Chapter 228: Desperate Survival

I put my hand on his neck and found that his heartbeat was normal, but his breathing was a little weak, but he fainted, and it was fine, so he quickly called out repeatedly: "Yue Bi!" Yuebi! Wake up! ”

"Is it Yuebi? ......" probably heard my shouting, and from the top of the ditch came Qin Shi's inquiry. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

"It's him, it's no big deal, just passed out! ......" I shouted upward.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the words fell, a fluttering sound came, and Qin Shi had already slipped all the way down from the top of the slope, and also ran quickly in our direction.

"What are you doing down? We're waiting for you to pull us up! I shouted at him.

"Don't think about it, didn't you find a rope just now! There must be something else. As he spoke, he took out the pouch containing the needle from his bosom, took out a thin needle, and stabbed it lightly in the position of the Yue Bi people.

"You say...... What if Yue Bi woke up and found that you had pricked him with a needle from a dead man? I said to Qin Qi while observing Yue Bi's reaction.

"Ah, didn't you call me down to save him!" Qin Qi's eyes widened and shouted at me, his innocent expression was extremely realistic.

“…… You couldn't be more shameless! ”

"...... each other"

"What did the two sons say?" Suddenly, a voice came from my ears, and I was so frightened that I almost threw Yue Bi to the ground. When I looked up, it was the little official who had come with us, bending over and looking at us curiously.

"Why did you come down too?" I was surprised.

"I see you're all down, there must be some way to go up, it's scary to stay on it alone." He seemed reasonable, and asked, "Is the son of Yuebi okay?" ”

I couldn't help but sigh, I really don't know what to do with such a simple teammate.

After these two sentences, Yue Bi had already woken up, and I helped him sit up and asked, "What's wrong with you?" Why did you faint here? ”

He still seemed a little unconscious, holding the back of his head and looking around for a while, before he suddenly remembered and exclaimed: "Ah, someone plotted against me just now!" ”

"Now is not the time to go into details, we have to find a way to get up." I pointed upward.

He followed my finger and understood what I was talking about. Now the four of us are at the bottom of the culvert, a vertical distance of more than ten meters from the path above. And the dirt slope we just slipped down was so steep that it was almost impossible to go back the way we came!

Look at the earth wall about 150 meters away from us, which is the last barrier that currently blocks the turbidity current. If the river breaks through this last barrier, we will be swept up like a feather by the violent rapids, and even if we can swim, we will hardly be able to control our body in the water, let alone try to swim to shore.

"Let's go! Go to the other side! Yue Bi shouted

At the critical moment, we didn't have time to ask anything, so we naturally followed him, stepping on the bottom of this rugged ditch and running in the direction of the opposite bank.

After running a long way, you can already faintly see the winding curve of the opposite bank. Only then did I understand Yuebi's intention, the height of this bank was really much lower than the side we came down, probably to prevent the river from destroying the fortifications, so a high embankment was set aside on the side of the fortifications, and there was no such concern on the opposite side, so naturally there was no need to do this.

I was overjoyed, and sure enough, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain!

Who knew that the hope in his heart had just sprung up, and only a few loud cracking sounds were heard, which sounded particularly shocking in the empty culvert! The four of them couldn't help but slow down and look in the direction where the sound sounded, only to see that the huge barrier had begun to crack from the center, and the clods of earth had been carried and poured down by several streams of water that had broken through the wall first!

"Oops!!" Yue Bi shouted.

"Do you all know how to swim?" I asked.

Yue Bi and Qin Qi both nodded affirmatively, but the unreliable little official teammate lowered his head and shook his head pitifully.

"Then follow me later, and I'll take you to the shore!" I instructed him.

"It's useless!" Yue Bi said categorically, "This river will suddenly break through the barrier, the power will be amazing, even if he wants to hold you, he can't do it at all, we will be washed away in an instant!" ”

Qin Qi looked around and saw a few big stones not far away, and shouted, "How about holding on to those stones with bated breath?" Wait for the water to rush over before throwing down the rocks and swimming to the surface! ”

I just wanted to raise my hand in agreement, but Yue Bi still shook his head and said: "No, as soon as the water shakes, people will lose their center of gravity, and such a small stone can't stabilize our ...... at all."

