Chapter 94
A house without a ceiling is no different from catching a turtle in a jar.
The three of them were stunned for a moment, and their first reaction was to look around to see if there was any escape route.
"There's a back door." Chu Huaiqin shouted and ran to the back door, only to find that it was locked. It was an old lock from decades ago, big and bulky, tightly connecting the ear-type door handles connecting the two doors, which made people despair.
Chu Huaiqin pulled twice and found it was quite sturdy. The door was also made of iron, so it was unrealistic to kick it open.
"What should I do?" Su Huaichen was anxious, his eyes constantly scanning the gate and the wall, fearing that the big snake would crash into the door or emerge from the wall.
"Break the lock." Chu Huaiqin and Lin Zhinan said in unison.
The tool used to break the lock was a sharp, irregular stone about the size of two fists. The first blow on the lock caused Chu Huaiqin's hand to sting slightly. The lock remained motionless, so Chu Huaiqin pounded it a few more times. The clanging sound was particularly frightening at that moment. Su Huaichen and Lin Zhinan, fearing they might startle the snake, watched Chu Huaiqin break the lock, then the door and the wall, their hearts aching with anxiety.
"Bang!"
The door that was held up by the iron table was suddenly bumped. Su Huaichen and Lin Zhinan stiffened instantly. Chu Huaiqin turned around, stared at the door for a moment, and then said, "Go and hold it up."
Su Huaichen was stunned when he heard it. "Bang, bang, bang!" There were several more loud bangs against the door. Seeing a crack appear in the tightly closed door, even the snake head saw it. Su Huaichen and Lin Zhinan screamed and rushed over without caring about being afraid. One of them pressed down on the table and closed the gap with a "click".
"Brother/Huaiqin, hurry up." Even though they were separated by a door, the two of them felt cold all over when they thought of a big snake banging against the door outside.
Chu Huaiqin grabbed the stone and smashed it a few more times. He was already extremely exhausted and gasping for breath, which frightened Su Huaichen. "Huaiqin, let me smash it!"
Su Huaichen was frightened, especially afraid that Chu Huaiqin would suddenly be unable to breathe.
"No need." Chu Huaiqin wiped the sweat off his face and hit the lock a few more times, but the lock didn't move at all.
Chu Huaiqin's expression turned stern, and he stared at the lock fiercely, as if he wanted to open it with his eyes.
The two people at the top of the door looked anxious. They saw Chu Huaiqin throw the stone away, stand in place and sweep around, then walk to a big stone and bend down. In the surprised eyes of the two people at the top of the door, Chu Huaiqin lifted it up.
Yes, he lifted the big stone, although it seemed a bit difficult.
Chu Huaiqin carried the stone towards the back door, sweating profusely and panting heavily.
"Hiss, hiss, hiss!" The three people who were all paying attention to the stone suddenly heard a familiar sound, looked up and gasped.
A colorful snake skin appeared on the other side of the wall, slowly revealing its eyes and a cracked mouth. Its red tongue hissed, and the entire snake head appeared, swaying for a long time. Its narrow and cold eyes looked at the two people at the door, and its arrogant gaze seemed to say: Dare you stop me?
In an instant, the hairs on the backs of both men stood up.
Lin Zhinan was about to cry, and said in a low voice: "I clearly remember the teacher saying that snakes have no sight, so why does it always stare at us?"
Su Huaichen's throat moved, "Maybe he smelled the aroma of our meat!"
Lin Zhinan became even more frightened after hearing this. He almost shrank into his body and asked in a trembling voice, "Is it angry?"
Su Huaichen didn't dare to look directly at the big snake, and replied nervously: "Yes, maybe!"
As soon as Su Huaichen finished speaking, he saw the snake turned its gaze away and stared at Chu Huaiqin. The snake stretched its neck, and it looked like it was about to come in. Lin Zhinan shouted, "Brother, brother, what should we do? It's coming in."
"Bang!"
With a loud bang, the two unprepared people and the snake shrank their heads in fear at the same time. They saw the big lock and the big rock fall to the ground at the same time. Chu Huaiqin held on to the wall, and it seemed that his physical strength had reached its limit.
“Run!”
Su Huaichen yelled and rushed towards Chu Huaiqin, grabbed his arm and lifted him up to his shoulder. At this time, Lin Zhinan opened the door and the three of them quickly got out.
