Chapter 379 Gas Station
However, he had not seen the specific conditions of the cliff with his own eyes. If it was not a cliff where rocks fell easily, he should be able to descend with a rope.
When Zhao Yeqing came out of the shower, the kitchen was already filled with the aroma of food.
"How did you finish it so quickly? It only took me ten minutes to wash it."
Mu Xi brought a large plate of spicy chicken to the table. "I fried the chicken before I went out to pick you up. Now I just need to stir-fry it with the chili peppers. The soup was also stewed in advance. I just stir-fried a vegetable."
The weather is humid now, so the two of them have to bring some chili peppers with almost every meal to get rid of the moisture. Over time, their ability to eat spicy food has been trained.
The two of them ate a plate of red spicy chicken without changing their expressions.
After dinner, Mu Xi cleaned up the dishes before taking out the rock climbing equipment. The meaning was so obvious that Zhao Yeqing understood it at a glance.
"You want to rappel down?"
Mu Xi nodded and held the rope in his hand. "According to what you said, there is no way down the mountain nearby. If we want to go down the mountain, we have to change direction and open a new road. It will take a little time, but it will be dangerous."
Zhao Yeqing knew this, but the thought of jumping from the 30th floor with a rope tied around his body made his legs go weak.
"But this is too risky. If you don't operate it properly, it will just fall into the mud."
"No, it won't turn into mud if it's 50 meters high. At most it will be broken into pieces."
Zhao Yeqing rolled his eyes at him. Mu Xi stopped laughing and said seriously, "In fact, as long as the conditions on the cliff are suitable for rappelling, I am still confident in the operation. After all, I have been taught it in school before."
At this point, Zhao Yeqing suddenly remembered Mu Xi's expertise. After struggling for a long time, he reluctantly agreed, "Okay, you come with me tomorrow to check the situation. Maybe I didn't pay attention, and maybe we can still find a way down the mountain."
Anyway, Mu Xi has already harvested the grass at home these few days and filled the silo. Tomorrow, Dahuang can take the sheep out without worrying about the grass being eaten. It’s okay if no one is left at home for a day.
After finalizing the plan for tomorrow, the two went to bed early. Mu Xi was thinking about how to descend safely, while Zhao Yeqing's mind was filled with the horror of rappelling fifty meters.
When Zhao Yeqing got up, Mu Xi was no longer in bed. Her mind was not fully clear yet, and her first thought was that Mu Xi would not wait for her and rush directly to the cliff.
When I walked downstairs in my slippers, I saw Mu Xi wiping an empty oil bottle in the yard.
"Why did you come downstairs in your slippers and nightgown? Be careful of mosquito bites. Go upstairs and change clothes."
By the time Zhao Yeqing changed his clothes and went downstairs, Mu Xi had already loaded all the necessary tools into the car.
After she ate something, they got in the car and set off.
It was eleven o'clock when they arrived at the cliff. Mu Xi took out a telescope and looked down the mountain. Just as Zhao Yeqing said, he saw the gas station but there was no way down the mountain.
There were cliffs on both sides, and their location was the lowest place. The highest cliff next to it was estimated to be more than two hundred meters high.
Mu Xi put down the telescope and examined the rocky soil on the edge of the cliff.
What he was worried about before was that it rained frequently and the rain would cause soil erosion. What he feared most was that the soil on the cliff would loosen and cause falling rocks and soil.
After inspection, we found that the mountain was basically a rocky mountain. From the fault plane, we could see that the mountain was composed of large blocks of basalt, and the height was almost the same as what Zhao Yeqing said, about fifty meters.
"You can rappel. Wait for me. I'll go down and take a look."
Zhao Yeqing was shocked: "Are you ready already?" She was not ready at all.
Mu Xi smiled and comforted her: "You don't have to get off, I can do it. I only have one set of equipment. You wait for me up there first. Believe me, I will be fine."
Seeing her nod, Mu Xi put on his equipment, fixed the rope to a sturdy tree behind the cliff, fastened the buckle, and walked to the edge of the cliff and went down little by little.
There were inevitably some loose stones on the edge of the cliff. Every time a stone was kicked down the cliff by his feet, Zhao Yeqing's heart tightened.
When she looked down from a high place, she would start to breathe rapidly. Although she was clearly on the top of the cliff, she inexplicably developed an inexplicable feeling of weightlessness, which made her heart panic and her legs weak.
It was unstable to stand on the edge of the cliff, and she had to lower her head to check on Mu Xi's condition. She was afraid that she would fall down accidentally if she stood and watched, and she was also afraid if she squatted. In the end, she just lay on the ground and stuck half of her head out to check on Mu Xi's condition.
This makes me feel much safer.
The three dogs followed suit and took a nap beside her.
Zhao Yeqing didn't know whether it was ten or dozens of minutes, but it felt like a long time had passed before Mu Xi finally successfully descended to the foot of the mountain.
Not only do we descend along the way, but we also drive expansion rivets and hanging plates into the cliffs along the way. The purpose is to hook the hanging plates for protection when climbing upwards. Although you may not need them, it is safer to have them in advance.
Zhao Yeqing held the telescope and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Mu Xi waving at her and giving her a thumbs up from the bottom of the cliff.
He took out the intercom from his waist and asked, "How is it? Is it safe down there?"
The climate around here is almost the same, and the vegetation at the foot of the mountain is also very dense. The distance from the bottom of the cliff to the gas station is about three or four hundred meters. From above, all you can see is full of green vegetation.
Mu Xi's voice came over: "It's about the same as up there, but it doesn't feel as humid as up there. It might be a problem with the wind direction. I'll go ahead and take a look."
After Mu Xi finished speaking, he held the gun in front of him. The trees below were obviously not as dense as those above. Most of them must have grown in the past two years. Only a few trees looked old, and most of the trees were only as thick as arms.
This place is close to the highway and behind the gas station, and the vegetation becomes increasingly sparse as you go forward.
The gas station was surrounded by concrete. Mu Xi walked to the front of the station and saw a crack in the ground not far away. In front of the crack were several weathered skeletons.
The gas station was quite large, probably a second-level one. When I walked to the small supermarket inside, the shelves were almost empty, the grass behind the house was sticking out from the windows, and the walls were covered with mottled yellow marks and moss that had grown due to moisture.
All the food and drinks had been taken away, and there were dark brown marks on the ground, which should be bloodstains left behind from before.
Mu Xi was about to turn around and go out, but he saw a large car parked outside the house from the side window.
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