Under Xu Chunru's organization, a group of them quickly got together.
Du Yifeng cast a questioning look at Jiang Yue.
"I didn't say anything, let's go."
The situation is obvious, the bus is definitely out of reach. Although Jiang Yue was strong, he had no intention of carrying the bus.
Besides, this is not a shallow pit on the ground, there is no place to stay at all. The smallest drop on the slope is several meters, and the largest drop is more than ten meters. In this situation, Jiang Yue cannot stand out.
Besides, he didn't want to be in the spotlight and attract other people's attention for nothing.
Jiang Yue would definitely not do this kind of thankless thing that might incite hatred.
Aren't they just legs?
Twenty or thirty kilometers of mountain road are filled with awakened people. How can they still not be able to walk this little distance?
Zhang Jiye couldn't help but complained again: "If this road doesn't work, we can't change to another road! The road is dead, but people are alive!"
Jiang Yuequan pretended not to hear such retarded remarks.
Go ahead and explore the terrain on your own.
This landslide is quite large and cannot be crossed.
Even if you can barely pass through the slope below, you must first open a path.
The lower slope was overgrown with weeds, and there was obviously no road itself. Moreover, the slope of the slope is extremely steep, and it is very likely to fall down if you are not careful.
Although it's not a cliff below, if you really fall down, you will inevitably get injured.
Jiang Yue held a multifunctional engineer shovel and opened the way ahead.
This engineer shovel is made of excellent materials, coupled with its superb military industry standards, and has a wide range of uses. For operations like this, it is indeed much more practical than carrying one or two weapons.
Weeds were removed along the way, and a narrow path was slowly cleared that could allow one person to pass through. Although it was sloping and difficult to walk, it was finally possible to pass.
Back in the crowd, Zhang Jiye was still chattering and changing equipment leisurely.
Even Xu Chunru couldn't stand it anymore.
"Zhang Jiye, why are you so whiny? Either hurry up or go back with the bus. Don't think that anyone is obligated to listen to your nonsense and waste time with you."
Everyone else has almost changed into military boots and is fully armed.
Only Zhang Jiye was still carefully taking off his pair of limited edition luxury brand sneakers.
"I'm not wrong. Can't we go another way? I don't believe it. This is the only way to go to the ecological park?"
Xu Chunru was furious: "Are you a pig? Aren't you a bus driver familiar with the road? People choose this road because they must think it is the most convenient and most likely to be accessible. This road is all It's impassable, and other roads must be in worse condition. Besides, do you think you can go around the detour if you want? This is already a mountainous area, and it may be dozens of kilometers to go around. Think about us How long did it take to walk dozens of kilometers all the way here?”
If it's a sunny era with smooth roads, just a few dozen kilometers would be fine.
The problem now is that if we take another road, there will definitely be potholes and obstacles everywhere. Maybe the situation will be worse than this.
At that time, we changed to a more difficult road, and by the time it got dark, we might still be dozens of kilometers away from our destination.
At that time, there was no village in the front and no store in the back. How could we spend the night in the wilderness?
The key is that the mission requires them to arrive before seven o'clock.
There are still three or four hours before seven o'clock, and walking more than 20 kilometers is completely achievable.
But if we take a detour, spend another two hours and stop halfway, it will be absolutely impossible to arrive before seven o'clock.
"Jiye, please stop nagging and hurry up. If you really complain all the way, I advise you to follow the bus back. This is a transcendent certification mission, not a tourist trip."
Even a sophisticated egoist like Du Yifeng spoke up, which shows how dissatisfied he is with Zhang Jiye's behavior.
Jiang Yue has always regarded himself as a tool, and he will not interfere in the affairs between the five of them.
However, he observed that among the more than eighty players, there were quite a few like Zhang Jiye. Many people complained and reluctantly changed their equipment.
It shows how passive their mentality was at that time.
Of course, there are also people with positive attitudes. Many people are already walking along the trail opened by Jiang Yue and crossing this landslide area.
Of course, walking from behind also has the advantage of walking behind. At least the road is smooth, and the people walking in front have already paved the way.
As a result, the team of more than 80 people became disconnected one after another.
Jiang Yue and his group, including Han Jingjing, were naturally together, a total of seven people.
Under Xu Chunru's continuous beatings, Zhang Jiye did not dare to slack off even though he was reluctant, and his foot speed was not so slow as to hold him back.
It's not that Xu Chunru has much prestige in his heart, but he is still afraid of death after all.
