On the first day of entering the Qinling Mountains, the mountain road was relatively flat, and after climbing a few slopes that were not too steep, the team traveled about 50 kilometers along the col in the middle of several mountain ranges.

Although the road was easy to walk on the first day, for Jada, the road was difficult to compare. Jada shook his fat body and slowly followed the back of the team, he really couldn't walk, if it wasn't for Xu Xiaoyuan's care, he might not have gone far and would have fallen behind.

Even with Xu Xiaoyuan's careful care, Jada was still far behind the back of the team, so that the team in front of him stopped and stopped many times, just to wait for him. Later, in desperation, Liu Cong arranged two team members to help Jada with Xu Xiaoyuan, which made him reluctantly keep up with the team.

Seeing that the mountain road was so easy to walk, many people in the team felt that Li Linzhi was making a fuss, but Liu Cong knew that this was only because this road was located on the edge of the Qinling Mountains, if you went inside, the mountain peaks would become more and more dense, and at the same time, the height would be higher and higher, and the terrain would be steeper and steeper, and it would be impossible to find such an easy way to walk.

On the second day, the mountain road was obviously more difficult to walk, this area was already inaccessible, there was no road to go at all, and it was up to everyone to find the path by themselves. There are very few flat places, and even if you walk in the col, the ground is covered with sharp rocks, and even if everyone is wearing military leather shoes, it is still very difficult to walk.

Liu Cong's men were better, after all, they were often trained, but people like the three old guys and Chen Ziyang and Yang Lei, who didn't usually walk, suffered a lot. By the end of the second day, blisters had developed on their feet. But even so, the team walked more than 40 kilometers on this day.

The really hard part starts on the third day. In the first two days, the physical strength of the team was relatively abundant, but after these two days of exhaustion, on the third day, all the people felt a little tired and could not walk at all.

Chen Ziyang felt that his two legs were filled with lead, and the blisters under his feet the day before had been worn out, and he felt a burst of pain from the soles of his feet with every step he took and every step he stepped on.

When camping that night, Chen Ziyang found that the blisters under his feet had been worn out, and several blood blisters had bulged out in the worn places. Fortunately, the team doctor Yasheng discovered everyone's situation in time, she used a dagger to cut the blood blisters from the side, squeezed out the blood inside, and distributed a kind of ointment to everyone. This ointment is very cool to the blisters, and after a night of recuperation, everyone feels that the pain in their feet has been relieved a lot.

Jada was even more distressed, and he was left farther behind that day, and it wasn't until the team had rested at the campsite for more than an hour that he slowly caught up. In the past few days, Jada has been sweating profusely, and even because he is too fat, Xu Xiaoyuan and the other two team members who helped him are tired enough.

On the fourth day, the situation was even worse, even with the treatment of Yasheng ointment, Chen Ziyang still felt that the skin at the blood blisters under his feet was worn out, and now the tender flesh under his feet had been stuck with the socks, and he would feel a heart-rending pain with every step.

Jada is even worse, he is almost paralyzed now, and he must be supported by two team members before he can barely move forward. Even he used the walkie-talkie to tell Liu Cong that he wanted to find four people to build him in a sedan chair and carry him directly, but he couldn't walk anyway.

Jada's words made Liu Cong angry enough, stomped his feet vigorously, and scolded into the walkie-talkie: "I still want to find four people to carry you, the mountain road is so difficult to walk, and some places are so narrow that only one person can barely pass." You asked me to get four people to carry you, do you want to fall into the ravine with them and fall to your death! If you don't have a sedan chair, you have to keep up even if you climb, otherwise you won't get any of the benefits that Old Man Chen promised you. ”

That night, Liu Cong looked at the map and was worried, according to the plan made before departure, the team had fallen behind for half a day, and it was only four days, and at most one-third of the distance was gone. If this is calculated, it is likely that the time to reach the destination will be two or three days longer than planned, and then the supply of the team will be more tight.

