Chapter 16: Deterrence and Crossing the Lake
The newcomers are envious of the good luck of the blonde mother and daughter and Nicole, and the rubber boat is naturally much safer and faster than the raft, especially after seeing the little Lori take out an outboard motor, all kinds of envy and jealousy have reached their peak.
Miranda clenched her fists as well, feeling like she had been tricked.
"With this thing, they can reach the other side in a few dozen seconds." Brandt wailed, if he hadn't had some self-knowledge, he would have robbed him.
Reynard's eyes rolled and he glanced around for a while, hesitating whether to negotiate or not, he wanted a motor, after all, the shorter he spent on the lake, the safer it was.
"Hey, it seems like there's something missing." Lu Fan pouted, patted his head, took out a few grenades, and put them next to the motor, then nodded with satisfaction.
"Little slippery." Renard gave up, knowing it was a warning.
Tang Zheng's rifle was placed beside him, ready to shoot at any time, and then he took out five aluminum floors and seat plates, U-shaped pipe slots, and four oars, since Lu Fan took out the outboard machine, then his can be left.
"What are you doing? Help, unfold the hull first. Tang Zheng completely spread out the hull that had been rolled up, picked up the first piece of floor and put it into the bow of the boat.
"How's this going to work?" Apparently unconvinced, Nicole asked, "Isn't it true that if you pull somewhere, it will automatically swell?" ”。
"That's a life raft, uncle is so good" Lu Fan watched Tang Zheng skillfully arrange the floor and connect it with a U-shaped pipe card slot in only two minutes, and couldn't help cheering, Demi was also watching from the side, clapping his little hands excitedly.
"Plug in the gas nozzle, Nicole, you step on the gas bag." Tang Zheng didn't do this kind of manual work, and at this time, he unfolded the telescopic oars.
The newlyweds watched the rubber boat gradually expand under the filling of gas, and they all felt the scarcity of time, and hurriedly tied their rafts.
"Alright, don't fill the air, now install the outboard unit." This large item was more laborious, and Tang Zheng could only do it himself, but it only took four minutes, and then let Nicole continue to inflate.
"Why is it still deflated down there?" Nicole wiped her forehead, and the lower part of the hull couldn't swell up at all.
"That's the keel, it's going to be inflated at this mouth." If Tang Zheng hadn't practiced it, he would definitely not be so familiar with it, and after the hull was completely formed, he put the oar on the screw of the oar lock, and then screwed the nut to fix it.
"It's assembled, and it takes eleven minutes." Tang Zheng snapped his fingers, very satisfied with the current effect, Lu Fan was excited, jumped into the rubber boat, and pretended to play with the oars.
Tang Zheng turned around and continued to help make the raft for the high school students, he actually didn't want to assemble the rubber boat here, if the raft that went first was attacked on the lake, the blood that flowed out would definitely attract more Cretaceous creatures, and it would be safer to change places at that time.
"If you go together, you don't know who will be attacked first, it's all up to luck, and I hate this kind of probability problem the most." Tang Zheng muttered a sentence and discussed with Xiao Lori.
"It's okay, we can injure a few new people, or get them into the water to attract creatures." Lu Fan lowered his voice and leaned into Tang Zheng's ear to propose.
"My original intention was to slaughter a few dinosaurs upstream and throw them into the lake to lead the danger away in advance." Tang Zheng immediately shook his head again, and said with a wry smile, "Forget it, I can get to the other side in fifty seconds at most, I'm worried about what to do, the more I live, the more timid I become." ”
"It's called prudence, and it's my uncle's merit." Lu Fan touched Tang Zheng's head, kissed him on the face, and said, "Kiss, irritability flies away." ”
"This guy is definitely a lolicon." A group of busy newcomers looked at Tang Zheng and Lu Fan's relaxed appearance, and they all felt unbalanced in their hearts. "Don, what do you need a raft to do when you have a boat?" With a smile on his face, Brant came over, he fell in love with the raft made by Tang Zheng, even if it was David's, it was better than his, no way, who made Tang Zheng have the most complete tools, and their handmade ones were too much worse.
Miranda also stared at Tang Zheng, she actually wanted to change it, David was very helpless, if it wasn't for the raft being too small, he would also want to change it.
"Made for her." How could Tang Zheng not guess what these people thought, but he didn't bother to care, the more ununited these people were, the more beneficial it would be to him.
