, A Malicious Heart (1)
In the pitch-black forest amidst the stirring snake group, I held the realgar powder that was about to run out, looking at the fat man in front of me. I had never really felt him so tall before; he seemed like a golden titan.
In the midst of danger, he fought fiercely, unafraid of death, just to open a way out!
"Cuige, so amazing!"
Luoqiong, this kid, looked at the fat man with admiration in his eyes. Not to mention him, I was also starting to admire this guy. Breaking the two large black snakes with his bare hands, the remaining snake and the snake group felt fear and began to retreat.
I grabbed hold of Luoqiong and shouted, "Let's go, follow the fat guy and run out."
We couldn't hide in this corner anymore, we had to rush out. The fat guy ran furiously towards the outside! Luoqiong and I charged forward, the three of us rushing into the midst of the snakes like fearless warriors.
In fact, many years later when I recalled these events, those dark nights, those battles, and the hot blood burning because of youth, they all made my heart race in the quiet nights.
People only have one youth, if one doesn't do something crazy and reckless in their twenties, perhaps they will regret it when they are old...
I followed the fat guy, the three of us only knew to charge forward.
"Kill!"
I had used up all the Realgar in my hand, but there were still venomous snakes leaping at us. I grabbed the beast bone dagger and stabbed the snake coiled around my shoulder, blood splattered onto my face.
"Rush out!"
I shouted again, with the fat guy at the forefront and Luoqiong at the rear, the snakes surrounded us from all sides. If any of the three of us were bitten, the consequences would be severe. We ran madly in one direction, gradually leaving the snakes behind, but we dared not stop.
We had run nearly two hundred meters away, the snakes were no longer chasing us, the surrounding woods seemed much cleaner. Both Luoqiong and I collapsed on the ground, the fat guy leaned against a tree, slowly opening his mouth, and a greenish mist floated out of his mouth, quickly dissipating into the air.
Exhaling a breath from his mouth, the fat guy sat on the ground, sweating profusely, panting as if seriously ill, and even kept hitting his own chest.
"Are you okay?"
For an ordinary person without training, holding one's breath for two minutes would already be very good. If intense physical activity is added, the breath-holding time will be greatly shortened. From the time the fat guy performed the possession ritual to now, at least four or five minutes had passed, plus the battle with the snake swarm and the mad dash for two hundred meters. Even trained athletes might not be able to do it.
The fat guy waved his hand weakly, his face had turned completely pale, he couldn't speak at all, as if something was stuck in his chest.
"Fat guy, fat guy!"
I shouted a few times, the fat guy kept hitting his chest, his lips turning a purplish color.
"Luoqiong, come help!"
I shouted, and Luoqiong hurried over.
"The fat guy can't catch his breath now, it's dangerous to continue like this. I'll support his whole person, you try to press the air out of his lungs. Hurry!"
The fat guy weighed over two hundred pounds, and when I lifted him, it felt like lifting a car. My arms were trembling desperately, unable to support myself for long. But there was only one belief in my mind, to save my childhood playmate! He's been my brother since we were little.
Gritting my teeth, my face turned red, I held my head up and persevered. Luoqiong smashed into the fat guy's chest. This was a crude method, one of the ways to treat a pneumothorax. The fat guy had a buildup of air in his chest from holding his breath for too long. If this air wasn't released, he wouldn't be able to breathe normally.
I could feel my legs trembling desperately, my waist ached as if it wasn't mine, my whole body sending a signal I couldn't hold on much longer.
Luoqiong swung his arms and pounded the fat guy's chest, after about ten strikes, the fat guy finally coughed.
*Cough...*
This cough meant that the air in his chest had cleared, and I couldn't hold on any longer and collapsed on the ground. The fat guy fell to the ground, coughing incessantly, then desperately breathed, as if a wanderer who had just come out of the desert and now found the air, which we usually never cared about, to be extremely precious.
"Cough... Damn... I almost died..."
Sometimes people create miracles in dangerous situations, and the fat guy just created a miracle. Without professional training, he held his breath for 4 minutes, ran desperately for over 200 meters, and even fought with a group of snakes. Perhaps this is something that cannot be explained by science. Whenever we talk about the past, we summarize it with one sentence "The heavens didn't want us to die."
Having no strength left, I leaned against a big tree while Lóng Yōng had a big smile on his face. The three of us couldn't run anymore, but we had indeed escaped the dangerous situation.
"This time really exhausted me... Cough..."
The fat guy finally recovered and started muttering to himself. Lóng Yōng and I just stood there and laughed. We planned to rest for a while and then go back to the village to meet with Qin Qiānqiū. After a few days, we would see if we could return to retrieve Língjuān's body.
In my opinion, Língjuān was probably not going to survive, even though the mountain master had shown great abilities. But after considering it, I still felt that the monster had the upper hand.
"I hope there's an antidote on Língjuān's body. If he dies, the rest of us will be in trouble. Let's head back for now..."
I got up against the big tree and started walking back slowly. But as soon as I took a step, I heard a commotion from behind.
"Damn, could it be the snakes catching up?"
