Chapter 40: Confessions in a Dream III
Half an hour.
"Someone's coming!" Leng Changhe whispered to the two people under the tree.
"Aren't they?" Chen Jiatong was a little puzzled.
"Probably not, the clothes are wrong!" Leng Changhe said,
After Leng Changhe finished speaking, he jumped off the tree, and quietly walked to the embankment with Chen Jiatong and hid behind the tree.
Zhang Chengyuan's legs and feet were inconvenient, so he stayed under Ruan Xiyue's tree and did not move.
Two people. One in a quarantine gown carries the other on his back.
"Everyone is hurt, so let them go." Leng Changhe couldn't help but feel compassion.
"But they seem to have supplies in their hands!" Chen Jiatong couldn't bear to let go of the prey.
"Wait, are you sure you're not one of your own? If they were reincarnated, why did they go to our territory? Zhang Chengyuan whispered behind them......
"The clothes are wrong, it shouldn't be, I can't see my face clearly. To shoot or not to shoot, if you hesitate, the person will walk over! Chen Jiatong was a little anxious.
"Don't let go of the arrows!" Zhang Chengyuan spoke: "You go around and see if it's your own people, if not, let them leave some supplies, since they run to our territory!" β
Leng Changhe was carrying a long stick, Chen Jiatong was holding a bow and arrow, and the two rushed to the embankment together and surrounded the two who came.
"Which group are you from?" Leng Changhe asked in a low voice.
The man in the isolation gown gently placed the wounded man on his back on the ground, then took off his mask and smiled tiredly.
"Wei Hengyi?!" Leng Changhe shouted in surprise.
"Where did you get this?" Chen Jiatong asked, pointing to the isolation gown he was wearing.
"Supply depot!" Wei Hengyi replied.
"...... Situ Shan?" Leng Changhe squatted down and looked at his injured partner, "Where is the injury, how did you get it?" βγ
Situ Shan insisted on not wearing Wei Hengyi's isolation suit, although he was hugged by Wei Hengyi along the way, it was still very difficult. At this moment, he escaped from the area with a high level of radiation, still suffering from a headache and a burning heat all over his body.
Situ Shan smiled reluctantly and didn't speak.
Wei Hengyi said: "I have limited physical strength, so I can take these." β
He showed the bag of suppliesβmore than a dozen bottles of water, five pounds of compressed biscuits, two adrenaline, and three sharp daggers.
"Water is the most precious, but it is also the deepest. I started to carry more than 20 bottles of water, but I couldn't hold that much, so I threw some away. This water should be enough for everyone to drink for a while, so be sure to save it. Wei Hengyi took a breath and continued.
Everyone was indeed thirsty.
In consideration of safety considerations, the partners decided to go up to the tree to rest.
Not only is there more oxygen in the trees, but they are also safe from the dangers of giant rats.
It's just that no matter how big the poplar tree is, there can't be more than six people on the treetop of a tree, so the six people are divided into two trees. Leng Changhe and Chen Jiatong climbed up to the treetops where Ruan Xiyue was; Wei Hengyi carried Situ Shan and Zhang Chengyuan up to a nearby poplar tree to rest on his back twice.
The six partners of the group were reunited.
The sun was about to set, and the friends looked tired in the dusk. Ionizing radiation of 800 msv/h does not kill people, but it can be very uncomfortable.
As time passed, the radiation accumulated, and everyone began to experience bouts of headaches, intermittent nosebleeds, and tinnitus. Not to mention shortness of breath and ruptured skin capillaries.
Situ Shan couldn't help but moan a few times occasionally, and after Ruan Xiyue's asthma-like symptoms were relieved, Situ Shan was the most seriously injured of the six people.
Wei Hengyi wanted to take off her isolation gown several times and put it on her, but she insisted on refusing. Although she is weak on the outside, she is stubborn on the inside. Wei Hengyi gave up the isolation gown to the other partners, but everyone refused, because there was only one isolation gown.
"We are a team! Whoever wears it is the same, Wei Hengyi, you can wear it! Zhang Chengyuan said.
"Situ Shan......" Wei Hengyi hesitated for a moment and said, "If you come back after leaving the dream, although your physical strength will not be fully recovered, the previous trauma will heal." It's so painful for you to be like this now...... I think you can get rid of it first. β
"Let's stay through it for a while." Situ Shan shook his head, "Just now Zhang Chengyuan told me that it took nearly two hours for Leng Changhe to enter the dream again. I did the math, and it took you an hour. In short, it takes much longer to re-enter the dream than it does to enter the dream for the first time. Therefore, everyone should still try to pay attention to safety and try not to get out of the dream. As for me, I can't. In reality, my sacrum is misaligned, and it hurts, and it is difficult to fall asleep, and I am afraid that as soon as I go in and out, I don't know how many hours have passed. β
"Good! Then you grit your teeth and hold on, anyway, there is me! Wei Hengyi said, gently hugging Situ Shan's shoulder. She slowly leaned on Wei Hengyi's chest.
Zhang Chengyuan was sitting not far from Wei Hengyi, the scene in front of him made him slightly surprised, and after a moment, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Ruan Xiyue on the opposite tree.
Ruan Xiyue gently hugged Chen Jiatong, and Leng Changhe silently guarded on the side.
Sitting in the treetops and resting is not an easy thing to do. The radiation causes the partners to have intermittent spasms. Spasms in trees are even more uncomfortable because you have to beware of falling from trees with too much movement.
But there is no way, the trees in this forest are not the kind of towering ancient trees, a few people can sit on a tree, but if you want to sit comfortably, it is unlikely.
It was dark, far away from the lights of the city, and the friends found for the first time that the night could be so dark and the moonlight could be so bright.
