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MTL - I Rely on Wilderness Survival Live Broadcast to Become Popular Across the Stars-Chapter 269 Hoarding money to raise cubs Day 269
On Yao Fei's side, they encountered problems when they evacuated.
First came the torrential rain, which really poured down as Ke Ji predicted, and soon blurred the vision; the geological rock formation under their feet was extremely soft and fragile, and under the erosion of the torrential rain, an accident soon occurred.
There was a big man over two meters tall in the team, with a very strong physique, with a wide back and round waist, as if he alone was twice as wide as a Keji.
It was him, who stepped into the mud, but was surprised to find that the mud under his feet was different from before, as if there was endless suction squeezing his ankles from all directions, and dragging his calves to sink. Can't step on solid soil.
Yao Fei, who was walking obliquely in front of him, quickly noticed his abnormality, immediately grabbed him, pulled it out hard, and felt that the strength of his hand was not right.
He exerted all his strength, the veins on his temples burst, and he shouted loudly: "Come on! The ground is sinking!"
Hearing this, Ke Ji turned his head abruptly, and saw that the team falling a few meters behind him seemed to be twisted into a twist.
The two or three closest people surrounded the big man, fastened the buckle on the waist of the big man, and then divided them into two sides neatly and tacitly. Pull it out.
Ke Ji keenly noticed that the mud under those people had subsided slightly to varying degrees. Because of the weight, the already fragile soil was like a cracked glass water tank. Cracks that could not be detected by the naked eye quickly spread in all directions. spread.
"Stop!" He yelled, and the two people who were walking beside Ke Ji were about to rush over, but they were stopped by Ke Ji's roar, and they stopped, looking at Ke Ji in confusion.
The sound of rain covered Ke Ji's voice, or maybe Yao Fei and the others didn't notice what he was shouting at all. They were all focused on their teammates, trying to pull the big man out of the deep ground.
The big man was in pain from being dragged and dragged, and he felt as if his body had been broken in two. The upper half was rubbed against the ground until it was bloody, and the lower half was numb.
He let out a low growl in pain, forcing physiological tears from the corners of his eyes, this kind of pain is completely unimaginable for ordinary people.
Soon, he gave up struggling and just begged Yao Fei and other teammates to let him go.
In just a minute or two, the big man's lower body was sunk deep in the ground, and his whole face was swollen to a liver color.
Yao Fei and the others realized that the situation was not good. They simply did not have the strength to pull their teammates out against the ground sinking. No matter how hard they tried, the force of the ground sinking was far greater than their combined strength.
The most likely result is that the other party died of asphyxiation due to chest compression.
However, they didn't have much time to react. The muddy ground under their feet seemed to come alive suddenly, and they frantically grabbed their ankles and calves with life and consciousness.
Almost at the same time, everyone exclaimed in horror and surprise:
"Philo! Give me a hand!"
"I'm sinking here too!"
"what happened?!"
Yao Fei's pupils shrank fiercely, and he grabbed the base of his ankle with an indescribable force, as if his own leg weighed a thousand catties.
He heard the cries for help and anxiety from his companions around him, but he couldn't even protect himself, let alone devote his energy to helping others.
He realized that what they encountered was not a subsidence caused by ordinary mud loss, because the soles of their sunken feet could not be stepped on, and the ground was like a bottomless pit.
Yao Fei reacted quickly, looked at Ke Ji suddenly, and shouted: "Don't come here! There's a hole down here! Take someone away! Hurry up!"
No one can tell how big the underground cave is, which means that the area of this subsidence is also unknown.
As soon as Yao Fei finished speaking, the big man closest to him suddenly yelled, and saw his whole body fall down suddenly, the wet mud was overwhelmed, and the figure disappeared.
"Big horn!" Yao Fei yelled, and before he could see clearly, the teammates next to him were falling one by one, only to hear the scream that suddenly stopped, and in a blink of an eye, the circle around him was empty, and there was nothing left.
Yao Fei's eyes were red, and he slammed the ground hard.
"Yao Fei! Get down! Chest and arms on the ground!" Ke Ji's voice came from directly in front of Yao Fei.
