Chapter 244: Struggling Alone to Save the Cat

He scooped up a ladle of water to rinse the wound clean, dug out the liquor that had not been released from the space and wiped the wound, then simply applied some medicine made by Grandpa Wu. When fetching water, he saw that there was still some food stored in the kitchen when he set out last time on the cover of the Taiping jar. The meat was gone, but the bread was still there. Li Yaoguang took out a big bread and gobbled it up, then drank some water, then fell asleep hugging the tree trunk.

Her dreams were thrilling and she did not sleep well all night. At five o'clock in the morning, she dreamed of falling into the water. Her body felt the falling again and Li Yaoguang woke up with a start.

Her clothes, which had been completely dried by the night wind, felt wet again on her buttocks. It turned out that the tree trunk, which was still a long way above the water surface before she fell asleep, was now soaked by the rising flood and affected her buttocks.

The water level actually rose overnight! No wonder I felt something was wrong even in my dreams.

Fortunately, we were in the front of the flood, the sky was faintly pale, and the surrounding scenery was no longer pitch black.

Li Yaoguang raised his buttocks, stretched his numb hands and feet, and quickly moved the ropes that bound his body upwards. He then stood up, propped up his head and raised his feet, and looked around carefully in the gradually whitening sky. There was still a flood everywhere that was endless, a vast expanse of yellow.

Not giving up, he moved again and continued to climb up to the top of the tree, carefully holding on to the slender top, and looked around again.

It's a pity that the scenery remains unchanged. Everywhere I look, except for the big tree under me, there is nothing but surging water. There is no land or houses, let alone people.

Li Yaoguang sighed, fearing that she would collapse the treetop and fall down again. She might not be lucky enough to find another life-saving tree then. She slowly descended again, retreating to a position about one meter above the water surface, and found a branch to sit on. She was so hungry that she had no time to brush her teeth or wash up. Li Yaoguang ate a biscuit like a little savage, drank some water, and by the way, she hugged the tree to solve her urgent problem. After washing her hands, she sat hugging the tree trunk and thinking.

When the sky was completely bright and the red sun finally rose into the sky and began to exert its power, Li Yaoguang finally thought of a way to escape.

She didn't have a boat of her own, and there wasn't even any wooden furniture in the space for transporting grain. She didn't want to continue soaking in the water, and she keenly remembered that she still had many boxes of things in the space. She chose the largest one, which could fit almost two of her own. She used her mental power to empty the contents, and then put in a few cakes and a water bag filled with clean water. This thing was bought by her uncle at Dengzhou Wharf when they fled south.

After making these preparations, Li Yaoguang took out an axe, walked around the tree, selected a long, straight trunk that was as thick as his wrist, and started chopping it down, removing the branches and vines, and scraping it until it was smooth and not prickly. Then he put away the axe and the long pole, untied the ropes tied around his body, and climbed down the tree.

After going down to the water surface, Li Yaoguang held onto the tree trunk and wandered upstream, finding a place with dense branches and leaves. He held the trunk with one hand and released the box with the other.

Fortunately, they were prepared and there were tree trunks to block the flow, so no matter how fast the water flowed, the box could not be washed away. Li Yaoguang staggered and successfully climbed into the box without any danger. He controlled the box to keep it balanced, and slowly pulled the branches to bring the box out of the coverage of the tree trunks. The box drifted along with the flow of water, and Li Yaoguang hurriedly took out the long pole that he had cut and placed it across the box, relying entirely on it to paddle to avoid danger.

The small box was like a solitary boat, carrying the lonely Li Yaoguang drifting on the vast torrent, just to find reliable land.

The sun was blazing, and Kongkong found an old piece of clothing to cover his head;
Eat a piece of bread when you are tired, drink some water when you are thirsty;
If you can't row anymore, put a long pole on the box and let it float for a while.
During this period, he had seen floating roofs, animals struggling to death, and even floating corpses. Li Yaoguang was used to it and numb. Whenever he encountered such things, he would calmly hold up a long pole to pick them up and float on them until he heard a faint cat's cry in the rolling torrent.

“Meow, meow…”

Li Yaoguang looked over suddenly and saw a small orange figure on the thatched roof that was slightly exposed in the whirlpool submerged by the flood on the left side in front of him, meowing fiercely in his direction.

