91, Dark River
Thinking of it, Zhang Li immediately returned to the cave, he asked everyone to stop digging, and in the incomprehensible gaze of the people, he just said that they would wait for a while, and disappeared directly in front of everyone's eyes.
A mountain, it obviously will not be a whole stone, its interior will be very complicated, there will always be some earth, sand and gravel and other easy to dig components, what Zhang Li has to do is to find out these easy to dig veins, so that those people can dig a way faster and with less effort.
After he entered the mountain, he didn't advance many meters before feeling the thick layer of clay, this is good news, he began to move along the clay, occasionally encountered all kinds of rocks and even gems, he ignored it, just roughly identified a direction, and then carefully looked for the gap between the rocks to advance, if he encountered a dead end, if he still couldn't pass a few meters forward, then he turned back, his exploration work will take a lot of time, but compared to the meaningless opening of the mountain and breaking the rocks, the hope of survival is much greater, and it is not easy to cause collapse。
After advancing a few hundred meters in this way, Zhang Li passed through the clay area, gravel area, and gravel area, which were easy to excavate, and there were occasional small gaps in the middle that needed to be expanded with an iron pickaxe, and on the whole it was quite smooth.
The mountain range that separates the Twilight Forest from the Valley of Thorns is at least two thousand meters wide, and if it goes so smoothly for the rest of the day, their chances of survival will increase a lot.
Another few dozen meters passed, but unfortunately, there was a dead end in front of him, Zhang Li had to turn back, he had turned back many times, if he turned back again, he would probably not be able to remember the way, and he had been away from those people for a while, in order not to make them anxious, he decided to go back first, let them dig along the road they had explored.
Suddenly, just as he had turned his head back, his movements suddenly stopped, and he returned to the place where he had just died, on the other side of the rock, and a feeling appeared there that made him very inexplicable.
If he had a sense of hearing, he would definitely have noticed the sound of water flowing from behind the rocks, but ghosts have no five senses, but ghosts are very sensitive to water, pure water restrains many evil things, and at the same time has the ability to imprison the soul, many drowned people will become water ghosts, so what Zhang Li feels is an indescribable sense of threat.
"Undercurrent?" I don't know if this discovery is happy or sad, the flowing water proves that there is a way out of the water, if those humans come in, there is a good chance that they will have a chance to escape, but if there is a small gap below that is not enough for a person to pass through, or if the water is very long and there is no place to breathe, that person will definitely suffocate to death.
It is very dangerous to explore the unknown road ahead, and in order to find out all this, Zhang Li must go down and check it out himself.
After a few hours, the night watchman captives began to wait, some of them began to think crankily, and even suspected Zhang Li, I don't know what Zhang Li has to doubt, if he wants to harm them, why give them hope, just leave it alone?
In short, people were very anxious, and then, Zhang Li finally returned.
"You are saved!" The first thing he said when he came back was this, which made many people feel inexplicable, Zhang Li didn't explain too much, and directly ordered people to dig the location he designated, and people listened to his instructions in a daze, and then dug out hundreds of meters very smoothly.
"Be careful, don't seal all the holes with that clay, we need oxygen or we'll suffocate here. "Now these people can be said to have everything about Zhang Li, such a smooth excavation, Zhang Li has been deified in their hearts, and now what he says is what he is.
The excavated dirt and rubble were all piled up at the mouth of the cave, and the ogres would be surprised if they came in, and it would take them a while to break through the barrier.
And finally, these muddy night watchmen finally dug into the undercurrent, and in the face of this deep undercurrent that they did not know the way forward, they hesitated until Zhang Li led the first to go down.
He had become an aquatic animal, a crocodile, and people had become familiar with his miraculous transformations.
"This undercurrent leads to a dark river, a big set of dark rivers, and the road in the middle is very slippery because of the impact of the current, and you can slide down like a slide, and it won't be long before you fall into the dark river. Before going down, Zhang Li said: "At the end of the dark river, there is a big river leading to the Valley of Thorns, which is the one that divides the Western Wilderness, the Elwin Forest and the Twilight Forest, and we can escape from there, but there are many crocodiles and piranhas in the river basin of the Thorn Valley, so I have a proposal, after I go down, you can first throw the dead down, I will use them as bait to attract these predators, and then let the disabled come down, and finally the whole person." ”
Zhang Li's meaning is already obvious, those dead and disabled people will be used as bait, because it is impossible for ogres to bandage people with broken hands and feet, there are already many people who have died because of bleeding, and the wounds that are not dead are also infected, and their chances of survival are not high, so it depends on whether those disabled people are willing to emit residual heat.
"But of course, this is just a suggestion, if you really want to carry forward the spirit of not abandoning and not giving up, I don't care, anyway, I can't die, and in the end, no matter how many I can rescue, I can deal with those big people in Night Town. "Zhang Li will not be a bad person, after saying these words, he stepped into the undercurrent, and then he will wait in the dark river, as for who comes down first, it depends on themselves.
"......" The surviving captains of the Night's Watch looked at each other without saying a word.
"Are we really going to give up those companions?" asked one of the captains.
But how do you ask others to answer?
"Let's go and tell them what is going on here, and if there are people who are willing to sacrifice, we will remember them and be kind to their families when we go back, if they don't want to...... Then let them be. ”
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"Is that so...... most of the disabled people at the entrance of the cave were speechless when they heard this, and they could feel a sad mood brewing.
"I'm willing to be a bait, but can you promise me that if you can go back alive, please be kind to my family......" This person is also a captain-level figure when he looks at the costume, but unfortunately, the disabled are treated the same here, but he is very sensible.
"Fantas, don't worry, your parents will be my parents in the future, and I will raise your children as my own children. ”
"Okay, then help me over, I'll be the first to go down!"
However, there are those who are as rational as him, and there are naturally those who are irrational, and not everyone can face death calmly.
"No...... No, I don't want to die, damn it, I don't want to die!"
"Guards, guards, someone's going to escape! stop it!" a few of the guys actually shouted into the vents, and the group of people would drag others to die with him if they couldn't survive themselves.
"You idiot! We're going to die anyway, wouldn't it be good to fight for your family's interests before we die!?" the captain who decided to die first shouted, "And you don't have to die, if you're lucky, maybe there won't be any fish to eat you?"
"Hahaha! Lao Tzu is alone in the family, Lao Tzu can't live, you can also send me to death!Hahahaha!" "He's crazy, this guy is very single, he managed to make everyone angry, a few of the night watchmen almost couldn't help but do something to him, but before everyone else, the captain named Fantas punched him unconscious.
At this time, there were already ogres who were alarmed, they opened the wooden door, and were immediately stunned by the obstacles in front of them, and then the people inside heard the sound of ogres digging.
"Alright, let's take the people with you, leave me alone to stop these ogres, and if they come in I'll light the explosives!
Without the slightest delay, they immediately set off from here.