Chapter 32: The Shadow of Voyeurism
"What's wrong?" Hearing me say this, Lantern Xiao also got up and walked over.
I looked at Anado and said, "Oh no, Anador has a fever!" ”
Lantern Xiao also reached out and touched it, "It's true!" It's over, I'm really sick! What can I do? ”
I took my backpack, "I did prepare some fever medicine in advance, but this is not a solution, it really can't be done, we can only go back first, Anado's situation, if you rush forward, I'm afraid it will be dangerous." ”
Lantern Xiao sighed, "It's the only way to do it first!" We looked at Wen Mo again, and although he didn't speak, he nodded slightly.
I took out the kettle, gave Anador medicine, and fed her a little water. The high fever had already blurred her consciousness a little.
"Without further ado! Let's pack up and go back! With that, Lantern Festival picked up Anaduo and carried it. A few of us packed up our gear and prepared to go back the way we came.
Due to the anomaly at the bottom of the valley, we could no longer walk from below, but only on one side of the hill from both sides. Wenmo walked in front of the road with a short knife, while I carried my equipment on my back and took care of the Lantern Festival.
But just after walking some distance, Wenmo suddenly stopped.
Because it was very hard to walk on such a hillside road, Lantern Xiao was already a little out of breath, "Hey, I said, boss, why did you stop!" Let's go! ”
Wen Mo shook his head, "No, I can't go!" ”
"Why?" I walked to the front and stood next to Wenmo.
Wen Mo casually cut off a branch in front of him, "Look at the valley in front." ”
Looking through the trees in front of me, I could see that the valley in front of me had become foggy, and the strangest thing was that the fog was not the milky white or pale gray we usually saw, but light green.
"This," I've never seen a fog like this, "Boss, what's that?" ”
Wen Mo's expression became very grim, "That's miasma!" ”
"Miasma!" My eyes widened, no wonder there was not a single animal in the valley where we had just set up camp.
I have heard the word miasma more than once, and it is said that one of the deadliest threats in the depths of these 100,000 mountains is miasma, and I thought that it would only be encountered in the deepest rainforest, but I did not expect to encounter it here, "What should I do then?" Is there a way to get around? ”
Wen Mo looked at both sides, then shook his head, "No, the slopes on both sides of this valley were quite gentle at the beginning, but the higher they go, the steeper they became, and the top section was almost a vertical cliff. ”
I turned my head to look at the hillside behind me, and it was indeed as Wenmo said, if Anado's body was normal, the four of us could almost climb up, but now in Anado's situation, it was really difficult. When I was thinking about whether to take a risk, Wen Mo's words completely cut off my hope: "These miasma is rising very fast, and it will engulf our location in about ten minutes." "And I roughly estimated that it would be absolutely impossible for us to climb up the steep slope and climb over the cliff in ten minutes, especially Anado, who was still in a semi-coma!
I had no choice but to walk back again, Lantern Xiao was resting on a tree with Anado on her back at this time, and when she saw me coming, she asked, "How is it?" What's wrong? ”
"The valley ahead has been filled with miasma, we can't get there!" When I said this, my heart was full of anxiety and helplessness.
Lantern Xiao was also anxious when she heard this, "Then what should I do?" Saying that, Lantern Xiao gestured to Anaduo on her back, "In her current situation, if she is not treated, she is likely to become dehydrated, or even cause brain damage, and then it will be a big deal!" ”
I was also a little irritable, "I can't help it, if I rush over now, I will be poisoned!" ”
Wen Mo walked back at this time, "The miasma is getting closer and closer, let's get out of here first." ”
We had no choice but to turn around and continue running deeper into the valley. At the end of the valley, there is a ditch of water, but it is not the rainy season, so there is basically no water in the ditch.
We stepped on the rocks at the bottom of the ditch and climbed up the mountain. At this time, the Lantern Festival was already tired and panting, sweating profusely. I wanted to replace him, but he waved his hand, "You little body, forget it, don't toss, let's go!" ”
I really didn't want to go away, so I came up with a way to tie two climbing ropes from my waist to tie Lantern Festival and Anaduo together, and the remaining two ends, one end tied to my waist and the other end to Wenmo's waist.
This method is really effective, in this way, the Lantern Festival saves a lot of effort, and our speed is also a lot faster.
When we climbed up a mountain ridge along the water gully, we looked back at the valley just now. Under the moonlight, the entire valley was filled with pale green gas. I can't help but be a little glad that we found it in time and ran fast!
