(Two in one) Bridge
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Lu Liran said he wanted to build a bridge, which confused everyone.
Bridge? Does this look like a place for a bridge? How to do it?
Lu Liran didn’t explain much. He just asked Jiang Kun and Luo Qi to dismantle all the rafts and then re-tie them two by two.
Because he didn’t know the depth of the water, Lu Liran tied a stone weighing seven or eight kilograms to one end of the rope and “plop” threw it into the water and soon hit the bottom.
Lu Liran fished out the rope and looked at the depth of the submersion, which was about two meters.
He walked a few more meters along the shore to the waterfall side, repeated the process before, and measured the immersion depth again. This time it was less than two meters.
He measured this many times and was able to basically determine that the depth of the water from here to the waterfall was getting shallower and shallower. It is very likely that when he gets to the waterfall, the water depth will be only a little over one meter.
On the contrary, going in the opposite direction, that is, the water depth at the end they came from may be the deepest. Lu Liran also measured it and found that it was four meters, which was probably not the deepest.
Lu Liran tried to place two wooden poles tied together flatly in the water. He stepped on it and tried it. The raft was only less than one meter wide, and it was really challenging to control the direction and paddle balance.
Even he might roll over if he wasn’t careful.
Seeing Lu Liran step on it, Luo Qi thought that these rafts had changed from “two-person rafts” to “canoes” and needed to be operated alone, and he couldn’t help but break into a cold sweat.
When Ah Kang thought that there was such a huge underwater shadow in the water, his calves trembled a little, and he couldn’t help but say: “Mr. Lu, this boat is too narrow…”
Lu Liran ignored Ah Kang, he just looked at Ke Ji. He blinked and asked: “Can you do it? Someone will have to transport these rows of wooden stakes for me.”
“Okay.” Ke Ji nodded slightly.
Lu Liran nodded when he saw this: “Then there will be no problem.”
He turned to Ah Kang and Luo Qi: “I know, I didn’t even consider you.”
Luo Qi and Ah Kang: “……” It’s both heartbreaking and true.
“What should we do next?” Jiang Kun coughed slightly to break the awkward atmosphere.
“It’s better to adapt to local conditions and use local materials.” Lu Liran said, as he touched the thick trunk nearby, ” The Lateral roots and branches of the water zelkova serrata are very developed. These are ready-made support.”
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Lu Liran tied a few bark ropes to the soles of his shoes to increase friction, and climbed up to the top of the tree at once.
“Is he a monkey?! He still has the strength to climb a tree at this time? And he can climb so fast?!” Jiang Kun took a breath and looked at Lu Liran in disbelief.
Ke Ji glanced at Jiang Kun and said nothing——All soldiers who can be selected into the mobile unit have gone through various physical trainings that are three times higher than ordinary soldiers and have been selected through layers before becoming the elite of the mobile unit, what’s more, the deputy captain of the first mobile team?
They’re not on the same scale.
After Lu Liran climbed up to the crown of the tree, he tied the rope to the strongest part of the trunk, then hung a buckle and put a knot in the buckle. In this way, even if he accidentally slipped in the middle or the knot loosened, he will not fall directly to the bottom.
This is what Lu Liran calls insurance, layer upon layer, and every step he takes provides the most adequate protection for his next step.
Luo Qi looked up at Lu Liran’s movements. When he saw the purpose of the buckle, he immediately realized Lu Liran’s plan, and secretly admired Lu Liran’s caution.
[I see! Take good notes, they might come in handy later!]
[Survival experts don’t just talk casually]
[Tsk tsk, so when we encounter the same thing, some people will die and some will survive. The difference is in the details]
The water zelkova serrata has a strong load-bearing capacity and is very strong and resilient, fully able to bear the weight of Lu Liran alone. He shuttled between several water zelkova serrata branches. Every time he moved a certain distance, he fixed it and added a buckle.
When he successfully climbed up to the water zelkova tree closest to the mountain wall, there were only three metal buckles left.
Carefully he climbed up a branch closest to the mountain wall, and he first tried to press down twice as hard as he could, and the branch drooped downward, still holding tough.
The audience in the live broadcast room broke into a cold sweat just watching. Lu Liran’s entire body weight was pressed on a branch that was only as thick as an arm. The difficulty was about the same as walking a tightrope at high altitude.
Everyone stared nervously at Lu Liran’s movements, not daring to blink.
The closer to the end, the more violent the branches tremble, as if they are about to break at the next moment, making people subconsciously hold their breath.
Ke Ji’s steps moved slightly, and his body subconsciously leaned forward a little towards Lu Liran, then he heard Jiang Kun next to him ask: “Hey, do you know what Lu Liran is going to do? Didn’t he say he was going to build a bridge? Why is he climbing a tree alone now? It’s so dangerous.”
Ke Ji silently retracted his steps, he glanced at Jiang Kun and asked him: “How many people on this team do you think can move their bodies between the tree canopies like that?”
Jiang Kun paused, his eyes wandered around Luo Qi and Ah Knag, and then fell silent.
If you ask him, he doesn’t think anyone can do this, not only in terms of strength and stamina, but also in terms of skill and mindset.
And if they had just entered the swamp, they might have been able to do this. But now, after experiencing so much, both physical and mental strength have reached their limits, and they are at the end of their strength. Who can still complete such a high-intensity task?