Hearing the strange noise, I couldn't help but shudder and hurriedly looked back, only to see a few figures approaching from a distance.
"It doesn't seem like snakes, it's people, right? How could there be people coming from that direction?"
Lóng Yōng also asked in surprise.
It wasn't until the other party got close that we could see clearly. It was actually Língquán and two sturdy men with hunting rifles. Língquán looked very tired at the moment, with dark circles under her eyes, bloodshot eyes, and seemingly some serious injuries, while the two men with rifles were even more severely injured. The one standing on the left had his arm seemingly broken, with a large piece of flesh missing from the upper arm, which looked very painful.
Compared to them, the three of us were much better off. These two strong men must have protected Língquán and fought their way out of a siege.
"It's you guys..."
The fat guy breathed a sigh of relief and said, "You guys managed to escape too? How?"
One of the men on the other side asked in surprise.
"Let's go back to the village first. Your injuries are serious enough, don't lose too much blood or let the wounds get infected."
The fat guy called us to go back, but I asked with concern, "What about your brother?"
That was what really concerned me. If her brother died and the antidote wasn't with him, then the fat guy and I would be waiting to die.
"Brother..." Língquán was still very weak. "Is trapped. We managed to escape first..."
As expected, Língjuān was trapped! After assessing the injuries on Língquán and the two men, the fighting power of the three had been severely weakened to the extreme. It could be said that aside from the hunting rifles in their hands, these three were no threat at all.
I looked back at the fat guy and made eye contact, winking subtly. The fat guy immediately understood, and stealthily walked behind the three of them.
"Língquán, my and the fat guy's bodies have been poisoned by your brother's venomous insects. Does your brother have the antidote?"
I straightforwardly asked.
Ling Qian, not stupid, frowned weakly and asked, "What do you mean by that?"
"I didn't mean anything special. I don't have any grudges with you and your brother, but I also don't want my life to be controlled by others. Tell me honestly, does your brother have an antidote?"
My face instantly turned cold. Just then, the fat man grabbed Ling Qian from behind, pulled her back forcefully, and the two strong men who were seriously injured had no reaction and couldn't resist the fat man's attack. The fat man grabbed Ling Qian and held a beast bone dagger against her neck. The two strong men immediately aimed shotguns at me and the fat man, and the situation became tense, filled with the smell of gunpowder.
Luo Qiong was a little at a loss, staring at us strangely.
"What are you doing?" Ling Qian asked with a cold expression.
"We are just trying to survive. Tell me, does your brother have the antidote?"
Don't blame me for being ruthless. Judging from my experience on this path, kind-hearted people don't live long.
In the pitch-black forest amidst the stirring snake group, I held the realgar powder that was about to run out, looking at the fat man in front of me. I had never really felt him so tall before; he seemed like a golden titan.
In the midst of danger, he fought fiercely, unafraid of death, just to open a way out!
"Cuige, so amazing!"
Luoqiong, this kid, looked at the fat man with admiration in his eyes. Not to mention him, I was also starting to admire this guy. Breaking the two large black snakes with his bare hands, the remaining snake and the snake group felt fear and began to retreat.
I grabbed hold of Luoqiong and shouted, "Let's go, follow the fat guy and run out."
We couldn't hide in this corner anymore, we had to rush out. The fat guy ran furiously towards the outside! Luoqiong and I charged forward, the three of us rushing into the midst of the snakes like fearless warriors.
In fact, many years later when I recalled these events, those dark nights, those battles, and the hot blood burning because of youth, they all made my heart race in the quiet nights.
People only have one youth, if one doesn't do something crazy and reckless in their twenties, perhaps they will regret it when they are old...
I followed the fat guy, the three of us only knew to charge forward.
"Kill!"
I had used up all the Realgar in my hand, but there were still venomous snakes leaping at us. I grabbed the beast bone dagger and stabbed the snake coiled around my shoulder, blood splattered onto my face.
"Rush out!"
I shouted again, with the fat guy at the forefront and Luoqiong at the rear, the snakes surrounded us from all sides. If any of the three of us were bitten, the consequences would be severe. We ran madly in one direction, gradually leaving the snakes behind, but we dared not stop.
We had run nearly two hundred meters away, the snakes were no longer chasing us, the surrounding woods seemed much cleaner. Both Luoqiong and I collapsed on the ground, the fat guy leaned against a tree, slowly opening his mouth, and a greenish mist floated out of his mouth, quickly dissipating into the air.
Exhaling a breath from his mouth, the fat guy sat on the ground, sweating profusely, panting as if seriously ill, and even kept hitting his own chest.
"Are you okay?"
For an ordinary person without training, holding one's breath for two minutes would already be very good. If intense physical activity is added, the breath-holding time will be greatly shortened. From the time the fat guy performed the possession ritual to now, at least four or five minutes had passed, plus the battle with the snake swarm and the mad dash for two hundred meters. Even trained athletes might not be able to do it.
The fat guy waved his hand weakly, his face had turned completely pale, he couldn't speak at all, as if something was stuck in his chest.
"Fat guy, fat guy!"
I shouted a few times, the fat guy kept hitting his chest, his lips turning a purplish color.
