As the first stone fell, there seemed to be a chain reaction on the top of the cave, and stones began to fall downwards. Finally, a large piece of stone fell suddenly, completely blocking the entrance of the cave.
However, after the cave entrance was blocked, the landslide did not stop and continued to spread towards the depths of the cave.
"Isn't the whole cave going to collapse?"
With this thought in Zhao Qian's mind, he didn't dare to stop and ran towards the depths of the cave.
The landslide continued to spread, and the first ones to suffer were the lemmings that entered the cave. Before they even had time to scream, they were smashed into pulp by the rocks falling from the landslide.
Then, there was the area where Zhao Qian and the others lived before. Whether it was the cooking area or the resting area, they were all buried by falling stones, and nothing was left.
Fortunately, the cave was very deep and the landslide did not continue forever, which allowed them to avoid the same fate as the lemmings.
"Did we survive?"
In the completely dark cave, a voice suddenly asked.
"I can only be considered alive for the time being!"
Zhao Qian tore his clothes into strips and, with Yu's help, began to bandage the damage caused by the lemmings.
Although these injuries are not fatal, if they are not treated, the wounds will continue to bleed, and his body will soon be unable to resist due to excessive blood loss.
"What do you mean it's temporarily safe?" Wang Qianqian asked in confusion.
When Zhao Qian heard this, he wanted to take a look at Wang Qianqian, but there was no light. No matter how good his vision was, he couldn't see anything clearly.
He could only rely on his voice to look in the direction of Wang Qianqian and explain: "Our current location is dozens of meters away from the entrance of the cave. Although it blocks the rat tide, it also completely isolates us from the outside world."
Wang Qianqian still didn't understand, "What then?"
Zhao Qian was speechless and could only continue to explain: "The first thing is oxygen. If the front is completely blocked by a landslide, we are equivalent to living in a closed space. When the oxygen runs out, we will suffocate and die."
"The second thing is food. Although our ice cellar is not buried, the food in it cannot keep us eating. Therefore, even if the air can circulate, we will starve to death after eating the food."
"The water source again, the water source in the cave has also been buried. We must find new water sources, otherwise there will be a water shortage."
Their current situation is still very dangerous, because their situation is basically equivalent to being buried alive.
You have to be clear, when on earth, once a similar situation occurs, even if there is a rescue team, you may not be able to survive, and they don't even have a rescue team.
"What should we do?"
Wang Qianqian also reacted and asked in a panic: "Can you clean up the gravel blocking the cave?"
"almost impossible."
Zhao Qian took care of all the wounds on his body, asked Yu to go to the ice cellar to get something to eat, and at the same time answered Wang Qianqian's questions.
"Not to mention how far we are from the entrance of the cave, how big the workload is. Many of the rubbles weigh more than a thousand kilograms. Who of us can move it? Moreover, if we are not careful, it will cause a second landslide and we will have to clean it up rashly.
Stone will only make us die faster."
Although Zhao Qian didn't know much about rescue, he also understood that it was almost impossible for them to survive.
However, with luck, the cave is not completely blocked and air flows in. They can survive for a long time relying on the food in the ice cellar.
If they are unlucky and the cave is completely blocked, they will not be able to survive for many days relying only on the remaining oxygen in the cave.
"Actually, it's not completely impossible."
Just when Wang Qianqian was desperate, Liu Yun suddenly spoke.
"Xiaoyun, what can I do?"
Wang Qianqian seemed to see the light and asked quickly.
"Don't you have a colony of army ants on your hands?" Liu Yun continued: "Although army ants are not good at building nests, they can dig out a passage. As long as we are alive, we will be able to get out."
"How long will it take to let the army ants dig their way out?" Wang Qianqian asked with a grimace.
"The army ants in this world are much more powerful than those in our world, and they naturally dig holes faster. It won't take long," Liu Yun said.
"What if we get hungry during this period?" Wang Qianqian asked again.
"You can let the army ants open a channel first, and then they will deliver food to us. One army ant can transport very little food, but hundreds of thousands of them are still barely enough for us to eat." Liu Yun continued.
"It seems...it's really feasible."
After hearing Liu Yun's words, Wang Qianqian's eyes lit up and she said.
feasible?
Don't you know that ants cannot dig rocks?
Zhao Qian complained in his heart, but he understood that Liu Yun was encouraging Wang Qianqian and did not want Wang Qianqian to despair.
Because once a person is desperate, he is likely to do stupid things.
So, he did not expose Liu Yun and sat on the ground without saying a word, with a wry smile on his lips.
He thought that since he came to this world, he had been careful every step he took, but he did not expect that even so, there was no hope of survival now.
"If we don't come back to inform them two, will Yu and I survive?"
A possibility suddenly occurred to Zhao Qian's mind, but he quickly smiled bitterly and said: "If we don't come back, Yu and I may indeed survive, but we will definitely be condemned in our hearts and we won't be able to survive for the rest of our lives."
In fact, he didn't think so much at all at the time. When he saw the rat tide, his instinct was to rush back.
They have lived together for such a long time. Even if there is no love between lovers, there is still friendship between friends. It is impossible for him to ignore death.
"eat!"
Just when Zhao Qian was thinking wildly, Yu brought fish meat from the ice cellar.
"Thanks!"
Zhao Qian thanked him, picked up the fish, thought about it, and took a bite.
Immediately afterwards, the sound of Zhao Qiansheng eating fish could be heard in the cave.
"Zhao Qian, are you eating fish raw?"
Wang Qianqian heard the sound of Zhao Qian chewing and asked with a grin.
Zhao Qian replied while eating the fish: "Without firewood, we can't make a fire, so we can only eat raw food."
In fact, in addition to the lack of dry firewood, there is another reason, that is, making a fire consumes a lot of oxygen.
He is still not sure whether the cave is completely blocked, so in order to prevent the oxygen from being consumed, he can only eat raw fish.
Although it's a bit uncomfortable, it's not unacceptable.
"I have to eat raw food next time? What should I do if I can't stand it?" Wang Qianqian asked with a bitter face.
"Have you ever eaten sashimi?" Zhao Qian continued: "Sashimi is also raw. You can eat sashimi, but why can't you eat fish raw?"
"..."
When Wang Qianqian heard this, she was speechless.