Because the vegetation was so lush, even though the monkeys were noisy, the group actually moved slower than a normal walk.
The count shook the empty mineral water bottle, swallowed the water in his mouth, crushed the bottle and stuffed it into his backpack.
Although they did not carry the big bag, the small backpacks carried by the three men seemed increasingly heavy. Especially in such a hot environment, body fluids were lost very quickly, and the water they carried was not enough.
"How long will it take? We'll probably die of thirst if this continues!"
The Count expressed for the third time his concern about the insufficient water supply. There were still three bottles of mineral water in the small backpack on his back, which was all the drinking water for the six of them.
When the company had just chased out of the temporary camp, they had consumed the six bottles of water they each carried in the past two hours.
"Drink sparingly... I wonder where these monkeys are taking us?"
Lu Bing opened the bag behind the count and checked it. There were only three unopened bottles of mineral water, some chocolates and a few packets of biscuits. In his backpack were some emergency first aid supplies, including gauze, disinfectants, quick-acting painkillers and antibiotics.
As for Mo Shaoge's backpack, it contained a folded waterproof cloth, a fire rod and some portable tools.
The monkeys above our heads started to quarrel again. No one knew what they were quarreling about. This happened almost every ten minutes or so.
"I thought these monkeys were so evil that they would give us some fruit or something..."
Mo Shaoge looked at the traces of fruit pulp on his body and guessed what kind of fruit it was.
“Roar~~~~~”
A loud noise was heard from afar.
The birds in the distant forest were startled and flew into all directions, and the six people's mood, which had finally relaxed, was suddenly lifted.
After hearing the sound, the monkeys became even more impatient.
"What was that sound just now?"
Cui Ying asked the three old birds anxiously.
"There won't be any large beasts in this forest, will there? Will it be a tiger?"
"Bullshit, how many wild tigers are there in China? At least there are definitely none here, and tigers don't make that kind of sound!"
I don't know when the fog dissipated, but the sunlight still can't shine down.
The woodland here seemed to have entered a new level. The trees seemed to be much wider, and the road was easier to walk on.
I followed the monkeys nervously, and the roar never appeared again afterwards.
The road became easier and easier to walk on, as if the shrubs and some weeds were competing for nutrients, causing them to become larger but less dense.
The speed at which they moved was getting faster and faster.
About an hour later, the Earl, Cui Ying and the little sister, who had rarely participated in outdoor sports, could no longer hold on.
I kept complaining about being tired in the team.
"Water?"
Mo Shaoge in the front suddenly reminded everyone to be quiet.
Then they listened quietly and apart from the noise of the monkeys, they could indeed hear the sound of flowing water, and they even felt that the temperature had become a lot cooler.
After walking for a few more minutes, the view ahead suddenly became clear, and an open area and a mountain stream appeared in front of us.
The temperature seemed to have cooled down a lot, and the breeze made the six of them feel very refreshed.
“Oh~~~Hoo~~Ah~~~”
“Oh~~~~~Roar~~~”
“Roar~~~Roar~~Ah~~”
…
Most of the monkeys in the trees jumped down and ran in one direction.
It was then that Cui Ying and the others discovered that not far from a large rock beside a stream in the distance, there was a simple thatched hut.
"Damn it! Could it be a monkey that took it?"
"Just go and take a look and you'll know!"
The sound of the stream flowing was clear and crisp. When they got closer, they found a large monkey with brown hair lying inside the shed.
“Roar~~~”
At this time, a huge roar came from inside the shed. The monkeys gathered around were frightened and scattered, and then gradually gathered to the edge of the shed.
The six people approached the shed cautiously. When they were about ten meters away, they found that the giant macaque was lying there with its eyes closed and motionless.
"Monkey King! Did it faint?"
Lu Bing recognized the big monkey at a glance. It was much larger than other adult macaques, and its hair looked more lustrous.
"Anyway, judging by the monkeys' reactions, they don't seem to be sleeping."
Mo Shaoge replied, while Cui Ying and others had already taken out their mobile phones and turned on the camera function.
"So these monkeys brought us here because they want us to help look after this big monkey?"
As they talked, the monkeys around them all moved away, but not very far. It was unclear whether their eyes were alert or expectant. Anyway, being stared at made everyone feel uncomfortable.
Looking around, there were at least over a hundred monkeys, and everyone had to be very careful in everything they did at this time.
The Mo brothers and sisters even put their swords back into their bags, fearing they would be mistaken for "assassins."
