Chapter 149: The Beacon Fires
The members of the Western Expedition were cornered by the strange white-masked horseshoe crabs, so they had to temporarily hide in the low passage below the rock wall. But this is only a stopgap measure, and it will not last long.
Everyone forced me to think hard about the plan, I racked my brains, and suddenly I had a flash of inspiration, and I thought of a solution that was not a way, but it was very risky, so I hesitated to speak.
The fat man immediately guessed my thoughts from the look on my face, and urged me to speak as much as I could, good or bad.
As soon as the fat man's words fell, a gap suddenly appeared above the backpack near his head, at the corner of the connection with the wall, and five or six mask horseshoe crabs poured in at once, and there were also a large number of strange mask horseshoe crabs, desperately trying to squeeze in from the gap.
The crowd bounced off the ground in shock, bent over the narrow passage, and began to destroy the masked horseshoe crabs that crawled in in a chaotic manner.
I knew that I was not allowed to think too much about it at this time, so I panted and said to everyone, "There are too many masked monsters outside, and it is very difficult to annihilate them in one fell swoop. But I have a bold idea, if I set fire to that grove in the far side of the Snow Valley, I should be able to wipe out all these strange insects at once, but"
After listening to my idea, whether it worked or not, a glimmer of hope was kindled, and when they heard that I had suddenly said only half of what I had said, they couldn't help but ask me, "But what?" If you have something to say, when will you still be spitting. ”
I trampled on a mask-worn horseshoe crab that crawled to my feet and said, "If you set fire to the forest near you, someone must lure away the countless mask-laden horseshoe crabs outside." I've figured out a way to drain the horseshoe crabs, and that's using a rope noose. After climbing on the head of the god dragon, I use the rope sleeve. Hold the adjacent dragon heads and run from one to the other. Ideally, there should be two members of the bait. This will effectively attract the horseshoe crabs and help buy time for arson. The best guy we have here is the fat man, but he can't throw a rope noose, it's hard to run back and forth quickly on the head of the god dragon, and he has a phobia of denseness, I'm afraid of him."
Before I finished speaking, Chen Dong immediately jumped out and said, "I'll go, I'm the best at throwing ropes." ”
Chen Dong stepped forward, and everyone had no opinion, although Captain Chen was very worried. But the inverted bucket is like this, and after the inverted bucket craftsman steps into this industry, he must put life and death out of the way. But the other candidate is quite a headache for everyone.
The playboy doesn't know kung fu, he just has a good motor nerve ratio, and compared with a real expert, he can't get on the table, if he has a sniper rifle in hand, of course he has nothing to say. But in the current situation, I can't let him take this unnecessary risk.
Kunba is as timid as a mouse, and if I send him on the field, I'm afraid he will run away halfway. On the contrary, he made a mistake in a big matter, and he should not be trusted in any case. Originally, Tianyu could have done it, but she is in the current situation. Sickness is equivalent to half a dead person, and there is no hope at all.
There were only two people left in the south-west expedition. My son Chen Dong has already risked his life to go to the battlefield, and I can't ask his father to play hard. I have to leave roots and seedlings for the South-West Expedition.
Among the rest of the people, Ge Lao relied on a dog, which was completely useless, and he was a top trick in his ability to pull back his legs. I haven't seen his ability, I don't know anything about him, I don't know if he can live until now because of good kung fu or big fate? And this very unstable factor can become a fatal injury, and it is not a last resort to give him a difficult task that affects the lives of many people.
After considering it in this way, only the fifth master is the most suitable person. But he was the leader of the Northern Expedition to the West, so he couldn't let him take the lead and play the role of a death squad. As a result, after thinking about it, I was at a loss for another candidate, and I didn't find the right person at all.
Seeing that my eyes kept peeking at him, he somewhat understood the situation, and just wanted to speak, but was interrupted by the fat man.
The fat man suddenly stood up from the ground and said to me, "Lao Zheng, I'll go, I have confidence." But there is a lot of snow on the ground and on the trees in the jungle, how can you set the woods on fire? ”
I didn't expect the fat man to finally jump out, he was both worried and angry, and said in his heart: Die fat, you are willing to be a damn bird. But now there was no way to blame him, so she had to explain to him: "The dude has a lot of sulfur in his backpack, which can be used to light a fire." However, it may take a long time for you two to lure the enemy, and I hope you both will hold out until we light the fire. ”
The task burden on the fat man and Chen Dong is very arduous, and they also know in their hearts that it is very likely that the two of them will not return. But the lives of the two of them are at stake, and they must risk their lives to buy time, and if they don't succeed, they will become benevolent.
