Chapter 6 Falling into the River
The chain fell to the ground, and with a few rattling sounds, the old turtle was very spiritual, and knew that the things that imprisoned him had failed, and his head, which was originally dying, immediately lifted up, and his body began to struggle. The strength of this thing is really great, it struggled, and the stone tablet on its body immediately shook, and then we heard a squeak, and the stone tablet suddenly fell down in the direction where we were.
Everyone hurriedly dodged to both sides, then heard a bang, the stele first smashed to the plank road, the wooden plank road can not withstand such a big force collision, after a squeak, the middle of the plank and the bottom beam have broken, the whole plank road from the middle broken, the stele instantly fell upside down into the mist under the feet.
I only feel that the plank under my feet is affected by this, constantly vibrating, so shocked that I retreat again and again, the plank road is so pressed, the structure is damaged, from the fracture of the stone tablet falling, the planks on both sides have broken and slived, so that the people and horses on both sides of us can only continue to retreat, after a while, the plank road is divided into two, and there is a space about ten meters apart in front of my eyes. I'm here, and Lu Su and the others are there. Heizi shouted, "Brother Chen, are you okay?" ”
I stopped, signaled that it was okay, and wondered in my heart, how should I get over now? At this moment, the old turtle slowly crawled out of the groove where the stone tablet was placed, poked out a glans that looked like the old man's face, and then continued to crawl forward, and in the surprised eyes of everyone, it fell into the clouds and mist like the stone tablet.
Although I know that the water of the Nu River is under this plank road, and the turtle will definitely not die if it falls, but animals have instincts, and I have never seen an animal that dares to jump off a cliff by itself.
At this moment, Lu Su threw a rope over, the rope was also connected to a safety buckle, and the other end was wrapped by Lu Su on a protruding sharp stone on the cliff, for the sake of safety, several people on the opposite side dragged the other end of the rope again, and motioned for me to use the rope to pass.
I looked around and saw an arm-thick crooked neck tree in the crevice of the rocks above me, so I put the rope on it, and then put it around the raised rocks around me to form a strong rope bridge, and then fastened the safety buckle and slid down the ropeway to the opposite side. However, just halfway through, Lu Su suddenly shouted that it was not good, and before I understood what was going on, the ropes were put on the brush and ran forward, and then I realized that the plank road could not withstand the power of too many people standing in one place, and it began to break again.
Fortunately, Lu Su and the others let go quickly, and ran forward one after another, so they didn't fall, but this safety was only a moment, the speed of a few people escaping, but not catching up with the speed of the plank road breaking, did not run a few steps, the entire plank road disintegrated, only a few shouts were heard, several people fell down suddenly, and their bodies instantly disappeared into the fog, except for the screams that were still echoing, there was nothing left.
At this moment, although Lu Su and the others let go, but fortunately, the rope on the other side is hanging on the mountain stone, the mountain and stone are one, relatively strong, so the rope is still straight and stretched, although my whole person has slipped to the position where Lu Su and the others were before, but the plank road at the foothold has disintegrated, becoming a scene hanging in the air.
I was dumbfounded.
The material of this plank road is sturdy, and we have not had any accidents along the way, how can it be so light and disintegrated now?
At this moment, I hung in the air and looked down, only to see that it was already noon, the fog had dissipated a lot, and I could vaguely see a big river below, the distance was too high, the field of vision was vast, where could I see Lu Su and others.
Fortunately, this place is far from the bend of the first bend, and the water below should have flattened out, so that there are not so many undercurrents or whirlpools, and these people should be fine.
Looking straight at me at this moment, I was still hanging in the air, and I still couldn't move or retreat. If I re-walk on the plank road, because the plank road just now disintegrated, the nearest plank road is at least 30 meters away from me, and I am not an ape, how can I get there?
Do you want me to jump down from here?
Although there is no danger to life if you jump like this, the previous few times you fell into the water were all accidents, and it was really a challenge for a person who had not received diving training to automatically and spontaneously jump down from such a high altitude.
At this time, I don't care about scolding the old turtle that caused us trouble, the white chicken must hate me to death, of course, if this old man can have an accidental drowning or something, I can't ask for it.
At this moment, I looked at the plank road that was thirty meters away from me, and I couldn't make up my mind for a while. Maybe what Lu Su said is right, this plank road can be stored for so long, it is really the old turtle that is working, if the turtle is gone, the plank road will begin to disintegrate, and I don't know if the plank road behind it is still so strong.
