Explore Changbai Mountain

Chapter 381
On the first day of entering the Qinling Mountains, the mountain road that everyone walked was relatively flat. After climbing a few hills that were not too steep, the team traveled about 50 kilometers along the depressions in the middle of several mountains.

Although the road on the first day was relatively easy to walk, for Jia Da, this road was hard to beat.Jia Da swayed his fat body and slowly followed behind the team. He really couldn't walk. If Xu Xiaoyuan didn't take care of him, he might fall behind after a short walk.

Even with Xu Xiaoyuan's careful care, Jia Da was still far behind the team, so that the team in front stopped and stopped many times just to wait for him.Later, in desperation, Liu Cong arranged for two team members to go with Xu Xiaoyuan to help Jia Da, which made him barely keep up with the team.

Seeing that the mountain road is so easy to walk, many people in the team felt that Li Linzhi was making a big fuss, but Liu Cong knew that it was only because this section of the road was located on the edge of the Qinling Mountains. It is getting denser and denser, and at the same time, the height is getting higher and higher, and the terrain is getting steeper and steeper. It is impossible to find such an easy way.

On the second day, the mountain road was obviously more difficult to walk. This area is already an inaccessible area. There is no way to go, and everyone can only find the way by themselves.There are very few flat places. Even if you walk in the valley, the ground is covered with sharp rocks. Even if everyone wears military leather shoes, walking is still very painful.

Liu Cong's men were better, after all, they often received training, but people like the three old guys, Chen Ziyang, and Yang Lei, who didn't usually walk, suffered a lot.By the second day, their feet had developed one blister after another.But even so, the team traveled more than 40 kilometers on this day.

The real difficulty started on the third day.In the first two days, the physical strength of the people in the team was relatively abundant, but after these two days of consumption, on the third day, all the people felt a little tired and couldn't walk at all.

Chen Ziyang felt that his legs were filled with lead, and the blisters on his feet the day before had all been worn away. Every step he took, every step he stepped on, felt the pain coming from the soles of his feet. Pain.

When camping that night, Chen Ziyang discovered that the blisters under his feet had been worn out, and several blood blisters had bulged out of the worn places.Fortunately, the team doctor Yasheng discovered everyone's situation in time. She cut open the blood bubble from the side with a dagger, squeezed out the blood inside, and distributed a kind of ointment to everyone.This ointment is very cool to the touch on the blisters. After a night of recuperation, everyone felt that the pain on their feet was relieved a lot.

Jia Da complained even more. He was left farther that day, and he slowly caught up after the team rested in the campsite for more than an hour.Jia Da has been sweating profusely for the past few days, even because he is too fat, Xu Xiaoyuan and the other two team members who helped him were exhausted.

On the fourth day, the situation became even worse. Even with the treatment of Yasheng ointment, Chen Ziyang still felt that the skin on the blood blisters under his feet had been worn away, and now the tender flesh under his feet was as thick as socks They are stuck together, and every step I take, I feel heart-piercing pain.

Jia Da was even worse. He was almost paralyzed now, and he had to be supported by two team members before he could barely move.He even told Liu Cong on the walkie-talkie that he wanted to find four people to build a sedan chair for him and carry him away, but he couldn't walk no matter what.

Jia Da's words made Liu Cong so angry that he stomped his feet and cursed into the intercom: "I still want to find four people to carry you, the mountain road is so difficult to walk, and some places are so narrow that only one person can barely accommodate it." Pass. You asked me to get four people to carry you. Do you want to fall into the ravine and die with them! There is no sedan chair, so you have to keep up even if you climb, otherwise you will not get any benefits that Mr. Chen promised you .”

That night, Liu Cong looked at the map and worried all the time. Compared with the plan made before departure, the team was already half a day behind. It only took four days, and at most one-third of the way. distance.If calculated in this way, it is very likely that the time to reach the destination will be two or three days longer than planned, and in that case the team's supplies will be relatively tight.

