Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Depp felt a chill run down his spine and his whole body began to tremble uncontrollably.

How to do?
The bottom of the quicksand area is starting to loosen!

Depp looked around, but Lin Yuan had already disappeared from his sight.

At this point, no one could offer him advice or help him; he had to rely on himself for everything.

Amidst the howling sandstorm, Amber's body seemed to be sinking little by little.

Depp stared intently at Amber Heard not far away, confirming that this was not his imagination.

Fine grains of sand flowed beneath her, like an invisible giant mouth slowly swallowing her—first her thighs, then gradually extending to her buttocks.

Fine grains of sand flowed around her, forming tiny whirlpools.

At this rate, she will disappear completely into this death trap in less than ten minutes.

In such a short time, Lin Yuan simply didn't have enough time to get back and save people!
Depp hesitated to take a step, but couldn't bring himself to do it.

He knew he wasn't Lin Yuan, and with his abilities, he was very likely unable to rescue Amber, and would even lose his own life in the process.

"Help me!"

A heart-wrenching scream suddenly pierced the sandstorm.

Amber opened her eyes abruptly, her bewildered blue eyes instantly filled with fear upon realizing her situation.

She instinctively struggled, frantically slapping the surface of the quicksand with her hands.

"Amber, don't move!" Depp immediately shouted a warning.

“Depp?!” Amber’s voice trembled with tears, and she instinctively twisted her body, trying to stand up.

"My God, what is this...?"

Before she finished speaking, her waist sank another inch.

The fine sand wrapped around her waist and hips like a living thing, and each struggle made her sink faster.

"Don't move!" Depp could no longer stand it.

He picked up the jacket Lin Yuan had left behind, quickly spread it on the soft sand, then lay down on the jacket and crawled forward using both his hands and feet.

"Stay still!"

Depp crawled forward, alternating between the two jackets.

His movements were so hurried that his fingernails became filled with fine sand, and his palms were scratched with shallow bloodstains on the rough sand.

Depp struggled to crawl toward Amber, but she seemed not to hear his warning, desperately bracing herself against the sand with both hands, as if trying to pull her lower body out.

"Help! I feel something pulling me down!"

Her golden hair was covered in sand, which kicked up fine dust as she moved vigorously.

The quicksand that had initially only reached the waist and hips had now completely covered the waist.

Depp didn't blame Amber for her panic.

She knew her fiancée must be terrified right now.

In fact, wasn't he the same way?

“Don’t be afraid, Amber, I’m coming!” Depp shouted.

He knew that Amber's greatest fear at this moment came not only from her sinking body, but also from her isolation and helplessness.

As long as she can sense his approach, this fear should be greatly alleviated.

"Depp...I'm so scared..."

Amber's voice was choked with sobs, and tears streamed down her face, leaving two pale streaks, but her violent movements stopped.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here, you'll be fine!" Depp tried his best to keep his voice calm.

"what should I do?"

"Stay calm, don't move, I'll be right next to you. Spread your arms out, don't move, slow down your descent."

"I'll listen to you!"

As Depp requested, Amber Heard spread her arms wide, trying her best to lay her body flat on the sand.

This action significantly slowed her descent, but the sand had already reached above her navel.

Depp sped up and finally climbed to Amber's side.

He reached out and firmly grasped Amber's hands.

The two have held hands countless times, but Depp is certain that this was the tightest they've ever held hands.

A pull came from Amber Heard's hand, gripping Depp's arm tightly.

But he didn't seem nervous, which means he was sharing the pulling force of Amber's sinking.

"It seems to be working? Depp, I don't think I'm sinking anymore," Amber said with delight.

"Really? It seems the method Lin Yuan taught me really works!" Depp was overjoyed.

It is definitely effective because the average density of the human body (approximately 1.05 g/cm³) is only slightly greater than that of saturated quicksand (0.8 g/cm³), and under normal circumstances, the human body does not sink very quickly on quicksand.

As long as the person trapped in quicksand doesn't move around, they won't be swallowed up quickly in a short period of time.

However, if this causes the sand structure below to liquefy, thus completely losing its supporting force, then it will be a real problem.

Standing like Amber, with a contact area of ​​about 0.02m² between her feet, the pressure is as high as 50-60 kPa, which is enough to trigger quicksand liquefaction.

With Depp lying flat, the body contact area increases to 0.5-0.8m², and the pressure drops to 1-2 kPa, which is far below the critical liquefaction threshold of quicksand.

