"Eh?" Qin Wu Dynasty stretched out his hand, raised his head and looked at his head, "there is water."

Li Qingning listened carefully and nodded after a while: "it's raining."

As soon as the voice fell, the sound of raindrops beating the leaves gradually became denser, and the big rain rolled down from the branches and leaves overhead and fell on the ground.

Li Qing and Qin Wu Dynasty hurriedly took out the tarpaulin and were about to put it on their body. Li Qing fiercely tilted his head, but Gu Yue looked up and let the rain hit her delicate cheeks. Their eyes stared at the top of their heads without blinking, and their face was a little strange.

"What are you doing? You'll catch a cold if you get wet." Li Qing covered Gu Yue's head with the waterproof cloth in his hand.

"Can't go any further." Gu Yue suddenly opened her mouth slowly.

Li Qing couldn't help but be stunned and puzzled: "why?"

"This rain can kill us."

Qin WuChao stared: "don't be kidding. It's not as evil as you say."

Gu Yue pursed her lips and crouched down against a tree trunk: "I suggest going back to Longxi, or changing the way."

Because of the last incident, the Qin and Wu dynasties were originally quite dissatisfied with Gu Yue. Now they were annoyed when they saw that she had to retreat again: "if you don't want to go, just say it and make these inexplicable words to scare people. You think I grew up drinking boiled water?"

"Shut up." Li Qing stared at Qin WuChao and looked back, "wait until they catch up."

After a while, Zhong Ruoxi followed. Shi Yinghui shook the waterproof cloth on his body and said with a smile, "this is the weather here. It's the rainy season. It's such a rain. We can't stop for ten days and a half months. We have a hard time."

Zhong Ruoxi's mind was delicate. The first one noticed something wrong and asked faintly, "what's the matter?"

Pointing to the ancient moon, the Qin Wu Dynasty shouted angrily, "she said we can't go any further, or we will die. It is suggested to return to Longxi immediately or take another way."

Ji Wenbin smiled: "your women are troubled. It's just a rain. What's the danger? Can we be killed by rain?"

Master Deng's face changed, stared at Gu Yue and asked, "are you worried about... Swamp?"

Before Gu Yue answered, Ji Wenbin shook his head carelessly: "Hey, what's to worry about? We have so many people. If anyone falls in, it's not over. Cut a few branches and carry them in his hands. Line up in front and back. Anyone who accidentally touches the road will give each other a hand. We used to do this when we met this kind of thing in the old forest. I have experience in this field."

"The situation in the swamp here is different." Shi Yinghui also seemed to suddenly think of something and said with a gloomy face, "there's something below. As long as you fall in, you'll have to amputate at least."

"Shit!" Ji Wenbin was startled, and his cheeks were a little white. "Something? What fun?"

"It's a kind of insect." Deng Shi answered, "we heard before we came to Longxi that there is a kind of black beetle in the swamp here, which can drill into people's skin and flesh, and even bones can gnaw a hole. Our side is the shady side of the mountain. It's raining so hard that many dried swamps will take shape again in a short time."

Feng Yucheng nodded: "if we catch up with the fog again, it will be more troublesome."

The gas decomposed in the swamp contains strong toxicity. Once volatilized, it can cause fatal damage to people and animals. It is called "fog" in folk proverbs.

Ji Wenbin heard several people say so. His courage completely disappeared, and he was a little nervous in an instant: "what are you waiting for? Why don't we turn back the same way and find another way."

Shi Yinghui looked anxious: "but time is not enough! Well, even if we don't pick up the second batch of materials, even if we return now, there is the residence of the thirty-two mixed knitting division behind us. Where can we go? Although there is danger here, my opinion is to continue to move forward."

Gu Yue sneered, lifted her eyelids and looked up and down at Shi Yinghui, with a touch of irony on her mouth: "do you think it's just as simple as swamp?"

Shi Yinghui was stunned: "what do you mean?"

The jade hand lifted slightly, and the ancient moon pointed to the front: "I've walked this road. You don't know how bad the environment on this road is. If it's in the dry season, it's no problem to pass here, but if it's in the rainy season..."

"With the increase of rainfall and the rise of the river downstream, you will quickly submerge here, and you will see some interesting things."

Li Qing raised her head and stared at Gu Yue: "what do you mean?"

"Crocodile." the ancient moon replied faintly.

Hearing this, Yang Xun suddenly changed his face and couldn't help thinking of some of his past experiences. At that time, he defected from the bleeding skeleton and ran for his life all the way. When crossing the river, he was almost torn by a group of crocodiles.

