Chapter 14 Escape from the Belly of the Mountain
The two-tailed giant wolf vented for a long time, and finally could not dig a bigger hole in the mountain wall, turned around and picked out the smallest green wolf from the group, howled twice, and signaled it to enter the hole to chase.
The green wolf clan belongs to the large wolf clan, and the mouth of the spring hole is too small, and the two-tailed giant wolf can't go in to chase after it.
Even the skinniest of the wolves had only climbed into it to a depth of two feet, and as the walls of the cave continued to shrink, the spring filled the entire cave, making it impossible to breathe at all.
The skinny wolf wanted to retreat outside the cave, but the two-tailed giant wolf howled angrily outside the cave and scolded the skinny wolf to keep going.
The thin green wolf was forced by the obscenity of the two-tailed giant wolf, and had to hold his breath and move forward in the spring water for more than a kilometer, but he was stuck in the cave wall, and it struggled desperately in the water, hitting a huge splash.
The two-tailed giant wolf also saw that even the skinny green wolf had no way to move forward, so he howled unwillingly and motioned for another skinny green wolf to go in and rescue.
It took a great deal of effort for the other wolf to almost break the tail of the first wolf before dragging it out of the cave.
The skinny green wolf almost drowned, his stomach was clapping, and he had more air out and less air in.
Other green wolves had already stepped forward to help the skinny little wolf press his stomach, and as streams of spring water were pressed out of his lungs and stomach, the thin little wolf slowly eased up.
The two-tailed giant wolf waited until the skinny green wolf came back to life, and left a few green wolves to stare at the entrance of the cave and continue to climb to the top of the mountain.
It must cross the Wolf Mountain as soon as possible and arrange for the wolves to control the entire Benwolf Plain.
There are many springs and streams in Wolf Mountain, and there must be underground dark rivers flowing through the belly of the mountain, and the water system extends in all directions, and no one knows which hole the little fox can escape from.
The most worrying thing is that there are also many spring holes on the San'in side, and if that hateful little fox succeeds in crossing the mountainside, the distance will be greatly shortened, and it is very likely that it will escape from the pursuit of the wolves.
The two-tailed giant wolf didn't want to disappoint the king, it ran up the mountain beam with red eyes, forced every ounce of strength in its body, looked up to the sky and roared, and gave various orders to the wolves in the wolf plain from afar.
Ah Li almost drowned in the spring water, and the cave began to narrow when it was two feet deep, and the gap gradually disappeared, even with Ah Li's petite body, he could only crawl forward in the water.
The cave is very narrow, the cave is full of spring water, there is no air, and the speed of the water flow is much faster, and the strong water flow is almost untenable.
Ah Li gritted his teeth and trembled all over his body as he walked forward in the water with his breath closed, groping his way through the darkness.
The reason for trembling.
First, because the sour body after running was stimulated by the cold spring water, almost freezing Ah Li in the spring water, and the muscles all over his body seemed to be spasming uncontrollably;
The second is that because of the uncertainty of the road ahead, I don't know how long the waterway is, I don't know where the end is, and any creature diving in complete darkness and without air will definitely despair.
Ah Li wanted to turn back several times, but when he thought of the wolves behind him, he gave up this idea, and he would definitely die if he retreated, and there was still a glimmer of life in moving forward.
There was less and less air in the lungs, only icy springs and rock walls above the head, and the cave showed no signs of getting bigger.
In just seven or eight zhang distance, Ah Lizu climbed for half an hour.
When she completely exhaled the air in her lungs and poured spring water into her mouth and nose, Ah Li began to despair.
When Ah Li's consciousness began to blur, the red stone platform in the mysterious space also began to move, and a ray of red light peeled off from the light curtain, passed through the sky, and cut through the void.
A Li's body flashed with red light, and he immediately recovered from his coma, and a breath of vitality was generated from his body, replacing the turbidity in his body, allowing Ah Li to temporarily get rid of the feeling of suffocation and recover some physical strength.
At the same time, Ah Li's lungs and stomach seemed to be wrapped in red light and contracted, and Ah Li squirted water in the water, spitting out the water in his lungs and stomach that he had just drunk.
