Chapter 21: Difficulty getting down the tree
After a good night's sleep, my waist and legs were sore and numb, and I felt uncomfortable all over.
Xu Zhiyang opened her eyes first and found that Qin Shiyu, who was sleeping soundly, was sweating because of her warmth. Then she withdrew her hand and stretched gently.
Zhu Ci next to him also fell asleep. Xu Zhiyang leaned over to look at the time on his watch and was surprised to realize that he had slept for a long time.
After a while, everyone woke up one after another. Except for Zhu Ci, the other three were all in a daze, drinking water and eating mechanically.
After spending the long 48 hours in the tree, Xu Zhiyang was very afraid that the night would never go away and the sky would never get brighter.
In the last few hours, Xu Zhiyang kept staring at the sky. Fortunately, after twelve o'clock, the sky began to turn white around five in the morning.
By half past six, it was already bright. Xu Zhiyang climbed up the tree nimbly until he reached the highest point, where he could see everything around him clearly.
"What does it look like outside?" Li Huiyin helped Xu Zhiyang who was coming down from the tree top.
Xu Zhiyang sighed softly, "All I see are trees, a sea of green. It's like entering a forest deep in the mountains. There's not a single building in sight."
Qin Shiyu took over the conversation: "Maybe the trees are blocking our view. It's already daybreak, we need to find a way to get down."
"Let's pack up and figure out how to get down." Zhu Ci glanced down. "It's very high, and the trunk is a bit slippery. Even for me it's a little difficult to get down."
Qin Shiyu frowned and rubbed the tree trunk beside him. Because it had rained, the bark was indeed very slippery. The reason Xu Zhiyang was able to climb up just now was only because there were more branches as he went higher.
But if you go down further, there will be no branches extending before you even reach halfway, and you will have no leverage, and you will definitely slip.
At this time, a powerful energy was approaching.
Xu Zhiyang suddenly said, "Something is coming!"
Hearing the sound, the other three quickly hid under the dense leaves.
Xu Zhiyang pressed his back against the tree trunk and looked up at the sky.
A gust of wind blew over, rustling the leaves, and Xu Zhiyang was almost blown off the tree.
I saw a huge bird flying in the sky, which was even bigger than the egret I saw in Li Huiyin's yard.
Moreover, this bird looks a bit strange, with black and gray feathers and no beak. The strangest thing is that it has a chin like a human.
However, its chin was covered with feathers, revealing a mouthful of black fangs, with red, flesh-like stuff between its teeth.
Xu Zhiyang felt a chill down his spine when he saw the bird. He thought the bird was weird and scary.
"What the hell is that?" Li Huiyin waited until the bird flew away before speaking tremblingly.
Qin Shiyu said calmly, "From what I've observed, the bird's teeth should be covered with minced meat. Its entire body is twice as wide and long as an ordinary airplane. It might be the overlord of the sky."
"Huiyin and I once saw a bird smaller than this one in our hometown. That bird was a mutant egret."
Xu Zhiyang was worried: "Is this a mutant bird that came out of a secondary mutation? It feels very strange."
Qin Shiyu: "Actually, we don't need to worry too much about this kind of bird. It's large, so even if it finds us, we can hide easily. Besides, it doesn't have a beak, only a mouth like a human, so eating should be very inconvenient."
"Now is not the time to discuss this." Zhu Ci had already packed up and was ready to get down from the tree.
"How do we play?" Qin Shiyu asked.
Zhu Ci tightened his sleeves and said, "I'll go down first and try to find a rope or something."
"This idea is useless." Qin Shiyu frowned. "First of all, where can you find such a long rope? Secondly, if you go down by yourself, you will probably fall if you are not careful. Even if you finally get down the tree safely and find the rope, do you have to climb back up to bring it up?"
Zhu Ci looked at Qin Shiyu, "What's your plan?"
Qin Shiyu pushed his glasses off his nose, looked at Xu Zhiyang who was in a daze, and called him in a low voice.
Xu Zhiyang came back to his senses: "What's wrong?"
"Can you use wood energy to create branches on a tree trunk?"
Xu Zhiyang immediately understood what Qin Shiyu meant, and a glimmer of light flashed in her brown eyes. "That should be possible! If we can stimulate the growth of branches on the trunk, we can step on them and slowly descend."
"Yes." Qin Shiyu looked up at the dizzying height, "But if you run out of energy halfway, we might be in danger."
Li Huiyin smiled and said, "But this is the best way, right? Let's take a chance, just in case Xu Xiaoyang can hold on."
Xu Zhiyang shrugged: "As long as you believe in me, I will do my best."
Qin Shiyu laughed, "That's it."
Those who needed to express their opinions had already expressed them, and only the eldest brother of the team was left speechless. The three of them turned their heads and stared at Zhu Ci.
The minority obeys the majority. Zhu Ci said calmly, "Although I think you are unreliable, but since the decision has been made, let it be."
Xu Zhiyang didn't know how she had offended this person that made him belittle herself like this.
"Don't worry, if I can't resist you, I'll get Ah Yang out!"
Qin Shiyu asked in surprise: "Second brother, do you have a solution?"
"Yes." Xu Zhiyang moved his hands and feet, and smiled at Qin Shiyu's hopeful gaze. "I'll jump down, and when I'm about to die, Ayang will come out, and then he can help you!"
It was originally just a joke, but Qin Shiyu felt that this method was a good one.
Zhuci: "Okay, get off when you're ready."
This tree is a poplar. The bark is a little difficult to grasp. Moreover, the branches are all distributed at the top, and only the trunk of the tree is left below.
The four of them climbed down one by one. Zhu Ci was the first, Xu Zhiyang was the second, Li Huiyin was the third, and Qin Shiyu was the last one because he was young and had little strength.
In order to prevent Qin Shiyu from losing strength and falling, he was placed at the end so that he could be helped in case of an accident.
"Don't be afraid, brother!" Li Huiyin slowly climbed down the branch that the two people in front of her were standing on. "If you run out of strength, tell me. Even if you fall, we still have three people here to pull you up!"
"If I can't hold Xu Xiaoyang back, there's still our eldest brother. Don't worry, brother, just go down!"
"...Please be quiet." Xu Zhiyang said helplessly: "Don't disturb him. Don't be distracted."
Li Huiyin chuckled, "I'm just trying to relieve my tension..."
After climbing for about ten minutes, the lowest branch had reached its end. The further down the trunk you went, the thicker the branches extending from it became.
Several people stood together on the last branch. Xu Zhiyang raised his hand to separate the wood energy and slowly injected the wood energy into the poplar tree.
It was very difficult to force extra branches to grow on the tree trunk, and soon beads of sweat appeared on Xu Zhiyang's forehead.
He stared at the branches that broke through the bark, and slowly made each branch stronger, so that it could at least bear the weight of an adult.
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