Chapter 779 Escape (2)


Chapter 779 Escape (2)

Chen Shi, who was afraid of death, stood firm and sat by the fire with his bag in his arms, waiting for Xia Mubing to come back.

Time gradually passed and the light became darker and darker. Chen Shi silently took out the knife from his bag and held it in his hand. The blade of the knife faced outwards and he observed the surroundings with a vigilant expression.

The fire at his feet was warm and bright. This warmth made the huge forest feel extraordinarily quiet and dark. Occasionally, a bird or two flying by would frighten Chen Shi. Despite this, the knife in his hand was still held firmly.

Jiang Feng noticed that this knife was the rusty knife he saw in Fenyuan. There is no rust on this knife now, only the blood stains that have not been wiped off in time. It looks particularly sharp and bloody against the fire.

Finally, Xia Mubing came back.

Carrying a jug of water and nothing else.

"Is the water source far away? Why did you go there for so long?" Chen Shi said impatiently.

"It's not very far. I just went to look around to see if there were any edible fruits." The result was obvious. Xia Mubing came back empty-handed and brought nothing back.

Chen Shi couldn't help but look a little disappointed. He gave up the warmest and best seat closest to the fire to Xia Mubing, and then walked to another place that was not very flat and sat down.

"I just looked around here, but there was nothing edible."

"It's okay. I won't die if I don't eat for a few days. As long as there is a water source." Xia Mubing didn't care much about food. He handed the kettle to Chen Shi and asked him to drink water. "As long as he can go out in these two days."

Chen Shi took the kettle and drank half of the bottle in one breath before stopping. He put down the bottle and carefully wiped the mud on the kettle with a very dirty cotton coat. He cherished it and even touched the iron kettle carefully, as if What baby are you touching?

"This kettle must be valuable." Chen Shi opened the bag and stuffed the kettle back into the bag.

Xia Mubing added two sticks of firewood to the fire and fiddled with the fire to let air in to make the fire burn bigger: "Those two strings of beads in your bag are valuable."

"Brother Xia, you didn't lie to me. Are these two strings of beads really as valuable as you said? Can I really use these two strings of beads to buy a few acres of land in our village?" Chen Shi hugged her tightly. cloth bag, "I listened to you and took these two strings of beads instead of the piece of gold."

"Yes." Xia Mubing cherished his words like gold.

Compared with whether the jewelry in the bag is valuable, Xia Mubing is more concerned about whether he can return to Peiping smoothly after going out: "Are you sure you can go to Star City through this forest?"

Chen Shi nodded: "Absolutely, I came here this way. Let me tell you, Star City is very prosperous. There are many foreigners, good inns, ships, docks, casinos, brothels, and the girls and immortals in them. Similar.”

"My home is right next to Star City, but we have to be careful when we go there. There are bandits there. You will be robbed if you walk on the main road, and you will be robbed on the small road. If you are lucky, you will only have no money, if you are unlucky, you will even lose your life. Gone.”

Xia Mubing looked at Chen Shi, half-smiling but not smiling, and slightly raised the corners of his mouth: "Are you still afraid of bandits?"

Chen Shi knew that Xia Mubing was referring to how he dared to do such things as killing his superiors, escaping, and stealing money. How could he be afraid of the bandits? He explained: "The bandits over there are so ferocious and vicious. Everyone has something in their hands." There were several or even dozens of lives, and there were guns. Those veterans may not have killed that many people.”

"Then how many have you killed?" Xia Mubing talked in a homely tone about things that were not in line with the core values ​​of socialism.

"I don't know, maybe two, maybe three, maybe none at all." Chen Shi said, "Don't think I've been in the military longer than you. I've only been in the army three or four times, but it's quite a lot. ”

"By the way, have you been on the battlefield before?" Chen Shi asked curiously.

Xia Mubing shook his head.

"Then why are you so skilled in that move?" Chen Shi stretched out his hand and scratched in front of his neck, making a clicking gesture, "It really scared me this morning. I thought we were dead, but you stabbed me. Just..."

"It's no different from killing pigs and chickens."

Chen Shi suddenly realized: "So you are a butcher, no wonder you are so strong."

Xia Mubing:……

"But it's good that you haven't been in a war. You don't know, but the battlefield is scary. There are people everywhere, and you can chop them with a knife. Many people were scared to the point of peeing for the first time, and then ran around. , he ran to the front and was hacked to death with random knives. I guess Ji himself died in a daze." Chen Shi said, "It's still our own people fighting our own people. What kind of world do you think this is? If we don't fight back, our own people will fight our own people here. ”

Xia Mubing fiddled with the fire without raising his head: "If we go to Peiping to fight, won't you run away?"

"Escape, you must escape." Chen Shi said firmly, "If you don't escape, you will be disabled, otherwise it will be impossible to go back. If you become disabled, you will be disabled. What is the difference between death and death? Going back will be a drag. Family.”

