novelsite Chapter 011 The Mysterious River
Chapter 011 The Mysterious River
It's normal for the wilderness to be windy; every pioneer has experienced it.
But the wind was too strong today, and the swirling yellow sand blocked out the sun; it was beyond human power to resist.
Running is the only option right now.
Meng Shisan floored the accelerator, not daring to relax for a moment.
Even he wasn't sure he'd survive being caught in the storm.
But the more nervous a person is, the more likely they are to make mistakes.
He didn't know how long he had been running when a large river at the foot of a cliff blocked Meng Shisan's path.
If the most terrifying thing about the wilderness is the long night and the howling wind, then the most mysterious thing is the rushing river...
When he first stepped into the wilderness, the base repeatedly warned him that he could climb mountains, but he had to go around rivers.
No one knows what's in the river, but everyone who accidentally gets caught in or falls into it never survives.
At this moment, Meng Shisan was in dire straits.
Looking around and seeing no way to break through, he gritted his teeth, picked up Er'er, and squatted down against the car door, shouting, "In a moment, hold on tight to the tow hook, stay close to the cliff face along the river, and don't let go, understand?"
Wearing heavy armor, Er'er nodded, neither crying nor making a fuss.
Seeing her nod, Meng Shisan didn't hesitate at all. He picked up Er'er, ran to the front of the truck, grabbed the tow hook, and attached it to Er'er's armor. Looking at the river, which wasn't actually that turbulent, he gritted his teeth and said, "Damn it, let's go for it!"
He would rather gamble on the unseen dangers in the river than be swept away by the yellow sand.
In addition, he can swim, so he always felt that this was the optimal solution at present.
With that, he lowered Er'er down the cliff.
The cliff is actually not high, only about one or two meters above the river.
By the time Meng Shisan put Er'er down, the raging sandstorm was less than ten meters away from him.
Without any hesitation, Meng Shisan leaped forward.
There was a loud thud.
Silky smooth as it enters the water.
Meng Shisan, who was initially highly nervous, felt a series of piercing pains all over his body the moment he entered the water.
"What's going on?"
He was stunned; the stinging pain was even worse than when he had hurt himself before.
It was like being pierced by a thousand arrows, and an endless barrage of arrows.
This immediately caused him to scream in pain.
How to describe the feeling? It was as if the water wasn't water, but rather a series of water swords, piercing through his body from every angle.
It goes on and on, in a never-ending cycle.
In the few seconds it took to fall into the water, Meng Shisan felt as if his body had been pierced countless times.
From his skin to his internal organs, and even his blood vessels and bones, everything was being penetrated inch by inch. He could even hear the sound of his bones shattering.
The water in the river seemed to be tearing him apart.
Meng Shisan didn't have time to think much; he immediately focused his mind on getting all his cells and bones moving.
"Damn it, we're going to let a river bully us?"
After he gave the command, the bones rapidly regenerated, and the cells began to divide and repair themselves without limit.
However, just as he was repairing himself, the endless river water tore at his body again, as if a thousand arrows were piercing his heart.
It's restored once, then shatters again; it's restored once, then shatters again...
"What's going on?" Meng Shisan was stunned. "Is there something on me that's attracting this river water?"
Thinking this, he tried to open his eyes wider, attempting to see more clearly in the river.
Just then, a series of muffled sounds came, and stones swept up by the strong wind fell into the water.
Just as Meng Shisan looked in the direction of the sound, he saw the stone that had just fallen into the water disappear rapidly from large to small at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Am I seeing things?" He couldn't help but rub his eyes.
When he saw several more stones fall into the water and disappear instantly, Meng Shisan's expression finally changed.
"Something's wrong with this river!"
The stones didn't disappear; they were simply torn apart by the river and turned into dust.
Most importantly, from the moment they fell to the moment they turned to dust, the ground didn't even move.
Logically, it should have been carried downstream by the river, but it was crushed into dust on the spot.
This discovery startled Meng Shisan.
"The power to tear it apart doesn't come from the upstream river water, it comes from every angle!"
How similar this is to my own situation?
Simply put, this river is like a huge, flowing iron ore deposit. It is usually calm and the water flows continuously downstream.
However, if any foreign object falls into the river, it's like a magnet falling into a pile of iron slag; countless iron slag particles will involuntarily swarm towards the magnet.
They are just more brutal and direct, wanting to tear apart anything that disrupts their peace.
Thinking this, Meng Shisan suddenly looked towards the cliff.
"Oh no, how is Er Er?" He himself had just been on the verge of death and hadn't thought of the little guy at all.
Thinking about it now, I feel endless regret. Unlike him, Er'er's body can almost regenerate indefinitely.
"She's fine. I can smell that she smells nice."
Just then, a voice entered Meng Shisan's mind.
This time, Meng Shisan is completely outmatched.
"My cells can talk now?"
"What's the big deal? We've always been able to talk. We just didn't bother with you before because you couldn't hear us anyway." In an instant, countless cells began to chatter.
However, Meng Shisan could only clearly hear the voice from just now; he still couldn't hear the voices from the other cells.
"What are you waiting for? Hurry up and go over there!" Just as he hesitated, the voice came again, "Although I feel that the little one is still alive, his condition is not good."
Upon hearing this, Meng Shisan was no longer surprised that his cells could speak, and immediately swam towards that direction.
They also asked, "This water won't harm you?"
"Harm? Why would there be harm? You have no idea what kind of existence we are."
At this point, the cell seemed quite proud, "You should be secretly happy to have met me, you're lucky to have met such a great being as me."
Don't worry, I'll protect you from now on. You'll be lucky to survive!
Meng Shisan fell silent. Damn it, he felt utterly humiliated by the very cells in his body.
Soon, Meng Shisan swam to the shore, Er'er clung tightly to the tow hook, looking quite listless.
"What's wrong with her?" Meng Shisan asked instinctively.
"It's alright, it's alright." The cell whispered to someone for a while before saying, "It's just that I've never seen a river before, so I was scared."
But this little one is really pitiful. Those people are truly heartless to treat a little child so cruelly.
"What's wrong with her?" Meng Shisan asked.
"She has had many organs transplanted. She is just over six years old and has to have her blood drawn every day to support others. If it weren't for her special condition, she probably would have been tortured to death long ago."
It's a tragedy; those people have no idea of her true worth.
By the way, speaking of which, she's related to you by blood; she's your niece.
Upon hearing this, Meng Shisan was not shocked, but enraged.
"Who did this?!"
At that moment, he vowed to seek justice for Er Er!