Every day when advancing, Liu Cong used GPS equipment to calibrate the team's orientation, and strictly followed the route he and Li Linzhi made.It can be said that the plan made by Li Linzhi is quite reasonable. In addition to the planned route, it even includes how much distance should be walked every day and where to choose the camping spot every day.

But the plan couldn't keep up with the changes. In addition to being slowed down by Jia Da, the complexity of the Qinling terrain far exceeded the worst level that the two of them had expected before.

On the fifth day, the team faced even more severe tests.On this day, the team had to cross a mountain with an altitude of more than 2000 meters.

When formulating the advance plan, Li Linzhi planned the route as reasonably as possible, and tried not to let the team climb over the mountain, because if you want to climb over a high mountain, it is very dangerous and prone to problems, and everyone Physical energy consumption is also very large, and climbing the mountain is really not worth the candle.

However, due to the terrain, three mountains were planned into the team's way forward.It wasn't that Li Linzhi wanted to climb the mountains, but that the three mountains were too long and had to be climbed.

If you bypass these three mountains from the depression at the foot of the mountain, you need to walk at least 80 kilometers for each mountain, so the team will spend more time, and the current conditions do not allow the team to do so.

Fortunately, Li Linzhi's rock climbing skills are not just for nothing. She carried a long rope on her back, and when she climbed to a place where she could stand on the mountain, she let the rope down, and let the other people in the team follow along one by one. Climb up with the rope, and then continue to climb with a new bundle of rope.

In this way, after three or five times, Li Linzhi finally climbed to the highest point of this mountain range. With her help, other team members also climbed up one after another.

When Liu Cong saw the exhausted seven or eight team members chanting slogans to pull Jia Da up, he pursed his lips and shook his head, knowing that he couldn't continue walking like this.Jia Da will seriously slow down the team's forward speed. If the team exceeds the plan for too many days, the food and water will not be enough to support it. At that time, the whole team will be in danger. We must find a way to change the current situation .

The next morning, Liu Cong, who was thinking about a solution, suddenly heard a strange sound coming from the distant sky.The others also put down what they were doing and turned their heads to look together.

After listening quietly for a while, Liu Cong couldn't hear what was making the noise because of the strong wind around him.Just when he took out the walkie-talkie and was about to ask the team members in the distance if they had discovered anything, Liu Cong suddenly heard some electrical noise from the walkie-talkie due to interference.

Hearing this sound, Liu Cong's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly shouted into the walkie-talkie: "Everyone pay attention, turn off the communication repeater and walkie-talkie immediately, and all personnel immediately take cover to prevent aerial surveillance by helicopters. Hurry up!" Quick! Quick!"

After hearing Liu Cong's words, the others realized that the strange sound in the sky was the sound of the helicopter's propeller, but the sound of the propeller was distorted because it was mixed with the sound of the surrounding wind.

As soon as they heard Liu Cong's order, the others immediately took action.Fortunately, everyone is ready to go now, all the equipment is already on their bodies, there is no need to pack things, just find a place to hide.

Just after the last person in the team also found a hiding place, within a minute, a helicopter flew over the place where everyone had stayed before.

Fortunately, Liu Cong reacted quickly, and the crowd concealed themselves in time. The helicopter just passed by here, and did not hover over the crowd's heads. It seemed that no trace of the crowd was found.

Liu Cong, who was squatting in the grass, spit out the straw stick in his mouth, pursed his lips and cursed: "His grandma, this must be sent by the Dilong Society, just to find our traces. The boy is really pervasive, we have been walking for five days, and they can still judge the approximate location."

"What's so strange about this is that although we've been walking for five days, we've been taking roundabout roads along the way, and the straight-line distance hasn't gone that far. Now we're in a position where the helicopter can effectively Within flight range." Zhen Hao said with a gun in his hand, watching his surroundings vigilantly.

"It seems that the Dragon Digging Society has spent a lot of money this time. Even if we disappeared into the deep mountains, they still did not give up. Just now there was a burst of electrical noise from the walkie-talkie. I think they are using equipment to search for us. I don’t know if they have found the signal of the communication repeater.”

