After the heavy rain, the road became slippery and muddy. After entering a forest shrouded in mist, Gong Xue discovered that the compass had lost its function.
No matter which direction you try, the pointer of the north compass will not move at all.
"Is there some magnetic field interference here?"
When Gong Xue used the telescope to search for the route forward, Zeng Yingying suddenly exclaimed, "Ah------bug!"
Several people looked down and found that the mountain leeches they had encountered before were crawling on their exposed skin. The leeches here seemed bigger and more terrifying. As soon as they encountered a living creature, they immediately clung to them like sticky candy, covering them up.
Drain the blood.
Zeng Yingying was most afraid of insects. Seeing the disgusting appearance of the shriveled mountain leech that became swollen and thick after sucking blood, her feet immediately became weak and she wanted to fall to the ground.
Gong Xue decisively called a halt, and then asked the team members to swat those disgusting locusts like she did. "Don't pull hard, it will leave the poisonous suckers in the skin!" Gong Xue warned when she saw the soldiers pulling the squirming creatures.
reminded.
She took out the little salt left in her backpack, melted it with the rainwater on the leaves, and slapped it on the skin of the team members. Soon, those hateful things fell to the ground and died.
Gong Xue asked them to quickly tie up their trousers, cuffs and collars to prevent the locusts from burrowing into their bodies.
After solving the big problem of leech, Gong Xue ordered the team members to follow him hand in hand with a solemn expression.
Before setting off, she made a trident sign on the ground with dead branches. After walking for about ten minutes, Gong Xue and the others turned back to the sign.
Several people looked at each other.
The compass still didn't move.
Zeng Yingying hugged Wei Lan's arm and looked at the lifeless woods in horror and said: "This can't be a ghost land..."
Wei Lan's eyes flashed, and she lowered her head slightly to cover up her cheeks, which were flushed and hot due to the increase in body temperature. "What kind of era is this? You still believe in ghosts and gods!"
Zeng Yingying looked around cautiously and retorted: "How is it impossible? There are so many weird things in the world, the mystery of the construction of the pyramids, the mystery of the ice-free lake in Antarctica, where the sea water came from, how did the dinosaurs become extinct, the two
How can we explain these eternal mysteries of human footprints left hundreds of millions of years ago?"
Seeing that they were silent, Zeng Yingying shrank her neck, pointed to the dark woods and said: "And here, why is the good compass not working? We are obviously going straight, how come we are back to the starting point after walking for a long time..."
She rubbed her arms and hugged Wei Lan tightly, "We won't really encounter any monsters or ghosts!"
With a sound of "Clang---------", Gong Xue actually broke dead branches as thick as her wrists.
Zeng Yingying trembled with fright and immediately fell silent. Wei Lan and Dabing looked at each other, and the latter said nervously: "Captain..."
Gong Xue threw away half of the branch in her hand and turned around slowly.
The soldiers were all stunned...
Gong Xue was not angry. In addition to the arrogance and self-confidence that she never gave up, her dark eyes also contained a calmness and calmness that ordinary people could not match.
It's as if when you see her, you can see hope.
Gong Xue said resolutely: "Even if there are mountains of swords and seas of fire in front of us, and we are blocking the dragon's pond and tiger's den, we still have to go for it!!"
The team members couldn't help but puff up their chests because of their heroic spirit of meeting gods and killing gods and ghosts...
"yes!!"
After walking two more times and still returning to the same place, Gong Xue stared at the map and studied the map and terrain again. Unable to use the compass, plus the fog in the forest and no sunlight all year round, there was only one way left.
The direction can be determined.
"You guys rest where you are, I'll go take a look nearby." After Gong Xue finished explaining, she went into the woods next to her alone.
She was lucky enough to find an independent tree that was several decades old.
Independent trees usually have lush branches and leaves on the south side and smooth bark. The annual ring lines on the stump are also sparse on the south side and dense on the north side.
Gong Xue took out the map and compared it, and finally made an obvious mark in the southeast direction.
The team starts again.
The direction of travel this time was very clear. After going astray several times, Gong Xue was able to identify the accurate direction by identifying large branches and the age of the trees.
While walking, there was a muffled sound of "Plop---------", and Wei Lan fell to the ground, holding his chest tightly and having difficulty breathing...
"Wei Lan-------Wei Lan------" Zeng Yingying was so frightened that she sat on the ground and wanted to help Wei Lan.
Gong Xue held her hand and said, "Don't touch her yet!" She turned around and ordered the soldiers, "Give me your water!"
The soldier quickly handed over the kettle. Gong Xue laid Wei Lan down, untied her collar and cuffs to dissipate heat, and ordered Zeng Yingying: "Find a big leaf to fan her to cool down."
Gong Xue brought the kettle close to Wei Lan and fed him a few sips of water. Wei Lan gradually regained consciousness.
What caught his eye was Gong Xue's delicate face full of concern. Wei Lan's heart felt hot and tears fell involuntarily, "I...I caused trouble to everyone again..."
Gong Xue touched her hot forehead and comforted her: "I should be the one saying sorry, even though I know you have a fever..."
"No..." Wei Lan grabbed her hand, "I don't blame you! It's my own choice. I'm willing to stick with you until the end. No one forces me!"
Zeng Yingying also raised her hand and echoed: "Me too! I also volunteered... Captain, it turned out that we thought about giving up, but when we saw you risking your life to save the soldiers, we vowed never to leave the team again!"
Before, she and the injured soldiers came up from the Water Mist Valley. In order to avoid another accident, she had thought about asking for help and giving up, but when she asked for a signal gun, Wei Lan and the others refused.
They said that after surviving so many hardships, they were no longer afraid of death, so why were they still afraid of the difficulties ahead?
The excited soldiers simply threw the flare gun into the misty valley.
Gong Xue wiped away the tears from the corners of Wei Lan's eyes, then held Zeng Yingying's shoulders tightly, and said with emotion: "That's it, no one is allowed to give up!"
Several other people nodded solemnly, "Don't abandon, don't give up!"
When they set out again, the soldiers rushed ahead of Gong Xue and carried Wei Lan, who weighed more than 140 kilograms.
Wei Lan struggled to get down and leave on his own, but the soldier made him cry...
Dabing said that from now on, he will be Wei Lan's leg, and as long as he is still breathing, he will not leave her behind!
With this strong will not to admit defeat, the tenth team led by Gong Xue finally walked out of the restricted area of life in this primitive tropical rainforest half an hour later.
The sea of mist that once trapped them now seems amazing. When they are in the mountains, the clouds and mist are steaming, and they are confused. When the mountain breeze blows, the clouds and mist around them roll with the wind, and rare waterfalls appear, just like the waves of the sea, majestic.