If you don't arrive at your destination before dark, in the wilderness, your life will not be guaranteed.
The mountain road is not easy to walk.
There hasn't been much rain recently and the roads are not muddy. But along the way, there were landslides from time to time, so they had to take a detour.
These rockfalls were obviously not mudslides caused by rain. Jiang Yue estimated that they were caused by earthquakes that lasted for several days.
Whenever such falling rocks blocked the road, they had to take a detour.
After a few hours, the team had only advanced six or seven kilometers.
At this rate, many people have begun to doubt whether they can arrive successfully before seven o'clock.
Fortunately, the road sign showed that there was a village ahead.
The road leading to the village gradually became wider. Everyone quickened their pace and soon arrived at this mountain village called Maxi Village.
Maxi Village is said to be a good place, surrounded by mountains and rivers.
There is a large stream in the south, backed by mountains. The mountains are a continuous mountain range that looks like a galloping horse, hence the name Pegasus Mountains.
There are two old camphor trees at the entrance of the village, guarding this ancient village like door gods.
At the entrance of the village, there was a fork in the road.
One opening leads to the big stream ahead, and the other leads to the village.
Both roads are not wide, and can only accommodate one car entering or exiting. It is almost impossible to intersect, and the only way is to use the yard of the farmhouse next to the road.
"Jiang Yue, shall we enter the village?" Du Yifeng walked up to Jiang Yue and asked after discussion.
Jiang Yue hesitated for a while.
Zhang Jiye sneered at the side and said: "Yifeng, aren't you talking nonsense? To go to the ecological park, you have to pass through this village. If you don't enter the village, can you fly there?"
That being said, Du Yifeng still felt that he wanted to listen to Jiang Yue's opinion.
Han Jingjing on the side suddenly said: "Why do I think this village is a bit weird?"
"Why is it weird?" Du Yifeng asked curiously.
"Don't you think this village is too quiet?" Han Jingjing asked.
"Quiet?" Several other people looked at each other.
With so many people pouring into the village, how can the village be quiet? It was obviously very noisy.
This Miss Han should pretend to be shocking, isn't she a big idiot?
Zhang Jiye deliberately suppressed his laughter, with an exaggerated expression on his face, as if he was afraid that others would not know that he was suppressing a smile.
If he laughed, he might not be so hateful.
This strange look of Pi Liyangqiu makes people feel full of malice.
Han Jingjing, however, was not used to Zhang Jiye's bad habits and glared at him rudely.
Jiang Yue suddenly said quietly: "This may really be an empty village."
"Empty village?"
From a distance, the village doesn't look too big, but by visual inspection there are at least dozens of households. Some of the houses look relatively new, so it shouldn't be an abandoned old village.
How could a village of this size be empty?
As if eager to slap Jiang Yue in the face, Zhang Jiye said angrily: "If it's empty, you'll know if you go in and take a look! We're spending time here, and the people in front may have rested in the village."
This time, he was more motivated than ever and took the lead.
"Let's go in and take a look." Du Yifeng also greeted Xie Feng, Yu Siyuan and others.
Xu Chunru deliberately lagged behind, walked up to Jiang Yue and muttered: "Don't be as knowledgeable as Zhang Jiye. This guy is spoiled by his family and is a bit clueless."
Jiang Yue smiled: "Sister Ru, don't worry, just treat me as a tool this time."
Xu Chunru glanced at Jiang Yue thoughtfully, sighed, and said nothing more.
As soon as they entered the village, people were already standing on both sides of the village road.
"There is no one in the village!"
"It's weird, where have all the people in this village gone?"
"A lot of people's doors are open? Where can I go?"
"There must be people living in this village. You can see that there are clothes hanging out under the eaves, or salted fish and meat, and all kinds of dry goods."
Anyone with a little bit of brains can tell whether a village is inhabited or not.
When Jiang Yue and the others approached, Du Yifeng had already wandered around the village for half a circle.
"Jiang Yue, you guessed it right, this is really an empty village. However, the people here must have gone somewhere to escape the disaster, right? Not a single living person was seen."
"There are no cattle, sheep, pigs, dogs, or even chickens or ducks."
"If they are trying to evacuate, why do so many people have their doors open? Even if they go out to evacuate, they should always lock their doors, right?"
Jiang Yue did not answer, but walked into a house with the door open.
After walking through several houses in this way, Jiang Yue's face became extremely solemn.
Just like Du Yifeng said, if you really want to go out, why don't you even lock the door?