"Brother Fei! Don't force yourself! Relax!" The teammates shouted from diagonally in front, "Don't give up!"
Yao Fei looked up and saw that Ke Ji and the other two were still rushing over, but the other two teammates were ordered to climb up the tree and not to approach the surrounding land.
As for Ke Ji, he also prostrated himself on the ground and proceeded cautiously.
He threw the looped rope to Yao Fei and let Yao Fei tie it around his waist.
When Yao Fei saw this, he quickly understood that it was like falling into a sinkhole in a swamp. He needed to lean his upper body forward, and use the inertia to slowly stretch his legs parallel, as if he was floating on the water. A burden on already fragile soils.
Yao Fei clenched his fists tightly, and after a brief pause in the direction where his teammates disappeared, he grabbed the rope.
After Yao Fei successfully escaped from the mud pit, the two climbed up the big tree.
Yao Fei stared fixedly at the flat and wet muddy ground again, it was as if they had never set foot there before, and there was no trace that the three of them had been swallowed up just a few minutes ago.
"Phil..."
The teammate’s cautious greeting brought Yao Fei back to his senses. Yao Fei looked over, paused and pursed his lips and said, “They may not be gone, the bottom is empty, they might have fallen down and are still alive.”
Ke Ji looked at Yao Fei, and said, "This whole landform is similar to wetland karst landform, what you said is very likely."
Yao Fei didn't expect that Ke Ji would agree with him. While surprised, he had to admit that Ke Ji's approval did make him feel at ease.
He exhaled and clenched his fists: "Then we'll go get them back."
"Under the current environment and climate, it's impossible." Ke Ji categorically rejected Yao Fei's proposal. He looked around, "Before looking for them, make sure you can survive."
"The condition of this foundation is very bad. We must leave as soon as possible." Ke Ji grabbed the branches and climbed towards the crown of the tree. "It's too dangerous to walk on the ground. Let's go up."
The two surviving team members heard the words and glanced at Yao Fei. Yao Fei was silent for two seconds, knowing that Ke Ji's decision was the right direction at the moment. He took a breath, nodded slightly to his two team members, and signaled them to follow Go up Ke Ji.
There are large trees with lush branches and leaves growing in this wetland, and the branches of the trees cross each other. These large trees have almost never been disturbed by human beings. The large trees with a hundred years or even more than a thousand years are vigorous and strong. Take the weight of several grown men.
The only thing to worry about is whether their root system can hold on to the soil under the downpour of rain.
Since the terrain in the lower reaches is the lowest of the three Sana rivers, within 20 minutes of the torrential rain, all the water that rose up elsewhere poured in, and it didn't reach a depth of more than two meters in a blink of an eye.
The two team members swallowed at the same time as they watched the dim yellow tide rolling under the tree beating against the trunk.
Fortunately, they took an unusual path, otherwise they would have been washed away by the flood.
Even if it is not washed away by the flood, it must be tossed enough by these small whirlpools.
—In places submerged by mountain torrents, small whirlpools scattered in twos and threes.
Since this area is wetland karst landform, the characteristics of karst landform can hardly be seen at ordinary times, just like an ordinary wetland rainforest. It was not until this unusual heavy rain that the karst cave attribute of karst landform was changed from deep Wash out under deep mud.
The underground here is full of small karst caves, and the silt has buried them several meters deep. Now, the rumbling flood has flooded the underground of the karst caves, and tons of rainwater has sunk into the karst caves. Small whirlpools formed on the surface of the water.
Every few tens of meters, Ke Ji and his party can see a small swirl, the water is fast and complicated, and the undercurrent is surging.
They crawled **** the trees and walked for a whole afternoon, from the rainstorm to the rain break, watching the flood water under their feet rise from a height of two meters to seven or eight meters, and then slowly fall to a rest.
They even encountered the moment when they just left the tree, and the tree was washed away by the roots when they turned around.
The nerves of a group of people were tense, and they could not relax for a moment.
Everyone was extremely tired, cold and hungry, drenched all over, and when the wind blew, the biting chill penetrated into the cracks in the bones, making people tremble all over.