After thinking about it, I still don't have the courage to jump, so I just jump, in case of an accident, there is a stone or something in the river, wouldn't it be worth the loss? To tell the truth, on this trip, almost all the people in the team have their own thoughts, except for the sunspot who seems to have been pitted by Lu Su, none of them are wronged if they die, and it has no effect on me if they die. Regardless of whether there is a structural diagram of the tomb of the Giant Ear King, if I want to break the curse, I always have to go there.
To put it bluntly, this is not a team of people who are united at all, but a group of people who have come together for their own benefit.
Instead of risking jumping down to meet them, it's better to choose the safest way.
However, how do I get to the opposite boardwalk more than 30 meters apart?
Having decided on my next move, I observed the environment, and my only hope was to climb up the cliff with my bare hands. The cliffs are straight and steep, and occasionally one or two large hanging trees will grow in some large crevices, and other than that, there is no grass.
The only thing that can be grasped by people is some protruding rocks on the cliff, the curved arc is just right for people to climb, but because the angle of the mountain is too vertical, I have to keep my body straight all the time during the climbing.
This is easy on flat ground, but it is a very difficult task in the middle of a cliff.
I didn't hesitate for long, took a deep breath, slowly moved to the cliff, and then, carefully freed one hand, unfastened my safety buckle.
At this moment, I can't look down, because my body and the cliff are straight, I can't look down at all, the whole person can only turn his face sideways, look at the 'road' ahead, judge the place where he lands and where he can grasp it, not to mention what the muscles on his body are tightened into.
I just felt that every step I took was a huge challenge, and after a few steps, I was almost sweating and my muscles were trembling. At this time, my whole person's spirit is highly concentrated, and I can't think about anything else at all, and I keep building myself in my heart: even if I fail, at best, I will fall, I won't die, come on.
However, it is still the old saying, people are unlucky, and they will stuff their teeth when they drink cold water. Two-thirds of the way up, there were several days of crevices in the cliff ahead, jagged and easy to grasp. I was overjoyed, and immediately grabbed it, and then I was about to reach the plank road, and suddenly, I heard a hissing sound in my ears, and then, I suddenly saw that there was a snake head in the crack in front of me.
The triangular with a green tongue looked at me with a letter spitting out.
Viper.
There are many insects and snakes in Yunnan, although I have traveled a lot of places and know a lot of things, but I dare not say that it is a biological know-it-all, there are too many types of snakes, and I really don't know this in front of me. But the biggest feature of venomous snakes is that the head is triangular. I was suffocated for breath, my whole muscles were tense, and I stuck to the cliff, not daring to move. At this time, the poisonous snake did not attack me, and the snake's preparation before attacking other creatures was to shrink its neck back, and then it would pop out in an instant.
But the snake was more relaxed, just spitting out the letter, slowly crawling out of the slit, and then crawling up to my shoulder. I don't know what this thing is trying to do, it doesn't seem to be afraid of people. At this moment, my muscles were tense and sweating, and the snake's cold body, rhythmic muscles crawled on my shoulders, and I felt like I was massaging, but it was quite comfortable. This mixture of nervousness and comfort is not to mention how weird it is.
By this time, the triangular snake had gone down my shoulder, and it had slipped into my clothes, which had not been tucked into my pants, and I could only pray that it would crawl out of the hem, and then go wherever it wanted, and just stay on me.
If it's a non-venomous snake, I definitely won't care so much, go up the plank road first, and then bite it. But this is a poisonous snake, if this is bitten, deep in the mountains and valleys, then what is it? Although there is snake venom, but the serum is in Lu Su, whether I can wait for Lu Su to save me is not necessarily.
Because, as soon as this snake appeared, I could only stand in place with tense muscles, which was a very draining thing, and after a while, my muscles began to tremble, and if I continued like this, the only end was diving.
At this moment, the damn triangular snake finally crawled down from my hem, but it didn't climb up the rock, but wanted to continue to drill into my pants, but fortunately I tied the belt, this thing couldn't get in, and finally he gave up on it, and began to climb down my thighs down the river, this time I was even more nervous, stiffened, and didn't even dare to come out, for fear that it would come to my little brother, if I really got bitten, I would be crippled if I didn't die!
Fortunately, the poisonous snake was estimated to be full, and he crawled down my leg and burrowed into the crack again, probably losing curiosity about me, so I breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly accelerated my speed, until I got on the plank road, the whole body was paralyzed, and the stiff muscles that had been tense and stiff were followed by uncontrollable twitching at the moment when I relaxed.