In a moment, a small amount of water had begun to accumulate in the place where we stood, and the earth wall was still crumbling, and the water was roaring and struggling like a giant beast trapped in a cage, tearing at the weak earth wall faster and faster, and it seemed that it was about to break free completely!

"Yue Bi, what do you say, we will listen to your command!" Right now, if there's anyone who can save the lives of all four of us, it's this nerd in front of me who is thinking fast.

"Let's go, let's go to the shore first!" He seemed to have made up his mind and gave orders.

We then walked shallow water to the opposite shore a little closer, and then we found that this shore is said to be short, but also relatively speaking, after approaching, it is at least about seven or eight meters high, and it is also as steep as a wall, and there is no rope or anything like that to help you climb up.

When we walked to the shore about five meters or so, Yue Bi shouted for us to stop, and lined up in the direction that the torrent was about to rush over, Qin Qi was in the front, then Yue Bi and I, and the little official who had been frightened and pale stood at the end.

Almost at the same time as we stood in place, with a loud bang, the last line of defense of the wall was finally broken and burst open like a broken biscuit! Even in the middle of the night, we can still clearly see the water flow of white flowers gushing out with the naked eye, rushing into the culvert where we are with a devastating momentum!

"Put your hand on the shoulder of the person in front of you and hold it tightly!" Yue Bi shouted.

We did the same, and then we heard him shout, "Hold your breath, five, four, three, two...... One! ”

In fact, we don't need him to count down, we are also witnessing the torrent rushing towards us! When he shouted "one", we all shrank and held our breath, only to feel that our bodies were cold, and a huge force began to push us towards the shore, and soon our eyes were full of water, and we couldn't see anything clearly, all we could do was to hold on to the person in front of us, desperately trying to stabilize our bodies.

The little official behind me was even more frightened because he couldn't swim, he was so thin that he was supported by the current, and at this time it was like lying on my back! But strangely, I felt a great support coming from his side, and although the four of us staggered and retreated, we never fell down and were swept away by the flowing water!

After a huge shock, the river was up to our waists, and then the water slowed down and the water began to rise in a swaying way.

"Get over and hold on to the riverbank!" Yue Bi shouted loudly in the rumbling water.

After a wave of impact, we were already not far from the riverbank, but after a little two steps, we could already grasp the roots and grass on the riverbank with our hands, and stand against the wall like geckos.

When the water level rose to my chest, I reached out and pulled the little official in front of me, supported his neck with one hand, and kept treading water with the other hand and leg, ready for rescue.

By this time I had already understood that for swimmers, there was nothing terrible about the water level rising at a constant rate, and the most dangerous thing was the violent impact of the rapids at the beginning. If you are swept away and lose your direction, it will really be a life of death.

Because of this, Yue Bi took us to avoid the most impactful part of the front of the rapids, and stabilized our bodies with the support of the column to prevent being washed away by the water. After the water was separated at the Qin period, a pressure hole formed at the very end of the queue, but instead formed a confrontational force that helped us withstand the onslaught. For now, we just have to wait for the river to rise to about the same height as the banks on this side, and then we can swim up and get out of danger.

In this way, after soaking in the water for more than half an hour, the four of us finally climbed the river bank smoothly, all soaking wet, lying on our backs, feeling exhausted!

I lay down for a long time before I said, "Can you walk?" Let's go back quickly, or we'll freeze to death before we drown! ”

So the four of them took advantage of the next barrier, and at last they returned to the way they came, mounted their horses, and hurried back to the camp at a high speed. When we arrived at the place, it was already late at night, and a few people probably heard the sound of horses' hooves and came out to take a look, and they were all surprised to see us! After all, the fool who still goes down to the river to swim in this season really can't find it with a lantern! (To be continued.) )