After a moment of silence, Li Qing nodded: "now the situation is basically clear. We should make a decision as soon as possible, whether to return the same way or continue to go deep."

"This still needs to be decided?" Gu Yue raised her pretty face and surprised her eyes. "What are you thinking?"

Zhong Ruoxi said, "in that case, let's see what most people mean. I advocate moving forward."

Gu Yue hissed, "you don't have to say I know. You just care if you can arrive on time. When did you care about the life and death of these people?"

Shi Yinghui was not happy and said firmly, "now I have reached this step. I insist on going on."

"I object." Ji Wenbin raised a hand. "Gu Yue is right. A group of living people can't run ahead and fight with animals. Now director Zhong and brigade leader Shi insist on going inside. Gu Yue and I agree to go back. The vote is two to two. Let's see what other people mean."

After that, Ji Wenbin turned his head to look at the others who were silent and stared: "you... Talk? Why don't you talk?"

Therefore, Deng Shifeng Yucheng and the five people all looked at Li Qing with an embarrassed face.

Ji Wenbin was stunned: "shit! I asked you what you mean. Why do you all look at Li Qing? Can he decide for you?"

"Hum." Gu Yue snorted stiffly and stared at Li Qing with a disgruntled look on her face. "Isn't that clear enough? These people all wear a pair of pants and listen to you alone. It depends on the meaning of most people. You can decide by yourself!"

Li Qing couldn't help but tut: "you're a girl's house. Why are you always full of dirty words."

Zhong Ruoxi reached out and stabbed Li Qing: "less nonsense, no time to delay here."

"This... This..." Li Qing stood up, looked into the dense forest, and then turned to Feng Yucheng, "what do you think?"

"Turning back now is tantamount to giving up the task." Feng Yucheng whispered back, "you are the captain and make your own decision."

The ball was kicked back again. Li Qing hesitated for a moment and looked at Deng Shi: "what about you?"

"I never care about the so-called possibility of casualties. Which mission did we have in the past, there was no danger of dead people?" master Deng glanced disdainfully, then looked to the other side, "you are the captain, make your own decision."

"Shit!" Li Qing scolded a dirty word and waved fiercely, "go!"

"Li Qing!" Gu Yue stood up and shouted.

The rain trickled down from above. Li Qing turned back, stared at Gu Yue for a while, and slowly narrowed his eyes: "this road must go..."

"Kill yourself!" Gu Yue said bitterly, and then walked in front of Li Qing, "I'll lead the way."

The rain was getting heavier and heavier. At first, the ten people were still moving fast. Later, with the gradual deepening and the darkness, they had to slow down and walk carefully in the rain forest.

Gu Yue walked in front, Li Qing followed behind her, and others behind her also lined up, separated by a distance of one or two meters.

He raised his head, looked through the dense branches and leaves, and looked at the sky cut into fragments by the leaves. Li Qing's eyebrows were a little puzzled: "we're clearly on the mountain road. According to the truth, the terrain has gradually moved to the top. Why are there swamps?"

Gu Yue answered softly, "the soil here is different from other places. The soil is loose, but it is especially good at storing water. In this area of Western Asia, there is a drought lasting two or three months every autumn and winter, but when have you seen the lack of water here?"

"Hehe, it's good this time. We don't have to worry about drinking water." Li Qing looked up and smiled bitterly.

"Don't talk nonsense. Maybe after today, you won't need to drink water."

While talking, Gu Yue gave a slight meal at her feet. Yu grabbed the branch in her hand and poked it on the grass. Li Qing stretched her neck to see that the grass over there was easily penetrated by branches and stirred up a black mud. It seemed that there were some dense little things crawling in it.

"The next road is hard to go. Pay attention to your feet." Gu Yue pursed her lips and whispered. Her voice soon dissipated in the dense rain and became very unreal.

Shi Yinghui came round to the front, pulled off the engineer's shovel, pouted a shovel in the mud, then turned on the waterproof flashlight and looked under his eyes.

After wiping his face full of rain, Shi Yinghui stared at the black beetles surging in the mud and couldn't help nodding: "yes, it's this thing. The year I first came to Longxi, I took the team into the mountain to perform tasks, and more than half of the whole company died on this little thing."

Ji Wenbin stretched his head and came over. Seeing those small insects mixed in the mud, he couldn't help feeling numb on his scalp: "is this fun so powerful?"

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