For a man who had never done heavy work before, with two hundred or so pounds to pick on his shoulders, Di Jiu felt like the whole planet was pressing down on him, and it seemed like he could feel his back about to be crushed at any moment.
“Ah Jiu, if you can’t take it, just say hello, there’s nothing polite about your own brothers.” Da Mao sensed Di Jiu’s strain and couldn’t help but say another word.
He already had two hundred and fifty-six pounds of stuff on his shoulders, and he had helped a few dozen pounds of Cui Yuehe’s stuff. But even with two hundred and fifty-six pounds, he still didn’t feel the pressure.
“It’s alright, I can hold on.” Di Jiu said through clenched teeth.
Da Mao didn’t say anything more, men always have to love a bit of face, let alone in front of Cao Xie and Cui Yuehe. When Di Jiu couldn’t hold on, he would help out.
The vast crowd walked into the Heavenly Wasteland area carrying all sorts of supplies, and those martial artists were all lightly loaded, each one carrying at most a small tight-fitting bag. They walked at the front, followed by various stretcher-bearers.
Di Jiu felt his whole soul tremble with every step he took, he could even clearly hear the sound of his bones clicking, his leg bones trembling with every step.
He had heard Da Mao say that there was still more than a hundred miles ahead, and if he continued at this level, he was afraid that he wouldn’t last half a mile.
“Ka-ching!” At the moment when Di Jiu thought his leg bones had broken, a powerful force seeped out from his heart and then spread throughout his body.
Immediately afterwards, Di Jiu was surprised to find that not only did his leg bones not break, but his strength seemed to have increased a lot at once, and even his bones had become a bit harder. The two hundred pounds of stuff picked on his shoulders seemed to be getting lighter and lighter.
After seven or eight miles had pa*sed, several people in Da Mao saw that not only did Di Jiu not look like he couldn’t stand it, but he was getting more and more energetic, and they were all secretly surprised.
“Ah Jiu, have you really never practiced martial arts?” Xiao An Hou couldn’t help but ask, he had practiced martial arts, but the first time he carried two hundred pounds, he couldn’t add it up. It was a good thing that Da Mao had helped him, otherwise, he would not be qualified to come here as a martial artist’s helper.
Di Jiu shook his head, “No, I used to follow my righteous father to practice medicine in a small mountain village. It was only after my righteous father pa*sed that I thought of coming out to see the outside world.”
“It looks like you are very talented in martial arts and have good muscles and bones.” Cui Yuehe couldn’t help but say.
At this moment, the crowd had long since left the flat road and entered the rugged mountain path. The mountain path wound through the middle of an irregular basin, as if a twisted crack had appeared in the middle of a giant bowl, and Di Jiu, a group of people, were walking in the middle of this crack.
The path was so narrow that if they were not careful, they would slip down into the basin. Moreover, there was no resting place to walk in such a place, and if you couldn’t pick your way, there was no way to even stop. If you can’t stop, you can’t even stop, because once you stop, the people behind you won’t be able to walk.
A few people who were not strong enough trembled under their feet, slipped a little and fell down into the basin with their burdens.
There was no need to ask, it was clear that these people had no chance of survival.
Seeing several people fall into the basin one after another, Di Jiu then understood why it was said that the lives and deaths of the people who came here to help the martial arts squad were not on their own. Sometimes, it was not necessarily the fierce beasts or the poisonous plants here, but the fact that you could not walk through this side of the basin.
At the same time, Di Jiu also understood why these martial arts squads had prepared a lot of substances, I’m afraid they had prepared them a long time ago and some of them were going to be wasted on the road.
Compared to the other stretcher workers, Di Jiu’s five individuals seemed stable instead. The only one who was weaker was Cui Yuehe, but Cui Yuehe’s burden was also the smallest. The biggest burden was on Da Mao, who was naturally strong and did not seem to feel anything when carrying less than three hundred pounds.
Another day pa*sed before a voice finally came from ahead, “Rest on the spot for four hours, then continue on your way.”
As Di Jiu was thinking about how to rest, a huge flat wasteland appeared in Di Jiu’s sight. It was as if this flat wasteland was specially prepared for stretcher bearers like Di Jiu, and it was very wide.
