Chapter 45: Dead End
On the beach of Koh Chang, a delaying battle is being fought in which only the smoke of gunpowder is seen, but there is no blood.
On one side are the coastal martial arts people who cowered behind the rocks on the beach, refusing to come out.
On the other hand, there are pirates who are afraid of the martial arts' kung fu, and they are also cowering on Western warships and dare not easily land on the island.
It's just that the draft of this Elephanta Island is too shallow for the warships to get close. When the pirates on board saw that they had fired a few shots to no avail, they stopped firing at the island.
The Red Cannon on the pirate ship is arguably the strongest weapon of this group of pirates. Meritorious achievements and invincible rely on these. But the number of cannonballs that can be carried on the ship is limited after all, and the warriors on the beach are waiting for the cannonballs to be finished, and then they will rush to the sea and slash them.
It's just that after a few shots, the earth-shattering noise stopped. Wouldn't have been so stupid as to think that the pirate's artillery would run out so easily, and rush out to die.
The two sides suddenly fell into a silent stalemate. Both sides are no longer easy to rush. However, there is no fresh water on the beach, and if it drags on for too long, it will still be unfavorable to these warriors after all.
Just when everyone was in a hurry, someone suddenly screamed, "The pirate has shot an arrow!"
This debut was a big surprise. Why didn't you use the artillery, but it didn't take long for everyone to understand at once. It turned out that the arrows shot at the other side had been ignited. The arrows weren't aimed at anyone, they were scattered aimlessly.
It seems that the men on the pirate ship deliberately attacked with fire, so that the people who were cowering on the island could no longer hide in this wooded place.
The vegetation on the beach is nothing more than ferns, which are not easy to light up. But there were so many rockets that I couldn't stop shooting at them, and finally some of the arrows landed on the bushes. It's about to burn.
Several warriors dared to rush out from behind the boulders, trying to extinguish the flames on the trees. But this rocket is too much and too dense. Gradually, more and more places were ignited. The fire finally reached the point of being out of control.
Beyond this Elephant Island is already the Shura Hell full of floating corpses, and now the beach has become a fiery Hell with red flames. Everyone didn't flee to the beach and be shelled to death, and their flesh was shattered into powder. is to continue to hide in the mountains and forests, and finally be roasted into a charred corpse.
It was not until this moment that this group of warriors finally realized the horror of pirates. Someone couldn't help but scold: "Chen Zuyi of the turtle son! If it is a man, he will come ashore and fight it alone." How can there be any majesty of a martial artist like this!"
But they scolded and scolded, and they also knew that this time they were afraid that they would really be wiped out. There are those who are angry and those who are unwilling, but they are always slowly accepting the fact that they will die today.
Suddenly, another person shouted, "Those three little white faces are going to run." ”
When they heard this, they turned their heads to look. Sure enough, I saw Fang Zhongjin and the three of them about to run to the depths of the mountain forest. Immediately, someone shouted: "Three heroes, don't patronize yourself and run away." Come to our rescue, too!"
Fang Zhongjin turned his head when he heard this, clasped his fists to everyone and said, "Don't hide it from all the heroes, there is no way to survive in the future." Just trying to escape to a place where death is one step too late. Even if you follow me, you will only die in the end. Maybe it's better to be shelled dead on the beach. If any hero wants to die with me, just follow me. ”
After Fang Zhongjin said this, he didn't pause, turned around and took the other two, running towards the mountains and forests with one foot high and one foot low.
But these words made all the warriors confused. Since he said that he would die eventually, what else is there to run?
Others did not believe him. This kid has excellent intelligence, which has been confirmed just now. If he runs in this direction, he will not be wrong to follow him.
Maybe he just deliberately told a lie so that others would not follow him and prevent them from escaping.
Under the strong desire to survive, many people no longer thought about the meaning of Fang Zhongjin's words, and followed Fang Zhongjin closely to chase the past.
In this time of escape, people are the easiest to conform to the herd. Since many people were running towards that place, the rest of the people followed suit. I am afraid that if I fall behind, I will die in the living hell behind me.
Everyone chased me and ran in the mountains and forests for a while, and the surroundings became hotter and hotter, and everyone was sweating profusely. It turned out that the trees that were set on fire were burned to pieces, and a blazing line of fire was also tightly biting everyone chasing after them.
At this moment, Fang Zhongjin, who was running at the forefront, had already come to the edge of a mountain cliff. I saw him jump down without hesitation. And his two companions jumped into the sea after him.
The group of warriors behind them saw the waves rolling, and in a blink of an eye, the three of them were about to end up in a blink of an eye. These warriors all grew up by the sea, and they are more or less water-based. I'm not afraid to jump into the sea from here.
What if you just jump into the sea? Being in the sea all the time is not the way to go. But as long as you stay on the island, you will always be burned alive.
Seeing that the person in front of him was about to swim away, the fire behind him was burning more and more. Everyone simply resigned themselves to fate, stopped thinking about it, and jumped into the sea with their eyes closed. This small piece of sea suddenly jumped like a dumpling, and forty or fifty people jumped down one after another.
Everyone followed Fang Zhongjin like a human chain, and they swam under the water. I saw him swimming into a passage under the sea.
The terrain is so complex that there are holes everywhere, some of which are very small. If everyone rushes to be the first and rushes forward together, I am afraid that the corridor will be completely blocked. The people who followed died at the bottom of the sea.
Everyone said that this was probably the dead end that the kid said. Everyone suddenly has a common tacit understanding in their hearts, as long as we can move forward one by one, in the end, everyone will be able to get out alive. Like a miracle, everyone forced the fear in their hearts and restrained themselves to swim forward. Fortunately, so many people are closely connected, but it is not easy to get lost.
Finally, the person who swam in front saw a glimmer of light overhead, and immediately swung around and broke through the water. Fresh air rushed into the guts, and everyone felt a sense of excitement that they would finally be able to escape.
The cave was so large that now thirty or forty people finally insisted on swimming here, and everyone came ashore one after another, or fell or sat on the ground, but it was just a squeeze.
and when they all come out of the water, and rest in the cave. Looking at the surrounding caves, everyone can't help but sigh in their hearts: there is such a mysterious cave on this elephant island. I can always live now!
Just when everyone was rejoicing for the rest of their lives after the catastrophe, they suddenly heard a charming woman's voice say abruptly: "You brought so many people here together, are you afraid that I will be too lonely after I go to the underworld, so you will bring some people to accompany the funeral?"
This voice is soft and ethereal, although the tone is different from that of the Han people, but it is unspeakably comfortable to hear. When everyone heard the meaning of the words, they were shocked again.
What does this woman mean? Is it true that so many of us are still dead after all?