Chapter 16 Arrival at Dragon Mountain
Yike cut a tree stick as thick as his arm and made it into a handle for the hoe. Then he took out the hoe and assembled it. I used a hoe to dig at the water source and soon dug a pit. I saw water flowing out from the cracks in the rocks and into the pit, and the water level in the pit rose suddenly. This spring is very big!
First, clean up the dead branches and leaves around the puddle, build a stone stove nearby, install the iron pot, pick up some dead branches and dry grass, and boil water when the water in the puddle is clear.
Now that the water problem has been solved, the only issue left is where to live. She held a hatchet in one hand and a stick in the other, and started searching nearby by knocking and banging.
Where there is a cliff, there is likely to be a cave. This is something I learned when I was learning wilderness survival skills in my previous life. Yike first looked around the cliff, but couldn't find the cave, so she had to continue searching along the cliff wall. Yike walked farther and farther, and after a long time he realized that he was so far away from the spring, but still couldn't find it. Seeing that it was getting late, she had to go back dejectedly. It seemed that she would have to sleep in the tree again tonight. On the way back, Yi Ke cut some tough vines growing on the stone wall and made ropes out of them.
The water in the puddle was so clear that you could see the bottom, so Yi Ke filled a pot with water and boiled it, while he cleared some weeds on the ground outside the puddle, hoping to clean up the entire bottom of the cliff. The bushes were chopped with a hatchet and the weeds were pulled out by the roots. The soil on the ground was moist, so it was easy to clear the weeds. The weeds were pulled out by the roots without much effort.
When he was cleaning the direction near the bamboo, Yi Ke grabbed the weeds and pulled hard, and suddenly a hole appeared. With a loud crash, Yike fell down with the grass, and she was dizzy. The splashing water soaked her like a drowned rat.
Yike calmed himself down, climbed up, and found that it was a huge cave, as big as a classroom. The cave was full of water, but the water was not deep, only reaching Yi Ke's calves. The cave ceiling was very high and the walls were very slippery. Yike was panicking because she saw no other exit in the cave and she was trapped.
The hole where Yike fell was very small and very high from the water surface, about two meters. If he were an adult, he might be able to jump up and climb out through the hole, but Yike was too small, and he definitely couldn't jump up with his short arms and legs.
I was getting anxious. It was getting dark. If I didn't get out quickly, I would have to stay in the water all night and would definitely catch a cold and a fever. Being alone and sick is very dangerous. The wind blew in from the cave, and I was soaked all over and shivered.
Yi Ke calmed down and looked carefully at the direction of the water flow, and found that the water was flowing in from a crack in the rock. The cracks in the rocks are immersed in water and submerged in it, so they cannot be discovered unless you pay attention. The place where the water flows in may be the exit, and if you want to get out, you have to try your best.
Yike touched the crack in the rock. The gap from left to right was very long, and the width from top to bottom was not very wide, but Yike's small body was just enough to pass through. She couldn't hold her breath in the water for long, so it might be a little difficult for her to pass through the water. She also didn't know the situation on the other side of the crevice, or how long it was from this side to the other side. She had no way of knowing these things. But in this case, you can only give it a try.
She took a deep breath, held it, lay down, buried her head in the water, and used her hands and feet to try to drill into the crevice of the rock.
He couldn't hold his breath for long, so he went faster and faster. Just when he felt his lungs were almost out of air, he finally got out of the crevice.
Yike quickly relaxed his body and floated to the surface, emerging from the water with a splash. She gasped for breath, "Oh my god! I almost suffocated to death!"
Yike looked around while panting and found that this hole was not as big as the previous one, nor was it wide, only about two meters. But the water was very deep, and Yi Ke's feet could not reach the ground below the water at all. The water surface is very close to the top of the cave, and you can touch the top of the cave with your hands once you float on the water. The light in the cave was very dim. Yi Ke looked around and found a cave entrance in the front left. The stone wall below the cave entrance was slanted, and there were some rocks protruding out. Yike swam over quickly and climbed up the rocks.
When I went out of this cave, I found that I had entered another cave. This cave was as big as a small golf course. The ceiling was very high, at least three or four stories high. Rays of light leaked through the ceiling, and everything in the cave could be seen clearly. There are stones of different sizes scattered on the ground, and the ground is bumpy in some places, so you can easily fall if you are not careful.
Yi Ke scanned the entire cave, but couldn't see any exit. She was so anxious! Am I going to be trapped and die here? I traveled through time just to die again, and it won’t be a good death - starve to death or freeze to death! If he couldn't get out, Yike seemed to see various ways of dying.
Yi Ke thought: "The God of Time Travel allowed me to travel through time, it is impossible for him to play tricks on me like this. This temporary difficulty must be a test from him." Isn't it said: "When God wants to give a man a great responsibility, he must first make his heart and mind suffer, his muscles and bones tired, and his body hungry. Well! This is a test! A test! I'm not in a hurry!" Yi Ke silently cheered himself up.
Yike felt around the stone wall inch by inch. She didn't believe that there was no exit. Maybe there was a secret door like written in some novels? Yi Ke had a crazy idea and touched and knocked on it, hoping to hear a hollow sound.
