135 Surviving in the Wildness
The midwinter sun was warm.
The group followed the quiet mountain path and gradually walked to the cable car.
They got into the two cable cars one after another and rode higher and higher.
âAre you afraid?â Zhou Yanshen looked at Lin Jiao and Qian Yue.
âNo.â
âThis height is still acceptable.â
They looked out of the window and saw the clear stream and dense trees.
A breeze slipped in from the window, blowing their hair into a mess and quietly stirring their hearts.
When the cable car stopped, Zhou Yanshen came back to his senses.
He pushed open that door and stepped out, waiting for them to follow along. âIs there no staff up here?â
âNo.â
âThen how are we going to get there?â
âThereâs a sign behind you.â Pei Zhi gestured for him to move to the side so that he could see the words.
He waited for Chu Yuzhou and the others to get out of the car and walked along the road, getting closer and closer to the forest.
The road in the forest was not easy to walk.
There were many dead branches and rocks, leaving a faint sound and trace wherever they passed.
The birds flying overhead occasionally blocked the sun.
Their cries echoed in the forest, making the surrounding atmosphere inexplicably strange.
Pei Yilan zipped up her jacket. âI feel like weâre surviving in the wilderness.â
âTo be honest, itâs quite exciting.â
âDo you think there are wild boars here?â
âNo.â Qu Shao pushed aside the dead branches in front of him. âBut there are many poisonous spiders and centipedes.â
âNo way?â
âReally.â When he pulled a long face, his words were much more believable. âThatâs why I told you not to show your ankles.â
âDonât scare me.â
âLook at the tree if you donât believe me.â
Chu Yuzhou really found a spider.
He leaned closer to take a look and asked Shen Yi, âIs this a poisonous spider?â
âNo,â Shen Yi said indifferently. âEven if you see a poisonous spider, as long as you donât touch it, it wonât bite you.â
Lin Jiao, who was most afraid of spiders, had goosebumps just by hearing their conversation.
âUncle.â She edged toward Pei Zhi and said softly, âLetâs walk faster.â
âDo you want me to carry you?â
âNo need.â
Pei Zhi diverted her attention. âJiaojiao, find the sign.â
âYes.â Lin Jiao looked around.
They followed the signs and finally walked out of the winding road and stopped by the stream.
About three to four meters from the surface of the stream, there was a single wooden bridge held up by a steel rope.
There were only a few dozen wooden stakes on the bridge, but each stake was separated by a distance. Just looking at them made one nervous.
âIâll go up and try it first.â Chu Yuzhou tied the safety rope on the steel rope and walked to the wooden stake.
He raised his right foot and took the first step. After stabilizing his footing, he turned around and said, âThis wooden stake is not wide enough. Itâs not easy to step on.ân/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
âLook down.â
âNot high. Iâm sure youâll be fine.â
âWait for me.â Pei Yilan followed closely behind, one hand holding the steel cable as she stepped forward.
She looked at the clear stream and was ok with the height. âItâs indeed not high, but looking at it for too long makes me dizzy.â
âThen donât look.â Chu Yuzhou waited for her every two steps so that he could save her in time if she was too stupid to miss her step and fell into the stream.
He stopped in the middle and shouted at the people on the other side of the bridge, âWhy are you still standing there?â