Chapter 42 The Rising Waters

The terrifying black grimace that must come every night, the grimace moth, suddenly disappeared silently, as if it had only been one day, and they were all extinct. The strange bird chirping, which usually sounds at night, has not sounded tonight, and I felt that something was wrong, so I decided to keep vigil myself.

However, my heart was obviously not steady, but my eyelids suddenly became extremely heavy, and after trying to flip a few times, I couldn't hold on anymore.

Boom, boom, wave after wave of the waves, I stood on the skateboard, my body sliding forward on the surface of the sea with the rhythm of the waves. The fresh sea breeze, the bright sunshine, the waves, and the surfing mood turned out to be so pleasant.

Wait, surfing, I don't know how to surf! No, that's not the point, I'm supposed to be in the island forest at this time, why did I suddenly run out to surf in the sea?

Waking up from a sweet dream, this is the first time I have been in a sweet dream, I have been scared into a cold sweat, and it is also the first time that I have fallen asleep during the vigil.

The dream just now was too real, and now the sound of rattling waves is still ringing in my ears. Looking around, the night was quiet and quiet, I had slept so deeply just now, but fortunately I didn't fall from the tree. If you fall from such a tall tree, you will have to break your bones and tendons, and become disabled.

Looking up at the starry sky, the moon is so beautiful that you want to kiss it. Tonight, I am about to spend peacefully in this beautiful moonlight.

Suddenly, the sound of running water broke into my ears again, and I wondered, had I not woken up from my dream?

Listen carefully. It was found that it was neither in a dream nor a hallucination. Instead, in the metasequoia island forest, there was a loud sound of running water. It's an island though. However, the surrounding river is very shallow, mostly groundwater, and the water on the ground flows slowly, so it does not make such a sound as a tumbling wave.

What's going on, why is there an inexplicable sound like a flood around you?

I shone my flashlight downwards when I heard someone shouting, "Get down." ”

I hurriedly and alertly asked, "Who is it?" ”

The canopy was very high above the ground, and all I could see was pitch black below. The light of the flashlight was completely submerged in darkness, and nothing could be seen.

Although someone under the tree shouted for me to go down, how could I go down casually so easily, what if it was an enemy? But worried that something would happen to his teammates sleeping underneath, he hurriedly quietly touched the big tree next to him, and quietly slid down from another big tree. But I soon found out that the person calling me was a cigarette man, and at the same time. I also discovered another thing, a big thing that shook the sky. That is, the metasequoia island forest was unexpectedly flooded.

This is because there is a lot of water on the ground in the insular forest. In order to avoid the dampness drifting from the ground, the teammates tied hammocks high above the trees when they rested at night. So the people who are still asleep in their dreams. I didn't know that the water was about to reach my ass.

I hung on a tree and shouted in panic for everyone to get up. The people who have been awakened by me. The body was very reluctant to be woken up in the hammock and flipped a few times, but seeing that I did not relent, I continued to shout at them to get up. Only then did they rub their eyes and slowly sit up from the hammock.

I jumped off the tree, and now the ground was completely submerged in the murky water, knee-deep, and still rising upward.

At this time, it was obviously a cold winter in the Great Khing'an Mountains, but there was a large flood that can only occur in summer, and it was in the absence of rain that a small inland river branch actually launched a big flood. But I soon realized that it was impossible to tell whether it was a rising water or a sinking metasequoia island. Anyway, the entire island forest has been flooded by stagnant water, and it is estimated that it is only a matter of time before the metasequoia trees twenty or thirty meters high are completely submerged.

The people who woke up soon noticed the abnormal situation of the mutation, jumped out of the hammock one after another, and asked me what was going on?

Of course, I don't know what happened, but when I think about the anomaly that happened before, I know that it's not a good thing. Hurriedly asked everyone to pack their luggage, stepped on the moon and waded in the water at full speed to move forward.

After receiving the order to continue the march, everyone was a little panicked, and they all began to pack their luggage in a hurry.

Seventh Master Zha asked me puzzled, "Is it necessary?" ”

I told him about the ghost-faced moths that suddenly disappeared all at once, and the strange birds of the woods that stopped screaming. These abnormal signs are definitely due to the fact that the animals are naturally alert to danger, so they all leave this island forest that is about to be submerged or sunk early. We're a step too late, so we can't afford to delay any longer.

After packing up, everyone immediately began to wade into the water, and at this time, the knee-high river water had risen to the middle of the thigh, and it seemed that it was about to spread to the root of the thigh.

The sound of wading resounded in the dark island forest, and the seemingly calm and powerless river water was actually very resistant, and wading through the water was very laborious, even more strenuous than marching through the thick snow. By the time we walked out of the land of only two or three miles, the murky water had already overflowed the base of our thighs, and we were about to reach our waists.

The rapid and huge water of the river soon flooded the chests of the people, and the people who had been wading in the water had to change their way of traveling and swim instead. It's just that the surrounding trees are very dense and can easily be scratched by branches and leaves, so everyone can only try to dodge the trees in poor light, which slows down the swimming speed a lot.

It wasn't long before I noticed a large black float floating in the river, and I thought to myself that this was not a swamp, and there shouldn't be floating aquatic plants like moss. When I got closer, I found that a large black mass of floating objects turned out to be dozens of plant sea urchins. However, how did these black plants that grow at the bottom of the river float to the surface of the river?

It is estimated that the black plant sea urchin is actually the fruit or seed of some aquatic plant, which has fallen off the stalk after being baptized by the rapid increase of river water. The hollow fruit or seed floated on the surface of the water.

This is not a good thing, I hurriedly told everyone behind me to be careful, it is better to swim closer to the metasequoia tree for now, so that if you encounter a group of black plants and sea urchins, you can also have a place to shelter and dodge.

I swam up to a metasequoia tree and broke off a thick branch to use to pluck away the black sea urchin plant that occasionally drifted in front of me.

Swimming, which was already very physically demanding, has now filled in a big obstacle, and we can only swim for a while and rest for a while in front of the trees. (To be continued......)