What surprised Jiang Yue even more was that all the clothes and food in these people's homes were there, which was completely different from what they should do when going out.
In other words, except for living animals, these people’s homes were untouched.
Many of these participating contestants are city dwellers and do not know much about the daily lives of people in mountain villages, but Jiang Yue knows that people in mountain villages attach great importance to food beyond imagination.
If I really want to go out, I will never leave the food at home just like this!
Something must have happened to this mountain village.
"Have you noticed anything?" Xu Chunru asked with concern.
Zhang Jiye curled his lips: "Isn't that what happened! Sister Ru, everyone has almost left, do we still have to pretend to be detectives here?"
As Zhang Jiye said, although the other contestants were puzzled by this empty village, most of them felt that it had nothing to do with them and continued on their way without staying too much.
According to the road signs, pass through the village and continue walking along the mountain road, turning around several mountain cols, and you will almost arrive at the ecological park.
Jiang Yue and the others were originally the last to enter the village, but after checking around, they were delayed for some time and became the last group of people.
Looking at the time, it's almost five o'clock in the afternoon.
At this speed, if there are more obstacles on the road ahead, there may really be a question mark as to whether we can make it to seven o'clock.
Seeing that Jiang Yue was still thinking about something, everyone couldn't help but feel a little anxious.
Xu Chunru advised: "Jiang Yue, what are you thinking about? You don't want to meddle in the business here, right?"
"Tch, we don't know when. Please don't waste everyone's time, okay?" Zhang Jiye said in a weird voice.
Jiang Yue didn't even bother to talk to Zhang Jiye and just regarded him as nothing.
"Sister Ru, I have an idea, maybe we can get there faster."
"Oh?" Xu Chunru's eyes lit up.
"I saw that many people here have bamboo rafts. Based on the topography, the big stream in the south of Maxi Village can go all the way to the vicinity of the ecological park. I remember seeing the planning map of the ecological park. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers. It should be this big stream.”
"Yes, yes!" Han Jingjing suddenly thought of something, "I remember someone told me that they had been to the ecological park two years ago. They went by boat and took the waterway."
The person who told her about this was actually her good friend Yang Xiaoxiao. Because Yang Xiaoxiao's family changed families and married a political opponent of the Han family, their relationship was estranged, so Han Jingjing did not want to mention her name.
"You mean, we also take the water route?" Xu Chunru looked at Jiang Yue.
"While it's still dark, it may take less than an hour to take the water route. Of course, I'm just making a suggestion. The five of you will discuss the specific decision."
Jiang Yue left the decision-making power to the other party and consciously positioned himself as a tool.
"I agree." Xu Chunru expressed his stance first.
"I agree too." Du Yifeng followed up.
Xie Feng and Zhang Jiye looked at each other, and it was obvious that they wanted to play devil's advocate.
The polite Yu Siyuan suggested: "We can go to the river to investigate. If the water flow is stable and it saves time, why not take the waterway?"
When everyone came to the edge of the big stream, the water flow was generally stable, and the water was so clear that one could even see the sand and stones underneath.
The depth is also just right, allowing the bamboo rafts to float without drowning people.
So the choice was easy.
"Let's go drag the bamboo rafts. There are many of us, so we may need two."
Originally, this kind of thing was naturally the job of gay men, but Zhang Jiye and Xie Feng were obviously hands-off shopkeepers, so they would definitely not do anything about it.
Jiang Yue and Du Yifeng had to take action.
Du Yifeng quickly dragged a bamboo raft to the shore, but Jiang Yue was several minutes late.
He was dragging the bamboo raft with one hand and holding a large sack in the other hand. He didn't know what was in it. Judging from the weight he was carrying, it looked quite heavy.
Seven people, two bamboo rafts, naturally have to ride separately.
Han Jingjing definitely wanted to be with Jiang Yue. Xu Chunru didn't say it clearly, but her body movements showed her attitude. She also wanted to be on the same bamboo raft as Jiang Yue.
Du Yifeng smiled bitterly: "Yes, it seems I have to be a boatman for a while. Siyuan, are you going to sit here with me, or follow Sister Ru and the others?"
Yu Siyuan thought for a while, and after seeing the sad eyes of Zhang Jiye and Xie Feng, she decided: "I'll go with you on the same boat. Sister Ru and the others have an extra sack, which looks quite heavy."
This is a good reason. There is no distinction between closeness and distance, so naturally neither party will be offended.
