Chapter 430: An Unexpected Passage
The way back was blocked by the Japanese, which made us even more uneasy - it seems that those Japanese are far more familiar with this cave than we are, and we are in the light, and they are in the dark, this cave is too unsafe, we should go out immediately, not for a second longer, but this magnetic ore wall in front of us, how should it be opened?
According to the judgment of Madman Six, this stone wall is not only very dense, but also so thick that we can not move a millimeter even if we try to eat it.
"Is there any other way?" Crazy Six asked "Monkey Eagle" gently, although his tone was still very calm, but everyone knew that in fact, each of us was very anxious in our hearts, including Crazy Six.
But the "Monkey Eagle" just shook his head helplessly, and after that, there was a deathly silence, and no one spoke. I felt tighter in my chest and more out of breath.
Is this cave the place where we are buried?
Xiao Lei, who has always been very calm, was also a little anxious at this time, he flew up and kicked the stone wall, but the stone wall did not move. And the madman six stood there, his brows furrowed, and he was still nervously thinking about what to do.
"Quick, let's hurry up and go back the way we came", the madman six suddenly said eagerly to the "Monkey Eagle", and when we heard it, it suddenly dawned on us - yes, since there is a stone wall in front of us, why didn't we think of returning the same way? It's really messed up.
"Monkey Eagle" also nodded quickly, and we immediately walked back under the leadership of "Monkey Eagle", but when we walked for about twenty minutes, the most worrying thing happened - on the way back to the cave, there was suddenly a stone wall, and we were completely blocked in the hole! His grandmother drops, these Japanese devils, are really vicious.
This time, everyone was completely desperate.
They all sat on the ground, and I suddenly felt that this cave was suffocating like a living coffin. Only Xiao Lei, Crazy Six, and Old Man Ouyang were still relatively calm, they were still standing, carefully observing the surrounding environment.
Xiao Lei suddenly shouted: "Everyone be excited, have you forgotten the principles I usually say?" - The more desperate you are, the more you have to maintain your fighting spirit, and once your will breaks, you can only wait for death. The last time we were brought into that cave by ants, didn't we almost come out? It's not a big deal, with our ability, there will definitely be a way out. ”
After Xiao Lei's reminder, we cheered up a little.
Madman Six asked "Monkey Eagle" tentatively: "Old man, now we can only rely on you, there are thousands of forks here, and our original passage is blocked, so is there any other fork in the road, which can lead to other places—no matter where we can get out of this cave." ”
After listening to Crazy Six's words, "Monkey Eagle" did not react immediately, but lowered his head and thought for a moment before nodding.
"Then let's act immediately, no matter where we go, let's go out of the road first", it seems that at the critical moment, we still have to rely on the madman six. This news cheered us up again, yes, no matter where the fork in the road leads, let's go out first, in this kind of closed space, we are too passive and too dangerous.
It was still the old man Ouyang, holding the "Monkey Eagle" and walking in the front, because apart from him, the direction indicated by the "Monkey Eagle" was difficult for others to understand.
This old man Ouyang has been hunting all his life, and he has a good body, compared to us young people, his physical strength is not bad at all, of course, this is also related to the water and soil in our area - in our area, eighty or ninety years old people are very common, and most of them are in good spirits.
This time, under the leadership of the "Monkey Eagle", we walked for about twenty or thirty minutes, and suddenly heard the sound of the water, and we immediately became excited, because we knew that if we followed the flowing water, we could find the exit.
After turning two more forks in the road, in the dark cave, we shone a flashlight and found a river in front of us, but I felt as if something was wrong, so I quickly rubbed my eyes and looked again, yes, under the light of the flashlight, I clearly saw that the flowing water was actually red!
At this time, I heard Old Man Ouyang mutter: "Why is the water of this dark river also red?" It's the same as the water in the cave near where I live. ”
In fact, there is no need for Old Man Ouyang to say it, we are all aware of this.
The cave where the old man lived happened to lead to a well-shaped canyon, and the old man once drifted into one of the well-shaped canyons along the dark river in the cave under the leadership of the "monkey eagle", and what was even more strange was that the water flow in the cave was the opposite during the day and at night.
Could it be that the river in front of you, like the dark river in the cave, also leads to a well-shaped canyon under the cliff? And those well-shaped canyons are the dwellings of the amphibians, once we drift into the amphibian lair, aren't we looking for death?
"Where does this dark river lead?" The madman asked "Monkey Eagle", "Monkey Eagle" shook his head, and shouted two words, and the old man Ouyang said, "'Monkey Eagle' doesn't know where it leads, only that the road leads to the outside of the cave, and this is also the only passage to the outside of the cave."