I tore some of the clothes in my backpack into wide strips of cloth and repeatedly wrapped them around the legs of the fat man and Chen Dong to make thick leggings to resist the sharp knuckles of the mask horseshoe crabs, and also wrapped thick bandages around the soft areas of their abdomen. I also made two improvised torches from a few branches in the passage, and let them light them to repel the mask horseshoe crabs.
After making all preparations, I held the oiled paper bag containing the sulfur and said to Xiao Knockba, "You stay and take care of Tianyu and Ge Laoji." ”
As a result, before Xiao Knock could reply, Ge Lao suddenly jumped up from the ground in the distance, and insisted on going to light the fire with me, saying that there are many people and great power.
I was angry and funny, I really had no choice but to agree to go with him, since he was going forward, I didn't think there was any need to leave the others behind, so I decided to go to the dense forest with the rain on my back and set fire, so that I was more at ease.
After everything was properly discussed, the fat man and Chen Dong rushed out of the passage with a large number of ropes on their backs and torches in their hands.
I stared intently outside through the gap between my backpacks, and saw the fat man and Chen Dong, effectively attracting the mask horseshoe crab away from the entrance of the passage, and they ran in two different directions, waving the torch in their hands to drive away the mask horseshoe crab that crawled to the side of the foot.
Chen Dong was really nimble, and he successfully put the rope on the dragon's horn in just one time, and then climbed up.
At this time, someone behind me was about to move, but I stopped me, because I found that the fat man had not successfully climbed to the top of the dragon's head, and what I had been very worried about had happened.
The fat man failed to latch the rope five times, and I saw a large number of knot-legged horseshoe crabs climbing up his legs, waving torches in his hands to burn the white masked monsters crawling on his legs.
I frowned in distress, and couldn't help but scold: Let you be blind!
The fat man's dilemma could not be extricated for a while, as long as he did not climb the dragon's head, all the efforts of Chen Dong's side would be in vain. If we rush out at this time, we will definitely be spotted and attacked by the horseshoe crabs.
Cold sweat was oozing from my forehead and palms, and I really wanted to rush out immediately to help the fat man, but I forced myself to resist the impulse, and finally had to close my eyes weakly.
As a result, at this moment, I suddenly heard someone next to me shouting, "It's done."
I immediately opened my eyes, and found that the fat man had climbed onto the dragon's head, and immediately succeeded in putting the rope on the adjacent dragon's head, and then jumped and began to shuttle between the dragon's heads quickly, successfully attracting all the mask horseshoe crabs to climb to the top of the rock wall.
The fat man did not disappoint everyone's hopes, and when I saw that the matter was half successful, I immediately beckoned everyone, lifted the backpack at the entrance of the passage, and rushed out of the passage.
With the rain on my back, I rushed straight to the dense forest in front of me. Everyone ran to the front of the dense forest, and immediately dispersed, each looking for a tree, quickly kicking away the snow under the tree, and then finding a large number of dead branches and leaves, piled them under the roots, and scattered some sulfur on the broken branches.
The only thing left is to light the fire.
I put Tianyu on the snow, then squatted on the ground, let her lean on my back, and started to make a fire.
However, the ground in the dense forest was damp and frozen, and the dead branches and leaves were frosty, and it was difficult to light the fire for a while. I found that the same was true for everyone, everyone was sweating profusely, and they couldn't light the fire with all their might.
I really couldn't help it, so I rummaged through my backpack. Found a few candles, originally this is an indispensable and important item in the dim bucket, can not be wasted and used at will, but now it is important to save life, and I can't care about what happens after death.
I took out two candles, broke them into sections, lit them, and placed them in the branches. Smoke billowed and the fire was finally lit by me.
I immediately called the others to come to me and fetch the fire, and the fire had to be ignited quickly and widely in the dense forest for the method to work.
When they heard my call, they came to me one after another, and when they saw the flames burning, they breathed a sigh of relief. I lifted Tianyu up from the snow, put it on my back, and looked up at the rock wall, where the fat man and Chen Dong were still floating back and forth on the dragon's head, running around. With their bodies, such a long time of running and jumping should not last long.
My heart was beating when I saw them jumping on the steep rock face, but the only thing I could do now was to turn the fire into a fire and set the whole forest on fire.
The trees in the dense forest are very close to each other, which helps the forest fire burn, but I still think it is too slow, so I put Tianyu on the ground and let her rest on her backpack. I immediately began to run near the forest, looking for a broken branch with dense foliage, and in order to help the fire, I began to fan the flames around the perimeter of the fire, hoping that the fire would burn more vigorously.
The fire took advantage of the wind, and the ignition points of several of us were soon connected one after another.
The periphery of the dense forest burned into a red wall of hideous fire. (To be continued......)