Chapter 60: Survival in Adversity II
Content summary: The big man Lao Hu heard Xu Jiandong say this, took the telescope in his hand, looked at the buildings on the top of the mountain and said: "Lao Xu is right, but these buildings are built on the top of the mountain, which is at least a few kilometers away from our current location, if it is okay on flat land, and now we have to go all the way through the forest and water to get there, and I don't know if the road is good or not................" ”
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Chapter 60: Surviving Adversity (2)
Xu Jiandong nodded and said, "That's right, that's the truth!" ”
The big man looked at the two of them and snorted coldly and said, "Hmph! There is no room for two tigers in one mountain............ So, how do you explain that big spider now...............? ”
Without waiting for Xu Jiandong to speak, the thin man preemptively said: "Maybe those conches regard this big spider as their ancestor and second uncle or something!" ”
At noon, no one was in the mood, but simply ate dry food, and packed up and went back into the cave, because they had to pass through the cave to get to the other side.
The dust had settled in the cave at this moment, and the entire head and upper body of the snail king had almost been blown off, revealing the yellow, green and black internal organs inside, the red ones, which were the blood of Xiaoyun and Zhao Bing, and several long feet were also blown off and fell into the pool.
Some of the thinner stalactites were knocked down by the vibration and shock wave of the explosion, and they were inserted straight into the pool, and there were many large and small stalactites on the ground, each of which fell on a person's head, and they could penetrate him.
Walking on the conch shell shattered by the bullet and the body of the conch monster crushed by the bullet, the ground was completely covered in some yellow dirt, sticky and slippery.
Xiao Jun's bones were covered with bloodstains of crimson blood and terrifying tooth marks, and his screams could be faintly heard from his dying state of struggle and open mouth.
Xinyu and Xiaoting didn't dare or bear to look at it, and each grabbed the arm of the man they loved and walked forward, which really seemed to be leading the way for the man.
In the corner of the cave, the backpacks and supplies of Xiaojun and Zhao Bing were found.
The people reorganized the items, took away the useful ones, and threw away all the ones that were not needed at the moment.
Because there were a few fewer people, the dangerous and arduous task of opening the way first was naturally left to the quick and responsive thin man, Xu Dong and the big man Lao Hu were broken behind, and Xinyu and Xiaoting were sandwiched in the middle.
The five men first touched the cave on the left.
The shape of this tunnel is similar to the one you first entered, but with a lot more curves.
After walking for about ten minutes, I came to the end of the cave.
In desperation, the front team turned into a back team and returned the way it came.
The tunnel on the right first walked for about a few tens of meters, and then went up for about five minutes, turning a few corners, but there was still no exit.
Seeing this, the big man said dejectedly: "I see that this cave only has the one that came in just now, you can enter and exit, these two are taken out by the fucking conch as a nest!" ”
The thin man also said: "Yes, I think there is some truth in what the old man said, maybe these two holes are really their nests............." ”
Xu Jiandong didn't say anything, he used the strong light in his hand to shine on the cave wall in front of him, reached out and touched it, and then put his ear tightly on the cave wall and listened carefully.
The big man Lao Hu and the thin man looked at Xu Jiandong's behavior very strangely, but they knew that he must have discovered something, so no one beat him, for fear that he would lose the clue and cut off the contact, so that everyone would really be at a loss.
Xu Jiandong called the big man Lao Hu and said, "Lao Hu, what is the difference between the stones here and the stones on the cave wall............?" ”
The big man Lao Hu put his hand on the stone wall of the cave in confusion, and a smile appeared on his face as he touched it.
The thin man felt inexplicable when he saw it, and asked Xu Jiandong: "Brother Xu, what the hell are you two doing?" You two are taking the pulse of the stone, what's wrong? ”
The big man Lao Hu said to the thin man: "Thin man, you and I are not as smart as Lao Xu and him alone." ”
said to the thin man: "Thin man, bring the ** in your backpack!" ”
The thin man was stunned when he heard this, and said, "What? What are you going to do? Is it ............ to blow up this cave? ”
Xu Jiandong stepped forward, took off the thin man's backpack, and took out the last bundle of ** from it.
