Two days later.
The air was slightly cool, and gloomy lead clouds began to gather above the rolling mountains. The lead clouds blocked the sun, and the entire world became a world dominated by gray. The jungles in the mountains are also affected by the dim light, and the dense and lush trees and shrubs glow dark green. The tree crowns are connected to form a large sea of tree crowns with no end in sight. The sea of canopy has clear shadows and staggered layers. There are still gaps between the dense leaves, but no trace of sunlight can reach the top of the sea of canopy.
It was drizzling, and it started to rain lightly in the gray sky. The light rain gradually became heavier, and the raindrops crackled like beans on the surface of the leaves and shrubs, making them shake their heads, and then fell to the ground, gathering into puddles and thin streams.
The entire dark green world seemed to be trembling slightly. A trace of cold air spread from the rain and soaked into the jungle, giving people the feeling of an icy prison.
Wu Qi, Guo Baibo, Gao Yuan, and Qiyue, three people and one fox, were walking in the muddy jungle. Their combat boots and trousers were covered with muddy water.
Wu Qi walked in front and used a long knife to clear the way, splitting all the bushes that hindered their movement. There are many tiny needles on the branches of these bushes, and they are extremely sharp. If you are not careful, you will be cut, and the wound will be difficult to heal.
Gao Yuan followed Wu Qi with a sniper rifle bag on his back, while Guo Baibo walked carefully holding Qi Qi in his arms. They all had deep dark circles around their eyes, revealing severe fatigue.
After they left Xujiazhai, they had been fleeing for two days and two nights in this endless mountain without sleeping. Behind them were Miwei'er and Heiss who were chasing after them.
Wu Qi is good at hiding traces in the jungle, and Heisi is good at uncovering traces in the jungle. They are both hunters who are very proficient in jungle operations. Whether the two teams will encounter each other depends partly on how well their abilities are used, and partly on which of them is. More desperate.
The two teams kept a considerable distance for most of the two days, and had two encounters in battle. In the end, Wu Qi and his party successfully escaped.
This cannot be regarded as a victory for Wu Qi and his team. They didn't know how many more days and nights it would take to reach the edge of the mountain, and Wu Qi's injuries were never completely healed. Every time the old injuries didn't heal, new ones appeared. Continuous injuries and staying up late at night caused his cell activity to drop by more than half.
Guo Baibai's long hair was soaked by the waterfall-like rain pouring down from her head. The wet hair strands stuck to her smooth forehead. From time to time, rainwater streaked across the bridge of her nose and side of her face. The color was gone from her lips and she was trembling.
Suddenly, Guo Bobo sneezed. She felt even colder, so she hugged Qiyue tighter, hoping to borrow some of Qiyue's warm body temperature.
Gao Yuan frowned, stepped forward and patted Wu Qi on the shoulder: "Wu Qi, let's find a cave to live in and rest for a while."
Wu Qi looked back at Guo Baibo, whose hands and feet seemed to be frozen. At this time, Gao Yuan's stomach growled. Gao Yuan's face turned slightly red, and then he coughed.
"We have to find a cave first." Wu Qi said calmly. His cheeks were a little thinner, and deep in his eyes there seemed to be a pair of stars that were half dimmed but still bright.
Gao Yuan nodded, and the three of them continued to chop bushes. Half an hour later, Wu Qi finally looked at a cave with an entrance 2 meters high and got in first.
The gray light suddenly became darker. Fortunately, Wu Qi's low-light vision was good enough. He pressed his left hand against the uneven rock cave wall, held the knife across his chest in his right hand, and slowly moved his feet inside.
The cave was not completely dry. Wu Qi could feel the water seeping from the other end of the rock wall to this end, but now they had no choice. Guo Baibo held on for half an hour in the freezing rain. Wu Qi could see from her face that she was very weak now and her physical strength was on the verge of reaching its limit.
Suddenly, Wu Qi saw a pair of yellow-green eyes deep in the dark cave. From the shape of the pupils, it could be seen that they were snake eyes, and the eyes of the other party were at the same height as him.
Wu Qi's movements suddenly froze. He saw clearly the true face of the cave owner. It was a giant forest python with gray-brown markings all over its body. This was the first time Wu Qi had seen such a large body.
If the enemy doesn't move, Wu Qi won't move. He estimated that the body diameter of this forest python was about 25 centimeters and its weight was at least 200 to 300 kilograms. The power of the entanglement was probably more terrifying than the power of the second-level monster. He himself was either dead or disabled when he was entangled.
Wu Qi lowered his center of gravity and immediately put himself into a resting state. The muscles in his body became integrated as they were dormant. A force borrowed from the earth was transmitted to his right shoulder and arm through his legs, waist, and back.
The forest python suddenly burst out, opening its bloody mouth with two rows of fangs and swallowing Wu Qi's head. Wu Qi also took a big step forward to attack at the same moment! All the power in his body was transferred to his right arm, and then he slashed with all his strength from right to left.
One move will tell the difference. The forest python was beheaded by Wu Qi, and the cut was 40 centimeters away from the head. When the huge snake head fell to the floor of the cave, the python's bloody mouth and decapitated body were still reacting with muscles, which looked extremely weird.
The section of the snake's body didn't spurt much blood, and Wu Qi was spared from being splashed with blood. He pierced the giant python's brain with a vertical knife and pinned the snake's head to the ground. The snake's head struggled violently for a moment and then stopped.
"Come in." Wu Qi said to Gao Yuan and Guo Baibo behind him. Before that he threw the bloody snake head into the corner of the cave.
After Gao Yuan and Guo Baibo came in, they were shocked by the scene in the cave. Wu Qi pointed to the cold rock ground: "Sit there."
Gao Yuan was puzzled. The python's body temperature averaged over 30 degrees during the day, so the body would be a natural warm nest.
Wu Qi explained: "This kind of giant python has very strong vitality. Even if it dies, the python's body still has a very strong muscle reaction. If you sit in, the python's body will feel that there is a living thing approaching, and the muscle reaction will wrap around you. You might break a few ribs in an instant."
The two understood and sat down on the cold ground. Qiyue broke free from Guo Baibo's arms and shook her hair vigorously in the empty cave, throwing out a large amount of water droplets.
Guo Baibo looked worse than Wu Qi imagined, and his face was as pale as a person in a freezer. Wu Qi squatted down and put the back of his hand against Guo Baibo's smooth forehead, and found that it was very hot.
The immunity of pioneers is several times stronger than that of ordinary people, and they almost never get sick except when infected by mutated bacteria. However, they had been traveling day and night for the past two days and had no nutritional intake. They only drank some mountain water to quench their thirst. Wu Qineng felt that his immunity was significantly reduced, not to mention Guo Baibo.