Chapter 25: The Creeping Beggar Chicken
"Ah yo..."
Dr. Lin and I screamed at the same time. I was frightened, and he must have been in pain.
"what's the situation!"
I quickly turned over and just wanted to get off him, but as soon as I raised my head, I bumped into a hard stone slab. I groaned in pain, covered my head and groped my way down.
I picked up the headlamp that had fallen beside me and put it on. With the help of the light, I discovered that we were no longer in the room we were in just now. This was a completely unfamiliar, short and narrow passage!
Dr. Lin struggled to sit up and gasped in pain. I saw that he was clutching his right foot, so I quickly untied his shoelaces and took off his socks without caring about the smell of feet.
His right foot is so swollen!
Oops, I'm afraid it's a sprained ankle!
I have experienced sprained feet, and I know very well the pain that affects the whole body at the slightest movement. Dr. Lin frowned, and cold sweat dripped from his hairline. The tops of his feet were bulging high, and it looked like he had been in pain for a while.
He couldn't move for a while. I carefully took off his shoes, poured water on his socks according to experience, covered them and applied them.
"What just happened?" I asked.
He made a downward gesture and said: "You triggered the mechanism, the floor turned over, and we fell under the secret room."
I rubbed my temples and recalled what I had experienced along the way, and couldn't help but curse: "It's that damn preconception again!"
The designers of this underground treasure house have a common and extremely effective trick, which is to use people's preconceived notions to set up secondary traps.
After we escaped the bat attack, the mouse successfully opened the first door. So when we faced the Phoenix Stone Gate, we all thought it was a repeat of the same trick. No one expected that hidden arrows would fly out; in the first time
After falling into the trap of Big Chi Kiss, we got the message that the door was full of water, so when we saw similar mythical beasts later, we filled them up one by one without hesitation, and almost died of dehydration;
I found the shop on the ceiling, firstly because it was well hidden, and secondly because there were so many chisels that induced us to follow our previous concept and only pay attention to clues about water; in my opinion, seeing the shop head
It means that it is a door that can be opened. I completely did not realize that the entrance to this door is the floor under my feet!
I'm annoyed by my habitual thinking, but there's nothing I can do about it. But then again, it's over now, and now I can be sure that the lock on the storefront has been opened. But the mouse is dead, and it stands to reason that no one has this technology.
, not to mention the ceiling is so high, who can meet the requirements to unlock the door?
The ghost of the rat.
I was frightened by my own thoughts. I couldn't help but tremble and bring my thoughts back to the current situation.
"Do you have any medicine in your bag?" I felt that using wet socks to apply the lump would not be effective. Not only did Dr. Lin sprain his foot, he was also hit hard by me as a meat pad. The space in this passage was so small.
He could only lie down and half sit, leaning on his backpack. You can imagine how uncomfortable he was.
"I can only apply ice within 24 hours. Just give me some time to rest." He was putting the soaked cotton socks on the wall, and he was weak when talking.
It was freezing cold in the underground stone chamber. Fortunately, I was wearing a weirdo's jacket so I wouldn't shiver from the cold. Although Dr. Lin's homemade ice socks couldn't achieve the effect of icing, these cool stone slabs had some effect.
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Thinking of the disappearance of the weirdos and the others, I understood that the trick Dr. Lin was referring to was this hidden passage. No matter who opened the shop, the three of them most likely went to other places along the passage.
In this case, the danger in the passage should have been eliminated by them long ago. As long as we follow forward, we will definitely be able to meet them!
I suddenly felt a lot more comfortable, and the death of the mouse was finally not that heavy anymore. If I abandon my preconceptions and become more flexible, I still have a good chance of surviving to the day when school starts! And maybe I can make some money before I leave.
Bring back the bricks and gems!
I must work hard for the next exploration! I encouraged myself in my heart and worked up my energy to check the stone slab above my head, but I found that I had no strength all over my body and my head was still a little dizzy.
All in all, I haven't eaten for a long time. I need to fill my stomach to replenish energy.
I pulled over the muddy backpack, and the rat put dry food and an electric cooker here. Dr. Lin was sick and needed a delicious meal!
My hands were shaking from hunger, so I leveled the small stove, poured some water into the porcelain jar, and put it on top.
After doing these few actions, I almost used up all my strength. Why did I suddenly feel hungry so quickly? Sure enough, people are like iron rice and steel!
I lay softly on the ground and turned on the ignition button.
Dr. Lin suddenly sat up and stretched out his arms to try to stop me!
But the fire was already ignited, and Dr. Lin’s forehead hit the roof!