This bundle is packed with four cylinders**, between which the fuse is connected, there is a total fuse, very thick and long, this bundle of ** is powerful enough to blow up this hole, if it is really used live, then no one wants to go out.
Xu Jiandong took out a special tool and used the knife above to carefully cut the fuse of **, only keeping two cylinders**, and the remaining two cylinders** were wrapped in paper by him and put them in the thin man's backpack.
Seeing this, the thin man asked, "Brother Xu, can this ** fuse be detonated once it is broken?" ”
Xu Jiandong said: "Can you detonate it, you will know in a while, you and Lao Hu Xinyu will hide in the cave first, I will detonate it!" ”
The crowd answered and retreated into the cave.
Xu Jiandong used a flashlight to shine a crack in the stone, and because there was no way to fix it, he had to use a few stones next to him to tightly press the two cylinders of ** against the wall of the cave where he thought it was the exit, and pulled the fuse of **.
Whew! The sound was accompanied by the smoke of gunpowder.
Xu Jiandong quickly exited the cave and joined the big man and the thin man.
Xinyu leaned nervously on Xu Jiandong's side, holding his arm tightly with both hands.
Xiao Ting simply threw herself into the arms of the thin man, not daring to listen to the huge deafening sound of the explosion.
The minutes passed by second, and the shocking explosion was not heard for about three minutes.
The thin man couldn't bear it anymore, pushed Xiaoting away, and said to Xu Jiandong: "I'll go over and take a look, Brother Xu, it may be that ** is damp, why hasn't it sounded for a long time?" ”
Xu Jiandong grabbed the thin man who passed by and shouted, "Little Yinzi! You don't want to die, how can such a long fuse take five or six minutes, what are you anxious about! ”
The big man Lao Hu patted the thin man on the shoulder and said: "Lao Xu is right, wait a little longer, this is the same as the reason we set off firecrackers during the New Year." ”
As he spoke, he took out a cigarette from his pocket, handed it to the thin man, and said, "Come, smoke one, I promise, I won't wait for this cigarette to finish smoking, and it will explode ............." ”
The thin man had no choice but to light the cigarette, and as soon as he took two puffs, he made a loud bang, which frightened him so much that the cigarettes in his mouth fell to the ground.
Looking at the thin man, the big man Lao Hu said: "Qiangzi, you still have to continue pumping, we can't leave now." After saying that, he was about to pull a cigarette out of his pocket.
The thin man stopped with his hand and said, "Okay old Hu, you better keep it and smoke it yourself!" ”
After waiting in the cave for about six or seven minutes, everyone re-entered the tunnel.
Sure enough, the originally dark cave tunnel actually penetrated a few points of light at this moment, although the light of these points is not large, but its code proves that you can open it to be in close contact with nature.
At that moment, the big man Lao Hu, Xu Jiandong and the thin man and other three people stepped forward and began to clean up the debris that had been blown down, and the exit of the hole was finally cleared.
Out of this terrifying cave, everyone once again breathed in the fresh air of nature.
Outside the cave, there are still some woods more than ten meters high, but there are not many weeds in the forest, and there is a large pond on the southwest side of the forest, on which a few wild ducks swim.
Further to the west, there is a big mountain, and there seems to be some buildings on the mountain, but because of the distance, it is not clear for a while.
Xu Jiandong took out the military binoculars from his backpack and carefully observed the building-like objects on the top of the mountain.
It didn't matter what he looked at, he turned his head to the people behind him and said: "Comrades, there is a castle on the top of the mountain, it looks like it is made of bricks and stones, and the area is quite large.......... ”
The big man Lao Hu heard Xu Jiandong say this, took the telescope in his hand, looked at the buildings on the top of the mountain and said: "Lao Xu is right, but these buildings are built on the top of the mountain, which can be at least a few kilometers away from our current location, if it is okay on flat ground, and now we have to go all the way through the forest and water to get there, and I don't know if the road is good or not............ ”
Hearing this, the thin man also looked in the direction of the mountain and didn't say anything.