The madman turned to everyone and said, "In that case, let's decide together, should we go down this river or not?" ”
Listening to the crazy man Liu's opinion, everyone almost didn't think about it, and unanimously decided to drift out of this dark river, and everyone thought very simple - instead of waiting for death here, it was better to give it a go.
Since we have decided, we should act immediately, but Xiao Lei suddenly stopped us.
He said that the river should be very deep, and although it is possible to float along the river, it is still very physically demanding to not sink, and we do not know how long it will take to drift, and if we do not have the strength to do so, we are likely to drown.
For this kind of action, Xiao Lei is still professional, he is right, if we go down rashly, there is likely to be an accident, and the old man Ouyang drifted in from the cave, didn't he also hug a log?
But in this cave, there is no wood or anything like that, what should we do? But if you venture into the water, it's probably - not trapped in the cave, but drowned in the water. Moreover, among those of us, except for Xiao Lei, who has the ability to swim long distances, I am afraid that it is difficult for other people to do it.
Just when everyone was worried, Xiao Lei suddenly took out a ball of things from his backpack, and after unfolding it, we were surprised to find that it was a small inflatable assault boat!
It turned out that when Xiao Lei set off, the current season of Zhilu Road is the rainy season, and we are going to the area below the cliff, and it is inevitable that we will encounter rivers and the like, so we brought this inflatable assault boat, the material of this assault boat is very light, but it is very tough, and it is self-inflatable - as long as you unscrew the button, the air will automatically fill inside.
And after use, as long as the air inside is squeezed out, it becomes a small ball again, it is too convenient to carry, and we immediately became excited when we saw Xiao Lei carrying this kind of thing, which is called sending charcoal in the snow.
When Xiao Lei unscrewed the button of the assault boat, and after the air slowly "blew" the assault boat, we put the assault boat into the river and then carefully squeezed it up.
The assault boat could only accommodate four people by standard, but we had seven, so we had to squeeze hard, but fortunately, the buoyancy of this small boat was very strong, and even if there were nearly twice as many people, it was still very stable.
I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but the female translator still leaned against me, and her chest was right against my arm, which made my heart beat wildly, and I couldn't help but think about the affair between the two of us in the hotel, and I couldn't help but boil my blood.
Just when I was thinking nonsense, the assault boat had already begun to drift down the river, Xiao Lei took out the sapper shovel, pulled the folding handle apart, and it became a "oar" that could control the direction.
But unlike the old man Ouyang's rafting, this time the river did not fork, although it turned a few times, but it was the only one, so we didn't need the "monkey eagle" to guide the way, so we went down the river. As for where it goes, we don't know anything, and we can only resign ourselves to fate.
After drifting for more than an hour, we gradually felt that a cool breeze was blowing from the opposite side, and we should be outside the cave immediately, and we were both nervous and excited.
However, fortunately, there is Xiao Lei's assault boat, otherwise I would have been able to float in the rapids for so long with my bare hands, at least with my water nature and physical strength, I would definitely not be able to hold it.
At this moment, before we could react, the speed of the assault boat drifting suddenly accelerated, Xiao Lei couldn't help but scream, and then wanted to control the speed of the assault boat with a sapper shovel, but it was useless to try a few times, we felt that the assault boat took off in the air, and then fell down heavily, and tilted a little, almost overturned in the water, we couldn't help but scream.
After a few laps, the boat slowly stopped.
Everyone hurriedly shone a flashlight around, only to realize that we had drifted outside the cave, and where we were now was a small lake—at most the size of one or two places.
And the entrance of the cave is above this lake, and there is a drop of more than one meter.
Originally, we also wanted to shine with a flashlight and observe the surrounding environment carefully, but we didn't expect Xiao Lei and Crazy Six to roar almost at the same time: "Quickly turn off the flashlight." It was only then that we realized that it was dangerous, so we quickly turned it off. Not only was the flashlight turned off, but we didn't dare to speak too loudly.
After we got ashore, we immediately put away the assault boat, and then quietly observed the terrain in the vast night.
I looked at my watch, it was already more than two o'clock in the morning, and there was a crescent moon hanging in the sky, because I didn't dare to turn on the flashlight, everything around us, we couldn't see it clearly, but a pungent fishy smell immediately alerted us, this fishy smell is very similar to the smell of amphibians! Is this really the lair of amphibians?
After walking along the cliff wall for a while, we gradually realized that the terrain here is indeed a well-shaped canyon - surrounded by circular cliffs, and the bottom of the valley is flat.
If this is really an amphibious lair, the amphibians will quickly smell us and find us immediately, and then we will have nowhere to hide.
This situation should be called "only out of the wolf's den and into the tiger's den".