The male protagonist survives in the infinite game by supporting his wife

Chapter 164: 1-mile Migration Journey (13)

The water level in the wetland is higher than the waist, so the car cannot be driven in it for a long time.

After coming to this conclusion, Shi Jinzhe immediately tightened his trouser legs and cuffs.

Sheh was beside him. "I think the leeches you want to protect yourself from might be bigger than you. They probably won't be able to get in."

"Be prepared for the worst. There's everything in the water."

Especially since his blood smells so good, it would be unpleasant if it attracted something and got bitten by it.

The excess rope was cut and thrown into the ring. Shi Jinzhe picked up a tree trunk and rubbed it in the water before moving forward.

The yellow water was so turbid that you couldn't see anything clearly. Dead branches and leaves were floating on the water, and there were slippery water plants under your feet.

Shehe's movements were much more flexible than Shi Jinzhe's. She could walk without any other aids. The golden cocoon and the map were still in her hands, and she continued to lead the way.

The two people's actions created V-shaped ripples on the water surface, and the fish swimming under the water were confused by the smell of alternating fragrance and fierceness and lost their way.

Shi Jinzhe felt something hit his legs several times, but was swept away by Sheh every time.

After pushing aside the grass and walking for more than an hour, the water surface became shallower, the resistance in the water increased, and the water tasted a bit fishy.

Sheh was holding the wooden box and looking at the map. Suddenly, her tail felt a different touch at the bottom of the water. It was sticky and had strong suction. The increase in friction made her realize that they had encountered a man-eating swamp.

"When the time is up, change direction."

"You may be too late." Shi Jinzhe's legs just sank in a second before she spoke.

The air pockets in the swamp have a strong suction force. He fished out half of an animal skull from underwater and held it up to show Shekh, "I guess a lot of animals are eaten here."

As he spoke, his other leg was also pulled down. "This swamp is just like the snowy mountain. It seems alive. The stick I used just now didn't show that there was any problem here."

Shehe relied on her tail to grope her way through the swamp where she was looking for someone. After listening to what Shi Jinzhe said, she tried again and found that the place where her tail had just touched had returned to normal. This swamp was really alive.

"Wait a minute, don't move, I'll pull you out." She said, stepping back.

But the swamp was sinking too fast. Shi Jinzhe could only put the exploration stick against his back, lean back, spread his arms, and slow down the sinking speed by increasing the surface area.

Thick mud flooded his chest, squeezing his rib cage heavily. He slowed his breathing and reduced the frequency of his lungs' contraction.

Shekh came to a place ten meters away from the swamp, staring at the dirty black mud, closing his eyes, swung his tail into the mud, wrapped around the person and pulled him out.

The swamp is more uncomfortable than the yellow mud spots, as if the mouth and nose are tightly covered, suffocating and making people dizzy.

The buoyancy in the water made it very inconvenient to exert force, and Shekh couldn't find a foothold, so he could only swim backwards in the opposite direction.

The snake's tail was tightly wrapped around his body, strangling him so hard that it broke his bones and caused him pain. The tail and the living swamp beneath him started a tug-of-war, and he felt very uncomfortable.

If it weren't for the protection of skills, ordinary people really couldn't withstand the tug-of-war between these two forces on themselves.

"Are you okay?"

Sheh was afraid that he would crush him to pieces if he used too much force, so he only dared to pull slowly with a little strength.

Shi Jinzhe smiled and nodded, "I'll tell you if you can't stand it."

"Then I will continue."

While Shekh was dragging, his hands in the water were not idle.

The thick dark blue corrosive liquid fell into the water. The solution did not spread, but remained in the form of droplets and was carried to the swamp by the water flow, swallowing up the black mud in the water.

As more and more corrosive liquid was released, the force she exerted on her tail gradually became easier, and the smoothness of towing was significantly improved.

She left a passage so that she could fold it when convenient and leave without being corroded.

Forty minutes later, Shi Jinzhe was pulled out of the living swamp, covered in mud and his skin felt tight.

He pressed his ribs calmly, washed the mud off his body with water, and headed in the direction of Sheh.

"Stop, stand there, don't come near me." Shehe retracted her tail and washed it in the water. Her sacrifice was too great.

"I'll help you wash it."

"Then come over here." She didn't want to touch the black mud.

Shi Jinzhe rubbed and scraped her tail clean. He looked at the sky and then remembered that all the things were in the ring and he couldn't check the time. The car was full and it would be inconvenient to take them out.

He asked Sheh, “How long will we have to walk through this wetland?”

Sheikh: "The map shows that this is still a plain area. There is no specific size, but it should be soon."

"Then let's walk faster and try to get out before the sun sets."

When the time is up, face the sun and stretch out your hand with your palm facing yourself, your little finger level with the horizon and your index finger touching the sun, and roughly estimate the time.

The width of a finger is 15 minutes. He overlapped his palms twice and calculated that the sun would set in less than two hours, so he should be able to go out.

"Let's go."

As time went by, the temperature dropped again.

Shekh's tail muddied the water just below the surface to prevent another living swamp.

In the evening, the water vapor gathered again, and in less than ten minutes, the second rain of the day came.

It wasn’t as heavy as in the morning, it was just a moderate rain.

Sheh walked behind, his tone was hard to tell, "Three sentences made me fall into the mud and get wet in the rain for you."

An unfortunate child whom even his own mother couldn't save.

"I won't say it anymore." Shi Jinzhe covered her with his windbreaker. After thinking about it for a long time, he didn't expect to draw a raincoat.

The water level rose again as it passed through one patch of grass after another, and after reaching waist level, it continued to rise.

Because of the rain, the sun set an hour earlier than Shi Jinzhe estimated.

The water level is getting higher and higher, and the current is showing signs of becoming more turbulent.

"Time is running out." Shekh called him from behind, "I have good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear?"

"good news."

“We’re out of that wetland.”

"Where's the bad news?"

“We went straight into the river.”

"..."

Looking ahead at the water without seeing the shore, Shi Jinzhe didn't want to say a word.

"We've come this far, let's just finish it in one go. The water won't recede tomorrow, so there's no point in waiting."

What Sheh said makes sense. Not only is it uncomfortable to soak in such water, there is also the risk of hypothermia.

I really don't want to experience this for the second time, it's best to go through it all at once.

There was still a ray of sunlight left and the sky was dark. He turned back and said to Shekh, "Step back a few meters while I prepare something."

Shehe retreated ten meters, Shi Jinzhe handed the branch in his hand to Shehe, lifted the hem of his short-sleeved shirt, and started to take off his clothes.

Making a notch in the clothes, he tore them apart into strips.

Sheh was behind him and could see clearly the marks on his body caused by the snake scales. His back muscles contracted and expanded as his arms stretched, and the diamond-shaped red marks on them seemed to come alive.

In addition to this, there is a long red mark on Shi Jinzhe's back that extends diagonally from his shoulder into the water. It was left when he descended from the cliff. It seems to have recovered a lot and is not particularly red anymore.