"And we?" Before Brant could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Tang Zheng.
"Go to Jack and talk to Jack about this raft." Tang Zheng waved his hand, drove Brant away, and shouted at David, "When are you leaving?" Together or separately? ”
"What do you think of letting Brandt go first?" Not only is there a danger in the lake, but there also needs to be cannon fodder on the other side to check it, Renard said this, which can be regarded as asking Tang Zheng's opinion and dragging him into the water so that the newcomers can see his face clearly.
"I don't care what you do, anyway, before evening, I must cross the river." Tang Zheng didn't want to get involved in these things.
This sentence made Renard's face turn pale, but he endured it, and Danny couldn't get angry.
"What if your motor sounds the dinosaur attracts the crocodile? There must be more than one in this lake, you have reached the shore, are we waiting to be attacked? ”。
What Danny said is very likely to happen, so the newcomers' eyes are on Tang Zheng and need an explanation.
"If you're not convinced, either you go first, or you change the location of crossing the lake." Tang Zheng didn't like these people, his cold gaze swept over, and no one dared to look at him.
"You ......" David grabbed Danny's arm, not letting him provoke Tang Zheng and not committing evil.
Ten minutes later, everyone's rafts were ready, but no one went into the water, and they all glanced at Brant, who was staying behind, from time to time, and the meaning was self-evident, cannon fodder always had to go first.
Brant and Defoe buried their heads between their knees, as if they hadn't noticed, and pretended to be innocent.
"Brandt, you go." Seeing that it was getting a little dark, Renard decided not to wait.
Brandt's head was buried lower, pretending not to hear.
Kara, the gloomy Reinar pulled the bolt of the gun, aimed at him, and Brant and Defoe, who peeked at him, were stunned, and suddenly rolled out like monkeys with their butts burned.
Suddenly, a shuttle of bullets struck them, splashing a puddle of mud.
"Do you want to kill us?". A frightened Brant roared loudly, but was choked back by Renard's words.
"If you don't cross the lake, you'll really be killed." Renard stood up, and the other conquerors joined suit, their guns pointed at him and Defoe, "Cross the river." ”
"Uncle, if we didn't have the strength, we would be the unlucky ghost who was forced to cross the river now." Lu Fan held a lollipop in his mouth and watched the cruel scene in front of him with great enjoyment, who let Brant target Tang Zheng, he deserved it.
"You shouldn't do this," Jack couldn't stand it.
"You're going to help this coward? Or you can cross the lake for him. Renard drew his finger in a circle, "See, everyone is silent, I have done a wicked person for you, should I still be blamed?" So you should go and persuade Brandt to take the initiative. ”
Jack couldn't accept it, but Nicole stopped him and wouldn't let him say more.
"It's okay for me to go first, but give me a rubber boat." Brandt has to take over the ship, and even if he can't survive, he has to stir up a relationship between them.
"Are you stupid?". Lu Fan smiled, then suddenly retracted his expression, became vicious, took out the silver revolver from his waist, slammed it, and said, "Believe it or not, I will let you die immediately?" The hideousness shown by the little Lori in an instant shocked everyone, which alerted everyone to the fact that they were not a little sheep to be slaughtered, but a young wolf.
Tang Zheng naturally wanted to support Lu Fan, and also pulled the handle of the M4A1, loaded the bullet, and then put three grenades and three magazines in the kayak.
"Defoe, let's go." Brant had no choice but to bite the bullet, but after taking a few steps, he found that Defoe in the same group did not follow, "What's wrong with you?" ”
"I'm with her, protect her." Defoe wants to be a good raft for a stumbling high school student, and he actually said it soundingly.
"You ......" Brandt wanted to rush up and smash Defoe's hypocritical face, but looking at the muzzle of the gun pointed at him, he had to give up and obediently walked to the lake.
The sky is a little darker, there is less light, and the whole lake looks unstable due to the cover of tall trees, and the light can only penetrate the surface of the lake for one meter, making it look dim, like a pool of stagnant water, which makes people feel even more panicked, as if there is a huge danger lurking underneath.
Brant pushed the raft and stepped into the water, and the chill instantly crept up his back from his legs, making him shiver.
"Fool, aren't you going to take the oars?". Renard cursed and smashed the wood cut oar on his head, "If it falls, I'll blow your head off." ”
Ignoring the big bag on his head, Brant quickly grabbed the oar that was sinking to the bottom of the lake, and this time the action was so violent that it almost made him fall, and it took a lot of effort to stabilize his body.
