Chapter 32 The Shadow of Peeping
"What's wrong?" After hearing what I said, Yuanxiao also got up and walked over.
I looked at Annaduo and said, "Oh no, Annaduo has a fever!"
Yuanxiao also reached out and touched her, "It's really! It's over, I'm really sick! What should I do?"
I took my backpack and said, "I prepared some antipyretics in advance, but this is not a solution. If it really doesn't work, we can only go back first. If An Naduo's situation is rash, it may be dangerous."
Yuanxiao sighed, "We can only do this first!" We looked at Wenmo again. Although he didn't say anything, he nodded gently.
I took out the kettle, gave Annaduo medicine, and fed a little water. The high fever had already blurred her consciousness.
"No need to go! Let's clean up and go back quickly!" As he said that, Yuanxiao raised Anaduo and carried it on his back. We carried the equipment and prepared to return the same way.
Due to the abnormality at the bottom of the valley, we could no longer walk from below, but could only walk on the hillside on one side. Wenmo walked in front with a short knife and opened the way, while I carried my equipment on the back and forth to take care of the Lantern Festival.
But just as he walked a distance, Wen Mo suddenly stopped.
Because it is very hard to walk on such a hillside road, Yuanxiao was already a little panting, "Hey, I said, Boss, why did you stop? Let's go!"
Wen Mo shook his head, "No, I can't leave!"
"Why?" I walked to the front and stood next to Wen Mo.
Wen Mo cut off a piece of branch in front of him, "Look at the valley in front of him."
Through the trees in front, I saw that the valley in front had become foggy, and the strangest thing was that these fogs were not the milky white or light gray that we often see, but light green.
"This," I've never seen such a fog, "Boss, what is that?"
Wen Mo's expression became very serious, "That's miasma!"
"Muscity!" I widened my eyes. No wonder we could not see an animal in the valley where we had just camped.
I have heard the word miasma more than once. It is said that one of the deadliest threats deep in these 100,000 mountains is miasma. I thought I would only encounter it in the deepest rain forest. I didn’t expect to encounter it here, “What should I do? Is there a way to get around it?”
Wen Mo looked at both sides, then shook his head, "No, the hillsides on both sides of this valley were quite smooth at the beginning, but the steeper the higher it went up, and the upper part was almost a vertical cliff."
I turned my head and looked at the hillside behind me. As Wen Mo said, if Annaduo was in normal condition, the four of us could almost climb up, but now it is really difficult for Annaduo's situation. When I was thinking about whether to take a risk, Wen Mo's words completely cut off my hope: "These miasma rises very quickly, and we will swallow our position in about ten minutes." And I roughly estimated that for more than ten minutes, it would be absolutely impossible for us to climb up the steep slope and then climb over the cliff, especially Annaduo, who is still half unconscious!
I had to come back. At this time, Lanxiao was leaning against a tree with Anado on his back. When I saw me coming over, I asked, "What's going on? What's wrong?"
"The valley ahead is already filled with miasma, we can't get through!" When I said this, my heart was filled with anxiety and helplessness.
When Lanxiao heard this, she became anxious, "What should I do?" As she said that, Lanxiao signaled An Naduo on her back, "She is in this situation and will not be treated anymore. She is likely to suffer from dehydration or even brain damage, and then things will be serious!"
I was also a little irritated, "I can't do anything. Now I will rush over and be poisoned to death!"
Wen Mo walked back at this time, "The miasma is getting closer and closer, let's leave here first."
There was no choice but to turn around and continue running deep into the valley. At the end of the valley, there was a water ditch, but it was not rainy at this time, so there was basically no water in the ditch.
We stepped on the rocks at the bottom of the ditch and climbed up the mountain. At this time, Lantern Festival was already exhausted and panting and sweating profusely. I wanted to do it for him, but he waved his hand, "You little body, forget it, don't bother, go quickly!"
I was really a little disgusted, so I came up with a solution to tie Yuanxiao and Anatu from my waist. The remaining two ends were tied to my waist and the other ends to Wenmo's waist.
This method is indeed effective. In this way, Lantern Festival saves a lot of effort and our speed is much faster.
When we climbed along the water ditch and climbed onto a ridge, we looked back at the valley just now. Under the moonlight, the entire valley was filled with light green gas. I couldn't help but feel a little lucky, but fortunately we ran fast in time!
