Chapter 178: Smoking Can Save Lives

The three of us silently prayed in our hearts that we would not make any extraneous branches, and hoped that he would come up smoothly and smoothly. The sky has gradually darkened, we are all hungry, tired and hungry, Xiao Lei's state is definitely not much better, if there is another accident, not to mention anything else, his body will face a huge challenge.

But what happened next was surprisingly smooth, Xiao Lei only took about half an hour to climb up from the bottom, although he looked a little tired, but the overall state was not bad.

There was still a little food and water in the backpack, and when he took it out, he evened it out and everyone evened it out, Xiao Lei insisted that he wanted the least, saying that he was trained in wild survival, and if he couldn't stand it when he was hungry, he could know how to hunt wild animals. But Du Hongmei wanted to give him a little more, and fought for a while, Sister Li and I tacitly smiled at each other next to each other, it seems that the relationship between the two of them is heating up really fast.

Because it was already dark, we didn't dare to stay any longer, so we rushed down the mountain overnight. It had just rained heavily two days ago, so there was a faint musty and earthy smell in the air at night, and there was still standing water in some places, and the stones were relatively slippery, so we had a very difficult walk. When I came during the day, although I didn't think it was so difficult to walk, it may be due to the fact that during the day, plus the body was more sufficient, but now it is completely different, although there is a flashlight, but it is naturally incomparable with the natural light during the day, plus it is a little too tired.

Except for Xiao Lei, several of us have already fallen several times. What's worse is that when I fell, I also broke the flashlight, this is good, there are two flashlights in total, and now there is only one left in Xiao Lei's hand, which increases the difficulty of the journey, and finally we discussed it, decided to set up a tent, and then live in the mountains overnight, tomorrow at dawn, with our current situation, it is really impossible to continue to go down.

A suitable spot was chosen, and we set up the tent, or like last time, the two of us men took turns on duty, and the two women could sleep in peace.

Xiao Lei saw that my body was really a little overwhelmed, so he asked me to sleep first, and then change him in the middle of the night. Although I was thirsty and hungry, the tireness that came in like a tidal wave still made me fall asleep quickly.

When it was my turn to be on duty, I looked at my watch, it was already two o'clock in the morning, and I was supposed to change shifts, but Xiao Lei let me sleep for an extra hour, and I felt a burst of gratitude and warmth in my heart.

Xiao Lei seemed to be too tired, his voice was a little hoarse, I asked him to hurry into the tent to sleep, and then I got out of the tent, and put some mosquito repellent on my body and face, the sky was full of stars outside, and there were no clouds, except for the low chirping of insects and the occasional sound of unknown animals walking in the grass, it seemed so quiet.

After a while, it seemed that the wind was blowing, the branches were squeaking in the wind, and the summer night in the mountains was a bit of a "cool in the middle of the night" feeling, I pulled the zipper of my jacket, shrunk my neck, and peed, and I felt much more relaxed, because I had just woken up, so my spirit was quite vibrant.

Idle, I lit a cigarette and began to think about the one qiē I had encountered in the valley in the past two days, who had broken the rope we had tied to the tree? Is it the monster, or is it the high blind man? Is it because the wound of the blind man is not healed, and there are many of us, so he deliberately avoided us and did not dare to confront us head-on? So where will he hide?

I've been thinking about it for a long time, but I still don't have any clue, forget it, I don't think about it so much, let my brain rest well, and then think about it in the long run when I go back.

I suddenly felt a little uncomfortable in my stomach, I hadn't defecated for more than two days, my stomach was a little swollen, I looked around, I wanted to find a suitable place to excrete, this place was still near the valley, I didn't dare to be careless, I reminded myself to always be vigilant against the sneak attack of the blind man, look at a low-lying pit not far away, and think it was a good place - in an environment where people can be attacked at any time, the most natural reaction is often to hope to find a wall or a tree, or something else to lean on, because only the back is against the shelter, you will have a sense of security in your heart. And in that pit, you will feel more secure than on flat ground, which can be regarded as a kind of cover.

In addition, because the tent is on a high place, squatting in that pit, you should be able to see the tent, and the location of our tent is very good, it is a place recessed in the mountain wall, behind and above, there is the protection of the mountain, if someone wants to get close to the tent, it can only be seen from this side of me.

After choosing the location, I didn't hesitate, I immediately smoked a cigarette and walked into the pit and squatted down.

My life is very regular, I have to poop at least twice a day, and this is the first time in so many years that I haven't pooped for so long, so my body seems to be very uncomfortable, as if I am a little constipated, although I feel uncomfortable, but after squatting down, I can't pull it down immediately.

