Chapter 44: Signal Red Smoke
After another moment, the light was completely bright, the swamp during the day was not as horrible and oppressive as at night, the rain had stopped, and only the sound of flowing water remained in my ears.
A night has passed, and Zhang Qixun and the little brother still haven't returned.
The dense forest not far away was quiet, and there was no movement.
Wu Xiaoxie became more and more worried, the death of "A Ning" seemed to have become a precursor, and he was very afraid that Zhang Qixun, who had not returned overnight, would also follow in the footsteps of "A Ning".
After a brief breakfast, Pan Zi Liushui picked up the corpse from the mouth of the canyon and picked up some branches, lit a fire, and when the fire was completely burning, he took out a small yellow ball that looked like a Bohol pill from his backpack and threw it into the fire.
Wu Xiaoxie asked him what he was doing.
Pan Zi explained: "This is the signal smoke for distress during the shipwreck, and it is a military cargo that I asked someone to get, and just a few balls can last for three or four hours."
"If the third master sees the signal smoke I sent, he will definitely light a cigarette and respond to me." Pan Zi pointed to the yellow smoke that was rising quickly above the fire and said, "Different smoke colors mean different things, and yellow smoke means that there is danger ahead, so be careful. The third master is in a higher position than us, as long as we pay attention to the exit of the canyon, or the smoke on the four walls, it is the third master who is passing the news to us."
Wu Xiaoxie hurriedly asked, "Then can you tell my third uncle that there are poisonous snakes in this canyon, and ask them to bring more antidote serum."
Pan Zi shook his head, "More complicated information can only be conveyed when the third master responds."
The fat man snorted, "This method is very easy to use."
Watching the smoke rise higher and higher, Wu Xiaoxie also felt a little comforted in his heart, maybe Muyu and the little brother couldn't find the direction after the two of them ran around last night, and after seeing the signal smoke, they would definitely find a way to rush over, and then they would join the third uncle's people and horses, there would be a lot of strength, and those weird snakes would also be afraid, at least they could sleep more peacefully.
Pan Zi guarded the fire, added a cigarette ball every once in a while, and saw that Wu Xiaoxie was a little sleepy, so he sent him and the fat man to hurry up and rest.
The fat man waved his hand, "I don't need to, the fat man is in good spirits, naïve, your face is so bad, hurry up and sleep for a while."
I don't know if it was because of the continuous rain or what, plus staying up late last night, Wu Xiaoxie's head ached faintly, and he didn't need to look in the mirror, he knew that his face was not much better.
So he didn't refuse, pulled a backpack and leaned on, and fell asleep after a while.
I don't know how long it took, but I was suddenly awakened.
I don't know if I was too tired before, Wu Xiaoxie only felt that he slept very comfortably this night.
"Innocent, wake up, don't sleep, your third uncle may have an accident."
The fat man's voice blasted into Wu Xiaoxie's ears like thunder, startling him in his heart.
Hurriedly rolled over and got up, "What's wrong?"
Pan Zi's eyes were fixed on the red smoke rising from the center of the swamp, and his face was ugly.
"The third master is in danger, I have to hurry over, little third master, you stay here, wait for the wooden fish and them to come back."
Dropping this sentence, Pan Zi immediately turned around and packed up his equipment.
Wu Xiaoxie was confused, and hurriedly asked the fat man, "What's going on?" Why did the smoke come out of the swamp?"
The fat man said, "Lao Pan said that the red smoke represents extreme danger, and your third uncle and they don't know why they are ahead of us, and Lao Pan is worried about what happened to your third uncle."
When Wu Xiaoxie heard this, he was also anxious, but reason told him that he couldn't mess up now, so he hurriedly stopped Pan Zi, "The place where the smoke is coming is so far away from us, even if you rush over now, it won't help, Muyu and Little Brother haven't come back yet, we don't have a few people left, the forest is so dangerous, if something happens again, then we will be completely finished this time."
As he spoke, he gave the fat man a look, and wanted him to help persuade him.
As a result, when I turned my head, the fat guy actually packed up his equipment.
"Damn, why are you going too?" Wu Xiaoxie scolded the dead fat man in his heart for not being righteous, what kind of mess was wrapped up at this time.
The fat man zipped up his backpack, got up and patted Wu Xiaoxie's shoulder, "Not only the two of us are going, you also have to go, we don't have much food left, we must rush to join your third uncle's army, otherwise we will be trapped in this jungle sooner or later, even if we finally get out of the canyon and the wooden fish is not there, we still can't get out of the desert."
"Staying here is also waiting for death, who knows if those *** pheasant necks will come to attack tonight, the three of us will go in together, so that we can still have a response, advance and retreat together, and the probability of success is greater."
The fat man's analysis was very reasonable, Wu Xiaoxie was already a little moved, but he still hesitated, "Then let's go, what if Muyu and the little brother can't find us when they come back here."
The fat man snorted, "Worry about it, the two of them are better than us combined, if it's so tricky that they can't deal with it, you add it to deliver food, besides, I don't think they will come back here, maybe when we meet your third uncle, they will already be there."
"!" Wu Xiaoxie wiped his face, he had to admit that what the fat man said was right, so he also nodded in agreement.
The three of them packed up their equipment, left some supplies, and zipped the sleeping bag containing the body of "A-Ning" and left it in place.
Panzi suppressed the bonfire a little so that it could be lit for a longer time, and he was still not at ease, so he left a message with a knife on the side.
The red smoke coming out of the center of the swamp was not as strong as before, and the three of them didn't dare to delay any longer, so they took the direction on the compass and hurried into the water to head in the direction of the signal smoke.
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On the other side, Zhang Qixun was originally moving forward along the canyon, but suddenly saw two colors of smoke rising from two places far away in front of him, knowing that Wu Xiaoxie was worried that something would happen to Wu Sanxing, and he would definitely not stay in place and die, so he immediately put the compass and accelerated his pace in the direction of the red smoke.
Stepping into the deeper dense forest, it is surprisingly quiet here, there is not even the slightest sound of birds, except for shrubs and vines, there is no breath of life at all, it is weird.
After walking for nearly an hour, there were some gray-white ruins of ancient buildings protruding above the water.
The ruins are covered with countless emerald green vines, covering almost the entire structure.
These tower-like structures are of orderly height and size, and although they are old, they are still very strong, except that each has a kind of boxy hole in it.
Zhang Qixun took a few steps forward, and suddenly kicked something under his feet, making a "clang" sound.
When I looked down, it turned out to be a canned food box with small holes on both sides and a rope tied to it.