Chapter 14 Giant Tree Sanctuary
Along the way, Mu Qingshan kept introducing some strange-looking flowers, plants and trees to Ying Qiaoer, such as handshake flowers. Whenever someone touches the petals of this flower, the petals will close together, just like shaking hands with you. There is no need to say about mimosa. The two walked through the fields of mimosa. Wherever they walked, the grass was shy, making people sigh at the magic of nature's creation.
Some are plants that are familiar with the characteristics of the woody mountain but cannot be named, such as the "Drasena" tree, which is more than 40 feet tall, with straight trunks, white bark, and leaves that look like swords.
Ying Qiaoer explained while gesturing: "This plant is known as a "uncut" tree and has the strongest vitality, that is, after the pipe is cut down, its roots will grow again. Suppose that the cut down trunk is sawed into small holders, put it on for three or five months, and then buried it in the soil or inserted it in the water. In just over a dozen days, the buds will grow out of the top of the stick.
Eat the wood-skinned flowers that will make the big rhino fall asleep; they can secrete fragrant cereal oil in the pinholes of the petal leaves, making people brew "drunk grass" that is intoxicated; these strange flowers and plants are all species that cannot be named but are familiar with their characteristics. While explaining, Ying Qiaoer stuffs the branches or fruits of these flowers and plants into her baby specimen box.
After nearly a whole day of jungle traveling, Ying Qiaoer even felt her calves start to hurt again. Mu Qingshan finally pointed to a small hill ahead and said, "The next hill is Yemu Cliff, we are about to arrive!"
Ying Qiaoer smiled bitterly and said, "Are you sure we will arrive before them?"
Mu Qingshan hesitated for a moment and did not answer. He dared not promise anymore, because along the way, Ying Qiaoer rested no less than five times during the period when he had no plans to rest. With such a speed of progress, it is really unknown whether he could catch up with Xiao Jun and the other two.
Mu Qingshan simply said nothing, holding Ying Qiaoer's soft palm tightly, and stepped forward with force under his feet. Ying Qiaoer was almost half-dragged and half-carried on the road. However, there was a small detail that Mu Qingshan cared very much and was very happy. That was, after last night, the distance between the two was much closer. From the morning, Ying Qiaoer's little hand was always surrounded by Mu Qingshan's big palm. No matter how the holding posture changed, Ying Qiaoer's little hand was always held in Mu Qingshan's palm. Mu Qingshan only felt that there was an indescribable happiness hidden in his heart. I really hope that this road would never end.
The two finally climbed the Yemu Cliff. The moment they appeared on the top of the peak, Mu Qingshan and Ying Qiaoer discovered three figures standing on the top of the peak at the same time. They were Chu Zhengxiong, Xiao Jun and Mr. Bai.
Mu Qingshan was slightly stunned. Ying Qiaoer pulled his hand out of Mu Qingshan's palm and rushed up with a cry. The three of them on the top of the peak were stunned when they saw Ying Qiaoer and Mu Qingshan appear here.
Chu Zhengxiong raised his eyebrows slightly and strode forward. Mr. Bai and Xiao Jun looked at each other and walked over behind Chu Zhengxiong.
Ying Qiaoer's eyes were a little wet, and she threw herself into Chu Zhengxiong's arms with a smile, with tears in her smile.
Xiao Jun greeted Mu Qingshan and asked loudly: "Little brother, how did you come up?"
When Mu Qingshan saw Ying Qiaoer pounced into Chu Zhengxiong's arms, his expression turned dark and said to Xiao Jun in a very plain tone: "We were not washed away by the water. After we got ashore, we found a road leading to Yemu Cliff."
Xiao Jun patted Mu Qingshan on the shoulder, his voice hoarse, "Okay, it's good to come back! It's good to come back!"
Mr. Bai looked at the people in front of him coldly, and finally spit out a few words from his lips, "Since we are all here, we can start."
Xiao Jun nodded and said seriously: "You are here just in time. We plan to send it out from Yemu Cliff and enter the valley below the cliff. What do you two have any opinions?"
Mu Qingshan was slightly stunned when he heard this and said, "Didn't you say you only went to Yemu Cliff? Why do you have to go down the valley again?"
Chu Zhengxiong said lightly: "You and Qiao'er don't go. Your guide mission has ended here. Qiao'er is a girl, so it's too dangerous to go down."
Ying Qiaoer stood up straight and said, "You go, I will go too!"
Seeing that Ying Qiaoer had expressed her opinion, Mu Qingshan said seriously: "I took you into the mountain. I will take you out, and I will go too!"
Xiao Jun waved his hand and said, "You don't have to go, it's really dangerous down there. You, a child, don't need to take this risk with us."
Mu Qingshan was about to refute, but Mr. Bai stood by the cliff and said quietly: "Since you come, you will be at ease. If they can arrive at this time, they are destined to be there, so let's go down together!"
Xiao Jun frowned and said nothing more. He knew that he and Old Man Bai had decided to go down. Needless to say, Chu Zhengxiong wanted to go down, Ying Qiaoer would definitely follow him. Ying Qiaoer would go down. It would be strange if this stupid boy didn't follow him. So what else can I say.