Therefore, his gesture of holding Amber greatly reduced the pressure on Amber's feet, which were stuck in the sand.

"Depp..."

Amber suddenly became somewhat panicked again.

"What's wrong?" Depp quickly asked, trying to reassure her.

"Am I... still sinking?"

"Well, by holding you like this, I can only slow down your sinking speed by 80%, but I can't completely stop it."

"What should I do?"

“Don’t worry, you won’t sink anytime soon. Lin Yuan will be back with the rescue team in 20 minutes,” Depp reassured him.

"If they don't arrive in time, are you also in danger?"

"Well... never mind, I'll stay with you no matter what."

"Thank you... thank you for risking your life to save me. I almost killed you!" Amber said, choking back tears.

Depp was taken aback by Amber Heard's words; it was the first time he had felt his fiancée was so sincere.

He smiled and shook his head: "It's nothing, you are my wife, we are family."

Wife?
Amber Heard was quite unfamiliar with this title.

Although she had decided to marry Depp, she was actually more interested in his financial situation in the past.

Otherwise, if a man 23 years her senior claims to love her from the bottom of his heart, it sounds very hypocritical.

But at this moment, Amber suddenly felt that spending the rest of her life with the man in front of her might not be a bad choice.

“I love you!” Amber said earnestly.

Depp paused, then chuckled, "Huh? Bringing this up now?"

But he still responded gently, "Darling, I love you too!"

"Get out! Get out of here!" Amber's face twisted suddenly, turning from tenderness to ferocious fear, her voice so sharp it almost cracked.

Depp: "!!!"

One second they're making a heartfelt confession, the next they're shouting and scolding.

But Depp quickly realized that Amber Heard's gaze was fixed not on him, but... on what was behind him.

He turned around abruptly and immediately felt a chill run down his spine.

A Central Asian viper, about 70 centimeters long, was slowly crawling towards them.

Its scales gleamed a cold, hard yellowish-brown in the sunlight, while the dark brown diamond-shaped markings on its back resembled the brand of death. Its triangular head was slightly raised, its forked tongue flicking rapidly, emitting a faint hissing sound, as if probing the fear of its prey.

Its crawling method is bizarre and deadly—its abdominal muscles contract, and its body moves forward rapidly in an "S" shape.

At this point, the viper was less than three meters away from Depp.

The snake's vertical pupils locked onto him, its fangs slightly exposed, poised to strike.

Seeing this, Depp almost burst into tears!

How did I offend snakes?
Why did we encounter banded kraits while filming in Southeast Asia?

When you come to the Taklamakan Desert, you might encounter the most venomous Central Asian viper.

Since being bitten by a snake, Depp has been learning a lot about snake-related topics.

He knew about the venom of the Central Asian viper, a mixed toxin with hemolytic and neurotoxic properties. If left untreated within 6 hours of a bite, the mortality rate was as high as 65%, and the disability rate was as high as 45%.

These snakes usually hide on the edge of poplar forests and the leeward side of sand dunes, so why would they come to the quicksand area?
What bad luck!
“Depp! There’s a snake!” Amber’s voice was choked with tears as she watched the viper get closer and closer, but she was powerless to stop it.

"I know, I know, I know"

Depp gripped her wrist tightly, repeating in a trembling voice, his eyes fixed on the slowly approaching venomous snake.

“It’s coming for you! Run!” Amber cried out, her voice filled with despair.

“Don’t let go.” Depp gritted his teeth, his knuckles turning white from the force. “If you let go, you’ll sink.”

“You’ll be bitten to death!” Amber’s voice was almost ripping.

"Let it bite!" Depp growled, his eyes fierce. "It's not like it's the first time it's been bitten by a snake!"

Before he could finish speaking, the Central Asian viper had already swum to Depp's feet.

Its scales gleamed coldly in the sunlight, and its fangs were faintly visible as it flickered its tongue.

Depp could clearly feel the subtle sound of the scales rubbing against the leather as it crawled over his boots.

The next second, the viper suddenly raised its head and bit his calf with lightning speed!

"Ugh—!" Depp groaned, his pupils suddenly contracting.

A sharp pain shot through his body like an electric current, his muscles tensed instantly, veins bulged on his forehead, and cold sweat soaked his back.

But he gritted his teeth and refused to let go of Amber's hand.

Amber Heard watched helplessly as the snake bit Depp, and tears instantly welled up in her eyes.

