Chapter 86 Unknown Creatures at the Bottom of the River
In the end, Chenfeng took the five women with him.
They walked slower along the way.
The five women had poor physical condition to begin with, and coupled with malnutrition, they became dizzy and disoriented after walking a short distance.
Chenfeng had to ask them to eat more so that they could barely keep up with the team's progress.
At this time, Yao Tao and Wen Jiming's team had already reached the river before Chen Feng and his team.
Wen Jiming looked at the map and said, "Originally there was no river here."
"The water pipe upstream is broken, and the terrain here is low, so we can't cross." Yao Tao analyzed.
"Looks like we have to take a detour." Wen Jiming sighed.
Taking a detour would extend the journey, but there was nothing we could do about it.
The dangers of crossing directly into the unknown are even greater.
So Wen Jiming and others turned around and walked back, trying to find a way to the downstream.
Not far away, they met Chen Feng and others who were catching up with them.
"Where are you going?" Chen Feng asked, "Did you take the wrong path?"
"The river ahead is too fast, so we plan to find another place to cross." Wen Jiming explained.
"We are running out of time. The Wu army only gave us three days."
"But he also said that it would be fine even if it exceeds three days." Wen Jiming said, "I can't let my people take risks."
Chen Feng sneered, "From the moment we accepted the mission, we were taking a risk. You must have believed Yao Tao's words. Was it she who told you to find another place to cross the river?"
"No, I came up with this idea." Wen Jiming said unhappily, "If you don't want to change your route, then we can just separate here."
"It's up to you, but if we get the medicine first, you and Yao Tao won't get any of the reward."
Wen Jiming saw that Chen Feng really wanted to draw a line between himself and Yao Tao, so he readily agreed, "That's what I wanted to say. If we get the medicine first, you won't get any of the reward."
Chen Feng looked disdainful.
In his opinion, there was no way Wen Jiming and Yao Tao, who took a detour, would get the medicine before him.
So the two teams separated here.
Yao Tao and Wen Jiming led five team members and walked downstream along the river bank.
Morning Breeze led his men straight to the river.
When they arrived at the river, Chenfeng sent people to look for a crossing point.
"Captain, the water is too fast here. I'm afraid we can't swim across."
"How deep is the water?" asked the morning breeze.
"It's hard to say, at least two meters. But there's a big tree over there. If we can cut it down, we can use the trunk as a bridge to cross."
Chen Feng nodded, "Then cut down the tree."
It’s said to be cutting down trees, but it’s actually not that easy.
The mutated tree was at least several meters in diameter. They only had some knives and no suitable axes. After two hours of chopping, they only managed to cut down less than one-tenth of it.
Morning Breeze couldn't wait any longer.
If we keep chopping, the whole day will be gone.
The most important thing is that if Yao Tao and Wen Jiming really found the crossing point and crossed over first, his reward would probably be lost.
"We can't wait any longer. Get the rope out, swim one person over first, and then pull the rest over."
The best swimmer in the team goes into the water first.
Fortunately, the river was not wide, and the man swam across after struggling for a while.
Someone tied a branch to a rope and threw it over. The man caught the rope and wrapped it around his hand.
The person who went into the water here had a rope tied around his waist. He struggled and pulled the person on the shore over.
Two people passed smoothly.
Chenfeng breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems not as difficult as imagined.
The others also relaxed their vigilance and were still chatting and asking the people in the water whether the water was cold.
Just when the third man was halfway through swimming in the river, he suddenly screamed and flapped his arms.
Everyone was shocked.
The companions on the other side tried to pull the rope, but the rope they pulled up was broken.
The rope seemed to have been bitten off by something.
The companions in the river were washed away with screams, and a dark red torrent emerged in the river.
"Yes, it's blood?" someone muttered.
Everyone shuddered.
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