Chapter 48: The No Man's City (45) Pursuit
"I'll go down first, Lin Ya, you prepare, and when I call you, you will get out of the car, Mo Li!"
The wolf's teeth shouted to us without looking back, and he didn't stop slashing the rats. As soon as the words fell, the right hand of the wolf fang, who had killed the rats, put away the knife, then took out a bottle of medicinal powder, and with his left hand, he forcibly pushed open the door of the car surrounded by rats with brute force.
I sat in the back seat and clearly saw the rats that had been forced open by the door as the door was pushed open by the wolf's fangs. Through the gap under the car door, you can see those small gray-black claws scratching and grinding on the ground.
The door was used to push aside the rats that had been surrounding the door, so that a small space could be freed up in front of the door. Wolf Fang took this opportunity to get out of the car door, because he had the powder on him, and the rats around the car door instinctively retreated a little, and before they pounced again, Wolf Fang waved his right hand and spilled the whole bottle of powder in a half-moon shape without hesitation, forcing the rats to retreat in a panic again.
"Forest Cliff! Come out! ”
With a somewhat urgent shout from the wolf fang, Lin Ya immediately got out of the car door without delay, and together with the wolf fang, he used the power of the medicine powder to expand the safety area in front of the car door.
After Lin Ya also went out, I also stepped forward from the back seat to the co-pilot's seat, ready to get out of the car when the wolf's teeth called me. Because I had to be ready to get out of the car when the wolf fang called me, I kept a nervous eye on the situation outside the car. I couldn't help but frown as Wolf Tooth and Lin Ya used the powder to gain a temporarily safe space, as the threat to those rats was waning.
After a closer comparison, I'm even more sure that it wasn't my own delusion. The first time the medicine showed its threatening effect on rats was on the rooftop, when I only had one pill on me, but the rats did not dare to enter within one meter of me. It's just that when we go from the rooftop to the downstairs, the scope of the medicine has been reduced by half, from one meter to half a meter.
Later, in the underground pipeline, it can also be found that the influence of the drug is constantly weakening, not only gradually weakening each time, but also forming a decreasing trend between several uses. Just like now, with a whole bottle of powder, the wolf fang only cleared a semi-circular area with a radius of less than one and a half meters, and, in a few tens of seconds, those rats have already begun to try to break through this range and get closer again.
In that case, judging by the speed at which the rats adapt to the powder, we must solve it quickly!
Thinking of this, I looked outside the door to make sure of the situation, and then I got out of the door without waiting for the wolf's fangs to call me, and shouted at him as I got out of the car to prevent him from disrupting my plans and making a mistake because of my actions.
"Wolf Fang! What's next, get started now! Can't put it off any longer! The effect of the powder on those rats is gradually weakening, and the longer it drags on, the smaller the effect of the powder becomes! Without the help of the powder, we wouldn't have been able to survive the rat swarm! ”
I could see that Wolf Fang was going to say something when I decided to get out of the car myself, but before he could say anything, I blocked what he wanted to say. Hearing my words, he was obviously stunned, looked left and right, and then used the throwing knife to kill the mouse faster, probably confirming that what I said was not groundless.
"Don't leave it! Lin Ya, prepare to rush to the stairs! ”
Wolf Fang, who confirmed the situation, also knew that he could not delay any longer, and immediately beckoned me and Wolf Fang to leave the car and head towards the staircase gate.
At this time, I didn't care about anything else, I heard the wolf's words, and by his slightly half-squatting posture, I pounced on his back without hesitation, and at the same time, in order to free his hands to the greatest extent, I consciously put my legs on his waist, hooked his neck with one hand to prevent myself from falling off his back, and in the other hand I took an open bottle of powder, nervously preparing to use it against the rats who might pounce at any time.
No sooner had I fixed my position on the back of the wolf's fangs than the wolffangs suddenly began to move. He and Lin Ya ran side by side towards the staircase gate, fortunately, the effect of the medicine powder was still there, most of the mice instinctively made way for us because of the medicine powder on our bodies, and a small number of mice that were less affected by the medicine powder would also be solved by wolf fangs or Lin Ya at the moment of pounce. And I kept an eye on what was behind us, sprinkling a handful of powder from time to time, in case a rat pounced on us and no one was defending.
Although it is only a short 100 meters, it is far from relaxing. Wolf Tooth and Woodcliff were fast runners, but the rats were faster at adapting. If the puppet is just an ordinary run, I estimate that the speed of the two of them should be within 11 seconds, but at this time, the wolf teeth have carried me, and secondly, there are those rats hindering, so both of them have to be forced to slow down.
There were almost no rats pounced on us for the first 50 meters, and I just sprinkled two handfuls of powder behind me to stop the few rats that wanted to pounce on us. However, after the halfway point of the 100-meter journey, the strong adaptability of the rats was fully revealed, and in the next 30 meters, the number of rats that pounced on the attack increased significantly, and I sprinkled the powder behind me more frequently. By the time we have run these 30 meters, we have completed the 80-meter distance, but it is precisely the last 20 meters that is the hardest hell.