Yike groped her way to a large rock and felt a gust of wind blowing in the gap between the rock and the wall. She pushed the rock hard, and it actually worked. The wind felt even stronger. Once you are happy, the wind means there is an outlet. She pushed it little by little and finally moved the stone. At this time, she found that there was a long tunnel behind the stone. The tunnel was very dark and she could only see a faint light in front.
Yike threw a few stones into the tunnel, and the tunnel was quiet and silent. Only then did Yike dare to walk into the tunnel, and she groped her way forward in the tunnel.
The tunnel is not wide, and a fat adult may not be able to pass through it. The tunnel is dark. One has to walk forward trembling with fear, fearing that there might be snakes, rats, insects, etc. in the tunnel. Because snakes like these dark places the most, the walls of the caves were covered with lichen, and they felt slippery to the touch, just like the slippery feeling of touching a snake, and she got goose bumps all over her body.
I walked forward cautiously and fearfully, turned a corner, and it felt like it took me five or six minutes to reach the end. Stepping out of the tunnel, the view suddenly opens up. A spacious and bright cave comes into view: the cave is so large that it can accommodate more than a thousand people without being crowded. The ceiling of the cave is very high, more than five stories high, and the hanging rocks feel like they may fall down at any time, which is quite scary. There is a gap of about 20 square meters on the top of the cave, which is probably responsible for the bright light in the cave.
It was very cold and he was in no mood to observe carefully. He just wanted to find a exit as soon as possible. She found that there were two exits, one was very small and the other was very large. Both exits had a tunnel leading to the outside of the cave. It seemed that the cave was in the center of the mountain, so the tunnel was so long.
You can first go out from the big hole and take a look. This tunnel is relatively wide, more than one meter wide, more than two meters high, and at least ten meters long.
Half a meter away from the tunnel exit, there is a large rock blocking the way. Around the large rock is a small open space, and the edge of the open space is covered with small rocks of various sizes. It was discovered that this flat land was just above the cliff.
The cliff was too high and the entrance to the tunnel was blocked by large rocks, so when you looked up from below, you couldn't see that there was a cave at all. So, no matter how hard you try to find a cave to live in, you can't find it. It's both far away in the sky and right above your head.
This is a great place to live. No matter what kind of wild beasts there are, they can’t get here. It’s safe! It is true that after searching for a long time, I finally found it without any effort.
On the upper left side of the cliff grows a crooked pine tree, with a crown of lush green needles full of vitality; the trunk is twisted but very strong; overlooking the scenery below the cliff, the roots as thick as arms firmly grasp the rocks and penetrate into the mountain wall. Although the left side of the cliff is inclined, it is difficult to climb due to the rocks, and it is so high that it is very difficult to go down.
"Wow! It's so high!" Yi Ke stuck his head out to take a look, then quickly stepped back. It was too high and he felt a little dizzy. What should he do? She had no choice but to return to the cave to see if there was another exit.
The other exit is very small. Although the passage is not long, only about two meters long, it is not high enough for people to walk upright. As soon as he climbed out of the passage and looked outside, he found that he was really outside the mountain. The entrance of the passage was covered with vines. After pulling aside the vines, I found that it was only two meters above the ground. I could go down by holding on to the vines, but I was not familiar with the environment outside. What should I do if I couldn't find my way back to the bottom of the cliff before dark? My meals and clothes are still at the bottom of the cliff. Now all my clothes are wet. I need to change them quickly, otherwise I will catch a cold.
Yi Ke thought about it and decided to weave the vines into a long rope, use it as a ladder and climb down from the left side of the cliff. In order to get back to the bottom of the cliff as quickly as possible, he tried his best! The vines on the wall of the cave entrance are very resilient. I used a hatchet to cut a few vines and braided them like a braid. Yi Ke returned to the cave and headed toward the cliff through the tunnel.
Yike put two vine ropes on the crooked pine tree and pulled them hard. After testing, he found that the ropes were very strong. Yi Ke put a rope around his waist, held the rope in one hand, climbed the rock with the other hand, and stepped on the stone wall, slowly climbing down the rock from the left side of the cliff. Only when she reached the bottom of the mountain and her feet touched solid ground did she let out a long sigh of relief. Apart from the last time I encountered the tiger, this time was the most dangerous one. If I couldn’t get out of the cave, I would either starve to death or freeze to death. It’s scary just thinking about it.
By this time it was already dark and the fire had gone out. Yike relit the dead branches and dry grass and changed his wet clothes. Then we lit a fire and cooked soup, and put a piece of wild ginger in the soup. Although it was still egg and wild vegetable soup, I was very satisfied with the meal because I found the cave and was in a good mood.
As soon as he had eaten, he would take the backpack with him. Of course, the kitchen knife, hoe and pot would still be put in the backpack. Pull the hanging rope and climb up the cliff by climbing the protruding rocks.
He climbed to the top of the cliff, lit the dead branches he brought up and used them as torches, walked into the cave from the tunnel, found a flat place, spread a few pieces of tree bark on the ground to isolate the moisture on the ground, then spread hay on it, and sprinkled herbal juice around to repel snakes, insects, rats and ants.
Just wrap yourself in the sheets, close your eyes, and you can sleep peacefully tonight.
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