Cui Ying was quite brave and was the first to approach the unconscious Monkey King and examine his entire body carefully.
"There don't seem to be any wounds? Could it be food poisoning?"
“It’s possible…”
"Even if it's food poisoning, we can't treat it. There are antidiarrheal medicine and antibiotics in the bag, but we still have to see a veterinarian to make a definitive diagnosis, right?"
After the discussion, the tension subsided a lot.
"Wait, turn its head to the other direction! There seems to be something on its neck!"
Cui Ying felt that the Monkey King's unconscious posture with his neck clamped was a bit awkward, so she asked everyone to adjust the Monkey King's posture.
When the monkeys nearby saw the human touching the monkey king, they all screamed loudly, but no one came forward.
"Hold its body while I turn its head. Be gentle so as not to wake it up!"
Lu Bing gave an order to Mo Shaoge and moved to the vicinity of the Monkey King's head.
"Work together!"
The Monkey King's body trembled slightly with their movements, and a beast-like roar of "wooo wooo" continued from his mouth.
When they saw the Monkey King's neck, they discovered a pitch-black line about three inches long, lying on the neck like a centipede. A closer look revealed that it was a crack.
"Look...be careful!"
Mo Shaoge only had time to finish half of his sentence when Lu Bing's screams rang out.
"Ah~~~ My neck!!"
Lu Bing immediately let go of the Monkey King’s head, covered his neck and rolled over in the straw hut.
Just now he only saw the black line on the Monkey King's neck, and then the black line near the wound seemed to wriggle, and after a flash, his neck felt so painful that he couldn't stand at all.
Then, after only about ten seconds, Lu Bing's face turned pale and he fainted.
The remaining five people were a little panicked, but they didn't dare to get closer for a while.
"Damn it, what the hell is going on!"
"What is that? I can't even see it! Is it a parasite?"
Several people didn't dare to look at the condition on Lu Bing's neck, for fear that they would be the next one.
"Fuck! The Monkey King is bleeding!"
When all attention was focused on Lu Bing, the black line on the Monkey King's neck disappeared, but not long after, large amounts of blood spurted out like an explosion.
The monkeys suddenly became excited, all jumping up and down, and the sharp noise was so loud that it hurt the eardrums.
"I'm afraid the artery is severed. There's no way he can be saved in this remote place!"
"Do something quickly, or the monkeys will tear us apart!!"
The count looked at the monkeys and didn't care whether they could be saved or not. He carefully took off the backpack from Lu Bing on the ground.
"Don't move Lu Bing yet. I think he might be the same as the Monkey King just now."
Mo Shaoge took out a large piece of gauze and pressed it on the Monkey King's neck, and a lot of dark red blood sprayed on his body.
The large piece of gauze turned red in just two or three seconds.
If the artery in the neck was ruptured, there was no way to stop the bleeding by tying it up. All he could think of now was to press the wound tightly.
The Monkey King began to twitch violently.
"Hold it!"
"Hold its head up high and raise it higher!"
Cui Ying and others rushed over to help, wrapping bandages around it.
“Oh~~~~~Roar~~~”
“Roar~~~Roar~~Ah~~”
“Ah~~Ah~~~”
The monkeys shouted excitedly, and many of them were hitting the ground with branches.
Cui Ying, unable to bear it any longer, stood up and rushed outside.
“Shut up~~!!”
The sharp female voice spread out instantly, making the eardrums of several people in the shed feel itchy.
The monkey group actually became strangely quiet.
"What should we do now? Watch this monkey bleed to death? Will the monkeys let us go? And Lu Bing, his neck..."
The Earl was worried and could only help people by passing things and pouring clean water for washing, while Mo Qingxue and the little sister watched the monkeys vigilantly.
"Huh?"
Mo Shaoge let out a puzzled sound. The hand pressing on the gauze could no longer feel the blood rushing out.
'Has it run dry?'
He signaled to Cui Ying not to wrap the bandage anymore, but to gently use scissors to cut the bandage that had been wrapped randomly before, and then carefully peel off the gauze.
The wound on the Monkey King's neck still bleeds from time to time but the amount is not large, and the color feels very different.
"It seems to have become more colorful?"
"Give it stitches!"
He took out a needle and medical thread from the first aid kit and sewed up the three-centimeter-long wound one circle at a time.
During the process, he felt that the monkey's skin and flesh were quite strong, and he had to use a lot of strength to insert the needle. If he hadn't practiced swordsmanship for many years, it would have been difficult for someone else to do the needle.
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