Chapter IV: Conflict
Before they knew it, the three of them had been gone for almost two hours. Seeing that the time to come back as agreed with everyone is approaching, but none of the three of them in this group have come back yet. The people who were waiting in place slowly became a little impatient.
"Hey, you say, won't they come back?" The girl next to the second fool said loudly for fear that others wouldn't hear her, "They won't leave us and run away."
At this time, the second fool next to the girl actually pulled the corner of the girl's clothes, and wanted to express something.
Her words really aroused everyone's suspicions, and suddenly everyone's emotions began to become flustered from the little impatience just now, and some people began to whisper.
"Yes, seeing that the appointed time is coming, the squad leader hasn't come back yet, it's a bit of a person—" Another person said loudly.
"Eh, do you still have a sense of morality?" a boy stood up and said fiercely to the speaker. Then he said to everyone: "The squad leader, they sacrificed themselves to save us, risked their lives and ran back to find a water source, and we actually said bad things about the squad leader here, and swore to ask you, is this really right? I guarantee the squad leader's behavior this time with my Yin Shengxiang's personality" It seems that the person who stood up and spoke was named Yin Shengxiang.
"Hmph, who knows if they pretended to look back for the water source, and then took a detour to escape!" the girl next to the second fool actually stood up and said. The second fool hurriedly pulled the corner of her clothes again, and whispered to her, "You don't talk about it, don't make trouble."
Hearing this, Yin Shengxiang was angry: "Oh, why are you so sure that the squad leader is looking for another way to escape, instead of sacrificing himself to find a water source." I think you're holding a grudge against our squad leader, don't think I didn't see your little gesture when you shared those five bottles of water. If the squad leader really wants to leave us and run away, why don't you ask for him to be taken on the water road? I believe everyone can see what kind of person the squad leader is here, and you should not fabricate facts here to slander others."
"Hmph", apparently, the girl is running out of words.
"Eh, Yin Shengxiang. I didn't expect Zhuo Tianran's own classmates in the class to also start to get into trouble, "If there is water in the squad leader's backpack, how do you know? In case the squad leader hides the water privately, you and I don't know! And just now the squad leader was the first to propose that there is no water, and if you look at the cooperation between him and Li Haoran, it is obvious that they were premeditated and left us to escape alone."
"Han Xu, you, are you still a natural friend, you said such a thing, I didn't expect us to have a friend like you" Obviously, Yin Shengxiang was angry
"I'm just speaking based on the actual situation, and besides, it's just my reasoning. Don't get excited, you're angry" Han Xu, who had just partnered with that girl to frame the squad leader, said to Yin Shengxiang with a smile.
"Huh! You... Don't talk nonsense here," Yin Shengxiang was really angry. Yin Shengxiang really wanted to rush over to fight Han Xu, he was a reckless man, and he used to be a sports committee member in the class.
Seeing that the fight was about to start, someone began to come forward to persuade the two of them, and it was suddenly very lively.
...
At this moment, Zhuo Tianran and his party were about to return.
"Listen, there is a sound of someone arguing in front," Li Haoran shouted in surprise.
"The fog is too thick, I can't see the front, it seems to be the voices of Han Xu and Yin Shengxiang," Zhang Chenqian also said in surprise.
Although the three of them were very excited now, they were all talking quietly, for fear that something strange would happen.
"No matter what he is, we can't give up any hope! Let's go, go up and see" Zhuo Tianran took the lead and walked forward.
The three of them were bent forward and moved slowly, and they were even more eager to crawl forward, and the scene in front of them slowly became clear in the white mist, two people were arguing, and the people next to them were dissuading.
The three of them looked at each other, and sure enough, it was their large army.
Of course, there were also people who discovered them.
"Ah, look there, look there! Then you seem to have something."
Everyone noticed the three black ghosts that appeared at an unknown time. They quickly gathered together in a circle.
"Hey, what kind of monsters are you? Don't come here, we all have weapons on us," someone said with a shudder.
This scene killed Zhuo Tianran and the three of them laughed to death, and the three of them held their stomachs and laughed breathlessly.
Hearing the strange laughter of the three black shadows, everyone's already nervous nerves were pulled to the brink of collapse.
"Woo, what's that weird scream, those three monsters aren't going to eat us, are they?"
"Oh, Mom, that's laughter..."
"And they laugh so wildly! They are not afraid of us at all!" the second fool also spoke
At this time, Yin Shengxiang seemed to see something, and he said to everyone, "Don't panic, everyone, that's the squad leader, they're back."
At this time, Zhuo Tianran and his party, who were laughing breathlessly, did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly walked out of the white fog, for fear that their large army would be stupid and would jump over the wall and run over to beat the three of them.
"Damn, I thought it was, it turned out to be the three of you!"
"You three, are you trying to scare us!" said someone raised his fist.
"Anyway, squad leader, it's good that you return safely"
"But some people are going to be slapped in the face," Yin Shengxiang said and looked at Han Xu.
At this time, a subtle light flashed in Han Xu's eyes, and then he actually looked at Zhuo Tianran and his party innocently and smiled, looking really as if Zhuo Tianran was very happy to return safely.
Zhuo Tianran saw all this in his eyes and seemed to understand something.
Seeing that everyone had the urge to hit the three of them, he hurriedly laughed and said, "Don't panic, everyone, it was a misunderstanding just now, I apologize to everyone, but we found a water source, and successfully called back, enough water for us to drink for half a month"
After listening to Zhuo Tianran's words, the stone in everyone's hearts finally fell.
"Good, good!" someone cheered
"With water, we have hope to get out!" someone shouted
"Long live the squad leader!"
"Class leader, I love you!" a little girl actually shouted loudly. The little girl's shout immediately drew laughter from everyone.
