Chapter 39: Crawling
As the saying goes, it is easy to go down the mountain and difficult to go up, especially when climbing this kind of slope that is relatively steep and covered by snow, every time you step into the snow, you can feel the soles of your feet slipping, and the more anxious you are, the more afraid you are of not going up. After tossing for a while, Wu Qi finally climbed to the cliff, tired and dry, there was no saliva in his mouth, he really wanted to drink saliva, but there was only a stream that was about to be frozen nearby, he didn't dare to drink the water, it was better to chew the snow directly, but in this extremely low temperature, drinking ice water and chewing snow was a suicidal act, Wu Qi had no choice but to swallow a few mouthfuls of saliva, grabbed a handful of snow and rubbed it on his face, and suddenly was frozen and sobered up a lot, and ran back to the exhaust hole with memory.
But when Wu Qi came back again, the hole was no longer hot outside, Wu Qi carefully leaned over to look inside, and found that the cave wall was covered with frost, but there was no movement inside, through the dazzling reflection during the day, he could just see the structure in the cave, it seemed to be two meters deep, and there was a shadow on the bottom side, which looked like a pipe mouth, and the heat should be discharged from that place, maybe it was still through the inside.
Wu Qi tilted his body and put his feet into the hole, and stepped on the cave wall with his toes a few times, but he didn't expect that the frost on the deep cave wall was very rough and particularly strong, as long as he didn't dig with a hard object, it shouldn't fall off by itself, and it should be able to bear the weight of a person.
After testing for a while, Wu Qi felt that he could jump directly down, or hold the frost on the cave wall and slide down slowly, in short, it was not difficult to go down, but he was afraid that the passage mouth that could not be seen clearly at the bottom was too small for him to get into, and then he would be stuck in this exhaust hole and not be able to get up. Looking at the cave and hesitating for a few minutes, thinking of the bloodstains and bullet casings at the gate, Wu Qi took a few deep breaths. Carrying the rifle to the front and looking around for a while before making up your mind.
He first put both feet in, kicked the cave walls on both sides, and slowly sent his body down, leaving only his arms still supported by the edge of the hole, saying in his heart that he was not afraid that it was fake. But at this time, he couldn't be afraid, as soon as he gritted his teeth, Wu Qi let go of his hand, and the whole person fell down with a swish, and his clothes were on the frost of the cave wall like ice thorns, making a "click" sound.
Almost the moment he let go, Wu Qi felt that his feet had hit the ground, but the heavy military coat affected his movements, and he couldn't turn around when he was stuck in the hole, and there was frost in front of him. Even if you touch it with a glove, it will stick. Wu Qi felt that the more he was afraid, the more he was afraid, the more he came, although the diameter of the hole was no problem for him to come down, but now it was winter, and he was dressed like a bear, especially when it fell, the bottom of the military coat was scraped by the frost and turned up, almost blocking the hole, he was forced to raise his hand, feeling that his clothes were under his neck. His breathing was a little difficult to breathe, but his body was so restricted that he couldn't pull his clothes open with his hands. Maintaining an awkward posture became a living stopper.
"Fucking bad!" Wu Qi couldn't help but snort, and barely managed to get his head out of the pile of clothes with his feet, looking at the small sky above his head, Wu Qi began to regret his recklessness, and he rashly planned to go in without thinking about anything, but now it's okay. Not only did he not get in, but he was stuck in this place, and the next time he was venting the heat, he would definitely have to be discovered, which was really self-defeating.
Thinking of this, Wu Qi became panicked, but the tight feeling around his chest made him more and more breathless, and the frost around him firmly fixed his clothes. The more he struggled, the worse the situation became, and he only stood low on tiptoe under his feet, but it was useless, and suddenly he saw that the rifle in front of him that was caught in his clothes only showed half of the body, and it seemed that the widest part of the gun was stuck in his chest along with his clothes, and if he could pull the gun out, maybe he would be able to get out of trouble.
It's a pity that Wu Qi's arm can't be bent down by the top, but if he doesn't pull out the gun, he has to die here, Wu Qiyi gritted his teeth and put his elbow on the frost, and suddenly there was a feeling like being pricked to the bone by a lot of needles, but he held back the pain and slowly lowered his arm, this is how he will be able to touch the muzzle of the gun, but if he lets his hand go down, the elbow will have to move up against the frost covered with ice thorns, and the taste is really a painful torture.
