"I can't go up! I'm afraid I can only find a way to go down."
Zhong Xiaojun kept a cool head the whole time. He just made a rough calculation.
Eight meters up, it is almost impossible to throw a rope and try to hook it on a tree trunk.
It was about twelve meters down, and the rope they brought was about ten meters long.
If I could get stuck in a crack in the rocks on this platform and then fall down, I should be able to reach the bottom.
"Well! It seems that the only way now is to continue going down. Otherwise, if we are trapped here, we can only wait for death."
Xu Xiaodong agreed and looked down. At a height of more than ten meters, there was also a dense forest below.
"But all the marks we made are on it! If we don't go through it, how can we get back the same way?"
Xu Xiaoyun suddenly interrupted.
This question instantly silenced everyone present.
yes!
In this vast Changbai Mountain, if you don’t go back according to the marked signs.
Once you get to the bottom of a slope like this, trying to find the way back is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
"How about I try to climb up!"
There was silence for nearly five minutes, and finally Zhao Mengsheng rubbed his hands and spoke.
"No! Brother Zhao, this cliff is too steep, and it's covered with ice and snow. There's no place for you to hold on to."
Zhong Xiaojun shook his head and denied it.
"How do you know if you don't try?"
Zhao Mengsheng climbed up the cliff unwillingly.
However, he had climbed up less than a meter when there was no handhold, his foot slipped and he fell heavily.
"Again! I won't believe it."
Zhao Mengsheng was born with a kind of tenacity. After falling down once, he would climb up again, and fall again and climb up again.
Until Xu Xiaodong couldn't bear it anymore and shouted, "Stop climbing! Lao Zhao. This way up is definitely not feasible. We can only... look for a way out downwards."
"No way! Brother Xiaodong, the Changbai Mountains are so long, if we deviate from the original path,
If we go down this slope, we won’t be able to go back.”
Zhao Mengsheng rubbed his sore butt and spoke solemnly.
Zhong Xiaojun supported Xu Xiaodong's decision and said, "Brother Zhao, this is the only solution. Without the help of the people above, we can't climb up from here.
Rather than sit here and wait for death, it is better to quickly find a way out before it gets dark."
After some struggle, the group finally reached a consensus, tied the rope to a raised rock protrusion, and then dropped down the hillside one by one.
Zhong Xiaojun was the first to take the lead. He put his gun behind his back and held a military dagger in his mouth, ready to deal with emergencies at any time.
Fortunately, there were not many accidents or incidents along the way.
The rope ended about two meters from the ground, but Zhong Xiaojun's feet were less than half a meter from the ground. He easily loosened the rope and jumped down.
As soon as he landed, Zhong Xiaojun bent his body very cautiously, and then observed the situation around him to see if there were any ferocious beasts lurking nearby.
At the same time, he kept stomping his feet on the ground next to him. He wanted to learn from his previous lessons and avoid getting stuck in the snow or falling again.
But what he saw before him was a dense forest with few people and almost no signs of human activity.
There were some pheasants and squirrels foraging in the forest. They were frightened by the sudden appearance of Zhong Xiaojun and immediately ran away.
"It's safe down there! Brother Zhao, you can come down now!"
Zhong Xiaojun shouted upwards.
After hearing this, Zhao Mengsheng above also grabbed the rope and fell down very swiftly.
Then it was Zhong Xiaodong and others. Everything went smoothly without any accidents.
But when they set foot into an even more unfamiliar dense forest, they began to worry again.
Huang Xiaoli glanced at the Plum Blossom watch on his wrist and said anxiously: "It's already past four in the afternoon. It will be dark in a little while. What should I do?"
Xu Xiaodong also frowned and said, "I'm afraid we'll have to spend the night in this forest."
Zhong Xiaojun also nodded and said, "Brother Xiaodong, I suggest that we don't explore the road ahead today. It will be safer to set up camp here with our backs against the cliff."
"Yeah! I agree. The dense forest ahead looks eerie. If we rush in rashly, we might get lost in it.
It would be better to wait until tomorrow morning and then plan how to find a way out."
Zhao Mengsheng, who has always been brave, glanced at the dense forest and said.
The two girls also nodded, but Xu Xiaoyun said with some fear: "How can we sleep here? Do we really have to stay in the wild all night?"
Zhong Xiaojun took off his backpack, pulled out a simple military tent from it, and said: "Don't worry, just in case, I brought a tent with me. There are also some emergency supplies.
When our troops go into the mountains to carry out missions, sometimes we don’t have time to get out, so we are used to setting up camp in the mountains.”
"Okay! It's just right. We can take the pheasants we shot today with us. At least we won't have to worry about food tonight.
Everyone, take out the supplies and tools you brought. Let's take inventory. Tonight, the girls will sleep and the boys will take turns to keep watch..."
When Xu Xiaodong saw the tent and tools prepared by Zhong Xiaojun, he calmed down a little.
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