Zhuo Tianran scratched his head in embarrassment and laughed.
It seems that the surprise of finding water makes everyone forget the fact that they are still trapped in the white mist.
Zhuo Tianran thought for a while and said to everyone, "Don't get excited, finding the water source is the driving force for us to live, but don't forget that we are still trapped in this dangerous white fog environment."
Zhuo Tianran beat everyone who was in the fantasy of heaven to the eighteenth layer of hell with one shot.
Zhuo Tianran's words brought everyone to their senses.
Seeing that everyone who was full of confidence just now was depressed at this time, Zhuo Tianran comforted everyone again, "Don't worry, although we are trapped in the white fog, but we have water and hope to live, we also want to unite, this way we have come down by uniting together, I believe we can get through the difficulties in front of us and find the way back"
Zhuo Nature's chicken soup worked again, and everyone clenched their fists when they saw that everyone's eyes were shining. Everyone's will to go home is very strong, and the desire to survive is also very strong.
"Alright, let's discuss the distribution of water," Zhuo Tianran said again after seeing the effect of what he said.
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The white fog and the boundless desolation, coupled with the occasional howl of wild beasts, made everyone's pace faster and faster. With the guarantee of water, everyone's momentum is very high.
Zhuo Tianran pulled Yin Shengxiang to his side and learned about the situation after the three of them left.
"This dog thing! I didn't expect him to be this kind of person! Count me blind and see the wrong person!" After listening to what Yin Shengxiang said, Zhuo Tianran was very angry. His group risked their lives outside to find a water source, but Han Xu and the others stabbed three people in the back!
"Okay, it's all over, forget it, don't be like him" Yin Shengxiang hurriedly grabbed Zhuo Tianran, for fear that he couldn't help but rush over to hit Han Xu.
"Hey, they're all classmates... If there is a next time in the future, I have to beat him up! Dog thing, it's so annoying!" Anyone who knows Zhuo Tianran knows that although he has always been approachable, if anyone touches his bottom line, he will retaliate tenfold and hundredfold!
After being excited for a while, Zhuo Tianran looked around and found that no one was staring at him, so he winked at Yin Shengxiang, and then he quickly pulled out his backpack and took out a big fruit he picked, and quickly sent the fruit to Yin Shengxiang's arms.
Although Yin Shengxiang is a reckless man, he is by no means a fool. He knows his old squad leader's good friend very well, and he knows that Zhuo Tianran will not harm himself.
"Eat while it's hot, eat it while it's hot..."Zhuo Tian's lips didn't move, but the sound of telling Yin Shengxiang to eat the fruit came from his throat.
After a while, Zhuo Tianran unknowingly stuffed the three apples into the arms of the second fool, Yin Shengxiang and a female classmate.
In order to let the three of them eat the mysterious big fruit as soon as possible, on the way to everyone's walk, Zhuo Tianran instructed everyone to stop many times, so that they wanted to go to the toilet and sat down to rest.
Such an obvious 'hint', the three of them naturally understood.
As the group walked, they noticed that the fog around them was thinning and visibility was getting better. Many small plants gradually appeared on the ground, and the sun's rays became more and more visible.
Even at the end, trees appeared around the area, and the sun finally appeared in everyone's field of vision. The mountains in the distance are also clear.
It can be seen that everyone is very happy, the pace of progress is getting faster and faster, and they all think that they will be able to get out of the predicament and return home immediately.
"Can I go home?"
"Ah, I'm going to get out right away"
"Haha, I love this sun, I love this white mist..."
"Why do I always have tears in my eyes, because I love this land so much?"
"Do you feel like that? It's just that you suddenly find that your future is bright!" said the second fool to the person next to him.
"Hahahahaha" The words of the second fool caused everyone to laugh wildly.
Zhuo Tianran, Li Haoran and Yin Shengxiang naturally walked together. The three of them also joked as they walked, and they didn't have the slightest sorrow about being trapped in the fog.
"Wait, I'll go, have you noticed anything wrong, is there anything wrong with the two of you looking at the scenery around you," Yin Shengxiang said to the two.
If Yin Shengxiang didn't say it, Zhuo Tianran and Li Haoran really didn't know that something was wrong, and when the two of them looked carefully at the scenery on both sides, they found that those scenes were moving back quickly at an incredible speed.
"According to the law of inertia, we can't go so fast with reference to the objects moving quickly behind on both sides, moving relative to each other. I can only say," Li Haoran calculated.
As soon as Li Haoran's words came out, the three of them were so frightened that they stopped moving forward. At this time, there was an even more discrepancy between the scenes, and the scenery on both sides was retreating faster and faster, and they could even hear the sound of the wind caused by the small trees on both sides rowing into the distance and rubbing violently against the air.
"Nima, there are moths again!" the second fool also noticed this. After the second fool shouted, everyone stopped, but the backward scenery on both sides did not stop, but became faster and faster.
Looking at the terrible scene around them, everyone's emotions became more and more excited.
"I said, how can we get out?"
"Help, who can save us? I'm still young, I don't want to die yet!"
"Looks like we're going to die this time"
"Mom..."
"Don't panic, everyone, let's get through this together hand in hand!" Zhuo Tianran's words were as powerful as the voice of an angel sent by Heaven to save everyone.
The only bit of sobriety that everyone had maintained in their panic dominated their bodies, holding each other's hands tightly.
At this time, the scenery on both sides turned into streamers and quickly disappeared backwards, and the wind drowned out the wails and cries for help of the group.
The cacophony made everyone feel like there were thousands of ants gnawing at their eardrums.
Suddenly, a dazzling light screen appeared in front, and the group was instantly sucked in. After that, everyone's five senses were closed, and no one knew what kind of environment they were in, or even whether they were still alive...