boyutpedia Chapter 402 Debris Flow Danger
Chapter 402 Debris Flow Danger
When everyone awoke the next morning, the camp had been turned into a mud pit.
My shoes!
Princess Changning looked at her embroidered shoes, studded with pearls, stuck in the mud, and felt as if she were about to cry but had no tears.
"Stop worrying about the shoes, hurry up and pack your things and let's go," Li Shuchen picked up the shoes and tossed them to Emerald.
Liang Yuying directed the group
"It's been raining all night, the mountain roads must be even more difficult to travel, everyone please be extra careful."
Sure enough, the road into the mountains was extremely muddy, and the horse-drawn cart wheels frequently got stuck in the mud, requiring several people to push them out. The pace of travel was as slow as a snail's crawl.
"At this rate, when will we reach Boyu Kingdom?" The Tenth Prince slowly lifted the carriage curtain, full of impatience.
"The Tenth Prince is tall and strong; he must be quite powerful. Why don't we help him? That way, we can walk faster."
Li Shuchen spoke with a forced smile, as she and two soldiers were pulling the wheels of a carriage out of a mud pit.
The tenth prince lowered the carriage curtain, said nothing, and sat back in the carriage.
Damn, she was covered in mud and struggling to push the cart, while the Tenth Prince sat inside, clean and enjoying himself.
Why!
At noon
The group found a relatively dry place to rest and eat.
Gu Ziying cooked a pot of porridge, but because the firewood was damp, it produced a lot of smoke, which made her cough.
"Our Miss Gu has turned into a little chimney," Li Shuchen joked.
Upon hearing the cough, Xiao Xiuyuan hurriedly went to take the spoon from Gu Ziying's hand.
Gu Ziying didn't give it to him, but stood up and said with a mischievous smile, "How about Shu Chen?"
"I'll do it," Li Shuchen said, taking the spoon, only to have his eyes water from the smoke, causing everyone to burst into laughter.
The relaxed atmosphere didn't last long.
After lunch, we continued our journey. The mountain path became increasingly steep, and the fog grew thicker.
Sometimes, someone even needs to scout ahead so that others can follow.
"Wait!" Liang Yuying, who was walking at the front, suddenly raised her hand to signal everyone to stop.
"What's wrong?" Li Shuchen rode forward.
Liang Yuying pointed ahead: "Listen!"
Everyone held their breath and listened intently. A low rumbling sound came from afar, like thunder, but not quite.
"Is it a flash flood?" Gu Ziying asked.
Before the words were finished, an even louder sound came, this time the ground beneath their feet began to tremble.
"Oh no! It's a mudslide!" Liang Yuying's expression changed drastically. "Quick! Run to higher ground!"
Everyone panicked and frantically climbed up the hillside, leading their horses and pushing their carts.
In the chaos, a grain cart overturned, sacks of millet scattered all over the ground, mixing with the mud and water, turning the bright yellow millet into a muddy brown in an instant.
Zizhu reached out to grab the grain and was almost swept away.
"Forget about the food supplies! Survival is the most important thing!" Liang Yuying shouted.
Zizhu glanced at the grain with a heavy heart and followed Liang Yuying.
The tenth prince jumped out of the carriage, rushed to higher ground, and swept past Li Shuchen, leading the charge.
You won't do any work, but you're very proactive in saving your life.
Li Shuchen grumbled, grabbing Princess Changning with one hand and Ye Bingli with the other, using his lightness skill to climb upwards with all his might.
As for Gu Ziying, she has a fiancé to take care of her.
The mudslide was faster than expected. In the blink of an eye, the turbid mud, carrying rocks and broken logs, rushed down the mountain like a wild beast, instantly swallowing the spot where they had just been standing.
The group struggled to climb upwards and finally found a relatively safe platform.
Looking back, the road they had come from was completely covered by mudslides; only two of the five grain carts remained, the others had vanished without a trace.
"My God..." Princess Changning exclaimed, her face turning pale.
To make matters worse, they were trapped on this platform, with a steep mountain wall above them and a still-flowing mudslide below, offering no way out.
"This is troublesome," Ye Bingli frowned.
Everyone who had survived the ordeal was panting heavily.
Li Shuchen walked to the edge of the platform and carefully observed the mudslide. The mud was still flowing slowly, but the speed had slowed down considerably, and a thin crust had begun to form on the surface.
“I have an idea,” she said, turning to the crowd. “After the mudslide stops flowing, the surface will gradually harden. If we can pave a road on it, maybe we can get through.”
"Paving a road on a mudslide? Li Shuchen, are you crazy?" Princess Changning exclaimed.
"Or do you have a better idea?" Li Shuchen retorted. "Wait here to starve to death, or wait for someone to come and rescue us? In this desolate wilderness, how long would that take?"
Princess Changning was speechless.
Liang Yuying thought for a moment and nodded in agreement: "We can try it. We need a lot of branches and planks to spread on the surface of the mud to distribute the weight."
just do it
Those who were able to move began collecting everything available: broken branches, planks salvaged from wrecked wagons, and even large rocks dug from the mud.
Li Shuchen was in charge of directing the laying work: "First, throw large stones to form a foundation, then lay wooden planks, and finally lay tree branches, being careful to distribute the pressure."
Princess Changning and Ye Bingli were paired up, dragging a long tree branch across the surface of the mud to test its hardness.
"This side is still okay... Ah!" Princess Changning lost her footing and half her leg sank into the mud.
Ye Bingli quickly pulled her out, and the two of them, looking at Princess Changning's mud-covered legs, suddenly burst into laughter at the same time.
"Your look is quite unique," Ye Bingli said, rarely joking.
“Same here, you have one on your face too,” Princess Changning pointed to a mud stain on Ye Bingli’s cheek.
After more than two hours of effort, a makeshift "road" was finally paved.
Li Shuchen was the first to try. She carefully stepped onto the wooden plank. The plank sank slightly but did not break.
"You can go! But only one person can pass at a time, and you have to be quick!"
The crowd lined up and passed through the temporary road one by one.
When it was Princess Changning's turn, her legs went weak as she looked at the slowly flowing mud beneath her feet.
"I...I don't dare..."
"Changning, do you want to grit your teeth and charge forward, or stay here to feed the wolves?" Ye Bingli said from behind.
Princess Changning gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, and charged forward. However, she slipped on the last few steps and nearly fell, but fortunately, Li Shuchen grabbed her arm.
"Your Highness, your posture of throwing yourself into my arms is quite unique," Li Shuchen said with a smile.
Princess Changning blushed to her ears, and after thinking for a long time, she didn't know what to say. She simply buried her head in Li Shuchen's arms.
Finally, the horse-drawn carts and the remaining grain supplies passed through.
With everyone working together, they finally managed to safely transfer all the supplies and people to the other side.
"It's a success!" Li Shuchen wiped the sweat from his forehead and smiled.
The crowd cheered, and even the usually serious Liang Yuying smiled.
However, the smile didn't last long.
With a "whoosh," an arrow grazed Li Shuchen's cheek and embedded itself in the tree behind her.
Immediately afterwards, more arrows came from all directions.
"Enemy attack! Take cover!" Liang Yuying shouted, pulling Li Shuchen behind a large rock.
Everyone scrambled to hide, and arrows rained down upon them.
A moment later, the rain of arrows stopped, and a group of men in black emerged from the woods, numbering as many as two hundred, and surrounded them.