There was a raging torrent between them, and if you didn't want to save them, they had been drifting for almost a day and a night before you saw any life. If you wanted to save them, no matter how strong the small box was, it wasn't a boat, and I'm afraid it wouldn't be able to withstand the shock of the torrent and the whirlpool.

After hesitating for a long time, Li Yaoguang hardened himself and turned his head away, sliding the long pole in his hand and ready to leave.

The little figure on the top of the small eaves seemed to sense her intention, and the cry became more and more urgent, with a sense of desolation and begging, "Meow, meow, meow..."

Li Yaoguang couldn't help but look back. The wet kitten just opened its big eyes and clasped its front paws together, looking at him pitifully as if worshiping.

Fuck, how can I leave now?
Li Yaoguang was very upset, secretly cursing this damn world, the damn flood, and the damn Xu Miaoniang, but he couldn't bear it anymore, so he turned around and paddled towards the kitten, shouting, "I'm coming, I'm coming, don't yell, I'm coming..."

He paddled quickly and reached the rapids. The box shook violently as he got close to it. He struggled to move forward and the box immediately capsized. Li Yaoguang became anxious. The kitten opposite seemed to have sensed the danger and cried out urgently.

"Meow meow meow, meow meow meow!"

Li Yaoguang didn't care about these things. He struggled with the torrent with all his heart and soul. He barely managed to keep the box steady and prevent it from tipping over. However, the kitten on the opposite side was still more than ten meters away.

It was only a dozen meters, something that normally takes a few steps, but now it seemed like a chasm.

Li Yaoguang tried to control the balance of the box and stretched out the long pole in his hand. The kitten opposite also tried very smartly to stretch out its little paws, but unfortunately it still couldn't reach it.

What should I do? What should I do now?
Suddenly, Li Yaoguang's eyes fell on his outstretched wrist. He suddenly remembered what Uncle Dong had told him, and his eyes lit up instantly.

Look at her pig brain! What did Uncle Dong say at the beginning?

Oh oh oh, one is a rain of pear blossom needles, and the other is a wall-climbing weapon that shoots out steel wires.

Li Yaoguang immediately raised his left hand, aimed at the thatched roof under the cat's feet, controlled his balance, took a deep breath, and then decisively pulled the trigger. A thin but extremely tough steel wire flew out from between the wrist guards on his hands.

Unfortunately, she missed because she had poor aim.

Li Yaoguang tried again and again without giving up. The torrent under him unexpectedly rose again. When it was about to submerge that tiny corner, he finally retracted the small triangle that he had shot out and it got stuck in place with a thud.

Li Yaoguang was so happy that he hurriedly pulled it and found that it was stable. He hurriedly shouted to the kitten opposite, "Little guy, grab this wire, get your claws stuck, get it stuck, do you understand?"

At this moment, she didn't care about her own stupidity, nor did she care whether the kitten could understand her or not. She just kept shouting and making gestures.

Perhaps cats that can ask for help are naturally smart. As Li Yaoguang shouted and gestured, the kitten tentatively stretched out its claws to poke the wire. Then, it moved both claws at the same time, tightly grasping the triangular clip. After holding it tightly, the kitten did not forget to turn around and meow twice at Li Yaoguang.

Li Yaoguang was overjoyed and quickly pressed the recovery mechanism. The triangular clip tightened immediately. Li Yaoguang raised his wrist and the mechanism inside the wrist guard drove the cyclonic elastic force, which actually brought the wet kitten across the sky and landed in front of him in a flash.

"Very good!"

Li Yaoguang hurriedly checked the little guy's paws and found that except for two split nails, everything else was fine. He meowed as if to thank the kitten. Li Yaoguang was in a good mood.

"Little guy, you are lucky!"

He stroked the cat's head, patted the little guy's head, took off the clothes on his head and wiped the moisture off the kitten. Then, he lifted the clothes to create space, and Li Yaoguang held up the long pole again and continued to move forward.

I don’t know if it was because of good luck after meeting the kitten, but before the afterglow of the setting sun completely disappeared in the sky, Li Yaoguang finally succeeded in seeing the land appearing on the left side in front of him. It seemed that it was a hill.

"That's great, little guy, we are saved!"