Chapter Ninety-Six: The Passage
It didn't hurt, but it was so sudden that I almost jumped. My first instinct was to kick it over, and I kicked something against the wall of the hole, then bounced back and rolled forward along the slope of the passage. Now I can see clearly, it turns out to be another form of a bug chasing us. As I had originally decided, this was some kind of tide bug, or a variant of it. However, its basic form has not changed, and it curls up into a ball when it encounters danger or goes into a dormant state. The bulbous bug in front of him, the size of an adult's fist, was black and glowed with a metallic sheen in the light of the torch. But the shell of this bug is really as strong as iron armor, and I am wearing hard-toed military boots, and I didn't kick it out when I kicked it, and it didn't even dent and deform.
Looking at this black iron ball-like ball, rolling faster and faster past Platoon Commander Zhao, I suddenly had a little guess about the slightly inclined design of this passage. As the first curled bug rolls by, then a ball of bugs overtakes us, turning the aisle into a bowling track. We should always be careful not to get knocked over or tripped by the bug ball.
The temperature is getting colder and colder. Based on the declining temperature, I thought the road would lead to our entrance, but gradually I became uncertain, because the temperature here was already lower than the temperature on the embankment. When entering the passage, things happened suddenly, we were all in different panics, and I didn't notice the change in temperature at all, so I couldn't judge the temperature at the entrance stage.
But my inference is that since the temperature of the passage is higher than that of the embankment, the entrance should be a watershed of the temperature difference. According to this judgment, the temperature should gradually decrease from the passage back to the entrance, but not below the temperature of the embankment. Now that this situation has become abnormal, then the direction we are heading may not be the entrance, but the place where Hu Aiguo's hypothermia is caused.
It should be a strange place, and we should be prepared for unknown dangers. I immediately told my judgment to squad leader Liu and Hu Aiguo, Zhao platoon was far away, and I couldn't tell him what I thought.
After hearing this, squad leader Liu scolded his mother, he didn't even have a burning stick at present, if it was really dangerous, his weapon would only be teeth. At this moment, the insects curled up in a ball suddenly densely packed and rushed from behind like an avalanche. Although the curled up insects are no longer attacking, I am still terrified to be carried away by so many insects, and I am also worried that it is a creepy thing to think about being overturned to the ground by these iron balls of insects and rolling with them.
But this situation did not last long, and suddenly, a cold wind rushed over my face, and the light of the torches suddenly dimmed, and my eyes opened up.
Platoon Commander Zhao ran forward for more than ten meters before he found something wrong and stopped. He held the torch and looked around, I didn't see the wall of the cave, it seemed to be a very open place, and the worms curled up into balls were still rolling out of the passage and rolling towards the space in all directions. From the sound of the ball rolling, I noticed that it was very large, and the ball seemed to be rolling endlessly, as if the space had no boundary.
Platoon Commander Zhao was confused by the current situation and didn't know where to go. In the passage, he only needs to run along the passage, and there is no direction to choose. It's almost a huge square, and which way to go becomes a question.
He paused for a moment and asked, "Where is this?" How to get there? ”
I was also confused, and I didn't have the slightest idea of where I was. But I don't think it's possible for us to go back to that passage, and although there are a lot of bugs that are already frozen, I believe that there are still more bugs waiting for us to go back to the passage.
Since it's a huge space, it doesn't matter which way we run, as long as we still have the confidence to survive, we always try to explore this place. Staying away from these damn bugs was the main force that dominated my thoughts, and I didn't hesitate to say, "Keep running, run straight." No matter how big the underground cave is, there will be edges, and we will always find a way out if we keep walking. ”
With someone who came up with an idea and a clear direction, Platoon Commander Zhao immediately had the spirit. He pointed the torch in one direction and said, "Forward, forward." ”
Then the thing shook off its legs and ran. Squad Leader Liu and I were holding Hu Aiguo, we were already exhausted, and the worst thing was Squad Leader Liu, who stood barefoot on the stone ground close to zero degrees, not to mention running, and trembling when he stood up.
I was so angry that I yelled in the direction of the torch: "Come back, you rush to die." ”
I saw that the torches in front of me stopped, and then I hurriedly assisted squad leader Liu to put on Hu Aiguo's boots. At this time, Hu Aiguo didn't dare to talk much, squad leader Liu's condition was very bad, the soles of his feet dissipated too quickly, his face was blue, and his body was shaking involuntarily.
Because the torches were too far away from us, I was wearing boots for squad leader Liu in the dark, his feet were as cold as a piece of ice, and there was no blood flowing out of the wounds on the soles of his feet. I haven't gotten it for squad leader Liu yet, and the torches are back. I didn't look up, I quickly tied the shoelace by the firelight, and then wrapped Hu Aiguo's feet in a few layers with his own **. He could have left no feet on the ground, but it would be cold just as well.
After I got it done, I straightened up, and I had to scold Platoon Leader Zhao first. It's so annoying, you have to take care of our speed if you don't let you bear the weight, this way is purely to get rid of our rhythm, no matter how fast you run, it's useless, you can't remember the road your IQ has walked, and you're a dead thing in this alone. But when I saw the expressions of the three of them, I couldn't scold anymore. All three of them looked like they were in a state of fascination, their expressions were very focused, but their eyes were not focused, it was hard to tell whether they were crying or laughing, and I had the impression that their souls had left their bodies, and that they were only shells, and they were frozen.
It's so horrible. In fact, what I'm most afraid of now is that someone in us is out of control, which is good, three people have problems at the same time. I felt my throat dry, and I wanted to scream hard and wake them up at the same time, otherwise I would be broken by them first.
At this time, I saw squad leader Liu's eyes roll and said to me, "They're coming." ”
"Who's coming?!" I couldn't help but burst out. When have you been talking about something that has no beginning or end?
"Listen. The sound of their footsteps. Squad Leader Liu Tie Qing's face showed a look of fear.
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