A few of us sat on the mountain beam to rest, and Lantern Xiao suddenly lay down on the ground, "Damn! I'm tired of Lao Tzu! Zhuo Ran, you have to compensate me for this! ”
"Hey, why!" I immediately retorted, "Why do you carry Anadot and let me compensate you, if you have the ability, she will wake up in a while, and you will find her by yourself!" ”
Lantern Xiao nodded at me with her hand, "You kid don't come to this set, isn't she your second uncle's person, isn't she your quasi-second aunt, is it not a member of your Zhuo family, I can help your Zhuo family!" As a member of the Zhuo family, why don't you compensate me! ”
I sneered, "You call robbery while the fire is hot!" "I got up and looked around, to be honest, I didn't know much about the situation in the mountains, and sometimes I was a little confused about the directions.
I looked at Lantern Xiao, who was gasping for breath on the ground, and knew that it was useless to ask him, so I said to Wenmo: "Boss, do you know where we are?" ”
Wen Mo looked into the distance, and then said to me, "The position we are in now should be right on the ridge of the transition between Baishiding and Xueyanping. ”
"Boss, can you find another way back?" I said to Wenmo, "Anado's situation is quite serious. ”
Wen Mo shook his head, "I'm not familiar with this place either. If you rush to explore a new path, you will inevitably encounter all kinds of unpredictable things, and at that time, it will be completely delayed. ”
Lantern Xiao also sat up and said, "I agree with this, I think the safest way at this time is to wait where you are, and when the miasma in the valley dissipates during the day, we can go back!" ”
I nodded, and that seemed to be the end of it for now.
We lit a fire, then took out the sleeping bag and put Anador in to rest. I touched her forehead, and although it was a little better, it was still frighteningly hot.
At this time, when the time had passed, we took turns to stand by Anado's side, and we gave her all the little water left.
After I was replaced by Wenmo, I also wanted to lie down and rest for a while, but I didn't drink a sip of water for half a day, and my mouth was dry at this time, and I couldn't sleep at all. I got up and looked around, hoping to find some clean water.
At this time, Lantern Xiao also licked his chapped lips and came over, and when he heard that I was looking for water, he immediately agreed and actively helped to find it.
Soon we were on the other side of the ridge and saw some shimmering areas on the outskirts of the woods, which I thought were fresh water, either springs or streams.
Lantern Xiao and I let Wenmo stay at the camp, and then the two of us took all the water bottles, climbed over the mountain beam, and walked down the hillside.
When we reached the edge of the woods, we found that we were not mistaken, that the stream that flowed out of the woods had gathered into a small cistern at the edge of the forest. There is another outlet for the cistern, from which the water meanders down and where it goes.
It was here that Lantern Xiao and I filled the kettle and walked back. Probably because of the mountain beams, we didn't feel the wind when we were in the valley at first, but here we heard a light breeze from time to time, and the leaves rustled in the wind.
Just as we were about to reach the camp, suddenly I saw a bush of grass on the side that seemed to be a little wrong, and when I looked at it again, I immediately broke out in a cold sweat, and I saw that behind the bush on the edge of the camp, there was a dark shadow!
I grabbed Lantern Xiao, who was about to walk forward, and pushed him to hide behind a big tree. Lantern Xiao didn't have the slightest preparation, he was almost pushed by me, and he was about to scold when he stared at him, I went up and covered his mouth, "It's dangerous!" Shut up! Do you understand? ”
Lantern Xiao heard my words clearly, was stunned, and then nodded. I slowly let go of my hand, and then pointed out to him the black shadow behind the grass, which was still swaying and not knowing what it was doing.
Lantern Xiao was immediately startled when she saw it, and immediately stood behind the big tree, put the kettle on the ground, drew a short knife, and said to me softly, "What is that?" ”
I shook my head, "I can't see it." But sneaky isn't necessarily a good thing. ”
Lantern Xiao looked at it for a while and said, "It seems to be peeping at our camp!" ”
"Really, look at that move really like that!" I looked up in the direction of the camp, and at this distance I could see the flickering of fire, but I couldn't see where Wenmo was.
I also took out the dagger, "Shall we go over and do a surprise attack?" ”
Lantern Xiao thought for a while, "I don't think it's necessary, first of all, we don't know the reality of the other party, and if we attack rashly, the chances of winning are not good." Moreover, it is Wenmo who is in the camp now, you and I know that his outstretched hand, that black shadow is honest, count it lucky, if it dares to plot wrongdoing, don't forget the steel needle in the boss's hand! ”
I nodded, what Lantern Xiao said is quite reasonable, we can observe it again, even if there is something unusual, we can also act at the opportunity, or outflank, or respond.