At this distance, it is still possible to fall down with a rope. The key now is to wait for dawn to see what the terrain is like below the canyon. If it is suitable, it will be here.
After waiting for about half an hour, Liu Rumei and the others also arrived.
Chen Xiaobei said with a smile, "The depth of the canyon here is about fifteen feet. Are the ropes you brought long enough?"
Liu Rumei looked confused, "How did you know?"
Chen Xiaobei smiled calmly, "Take a torch and throw it down, calculate the time when the torch hits the ground, and you'll figure it out."
Chen Xiaobei was stunned for a moment after what he said. Liu Rumei thought about it for a long time, but she still couldn't figure it out. Throwing a torch can tell how deep it is, and what a great virtue it is.
After a short rest, difficulties came one after another. The first one was naturally the cold. Although we found a shelter from the wind, the surroundings were bare and there was no firewood, so we had to wrap ourselves in blankets to keep warm.
What's even worse is that Chen Xiaobei still doesn't have a blanket, so no matter how he divides it, there is still one missing blanket.
Liu Rumei still handed hers to Chen Xiaobei. She and Xiaoqing and Xiaohong were wrapped in two blankets.
At first, everyone was scattered in various places, but in the middle of the night, everyone was crowded together. Even so, it was still too cold to sleep.
At this time, Chen Xiaobei and Liu Rumei were squeezed tightly together by the crowd, and they could even feel each other's breathing.
Liu Rumei had never experienced such close contact with the opposite sex, so she seemed very shy.
Chen Xiaobei smelled the faint fragrance and felt a little distraught, but a small breeze would wake him up instantly.
When I was running for my life in the wilderness, I still thought about all this nonsense. I really deserved a fight.
After going through bouts of suffering, I finally looked forward to the dawn.
Chen Xiaobei was the first to stand up, quickly rushed to the edge of the cliff, and lay down again to check.
There are lush trees below, and you can’t tell what kind of terrain it is.
But having said that, if there are trees, there should be animals, which can at least solve the problem of food, so it is worth going down and giving it a try.
After listening to his suggestion, Liu Rumei looked at Ma Biao.
Although they have been wandering around the world for many years, they have never experienced anything like this in the mountains.
So now besides supporting Chen Xiaobei's suggestion, they themselves don't have any better ideas.
Liu Rumei nodded, "Then let's go down from here. If we walk on this bare rock after dawn, the target will be too obvious."
Soon the rope reached the bottom of the cliff, and Ma Biao volunteered to go down first.
Watching Ma Biao slide down bit by bit, everyone's hearts were in their throats.
After all, it is too high. According to Chen Xiaobei's estimate, it is fourteen to fifteen feet tall.
And this is Chen Xiaobei’s conservative estimate.
Fortunately, there were no other surprises except the high. Ma Biao fell to the bottom in a short time.
After looking around, he tied the rope tightly to a big tree.
Then he made a gesture to Liu Rumei above.
Liu Rumei nodded and immediately ordered everyone to fall down one by one.
Finally, she looked at Chen Xiaobei and said, "Chang Li, are you okay?"
Chen Xiaobei nodded. Having had the experience of climbing the rope twice before, now that he is going down, he is no longer so afraid.
"Okay, I'll do it first and you'll follow me. If anything happens, I'll protect you."
Chen Xiaobei was quite touched by Liu Rumei's concern. If something happened to him and he let go, he would most likely take Liu Rumei down with him. This was protecting him with his life.
Liu Rumei did what she said, she only slid down for more than two feet, then she said hello to Chen Xiaobei and asked Chen Xiaobei to slide down together.
This scene raised the eyebrows of Xiao Hong and Xiao Qingxin next to them, and even Master Taiping was sweating.
Fortunately, Chen Xiaobei has experience in climbing. He knows that there will be no problem in clamping the rope with force on his hands and feet.
Ma Biao, who was down below, was very shocked when he saw that Liu Rumei chose to come with Chen Xiaobei in such a bold way.
Under the concerned eyes of everyone, the two people slid to the bottom smoothly one after the other.
Seeing the two of them landing almost at the same time, everyone at the scene breathed a long sigh of relief, and tears of excitement even flowed from Xiaoqing's eyes.
As soon as Chen Xiaobei landed, he had no time to rest and immediately rushed into the woods. Everything was as he expected. The trees all grew in the gaps between the rocks, which had the advantage of having fewer weeds.
This will actually help them move forward.
It took a full hour for everyone to reach the bottom.
There is a big tree on the roof, and they can't be seen from it. This makes Chen Xiaobei and the others feel more relaxed. There are pheasants, birds, and even rabbits in the trees along the way, so they don't have to worry about eating.
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Of course, if you eat these at night, if you eat barbecue during the day, the smoke will be too great and it will easily attract people's attention.
At this time, Liu Ce and the others were also busy, in order to better confuse Sima Wushuang on the other side.
Liu Ce first ordered people to light up the smoke, deliberately choosing wet branches to make thick smoke billowing, which could be seen from more than ten or twenty miles away.
He himself took two more people and rushed to the Iron Chain Bridge again to check the situation.
Sure enough, he saw the smoke rising from the kitchen here, and Sun Jian hurried to ask for credit.
After listening to his report, Sima Wushuang was very happy and raised his hand to the top Taoist priest, "It was the Taoist master who had a clever plan and trapped them in a desperate situation without any effort."
The supreme Taoist laughed.
"It's just a small trick, it's not worth mentioning. When the smoke stops coming out, just go over and collect the corpses for them."
It was noon in a blink of an eye.
Ma Biao was going to hunt game to roast and eat, but was stopped by Chen Xiaobei, "Brother Ma, this can't be done. If there is smoke over here, people will naturally know that there are people under the canyon, and then the efforts of Butler Liu and the others will be in vain."
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After thinking about it carefully, it does make sense. Liu Rumei smiled and said, "Then let's eat some solid food and talk about it in the evening."
After lunch and a brief rest, we started walking forward, but the situation took a turn for the worse.
As we walked further, the fallen leaves in the forest became thicker and deeper, reaching up to our knees. Every step we took required hard work.
But now there is no other way but to move on.
What made them feel even more uncomfortable was that the trees here blocked the sky and made it dark during the day.
So when the sun slanted a little and couldn't shine down the canyon, it became pitch black. However, there were all dead branches and leaves under their feet, so they didn't dare to light a fire.
After walking for who knows how long, Ma Biao, who was leading the way, finally couldn't bear it anymore.
"Miss, let's rest here, we really don't want to leave."
Liu Rumei nodded, "It's a good idea for everyone to clean up the leaves and find a place to rest."