Wu Qi calmed himself down, and he didn't listen to him, he couldn't delay time here, if he went down quickly, maybe he could save people, even if he only rescued one person, then there would be less pain for a family to lose a child. The pain in his arm gradually became numb from the cold, Wu Qi closed his eyes and turned his heart sideways, and directly raised his elbow hard, this hand naturally hung down and grabbed the muzzle tightly, and then snorted and pulled the rifle up partially, at this time the other hand could also grasp the body of the gun, and this time the rifle was completely pulled out.
After missing a large piece, Wu Qi immediately felt that the pressure on his chest cavity was much less, but the contact time between the clothes and the wall of the cave covered with frost was a little long, and the surrounding circle was frozen firmly.
Wu Qi squatted at the bottom, and there was a large ball of cotton military uniform above his head, which blocked the hole, which was called a sturdy one, and he couldn't see anything if it was not transparent. But finally got out of trouble, Wu Qi hurriedly touched his elbow, but as soon as his hand touched it, it hurt, he grinned and inhaled the cool air, although he couldn't see it, he knew in his heart that it must have let the frost open the skin and flesh. Then he put his hand inside the garment, tore off the corner of the thread, and then tied the injured elbow indiscriminately, wrapping it around his mouth and muttering, "This, this unfortunate place, this, these damned things!" Wait for me to go down, I won't waste any bullets, I'll open and scoop you all open! ”
But after he tied up the wound, he was already sweating in pain, because the clothes blocked the hole, and the cold and light outside were also indirectly isolated, Wu Qi sat down on the low hole after wrapping the wound, and it took him half a breath to recover, squatting up and stretching out his hand along the middle of the clothes, pulling the rifle down, still behind his back, and then slowly reached out and groped around in the darkness.
The further down it goes, the warmer it becomes, and there is no frost around the cave, but it is particularly humid and there is a strange and pungent smell, when Wu Qi's hand touched the mouth of the passage, he quickly poked both hands over, and compared the size of the passage, which is smaller than the exhaust hole that leads vertically to the outside, but it should be able to climb in, but Wu Qi is a little worried that this passage is not leading to the inside, but what kind of boiler or something, then it will be wasted if it falls. But his current situation is more funny, he has blocked himself, the heavy cotton military uniform is like glue stuck to the frost on the cave wall, he can't drag it, it is impossible to climb up, the only place he can walk at the moment is this narrow hole that does not know where to go.
Wu Qi thought for a while and really had no choice, so he curled up and put his arm in and tried it first, it was also dug out of natural basalt, it seemed that the entire cliff had been hollowed out, Wu Qi was a little puzzled, what were they going to do with such a big movement? What are you studying in there? How come it is that after the liberation, there are still so many people left here, and since the troops have found out, why not bring someone over in person, but let him send a letter to this outpost for them to go to investigate? Is there something wrong here?
"Fuck it, I have a gun in my hand anyway, it's a big deal to fight with them!" Wu Qi shouted at the dark passage, and then crawled into the narrow passage, fortunately, the hole was dug smoothly and smoothly, and it was not too difficult to crawl in it. But he still had a wound on one elbow, and basically half of his body weight was pressed on the other arm, and that posture was a bit like the soldier who used to crawl forward on the ground with an explosive bag to blow up the bunker, but Wu Qi didn't have the slightest idea.
The passage was warm, and he could feel the residual temperature brought by the heat just now, but the smell made him a little unbearable, and he couldn't tell what it was, it was always the smell of wet moisture.
The fear brought to Wu Qi by the small, dark and claustrophobic environment gradually deepened and doubled, as he went deeper, Wu Qi even felt that the passage was endless, and it became more and more narrow, the front and back were empty, there was no sound and light, his hands could not see, his eyes were completely useless, so he had an illusion, he began to feel that he had become an earthworm wriggling underground, and he could no longer see the sun above his head, and he would crawl in this endless passage for eternity and eternity.
In this case, normal people will undergo special changes in their psychology, from the initial nervousness and anxiety to the madness of wanting to escape at the end, and this transformation has become more and more severe with time. However, what Wu Qi had experienced before was far more terrifying than this dark and narrow passage, and his psychological endurance was much stronger than that of his peers, just after a slight nervous pause, he got rid of his original thoughts, raised his hand and touched the wall of the cave to feel the temperature getting higher and higher, and he felt that he should be closer and closer to the place where he could go out.
But at this moment, suddenly a gunshot rang out from nowhere, and the sound quickly passed through the passage, and Wu Qi's scalp was numb in shock. (To be continued......)