There was a fruit orchard outside the back door, but they didn't dare run in the orchard. As Chu Huaiqin said, they couldn't outrun the snakes.
Su Huaichen looked up and quickly scanned the surroundings, and found that there were several buildings in the direction of the watchtower that were taller than the other stone houses. The tallest one had five floors, and the lowest one had two floors. It was obvious that they were not ordinary stone houses. They must have been where the senior executives lived in the past. Maybe there were some weapons there that they could use to protect themselves. It would be best if they could kill the snake.
Su Huaichen immediately turned around and asked the person next to him, "Huaiqin, where are we going?"
It's no use running around in these low stone houses. Without destruction, there is no construction. Maybe we can find a breakthrough there.
"Okay, put me down first." Chu Huaiqin pulled his hand away. Su Huaichen dragged him like this, and it hurt his arm.
"Let me help you walk!" Su Huaichen quickly put the man down, but he was worried about letting him run alone. It was noon now, the sun was getting stronger and stronger, and Chu Huaiqin's physical strength was greatly consumed. They had to find a shady place to rest as soon as possible for Chu Huaiqin to rest.
"OK."
Chu Huaiqin did not refuse. The three of them supported each other and went to the highest stone house, looking back from time to time to see if the big snake was catching up. Surprisingly, after they arrived, there was no sign of the big snake.
As they got closer, the three of them discovered that these high-rise stone houses were surrounded by a wall with a gate, but the gate was locked with an iron chain and could not be opened with stones. However, if they wanted to reach the stone houses behind to find a way out, they had to climb over this wall.
"What should I do?" Su Huaichen paced anxiously. He finally found a place to hide, but another problem occurred.
"Climb over the wall," Chu Huaiqin made a quick decision, "Sister, go first."
"Ah, so high?" Su Huaichen was surprised. This wall must be at least three meters high. How to climb over it?
"I am 1.82 meters tall, senior is about the same height as me, and my sister is about 1.6 meters tall. If you stretch your arms, it will be enough." This is the only solution Chu Huaiqin can come up with now.
"Okay, let's turn it over!" Su Huaichen had no choice but to squat down immediately, "Sister, come on."
Lin Zhinan: “Ah!”
Su Huaichen: "Stop it, come on!"
"Oh, oh." Lin Zhinan quickly ran behind Su Huaichen and climbed onto his back. As soon as his leather boots stepped on his shoulders, he heard him take a breath. Although the leather boots had been treated to be suitable for walking in the wild, Lin Zhinan was heavy enough and had little flesh on his shoulders, so you can imagine how painful it would be if he stepped on them.
"Is it okay?" Chu Huaiqin didn't say anything on his behalf. Given his current condition, he was really afraid that Lin Zhinan would fall.
"Of course I can. I've been on this show for so long, and finally I get a chance to perform. Of course I have to go on." Su Huaichen gritted his teeth, held onto the wall, and slowly stood up. Chu Huaiqin stood beside him, holding Su Huaichen with one hand and Lin Zhinan with the other, so that the two of them could maintain balance.
Lin Zhinan could easily reach the top of the three-meter-high wall while standing, but the problem was that she had to stretch out her hands to hold the top of the wall. In this way, she could not exert any strength with her body hanging below, and it was not easy to climb up.
"Sister, is it possible?" Chu Huaiqin also thought of this question.
"It should be possible." Lin Zhinan's voice was a little distorted as he stretched out his hands. "Brother, don't look up. I'm afraid that if you step on the wall, rocks will fall and hurt your eyes."
Chu Huaiqin: "Okay, try going up and have a look."
Lin Zhinan: "I'm starting."
Pull-ups are a skill only athletes have. Lin Zhinan certainly doesn't know how to do them, but after the domestic competition, she specifically learned rock climbing and didn't expect to use it here.
Hold the wall tightly with both hands, make an arc with your body, step forward with your first foot, let your body and the single foot form a triangle to gain leverage, and then step forward with the second foot. The wall is cut from stone and the surface is not smooth, which is just right for the leather boots to form friction, which can stabilize the body for a short time.
Although Lin Zhinan had a difficult climb, he eventually made it up. The top of the wall was wide enough for him to sit on, though his butt was incredibly hot. Next up was Chu Huaiqin. He was so heavy, to lighten Su Huaichen's load, he took off his shoes and threw them up to Lin Zhinan, then climbed up on Su Huaichen's arm.