Take a deep breath, tense your abdominal muscles, and try to drain out, maybe a little too hard, feel a little dizzy in your head, read the book that a lot of cerebral hemorrhage is caused by straining to defecate, it seems that the defecation process does increase the pressure on the brain, making people feel dizzy. But soon I felt that something was wrong, because the cigarette in my mouth could not be inhaled, as if it was slowly being extinguished, and I suddenly realized - bad, this pit was the same as the one I encountered in the valley, extremely deprived of oxygen.

The process of gas poisoning is the most dangerous, unlike when you touch a needle in your hand, you will immediately know what is going on, and you will immediately retract your hand, at the beginning of gas poisoning, you will often feel dizzy, your whole body is weak, when you try to escape, but you have no strength, and then you will quickly lose consciousness, and soon after, you will suffocate to death.

I thought that my reaction was fast enough, and I wanted to lift my pants immediately and climb out, but it was still too late, I only felt that my legs were weak, I didn't have any strength in my body, my eyelids were fighting, and I had a feeling that I just wanted to sleep, but deep down, there was only one vague thought - I must not fall asleep, I must not fall, as soon as I fall, I will definitely die.

I wanted to shout for help, but I couldn't make a sound, and as my consciousness became more and more blurred, I suddenly remembered a way to save my life - I put my hand on my waist, then fumbled a button on the walkie-talkie, and then with the only strength I had, I twisted it, and then lost consciousness.

When I woke up again, I felt in a trance that someone was blowing into my mouth, and pinched my nose from time to time, I snorted in pain, and after a long time, I really regained consciousness, only to find that Hongmei, Xiaolei, and Sister Li were surrounding me, and Sister Li was already crying like a tearful person.

The same feeling as the last time I was in the pit in the valley, my head still hurt like a crack, and my whole body was soft and I didn't have any strength. The three of them carried me into the tent, then helped me change into dry clothes, and Hongmei gave me a massage on the special acupuncture points for a while, and I basically returned to normal.

Thinking that I was carried out of the pit by them in that posture, I couldn't help but blush, and under the questioning of the three of them, I told what happened just now.

After listening to this, Xiao Lei couldn't help laughing: "It seems that smoking is also good, if you don't smoke, you will definitely not realize the lack of oxygen in that pit so quickly, and you will not react in the shortest possible time, this time is more dangerous, if you take action a few seconds late, you may lie there forever."

I also smiled wryly and said, "Thanks to your special walkie-talkie, if I didn't have that panic button, I would have died." Saying this, I am from the heart, because that walkie-talkie is really different from the general one, there is a special button on it, as long as you open the lid and twist it gently, the other party's walkie-talkie will emit a sharp alarm sound, and it is this function that saved my life.

When Yiqiē was calm, Xiao Lei's eyes were already bloodshot, and Sister Li and Hongmei had been sleeping for a few hours, so they unanimously asked for the two of them to be on duty, so that Xiao Lei and I could sleep quickly.

When Xiao Lei and I woke up, it was already more than nine o'clock in the morning, the sun had already risen high, Sister Li and Hongmei got some wild fruits back to satisfy our hunger. There is still a lot of strength in the crowd, and the ability to resist risks is also strong when there are more people.

While eating, we all discussed the qiē that happened last night.

I'm fateful, in just two days, several times in distress, especially these two times in gas poisoning, really a few laps around the door of the Lord of Yama, in addition, if it weren't for Hongmei who studied medicine this time, I was given professional artificial respiration in time, I'm afraid that even if I was lifted up to the pit, it would be difficult to save my little life.

There is another point that puzzles us - why are there so many "hypoxic craters" in the mountains all of a sudden? We may not think it strange that there are such pits in the valley, but even in the mountains outside the valley, there are such pits, which is a bit surprising, is it also related to the chain reaction caused by the crack?

We decided, before we left, to take a closer look at the pit where I was in distress last night.

But what made us feel extremely strange was that when we went to look for the pit near the tent, it disappeared without a trace. We looked around again, and there was no pit. But we all remember that the pit was four or five meters in diameter, and it seemed to be a very regular cone, almost two meters deep.

This time we can't stay in the mountains anymore, let's go back first. I finally got to the bottom of the mountain, then hired a car, and finally returned to the county seat. This time I was going to kill the blind man, but I didn't even see his shadow, it was just a few of us, and we were in danger and almost died.

But after coming back, Xiao Lei still can't forget to say half-jokingly and half-seriously, smoking is sometimes beneficial, because in the wild, many insects are afraid of the smell of smoke, and when you smoke and go down to the cave, you can quickly sense whether there is a lack of oxygen inside.