Chapter 60: Escape from Death
As I struggled to pull my leg out, the saber-toothed lizard found a gap and bit me on the back of my hand, and I screamed in pain, but within a few seconds, the pain was gone, and then a numbness followed, and when I looked down, the blood stains on the wound were still bubbling up.
This is obviously a sign of poisoning, and it is not difficult to understand, not to mention this saber-toothed lizard, even any creature that appears next in this miasma forest is 100% definitely poisonous. Who did I offend, why can't I get over the poison all the time, but I can't think about it so much at this time, the sapper shovel in my hand is still there, and I can swing it a few times.
Ye Xiaolu was obviously not very optimistic behind her, and after seeing me fall to the ground and be bitten again, she asked me with concern, but before I could reply, I suddenly felt a tightness in my waist, and I knew that she was pulling the rope.
Because when she hit the saber-toothed lizard before, she untied the rope around her waist, but I didn't solve it, so when I was running, the rope was always pulled by me behind me, and at this time, seeing that I was deep in the quagmire, Ye Xiaolu did not hesitate, and grabbed the rope on the ground and wanted to pull me out.
In addition, I was bitten just now, and my spirit was also stimulated to sober up a lot, and the two of them pulled out the two legs that had been submerged in the knees.
I asked Ye Xiaolu if she was injured, this saber-toothed lizard is poisonous, and it will be troublesome to be bitten, seeing her shake her head, I felt a lot more relieved, this little girl is very dexterous, and it should not be difficult to dodge a bulky attack.
When I got up, I told her that if I walked forward, I might encounter the depths of the swamp, and if I didn't get bitten to death, I would have to suck it in and suffocate to death.
Ye Xiaolu nodded, and the two of them slowly moved to the side of the slightly thicker silver fir tree back to back, I motioned for her to climb up first, Xiao Nizi didn't ink, and after waving a dagger and cutting the belly of a saber-toothed lizard that was rushing over, the other hand pressed my shoulder hard and ran up.
After seeing that she reached a certain height, I also started to get up, but Ye Xiaolu said: "Don't come up yet, there are a lot of lizards climbing up on the tree behind you, I'll see if I can kick down some first." ”
It's been a stalemate, I estimate that another half an hour has passed, and the form has not improved, although the saber-toothed lizards around me seem to have more than a hundred, and they have run a lot, but the threat is still very great, and I have never been able to climb the tree, just leaning on the tree, Ye Xiaolu on the tree helps me observe the movement, and I can also lean against the tree to catch my breath.
Now it's going to be a lot lighter, but we don't care anymore, we're already soaking wet, and we're just thinking about how long we can last.
But at this moment, hope came again, it should be hope.
At the foot of the mountain, which was only two hundred meters away, there was a sudden sound of frogs, saying that it was hope, because the saber-toothed lizards seemed to be very afraid of the sound, and they all fled in terror, and even some of the ones that were already climbing on the trees fell, which made us both save our lives.
And why should it be hope, because this frog sound sounds like the roar of a tiger, the voice is low and terrifying, although the night vision is poor, we can't find the figure of the big frog, but how big a frog can carry the sound so far, plus this group of saber-toothed lizards seem to be extremely afraid of this sound, this is a good stubble.
Ye Xiaolu also slipped down from the tree, the two of them were surprised and happy, but they still didn't dare to move for a long time with their backs to back, for fear that if they encountered this thing in the future, they would inevitably die again.
Twenty minutes had passed, and the rain had stopped a few minutes earlier, and the moon in the sky had appeared, and silence had returned to all around, and we had recovered a lot of strength in this interval, and we discussed that if we really didn't see the giant frog coming, we might as well hurry first, after all, the camel was in sight.
If you are lucky enough to encounter a cave, you can rest and rest, and when you are on the road tomorrow morning, Ye Xiaolu asked me: "How to cross the swamp, the rain on the mountain will flow downward, but it will accumulate at the foot of the mountain to form a swamp." ”
I tried my best to look forward with a flashlight, shook my head non-stop, and said: "It's already here, it's still such a distance of two or three hundred meters, you can't get stuck here, what if the lizards come back in a while, in this way, you continue to tie the rope, let's stretch it out, the distance is ten meters, I will take a stick in front of me and stick it down to explore the way, if there is an accident, you can still pull me." ”
I didn't hesitate to find a wooden stick on the ground that was about the same length as my height, and I actually reached the hump of the road after inserting and walking, but the simple distance of two hundred meters wasted no less than twenty minutes for the two of us, and it was almost four o'clock when I looked at the watch.