As the night slowly fell, Ke Ji found a four-tree tree as a place for them to stay tonight.
The height of the four trees is about thirty-five meters, which is equivalent to the height of an eleven or twelve-story building.
The reason why Ke Ji decided to rest here is that there are many plate-shaped roots growing on all sides under the tree. The largest one is about ten meters long and four or five meters high, like a huge tree. The flanks seemed to be wrapped in a solid wall.
It is the harsh environment of the tropics that urges these shallow-rooted towering things to grow the current buttock phenomenon to support themselves through terrible showers and high winds.
But right now, such an old four-tree tree is undoubtedly the strongest tree house in this rainforest, providing Ke Ji and his party with a shelter from the wind and rain.
"Rest here for a while." Ke Ji skillfully stuck himself between several tree branches, and fixed himself in the least effortful posture, "Wait until the sun comes out before moving."
The vision at night is too poor, especially when they are moving in the trees, they are likely to touch some "aboriginals" entrenched in the trees by mistake. Instead of taking such a risk, it is better to take a break and recover their strength.
The equipment bags carried by the four were more or less damaged or lost. They counted the supplies that were still usable, and there were only a few bundles of special load-bearing ropes, two hook guns, a compression tent, two A simple medical kit and three instant supplements.
They split two fast food supplements and kept one as a spare.
Located on the branches of the 35-meter-high canopy, they seemed to be only an arm's length away from the moon in the sky. The moonlight was as bright as water, and it was extremely clean, as if the sky had been washed away by the torrential rain.
It's just that no one appreciates this beautiful scenery at the moment, only the sound of snoring one after another sounds like a soundtrack.
Ke Ji looked up at the moon, exhaled lightly, and rested his fingers on the communication receiver.
The signal on the other end was cut off a few minutes after the rainstorm, and he couldn't receive Lu Liran's situation at all.
He glanced at the teammates who were curled up and snoring behind him. If he was the only one, his speed could be doubled, and he might be able to find Lu Liran's team tonight.
Ke Ji suppressed the rising thoughts in his heart, sat back in his original position, and slowly waited for the dawn.
On the other side of Lu Liran, he had already arrived at Gaopo's leeward position three hours ago, and was about to rest on the spot.
After counting the remaining supplies, and removing some daily necessities, there are only two compressed tents left, which can accommodate six or seven people when squeezed together. It is still necessary to build a temporary shelter.
Normally, everyone would find and clear out a small cave, and make do with it overnight, but right now, the caves with lower terrain are less than half flooded, making it impossible to live in.
"Why don't we live in tents for the wounded, and we spend the night in a tree? Let's treat it as a sentry." Ruan Xiaotian suggested, "The Lu team is also injured, let's live in a tent."
Many people agreed, anyway, there were only two or three people sleeping without a tent, and it took one night to take turns to watch on the tree.
"All human energy consumption is very serious today, and we must rest adequately, otherwise the road ahead will become more difficult." Lu Liran refuted Ruan Xiaotian's proposal, "It takes a little time and energy to build a temporary shelter, but compared to A good night's rest is worth it."
Ruan Xiaotian scratched the back of his head, looked around, and asked in a low voice: "But... there is no place to build a shelter. There are trees of different heights growing everywhere, and there is no flat place."
Even the place where the tent is unfolded is a little tight.
Not to mention that the water here has not completely faded, and the ankles are still submerged.
Their tents can raise the chassis and are specially designed for rainforest waterlogging, but it is difficult to build a shelter without a foundation.
Even Ruan Xiaotian, who had extra confidence in Lu Liran from the beginning, felt that this time was a bit difficult.
When Lu Liran heard the words and looked at the others, he saw that they also looked "impossible". He said: "Everyone except the wounded, follow my instructions."
"Leave the four birch trees at the four corners, cut down all the dwarf trees in the middle, pick out the forked branches, and pile them up in one place, and pile up the other branches." Lu Liran walked quickly to the four birch trees of the same thickness that he was looking for , slapped it twice, felt the strength under the palm, and confirmed that the four big trees were still firmly planted in the soil, and could serve as load-bearing beams.
"receive!"
