HPDBC Chapter 229 You Trust Them Very Much
Chapter 229 You Trust Them Very Much
The first half of the night was calm.
When it was time to change shifts, Qin Yuchen stretched, jumped down from the tree and went into the tent.
Zhang Qiling was sitting upright on the folding bed, dozing off. He heard some noise and tilted his head slightly. Feeling a familiar scent approaching, he opened his eyes, stood up, and made room.
The two of them looked at each other briefly, Qin Yuchen took off his shoes and lay down, watching Zhang Qiling leave the tent.
Hei Xia Zi also turned over at this time, facing Qin Yuchen, and waved at Zhang Qiling's back.
The second half of the night was colder than the first, but the fog had dissipated and the moonlight illuminated the entire camp.
Zhang Qiling sat on the branch where Qin Yuchen had sat, and looked up at the moon in a daze.
Peaceful night.
In the early morning, the people John arranged to explore the way had not returned yet.
Several drones took off and scanned the situation within a radius of hundreds of miles.
"It seems we must pass through this wetland."
Led by John, a few people who had a say in the team sat together, watching the real-time images projected on the computer.
The river in the image spans the entire mountain range, and downstream is a wetland of inestimable size.
As we all know, wetlands are places where snakes, insects, rats and ants are rampant, not to mention that there must be some unknown creatures.
Just like the bugs they encountered yesterday, swarms of them appeared silently around them.
Someone wanted to ask if they could avoid this wetland, but before they could say anything, they remembered that this place was almost untouched by anyone.
The role of the two guides ended when they found the river.
The reason they were still in the team was because of yesterday's accident. They could have returned the same way but were forced to go down to the bottom of the cliff and be tied together with the entire team.
The people who were sent out also brought back the news of safety.
They didn't hesitate any more. After all, they had come this far and it was pointless to worry about it, so John asked everyone to get ready and set off directly.
The team moved very quickly after scouting the road.
The three people who always liked to sit at the back were arranged behind John this time.
The reason for this is all thanks to the black man that Hei Xia Zi made friends with.
The voice was so loud that it seemed as if no one had heard it, and he exaggerated the story of the three of them jumping off the cliff and told "everyone".
Although I don't know what's worth bragging about this.
Hei Xia Zi, who loved to whisper with Qin Yuchen, was rarely honest. He put on a serious attitude and answered those people's tentative questions seriously.
Qin Yuchen laughed when he heard it, and when those people looked over, he immediately nodded in agreement with Hei Xia Zi.
The team arrived outside the river cave in a lively manner.
"Boss, are we going to go over these two hills, or go down along the rapids?"
The technician operating the drone handed the tablet to the pockmarked man and asked.
"How long will it take to turn over?"
John held the cigarette between his lips and squinted his eyes at the entrance of the cave.
The cave is not high, and its sides have been polished smooth by the rapids. Vines hang from the top, completely blocking half of the view inside the cave.
“The mountains are connected, so we can only go in a big circle.”
"At our current speed, it should take three or four days to reach the wetland."
The drone flew over the top of the mountain, and everyone had a panoramic view of the entire mountain range.
If they followed the river downstream, they should be able to cross the mountain in less than a day.
John took a deep drag on his cigarette, stubbed out the butt, and made a decision. He glanced at the people around him and said, "Get in the water."
"You, you, and the two of you, go down and explore the way." The man with dry hair and flat nose understood, threw out a rope and pointed to four people to let them explore the way first.
Two people responded.
The other two are Qin Yuchen and Zhang Qiling.
The two of them caught the rope. Qin Yuchen felt that Hei Xiazi was looking at them, so he shook the rope in his hand and tied it to a big tree.
Hei Xia Zi went to Zhang Qiling and helped the two of them fasten the climbing buckles while reminding them to be careful.
"You too."
Zhang Qiling pulled the rope to test the tightness and said to Hei Xiazi.
"Yeah." Hei Xiazi nodded, then took a step back and stood guard beside the big tree.
He waved to the two of them and watched them go into the cave.
Qin Yuchen was a few steps ahead of Zhang Qiling.
He cut the vines that were in the way for the people behind him, and slowly moved inside by holding on to the stone wall.