“Depp.” Her voice trembled, guilt and emotion churning in her chest, almost suffocating her.

Depp's face contorted in pain, but he still managed a forced smile: "It's okay, it doesn't hurt."

But his lips had begun to turn pale, and his breathing had become rapid.

Seeing Depp in this state, still trying to comfort herself, Amber Heard could no longer hold back her tears, which rolled down her cheeks, leaving two clear tear tracks on her dust-covered face.

"It's all my fault," her voice trembled, "If it weren't for saving me, you wouldn't have been..."

Depp's arms began to tremble uncontrollably, and the numbness from the toxins was spreading upwards along his legs.

But he still held Amber's wrist tightly, the veins on the back of his hand bulging.

“Fool.” He gasped for breath, but his voice was unusually firm: “You are my wife, we are family.”

The hot desert wind whipped sand against their faces, and Amber Heard felt her heart breaking as she watched Depp's lips gradually lose their color.

She suddenly remembered a rainy night when they first met, when Depp had stubbornly stayed by her hospital room door until her fever broke.

"Hang in there," Depp struggled to stay awake, his vision blurring. "Lin Yuan will be back soon."

His voice grew weaker and weaker, but he still forced a smile, "We will all be saved."

Amber Heard felt Depp's hand slowly losing its strength, so she gripped his wrist even tighter.

"Don't close your eyes! Do you hear me!" she shouted, her voice trembling with tears. "If you dare close your eyes, I'll punch you awake! My fists are very powerful!"

In the distance, a blurry figure finally appeared at the edge of the sand dunes.

Lin Yuan, carrying a rescue rope, took the lead, with Meng Tao and the others riding on camelback, barely keeping up behind him.

The sound of camel bells pierced through the wind and sand, like a horn of hope.

"Help!" Amber screamed at the top of her lungs.

Seemingly hearing her call, Lin Yuan quickened his pace.

In less than five minutes, Lin Yuan arrived at the edge of the quicksand area.

"What happened?" Lin Yuan asked immediately.

"Depp... Depp was bitten by a snake while trying to save me!" Amber Heard struggled to keep her voice steady as she fought back sobs. "He's passed out, please save him!"

"Wait here! I'll save you right now!"

Lin Yuan tied the rope he brought into two circular slipknots. One end of the rope was tied to the four camels he had brought initially, while the other end was casually tossed by Lin Yuan and landed on Depp and Amber Heard.

"Put the slipknot of the rope under your armpits, and I'll pull you out!" Lin Yuan shouted.

Amber Heard immediately cooperated, first fastening Depp's slipknot, and then herself.

Seeing that the ropes were already tied, Lin Yuan started the camel.

The taut rope pulled them out of the quicksand in less than three minutes.

At this moment, the camels carrying Meng Tao and the others finally arrived.

"What's wrong? Why does Depp look so pale?" Meng Tao asked.

"I was bitten by a snake," Lin Yuan replied.

"Bited by a snake again?"

Do you have antivenom?

"Of course! I brought allergy test kits with me this time too!"

"Then hurry up!"

Meng Tao immediately took out an allergy test kit and performed a skin test on Depp.

The results were available in just a few minutes.

"How about it?"

"..."

"Why don't you speak?"

"Depp is allergic to viper antivenom, and extremely sensitive to it. To be effective, at least 300 units of the antivenom are needed, but he would definitely have an allergic reaction."

"What should we do?" Amber was almost in tears.

"We can only do it the same way as last time," Lin Yuan said helplessly.

"Last time?" Amber asked, puzzled.

Meng Tao pried open Depp's mouth: "His throat is already swollen from the poisoning, so he can't take any antihistamines."

Meng Tao first gave Depp an injection, injecting 500 units of antivenom serum, and then skillfully took off Depp's pants, revealing his white buttocks.

He started wearing latex gloves, so at least this time he didn't have to work with his bare hands.

"What are you doing?" Amber had already seen it.

"He can't take anti-allergy medication orally, so it has to be administered rectally. Don't block Meng Tao's way; the antivenom serum has already been injected. If the anti-allergy medication isn't given in time, there will be problems," Lin Yuan explained.

Amber, however, refused to back down and instead stepped forward.

"What's wrong? This really can't be delayed," Meng Tao asked.

“Let me do it! I’m his wife, and it’s my duty to do this,” Amber said firmly.

Lin Yuan: “???”

Meng Tao: “!!!”

It seems... Depp has actually benefited from this misfortune? (End of Chapter)