The few people who were not injured immediately took action, and a thought flashed in Ruan Xiaotian's mind, as if he understood why Lu Liran planned to do this.
Cut down the surrounding dwarf trees, and the ready-made natural forked branches are just used to support the four corners of the four birch trees.
One end is stuck in the mud and firmly fixed, the other end is against the birch trunk, and the forked branch is against the trunk to form a ready-made platform fork at the upper and lower ends. A slightly thicker and longer branch is placed horizontally at the fork as a rafter.
The fork platform built below is about one meter above the ground, which can not only isolate the water surface, but also prevent animals from approaching at night.
Then move bundles of short and thin branches that have been cut down, and spread them evenly on the platform erected by the forks.
These short branches were of different lengths, and the two ends of the overly long branches were cut off by Lu Liran, with the cut point facing outwards, which was triangular and sharp like an arrow.
When Ruan Xiaotian and the others saw it, they realized that with such a few simple strokes, this platform not only has the function of carrying force, but also has an additional layer of defensive properties.
Lu Liran used a knife to peel off the bark of the birch tree next to it. This kind of bark is tough and strong, and it is a natural rope. It can be used when they are short of supplies.
A knife cuts off pieces of bark with excellent toughness, and the bark is used to bind the branches to fix them.
Lu Liran called other people to go into the forest, cut down more broad fallen leaves, and moved them back together with the branches to spread them on the top layer of branch boards as a rain shelter.
There will probably be some rain at night. Even if there is no rain, the dew in the rainforest is heavy. In the early morning of the next day, the dew can half wet people's clothes. Therefore, such a canopy is very necessary under the conditional premise.
Staying dry can make you feel much better.
Under Lu Liran's orderly command, it was very obvious that a temporary shelter visible to the naked eye took shape.
It looks a bit rudimentary and not that comfortable, but at least it has all the functions it should have - there is a bed, a roof, it can sleep, and it can shelter from the rain.
Such a shelter can accommodate at least four adults squeezed together for one night.
Ruan Xiaotian and the young people who participated in the construction were all excited to climb onto the "bed" first. The bed with tree trunks as boards is still very resilient, sitting on it with one buttocks, and bouncing up and down twice.
"It's really good!"
"It would be even better if we could regenerate the fire..."
"Satisfy you, you still want a fire in such a wet place? If you want me, I just want a hot barbecue."
"You are so beautiful!"
"I didn't expect that we would have a place to sleep tonight."
"Thanks to that survival expert, he really is the leader of survival."
"You used to look down on others!"
"Bah! I never said that!"
"..."
A few young soldiers sat in a group, making jokes and jokes. From time to time, some people secretly glanced at Lu Liran secretly.
Lu Liran sat on the other side, looking deserted, and didn't participate in it. Seeing this, the others were a little scared of him and didn't dare to approach him.
Except for Ruan Xiaotian.
"What is Team Lu thinking?" Ruan Xiaotian crawled to Lu Liran's side and asked in a low voice.
Lu Liran raised his eyelids and looked at Ruan Xiaotian: "I'm thinking about the situation of the team downstream."
Ruan Xiaotian paused for a moment before listening to Lu Liran continue: "The lower reaches are the lowest. The water from these surges will eventually flow into the downstream area, and there is no outlet for flood discharge at all."
Ruan Xiaotian's heart went cold when he heard the words, the mountain torrents were all poured in, how could there be a way out?
With a little luck, he said: "The foreign aid expert who is with you should have a solution?"
"The premise is that their team is obedient enough." Lu Liran gave Ruan Xiaotian an indifferent look.
Ruan Xiaotian choked, obedient? Does Yao Fei seem to be obedient? Ruan Xiaotian didn't even believe it in his heart.
"Repair the receiver and see if it can be used normally again." After Lu Liran finished speaking, he closed his eyes, as if he didn't want to talk about it in detail.
Seeing this, Ruan Xiaotian couldn't help asking: "Aren't you worried about your companion?"
"Him? If something happens to him, I'm afraid no one will survive this rainforest." Lu Liran said coldly without opening his eyes.
Ruan Xiaotian was taken aback.