Due to the height difference, it was much easier for him than Lin Zhinan. However, when he just climbed to the top of the wall, a big snake appeared and swam towards him from afar. Su Huaichen was so scared that he lost his voice.
"Quick." Chu Huaiqin took off his clothes, quickly rolled them up a few times, and wrapped them around his wrist, letting the other half hang down for Su Huaichen to grab for leverage. This was the worst possible solution. Chu Huaiqin's arm was hanging down, and their palms just touched. This way, there was no way to use the force to move up, and it might even break Chu Huaiqin's arm at the elbow.
Su Huaichen asked Chu Huaiqin anxiously, "Can you hold on?"
He is a 1.8-meter-tall man, and he is asked to climb by grabbing his clothes as a rope. Chu Huaiqin above is the biggest hidden danger. He will lose his balance and fall down. Not to mention whether the big snake will eat them, if he falls down, he will definitely be injured with Chu Huaiqin's current posture.
"Don't worry!" Chu Huaiqin lay on top of the wall, his other hand and one foot already gathering strength to hold onto the wall. He was able to prevent himself from being pulled down by Su Huaichen for a short period of time. "Zhi Nan, if you can't guarantee the accurate injection of the anesthetic needle, use a bow/crossbow. Don't let it get within ten meters."
The range of a bow/crossbow can be as long as a hundred meters. For a small person like Chu Huaiqin, the range is about twenty meters, which is enough for her to perform.
"Brother, don't worry!" She couldn't practice with anesthetic needles due to limited supply, but she practiced bow/crossbow a lot during the rainy days. She couldn't say she was 100% accurate, but she could at least hit four or five out of ten.
Seeing the snake swimming towards him quickly, Su Huaichen could not wait any longer and grabbed the clothes and jumped on them. Fortunately, the clothes were of good quality and were not damaged by him.
The snake swam incredibly fast. Su Huaichen had barely taken a few steps when it entered the area Chu Huaiqin had designated for Lin Zhinan. Lin Zhinan was sweating profusely under the scorching sun, while her hands gripping the bow/crossbow were sweating coldly. She stared intently ahead, and when the first arrow made of a stick shot out of her hand, she nearly cried.
“Whoosh!”
The sound of the air piercing flew towards the snake, and instantly arrived...
"hiss!"
The fast-moving big snake hissed, and its huge body suddenly stopped. It raised its head high and shook it suddenly, its eyes meeting Lin Zhinan who was more than ten meters away. That look made Lin Zhinan scream, and the hand holding the bow/crossbow couldn't help shaking.
The rage of the snake was conveyed to her through the air.
Fortunately, Chu Huaiqin and Su Huaichen had already clasped their arms at this time. Chu Huaiqin, who was lying on the wall, used all his strength to stand up and pull Su Huaichen up. The strength he used was so great that you could tell how much he had exerted by looking at the veins bulging on his forehead.
The wooden arrows weren't sharpened, so the impact only caused the snake a pain. Soon, it was heading their way again. Fortunately, Su Huaichen had already been pulled up. Chu Huaiqin felt his hands no longer felt like his own, but he couldn't rest just yet. Gathering some strength, Chu Huaiqin was the first to jump down, so light it seemed like a mere hop. Next was Su Huaichen, three meters. As long as the movements were appropriate, there would be no harm. As an actor, he had learned martial arts and dancing, so landing without injuring his feet was something he had a lot of experience with.
Su Huaichen and Lin Zhinan jumped down one after another. Without taking a breath, the three of them ran towards the only tall building in the empty yard. They went up the stairs. The distance of three meters from the ground was very safe. There was also an aerial bridge on the other side of the pavilion, leading to the second floor of the stone house.
The scorching ground seemed to be roasting people. After finally reaching the pavilion, Chu Huaiqin sat down on the ground with his eyes closed and a look of pain on his face.
"Brother, brother, what's wrong with you?" Lin Zhinan was also very tired, but looking at Chu Huaiqin, he looked like he was about to get sick. She knew that Chu Huaiqin would feel uncomfortable when it was hot, but she didn't expect it to be so serious.
"Huaiqin, Huaiqin, what's wrong with you?" Su Huaichen was also anxious. Something was wrong with Chu Huaiqin. "Ah, the snake is here again."
"Huai, Huaichen brother, please take a look at what happened to me. I, I..." Seeing Chu Huaiqin like this, Lin Zhinan broke down and cried instantly, his hands holding the bow/crossbow shaking, "I, I won't let it come up."
