Back to the Wilderness

In the quiet and dark cave, Xie Cheng and others had been walking for more than ten hours.

Not only did they not find any exit, but they also noticed that the water flow was getting slower and slower and gradually became stable, which undoubtedly confirmed Ji Fuyun's previous guess.A sense of despair began to pervade, Lingbi walked stiffly, and he no longer had any hope of going out.

Going around and finding the trace of Hanmo again, Luo Zongqiang, who had been troubled by stopping the bleeding, was pleasantly surprised.But thinking about whether he could go out was still a problem, he couldn't help sighing.

Soon, they met Gao Yiyang, Li Congyun and three other members of Luo Zongqiang's team who were also walking along the direction of the water.

The reunion did not bring them much joy. Gao Yiyang and the others were struck by lightning when they learned that there was no exit, and Xie Cheng knew the situation of most of the cave based on their walking range, and it was basically certain that this was a big dead end.

"Back to the original point." Xie Cheng looked at the listless crowd and said.

Gao Yiyang was puzzled: "Didn't it mean that there is no exit there? What are you doing when you go back?"

"Wait for someone to save you." Putting his own destiny in the hands of others has never been Xie Cheng's style, but until now, he can only deal with it negatively.

Luo Zongqiang had no choice but to say, "That's the only way."

"Will someone come to rescue..." Lingbi asked weakly.

"Nobody rescued us, so we dug a path ourselves."

At least for a long period of time, they will not starve to death. There are eleven people here, and they can still fight against a single crocodile. If they catch a crocodile, they can eat them for several days. There are also many strange fish in the dark river, which can satisfy their hunger even if they take a little risk.

Except for Xie Cheng, although the others can only dig out the exit with bare hands, as long as they persist, dripping water can wear through the stone. If they can't dig out in a month, then they can dig for a year.

No one who can live to this day will easily accept their fate.

Gao Yiyang was young and hot-blooded, and passed away for a while. After hearing this, he soon became high-spirited. He clenched his fists and said, "If you fall from the top, you will not be crushed to death by a stone, which means that if you survive a catastrophe, you will have good luck! We must You can go out!"

His optimistic attitude suddenly made the lifeless atmosphere a lot lighter. Everyone calmed down and went back to the original place again.

Maybe it was bad luck, Lingbi tripped again.

Although everyone is very depressed now, seeing Lingzhi rolling around several times, he still couldn't help laughing.

Lingbi was already in a bad mood, and now he was angry, rushed to the place where he tripped, kicked him twice, and cursed at the same time: "A fucking broken tree is also blocking the way, just block the way , the neck is still long and crooked! Can you still be a tree properly!"

After he said this, everyone noticed that the poplar tree actually protruded obliquely from the front side, and the back half of the tree was still buried in the earth wall in front, which should have been overturned along with the ground during the earthquake.What made Lingbi annoyed was that he vaguely saw the shadow of the tree, and deliberately went around from the left. He didn't expect that the crown of the tree was actually crooked, or the top part was broken due to the heavy pressure, and it bent a little to the left. , Ling Nose couldn't guard against it, so he was tripped.

"You have encountered such a thing, maybe you will have good luck in the future!" Gao Yiyang said optimistically.

Xie Cheng paused when he heard the words, and after putting Ji Fuyun down, he stretched out his hand and touched the curved part of the tree crown. The touch felt round, and it was crooked rather than broken.Poplar trees have always grown straight, and it is rare to see them crooked. Not to mention the fact that the crown is so crooked, there are usually no similar situations.

Xie Cheng has undergone long-term training, and his keen perception of any small and unusual things in the outside world has long been instinctive. Many information that he would not notice will be received and stored in his mind, and then inspired him at a special moment .

For example, now.

He had seen such a poplar, not long ago.Xie Cheng closed his eyes, and pictures flashed through his mind, and finally stopped in front of a small cave, with two or three clusters of weeds and a few poplar trees, very desolate.One of the poplar trees with a height of seven or eight meters looks like a person with his head bowed.