The road at the beginning was very low, and the four of them could barely squeeze through by bending over.
When they got deeper, the river water flooded the only remaining space for standing. The four people waded through the water and saw the waterfall falling vertically.
"Are we going down?" asked the man following Zhang Qiling.
"Should?" Qin Yuchen replied, and the flashlight quickly scanned the surrounding environment.
"But our rope is not long enough!" another man said quickly.
He pulled at the rope around his waist, and the gradually tightening rope was definitely not enough for them to get down to the bottom of the waterfall.
Not to mention that they don't know how high the waterfall is yet.
The sound of the water flow was loud and violent. If they went down rashly and got hung in mid-air, who could save them?
The man began to think of retreating and looked at the two calm-looking people nervously, fearing that these two people, who were not afraid at all, would jump without thinking.
"Go out and spread the message." The moment the man opened his mouth, the light of Qin Yuchen's flashlight fell on the man.
He watched every move of the man and let him go out without making any comments.
Hearing this, the man visibly breathed a sigh of relief and called his companions out:
"Let's go."
The two stumbled back.
After the figure disappeared, Qin Yuchen and Zhang Qiling did not wait there.
Qin Yuchen took off his shirt to reduce obstruction, took out two bundles of ropes, connected them to the rope around his waist, fastened the climbing buckle again and threw it down the waterfall, then looked up at Zhang Qiling.
Zhang Qiling: "Let's go."
"it is good."
The several-meter-high waterfall was no problem for them. The two of them shuttled through the splashing water mist, completely ignoring the weight of the water hitting their bodies, and slid down quickly.
It really looked like there was no protection, just like the free fall described by Hei Xiazi.
After falling to the bottom of the waterfall, Qin Yuchen and Zhang Qiling quickly untied the ropes and swam forward for a while before emerging from the water.
Find a place to get ashore, climb up, and start observing the surrounding situation.
The sound of water below the waterfall is louder and more turbulent than above, and the sound is echoed all around.
The flashlight couldn't see too far away, and could only make out the strange-shaped rocks closer to them.
The two did not plan to continue exploring forward. If they went forward, they might get away from the main force, so Qin Yuchen put away the flashlight and sat down against a rock to rest.
Zhang Qiling took out some dry food from his bag, gave half of it to others and sat down.
The two people who brought back the news successfully led the large army into the river cave.
Hei Xiazi pulled up the rope from the water, smiled silently, and turned to look at John who was looking around:
"Boss, my two friends went down first."
"Can they guarantee safety?" John asked.
"Of course." Hei Xia Zi's smile widened, and his tone was full of sincerity.
It was obvious that he trusted the two of them very much.
“You trust them.”
"In that case, let them go with you." John patted the shoulder of a man with a flat head, pointed at the man next to him who looked somewhat similar to the flat head, and said to Hei Xia Zi:
"is that OK?"
His tone was questioning, but his expression didn't contain any questioning.
"No problem." Hei Xia Zi didn't care about John's attitude and had an expression of obeying the arrangements.
Throwing away the rope in his hand, Hei Xia Zi used the method of Qin Yuchen and Zhang Qiling to connect the three ropes into one, and stood by the waterfall waiting for the two people arranged by John to be ready.
"..."
The two brothers didn't take long to prepare. Black Blind Man considerately followed the pace of the two brothers and slowly descended in John's sight.
The sound of falling water mixed with the rapids attracted the attention of Qin Yuchen and Zhang Qiling. They became alert instantly, their eyes fixed on the location of the waterfall.
Under the water surface where the flashlight could illuminate, three human-shaped shadows swam towards them quickly.
Only when the black shadow gradually approached and they recognized Hei Xia Zi did Qin Yuchen and Zhang Qiling calm down slightly.
Qin Yuchen sat back down and watched the black bear emerge from the water and then climb ashore with a playful grin on his face.
"I'm suddenly curious about something." Hei Xia Zi shook his wet hair. Qin Yuchen noticed his movement and his eyes fell on the pair of motionless glasses.
Zhang Qiling looked at Tan Yuchen.
"What?" asked Hei Xia Zi.
"How did you manage to keep your glasses from falling off despite the strong current?"
The look in his eyes that was full of requests for answers made Hei Xia Zi stunned.
