Eternal Sand Sea Chapter 17: Black Water
The chief and the little steel cannon propped the pole to slowly rub the flat boat forward, and the big black centipede was still swimming in the water in search of prey, and we could only wait carefully for the unknown result on the boat.
Brother Wei Guo stabbed me in the waist and muttered in a low voice: "Brother Li helped me talk about the matchmaker a few days ago, and she is a girl from his eldest sister's family." ”
"The niece of the barefoot doctor? Have you seen it yet? I looked at him.
He nodded a little embarrassedly, and said: "See, cherry small mouth almond eyes, the appearance is too handsome, I feel a little interesting to me, you said that if I die here, it is really the emperor of the sky who has nowhere to redress." ”
It turned out that I was thinking about the object, but when I heard him say this, I also remembered Fang Qing, at least there was a girl who was interesting to him, and I and Fang Qing hadn't even skimmed the eight characters, I felt that I should find time to show her my true thoughts, whether there were dates or not, whether it would be successful or not, I would talk about it first.
"If the victory is triumphant, you can go and propose, and then I can drink a cup of wine." I gave him an idea, but he didn't answer directly, and asked me to go back and help the staff officer together.
Seeing that some of the two of us were messing around, the educated youth who liked to interject opened his mouth again: "Look at the two of you who are not promising, we are now the educated youth who support the construction of the army, and we can't find any kind of object when we return to the city in the future, marry a rural daughter-in-law in this mountain col, and guarantee that there will be a day when you regret it!" ”
When I heard this, I was not happy and choked at him, "What's wrong with the rural people? The rural people are industrious, simple and kind, although women can hold up half the sky, but more than half of this half of the sky is still held up by rural female comrades. Let's go back to the city and cool off. ”
He was also angry and was about to reason with me, Wei Guo put his elbow against him and shouted, "Why do you still want to do it?" Believe it or not, go back and ask the captain to send you back! ”
It is glorious for the educated youths who cut into the queue to be approved to return, but if they make a mistake, it will be a shameless matter, and when the time comes, the village will not tolerate the city and become rootless duckweed, and he snorted and squeezed back to other places.
"This kid's father heard that he was originally a deputy director-level cadre, but he was later overthrown by the rebels, so there is no way to drag the relationship to the mountains to avoid the limelight, it's just a fake big empty, don't bother with him."
Brother Wei Guo persuaded me again, I didn't pay much attention to it, I just felt that this person had a problem with his thinking, and he might discredit our team in the future.
The hole in front of me was getting brighter, and I was about to reach the exit, so I looked at the water again, and found that most of the water centipedes had dispersed, and some of the thieves were still following in the water.
At this time, I had doubts in my heart, the water centipede has phototaxis, and we also turned off the miner's lamp to be safe for the time being, but there is already a clear light at the hole in front of us, why don't these things continue to follow?
"Oh no! The ship is leaking! ”
While I was still speculating, there were shouts from the crowd, and I looked down to see that the water had reached the upper of my shoes.
Reality slapped me hard, and it turned out that it wasn't the water centipedes that swam away, but most of them dived to the bottom of the boat, trying to chisel through the planks.
Although I don't know how old these two flat boats are and how much decay the bottom of the ship is, but now they are flooded with water, indicating that there were holes earlier.
If we didn't move fast enough, even if we escaped the attack of the water centipede, we would inevitably have to sink the ship, and now we can only speed up and sail forward, and we can only go ashore nearby.
At this time, I didn't care if it would alarm these bastards underwater, everyone shouted to speed up, and the force that the small steel cannon was holding was released violently, and the pole kept struggling forward.
This movement stimulated the water centipedes again, and they became active and wriggled in the water again, but fortunately there were no signs of going directly to the boat.
At the bottom of the boat, several small eyes have appeared one after another, and those who have tools will take picks and shovels to scoop water out, and those who do not have tools will take off their shoes and coats and go out of the water, for fear of sinking the ship.
I didn't know what to do, so I tried to stop it with my foot, but when I was about to step through it, a long flat head came out of the crack, and the hard shell tore the hole wide. I didn't catch my feet, but stepped on its head, and with a click a stream of green liquid burst out, splashing on the board and my trouser legs, faintly glowing green like fireflies.
"What the hell did you step on?"
Before they could react, the water centipedes must have noticed the fluorescent surging from the ship one after another, and began to destroy the bottom of the ship more violently.
The little steel cannon didn't care about coming to help, so he could only desperately support the boat and run forward, but this speed couldn't catch up with the attacking firepower of the water centipede, and the crowd had already exploded the pot by the water centipede on the boat.
"Someone!" The little steel cannon shouted when he saw that we were in danger.
I stepped forward with my right foot on the splendour, and the small steel cannon handed me the pole for me to row, and then raised my rifle to shoot several times at the dense place of the water centipede in the water, and a shuttle bullet hit the water and stirred up straight waves, and the bullets on the water centipede instantly broke them into several pieces, and a pool of yellow and green foam floated on the water.
The green light attracted the attention of the other water centipedes and rushed over, regardless of whether it was the same kind or not, sucking the stump wantonly, the little steel cannon turned the back of the rifle, drew the saber and jumped over the ship, and began to hunt the water centipedes on the ship.