Ah Li hurriedly accelerated and crawled forward, just climbed out of less than a zhang, the cave was cheerful, Ah Li's body sank, his feet could no longer step on the underground cave wall, the cave became bigger, there must be a gap on it!
Ah Li kicked his leg a few times and surfaced, gulping and breathing greedily.
Although the air in the belly of the mountain is not fresh, this feeling of coming alive makes Ah Li intoxicated, and it turns out that it is such a happy thing to be able to breathe smoothly.
It was pitch black in the belly of the mountain, and Ah Li couldn't judge the surrounding environment, let alone how long, wide and deep this underground river or underground water pool was.
Tianhuo was still meditating and healing, and Ah Li couldn't discuss with him, so he could only swim forward a distance along the direction of the water flow, and after finding the direction of the water flow, he swam to the left at 90 degrees.
Ah Li swam more than ten zhang, finally stepped on the ground, walked forward again, and finally walked out of the water, although the rock is still a little wet, but it is much stronger than soaking in water.
Ah Li shook the water on his body vigorously, because the soaking time was too long, and the fur that was usually not too wet had been completely soaked, and Ah Li only felt a chill coming, which was three points colder than in the water.
Ah Li groped for a piece of dry ground on the shore and lay down, trying his best to run the fox clan's mental method, trying to warm up his cold body.
After doing all this, Ah Li, who was frightened and exhausted all the way, couldn't hold on any longer, slowly closed his eyes, and fell asleep deeply.
At the same time that Ah Li fell asleep, the red stone pillar in front of the stone platform slowly lowered by half, and Ah Li's figure appeared on the red stone platform in the mysterious space, still maintaining a sleeping position and not waking up.
The red light curtain shines brightly, shining on Ah Li's body, and this time it is replaced by the yellow light curtain next to it to divide a few yellow rays of light into the red light curtain, quietly replenishing energy for the red light curtain.
Tianhuo slowly opened his eyes and saw Ah Li lying on the stone platform asleep, the red light shining softly on her, strengthening Ah Li's spirit.
Tianhuo saw that the stone pillar on Ah Li's stone platform had lowered half, and knew that Ah Li was unconscious this time, just like last time, the stone platform automatically lowered half of the stone pillar for the sake of protecting her, and recalled her soul back to the mysterious space for healing.
It was pitch black on the canopy, Tianhuo was already unconscious when he first climbed the mountain, and he didn't know what was happening later, seeing that Ah Li was just exhausted and unconscious, he judged that he should have escaped for the time being, but he didn't know where he was now.
Tianhuo got up and decided to investigate, and he pressed the pillar of his stone platform.
A bone-chilling chill came over him, accompanied by strong muscle soreness, and Tianhuo almost wanted to go back to the stone platform directly.
Tianhuo settled his mind and knew that Ah Li's body was in a very poor state at this time, and if it was not treated in time, it would leave a great hidden danger in the future.
Tianhuo shook his claws and took out a small red clay stove from the Qiankun bag under his neck and put it on the ground, and grabbed a few flame charms to ignite and stuff them into the hearth.
The orange-red flame rose up, making Tianhuo immediately feel that his body was not so cold, and Tianhuo ignited a few more flame talismans and threw them into the hearth, making the furnace fire more vigorous, and quickly roasted Ah Li's body dry.
Tianhuo took out the sleeping bag from the Qiankun bag again, and got into it with difficulty, now he needed to maintain his body temperature.
When the body was no longer damp and cold, the soreness of the muscles and bones became more intense, and the great pain almost made Tianhuo scream.
Tianhuo gritted his teeth and took out a bottle of Guben Pill from the Qiankun bag, which was the best elixir for monks in the Forging Stage (Ronghai Stage) at that stage, which could not only enhance the power of True Yuan, but also relieve pain and heal injuries.
Tianhuo bit the cork of the bottle, and there were twelve soybean-sized, light brown Guben Dan in the white jade bottle, and then he picked up the jade bottle and swallowed six with his head up.
The heavenly fire urged Ah Li's body to dissolve the medicinal power of Gu Ben Dan as soon as possible.