"Huaiqin," Su Huaichen couldn't care less about the big snake and quickly picked him up from the ground. He wiped his sweaty forehead with his hand and asked, "What's wrong with you? What happened?"
"No, nothing." Chu Huaiqin's head was spinning, he felt dizzy, and his fatigue was increasing a hundredfold, a sign of his complete exhaustion. Lack of food and water, coupled with the scorching heat, had drained him of most of his energy before climbing the wall. Battered by the sun, pulling Su Huaichen up was the end of the road. After descending, the heat from the ground rushed upward, and it felt like his soul was being washed away.
"Just let me take it easy," Chu Huaiqin closed his eyes and pushed Su Huaichen away, then fell to the ground again. This pavilion only had a roof, and in such hot weather, the ground was surprisingly cool, which made Chu Huaiqin reluctant to get up. He just wanted to lie down there, "Go help Zhinan, don't let the big snake come up."
After he finished speaking, he fell to the ground, his head tilted, motionless. If he had not been talking the moment before, Su Huaichen would have thought he was dead.
Chu Huaiqin had taken off his outer coat and was only wearing a vest. Su Huaichen hurriedly and carefully stuffed his coat under him. Chu Huaiqin seemed to know this and cooperated with Su Huaichen by rolling onto the clothes.
Su Huaichen was at a loss whether to laugh or cry, like a little child.
The big snake swam under the pavilion but did not attack. It stayed there for a while. I don’t know if it was because the ground was too hot, but after a while, it left.
The search and rescue team ran into trouble. Not only were they lost, they had also lost contact with the director's team. Unable to find their way, they relied on the advice of professionals to continue searching for Chu Huaiqin and his companions. After walking for a while, they stumbled upon a bandage left behind by Chu Huaiqin. After walking a bit further, they discovered the plane. There were scattered debris beneath the plane, and a distress message carved into the fuselage with stone.
Everyone was ecstatic. Xia Entang and the little monk ran onto the plane, but they were greeted not by Chu Huaiqin but by a group of snakes.
Several people ran down and continued to go deeper into the stone house. The most exciting thing was the marks on the wall of the stone house, which showed that Chu Huaiqin and the others were really inside. But why didn't they stay there, but instead fled everywhere as if they were being chased by something?
When they came to this conclusion, the search and rescue team felt a chill on their backs, and Xia Entropy and the little monk had red eyes. What could it be that made Chu Huaiqin run away so desperately?
Gradually, the sun set in the west. The search and rescue personnel circled around in the stone house, becoming more and more anxious. From the time they saw the mark made by Chu Huaiqin, to slowly realizing that it was gone, and everyone was unable to find the previous path, they already understood that they were deeply lost.
Chu Huaiqin recovered at 3 pm and saw that the big snake was gone. Su Huaichen and Lin Zhinan leaned against each other, looking haggard. They were very happy to see Chu Huaiqin wake up.
"Brother Huaiqin, what's wrong?" The two of them were very nervous when he fell asleep. Su Huaichen almost couldn't help but reached out to check his breathing, but was opened by Lin Zhinan with red eyes.
She always felt that this action was unlucky and did not let Su Huaichen do it. However, she put her hand on Chu Huaiqin's chest. His steady heartbeat showed that he was fine, just asleep.
More than twenty-four hours had passed since yesterday. Both of them were extremely hungry and had a slight stomachache, but neither of them said anything.
"I'm fine, but what's wrong with you?" Chu Huaiqin, who was sleeping on the floor, seemed to have absorbed the essence of heaven and earth. He was extremely energetic. If he hadn't been so nervous, people would have thought he had just gotten up from a silk bed!
"Hungry!"
"thirsty!"
The two of them spoke in unison, and their sad expressions made Chu Huaiqin laugh.
"Let's go inside and see if we can find some water." Chu Huaiqin also desperately needed to replenish his water, so he walked along the sky bridge to the second floor of the stone house. Instead of going inside, they walked along the corridor, and at the end, the three of them went down the stairs.
The light was blocked and it was a bit dark, but I could still see the surroundings clearly.
This was a large stone chamber. The floor was littered with scattered objects, and the tables and chairs were covered in a thick layer of dust. The three of them didn't stop, but continued walking inside the chamber, slowly feeling the breeze.