Every day, Liu Cong used GPS equipment to calibrate the orientation of the team, and strictly followed the route formulated by him and Li Linzhi. It can be said that the plan formulated by Li Linzhi is quite reasonable, in addition to the planned path, it even includes how much distance should be walked each day and where to choose the camping spot for each day.

But the plan couldn't keep up with the changes, in addition to being slowed down by Jada, the complexity of the terrain in the Qinling Mountains was far more complex than the two of them had expected the worst.

On the fifth day, the test for the team was even more severe. On this day, the team had to climb a mountain more than 2,000 meters above sea level.

When formulating the forward plan before, Li Linzhi had planned the route as reasonably as possible, and tried not to let the team climb the mountain, because if you want to climb a high mountain, the danger is very great, and it is easy to have problems, and the physical consumption of everyone is also very large, and the gain of climbing the mountain really outweighs the loss.

However, due to the terrain, three mountains were planned for the team's progress. It's not that Li Linzhi wants to climb the mountains, but these three mountain ranges are too long and have to be climbed.

Circumnavigating the three mountains from the col at the foot of the mountain would require at least 80 kilometers of additional travel to each mountain, which would have taken more time for the team, which is simply not allowed by the current conditions.

Fortunately, Li Linzhi's climbing skills are not in vain, she carries a long rope on her back, and after climbing to a place on the mountain where she can stand, she puts the rope down, and lets the other people in the team climb up the rope one by one, and then carry a new bundle of rope on her back to continue to climb up.

In this way, after three or five times, Li Linzhi finally climbed to the top of this mountain range, and with her help, the other team members also climbed up one after another.

When Liu Cong saw the exhausted seven or eight team members shouting slogans to pull Jada up, he pursed his lips and shook his head, knowing that he couldn't continue to walk like this. Jada will seriously slow down the team's progress, if the team is too many days out of plan, the food and water will not be enough to support it, and then the whole team will be in danger, and a way will have to change the current situation.

The next morning, Liu Cong, who was thinking about a way, suddenly heard a strange sound from the sky in the distance. The others also put down what they were doing and turned their heads to look at each other.

After listening quietly for a while, because the wind around him was too strong, Liu Cong couldn't hear what was making the sound. Just when he took out the walkie-talkie and was about to ask the team members in the distance if they had found anything, Liu Cong suddenly heard some noise of electricity from the walkie-talkie due to interference.

Hearing this sound, Liu Cong's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly shouted into the walkie-talkie: "Everyone's attention, immediately turn off the communication repeater and walkie-talkie, and all personnel immediately hide to prevent the aerial reconnaissance of the helicopter." Fast! Fast! Fast! ”

Hearing Liu Cong's words, the others reacted, it turned out that the strange sound in the sky was the sound of the helicopter propeller, but because it was mixed with the surrounding wind, the sound of the propeller was a little distorted.

As soon as they heard Liu Cong's order, the others immediately took action. Fortunately, now everyone is ready to go, all the equipment has been brought with them, and there is no need to pack things, just find a place to hide.

After the last member of the group had found a place to hide, it didn't take a minute for a helicopter to fly past where everyone had left off.

Fortunately, Liu Cong reacted relatively quickly, and everyone was hidden in a timely manner, the helicopter just passed by here, and did not hover above everyone's heads, and it seemed that no trace of everyone was found.

Liu Cong, who was squatting in the grass, spit out the grass stick in his mouth, pursed his lips and scolded: "His grandmother's, this must be sent by the Dragon Digging Society, just to find our traces, these boys are really pervasive, we have been walking for five days, and they can even judge the approximate direction." ”

"What's strange about this, although we walked for five days, but this road is all taking a circuitous road, the straight line distance has not gone far, and now we are in the position of the helicopter within the effective range of the helicopter." Zhen Hao held a gun and looked around vigilantly and said.