Slowly, the medicinal power of Guben Dan began to take effect, and after Ah Li's own exercises were stimulated, he naturally transformed the medicinal power into demonic power, and Tianhuo only felt that the demonic energy in the meridians in his body was gradually filled.
When the demonic power in the body reached saturation, the demonic power began to seep out of the meridians and began to nourish Ah Li's body.
The demonic power entered every bit of Ah Li's muscles, quickly smoothing the soreness of muscles and bones, and making every muscle rejuvenate quickly, this comfortable feeling was simply a world of difference from the sour feeling just now.
The strong demonic power washed over and over again Ah Li's body, and finally seeped out from the fur with the impurities in his body.
Tianhuo hurriedly jumped out of the sleeping bag, although the sleeping bag had a self-cleaning circle set up by the master, which would not be contaminated with dirt, but Tianhuo still didn't want the dirt to fall into the sleeping bag.
Tianhuo stood at the edge of the pool, sweating like pulp, large drops of black sweat dripping down along the hair, and soon gathered into a muddy soup at his feet, the sweat beads contained a large number of black impurities discharged after the forging body, Ah Li's figure was obviously thinner, but his physique was much stronger than before.
Tianhuo wasn't sure if Ah Li had advanced to a small realm, but the hidden danger of illness had been lifted.
Tianhuo relieved himself, jumped into the icy pool water, quickly washed the dirt from his body, went ashore to dry his body, and then began to look at the situation in the belly of the mountain.
By the light of the fire in the small furnace, I could only see the scene within a few zhang of the surrounding area, and I could vaguely see that the space in the belly of the mountain was very large, and the waterhole under my feet was also very large, and the sound of rushing water was heard in the distance, and it flowed to more than one place.
Tianhuo took out a handful of flame talismans and shot out more than a dozen flame talismans around and above, illuminating the entire mountainside.
The whole mountain belly is a long and narrow waterhole formed by the underground dark river, ranging from several zhang to dozens of zhang high, about 600 zhang long from north to south, and more than 400 zhang wide from east to west.
Ah Li's luck is very good, in the all-black environment, if she hadn't found this platform for the first time, with the condition of her body just now, she would have quickly exhausted her strength, and finally couldn't escape drowning in her fate.
The underground river flows slowly from north to south, and some small streams of water seep down from the cave walls high in the mountainside and join the pool.
The water of the pond pours out through nearly 100 large and small water openings in different directions in the belly of the mountain, and the balance of the water in the pool is generally maintained.
Tianhuo judged that the water outlet closest to the platform was the hole where Ah Li came in, and the hole was located in Shanyang, so the water outlet on the opposite side should be on the side of Shanyin.
As long as you try to swim out of the water hole on the other side, you can go straight to the back of Wolf Mountain, and you can escape from Benwolf Plain after running for another twenty miles.
Tianhuo shot out a few flame charms again, and saw the location of the three water openings on the opposite side, and the two water outlets were hidden under the water surface, so it was difficult to judge the size of the water openings.
The other water hole is relatively large, and the part that exposes the water surface is more than a foot high, and it is completely possible to pass through the body of several Ah Li, and it is the most promising hole to swim out.
The water system inside Wolf Mountain is composed of underground rivers, pools in the belly of the mountain, and outlets of varying heights.
In the rainy season, the amount of water flowing into the underground dark river increases, and the water level of the pool in the belly of the mountain will increase, and when the water height of the pool exceeds all the outlets, every spring on the wolf mountain will spew out spring water, forming a spectacle of a hundred springs competing for the stream.
The excessive pool water in the belly of the mountain can be diverted out by the way of a hundred springs competing for the stream, which can not only irrigate the forests on the mountain, but also maintain the balance of water in the belly of the mountain.
Flooding occurs when the waterhole in the belly of the mountain cannot hold that much water during a particularly heavy rainstorm.
During the dry season, the higher outlets will be higher than the water level of the pool, and the springs or waterfalls there will be cut off, and eventually all the springs in the mountain will dry up when all the outlets are below the water level of the pool.
