C32 (1/2)
Seeing Guo Yi suddenly fall while screaming, Guo Yong immediately realized that something was wrong and quickly reached out to pull. Unexpectedly, he stepped on a slippery rock and fell down together with Guo Yi. The father and son pair continued to slide down the slope one after another.
In the midst of the chaos, Guo Yong grabbed Guo Yi with one hand and desperately supported the side of the cliff with the other. Just as he was about to stabilize his center of gravity, a big hole suddenly appeared.
In the midst of their despair, the father and son fell out of the cave without any resistance. They were then struck by leaves and rock walls, and finally landed in a small corner.
After he recovered, Guo Yong held onto the wall and slowly stood up. He saw that Guo Yi was not far from him and was a few steps away. He was worried that Guo Yi would be injured so he asked: ”Xiao Yi, how was it?
”It's just a bit of skin. It's nothing serious. Dad, what about you?” Just like Guo Yong, Guo Yi supported himself on the wall with both hands and slowly stood up.
”I'm fine too.”
After confirming the situation, Guo Yong started to observe the terrain. He discovered that they were currently in a large, smooth crevice in the rock wall. The passageway within the crevice was filled with dried twigs and broken leaves, and it was extremely narrow. It was impossible for them to even stretch out their hands. If you looked up, you could see the sky, but it was just like the sky.
Guo Yong also saw that the cave entrance was just right above them, located in a nook in the left wall. They fell down from there, about five or six meters away. If it wasn't for the branches that obstructed his vision and the soft soil that covered the cracks, he would have sustained serious injuries at this height.
Guo Yong was secretly glad that he and his son were both uninjured, but now he had a huge question: How do I get out?
He first tried to see if he could climb back up to the top of the cave, but he gave up after just one try. The reason was because the two giant walls were too smooth, as if they had been artificially grinded, and there wasn't much point of force inside. In addition, even though the crevice was very narrow, it wasn't enough to use hands and feet to slowly climb up the two sides of the wall.
In other words, they were currently in an awkward situation, as if they were trapped in a crevice in the rock wall and didn't have many tools to use.
”Dad, how do we get out?” Guo Yi asked, trembling.
”We can't go this way anymore, let's go and take a look.” Guo Yong didn't want to give his son a blow, so he decided to check the end of the passage. But there was no wind in the passage, so Guo Yong had already sensed that there were two dead ends at the end of it.
The front and back sides of the cave were indeed bare walls, and neither of them could climb. Actually, even if they could climb up, there was still one more thing that made Guo Yong's heart palpitate, and that was that the walls on both sides of the cave were covered with green water, exactly the same as the water inside the cave just now.
The father and son pair returned to their original places, feeling a sense of despair.
I can't get out, I'm trapped here!
These words suddenly came to Guo Yong's mind.
At the moment, Guo Yong was regretting that he did not use a survival knife to mark the way here. Normally speaking, it was a good habit to mark the way back, as marking the journey home could be used as a sign, but on the other hand, if an accident happened, it would make it easier for others to rescue him. However, Guo Yong was always worried about Guo Yi's safety, and had forgotten about all of these.
Guo Yong looked at Guo Yi, and realised that he was trying to contact him using his phone.
”Is there a signal?” Guo Yong asked anxiously.
After all, this was their only way to ask for help.
Guo Yi did not answer, he tried using his phone to try, and even tried to restart it a few times. Finally, he said with a frown, ”No, there's no signal at all.”
Guo Yong had expected this and once again fell into despair.
”What should we do?” Guo Yi asked.
Hearing his son's question, Guo Yong tried to calm himself down. He felt that he had to think of a good method, and if he was really trapped here, they wouldn't be able to hold on for long.
At the moment, the only thing worth celebrating was that Guo Yi's backpack still had two bottles of water, two survival blades and a flint.
Guo Yi anxiously broke into cold sweat and took out a bottle of water to drink in big gulps. Seeing that, Guo Yong hurriedly advised him: ”Wait, drink water slowly, don't drink all of it in one go.”
Guo Yi stared at Guo Yong, he did not understand what was going on, because there was only half of the bottle left, and at the moment, Guo Yi was both nervous and thirsty, and felt that drinking half of it would not quench his thirst.
”Dad told you, we're trapped here now. We don't know when we'll be able to go out. We don't have anything to eat, and there's only two bottles of water, so we have to save some water, do you understand?”
Guo Yi lowered his head.
”When you can't hold it in, just take a sip and pour as much as you can.” Guo Yong continued.
”Got it.” Guo Yi replied.
Following that, Guo Yong took out a survival blade and poked at the walls on both sides of the mountain. He realized that the rock walls were sturdy and that they had accumulated for a long time.
He looked again at the line of sky. It was late afternoon, and the sky was darkening, and the walls pressed against each other gave him a heavy feeling of oppression and suffocation that made it difficult to breathe.
Guo Yong was very clear that no one knew they were here, and it was so strange that he couldn't even call them for help, so no one would come to save them, and they could only rely on themselves.
Just then, Guo Yi called out to Guo Yong as if he had found something, and Guo Yong saw that he was running in front alone.
Guo Yong quickly came to Guo Yi's back and saw that he was lying on the ground, looking at the stone pit between the stone wall and the ground. The stone pit was very small, barely enough for one person to climb in. There were a lot of moss at the mouth of the pit, and inside the pit was a pool of green water.
It was this green water again. Guo Yong thought.
”Dad, do you think this is a hole that we can climb out of?” Guo Yi imagined.
”Don't touch the water, I'll try.” Guo Yong said as he found a long branch from the ground and inserted it into the water. He tested the depth of the water and made a few more moves.
”No.” Guo Yong shook his head and retracted the branch, ”It's stagnant water, it's very shallow. There are stones below, it's impossible to get out.”
”How unlucky.” Guo Yi complained.
When Guo Yong threw away the branch, he suddenly felt that the part of the branch that was previously stuck in the water had started to shrink, as if it was being corroded.
Guo Yong then looked at the green water in the pit, and burst out: ”There's really something wrong with this water, it's toxic water.”
Other than the green water in the pit, the walls on both sides of the hole were almost completely covered with green water. Guo Yong warned Guo Yi in a serious tone.
After a while, the sky slowly darkened. Guo Yong picked up some branches and used some flint to create a ball of fire.
When it was night, both father and son were filled with hunger that night, and the temperature had suddenly dropped. Guo Yi had only worn a short sleeve, and was currently trembling with cold, so Guo Yong could only take off his jacket and put it on Guo Yi. The two of them finally decided to take turns wearing a coat.
Guo Yi had a habit of wanting to drink water whenever he was nervous, so even though Guo Yong had warned him before, he still finished the bottle of water very quickly. On the contrary, Guo Yong resisted his thirst with great difficulty, and still hadn't opened his own bottle of water even now.