We sat on the ridge to rest, and Lanxiao suddenly lay down on the ground, "Damn! I'm so tired! You have to compensate me for this matter!"
"Hey, why?" I immediately retorted, "Why do you ask me to compensate you for your back? If you have the ability, she will wake up later, and you will ask her to go!"
Yuanxiao clicked me with his hand, "You guy, don't do this. Isn't she the second uncle's member? Isn't she the second aunt you are the one who is your Zhuo family? I'm going to help you Zhuo family! Why don't you compensate me as a member of the Zhuo family?"
I sneered, "You're called taking advantage of the situation!" I got up and looked around. To be honest, I basically don't know how to look at the situation in the mountains, and sometimes I'm a little confused even when I'm confused.
I looked at Lantern Festival, which was gasping for breath on the ground, and knew it would be useless to ask him. So I said to Wen Mo: "Boss, do you know where we are?"
Wen Mo looked at the distance and said to me: "The position we are now should be on the ridge that transitions between Baishiding and Xueyanping."
"Boss, can you find another way back?" I said to Wen Mo: "Anaduo's condition is quite serious."
Wen Mo shook his head, "I'm not familiar with this place. If you rashly explore new ways, you will inevitably encounter all kinds of unpredictable things, which will be completely delayed by that time."
Yuanxiao also sat up and said, "I agree with this. I think the safest way at this time is to wait in place. When the miasma in the valley dissipates during the day, we can go back!"
I nodded, and it seems that I have to do this at the moment.
We raised a fire, then took out the sleeping bag and put Anado in for rest. I touched her forehead. Although it improved a little, it was still so hot.
At this time, we took turns to stay next to Annaduo, and all the remaining water was given to her.
After I was replaced by Wenmo, I wanted to lie down and rest for a while, but I didn't drink a sip of water for the past half day. At this time, I was dry and couldn't sleep at all. So I got up and looked around, hoping to find some clean water sources.
At this time, Yuanxiao also licked her dry lips and walked over. When he heard that I was looking for water, he immediately agreed and actively helped to find it.
Soon, we were on the other side of the ridge and saw some wavy areas outside the woods on one side. I thought that most of them were fresh water, either springs or streams.
Yuanxiao and I asked Wenmo to stay in the camp, and then we took all the kettles, climbed over the ridge, and walked down the hillside.
When we arrived next to the woods, we found that we were indeed not wrong. This stream flowing out of the woods gathered into a small reservoir by the forest. There was also an outlet for the reservoir, and the water winded down there, and I don’t know where it flowed.
Yuanxiao and I filled the kettle here and walked back. Maybe it was due to the barrier of the ridges. When we were in the valley just now, we didn’t feel the wind, but here we occasionally breezes came, and the leaves were rustling under the wind.
Just as we were about to reach the camp, I suddenly saw a cluster of grass beside it seemed a little wrong. When I looked closely, I immediately burst into cold sweat. I saw a black shadow behind the cluster of grass beside the camp!
I grabbed Yuanxiao, who was about to move forward, and pushed him to hide behind a big tree. Yuanxiao was not prepared at all, almost pushed by me, and glared at me and started to curse. I went up and covered his mouth, "It's dangerous! Shut up! Do you understand?"
Yuanxiao heard what I said clearly, was stunned for a moment, and then nodded. I slowly let go of my hand, and then pointed to him at the black shadow behind the grass. The black shadow was still shaking and not knowing what he was doing.
Yuanxiao was immediately startled when she saw it. She immediately stood behind the big tree, placed the kettle on the ground, pulled out a short knife, and said to me softly: "What is that?"
I shook my head, "I can't tell it. But sneaking must be not a good thing."
Yuanxiao looked at it for a while and said, "It seems to be peeping at our camp!"
"It's true, the action is really similar!" I looked up at the direction of the camp. At this distance, I could see the fire flashing, but I couldn't see where Wen Mo was.
I also took out the short knife, "Do we want to go over and cause a sudden attack?"
Yuanxiao thought for a while, "I don't think it's necessary. First of all, we don't know the other party's reality and rashly attack, and there is no chance of winning. Moreover, Wen Mo is in the camp now. You and I know his hand. The black shadow is honest and lucky. If it dares to make a mistake, don't forget the steel needle in the boss's hand!"
I nodded. What Yuanxiao said makes sense. We can observe it again. Even if there is something unusual, we can act according to the opportunity, either encircle or respond.
Chapter completed!