Seeing that we had activated our guns and ammunition, the Secretary also shot around the water, and more insect corpses floated up.
I was so absorbed that I forgot about the boat, and the water had not come up, and the hull of the ship was sinking downward, so the little steel cannon didn't care to call me, and jumped along the outer pole, and took out a four-clawed steel cat from the marching bag that I carried and threw it at the rock wall in front of me with a few swishs, and the steel cat's claws ate on the rock crevice.
"Secretary, the steel cat is thrown over!" He was connecting the boat behind us to our boat, and I understood what he meant, and then the two of us pulled the rope together and pulled the flatbed boat quickly towards the hole, and with the desperate pull of the two of us, the flatbed boat went towards the hole at a very fast speed.
The water centipede squeaked louder, and we had to pull the rope harder, and there was a continuous sound of gunfire behind us, and I knew that it was the chief of the department who was repelling the pursuers in the water, and we finally used our strength to steer the boat out of the cave.
Strange to say, just as our two boats came out of the hole, the water centipedes blocked the entrance of the cave and stopped approaching, as if there was an invisible cordon that made them dare not come any further.
"The blood rat doesn't dare to enter the hole, and this water centipede doesn't dare to get out of the hole, what's the situation?" I muttered to myself, when the little steel cannon slapped me on the shoulder and said, "Don't be stunned, the ship is sinking!" ”
Although fortunately it did not become the bait of the water centipede, the current situation is also very critical, the ship has sunk halfway, and there is a tendency to tilt and sink to the bottom.
It is said to be a waterhole, but this Huanglong Pond is very different from the general pool, not only deep but also winding and narrow, the front can not see the end at a glance, and the shore on the left and right sides is about forty or fifty meters away.
"What should I do, I just said that I have to listen to Technician Li's words, and I will die in Huanglongtan now!"
"Technician Wang, we were really killed by you, can you get an idea to save the big guy?"
Although the people on the boat were desperately scooping the water, most of them were already complaining in panic, and the boat under their feet also shook with the restlessness of the crowd, afraid that it would not last long.
"All comrades get ready, let's swim ashore!" The little steel cannon shouted in a loud voice, so that the secretary general behind him could also hear it clearly, and the secretary immediately took off his hat when he heard the news, and quickly conveyed the next plan of action to the comrades on the boat.
I interjected and said that this is a bit inappropriate, there must be some comrades in the team who are not good at water, it is too risky to do this, and Brother Wei Guo has already said hello before, once his size is launched, I am afraid that I and Xiaogang Cannon will not be able to stand it.
"Is there still a steel cat?" I looked at the sparse rocks on the shore and suddenly it occurred to me that someone with good water could go ashore first and then pull the boat to the shore.
The little steel cannon immediately guessed my intentions, and hurriedly rummaged through the marching bag, and sure enough, he found an identical four-clawed steel cat.
"How are you watery?" The little steel cannon wrapped the steel cat around his body and suddenly asked.
I said don't worry, this task can still be completed smoothly, and we will meet on the shore in two minutes.
The little cannon slapped me on the shoulder, and then plunged into the water, and since I promised to fight, I naturally couldn't be cowardly, so I took a deep breath and got into the water.
No matter how hot the weather is, the water in the mountains is always cool, not to mention this cold day, I don't have many clothes to wear because I am in a hurry, and this sudden soaking in the water is like falling into an ice hole, causing a chill.
I knew that I had to move quickly, otherwise the bottom of my feet would suddenly get cold and be prone to cramps, and I swam to the shore with a large swing of my arms left and right.
The little steel cannon was a veteran of the army, and he swam not very fast but was so fast that I saw that he was almost ashore and walking in waist-high water.
I thought to myself that I couldn't lag too far behind to catch up quickly, but I didn't expect that I couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and my foot kicked violently and suddenly felt my foot board twitch in, I knew it was not good, this was going to cramp.
Sure enough, I was about to tell the little cannon about my sudden situation, when the board of my right foot tightened as if it had opened a hole, and then the tendon began to contract violently, and my whole calf was numb and painful, and I couldn't keep my balance at all.
I unconsciously curled up and hugged my right foot, the whole person immediately sank into the water, the biting pool of water poured down from the scalp, I wanted to struggle up but couldn't exert my strength, I saw that the light above was getting fainter and fainter, my mouth and nose began to discharge bubbles, this unbearable pain coupled with extreme lack of oxygen, the nasal cavity opened uncontrollably, and the water poured into the cavity violently.
My heart was filled with despair, and the whole world was extremely quiet, except for the roar of water hitting my eardrums and the sound of water entering my lungs and stomach, and then I passed out.
I don't know how long it took, my brain gradually regained some consciousness, and I could hear the calls of Brother Wei Guo and the little steel cannon, and my stomach was swollen with the river and the sea, and a large amount of water flowed out of my mouth, choking me up.
"Wake up! Wake up! ”
I opened my eyes and saw the little steel cannon lying next to me and shouting: "You kid scared me to death, the water is not good and strong!" ”
At this time, I was soberly sure that I didn't go to Hades to report, although my body was extremely uncomfortable, I still forced a smile and said, "We can be regarded as a smooth teacher." ”