Xiao Jun took out two gas masks with miniature oxygen cylinders and telephones from his backpack, handed them to Mu Qingshan and Ying Qiaoer one by one, and said in a rough voice: "You can go down. First, you must bring this. Second, follow the three of us, don't make any mistakes in a single step! Do you understand?"
Ying Qiaoer and Mu Qingshan said in unison: "I understand!"
Look at Chu Zhengxiong and Xiao Jun both put on gas masks, and this time even Mr. Bai was no exception.
Xiao Jun took the lead in walking to the edge of the cliff. It turned out that the three of them had already fixed the long rope.
Looking down from the wild wood cliff, clouds and mist were shrouded in the clouds, and the rope seemed to be stretched into the clouds. I believe that if a stone was thrown down from the cliff, people might not be able to hear the echoes coming from the stones when they landed on the cliff. No one knows what the world below is.
The five people slid down the long rope and slid down for nearly ten minutes. The lower the light became darker. After the last ten meters, they were almost at the point where they could not see their fingers. Even Mu Qingshan, a wild child who grew up in the mountains, felt a little scared. Finally, a thud came from his ears. Judging from this sound, Xiao Jun should have hit the ground.
Sure enough, a little dim light source lit up from below, and it was hard to believe that this was the light from the high-intensity flashlight shaking in Xiao Jun's hand.
After three or four minutes, two more light sources were added under his feet, Chu Zhengxiong and Mr. Bai, and they also landed. Mu Qingshan was the last to reach the bottom of the valley. As soon as the foot board touched the ground, he was startled. The feeling came from his feet was soft and seemed to be still steaming. I really didn't know how there was such a strange ground.
Ying Qiaoer snuggled tightly in Chu Zhengxiong's arms. When she arrived at this strange and inexplicable place, she didn't even dare to show off her vigor.
"It's time, everyone follow me closely, don't take a wrong step." Xiao Jun's voice was spoken.
"Seven left! Eight right!" Xiao Jun shouted strange directions and numbers, and his footsteps suddenly became slow and heavy.
After taking eight steps to the right, Xiao Jun shouted again: "Nine in front and three in back and twelve in left."
Except for Xiao Jun's shout, the other four people did not speak. Mu Qingshan thought to himself, what do these directions and numbers mean? Is there any mechanism in this dark valley bottom? But after thinking about it, Mu Qingshan did not mean to go around. He was not afraid of anything, but he just didn't want to scare Ying Qiaoer because of the chaos on his side.
In Xiao Jun's mouth, Lu Lu Jiji shouted out nearly ten sets of directions and numbers, and finally stopped abruptly. Without Xiao Jun's instructions, everyone dared not move around. At this time, Xiao Jun's voice sounded again: "That's all I know. Who should I do next? Is it Old Man Bai or Brother Chu Zhengxiong?"
Chu Zhengxiong's voice rang in the dark and said, "You are sure that your part is over! This is no joke!
It's my turn next, in the top ten, and on the left four."
Xiao Jun snorted in his nose, meaning that I would use this kind of thing as a joke?
Next, Chu Zhengxiong walked at the front of the team, shouting continuously about direction and steps, while the remaining four people followed his pace.
Mu Qingshan probably understood that these three people knew how to walk here, but they didn't know it completely. Each person knew part of it, so it took three people to get to the destination together. However, Mu Qingshan couldn't understand why not three people were carving everything they knew outside, so that the three people could know all the way to walk?
Mu Qingshan naturally didn’t know the word “sincere” is a sinister word. There are many people who know that the old prime ministers still hold swords, and those who call brothers may not be true friends.
Chu Zhengxiong shouted nearly twenty sets of directions and numbers one after another. Mu Qingshan was already impressed by him. He could remember so many irregular and boring directions and numbers clearly. Mu Qingshan really sighed that he was inferior to this ability to study.
When Mr. Bai led the way, Mu Qingshan was even more amazed. When he reached the fortieth direction and the number of steps, Mu Qingshan gave up. It was obvious that Mr. Bai was the one who could bestow on the three.
Everyone seems to be used to making every step forward according to the boring commands Mr. Bai shouted.
Mu Qingshan was surprised to find out with his keen sense of environmental changes that a group of people had been at the bottom of the valley a quarter of an hour ago, and it seemed to have entered a long passage. It was just that there was no light since the bottom of the valley, so there was not much difference between the valley and the passage, so it was not discovered in time that the environment had been changed without realizing it.
Mu Qingshan sniffed his nose hard. Although he wore a gas mask, he still smelled a faint smell of soda lime. I guess everyone should be in a certain lava cave or something at this moment.
Finally, I don’t know how long I have been away, but in this closed space, I seem to have no idea about the passage of time.
Mr. Bai's steps stopped, and a trace of excitement could not be concealed in his low voice, and he trembled slightly: "I have finished all the things I know, it should be... it should be here."
Chapter completed!