Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 52 Falling into the Valley
Qu Shaoyang was pushed up heavily by the wild boar, flying in the air and crashing into a tree.

Then, the wild boar twitched its mouth and pulled Qu Shaoyang, who was about to fall, directly to the left.

On the left is a steep slope of seventy or eighty degrees, and below is an unfathomable valley.

Qu Shaoyang's entire body flew out and then fell down.

At this time, Qu Shaoyang was no longer conscious and felt dizzy as if he was drunk.

There was a buzzing sound in my ears, and it felt like I was swimming underwater, a mess of noises.

It seemed as if something was whipping him constantly, and then, a sharp pain came over him. Qu Shaoyang's eyes went dark, his head felt hot, and he knew nothing.

It was unknown how long it had been before Qu Shaoyang opened his eyes in a daze, and the scenery around him gradually became clearer.

He turned his head and looked around, and found himself lying among the bushes and weeds halfway up the mountain, with a tree next to him.

Fortunately, it was autumn and there was a thick layer of fallen leaves on the ground. In addition, there were branches blocking his fall, which reduced his speed and prevented him from falling to his death.

Qu Shaoyang looked up and could not see anything. It looked like he was at least a hundred meters away from the top of the mountain.

Looking down, it was still pitch black and I couldn't see anything clearly.

"Fuck, where the hell did he fall? Is he not dead?" Qu Shaoyang muttered to himself as he propped himself up and tried to sit up.

After this activity, he realized that his hands and feet were fine and not broken.

There didn't seem to be any broken bones anywhere else, but I felt pain all over, especially in my chest. I felt a sharp pain when I inhaled.

That was caused by the wild boar just now. I'm lucky that my bones weren't broken.

"I'm so lucky that I was pushed under a rock by a wild boar and still managed to survive." Qu Shaoyang smiled bitterly, holding on to a small tree next to him and slowly stood up.

It was at this time that Qu Shaoyang realized that his gun was lying not far from him, and the other things he had on him were not lost and were all nearby.

Qu Shaoyang laboriously picked up his dry food, water bag, and gun one by one. He opened the water bag and drank a sip of water, and felt a little better.

After finally recovering from the shock, Qu Shaoyang began to think about what to do next.

Climb up? Qu Shaoyang looked at the slope and found it was too steep. He couldn't climb far even if he died of exhaustion.

He tried to untie the rope around his waist, found a piece of wood to tie it to, and then pushed the wood towards the tree trunk on the hillside.

The wood went around the branch and fell down again, and Qu Shaoyang climbed up holding both ends of the rope.

After climbing under this tree, continue climbing up as you did before.

Qu Shaoyang was injured. He seemed to be able to move slowly on flat ground, but climbing the slope was so physically demanding that he could hardly hold on.

After climbing only a short distance, I was already sweating all over, gasping for breath, and my arms and legs were shaking.

This wouldn't work. Qu Shaoyang knew that his current condition was not very good and he couldn't climb up at all.

Qu Shaoyang had no choice but to shout at the top of his lungs, "Uncle Wang, Master."

After shouting for a long time, there was no response from above.

He fired another shot upwards, but heard no response for a long time.

Come to think of it, Qu Shaoyang chased the wild boar for quite a distance, but was knocked down by the wild boar, leaving no trace.

Even if Shui Laowu and the others found out that Qu Shaoyang was missing, they wouldn't know where to look for him.

Qu Shaoyang was a little disappointed. He didn't expect that he didn't get into trouble despite the danger of rafting. He went up the mountain with others to hunt, but he was careless for a moment and ended up dying on the mountain. "What the hell is going on? It's really unlucky." Qu Shaoyang muttered and simply sat on the ground.

Fortunately, when they set out in the morning, they brought dry food separately. Qu Shaoyang took out the bread, took a few bites, and drank some water.

Now that there's food in my stomach, my brain is gradually working better.

Qu Shaoyang looked around again. Since he couldn't go up, he might as well go down. Given this terrain, there might be a small river underneath.

Everything will be easy as long as you find the river. You can always get out by following the river.

Thinking of this, Qu Shaoyang regained his spirits, and so he held onto the tree and walked down the mountain little by little.

I was so tired from walking that I just sat down and slid down. My clothes were already scratched to pieces anyway, so I could do whatever I wanted.

In this way, after nearly half an hour, Qu Shaoyang finally reached the bottom of the valley.

When he reached the bottom of the valley and looked around, Qu Shaoyang felt a little desperate.

The mountains on both sides of the valley were towering into the clouds, one upon another, and on the mountains were all big trees, blocking out the sky and making it impossible to see where they were, let alone find the mountain where they had just hunted.

It was already dark in the valley, and Qu Shaoyang didn't know how long he had been unconscious, and it was almost dark.

Since Xiaodonggou is where wild boars hibernate, there must be wolves, tigers, leopards and other ferocious beasts that feed on wild boars.

Thinking of this, Qu Shaoyang did not dare to delay and quickly gathered firewood and built a fire.

Fire will always be the spiritual sustenance of mountain hunters.

The fire piled up, warming people up, dispelling the cold and making people feel more at ease.

Qu Shaoyang sat in front of a fire, pierced the remaining cakes with a wooden stick, and slowly baked them over the fire.

When the crust of the pancake was baked to a golden brown and gave off a burnt aroma, Qu Shaoyang quickly took back the stick, blew on it, and broke off a piece of pancake and stuffed it into his mouth.

As he was eating, Qu Shaoyang started to worry again. He didn't bring many bread with him, and after this meal, he would have nothing to eat the next morning.

The key point is that when leaving home in the morning, no one thought they would encounter such a thing. How could they go out with nothing to eat and an empty stomach?
Qu Shaoyang looked at the biscuit in his hand, gritted his teeth, broke off half and put it in his dry food pocket.

Don’t move much late at night, just eat half full and save the rest for tomorrow morning.

Tomorrow morning the valley will be brighter, and he will be able to find the direction and find a way to leave here.

It was completely dark, and Qu Shaoyang couldn't see the surroundings clearly while sitting next to the fire.

From time to time, I could hear the sound of a wolf breathing out loud, as well as the cooing and chirping sounds of a night owl.

These are still bearable, but the most unbearable thing is that there is a sound similar to a baby crying, which sounds quite creepy.

Qu Shaoyang held the gun and did not dare to sleep. He just sat in front of the fire, staring with his eyes, ready to be on guard against possible danger at any time.

Suddenly, there were several crisp sounds coming from the woods behind me, as if branches were breaking.

Qu Shaoyang immediately stood up from the ground and pointed his gun towards the source of the sound.

It was pitch black all around, and Qu Shaoyang couldn't see clearly what was coming, but it was obviously not an ordinary beast as it could break the branches and dare to approach the fire.

In the reflection of the firelight, I couldn't see clearly what was groping in the darkness, nor could I guess how far away it was at the moment.

At this time, he couldn't care less about so many things. Qu Shaoyang simply pulled the trigger and fired a shot forward.

(End of this chapter)