Many stretcher-bearers were eager to put the stretcher off their shoulders and sit on the ground. More stretcher bearers took out their dry food, for they had not eaten for a day and yet they were carrying such a heavy load, even an iron man could not hold on.
Di Jiu’s five men put their burdens together and sat down around them as well.
As Cui Yuehe took out the dry rations for distribution, Cao Xie lowered his voice and said, “This is only twenty miles from the real Tianhuang District, so let me talk about our plan.”
Little Anhou looked around cautiously before making a safety gesture and stuffing another mouthful of dried food into his mouth.
Cao Xie lowered his voice even further, “When we reach the outskirts of the Heavenly Desolate Zone, we definitely won’t have a chance to escape alone. Because by that time everyone had unloaded their burdens and there were still soldiers from Tianhuang City escorting us with guns and bullets out of the Tianhuang District and into Tianhuang City.
There was only one chance for us to break away from the brigade, and that was when we were about to reach the Tianhuang District, and there was a steeper cliff about seven or eight miles from the end. Below this cliff is water, just obscured by the mist so that we cannot see it clearly, and it is at this point that we suddenly lose our footing and fall down. Remember, everyone pulled one by one and then all were brought under the cliff ……”
Di Jiu said in surprise, “Sister Cao, even if the cliff is under water, we have no chance of surviving if we go down like this.”
“No.” Cao Xie shook her head, “We have a chance of survival, just not a very high chance of survival. According to my repeated investigations, at the edge of this cliff, all of them are full of green vines, after we fall, we must grab the green vines at the edge of the cliff first and then fall down the vines. Once we miss, I am afraid that we will really die, so this time everyone is fighting for their lives.”
“Sister Cao Xi, what is below that cliff? I’ve heard that the Heavenly Wasteland area is full of ferocious beasts, in case there are ferocious beasts under the cliff, or if we fall into a poisonous place, I’m afraid the result ……” Cui Yuehe couldn’t help but ask.
Compared to Cao Xie and the others, she was considered to be taking things as they came. The reason she had teamed up with Cao Xi and the others was because she had been kicked out by her family and ended up stranded in Desolate Edge City. Cao Xi and the others went to the Sky Desolate District, so she had no way to go if she didn’t go, so she simply followed Cao Xi and the others to fight for her life.
Cao Xi sighed, ”Then we can only listen to fate, let’s rest first. Once we’ve made our move, I’m afraid it will be difficult to rest in peace again.”
Several people fell silent and began to eat to rehydrate themselves.
An hour pa*sed quickly, and Xiao Anhou had just said, ‘I’ll take a nap first’ when a sharp chirp was heard coming from deep in the sky, followed by a huge flying bird falling down from the sky.
Di Jiu also thought that this flying bird was falling down, but when this bird was about to fall to the ground, it suddenly grabbed a stretcher bearer and rushed up to the clouds.
“It’s a lion lord, run away ……” a terrified voice recalled, and the next moment Di Jiu saw the lion lord drop the man in its claws, who fell to the ground and looked like he was not going to live.
Following more shrill chirps, Di Jiu looked at the sky in shock, and there was a large black ma*s flying in the sky, all of them were the same kind of lion lords from earlier.
The few martial artists who were ready to make a move saw this kind of lion lord, so they didn’t bother to make a move. Like Di Jiu, the stretcher-bearers, they all frantically scattered and fled.
Even the martial artists had fled, and the stretcher bearers were even more frantic as they ran away.
Cao Xi grabbed his backpack and eagerly said to Di Jiu and the others, “Hurry up and go, if we meet the lion lords, we will die in nine lives, now we will see who escapes quickly.”
Cao Xi’s words were understood by everyone, there were many people now, so if they fled quickly, they could escape from the sight of the lion lords. If they were slow, they would become food for the lion lords’ mouths.
When Di Jiu followed Cao Xi and the others to escape from the flat wasteland, he finally understood in his heart why these martial artists did not use planes to transport supplies. When they met this kind of lion lord, planes were a dish. Besides, the plane was too loud, so I was afraid that it would attract the lion lords even more.