Chapter Twenty-Three: Cold
If his mouth and nose had been immersed in the stream just now, he would have suffocated to death by now, but fortunately, he was only half of his face.
He tried to move his body, only to realize that his whole body seemed to fall apart, and he couldn't even move a finger.
After a long time, he tilted his face slightly, and brought his lips to the surface of the water.
The cold, refreshing feeling spread throughout his life, a feeling he had never felt before.
The water turned out to be so delicious.
I've never felt like this.
He drank the water slowly, bit by bit, and the pain in his body seemed to slowly subside.
When he finally had the strength to move, he lay back down in the dry area and rested for a while, slowly looking at his place.
It was still an empty place, it seemed to be a larger cave, and the stream flowed slowly to the west from the crack in the mountains on the east side, and the glimmer of light in the cave came through a small hole in the west, and the stream stopped flowing there, and was slightly higher than the rest of the place, and the stream turned east and joined the stream.
He lay and watched it all in silence.
He thought to himself, I'm alive, I'm alive.
I don't know what it's like, but I don't feel like escaping death at all, because my hope of living is still very slim.
He carefully observed the flowing stream, the stream was not deep, the water was very clear, the bottom was clear, the stream was full of sand, stones, moss and the like, but there was no life such as small fish and shrimp.
He rested for a while, trying to stand up, but it was even more difficult to move on his stomach, let alone stand up all at once.
But once hope is not extinguished, the struggle will not stop.
He spotted the glowing hole and slowly moved toward the west.
The hole shone brightly, and his hope of survival increased a lot, maybe it was the exit to the outside, and he crawled over it, and he returned to the world smoothly, and was saved smoothly.
Maybe it would be a naturally formed skylight-like hole, with an abyss below it, and you would only die faster if you crawled through it.
But no matter what, you'll have to give it a try.
He rolled into the stream, the stream was just able to soak his wrists and ankles, the stream was very cold, the coolness seemed to seep into his bones all of a sudden, he subconsciously wanted to shiver, but now he didn't even have the power to shiver, the cold invaded his skin and his bone marrow without hindrance, and he only felt a cold in his head.
However, he continues to pursue his goals.
Little by little, he moved in that direction.
Although this part of the journey is not as long as the journey into the cave, it is several times more difficult than the journey into the cave.
This is a small slope, usually people can't feel the slope of the slope when they walk, and even the stream can flow up, but Xiao Yi is in the stream at this time, like a boat against the current, every inch moved, the cold feeling pierced into the bone marrow.
He seemed to have become numb to the sensation of pain, and at this point he could only feel the cold.
It seems that the hands and feet do not obey because of the cold, and the only thing that belongs to me at this time is thinking.
After the fatigue eased a little, his mind slowly cleared up again, and he slowly clarified his beliefs again.
If you want to survive, you must keep going.
He moved his body inch by inch, and at this time he was no longer moving his body, but his own willpower was moving his body.
Moving his stiff body.
Inch by inch, his will gritted his teeth and moved forward.
The entrance of the cave is getting closer and closer, the light is getting more and more, and he has all his vitality, so he fights this time, bravely goes up, and the cave is already in front of him.
However, the moment he approached the entrance of the cave, he closed his eyes tightly, he did not dare to look, he did not dare to see what kind of world would be outside the cave.
All of a sudden, he was scared. There had never been such a feeling of fear, which was spreading sharply in him at this moment.
For a long time, he lay on his stomach at the mouth of the cave, his eyes tightly closed.
He was afraid that what he was going to see was a cliff, and then his life would be stopped, and he would hardly have the strength to climb back, because after the faith was gone, everything would be impossible.
He took a few breaths hard, and he thought again, if it was another cliff, he would jump down as soon as he closed his eyes, anyway, he would die, at least at the moment of death, he could still appreciate the scenery on the cliff.
However, after he subconsciously took a few breaths, he suddenly shook his whole body, and his whole life was almost still at the same time.
Because he breathed fresh air, which made every pore of his body feel comfortable, and this fresh air can only be found on the edge of a cliff.
I remember that I used to follow my sister to the mountains to chop wood and collect medicine, and I often secretly ran to the edge of the cliff to look at the scenery below, shouting loudly at the abyss below, and then breathing a few breaths of the unique fresh air on the edge of the cliff.
What I breathe now, I can feel it completely, is the air on the edge of the cliff.
Outside the cave is a cliff.
His heart stopped beating almost at the same time.
But it occurred to him that it was nothing, and that he could still shout and breathe as loudly as before, except that this time he was going to jump and leave this world forever.
He barely thought about it, and suddenly gathered all his last strength to make a brilliant parting on the edge of the cliff.
Farewell, Sister, Farewell, Big Brother Bai, Farewell, Shou'er.
My dearest person in this world, I'm going to die, you will never see me again, I can no longer be with you, I am going to die, if I have a fate, I will be your relatives in the next life.
He suddenly opened his eyes and was about to leap down.
However, the moment he opened his eyes, he froze.
Then he actually cried, he has always been a child who does not like to cry, but this time he cried very seriously, crying like every child of this age, sincerely.