"It seems that the Dragon Digging Society has also made a bloody investment this time, even if we disappear into the mountains, they still haven't given up. There was a noise of electricity on the walkie-talkie just now, and I think they were using their equipment to search for the signal of our communication repeater, and I don't know if they found it. ”

"Probably not, even if there were, they didn't find us, after all, the equipment was turned off in time just now, and the helicopter just flew straight by, not staying in place and hovering, I don't think we have been exposed for the time being."

"Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years, and verbally inform all the people that before leaving the search range of the helicopter, the communication equipment should not be turned on for the time being, so as to prevent the people of the Dragon Digging Society from searching for our signals."

The advent of the helicopter strengthened Liu Cong's idea of changing the way the team moved forward. The speed at which Jada was moving through the group was too slow, and if it hadn't been for him, the team might have been out of the helicopter range by now.

The best way now is to send a few people to follow Jada slowly behind, and the large army will advance first, so that Jada and them will slowly catch up behind.

But after all, Jia Da is a master-level figure of Liu Cong, or a helper personally found by Chen Benzhong, and his identity as a master of Maoshan may be useful when solving the puzzle of the Taoist holy land, so Liu Cong is also very embarrassed, and after weighing it again, he decided to go for two days first.

In the afternoon, the team climbed down the mountain, and the turning point came at this time. I don't know if it was because of entering an inaccessible area, but the team members who had just descended the mountain found a wild boar.

After killing the wild boar with a few shots, Liu Cong was surprised to find that the wild boar was very large, more than 300 catties, even if the weight of bones and internal organs was not counted, this wild boar could provide more than 100 catties of pork, enough for the team members to eat for two days.

With the matter of the daytime helicopter search, the personnel of the team were much more cautious. After finding a relatively hidden cave, Liu Cong ordered someone to roast wild boar in it. The team members who went out to reconnoiter the situation also found a clean water source, and fresh water was replenished.

After two more days of food for no reason, Liu Cong finally put his mind at ease, with the help of this wild boar, the time wasted by Jada was recovered, so he also dispelled the idea of dividing the troops.

Smelling the fragrance of roast wild boar meat wafting out of the cave, Yang Lei wiped the hara that flowed down from the corner of his mouth, and said excitedly: "I have eaten compressed biscuits every day for the past two days, and a bird has faded out of my mouth." It's finally time to open the meat. ”

"When you speak, pass your face over, and your harness is about to squirt on me." Seeing Yang Lei's unpromising virtue, Chen Ziyang felt that it was really a shame to have been friends with him for so many years.

After a full meal, Xu Xiaoyuan found Liu Cong and said that Jada had something to say to him, which made Liu Cong feel very surprised.

While rubbing his swollen feet, Jada said to Liu Cong: "Liu Cong, I really can't do it, I really can't walk, I can't keep up with you at all." I've thought about it, and if it goes on like this, it's going to drag you down, and you don't think it's going to work.

You send two people to follow me, we will walk slowly behind, you bring my apprentice Xu Xiaoyuan, she has already done my true inheritance in Danshu, if she is there, she should be able to solve the puzzles in the Taoist holy land. ”

Hearing Jada's words, Liu Cong was overjoyed, he didn't expect that the problem he had been entangled in for so long would be solved by Jada himself, so he agreed. It's just that when he agreed, Liu Cong also showed an embarrassed expression, looking very reluctant to Jada, but his heart blossomed.

After leaving enough food and water, Liu Cong asked the three of them to follow Jia Da to walk slowly behind, and asked Li Linzhi to plan a route for them that did not need to go over the mountain, although in this way they may have to walk more than 100 kilometers, but these people are not in a hurry, let's go slowly, it is better than going over the mountain.

If they haven't gotten to the place after the matter of the Taoist Holy Land is resolved, they will directly let the helicopter pick them up.

Without Jada's drag, the team moved much faster. Along the way, Yang Lei has been walking in front of the team, hoping to find a wild boar again.

Ten days later, the team climbed over a high mountain, and looking at a rather imposing mountain range in front of them, Liu Cong said happily: "It's finally here!" ”

(End of chapter)