This was a cave where they were going to check for Liuyan, but Luo Zongqiang called for support later, Xie Cheng took Ji Fuyun, Gao Yiyang and others away, and asked Zhou Qiming and Zhang Shijie to continue to investigate.

The cave was not too far from where they fell, and more importantly, the poplar tree appeared here, indicating that the entrance of the cave was also one of the exits of the cave. The place to be dug is much shallower. According to calculations based on the exposed part of the poplar, the thickness of the blockage is only about five meters, and most of it is soft soil. There are no large rocks that are difficult to move before, so it is much easier to dig. .

After Gao Yiyang heard what Xie Cheng said, he had a question, "What if there are other things covering the poplar tree after it falls, it may be more than five meters thick."

Xie Cheng shook his head, "The surrounding area of ​​the cave is clean and stable, and nothing else will collapse."

Unlike the place where they fell, there are large lakes and steep walls, and the terrain is very complicated.

"Then dig here!" Luo Zongqiang said resolutely, "I believe in Brother Xie!"

Xie Cheng walked to the mound, seeming to be thinking about where to start.

"Hey, there is another tree here." Lingbi shouted, and he found another poplar tree, but this tree was protruding from the roots.

Xie Cheng pondered for a moment, then immediately walked to the tree, "Pull this tree out!"

"Pull it out?" Luo Zongqiang was surprised, "What do you mean?"

Xie Cheng didn't explain, his hands were already on the bottom of the tree trunk.

Seeing this, Luo Zongqiang stepped forward, and the others didn't know why, but they also moved one after another.

The strength of the eleven people was very impressive. After a while, the tree was really pulled out of the soil by them, and a straight hole about the size of the trunk appeared in the soil wall.

In an instant, everyone's eyes lit up.

A beam of bright light shone in from the long small hole, dispelling the darkness that had been surrounding the 11 people, and the sunlight passed by everyone, lighting up the vivid pictures with warmth. And the surprised face.

They looked up, and through the small sloping hole, they could see the long-lost blue sky, even though it was only the size of a plate.

"There is really a way out..." Lingbi's voice was overjoyed.

Although this small hole was not enough for them to go out, at least they saw hope, opened the gap, and it was easier to dig. Lingbi felt that he was full of motivation now, and could dig a passage for people to walk in one breath.

Of course, it's just what he thinks.It takes at least ten days and a half months to dig a five-meter-thick earth wall with just ten hands and a dagger.

Xie Cheng didn't start digging the tunnel immediately, but cut a few pieces of wood from the trunk of the poplar tree, cut them into strips, and bent them with the toughness of the wood, so that the eight pieces of wood were gathered together.

Gao Yiyang looked at it and wondered, "Boss Xie, what are you doing?"

"Umbrella." Xie Cheng replied, but it was even more incomprehensible.

After a while, Xie Chengcheng finished and made an umbrella stand the size of a palm. The others were very interested and continued to see what he wanted to do.

Xie Cheng tore off his coat and cut out a small piece of cloth. Without blinking, Xie Cheng cut his fingers, wrote a few words on the cloth, and hooked it to the small umbrella stand , it looks like an umbrella that has not been opened.

Using the remaining wood, he made something similar to a slingshot. Xie Cheng walked to the small hole, faced the hole, and shot the small umbrella out.

Under the amazed eyes of everyone, Xiaosan flew out of the five-meter-long deep hole like a broken bamboo all the way!

Crackling, the small sound was not ignored by them, it was the little umbrella that opened itself after leaving the entrance of the cave.

Everyone was even more surprised, what a delicate umbrella!Although they can no longer see the appearance of the small umbrella, they can imagine that it must be hovering in mid-air like a small parachute, and it is easy to be spotted.

This is Xie Cheng's signal to the outside world for help.

"Thank you boss, it's really..." Gao Yiyang didn't know what to say to express the shock in his heart.

Luo Zongqiang squinted his eyes and was horrified. Xie Cheng was really terrifying beyond expectation.

Ji Fuyun glanced at the calm Xie Cheng, and became more and more sure of his guess about his identity.