Chapter 52: Life hangs by a thread
In just a few moments, I had already walked in front of Li Huiyan and Xiao Yue.
When I got to the bottom of the small platform, the two of them were trying to climb upwards and were already halfway there.
Xiao Yue was in the front, Li Huiyan followed closely behind, and the climbing movements of the two were thrilling.
In less than a minute after I arrived at the stone wall, Xiao Yue's feet had already slipped four or five times, and I was a little frightened. If it weren't for Xiao Yue's slippery feet, Li Huiyan would have supported her in time behind her, I am afraid that she would have fallen several times.
"Xiao Yue, be careful, slow down and don't tighten, don't fall." Xiao Yue's feet slipped again, and Li Huiyan hurriedly held her and whispered.
After several slips under his feet, Xiao Yue at this time obviously became much less courageous, his legs seemed to have become a little trembling, and he didn't dare to move at all when he stood on a stone pillar that was one foot long.
Seeing this, I was a little helpless, Xiao Yue was a little afraid of heights. In the past, when she was in school, she didn't dare to stand on the balcony and look down every time she was in class in the school building, but now that she has climbed to about half the height, her fear of heights is estimated to have relapsed.
I glanced back, and the cold air coming out of the ancient well became more and more obvious, and countless white mist seeped out from the entrance of the ancient well, and the cold breath seemed to freeze the air as well.
I don't have a good heart, the water in the ancient well is about to overflow the well, and the three of us haven't climbed the small platform on the stone wall yet.
With the diameter of this ancient well of two meters, once the well water in it overflows, I am afraid that it will flood the place where I am standing now in a few moments, and it seems that Xiao Yue and Li Huiyan must hurry up.
"Hurry up, the well is overflowing." I looked up and shouted to the two of them.
It's okay not to speak, but Xiao Yue was frightened again when he spoke, and his feet slipped.
This time she failed to stabilize her body like the previous times, and Li Huiyan, who was following her closely, failed to hold her back, and Xiao Yue fell off the raised stone pillar diagonally.
"Ah......" Xiao Yue exclaimed.
I couldn't help but be startled when I saw this, at this time Xiao Yue had climbed to a height of about one zhang, if he fell from above, even if he didn't fall to death, he would have to break his hands and feet.
Hearing Xiao Yue's exclamation, I couldn't think about it anymore, and quickly ran forward and stretched out my hand to catch her. I thought that it didn't matter if I couldn't catch it, at least I could cushion the force of her fall so that she wouldn't get hurt.
With a bang, Xiao Yue, who fell from the sky, collided with me. The sudden weight made my arm sink down, and I felt like it was about to break.
I didn't die, but my feet suddenly slipped again, and my whole body fell backwards uncontrollably.
This time, there was no Li Huiyan standing behind me to help me, and there was no elusive little girl in red to lend a hand, so I fell straight down, and my back made close contact with the ground.
"Ouch......" I grinned in pain, the ground was uneven, and I couldn't help but gasp as I fell with my back just hit a raised rock.
"Rice cake, are you alright? It's all my fault for always causing you trouble. At this time, Xiao Yue's whole body was lying on top of me, and when he heard my screams, he hurriedly raised his head, and said with some self-reproach.
"It's okay, that ...... You get up first and then talk about it, it makes me hurt so much. Hearing this, I said with the pain in my back.
After I reminded him, Xiao Yue remembered that the whole person was still pressing on me at this time, and quickly stood up.
I also stood up with the pain, and felt some heat in my back, which seemed to be swollen.
When I looked back, I saw that a small bulging stone bag on the ground had been crushed by me and shattered into several pieces.
I guess if I fall like this a few more times, I can go to the rivers and lakes to express the long-lost back broken boulder.
But this is not the time to worry about these small things, I took a look, and the water of the ancient well has reached the edge of the wellhead, and it is about to overflow.
I hurriedly urged Xiao Yue to climb up to the small platform, and at the same time followed closely behind her.
"Are you alright?" Li Huiyan did not climb up, but stood on a stone pillar and waited for us, and when she saw that Xiao Yue and I both stood up, she hurriedly asked.
It can be seen that Li Huiyan blamed herself a little, obviously blaming herself for not being able to hold Xiao Yue in time just now.
But I really saw it just now, Xiao Yue's body leaned too hard when she fell, if Li Huiyan grabbed her to death, not only could she not hold Xiao Yue, but she might also be dragged down and fallen.
"It's okay, you go up first, just wait for us on it." I shook my head and said.
After saying that, I couldn't help but touch my back with my backhand. At this time, an egg-sized bag had bulged out of his back, and a trace of viscous blood was soaking out, and it seemed that his back had been hurt a lot by hitting the raised rock just now.
"Okay, then you guys hurry up too." Li Huiyan said.
Then, Xiao Yue and I began to climb up.
