Slumped Shoulder did not intend to confront the two people below him directly. He knew this very well, but he did not intend to let them go just like that.
In less than a day, the spores on the wall of the well below will be able to suck up the air that was put in before. He can strangle his enemy below without any effort.
Thinking of this, a ferocious smile appeared on the pitted face with slumped shoulders covered by black cloth.
Down the shaft, the fat man had slowly woken up, retching from time to time. The stamina of the Huoxiang Zhengqi water was so strong that he felt as if he had been marinated in the fermentation from the inside out.
Zhang Zhuxun put a small electric light into his mouth and checked it again. He was relieved after confirming that there were no traces of spores inside. However, after going out, he still had to use professional instruments to check to see if there were any residues.
Although the behavior of slumping the shoulders does not hurt their fundamentals, it is indeed jarring.
There were a total of eleven people in their team, and three of them had died in just a moment.
Zhang Zhuxun and his younger brother moved the fat man and the remaining five Huo family members into the shaft for another ten meters, then cleaned the spores on the inner wall of the shaft, and waited for the fat man and the others to recover before discussing their subsequent journey.
Zhang Zhuxun had a ball of silkworm cocoon-like spores in his hand. After careful inspection, he found that the thing looked familiar. He suddenly remembered that the bottom of the earthenware vat he had found in the cellar of Slumped Shoulder seemed to be wrapped with this kind of thing.
Could it be that the contents of those pottery jars were found by Tiao Shoulder from this deep well?
Zhang Shuxun subconsciously glanced deeper into the darkness of the shaft, and let his mind wander for a moment. Within a limited range, he didn't feel anything. On the surface, it seemed that this place was safe for the time being.
But it was a doubtful point for Tumbo to stop and not come down. There must be some danger down there, which made Tumbo feel that he and his brother would die here even with their abilities.
Zhang Zhuoxun thought for a while, looked at the white ball in his hand, squeezed it hard, and then moved it to the other hand. He found that the palm of his hand suddenly became sweaty, but he knew that this was not the case. He was sweating.
The Zhang family's palms rarely sweat. Even in summer or when they are sweating profusely after strenuous exercise, their palms are dry. This is also related to the exercise and tonic medicines taken since childhood. Sweat will affect the sensitivity of the hands.
So the water could only be squeezed out from the spores. He turned to ask the fat man who had recovered, "Did you not feel anything at all when you were parasitized by this kind of spores before?"
"Yes, I can feel it." The fat man ate the compressed biscuits wholeheartedly. His words were a bit muffled, but he could hear clearly. "At that time, the fat man already felt something going into my mouth. He grabbed it out and found that it was the wall. I just wanted to remind you of the white hair on my throat, but I found that no matter how much I opened my mouth, I couldn’t make a sound. It felt like my throat was stuffed with plasticine, and it was so blocked.”
"But I was so anxious that I broke into a cold sweat, and then I noticed that those white silk threads were approaching faster and faster, so I had to climb down quickly to report to you, but you have already discovered the situation." The fat man said.
After listening to his words, Zhang Zhuxun was thoughtful, so the spore plant itself seemed to carry a toxin that could paralyze the vocal cords, and had the property of attracting water, so it spontaneously moved towards the fat man's mouth after entering the mouth. It burrows into the stomach and rapidly multiplies into spores.
He had examined the body of the Huo family member who died. There were pinpoint-sized hemorrhages under the eyelids, the jugular veins were bulging, and his face was pale and blue. The cause of death was suffocation, which meant that the spores followed the spores in the body. The water spread directly to all the hollow internal organs in his body, including the trachea leading to the lungs, which was also blocked.
This thing is completely a movable version of a desiccant. So, by placing this kind of spores in the snake tank, is it to keep the environment around the snake eggs dry?
It is possible to say so. The climate in Banai is rainy and watery. If this kind of special snake eggs want to hatch, the conditions must be more stringent.
As soon as Zhang Zhuxun told the younger brother and the fat man about his analysis, the fat man muttered, "This perverted black-haired pheasant has a weak neck, and he is actually a landlubber."
No matter what kind of duck it is, it can't stay here for long.
Zhang Zhuoxun glanced at the time on his watch. It was already past ten in the morning. Huo Xiangu had probably received the news that they had lost contact and was preparing for the worst.
Seeing that Huo Xiaoli and the others were energetic after eating the food, he said: "You all should have a rest. After you have rested, we have to continue walking forward. There is waiting for our enemy who had released a lynx before to attack us. There is only one road ahead for us.”
