the messy thoughts in her heart, Xiang Qingwu tied the prey to her waist and grabbed the vines on the cliff wall and was ready to climb back to the cliff cave, but suddenly noticed the abnormality of the weeds under her feet, she just squatted down to see clearly, but suddenly heard a wind behind her.

Xiang Qingwu moved under his feet and dodged instantly, and with a "snap", a stone smashed onto the cliff. And when she turned around, she also saw clearly that the people who attacked her were three children, about fifteen or sixteen years old, unkempt, skinny, and with a ruthlessness and violence that did not match their age.