"I was deceived by them. At first they said they were in charge of food and I would get paid every month. They didn't tell me that I was going to serve as a soldier, so I came here in a daze. But now I only care about food and I don't see any money." A few, and I might still die. My parents are still waiting for me to go back to marry a wife and have a son. I can’t lose my life here.”

Xia Mubing smiled and said nothing.

"By the way, Brother Xia, if you want to go back to Peiping so much, are your parents also in Peking for you to go back and marry a wife? I'm telling you, I can tell. The places where wars are happening now are dangerous, especially in the north. You go back to Peiping. Pick up your parents as soon as possible, it's safer in the south," Chen Shi advised.

Xia Mubing ignored him, closed her eyes and prepared to sleep.

After a few minutes, Xia Mubing suddenly opened his eyes: "I'll go to sleep first. If you're sleepy and can't hold on any longer, wake me up and let me keep watch."

"Oh." Chen Shi held the parcel and kept vigil.

A night of silence.

Xia Mubing slept for the first half of the night and Chen Shi slept for the second half of the night. In fact, neither of them slept well, but they just needed to rest in order to travel the next day.

Jiang Feng had been staring at the campfire at night. It was very quiet. Not to mention the jackals, tigers and leopards, not even small things like rabbits came close. The silence in the woods was terrifying.

But on the other hand, this silence can also give people peace of mind.

At dawn the next day, Xia Mubing first put out the fire, then went to the river to fill a pot of water. After filling a pot of water, he woke Chen Shi up, and the two continued on their way.

Still lost.

From Jiang Feng's point of view, the forest looks the same everywhere. Apart from the fact that trees are still trees, there is no difference in species. Xia Mubing and Chen Shi were similar. Neither of them were masters of wilderness survival. They could only tell a direction. In this case, it was difficult to distinguish between east, west and north.

Xia Mubing was a little stronger. He could at least look for water sources through the color and moisture of the land, and judge whether he and Chen Shi were going deeper based on the denseness of the trees.

But it can only go so far. Xia Mubing's Chen Shihe ability cannot help them get out of the woods smoothly.

The two walked for another whole day.

Chen Shi's shoes were completely worn out. He couldn't bear to throw them away, so he kicked them in his arms and walked away holding the worn shoes. Fortunately, although it was winter now, there was no snow on the ground. Otherwise, if he walked barefoot in this state, he would be afraid of frostbite on his feet after walking for a long time.

In such a dense forest, there is no navigation, no direction, no way, no idea where you are, when you can get out, no food, no animals, only water, which is extremely scary.

If Xia Mubing and Chen Shi were mentally fragile, fear and despair alone would be enough to kill them.

Although these two people are not masters of wilderness survival, they are definitely masters of survival. Even Chen Shi, who was very afraid of death, did not give up and collapse in this situation. The two of them looked for edible fruits as they walked. If there were no fruits, Chen Shi looked for edible bark. He used the knife in his pocket to cut off the old bark on the outside, and then dug out the tender ones inside that could be chewed and ate them.

The next day passed and night fell.

Compared with the night before, Xia Mubing and Chen Shi were obviously much tired at this time. They didn't eat much for nearly two days, only drank water, and kept walking. They had no direction, no goal, and even a little despair. The dual physical and psychological pressure made both of them not in a good mental state.

Almost as soon as the fire was set up, Chen Shi collapsed on the ground without thinking about it. He just put his feet close to the fire to warm them to avoid freezing.

"What kind of forest is this? Why is there nothing?" Chen Shi complained in despair. He picked up a stone on the ground and threw it against the tree, causing the two birds on the tree to flutter away.

"There are no living creatures except birds, but we don't have a slingshot and we can't even hit the birds."

"It's winter now, so there are very few living animals. The ones on the outside have probably been caught and eaten by people nearby. If you want to find living animals, you have to go deep. If you go in, you won't be able to get out," Xia Mubing said. .

Chen Shi put down his arms dejectedly.

"I remember there was a story, right? Some pig or some rabbit. Can't a rabbit run over now and hit us next to us? There are so many trees here." Chen Shi pointed to the largest and thickest one beside us. Tree.

"You also know that it is a story, made up by others. How could a rabbit be so stupid that it hits a tree and dies."

"If you are tired, you can go to bed first, and I will keep vigil and wake you up later in the night." Xia Mubing said.

No reply.

Chen Shi had fallen asleep, obviously very tired. Sometimes psychological fatigue is more terrible than physical fatigue.

Xia Mubing yawned and turned to look at the tree that Chen Shi pointed to just now.

Jiang Feng read his desire for rabbits from his eyes.

Obviously, even the young version of Xia Mubing, who doesn't speak much and kills people like pigs, would still have certain expectations for the fables he scorned when he was extremely hungry and tired.

He just didn't know if a silly rabbit that met his expectations hit the tree. (End of chapter)

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