However, a certain amount of pond water will be stored in the belly of the mountain, which will continue to provide an underground water source for the ecosystem in the lower parts of the Wolf Mountain, ensuring that the area will not fall into a major drought.
Nature is so wonderful, maintaining its own balance in the simplest and most direct way. This balance also gave Tianhuo and Ah Li a chance to escape.
Tianhuo tries to wake Ah Li and ask for her opinion, but Ah Li has been sleeping and cannot wake up.
During this period, Tianhuo tried to swim to the opposite outlet several times, and found out the specific situation of the three water outlets, and only the largest outlet had any hope of swimming out.
Because there is occasionally a wisp of fresh air blowing above the outlet, even if some sections of the cave will be completely submerged in water, it will not be completely submerged, and the key point is that the diameter of this outlet is very large.
When Ah Li woke up, Tianhuo had already removed the thick, windproof and fireproof brass cloth on the outermost part of the sleeping bag, put it in a copper basin to soak soybean oil, and then put the brislin cloth by the stove to roast, trying to make the briss into an oilcloth.
Ah Li got up from the stone platform, his spirit had fully recovered, and when he saw Tianhuo doing strange things, he couldn't help but ask: "Tianhuo, how long have I been in a coma, where are we? What are you doing?"
While making the tarpaulin in earnest, Tianhuo replied, "Ah Li, you have been in a coma for nearly ten hours. We are now in the belly of Wolf Mountain.
After a while, I pulled out the belly of the mountain, and I might have to dive for a while, because I didn't know how long I would need to dive, so I wanted to make an airbag that I could use when diving. ”
Ah Li thought of the terrible experience before coming in, and felt afraid for a while, and couldn't help asking, "Are you sure?"
Tianhuo shook his head: "I'm not sure, but if we don't try, we'll be trapped here." ”
Tianhuo put the baked sleeping bag in front of him, tightened the rope on the mouth of the sleeping bag, tied the fox's long mouth in the mouth of the bag, inhaled through the corners of the mouth and exhaled through the front teeth, and soon blew air into the sleeping bag, and then pulled out the mouth and tied the mouth of the bag tightly.
Tianhuo dragged the bag filled with air into the pool of water, and tried the waterproof effect, although there will still be a small amount of gas overflowing, but at least it meets the waterproof standard of 90%.
Tianhuo nodded with satisfaction and asked Ah Li: "Ah Li, you are all ready, this dive is very dangerous." Are you coming, or am I coming?"
Ah Li thought of the darkness, helplessness and suffocation in the water hole yesterday, and said timidly: "It's better for you to come." ”
Tianhuo didn't talk nonsense, put away the things on the ground, jumped into the sleeping bag, and paddled with one paw towards the mouth of the water outlet on the opposite side.
When I arrived at the entrance of the cave, the suction of the water was very strong, and Tianhuo grabbed the sleeping bag airbag on all fours, took a deep breath, and turned over, turning into an airbag on top and Tianhuo on the bottom.
With the turbulent water at the entrance of the cave, the heavenly fire also bumped all the way down, and the airbag played a good protective role on it, and the thick and waterproof fire cotton avoided the fate of the heavenly fire hitting the head and bleeding at the top of the cave wall.
The air inside the airbag provides the necessary buoyancy and life-sustaining air for the skyfire.
When Tianhuo expels all the air in the lungs and feels unsustainable, as long as you loosen the sleeping bag pull rope on your front paws, open a small slit, put the long mouth deep into the sleeping bag air bag and take a deep breath, and then quickly pull out the long mouth and tighten the pull rope of the sleeping bag, although some air will be wasted every time, but most of the air enters the lungs of Tianhuo.
Several times like this, the heavenly fire had already rushed out of the winding cave with the water of the pool for several miles.
When he took his last breath from the airbag, he decisively discarded it. After that, it's just a matter of luck.
Luck was really on the side of Tianhuo and Ah Li this time, and after only a few breaths after discarding the air bag, a powerful stream of water rushed out of the cave with Tianhuo.
Tianhuo was flying in the air, and the moment he saw the starry sky, Tianhuo and Ah Li shed tears at the same time.