Trembling At A High Altitude - Chapter 48

Chapter 48: A Man Can be Killed But Not Insulted

Li Teng’s wishful thinking didn’t come true.

It was still very hot today, not the slightest bit cooler than yesterday.

It was even hotter.

He soon drank the last 200ml of water in the bottle. Had he not drank it, his bodily functions were likely to fail from depletion immediately.

However, after the water went down his stomach, it was soon baked out of his body by the blazing sunlight.

It wouldn’t be unscientific to say that this 200ml of water didn’t solve any problems.

At least, it pulled Li Teng back from the verge of death for five minutes.

After five minutes, Li Teng felt even more thirsty than before he drank the water.

This sensation was no different from being tortured.

“Why does this have to happen? Why?”

Li Teng didn’t even have the strength to shout. He could only roar in his heart, venting his anger, and not indignation.

“Am I really to die here?

“For such a good actor as I, a presence who may become a movie king in the future, the film studio has to give me some care, for the sake of my performance if nothing else!

“What point is there in killing me prematurely like this?

“The helicopter’s coming early, right?

“At least, it’s going to rain, right?”

Unfortunately, all this was just Li Teng’s wishful thinking.

The film studio didn’t care about the life or death of these actors at all.

The helicopter didn’t show up until the sun went down, nor did rain.

It was still very hot at night, giving him no rest.

Even for Li Teng, who had been living in one of the three hottest cities, Jiang City, he couldn’t stand such heat. Not to mention having water to drink.

Li Teng estimated that the elegant old woman had probably died at the hands of such bad weather.

At her age, she probably wouldn’t have been able to survive past a day without a bottle of water like Li Teng’s.

Nevertheless, Li Teng felt that two days were his limit.

Will I die?

Can I possibly still wake up tomorrow morning?

I will die in my sleep, right?

Li Teng didn’t fall asleep tonight—he fainted.

…

A sharp sense of pain from the lower abdomen woke Li Teng up.

The day was already very bright; the sun was above his head.

It was probably noon.

He had been asleep—actually fainted—since yesterday night until now. If not for this pain, he probably wouldn’t have woken up.

Li Teng opened his eyes and tried hard to sit up to see what had happened to him and why he was in so much pain.

He struggled for a long time and couldn’t get up.

Then, another sharp burst of pain overwhelmed him.

Li Teng’s body worked hard to produce some adrenaline in the extreme fear of death and pain. This adrenaline gave Li Teng some final burst of strength before dying. He finally sat up forcefully.

Finally, he understood what exactly had happened to him.

It was two vultures!

Two vultures almost half a meter tall!

They treated him like a corpse, and they were eating his body!

Though vultures were scavengers, it didn’t mean that they didn’t eat fresh meat—especially this kind that was placed right before them.

Right now, they were preparing to open him up!

Upon seeing that Li Teng, the corpse, suddenly came back to life, the two vultures instinctively flew away from the top of the stone pillar but did not go far, hovering around nearby and watching.

From the experience of eating animal corpses frequently, this one lying on top of the stone pillar would probably completely turn into a corpse very soon.

“F*ck! F*ck! F*ck!”

After checking his injuries, Li Teng was saddened and enraged.

The two vultures had actually opened a wound in his privates, almost tearing off the protruding middle part!

Fortunately, it had not been eaten!

Well, it did look like it could break off any time…

How was he going to pee afterward if it broke? Would he have to make due and squat!?

It was said that dogs could bully a tiger that left its hill. He, a living human being, actually got bullied by birds.

A man can be killed but not insulted!

The medical technology of the film studio is very advanced. This kind of wound can be cured, right?

Previously, he had smashed the old witch’s head into pieces, yet she had been revived at the treatment chamber.

This injury should be treatable.

At this moment, on the verge of death, as well as in a state of extreme sadness and anger, Li Teng’s blurring consciousness came back to clarity completely.

If there is the slightest hope of survival, I can never give up!

It’s just two birds. It’d be too shameful to die under their claws!

After drawing up a revenge plan in his mind, Li Teng lay down again, but this time he squinted his eyes and tried not to let himself fall unconscious.

After the two vultures hovered in the air for a while, they found Li Teng motionless again.

Hunger, thirst, and the desire for food and blood drove the two vultures to descend down to the top of the stone pillar again, after hovering for a while.

The two vultures landed next to Li Teng’s body.

Then, together, they stretched out their slender necks to peck open Li Teng’s belly and continue enjoying their earlier delicious feast.

It happened really fast. Li Teng’s two hands reached out with lightning speed, grabbing the necks of the two vultures extremely precisely on each side.

There was a component of luck to such accuracy. More importantly, of course, it was because the two vultures fell right on the two sides of Li Teng’s body. When their beaks reached down, their necks were almost right beside Li Teng’s hands.

The vultures were very big and strong. After their necks were caught, they immediately screamed and resisted. The sharp claws kicked wildly on Li Teng’s body, producing a lot of bloody wounds.

The pain stimulated Li Teng’s nerves, causing his body to produce even more adrenaline.

It was already at the point where only either he or they could live. Li Teng had used up the final burst of strength he could squeeze out of his body.

Birds had beaks and sharp claws, but Li Teng was not easy to mess with either.

He had teeth!

His hands tightly grasped and pressed down the necks of the two vultures.

The vultures had a lot of strength, but it was of no use now.

At the same time he stood up, Li Teng’s one hand forcefully yanked the neck of one of the vultures, and then he bit down.

He used his full strength on not only his hands but also his mouth.

When he bit down on the vulture’s neck, Li Teng’s hand simultaneously exerted force. With a “crack”, Li Teng’s bite forcefully broke the vulture’s neck!

The wildly struggling vulture suddenly lost its strength, falling down on Li Teng’s bed, motionless.

The other vulture left even bloodier scratches on Li Teng’s body. But it also received even more frantic revenge from Li Teng.

After biting that first vulture to death, Li Teng turned back and broke the vulture’s neck with a bite.

Before the blood in the two vultures’ bodies solidified, Li Teng quickly picked them up by their necks and poured their blood into his mouth.

The two huge vultures had a lot of blood to offer. Thus, the burning thirst in Li Teng’s body was temporarily relieved.

After the nutrients in the blood of the vultures nourished Li Teng’s body, Li Teng, who was extremely weak just now, finally had the strength to sit up.

So painful! So long as I can get back to the film studio alive, I should be able to get these wounds healed.

I can’t die before that!