The three of them looked at each other and continued to move forward. There was wind here, which meant there was a passage. Maybe they could get out.
At this time, outside, a big snake swam back with a pheasant in its mouth. When it saw the empty pavilion, it shook its head and spit out the chicken. The snake stretched out its body to a terrifying height, but after scanning the surroundings, it seemed that it did not find what it was looking for. After a while, it climbed up the stairs, went up to the pavilion, and moved forward along the sky bridge.
Chu Huaiqin and the other two walked and walked, pushing open one door after another, as if they were in a maze with no end in sight. The only thing that comforted them was the wind, which gave them hope and they chased the wind.
After walking for about half an hour, they opened a door and heard the sound of water.
Instantly, the three of them brightened up. They quickened their pace and walked in, discovering a pool, a very large one. Surrounding the pool were numerous conches, geckos, and octopuses, and occasionally small fish could be seen passing by.
It was running water. Chu Huaiqin squatted down and took a sip. It was indeed salty.
Lin Zhinan was amused. "Brother, does this mean that there is an ocean on the other side of the wall?"
Chu Huaiqin nodded, "Yes."
"Well, can this snail be eaten?" Su Huaichen swallowed his saliva. He was so hungry. If he didn't know that this was a military base and was afraid of the presence of chemical substances, he would have pounced on it and chewed it.
"We can go out now, so let's not eat!" Lin Zhinan hesitated. Who knows whether the food here is healthy or not.
Su Huaichen thought about it and agreed.
"Then should we go out? And continue searching in this direction?" Lin Zhinan asked curiously.
"What if I get lost again after going out?" Su Huaichen was still afraid of getting lost.
Chu Huaiqin smiled, "Then..."
"Clang!"
A crisp echo was heard, and the three of them looked at each other, their faces changed instantly. Could it be that the big snake had followed?
"Quick, push the door open," Chu Huaiqin reacted the fastest, ran over and held the stone chamber door open, saying, "Look, what's there? Push it over here."
The most common things in the stone chamber were iron tables and various other items. After the three of them quickly moved all the things over and just pushed against the door, the door was pushed a little by the other side.
"Fortunately, fortunately, we acted quickly." Su Huaichen patted his chest. It was too scary. Is there something wrong with this big snake? It is following it like this. Is it really interested in one of them?
"Brother, what should we do now?" Lin Zhinan was frightened by the arrival of the big snake again and became nervous. This is a stone chamber. If they really enter, they will become food.
"I can't get out, so I have no choice but to go into the water." Chu Huaiqin pondered for a moment before making this decision. He walked to the corner of the stone chamber, picked up a rope, and pulled it. After confirming that there was no problem, he said, "I'll tie the rope around my body and go into the water. You pull the other end. If I pull three times in a row in the water, you pull me out. If I don't move, you can just leave me alone."
Lin Zhinan: "Brother, what are you doing?"
Chu Huaiqin: "I'll go down and check the situation first. After confirming that there is no problem, you can go into the water."
"No," Su Huaichen objected immediately. He knew Chu Huaiqin's situation before, and this was too dangerous. "I'll go down. Although I'm not as good at swimming as you, I'm not afraid of water."
"Don't make trouble. I can still overcome it in a short time, but you can't." Chu Huaiqin also understood Su Huaichen. "I know very well how long you can stay in the water. If the stone house is large and far from the sea, you might not be able to swim out before you give up halfway."
Furthermore, Su Huaichen hadn't eaten for over 24 hours, and his stamina had severely deteriorated. If he ran out of energy halfway through the swim, he could drown in the water without anyone above knowing. As for himself, Chu Huaiqin knew for sure. If he truly couldn't swim, he wouldn't have gone in the water himself.
"No buts, it's decided." Chu Huaiqin tied the rope around his waist with a slipknot, which would allow him to respond flexibly if any situation arose on the seabed.
"Brother, this," Lin Zhinan took out a sharp iron bar from a pile of debris and handed it to Chu Huaiqin, saying worriedly, "If, if it really doesn't work down there, you have to come up quickly."
"Don't worry!" Chu Huaiqin took the thumb-sized iron bar. With this, he felt more confident. He patted the two men on the shoulders and said, "Guard the door and wait for me to come back."
Chu Huaiqin stood by the pool and started exercising. When his body felt the heat, Chu Huaiqin put his hands on the edge of the pool, took a deep breath, and entered the water.
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