Before I could understand what his actions meant, the air around me suddenly became hot, and the flames of the electric cooker suddenly burned me!
Dr. Lin had a big bruise on his forehead. He opened his arms with an angry look and rushed towards me to push me away. He decisively turned off the ignition button.
But the flame did not go out. I was horrified to find that not only above the stove, but also around us, in the invisible air of the passage, light yellow flames lit up bit by bit, and gradually spread along the road ahead.
go!
"It's broken! Fuhuo!"
Dr. Lin took out two reflective objects from his backpack and threw one on my face. He took the other one away and quickly stuck it on his head.
I feel so exhausted. I don't know how to use this thing, nor do I understand what these flames are about.
"Go! Go! Go forward!" Dr. Lin wore a weird half-mask on his face. He changed from a half-lying position to lying forward. He crawled over and roughly pressed the mask on my face.
, my nose was so squeezed that it hurt. After breathing hard, I realized that it was a gas mask!
Dr. Lin picked up my food bag and threw it on his back. I didn’t zip it up, and the ham and energy bars inside flew out in an instant! He didn’t care about his foot injury and picked up my jacket and adjusted it.
, almost throwing me out along the passage as if I was thrown to death!
I clung to the dark passage like a puddle of mud. Dr. Lin followed me on all fours, pushing me forward desperately.
The yellow flames gradually spread to the road ahead. Dr. Lin eagerly patted my butt from behind. I could clearly see the road conditions and direction ahead without lighting equipment.
My hazy mind became a little clearer: It seems that we are in trouble, and we need to escape for our lives immediately!
I don't understand why the air can catch fire? The fire develops faster than I can crawl! The temperature in the passage has changed from freezing, to warm, to scorching hot. I feel that it is getting more and more difficult to breathe, and my steps are getting slower and slower.
If I don't climb faster, I will definitely die! I clearly understood my situation, bit my lip and exerted all my strength, arched my waist, kept my back and the top of the plane in a straight position, and chased the flames like crazy.
Looking back, Dr. Lin was even worse than me. He was kneeling and rushing forward like an earthworm. The two backpacks hanging on his sides were swinging wildly. He was already a long way behind me.
The flames were about to burn his left shoulder!
By the way! His leg is injured!
I stopped suddenly and waited in a ready position to respond. I definitely couldn't let him die here!
It was like running in a relay race. As soon as he caught up, I grabbed my deflated backpack from his neck - in fact, almost everything inside was thrown out. I kept moving back at the same speed as him.
After a few steps, he understood what I meant, lowered his head, grabbed it with his backhand, and threw his backpack on me.
It was so heavy... I staggered from the impact and almost fell over!
The flames have surrounded us!
The height of the passage was limited. After putting two backpacks on my shoulders, I could only change into a crawling posture, use my hands and feet to rush forward while rolling and crawling.
The passage was as hot as a stove, and every time my hands touched the ground, they were as hot as pancakes and painful. I was annoyed by my sloppiness and laziness. I was also covered in mud in thick phlegm, which Dr. Lin had already cleaned up.
It was clean, but my whole body was still covered with a layer of mud, and all its viscous water had evaporated, forming a layer of dry, hard, and hot armor surrounding me.
I want to cry but I don’t have any tears. This is clearly what the human body does like a beggar chicken!
When I was a child, there were many pheasants living in the woods of Jiuli Mountain above this treasure. My father would take me to eat them every once in a while. I would catch the pheasants, remove their internal organs, and directly cover them with a layer of mud.
Then dig a hole, fill it with branches, throw it in and bake it for an hour. When the time comes, dig it out and peel off the mud layer, all the pheasant feathers will have faded away. The meat with its natural aroma is both satisfying and stressful.
Hungry!
Time passed, and the pheasant's revenge finally came. After I was cooked enough, the pheasant god peeled off a layer of mud, and my shiny and smooth bald head steamed before its eyes.
"Huh-huh-"
I was running like a puppy when I suddenly heard a sound from behind that sounded like Dr. Lin was about to die.
I was also very tired, and I was panting wildly, but the sound I couldn't keep up with was different from the one Dr. Lin made. I didn't vibrate my vocal cords, but he made it from his throat.
How tired do you have to be before your breathing becomes a scream?
I really wanted to look back at him, but I couldn't stop smoothly at high speed! The big piece of mud on my neck was as solid as porcelain, restricting the rotation of my head. I could help
What does he have? I cannot crawl forward for him, nor can I immediately become his feet.
Chapter completed!