After hearing this question, Zhang Qiling couldn't help but smile.
He also looked at Hei Xia Zi's glasses curiously, as if hoping for an answer.
Black Blind Man: "..."
"Is this the right time to be curious about this kind of thing?" Hei Xia Zi was helpless and complained while still giving an answer.
"Securing cord and non-slip ear supports."
"Is this thing so strong?" Qin Yuchen didn't believe it.
"You have so many sunglasses, where are your swimming sunglasses?"
"We're not in the water all the time. It would be uncomfortable to have sunglasses on our heads all the time, and it wouldn't look good either." Hei Xiazi said seriously.
"Don't worry, it's very sturdy and can be disassembled at any time."
After saying this, he felt quite proud.
If you ask what Hei Xia Zi spends most of his time and energy on, apart from his eyes, the other thing is probably his glasses.
While the three of them were talking, the two brothers had already gone ashore to catch their breath.
The man with the flat head pulled out his pistol and loaded it quickly. The moment the gunshot rang out, a black knife with a cold glow was pressed against his neck.
A chill swept through my body from the soles of my feet, and my heart, which had just calmed down, began beating violently again.
The "boom, boom, boom" sound seemed to be about to burst out of the chest.
Flathead swallowed, suppressed the fear of impending death, and looked up at the person who was sitting and chatting with him one second ago and teleported in front of him the next second.
"I…we didn't shoot on purpose!"
The flat-head's voice was shaking as he explained, but he spoke so fast that it seemed like if he was a second late the knife would cut his throat and he would never have the chance to speak again.
"The boss said the water was too loud to hear our signals, so he told us to come down and change the signal to firing a gun after we found there was no danger, so they could prepare to come down."
The flat-headed man's eyes darted around, finally landing on his brother.
His brother was no exception at this time, with another black knife hanging between his neck, and the man was just as fast.
In a split second, they were held hostage by the two men.
Seeing that the three men's expressions had not yet calmed down, Pingtou quickly handed over the pistol in his hand:
"There's only one bullet, and it's a blank! If you don't believe me, you can check it."
Hearing this, Hei Xiazi took the pistol and deftly took out the magazine to check.
is empty.
"Oh, it seems you are not lying." The sound of falling into the water was heard again. Hei Xiazi glanced at the waterfall, installed the magazine and returned the pistol.
Hei Xia Zi's series of actions and expressions proved that Ping Tou was not lying.
Qin Yuchen and Zhang Qiling put away their swords and returned to their original positions.
"Cough, cough, cough--" The pressure disappeared instantly, Pingtou felt itchy in his throat, and he started coughing uncomfortably.
He observed the three people who had returned to normal without leaving any trace.
It seemed as if what had just happened was not caused by those three people. They calmly started a conversation and were now chatting enthusiastically.
Are these three people really as they appear?
Flathead became suspicious.
In his impression, the three of them were quiet, never stood out, and never joined in the fun.
He also did not show any extraordinary abilities.
The only ability he demonstrated was probably his extremely fast cliff jumping speed.
There may be some exaggeration on the part of the black man.
Now, after only a brief moment of drawing and shedding his sword, Pingtou could clearly sense the gap between him and them.
Qin Yuchen noticed the vague gaze of Pingtou and decided to keep him for a while.
After all, this person fired the shot to give a signal that it was safe. If those people came down and found that the two men had fallen to the ground and there was nothing else around, it would be easy to think that they were the ones who did it.
When he is not in an advantageous position in terms of numbers or environment, Qin Yuchen never acts blindly, so it is more cost-effective to pretend for a while longer than to turn against him.
People in the team gradually arrived, and this temporary shore where people found a place to breathe could not accommodate so many people.
John asked those who had rested to form groups of four, inflate the rubber boat, and then get on the boat to make room for those who had not yet come ashore to rest.
Pingtou couldn't find a suitable opportunity to tell John about the situation of Qin Yuchen and the other two, but instead formed a team with them and got on the same rubber boat.
"It's fate."
The four of them sat down facing each other. When Hei Xia Zi saw that it was Ping Tou, he smiled and greeted him.
"Hehe..." Pingtou laughed awkwardly and closed his eyes, thinking that he would not be bothered by it.