Walking to a rock on the camel peak, my spirit suddenly relaxed a lot, Ye Xiaolu was the same, put down the backpack and lay directly on a rock and gasped for breath, I told her to check if there was anything wrong with her body, after being bitten by that thing, there was no pain, and it was easy to ignore.
Speaking of this, I noticed the wound on my hand, Ye Xiaolu took off her backpack and took out a first-aid kit inside, to smear medicine and serum for me, and my wound did not spread, it was still so big, I guess it was either because I had resistance to the poison, or the effect of the fire lotus paste was still there.
Anyway, it's important that you're okay.
After the wound was bandaged, the two of them recovered a lot, and they found a cave around here, and prepared to make a fire to warm up.
But why is it around, because the mountain can't go up at all, from a distance, this camel is indeed a green scene, but when you walk in, it turns out that the foot of the mountain seems to be surrounded by straight cut cliffs, only a handful of weeds in the rock crevices, and there is no place to climb.
Just like this, I looked for another ten minutes, and finally listened to the echo of the stream flowing in the cave, so that we both found a place to live, and went in to see, good guys, here is not only bottomless but also big scary, the stream sounds small, and it is not an exaggeration to go in and see that it is called an underground river.
I immediately decided that I couldn't go ahead, in case it was the same as the local mountain people, this was originally the tomb of a prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, and there must be a lot of danger in it, not to mention whether it can get by, we can't afford to waste time alone.
In addition, after running for a night, our stomachs were very hungry, Ye Xiaolu and I planned to eat some hot food here to warm up our bodies, and then wait for tomorrow morning to make a decision, thinking of this, we put the pot on the shelf, boiled some porridge with compressed biscuits, our backpack is very waterproof, the contents are not wet, after eating, make the fire bigger and bake the clothes, and then it will be the next day.
In order to find a way out, Ye Xiaolu and I decided to climb the cliff to take a look from a high place, the cliff was only three or four meters, and it was easy to climb up to a tree with the flying tiger's claws, and the position where I stood at this time should be the neck of the camel, which is the lowest point of this mountain beam.
But it was enough, I took out the binoculars, swept in front of me, the line of sight was full of mountains, and a large area of primeval forest, in the close distance under the feet, the nameless strange flowers and plants are countless, in the forest is still shrouded in layers of mist at this time, because the telescope is too far away, I can't tell whether it is a miasma.
But that's not the problem, it's that the underground river where we slept in the cave last night is at our feet, which means that it is impossible for us to climb over the neck of this camel's hump, and we will die unless we are sure that we will jump directly into the turbulent water without being swept away.
And from the top of the camel peak, but in that case, judging from the height of the mountain, it is impossible not to have three or four hours, I told Ye Xiaolu about the situation, and when I went down, I saw that this little girl had already packed up everything, and the two of them sat down and discussed it.
I said, "From my point of view, it is not only the river around us that is the cause, for although they seem to be of the same origin, it is evident that the outer one is several times wider than this one, and the ravines are criss-crossed, and there must be many tributaries alternating between the depths of the jungle and the inside of this cave." ”
Ye Xiaolu nodded, and thought about it seriously, this little girl looked weird all day, but in fact, her mind was very delicate, and then she heard her say: "If you can't get around and turn over from the head and tail of the camel, then there is only one possibility, that is, we have to go through this cave." ”
I said, "That's fine, I'm worried that the cave is bottomless, what if it doesn't reach the other side at all, you and I have walked through the tunnel, and judging by the length of the mountain, if it's connected, then we may see the light from our position for a while." ”
Ye Xiaolu shook his head again and said: "What I'm worried about is not that I can't get through this cave, what I think is that if this is really a prime minister's tomb as rumored, then no one has been here for thousands of years, and the tomb owner can't think of this, I think this cave is left for us to live." ”
What Xiao Nizi said really made sense, I immediately got up, picked up my bag and said, "Then what are you worried about, let's go." ”
Xiao Nizi didn't move, and said to me with a worried face: "What would you think if you robbed the bank and already alerted the police, and in the process of escaping, you found that the planned road was all fortified, and only one road was particularly smooth?" ”
I stood on the spot, and instantly understood, there must be an ambush, but what can I do, sighed and said, "Let's go, if there is no better choice, this is a fire pit and we have to jump over." ”