Xu Jiandong and a group of five people found a relatively flat open space in the forest where tents could be erected.
Due to the decrease in the number of people, everyone only took two tents, one was military, and the other was Xu Jiandong's big tent, although this tent was heavier than the former, but Xu Dong was reluctant to throw it away.
The tent was still set up with two doors facing in two directions, with the back of the tent facing inward, leaving a distance of a few meters in between.
The poles of this forest are very high, and there are branches more than three meters above the ground, and the branches and foliage on the top of the trees are very luxuriant, and there are many birds flying back and forth between them.
There are many mushrooms growing on the grass in the forest, and Xinyu and Xiaoting told themselves to go and pick them, while Xu Jiandong still used his special slingshot to hit the wild birds on the trees.
The big man Hu Ze and the thin man went fishing by the lake.
Now, the tent is empty.
The sun in the sky was now tilted to the west, and it seemed that it would be dark in about two hours.
Before dark, everyone had a lot to gain.
The big man caught a few carp weighing a pound in the lake, and the thin man caught a few black and red-bellied toads in the grass by the lake, which is also a field chicken.
Xu Jiandong carried a few wild birds from the tree to the direction of the tent, and shouted loudly to the thin man as he walked, asking him to come and clean up and prepare to roast and eat.
When he saw some purple mushrooms like chicken legs picked by Xinyu and Xiaoting, he suddenly changed his mind and said to the thin man: "Qiangzi, I don't think it's good to eat roasted meat all the time, I heard that it is easy to cause cancer, so let's go and clean them up, and I will make the ............ of the bird's big meat stewed mushrooms." ”
The thin man carried a few field chickens and asked Xu Jiandong: "Okay, I'll wait to eat, by the way, Brother Xu, how do you see these big toads eat?" ”
Xu Jiandong folded the special slingshot and pinned it to his waist, looked at the thin man carrying a few field chickens in his hand and said: "Are they, I think it's better to release them, these frogs are all beneficial insects, and they are guilty of killing!" ”
When the thin man heard this, he said to Xu Jiandong: "No, Brother Xu, when did you become a Buddha on the ground, I said, why don't you even dare to ............eat this toad?" ”
Xiaoting said: "Brother Xu is right, these frogs can't be killed, there are so many mosquitoes in this forest, if there were no for their existence, we would have been eaten by mosquitoes a long time ago, Brother Yin, you just let them go, and I don't dare to eat them."
The thin man listened and said, "Hey! Okay, if you say so, then I'll let them go, but I can tell you sister, there are so many mosquitoes in this mountain that a few frogs alone can't reverse the bite. ”
The big man Lao Hu took the fish he had packed up, and said to the thin man: "Xiaoting is right, there are not many pheasants you have caught, but if they are all hen chickens with seeds, then you know that if you kill one, you will kill thousands of pheasants." ”
When the thin man heard this, he hurriedly said: "Okay, okay old Hu, haven't I already released them............." ”
Picked up a few dead birds that Xu Jiandong had beaten from the ground and said, "Fortunately, I didn't fall them to death at the time, otherwise this crime would be a big one, and I would have to be severely tried ............!" ”
"Okay Hadron, don't talk about it, I don't think it's as serious as you said, in the farmers' market, aren't there a lot of frozen chickens for sale every winter.........
After hearing this, the thin man nodded and said, "Brother Xu will still do ideological work." ”
Xu Jiandong continued: "Qiangzi, you go and clean up those birds, and Lao Hu and I will go to the edge of the forest to cut some dry branches, and it will be easy to cook for a while." Xu Jiandong urged the thin man.
After a while, the air above the camp was filled with a burst of fragrance.
Everyone sat around the aluminum table in the tent, eating and chatting with the help of the big man's chemical lamp, completely forgetting the painful things.
The thin man's arm was wrapped in gauze, and he didn't know when he took it off, but now the places on his hand that were covered with blood were completely fine, except for a large dark red scar on the back of his hand, and now he was worried about whether the place on his right arm that was bitten by the conch monster would be infected