"Forest Cliff! Reach over! I'll take care of the front, you just need to take care of your own side! Don't leave your attention! The powder is enough, so you don't need to save too much! Speed up and rush out! The longer we delay, the easier it is for us to get stuck here! ”
Wolf Fang shouted to Lin Ya and me, and I struggled to make out his voice in the midst of the mouse's cry, at which point the two of them could no longer run, moving around the staircase gate while cleaning up the rats that kept pounced. I spilled another handful of powder to force the rats back from the pounce, and took advantage of the gap between the previous wave and the next wave, and looked back at the gate that was getting closer and closer—there were only ten meters left!
Nine meters. The third bottle of powder had been completely used, and the empty bottle was thrown out along with the little powder that was left, and it was smashed into the large mouth of a rat that pounced, and it fell to the ground with a terrible scream, rolling and being drowned by the other rats that caught up.
Eight meters. I'm really glad that the powder is sufficient, I have a total of nine bottles of powder, and the fourth bottle is being spilled at this time, but the speed of consumption is increasing rapidly, and I can't stop sprinkling the powder.
Seven meters. Sprinkled with powder in one hand and quickly swung to the side with the other, helping the wolf fang to block a mouse that pounced on the side. Before losing his balance, he quickly re-hooked the neck of the wolf tooth with his arm, at this time, the pressure faced by the three of us was increasing sharply, Lin Ya only needed to guard the side, and the wolf tooth had begun to have some flaws because he was guarding the front and side at the same time.
Six meters. The constant movement has made me sweat, sweat blurs my vision, and some of the powder is stained on the sweaty skin during the swaying process, which is sticky and a little uncomfortable. My T-shirt was soaked with sweat and stuck to my body wet. Behind the wolf's neck and ears, I also saw large beads of sweat, because it was lying on his back, I could feel that his back was also soaked with sweat, and the state of Lin Ya on the side was not much better, and everyone's physical strength was being violently consumed.
Five meters. I began to regret this plan lying on the back of the wolf's fang, not only to maintain my balance but also to take care of the back and help the wolffang resist the threat on my side from time to time, Lin Ya and the wolf's tooth can also cooperate with the medicinal powder to kill the rats, and I can only rely on the medicinal powder to support the defense behind us. The two of them also noticed that I was gradually losing my support, and became a back-to-back position with wolf teeth in front of the cliff and behind, and I only needed to assist the two people on the side, but even so, I could only barely support it.
Four meters. The eighth bottle? It seems to be the eighth bottle of powder, I don't remember anymore. Thinking has stagnated, it's too late to think and can't think, all actions have become instinctive reactions, and there is no time for me to think and judge before making actions. There are more and more rats gathered around us, they are getting closer and closer to our range, and because they are getting closer and closer to us, they are no longer just pounced on the attack, many of them are directly attached to the ground and pounce on the feet to gnaw the wolf's teeth and the calves of the forest cliffs. Luckily, I was carried by the wolf's fangs, so I didn't need to worry about attacks from below, but the two of them really had to use their hands and feet at this time, not only to guard against the rats that pounced, but also to keep kicking the rats that approached my feet. At the moment, every move becomes extremely difficult!
Three meters, two meters, one meter!
In the last short three meters, I have no way to describe it at all, all the actions become instinct, only by constantly defending, constantly killing the rats that pounce on us can we get a chance to survive! Even in the last half meter, it was no longer coming, but the wolf fang jumped suddenly, opened the gate with all his strength, quickly dodged in, and immediately pulled the gate back and closed it after Lin Ya entered.
It's just that the door lock that was removed before doesn't know where we threw it, and even if we know where it is, we don't have time to lock the door. Finally we entered the tower, but we didn't have a second to spare, and the wolf's teeth kept carrying me and rushed towards the stairs, two and three times at a rapid pace, with the cliff close behind.
The sound of the wind passed by my ears, and I was already drenched in sweat, and the fierce wind made me shiver. However, I could not care about this at this time, so I could only shrink my head slightly to shield myself from the wind with the body of the wolf's fangs, and look behind me to find out what was going on with the rats. None of them had entered the tower before, but the Wolf Fang had said that they would instinctively feel threatened and would do anything to stop us. And the unlocked door at the top of the staircase can't stop anything.
Sure enough, countless rats were chasing down the stairs behind us, surging and spreading up the stairs like a black tide, and rapidly extending towards us, as if ready to devour everything.
Escape! Only escape! Run away without stopping!
I pulled out a bottle of powder, opened the cap, and used the wind to scatter it behind me, hoping to stop the rats from pursuing them even slightly.
This is the last bottle of powder I have on me.