Chapter 102: Return to the Passage
I think I was unconscious from collapse, and when I woke up, the flames around the cave were not as intense. In particular, the pile of flames in front of us, perhaps because I scattered them, the flames were sparse and you could see the situation in the hole through the fire gap.
There are still ball-shaped bugs rolling out of the hole, but there are very few of them, and the bugs that roll out are all rolled into the fire and then immediately exploded. The sound was like the occasional cold gun on the battlefield. However, the flames at the entrance of the cave have greatly increased the temperature of the passage, and the body of the insect is already expanding at the moment when it rolls out of the hole.
Outside the firelight, behind us, the great worms that had been forced back by the flames gathered around us again. I couldn't see how many of them there were, but I was already full of them in the firelight. Their fear of fire and heat was obvious, and they only dared to leap within four or five meters of us, their long tentacles swinging violently, and their poisonous jaws were all open without exception, ready to pounce on them at any moment to choose someone to devour.
I was woken up by squad leader Liu, my face was hot and painful, and I don't know how ruthless he was. But there's no time to pursue this matter, we must act immediately, otherwise we will soon be reached by this group of big worms, and die in their mouths, which is just as good as death in the mouths of ironclad tide insects. I immediately regained my senses and had a brief understanding of the situation.
In this hot environment, Xiao Guolin recovered quickly, was able to stand up, and helped in the process of waking me up. I saw blood on his hands and my nose was broken, and he didn't worry about slapping me to death.
Cao Mingzhe also woke up, but his condition was still not optimistic, not only could he not walk independently, but he was not even conscious. I prayed that it was his old injuries from the initial fall from the rescue pod that had not yet recovered, and that if it was hypothermia, his future was in jeopardy. In addition, he still has no sense of sensory nerves, which is also very bad, I can't know what is wrong with his body, and I can't protect him accordingly.
Wake me up, and resurrect our current strongest workforce, which of course refers to me. I am the only one who bears the task of Cao Mingzhe. And Hu Aiguo can only walk on his own, because squad leader Liu can only take care of one person, he can only support Xiao Guolin, and he has no ability to take care of Hu Aiguo. However, according to Hu Aiguo's condition, he has no problem walking independently, and he will not even be slower than me and squad leader Liu, who have weights.
The problem now is that we don't have torches, and the torches were thrown away by Platoon Commander Zhao after lighting the big worm in front of the hole. In fact, even if it was not thrown away, it did not retain value, and the torches were almost burned out at that time. Without lighting to enter the passage, the danger multiplies. The danger caused by the lack of lighting is a matter of time compared to the danger to be faced immediately, and it is our urgent choice to enter the passage first.
The fire at the entrance of the cave is getting weaker and weaker, and the big worm seems to sense the opportunity, and there are constantly tentatively approaching forward, led by these adventurers, the entire army of worms is constantly approaching us. I could even hear the ultrasound of the air vibrating like an ultrasound, and feel the chill coming from them.
I can't afford to delay for a minute. I threw away all the negativity, picked up Cao Mingzhe and rushed towards the gap in the middle of the fire. The unbearable heat instantly scorched my hair, and the scorching heat made it impossible for me to breathe or even open my eyes. This is a semi-circular ring of fire that surrounds the entrance of the cave more than ten meters away, and I can't stop, I can only rush into it with all my might, and any slowness and pause will drag me down. From memory, I kicked away a cloud of embers that stood in my way, and the sparks splashed on my body and face, making me tremble in pain and jump involuntarily.
I ran and jumped over the fire belt. The sleeping bag on my body is not flammable, and Cao Mingzhe's clothes have long been on fire. When I got to safety, I immediately put him down and rolled him on the ground a few times before I put out the fire on him.
The road I opened up made squad leader Liu and Hu Aiguo less troublesome when they passed, but it also gave hope to the big worms outside the fire ring, and many big worms gathered at the gap in this fire circle and were eager to try.
Cao Mingzhe looked at me with innocent and helpless eyes, he sensed abnormal nerves and would not react to burning, but I rolled him around would make him dizzy. I ignored him, he was obviously not clear in his mind and could not communicate. I saw that the burning points on his clothes had been extinguished, so I immediately picked him up on his back and rushed into the passage.
Squad Leader Liu and Hu Aiguo followed me into the passage, the passage was straight, and the firelight outside shone directly into it. We ran a short distance inside, and the temperature of the flames could not be affected, and the flames could not reach here. I shouted behind me, "Stick to the left." ”
We're back to the point where we need to touch the wall of a cave so we don't get lost. The temperature in the passage was extremely low, and it made me feel like I had fallen from purgatory to hell.
Our plan was to go forward, to a warmer place, where we could see if there were any ironclad bugs. If not, we can find a way out along the side, because as it stands, we are already in the outermost layer of this labyrinth of passages. As long as you look along the outermost layer, you will definitely find another exit, and the exit just now is a dead end, not necessarily that there is no way to survive other exits.
If there are still ironclad tide insects in the passage, they will have to resign themselves to fate. I don't think any of us still have the courage to fight these insects, what happened to Platoon Commander Zhao has scared everyone's guts, if there are still a large number of ironclad tide insects in front, death may be the best option.
As we progressed, there was no sound of spherical insects rolling in the passageway, which gave me a bit of a fluke that the ironclad tide insects were all wiped out, or retreated. In this state of mind of apprehension and joy, we gradually approached the warmer zone.
The warm environment allowed us to breathe after the hot and cold days, but we didn't get much time to relax, and the tooth-aching "click" sound sounded in front of us. We didn't have the light, and we didn't need the light, the voice chased us all the way, and we didn't have to look to know that the ironclad tide was waiting for us in front.
These bugs were obviously not foraging for food with their sight, let alone preparing to ambush us with a purpose, but more like they were in the process of retreating, and they got the information that we had re-entered the passage and came back.
My heart, which had just relaxed a little, raised my throat again, and shouted behind Cao Mingzhe's back: "Run back." ”
It was redundant to shout this, squad leader Liu and Hu Aiguo had already turned their heads and ran back.
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