"Luoqiong, come help!"
I shouted, and Luoqiong hurried over.
"The fat guy can't catch his breath now, it's dangerous to continue like this. I'll support his whole person, you try to press the air out of his lungs. Hurry!"
The fat guy weighed over two hundred pounds, and when I lifted him, it felt like lifting a car. My arms were trembling desperately, unable to support myself for long. But there was only one belief in my mind, to save my childhood playmate! He's been my brother since we were little.
Gritting my teeth, my face turned red, I held my head up and persevered. Luoqiong smashed into the fat guy's chest. This was a crude method, one of the ways to treat a pneumothorax. The fat guy had a buildup of air in his chest from holding his breath for too long. If this air wasn't released, he wouldn't be able to breathe normally.
I could feel my legs trembling desperately, my waist ached as if it wasn't mine, my whole body sending a signal I couldn't hold on much longer.
Luoqiong swung his arms and pounded the fat guy's chest, after about ten strikes, the fat guy finally coughed.
*Cough...*
This cough meant that the air in his chest had cleared, and I couldn't hold on any longer and collapsed on the ground. The fat guy fell to the ground, coughing incessantly, then desperately breathed, as if a wanderer who had just come out of the desert and now found the air, which we usually never cared about, to be extremely precious.
"Cough... Damn... I almost died..."
Sometimes people create miracles in dangerous situations, and the fat guy just created a miracle. Without professional training, he held his breath for 4 minutes, ran desperately for over 200 meters, and even fought with a group of snakes. Perhaps this is something that cannot be explained by science. Whenever we talk about the past, we summarize it with one sentence "The heavens didn't want us to die."
Having no strength left, I leaned against a big tree while Lóng Yōng had a big smile on his face. The three of us couldn't run anymore, but we had indeed escaped the dangerous situation.
"This time really exhausted me... Cough..."
The fat guy finally recovered and started muttering to himself. Lóng Yōng and I just stood there and laughed. We planned to rest for a while and then go back to the village to meet with Qin Qiānqiū. After a few days, we would see if we could return to retrieve Língjuān's body.
In my opinion, Língjuān was probably not going to survive, even though the mountain master had shown great abilities. But after considering it, I still felt that the monster had the upper hand.
"I hope there's an antidote on Língjuān's body. If he dies, the rest of us will be in trouble. Let's head back for now..."
I got up against the big tree and started walking back slowly. But as soon as I took a step, I heard a commotion from behind.
"Damn, could it be the snakes catching up?"
Hearing the strange noise, I couldn't help but shudder and hurriedly looked back, only to see a few figures approaching from a distance.
"It doesn't seem like snakes, it's people, right? How could there be people coming from that direction?"
Lóng Yōng also asked in surprise.
It wasn't until the other party got close that we could see clearly. It was actually Língquán and two sturdy men with hunting rifles. Língquán looked very tired at the moment, with dark circles under her eyes, bloodshot eyes, and seemingly some serious injuries, while the two men with rifles were even more severely injured. The one standing on the left had his arm seemingly broken, with a large piece of flesh missing from the upper arm, which looked very painful.
Compared to them, the three of us were much better off. These two strong men must have protected Língquán and fought their way out of a siege.
"It's you guys..."
The fat guy breathed a sigh of relief and said, "You guys managed to escape too? How?"
One of the men on the other side asked in surprise.
"Let's go back to the village first. Your injuries are serious enough, don't lose too much blood or let the wounds get infected."
The fat guy called us to go back, but I asked with concern, "What about your brother?"
That was what really concerned me. If her brother died and the antidote wasn't with him, then the fat guy and I would be waiting to die.
"Brother..." Língquán was still very weak. "Is trapped. We managed to escape first..."
As expected, Língjuān was trapped! After assessing the injuries on Língquán and the two men, the fighting power of the three had been severely weakened to the extreme. It could be said that aside from the hunting rifles in their hands, these three were no threat at all.
I looked back at the fat guy and made eye contact, winking subtly. The fat guy immediately understood, and stealthily walked behind the three of them.
"Língquán, my and the fat guy's bodies have been poisoned by your brother's venomous insects. Does your brother have the antidote?"
I straightforwardly asked.
Ling Qian, not stupid, frowned weakly and asked, "What do you mean by that?"
"I didn't mean anything special. I don't have any grudges with you and your brother, but I also don't want my life to be controlled by others. Tell me honestly, does your brother have an antidote?"
My face instantly turned cold. Just then, the fat man grabbed Ling Qian from behind, pulled her back forcefully, and the two strong men who were seriously injured had no reaction and couldn't resist the fat man's attack. The fat man grabbed Ling Qian and held a beast bone dagger against her neck. The two strong men immediately aimed shotguns at me and the fat man, and the situation became tense, filled with the smell of gunpowder.
Luo Qiong was a little at a loss, staring at us strangely.
"What are you doing?" Ling Qian asked with a cold expression.
"We are just trying to survive. Tell me, does your brother have the antidote?"
Don't blame me for being ruthless. Judging from my experience on this path, kind-hearted people don't live long.