Huo Xiaoli and the others nodded, each organized their equipment and carried it on their backs. Then they took out their gas masks and put them on to prevent the spores from getting into their bodies again.
The fat man also put on a mask. Zhang Zhuxun bit his finger and wiped some blood on the outside of the mask on his face. Then he took the lead and climbed deeper into the shaft. In order to prevent another accident, the younger brother was behind him.
The direction of this shaft is not straight, but has a gentle upward slope. The group of people climbed non-stop for more than an hour, and the front was still dark, like the bottomless pit of the rat spirit in Journey to the West, with no end.
In the words of the fat man, this poor place is not suitable for fighting tunnel battles.
Because they were underground, the walkie-talkie could not contact the channel, and there was no way to report the news to the other two teams. According to the compass, they had deviated from the original direction, but they did not return the same way, but were heading east by north. direction to keep moving forward.
The two walls of this shaft are also very smooth, and the soil has been specially reinforced. The material used is not the common soil in Banai. Zhang Zhuxun couldn't help but wonder in his heart whether this was a drainage system set up when the project was originally built. Then there should be other forks further ahead.
However, no traces of water flow were found on the two walls. Maybe this was just a backup option at the time, and it was later abandoned. Somehow, Tall Shoulder discovered it and put a fake iron cover on it.
Gradually, Zhang Zhuxun felt that the air around him was a little thin, and he had to take a big breath every time, as if the air was being sucked away by an invisible thing, and suddenly there was a sound of falling down behind him.
When he looked back, he saw that a member of the Huo family crawling behind the fat man had fallen down. The fat man was gasping for air. He turned around and kicked the man on the shoulder, trying to wake him up, but the man did not move at all.
The other Huo family members were a little overwhelmed and stopped where they were.
Zhang Zhuxun had already guessed the reason. He took out a small bottle of oxygen from his backpack, turned around and threw it back.
The little brother had climbed from the last position to the edge of the Huo family. He reached out to catch the oxygen bottle, took off the man's mask, and buckled the breathing mask that came with the oxygen bottle on his mouth and nose. Pressed several times.
Zhang Zhuxun threw a bottle to the two fat men and the remaining people, asking them to take two breaths of oxygen if they couldn't hold on any longer, and then continued forward.
After climbing until about one o'clock in the afternoon, a fork finally appeared in front of us.
Zhang Zhuxun tore the toilet paper into thin strips and tested it. It was actually quite close to the ground. The paper at the intersection was shaking slightly, so he immediately chose to crawl over there.
In a daze, he seemed to catch the sound of water flowing in his ears. He checked with the little brother behind him. The little brother listened carefully and gave him a positive answer.
Hearing this, several Huo family members were shocked and overjoyed.
The further they went, the louder the sound of water flow became. They seemed to be crawling on the edge of a river, and the earth wall on one side gradually showed signs of moisture.
The fat man suggested: "Why don't we just put a detonator and blow up this wall? We can get to the outside anyway. This pig intestine-like pipe is driving the fat man crazy."
Zhang Zhuxun stretched out his hand and touched the wall and felt that this method was feasible, but once the wall collapsed, they would only have ten seconds to escape through the gap.
Because the drilling method of this shaft is the same as that of a robbery hole. Once the opening is blown and the structure is damaged, the area will collapse quickly. If there is a little delay, they will all be buried by the collapsed mud.
The plan was quickly determined, and the fat man in the middle would install the bomb. Once there was a gap, people on both sides would seize the time to rush out together.
The fat man had a strong execution ability. He quickly prepared for directional blasting and stretched the fuse. After everyone hid behind him, he immediately lit a cigarette with a lighter, took a nice puff, held it in his hand, and stretched it out to light it. lead.
With a muffled bang, several cracks suddenly opened on the surface of the earthen wall, and they bulged inward. There were more and more cracks on it, and they soon spread to a large area.
With a bang, the earth wall could not withstand the water pressure outside and collapsed. The river water mixed with mud rushed in and soon filled the channel.
Zhang Zhuxun closed his eyes tightly and swam against the current towards the breach with only the perception of his last glance.
Finally breaking through the water, the warm sunlight outside shrouded his head. The dazzling sunlight made it difficult for him to open his eyes. He wiped the water from his face, squinted his eyes slightly, stepped on the water under his feet and looked around. .
This is a river with a relatively gentle flow. The water is very clear, and light can shine directly through the water surface to the bottom. The aquatic plants below grow very lushly. As the water flow slowly sways, the clear waves ripple, and the tails of the water float downstream. There used to be a lot of big fish and small fish.
