When Yi Jiuyang, who almost vomited bile, came back from the river after washing his face, it started to rain. The cold raindrops fell on his face, almost making him vomit again.
Everyone turned on their flashlights and frantically searched for stones on the river bank, building a one-meter square bonfire platform at the edge of the forest. They covered it with stones and moved the bonfire inside to prevent it from being extinguished by the rain.
Yuan Xiaoxiao was also woken up and packed up the tent with everyone else, running to the woods in the north to take shelter from the rain.
It’s not that the tent is not rainproof, but when camping by the river, the most feared thing is not the rain, but the rising river water and the flood that may occur at any time.
“Boom!”
Lightning flashed, illuminating Lao Hei's pale face. The rain began to get heavier, and the fires in the tribe swayed in the wind and rain, and then went out one after another, leaving only the searchlight in the center still pointed at the square, proving that the disaster here was far from over.
A strong fishy smell hit me in the face, it was hard to tell whether it was the smell of blood or the smell of earth stirred up by the rain. The red color on the ground of the square was not washed away by the rain, but became more and more.
All around were silent and numb faces. Everyone sat blankly in the rain, letting the heavy rain pour down on their heads to hide the tears on their faces.
Lao Hei only felt a sharp pain in his shoulder, like a burning fire. Even the cold rain could not take away the piercing burning sensation. His tightly taut face trembled uncontrollably, and then, a cold little hand gently stroked his cheek.
There were people all around Lao Hei. Some took off their coats and covered his head with them, some held his legs in their arms, and some tore their clothes to bandage him. However, in this shadow, he could only see the pair of bright and clear eyes and the pale little face in front of him.
A strange thought flashed through my mind, inappropriate and somewhat vulgar: this native girl is clean and pretty...
“Hehehe…hehehehe…”
An inexplicable laugh came from his throat, which seemed to be unable to be suppressed. However, before the low laugh turned into a loud laugh, Lao Hei's unshaven mouth was covered.
"Brother, I'm not trying to ruin the atmosphere. Now is not the time to laugh..."
When Ding Yi's words rang in his ears, Lao Hei realized that the thigh he was resting his head on actually belonged to a man.
"cough…"
Holding back his smile, Lao Hei coughed lightly, adjusted his posture slightly, and asked softly, "What's the situation now?"
There was a moment of silence, and it was unclear whether they didn't want to talk or couldn't bear to talk. Lao Hei's arm fell into the water, and he tried to stand up by holding on to the mud, but was held by Ding Yi again.
"elder brother…"
A slightly trembling voice sounded, as if crying again, but also as if afraid: "Don't look at it... Really... Don't look at it..."
Lao Hei's body froze, and then he collapsed powerlessly. The joy of saving the little girl in his heart disappeared in an instant, leaving only endless confusion. All he could hear was the sound of raindrops hitting the ground, perhaps mixed with crying, which didn't sound very real.
I don’t know how long he was silent, maybe he fainted once in the middle, then Lao Hei finally spoke with difficulty: “I… we, our people… do you have…”
"It's okay! Everything is fine, don't worry!"
Ding Yi leaned close to his ear, as if to reassure him, and said quickly and firmly: "There are a few injured, all of them are slightly injured! I have counted the heads, and all the people we brought are here, except... except Yang Xu..."
"What? He..."
Lao Hei frowned and was about to say something when he heard a movement in front of him and a thin and cold little body leaned in his arms, stroking his brow with a small hand.
"Hmm..."
The words on his lips froze, and he endured the pain with his injured arm to lift up the torn coat that someone had put on him, and held the little girl in his arms. Although it was a pity that they couldn't communicate in the same language, he felt that the language was not important at the moment.
Ding Yi's words were still coming, but the result was somewhat different from what Lao Hei had expected.
"The scene was so chaotic, I only saw him hiding in the back... Later, those people picked some people to carry the body... But he was not carried out in the direction he ran to, so maybe he escaped!"
"Huh..." Lao Hei let out a long breath and moved his lips, but he didn't say the three words "That's good".
“Huff…Huff…!”
To the north of the tribe, a figure was running barefoot in the forest, breathing heavily, and even the footprints he left were bloody, but he didn't dare to stop for a moment. It was Yang Xu who Ding Yi had said had escaped.
“Plop!”
"Uh ah..."
A banana leaf that was knocked to the ground by the rain slipped under his feet, and the sharp edge cut a bloody wound on his leg in the blink of an eye. Yang Xu couldn't help but cry out in pain, then he gritted his teeth and climbed up, continuing to run forward.
The blood loss and physical exhaustion made him feel cold, especially in the dark rain forest, where he couldn't see the road clearly. His face had been bruised by the bumps in the forest. He was like a headless fly, running around everywhere.
However, he didn't dare stop, not even for a moment.
"Step~"
A long-tailed leopard cat poked its head out from the treetop, quietly looking at the uninvited prey under the tree, and at a certain moment, it suddenly pounced down.
“Ouch~”
A roar was heard in the woods, but after a while, it stopped abruptly.
The heavy rain continued until the second half of the night and only stopped when it was dawn.
The bonfire built by Gu Lang and his friends lasted less than two hours in the rain before it was completely submerged by the rising river water. So the cold fireworks that Han Daxia and Yuan Xiaoxiao had not thrown away came in handy again. After a badger woke up from the rain that overturned the leaves, it became a lighting tool for everyone to travel at night.
In the early morning, the fog enveloped the entire rain forest. As soon as they walked out of the darkness, the surroundings became a white world again. Several people turned south and returned to the rising river again, intending to choose a river bank that was not flooded to rest.
Gu Lang and Lao Han, who had not slept all night, looked pale. Even Wang Ping and Xiao Huang, whose fur was wet, looked listless.
Joyoung had already wrapped the camera and drone with waterproof cloth when they started to avoid the rain, fearing that water would get in. Chen Bai's hair turned white with anxiety, and he kept calling Lao Han, asking him to tell Joyoung that the equipment was waterproof. However, every time the number in the small dark room called, it could not be answered.
Therefore, Yi Jiuyang’s live broadcast room has now completely become Jiuyang Radio Station.
When they reached the river, they turned west and soon, Wang An, who was checking the route, exclaimed in surprise: "Huh? Here... It seems we are near the coordinates!"
Everyone suddenly stopped and turned to look at the riverside woods that were no different from anywhere else.
Although no images could be seen in the live broadcast room, everyone's voices could still be heard clearly. Wang An's words shocked everyone. Chen Bai threw the chopsticks back into the takeaway lunch box and rushed back to the monitor in a few steps.
“Are we there yet?”
“It’s finally time to start”
"You guys must keep going!"
"Looking forward to the surprises from Brother San"
"Duzuitianya gave the anchor 6 rockets as a reward..."
"Jiuyang's persistence has not been in vain"
"Stay up late tonight and watch the live broadcast!"
At this time, Gu Laosan's voice came from the live broadcast room, which made everyone a little confused.
“Jiuyang, let the boss accompany you to the forest later! If you meet the natives, don’t resist, just go with them obediently! I’ll make up for it first... Ahem, we will protect you in the dark!”