Chapter 68 Underwater Escape
The wooden houses in this village are all living in the same village. The fire soon lit up the houses next to it, and the fire spread rapidly.
The fires soared into the sky, and the entire village was trapped in a sea of fire.
When the fire began to spread, 11 had already broken the wall on one side and hid in another room next door that had just burned. These houses were made of wood and were deep in the desert. They were dry for a long time and there were traces of dilapidation in many places. With 11's strength, it was easy to penetrate these woods, but it was more troublesome to wait for a large number of desert marching ants outside.
11 Paving the road with burning wooden boards, the desert marching ants "cooperating" to give up a passage, 11 hugged Ouyang Yue'er and ran to the next room quickly.
But just halfway through, the desert marching ants suddenly rushed up. The desert marching ants in front crawled into the fire board and were immediately swallowed by the flames. The desert marching ants behind still climbed up. They wanted to use their bodies to extinguish the flames and create opportunities for their companions.
Ouyang Yue'er lay in 11's arms. Although her expression was still very panicked, she had already calmed down much at the beginning. 11 gave her an inexplicable sense of security. She believed that as long as 11 was there, she would definitely not be in trouble.
11 Quickly broke the wooden wall of the next house, and the house was also affected by the fire, but fortunately the fire was not big.
"Boom!!" As soon as they hid in the house, the first house burned by 11 collapsed. Wood burned with raging fire splashed everywhere, burning a lot of desert marching ants, but for the desert marching ants that were overwhelming outside, this loss was simply a drop in the bucket.
As the fire spread, the entire village was covered with flames. 11 and Ouyang Yue'er also changed several houses because of the fire. However, each room was surrounded by the fire for a long time.
Seeing that there were fewer and fewer places to hide, Ouyang Yue'er asked anxiously: "11, what should I do now?"
11 She was very calm from beginning to end, because her calmness infected Ouyang Yue'er, so she still did not show the panic at a loss.
11 Through the holes in the wall, he looked at the dense red patches outside, and said in a deep voice: "Escape."
"How can you escape?"
11 turned around and looked at her and pointed at her feet.
Ouyang Yue'er said in a daze: "What does it mean?"
11 said in a plain tone: "If there is a well below, there must be an underground river."
Ouyang Yue'er shouted: "You are crazy! That's an underground river, you will definitely be dead if you go down!"
11 shook his head and said, "Either you are burned to death by fire, or you are eaten by them, or you are just a gamble. You can only choose one."
Ouyang Yue'er bit her lower lip and said, "These three are dead."
"No, if you walk from the underground river, you will not die as long as you are lucky."
"But I can't swim..."
"You don't need it if I'm here."
"But...but..." Ouyang Yue'er still couldn't say it after most of the day. She always felt that the underground river should be a closed space. Apart from water, there was only rocks. There was no other thing, let alone a way out.
11 As if she knew what she was worried about, she said, "The underground river usually connects with desert oasis. As long as we can find the connection to an oasis, we will have the opportunity to go out."
"But there are only a few oasis in the desert, and..."
“No time.”
Ouyang Yue'er said in a panic: "But I don't know how to dive."
"Use a bucket."
"ah?"
"Take the bucket back and your head covers it. As long as you don't let the water press in, there will be enough air for you to breathe for half an hour, and you can hold on for a while, and I will take you away during this period."
Ouyang Yue'er gritted her teeth and asked, "Is there no other way?"
11 shook his head and said, "This is the only way. You also saw the number of desert marching ants outside. Even if we didn't burn them to death, we couldn't escape."
Seeing that Ouyang Yue'er was still hesitating, 11 hugged her impatiently and ran to the basement behind the house. 11 demolished a large number of burnt wooden boards and threw them down, dispersed the desert marching ants below, and then jumped down in her arms with Ouyang Yue'er in her arms.
As soon as it landed, nearby desert marching ants rushed up desperately, like the desert marching ants outside, trying to use their bodies to extinguish the flames. In addition to these desert marching ants, a large number of red desert marching ants surged out from the ground, surrounding the two.
Ouyang Yue'er was so scared that she hugged 11's neck tightly and refused to let go.
11 held Ouyang Yue'er's body with both hands and walked slowly forward. Every step he stepped on would make the sand form a thin layer of ice. Fortunately, Ouyang Yue'er had been so scared that she buried her body in 11's chest, closing her eyes tightly and not daring to look, otherwise she would be surprised and speechless at this moment.
11 hugged Ouyang Yue'er and passed through the desert marching ants without any danger. Countless desert marching ants along the way turned into ice sculptures. He walked to the doujing, bent over to pick up the bucket, poured out the dust inside and a small number of desert marching ants that had crawled in, and then put the bucket on Ouyang Yue'er's head. Ouyang Yue'er kept her eyes closed and did not dare to speak, allowing 11 to cover her head with the bucket.
The desert marching ants seemed to have guessed what 11 was going to do. In an instant, all the desert marching ants rushed over frantically. White smoke kept coming out of 11's feet. The desert marching ants continued to crawl over, but they never could only get close to 11's feet.
11 He held Ouyang Yue'er upright and hugged her arms, put one hand around her waist, and pressed the other hand on the bucket on her head. He took a deep breath and jumped down from the Tujing.
"Ah..." Ouyang Yue'er's screams and buzzing echoes came from the dark well.
"Boom!" The sound of two people falling into the water came from the water well.
The desert marching ants all rushed to the edge of the Doi well, surrounding the entire Doi well, but none of them climbed down.
It was biting cold, and Ouyang Yue'er only now realized that the underground river water was so cold. Fortunately, 11 kept holding her tightly and gave her a hint of warmth with her body temperature.
Ouyang Yue'er felt that she was floating and at a very fast speed. The bucket on her head would occasionally collide with the surrounding rocks and make a "dongdong" sound. Fortunately, 11 was very strong and kept pressing the bucket and not letting it shift, otherwise it would have been filled with water.
Ouyang Yue'er didn't know how long she had drifted with the water, but she felt that her body was getting colder and colder, and the air in the bucket was getting thinner, making her almost unable to breathe.
Her consciousness began to blur, and her breathing became more and more rapid. Her mind was blank, and the only thing she knew was that 11 was still holding her. Then her eyes went dark...
Chapter completed!