"Let's row." Renard and the others gathered around the lake, watching Brandt grow into the distance.
"This guy can actually row, isn't it amazing" Danny had been waiting to see Brandt make a fool of himself, but the raft didn't turn around on the lake, and he handled it well.
"Be quiet, from now on, all speak quietly, shut up if you don't need to talk nonsense." Tang Zheng glared at them, staring intently at the surface of the lake, listening to the movement.
Boom, boom, the sound of the oars hitting the water was dull and hurried, and Brandt looked to the left and right in fear, and tried to row over as quickly as he could, but halfway through, he slowed down.
"What's wrong? At risk? David looked at Tang Zheng and waited for him to explain.
"No, he's tired." Tang Zheng shook his head, it seemed that he was very safe, he actually wanted to shoot him and see the effect after bleeding from wounding him.
Brant felt his arm sore, but he didn't dare to stop, the lake with large patches of green algae floating in it made him feel terrified, his whole back was soaked with sweat, he knew that if he hadn't put on a protective suit, he would never have survived now.
"It took nine minutes, that's too long." Tang Zheng glanced at the time and was very dissatisfied.
In the last few meters, Brant was so anxious that he fell into the lake, which made everyone think he had been attacked and startled, until he swam out of the lake and climbed onto the shore.
"Let's go." Derek, a player, suggested to Miranda as he pushed the raft into the lake.
"Let's go, too." Mars also beckoned to the team and began to move.
"Get on board, get on board." Danny couldn't sit still and tried to pull Knightley's hand, but was cleverly dodged by the other party.
"These idiots, they should have waited a little longer, who knows if there are carnivorous dinosaurs on the other side?" Tang Zheng didn't want to go, but only by rowing together, these cannon fodder would be used.
Tang Zheng took out two life jackets, one was thrown to Julia, motioned for her to put it on Demi, and put one on Lu Fan.
Nicole had a good impression of Tang Zheng because of his actions.
"Wait." Jack was about to push the rubber boat into the lake, but Tang Zheng stopped him.
"What are you waiting for? Defoe's raft was all rowed away. Jack didn't understand what Tang Zheng meant. "The rafts are fast and slow, and after a while they will be separated and scattered on the lake, and when the time comes, when we set off again and gradually overtake them, there will be cannon fodder and bait at every other stretch." Of course, Lu Fan knew what Tang Zheng meant, but he couldn't say this, and said, "We have a motor and a noise, let them go first." ”
"What a kind little girl." Jack praised, if he knew Lu Fan's careful thoughts, he would definitely be mad.
The fastest was really a group of David, it took less than two minutes to row to the middle, followed by a group of Mars, in the middle of Arthur and Miranda, Defoe was at the end, he and the high school students were obviously not very good at rowing, and it took more than ten meters to row in this half day.
"Let's go." Tang Zheng pushed the rubber boat into the lake on the shore, Nicole carried Lu Fan up, and Julia was taking care of Demi, "Lean forward, pay attention to your center of gravity and balance, don't move." ”
Little Demi writhed excitedly, and was yelled at by Tang Zheng, and Julia hurriedly comforted her daughter.
Tang Zheng was naturally in charge of the outboard engine at the stern, waiting for Jack to come up, grabbed the starting rope, and pulled violently.
Suddenly, suddenly, suddenly, suddenly, three times, the roar of the motor resounded on the calm lake, almost instantly, the crew in charge of rowing on the four rafts worked harder, and the team members in charge of guarding also held their guns and stared at the lake.
Whoosh, the propeller wrenched out a large splash, and the rubber boat immediately slashed out five or six meters diagonally, scaring everyone on the boat, Tang Zheng quickly slowed down and adjusted the direction, he only read the manual, so the kayak did not move in a straight line, and cut an S shape on the lake, but it was still moving forward, at least much faster than paddling.
"If you make such a big move, will it lure the monster out?" Seeing Defoe and Miranda left behind, Jack worried, "Why don't you use the oars?" ”
Tang Zheng ignored him, concentrating on manipulating the outboard engine, becoming more and more like an arm.
Watching the kayak speed across the lake, some of the narrow-minded newcomers were eager to capsize, but the curse fell on another raft.
There weren't many people on Arthur's raft, but he was in too much of a hurry to control his balance, and a gangster planted ...... Anthony.