Jiang Kun shook his head, answering Ke Ji’s question. He had long recognized that Lu Liran’s physical ability was not on the same level as theirs.
Ke Ji: “So focus on watching now and talk less.”
Jiang Kun choked and had to shut his mouth. He didn’t know what was in Lu Liran's gourd.
After Lu Liran arrived at this place, he took out the rope and stones, threw them underneath, and measured the actual water depth here. Sure enough, it was only one meter and two meters.
Lu Liran immediately signaled to Ke Ji: “Come here! Get a strap and a short one to fix it!”
Ke Ji responded, already prepared for what Lu Liran said.
He easily jumped onto the single-row raft, still holding the spider wooden oar he had used for paddling before, holding the other tied single-row raft, and rowed steadily towards Lu Liran’s side.
Lu Liran and Ke Ji first worked together to erect the empty single-row raft. Ke Ji couldn’t use his strength when stepping on the raft. The main task was for Lu Liran to hang upside down from the zelvova tree, hold the stone weighing seven or eight kilograms, and smash the two-tied raft into the mud at the bottom of the water.
This is a pile, with the diameter of the tree trunk as its width, less than three meters in height, and less than two meters above the water.
Lu Liran made the pile solid enough for Ke Ji to try kicking it a few times without moving, so he continued on.
In order to avoid being weighed down by hanging on the same branch, Ke Ji paddled the raft to the other side.
He grabbed a branch that was spread out horizontally above his head, then tucked and curled his stomach, flipped over and climbed up, and after a few minutes of creeping among the branches, he finally climbed up to Lu Liran’s side.
There was a rope tied to the raft. Ke Ji took the rope and brought the raft in front of him
The raft tied with two tree trunks is not heavy, and it is more than enough for two people to lift it out of the water. The only worry is whether the tree trunks under them can bear the strength.
Soon, Lu Liran and Ke Ji quickly put it on the wooden stakes nailed in the water, leaning it against the mountain wall of the waterfall.
The wooden pile is only about one meter away from the mountain wall at the other end of the waterfall, but the height is quite different. The vertical height of the waterfall between the top of the wooden pile and the mountainside is at least six meters. In particular, the mountain wall is slippery, and it is quite a challenge to climb six meters with bare hands, so a “bridge” was built diagonally in the middle.
It’s just that the stability between the two rows of rafts needs to be reinforced, which requires the short wooden sticks that Lu Liran asked Ke Ji to bring before.
Short wooden sticks were inserted between the two single-row rafts to hold against the triangular gap, and then ropes were passed through the holes, and finally tied tightly to form an unshakable triangular defense column.
“This is a practice that has been continued by the ancient indigenous people of the Barents Islands. They often use this method to make the most traditional fish enclosure. It’s been documented that a stake like this can carry the struggling force of a Barents flat shark, but to be honest I’ve never tried it.” Lu Liran’s eyes fell on the crude wooden pile that he had just fixed.
He looked up at the camera of the drone camera ball: “Now I’m going to try its firmness. I hope it doesn’t fail me.”
After he finished speaking, he pointed to the water below: “The water here is only about one meter deep. If you fall, you will easily hit the rocks in the water. Just thinking about it will be painful enough.”
Lu Liran paused and smacked the stake in his hand to secure it once more: “So it has to be useful.”
Lu Liran exhaled and fastened a metal buckle to the point where the pile had the most ropes and was also the strongest. If he accidentally lost his footing, he would not fall directly into the water, at least there would be a buffer.
Ke Ji nodded slightly towards Lu Liran: “Be careful, don’t be brave.
“Yeah.” Lu Liran responded, and then carefully climbed onto the sloping single-row raft.
Under the watchful eyes of Luo Qi and others, Lu Liran was seen moving slowly but steadily on the slope. The seemingly flimsy single-row raft was pressed against the mountain wall but did not move at all until Lu Liran successfully grabbed the mountain wall with both hands.
He exhaled and smiled a little: “Arrived successfully. You can see that there is a square cave on the mountain wall about one meter above my head. I don’t know how deep this cave is. It may be very deep, and it may only be able to accommodate one person standing. But that’s not a big problem.”
“As long as we can stay temporarily, it is enough. Because two meters next to this cave is the waterfall corridor, which is our destination.”
After Lu Liran finished speaking, his hands began to tentatively pull at the rocks on the mountain wall, while explaining: “As I said before, most of the structures here are calcite structures and the rocks are fragile, so long-distance rock climbing is not recommended as the risk is too high.”
“In the process of climbing a short distance like this, what you need to do is to confirm in advance whether the spots where you want your hands and feet to grab are firm, and you can test it with your hands.” As Lu Liran said this, he crushed a stone on the mountain wall with a handful of his hand.
Without even frowning, he moved his fingers a few times, crushed the gravel, and continued to try another place.
However, the mountain wall was slippery and covered with moss under the influence of the water vapor from the waterfall. Lu Liran tried several handholding spots but failed.
[No wonder Brother Lu refused to climb before…it’s really dangerous]
[This is more fragile than the previous Gobi shelf in the Salba Desert, it’s brittle when you grasp it]
[How to fix this]
[After working for a long time, they got stuck at the last level…]
[Brother Lu, come on!!]
Ke Ji “shut up and watch my man” 😍
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