155 Cataclysmic Electric Fire
Located in the lower reaches of the river, the team members who suddenly encountered a meteorite hitting the ground and saw the wonders of water and fire all fell to the ground one by one, and they were all stunned. Only Liu Qian was the first to come back to her senses and shouted from everyone: "Run!" Get away from the river! The water is coming! ”
Under the greeting of Liu Qian, the team members had just run into the forest and had not gone far before the monstrous flood peak had already arrived.
"Take a deep breath! Get on the trunk of the tree! Don't let go! Don't let go of your legs! ”
As soon as Liu Qian's words fell, the raging flood had poured into the forest. Although the team members had hugged the trunk of the tree according to what Liu Qian said, under the washing of the turbulent water that had overflowed the canopy, Lu Nianxuan and Yao Xi were still stripped off the trunk by the strong current due to physical exhaustion and were swept into the water.
At the last moment, Nie Xiao and Jiang Jinghai stepped forward successively and grabbed Yao Xi and Lu Nianxuan, although the two rescued the two students with their rich experience, but when they fought with Hong Feng to save people, both of them inevitably collided with the lush trees in the forest, so they were injured to varying degrees.
The flood crest caused by the impact of electric fire comes and goes quickly. As soon as the waves passed, the river dried up completely, revealing the riverbed, and the pool at the end of the river, which had expanded rapidly when the flood hit, began to dwindle rapidly.
However, at this time, the team members still had spare energy to observe the changes in the river, and when the flood submerged them, they took a long breath and fell down on the damp ground, gasping for breath.
Unfortunately, this respite did not last long, and soon there was a choking smell of tears and burning throat wafting from the upstream.
"This smoke is poisonous!" Tashi, who had participated in special operations exercises, was the first to smell the peculiar smell in the smoke.
Due to the obstruction of trees in the forest, the team members could see the poisonous smoke drifting from the central area of the basin in the faint morning light, but they could not see the direction of the spread of the fire. So Tashi climbed the nearest tree to see where the fire was spreading.
After Tashi's investigation, everyone learned that the center of the basin had not only been turned into a sea of fire in a radius of several hundred meters by the concentration of electric fire, but what was even more strange was that the woods on both sides of the Yan River were being ignited at a faster rate than in the central area. It won't be long before the fire spreads to the wooded area where they are hiding.
In desperation, the team members had no time to think about it, so the team had to soak their clothes in water, wrap their mouths and noses, and use them as improvised gas masks, and fled in the direction of the rock wall in the center of the basin and not blocked by the waterhole. Along the way, the team members noticed that the plants and ground in the forest, after being soaked in the river water, revealed some oily unknown liquid, which was very disturbing. Fortunately, the crowd was able to get under the rock wall before the fire completely surrounded them. However, in the face of the rock wall that soars straight into the sky, the doctoral students who have never tried outdoor climbing are really not confident that they will be able to escape from the rock wall and ascend to heaven.
"It's too high. I'd rather jump into a waterhole and find my way. That survival rate could be even higher. Wang Zhigang looked at the rock wall and sighed, "Or let's knock down a few trees, form a raft, hide in the water, and wait for the fire to be extinguished before going ashore?" ”
"Nope! Don't go into the water again! Lu Nianxuan said sadly.
Tashi shook his head at the same time: "This basin is surrounded by cliffs. It doesn't get through the wind at all. Staying in the basin, even if the smoke from the burning forest is not poisonous, carbon dioxide alone can suffocate us to death. ”
Nie Xiao echoed: "Yes." In a place of this kind of terrain, the poisonous smoke will only accumulate more and more, and it will not be dispersed at all. It's a natural gas chamber! ”
Ge Zhengtian choked up and said, "It seems that we can only climb the cliff." ”
"But how do you climb this cliff? Hundreds of floors high, most of them are straight, and in some places they are upside down. It's tiring just to look at. Yao Xi, who had not yet recovered from the spasms of drowning, said abruptly.
And Chen Peng, who has been focusing on taking care of Lu Nianxuan, who has been very weak physically and mentally since the water receded and drowned again, also said without confidence: "Yes." This rock wall also attracts lightning. If you don't fall to your death, you have to be electrocuted. ”
Seeing that the team members were undecided, Liu Qian had to shout anxiously: "Stop fighting!" While there is still light on the cliff face. Let's take a look at which cliff is moving more gently. We have no other way out! ”