During the time the two of them were chatting these words, these "gum trees", which were originally only slightly burnt on the surface, were gradually losing their burnt black color, and new mucus was constantly seeping out from within the gel-like fibers. Let those hard shells slowly soften and decompose until they are swallowed up. Each of the "gum trees" that stood tall and tall in the sky began to sway one after another, almost collapsing, re-solidifying, and returning to the original 3D maze that was entangled with each other.
The texture of the hardened climbing materials that Shukang was familiar with was changing drastically, and there was still half a way to the exit at the top. This forced Shukang to speed up his climb.
Tighten all the core muscles near the spine, take a breath, hold your breath, move your left hand forward with your right foot, and move your right hand forward with your left foot. This alternating movement is like switching from breaststroke to freestyle, climbing. Efficiency has been greatly improved.
Shukang rose so fast that he quickly pushed Hai Xiaolou down four or five positions. Without knowing it, he was still rushing upwards.
Hai Xiaolou was very unconvinced. In all his life, no one had ever walked faster than him in this maze. What's more, this was a girl who surpassed him. This greatly stimulated his self-esteem, so he did whatever he could. , and began to work hard to keep up with Shukang's speed.
However, his weight is huge. If compared with brute force on solid land, Shu Kang will definitely not be his opponent; but now he is on a giant forest tree of soft silk and sticky gel. When climbing, heavy weight and strength become disadvantages. Only by cleverly utilizing the elasticity and toughness of this material and using just the right amount of force can the rise be made faster.
Therefore, the harder he tried, the more he failed. At this time, Hai Xiaolou deeply understood what "haste makes waste", so he had to sigh, slow down, and readjust his breathing and movements. This was considered a success. He gradually approached Shu Kang's agile and elegant figure.
Both of them work hard, but sometimes, you can't succeed just by working hard. The decisive role of environment cannot be underestimated.
Just when the distance between the two of them was close to one body height, and Shukang was only three and a half body heights away from the top of the hole, the last thing they expected happened.
A large area of red came over, and a large section of the top of the tallest "gum tree" was cut off at once!
Along with a burst of foul-smelling gas, the remaining branches were blown by this huge airflow and began to swing greatly. Both of them used their limbs to tightly hug the "branch" in front of them. ", and began to follow this stench and find a balance in the swing of nearly 90 degrees.
The problem now is that the most troublesome "chemical attack" has finally arrived!
The stench seemed to replace all the air here with methane. Although Shu Kang tried his best to hold his breath, he still couldn't help but take in a breath. It was so smelly that it gave him a splitting headache.
"Calm down! Don't deform your movements and be steady."
Shukang's ears seemed to be ringing with her grandmother's words of instruction as she taught her how to play basketball, dribble, and prepare to launch new attacks.
"Methane is slightly toxic and basically non-toxic to humans. However, when the concentration is too high, it will significantly reduce the oxygen content in the air and make people suffocate. When methane reaches 25%-30% in the air, it can cause headaches, dizziness, and fatigue. , lack of concentration, accelerated breathing and heartbeat, and ataxia. If not separated in time, it can cause death by suffocation. Skin contact with liquefied product can cause frostbite. Allow the gas to safely diffuse into the atmosphere or be used as fuel. Yes Simple asphyxiation, poisoning due to lack of oxygen and suffocation at high concentrations. When the concentration reaches 25 to 30% in the air, dizziness, accelerated breathing, and movement disorders may occur."
Her mother, who teaches chemistry, had already introduced this slightly poisonous gas to her when she visited "biogas pools" in the countryside, so judging from the current body reaction, its concentration has now reached more than 25%. Fortunately, this is only the content of the bad breath emitted by this red mass. It should not be so in Haixiaolou below.
Shukang's intuition was that he should give the source of this gas a big bag to block the stench, and also make a fuel bag to see if it would be needed later.
What to use to blow out a big bag?
By the way, isn’t the best material right in front of you? Shukang picked up a small piece of gel in his hand, went up to it, and blew it, and sure enough, a small balloon popped out.
"Oh! It's true that 'you can't find anything even if you try hard to find it, and it takes no effort to get it.' Just use it."
Shukang immediately took out a wooden hairpin and drew a powerful compressed air cylinder. Then, while shaking it, he inserted the inflating port into the trunk of the gum tree in front of him and pressed the inflating button. A huge balloon soon appeared in front of him. .
The balloon swelled bigger and bigger, and finally after meeting the red mass, it exploded suddenly, and then stuck to the red mass. The source of the odor attached to the red color, methane gas, was also there. The chaotic red mass then spurted out in the opposite direction, blowing out a large balloon in the completely opposite direction - a balloon filled with pure methane gas.
Wrapped in this self-inflicted methane gas, the red ball moved with the ball again and ran away furiously.
"What a pity! I didn't have time to shoot it with a rocket!"
Shukang originally planned that if she added another fire at this time, the "Sea Leaf Lizard" who always wanted to trouble her would be hit by the methane balloon with her arrow and burned to death.
"Hmph! I'll let you go this time, because you know what's going on and run fast." Shukang babbled at the Sealeaf Lizard who was scared away by her again.
The gum tree continued to sway and slide down, and the distance from the top of the hole was further extended to 7 or 8 positions.
Shukang looked at Hai Xiaolou, which was two feet away, and asked loudly, "Are you okay?"
"Be careful! Look above your head!"
Hai Xiaolou suddenly made a louder voice than hers and shouted loudly.
Shukang turned around fiercely and saw that the branch she was on suddenly seemed to have melted. The entire section became soft and flowed to the top of her head!
"Ah!" Before she could finish screaming, Shukang's long ponytail was completely covered by the glue. Shukang raised his hands to protect her face, and saw that the speed of the glue was accelerating, helping her to fix it. Holding on to her last form of protecting her head and trying to pull out her hair, she struggled hard, but saw that the glue had wrapped her whole body, and only the breathing hole she had left for herself remained stubbornly hollow. Rather than being stuck closed by thick glue.
Shukang now understands how the poor little ladybug felt when she was a child, when she took the glue for study and soaked it all over a small seven-spotted ladybug caught in the garden, hoping to make it into "amber". ——She is about to turn into a "human amber" sample.