The temperature is dropping, and the physical strength of the partners is also draining. Exhaustion is pouring in.
"Rope!" Zhang Chengyuan pondered for a while and suddenly spoke. "Where's the rope?"
"What's wrong with me?" Chen Jiatong was answering on the opposite tree.
"How long is the rope?"
"It's a long one!"
"Throw it at me!"
In the faint moonlight, Chen Jiatong threw the rope to Zhang Chengyuan, although he didn't know what he was going to do with the rope.
"What are your plans?" Wei Hengyi also stood up with the trunk of the tree.
"Help me!" Zhang Chengyuan handed one end of the rope to Wei Hengyi's hand, while he held the other end and began to knot it in the trunk. The first knot was tied at the treetop where Zhang Chengyuan's back was leaning, and then Zhang Chengyuan pulled the rope and tied a knot on each branch.
Wei Hengyi and Situ Shan watched from the sidelines, and their eyes lit up. After a while, Zhang Chengyuan used a rope to encircle the treetops they were on three times with ropes, forming a fence. As long as people stand on the branches, their bodies can lean against the rope fence at will, so that the space is open and comfortable, which is a good idea to kill multiple birds with one stone.
After the fence was built, Zhang Chengyuan cut the rope and threw back most of the remaining rope. Leng Changhe and Chen Jiatong also concocted the same method.
Zhang Chengyuan leaned back on the fruits of his labor, excited, but also felt unusually tired, if he could, he could close his eyes and fall asleep.
But sleeping is equivalent to getting out of the dream, and no one dares to close their eyes.
"If this continues, I guess everyone won't be able to last long." Wei Hengyi wears an isolation suit, so he is the least exposed to radiation among his companions.
"Hold on a little longer!" Chen Jiatong said on the opposite tree: "If you can't hold on for a while, you will take turns to get out of the dream and try it." β
"It's hard to say!" Leng Changhe retorted, "After I came back from the dream last time, the trauma healed, but I felt very prostrated physically. So I think even if I get out of the dream now, when I come back, I will still be the same tired, the same sleepy. β
"I mean," Wei Hengyi said, "I want to take a few people to the supply station again, and wear isolation suits alternately on the way, so that I can get to the supply station, and I can also bring two more isolation suits and come back with more supplies." β
"I'll go!" Leng Changhe volunteered, "I should be able to hold on!" β
"Let's go tomorrow at dawn!" Situ Shan suggested softly: "There are more wild beasts at night, it's too dangerous." β
"Wait a minute!" Chen Jiatong interjected, "I'm more curious, Wei Hengyi, are you sleepy now?" β
"Sleepy!" Wei Hengyi replied.
"So!" Chen Jiatong took a breath and said, "The isolation suit is radiation-proof, but it does not reduce fatigue. β
"You mean ......" Zhang Chengyuan seemed to understand Chen Jiatong's concern.
"I mean, after a long day's work, everybody's tired, what we have to do now is try not to sleep, and as for getting into the supply depot again, I think it's too difficult. If you do go, the most likely scenario is that the person who went is tired on the way, and the person who is waiting here falls asleep. β
"Chen Jiatong has a point...... "Zhang Chengyuan said," Zhang Chengyuan said, "and the night is indeed too dangerous." Let's see if we can survive the night, and if we can survive the night, let's make plans. β
"Ruan Xiyue...... You okay? Zhang Chengyuan couldn't help but ask.
Ruan Xiyue answered softly from the tree opposite.
"It's too hard to get through like this!" Situ Shan's voice began to be a little hoarse again, and her symptoms of radiation had not slowed down, "We might as well play some games to refresh ourselves!" Otherwise, it is inevitable not to fall asleep. β
"How about idiom solitaire?" Zhang Chengyuan proposed, "If you can't catch it, tell you a story!" β
"Okay, that's it!" Chen Jiatong agreed. In this time when every second counts and there is much to be desired, this method of distraction is indeed welcome.
"Okay, let's get started!" Wei Hengyi raised his head, "Since it is in a dream, let's start with a dream, and the flying bear falls into a dream." β
"Dream Pen Flowers" Situ Shan received.
"Before the flowers, under the moon." Zhang Chengyuan looked at Ruan Xiyue affectionately, because it was too dark, no one would see his stupid eyes.
"Don't take it as an example." Leng Changhe thought about it, he secretly swore that he would never be separated from Ruan Xiyue again, and no matter what danger happened, he would be by her side.
"It's a routine." Chen Jiatong basically didn't think about it, so he picked it up casually.
"It backfired," Ruan Xiyue continued.
β¦β¦β¦β¦
After a few laps, it was Leng Changhe's turn.
"Chengmen Lixue." Leng Changhe received.
"Charcoal in the snow!" Chen Jiatong continued.
It's Ruan Xiyue's turn again.
"Charcoal! Charcoal? Ruan Xiyue pondered for a long time, and asked weakly, "Is the homophone okay?" β
"No" was the unanimous answer from almost everyone.
No one has stuck in the owner for several rounds in a row, and it is not easy to catch a handful, how can it be so easy to let go?
"Let's tell a story!" Chen Jiatong took the lead in coaxing.
"Let's talk about one!" Leng Changhe also followed.
"Oh! Oh! Situ Shan and Wei Hengyi were also coaxing.
Zhang Chengyuan didn't speak.
The night was too dark, and Ruan Xiyue couldn't see Zhang Chengyuan's expression on the opposite tree.
But she already had a plan in her mind.
"Then I'll tell you a story of my own! Anyway, when the dream wakes up, everyone will forget it, and there is no shame! Ruan Xiyue said calmly.
"Oooh oh !!" The friends were heckling again.