Chapter 363 Crossing the River
Xia Lili raised her vigilance to the highest level.
She took advantage of every brief pause, or the opportunity to check her equipment or wipe the sweat and paint off her face, to quickly glance at the small mirror and look at herself in the mirror.
Or she would look up seemingly unintentionally, exchange a knowing look with Li Qihan, and then look at the birthday celebration with concern.
She is constantly "scanning" for potential risks in the future.
After a brief five-minute rest, the three of them stood up and continued on their journey. Qingsheng leaned almost half his weight on Xia Lili, his breathing heavy and hot.
Xia Lili supported him and once again habitually turned her head to check his expression.
The moment her eyes met Qingsheng's, which were a little distracted by the high fever—
The predicted scene suddenly rushed into Xia Lili's mind!
In the picture, Qingsheng was walking forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow. His right foot seemed to be tripped by an inconspicuous vine, and his body staggered.
Just as he subconsciously tried to regain his balance and his foot landed—
"boom!"
There was a loud explosion that was deafening!
Flames and mud shot up into the sky, and the birthday celebration figure was instantly torn apart and swallowed up!
Then, even more terrifyingly, the explosion seemed to trigger a chain reaction, and the dead leaves on both sides exploded one after another, forming a deadly death zone!
The illusion came to an abrupt end!
"stop!"
Xia Lili suddenly grabbed Qingsheng and nailed herself to the spot, her arms trembling slightly from the force.
Li Qihan turned around instantly, his weapon pointed in all directions, his eyes sharp as an eagle: "What's going on?"
"Ahead! Booby trap! Trip wire!"
Xia Lili was breathing rapidly, pointing her finger at the seemingly normal forest path ahead, and describing the terrifying scene she had foreseen at a rapid pace.
"Celebrating birthdays will trip the first one, and then trigger a chain of explosions!"
"The first tripwire is half a meter to the right of the fern in front of you on the left, about ten centimeters off the ground!"
"The second one is behind the aerial roots of the crooked tree on the right. It's even lower to the ground, about five centimeters! And another one..."
With her amazing memory, she reported the exact locations and heights of several deadly tripwires she saw in the illusion.
Li Qihan had no doubt at all. He immediately lowered his body and searched carefully according to the direction and height indicated by Xia Lili, like the most sophisticated mine scanner.
Sure enough, under those disguises that cleverly used the natural environment, he quickly discovered the hair-thin tripwire that almost blended into the surrounding environment with his sharp eyes!
"Confirmed the presence of booby traps, arranged in series, professionally executed."
Li Qihan's voice was stern, "Follow me and follow my instructions exactly!"
He took the lead in demonstrating: under Xia Lili's precise "navigation", he sometimes needed to keep his whole body close to the ground and crawl under a tripwire.
Sometimes you need to lift your legs and cross another low trip wire with great difficulty, just like jumping over a hurdle.
Xia Lili tightly supported Qingsheng, whose consciousness was already a little blurred, and replicated Li Qihan's every movement with difficulty but accuracy.
The whole process of passing through was slow and thrilling, and every breath seemed to be afraid of disturbing the invisible scythes of death.
When the three of them finally passed through this death zone safely, Li Qihan did not leave immediately.
He asked Xia Lili and Qingsheng to go to a safe area to rest first, while he carefully returned to the last tripwire and carefully removed the booby trap connected to it.
This trap, which poses a threat to our own people or innocent people who may pass by here later, has been completely eliminated.
After doing all this, Li Qihan quickly caught up with the team.
The three of them looked back at the seemingly peaceful but murderous woodland and continued to move forward in the direction of hope.
Li Qihan, Xia Lili and Qingsheng trudged through the vast rainforest towards the border outpost.
Every step seemed like a struggle against an invisible quagmire, and the movement of swinging the machete to chop through the thorns had long become mechanical and heavy.
Everyone's physical strength was gradually exhausted.
Especially Qingsheng, his face had turned from sallow to an ominous gray, his breathing was so weak that it was almost inaudible, and he had to rely on Li Qihan and Xia Lili to half-drag and half-support him to move.
As the soul of the team, Li Qihan forced himself to suppress all fatigue, his eyes still scanning the front sharply, his brain working rapidly, calculating the route and risks.
He knew very well that he must not show any sign of hesitation at this moment. As the captain, he was the only hope for the other two team members to survive.
To make matters worse, the already dark sky became completely gloomy. Raindrops began to fall and soon formed lines.
A dazzling flash of lightning streaked across the distant sky, followed by the muffled rumble of thunder.
The rain washed away the jungle, and also washed away the three people's already soaked clothes and the little body temperature left, making the journey doubly difficult.
Just when they finally approached a relatively open area, a river that had become turbulent and muddy due to rain blocked their way.
The river was surging, rolling with yellow waves and making a roaring sound.
Crossing the river is already a challenge for those who are physically strong, but for these three exhausted people, one of whom is seriously ill, it is undoubtedly a double blow.
Li Qihan was observing the water level by the river, looking for a possible place to cross the river, his brows furrowed.
Xia Lili supported Qingsheng and looked at the vast river, feeling confused.
She subconsciously reached out to take out a small mirror from her bag and examine her future under the pretext of tidying up her appearance.
When he looked at his tired self in the mirror.
The hallucination scene arrived as promised.
In the picture, the three of them are supporting each other and struggling to move forward in the waist-deep turbulent river water.
The river water was icy cold and had a huge impact.
Just when they were about to reach the other side, at the moment when they were most relaxed and least able to resist——
"Bang! Bang!"
Two almost overlapping, silenced but still clearly audible sniper rifle sounds were heard!
The bullets accurately passed through the rain curtain and hit the eyebrows of himself and the person next to him!
The river water instantly turned red, and the three people lost control of their bodies in the rapids...
The hallucination came to an abrupt end.
Xia Lili took a deep breath, and rain mixed with cold sweat slid down her forehead.
She almost blurted out, her voice trembling with fear and dread:
"Captain Li! Qingsheng! You can't cross the river! There's an ambush on the other side! Two snipers!"
She pointed to the other side of the river, accurately reporting the location based on her memory from the illusion:
"One is hiding in the dense canopy of the largest crooked tree on the opposite bank upstream. It's well camouflaged!"
"The other one is behind the gap on the right side of that huge brown rock downstream! They're waiting to shoot us when we're halfway across the river and at our weakest point!"
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