It can be seen that although Xiao Yue was not injured but was greatly frightened by falling from a height just now, his hands and feet trembled violently at this time.
I couldn't help but feel nervous when I saw this, according to her state, I was afraid that I would have to fall down again when I was halfway up the climb.
After climbing up a few times, I could already see Xiao Yue's problem at this time, her balance didn't seem to be good, and she was a little afraid of heights, and the whole person was a little timid.
Another point is that she seems to have a little scruple about her image when she climbs up, and all the whole person is upright, giving people the feeling that she is an international supermodel walking on the catwalk.
When I saw its appearance, I said in my heart that this is all right, and now my life is about to be lost, where can I take care of any image.
What's more, there are only three of us in this cave now, who would be bored to talk about these things afterwards, and it's hard to say whether they can live now.
"Xiao Yue, you can't climb like this, you will not be able to grasp the balance well. You have to lean down, just like I did. I said to Xiao Yue.
Xiao Yue glanced back, answered, and then began to climb up like me.
I remember when I was a child in the orphanage, I often climbed up and down the rockery of the orphanage with some children who were also orphans.
Although the name sounds a bit ugly, it is similar to the dog planing style of swimming, which is simply easy to learn and effortless.
Xiao Yue followed the method I said, and really made great progress.
Because of the use of both hands and feet, half-lying on the stone pillar, Xiao Yue did not stand unsteadily and lose his balance again.
Of course, her fear of heights is something that she can't overcome for a while.
After a while, Xiao Yue finally climbed onto the small platform without danger, and Li Huiyan, who had been waiting on it, stretched out her hand and pulled it up. I followed and made it to the platform.
On the small platform two feet high, Xiao Yue's fear of heights broke out in an all-round way.
At this time, her face was pale, her whole body was trembling, and her eyes were even in a trance, as if she had entered some kind of unconscious semi-sleep.
I was shocked to see such a severe fear of heights for the first time, so I quickly asked her to sit cross-legged on the ground and reduce the height of her field of vision as much as possible.
It can be seen that this method is very effective, after Xiao Yue sat on the small platform, his consciousness gradually cleared up, and his face gradually returned to blood.
Seeing that it was all right, I turned my gaze away.
At this time, looking at the fourteen dead bodies standing by the stone wall so closely, I had goosebumps all over my body.
The frozen corpses were well preserved, and they looked exactly like living people except that they could not breathe and could not speak.
I can't help but think of a certain foreign sci-fi blockbuster I once watched, and I even wondered if the ice on these dead bodies melted, would they come back to life immediately?
The more I thought about it, the more I felt that it was like scaring myself, so I quickly turned my eyes to the ancient well in the center of the cave.
As we climbed the small platform, the water in the ancient well had begun to overflow, and there were already traces of water on the ground.
At this time, the ancient well turned into a huge fountain, and the cold water from the well continued to overflow and spread around the cave.
As the water overflowed from the well, the bronze chains shook even more violently, as if something unknown was about to rush out of the bottom of the well.
"You say, will this well flood here?" Looking at the overflowing well water, I turned my head sideways and asked Li Huiyan and Xiao Yue, who were sitting on the right.
"I don't know, I hope not, otherwise ......" Li Huiyan shook her head and said with a serious expression.
Otherwise, we will die here, Li Huiyan obviously meant that.
In fact, I don't need to say it, I also understand what awaits us if the well water floods the small platform.
This small platform was the only place we could find to escape, and although there were a few small platforms in the cave that could stand on people, much higher than the position we were, there was no way to climb up.
Of course, there is another place to escape, but there is no way for us to climb up now.
I'm talking about the two bronze chains that go deep into the ancient well and connect to the top of the cave, and if you can climb up those two chains, it's a good idea.
However, the bronze chain was unusually cold, and I was afraid that it was not much better than an ice cube. Even if the bronze chains didn't have unbearable bone-chilling temperatures, we had no place to focus on them after climbing up, so we had to rely on the strength of our arms to clutch the chains.
I figured out in my heart that if it were me, I would be able to stay on the bronze chain for about half an hour with all my might, ignoring the cold. But Li Huiyan and Xiao Yue, two girls, are obviously impossible.
According to my assumption, if Li Huiyan and Xiao Yue fail to hold on to the bronze chain, I am afraid that they will immediately fall into the water, and I am afraid that the end will not be very good at that time.
Putting away these boring thoughts, I looked at the ancient well motionlessly.
The well water was still overflowing, and in a short time the wellhead was already submerged, and only a little outline of the wellhead could be seen through the clear water.
After a while, the well water in the cave had already flooded to the location of the crystal coffin, and continued to seep into it through the large hole in the bowl at the bottom of the crystal coffin.
Looking at the rising water level in the cave, I knew in my heart that all three of us were in a situation where our lives were hanging by a thread.