"Probably not. Even if there were, they didn't find us. After all, the equipment was shut down in time just now, and the helicopter just flew straight past, and didn't stay in place. I don't think we have been exposed yet."

"Be careful sailing for ten thousand years, and verbally inform everyone that the communication equipment should not be turned on before leaving the search range of the helicopter, so as to prevent the people from the Dragon Digging Society from searching for our signal."

The appearance of the helicopter further strengthened Liu Cong's idea of ​​changing the team's way forward.With Jia Da in the middle of the team, the speed is too slow. If he hadn't been dragged down, the team might have gone out of the helicopter's detection range by now.

The best way now is to send a few people to follow Jada and walk slowly behind, and the large force will go forward first, and let Jada and the others slowly chase after him.

But Jia Da is Liu Cong's master after all, and he is also a helper personally recruited by Chen Benzhong, and his identity as a Maoshan alchemist may be useful when solving the Taoist holy land mystery, so Liu Cong is also very embarrassed. After repeated discussions, he decided to leave for two days before talking.

In the afternoon, the team turned down the mountain, and a turning point appeared at this time.I don't know if it was because they entered an inaccessible area, but the team members who had just descended the mountain discovered a wild boar.

After killing the wild boar with several shots, Liu Cong was surprised to find that the wild boar was very big, weighing more than 300 kilograms. Even if the weight of bones and internal organs was not counted, this wild boar could provide more than 100 kilograms of food. Pork is enough for the team members to eat for two days.

With the helicopter search during the day, the team members became a lot more cautious.After finding a relatively secluded cave, Liu Cong ordered people to roast wild boar in it.The team members who went out to scout the situation also found a clean water source, and the fresh water was also replenished.

Liu Cong finally felt relieved that there was two more days of food for no reason. With the help of this wild boar, the time wasted by Jia Da was recovered, so he gave up the idea of ​​dividing troops.

Smelling the aroma of roasted wild boar coming out of the cave, Yang Lei wiped the puff from the corner of his mouth, and said excitedly: "I've been eating compressed biscuits every day for the past two days, and a bird has faded out of my mouth." .Finally, we can eat meat."

"You pass your face when you talk, your squirt is almost sprayed on me." Seeing Yang Lei's good-for-nothing virtue, Chen Ziyang felt that being friends with him for so many years was really a bit embarrassing.

After a full meal, Xu Xiaoyuan found Liu Cong and said that Jia Da had something to say to him, which surprised Liu Cong very much.

While rubbing her swollen feet, Jia Da said to Liu Cong: "Liu Cong, I really can't do it anymore, I really can't walk anymore, I can't keep up with you at all. I thought about it. It will drag you down, see if this works.

You send two people to follow me, we walk slowly behind, you bring my apprentice Xu Xiaoyuan, she has already learned my true knowledge of alchemy, if she is there, I should be able to decipher the secrets in the Holy Land of Taoism puzzle. "

Hearing Jia Da's words, Liu Cong was overjoyed. He didn't expect that the problem he had struggled with for so long would be solved by Jia Da himself, so he agreed without hesitation.It's just that when he agreed, Liu Cong showed a embarrassed expression, as if he was very reluctant to part with Jada, but his heart was full of joy.

After leaving enough food and water, Liu Cong asked the three of them to follow Jia Da to walk slowly behind, and asked Li Linzhi to plan a route for them that did not need to climb the mountain, although they might have to walk an extra 100 miles in this way. The road is many kilometers, but these people are not in a hurry, just walk slowly, it is better than going over the mountain.

If they haven't reached the place after the matter of the Taoist holy land is resolved, the helicopter will pick them up directly.

Without Jada's drag, the team moved forward much faster.Along the way, Yang Lei has been walking in front of the team, hoping to find a wild boar again.

Ten days later, the team climbed over a high mountain, and looking at the imposing mountain range in front of them, Liu Cong said happily, "It's finally here!"

(End of this chapter)