There were shoals covered with aquatic plants and reeds on both sides of the shore. There was a place on one side that they had just exploded, and the muddy water was still swirling there and pouring into the shaft.
Behind them were some scattered woods. They had never set foot in this area before. It seemed that they had crossed directly from the ground to the outside of the valley. This place should no longer belong to the Yao Village.
The little brother and the fat man quickly got out of the water and swam to the shore. The fat man still had half a wet cigarette in his mouth. The cigarette paper was wet with water and hung softly on his chin, as if it fell from the sky. A lump of bird droppings rested on his mouth.
Several Huo family members also got out of the water safely, with joy of escaping on their faces.
After everyone climbed ashore, they lay flat like salted fish on the pebble beach warmed by the sun. They closed their eyes and enjoyed Father Sun's massage. They were so tired that they didn't even want to move their fingers.
The little brother walked around and came back. After making sure that there was no danger around him, he sat on the grass and took off his coat and wrung out the water on it.
Zhang Zhuoxun threw a pack of compressed biscuits to him and said: "We will go downstream along the river later. The water sources here in Banai are basically connected to each other. Find the villages downstream. We can find a way to contact Huo Xiangu and the others."
The walkie-talkies they were equipped with had been filled with water. The fat man had just tried the circuit inside twice before it burned out and started to smoke, emitting an unpleasant burnt smell.
The little brother nodded, broke off some biscuits and stuffed them into his mouth, keeping his eyes on the water.
Zhang Zhuoxun followed his line of sight and immediately realized that there was a very fat crucian carp near the shallows of the river bank. It was leisurely opening its short mouth and biting bit by bit from the cobblestones on the beach. moss.
Smiling softly in his heart, Zhang Zhuoxun stood up and quietly approached there. Blocked by reeds, the crucian carp did not notice the approach of his uninvited guest.
Zhang Zhuxun slowly raised his right hand and pressed the mechanism on his wrist buckle. A flash of silver light flashed through the air and happily plunged into the tail fin of the big crucian carp two inches forward.
The crucian carp was frightened and in pain. As soon as it swung its body, it immediately dived under the water. The water stirred up some floating objects attached to the rocks, but unfortunately it was already too late.
Zhang Shuxun suddenly raised his hand, and the barbs on the small silver dart got stuck in the fish scales. As the silver thread retracted, the crucian carp hanging on it broke through the water, and returned to Zhang Shuxun's hand with flying water. He caught it in the air.
The fat man heard the noise, looked at the fish in Zhang Zhuxun's hand, and immediately clapped his paws with joy, "Quick, quack, quack, our big wooden fish baby is really a considerate little angel. He keeps chewing compressed biscuits. Fatty's The mouth almost faded out of a bird.”
When Huo Xiaoli and the others took a look, they endured their exhaustion and got up, plopped into the water, and went straight to the fish at the bottom. It looked like they were catching fish, but in fact it was more like a way of venting the rest of their lives.
The temperature in the water was just right, refreshing. Several people took a nice bath in the water, and then went ashore with the small fish and shrimps they touched. It was really the big fish around them that flapping about just now. Scared away.
Zhang Zhuoxun followed the same method and got six more. After handling them with his brother by the river, he handed them to the fat man who was a peerless chef. "Come on, come on, Wang Yuchu, it's time to show off your skills."
The fat man was wearing underpants. He swung the clothes in the water to wash away the sediment, then spread them out on the warm pebbles to let the sun bask in them. He took the clothes that Zhang Zhuxun and the two had made. fish.
The Huo family's guys had already picked up dry firewood and lit the fire. They were gathered around, cradling their arms and looking at the fat man expectantly.
Zhang Zhuxun didn't need to worry about what happened next. He walked a few steps further, jumped directly into the water and washed himself thoroughly. Then he took out the shampoo from the space and washed his hair, and finally used soap. I also washed my clothes and picked a clean stone beach to dry on.
When I looked back, I saw that the little brother was still soaking in the water, closing his eyes and relaxing, feeling very comfortable, so he took his clothes over.
When I was passing by, I saw that the half-dried creaks and back of the fat man's clothes were stained with white sweat. I sighed helplessly, reached out to pick up his clothes, walked over to the previous position, and scrubbed the clothes hanging on the shore together. On big rocks.
Thanks to [Dali Chen] [Born to Show] and other big guys for the rewards, I have a huge heart...*
