After retrieving the broken bird, Mallory's nervousness eased down a bit.
But a moment later, seeing the large pool of blood underneath him, he became nervous again.
It was the vulture's pecking wound that was bleeding, and it wasn't stopping.
Mallory had no choice but to use the vulture's claws to rip the sheet into strips of cloth, then found a suitable strip of cloth and tied up the break.
The pain was so intense that Mallory almost passed out.
Finally, the wound was tied up.
The blood was still flowing, but the flow had slowed down considerably.
Now he can only do so far.
One problem with this bundle is that he can't pee.
But for him at this stage, the most important thing is to stop the bleeding first, as for peeing, can only be the next stage to consider the problem.
Can not pee temporarily will not die, but the blood keeps flowing, he will definitely die.
Eating the flesh and blood of the vulture gave Mallory's body energy and did not pass out again.
But the pain of waking up was also hard for him to bear.
Especially since that area is an unusually sensitive area, the pain coming from it is several times more painful than the rest of his body, making him a little sore.
"A woman giving birth should hurt more than this, right?"
"If a woman can endure it, I can definitely endure it too!"
"I can't bear it!"
"It hurts me to death!"
...
At night, when I was about to fall asleep, the bleeding stopped and the pain finally eased a bit.
However, the accumulation of urine in the bladder became a big problem.
Mallory didn't know anything about medicine, and he didn't know if he could untie the straps now.
If the bindings were removed and the blood flowed, it would be a big problem.
But what scared Mallory even more was ... he found that the temperature around him did not drop, but he felt very cold.
There is only one reason for this, and that is that he is running a fever.
His fever causes his body to feel cold because the temperature of his body is higher than the temperature of his surroundings.
This seems to be a precursor to a bacterial infection.
I don't know if it is a wound infection or an infection caused by eating a carrion animal like a vulture raw, but there is no doubt that any infection would be fatal for him at this time.
Sepsis is next, and if the helicopter doesn't come for him tomorrow, this infection will kill him outright.
The combination of a distended bladder, a burning wound, and an inexplicably high fever all combined to make Mallory feel like he was in hell.
And there was no end to this hell.
Mallory finally didn't know whether he was asleep or passed out.
But whether he was asleep or unconscious, it was a good thing for him.
It was his body's instinctive stress response that temporarily shut down his pain, otherwise his willpower might have broken down during this painful ordeal, which would have led to a full-blown breakdown.
...
The day dawned again.
A gust of wind blew over, blowing Mallory uncomfortably.
There was also a rumbling sound.
At a certain moment, Mallory suddenly realized something.
He opened his eyes in a hurry, only to find that it was the black helicopter coming!
And the rope ladder was hanging down toward him.
"Finally, saved."
At this moment, Mallory had the impulse to cry.
But soon he realized a problem.
Because the infection and fever led to a very serious sepsis, he is now life-threatening, his body is so weak and decrepit that he simply can not move at all.
So to speak, in his current state, to come to his senses is already considered a miracle.
It is a reflection of his strong will to live.
Still want to climb up the rope ladder into the helicopter on his own in this situation, simply delusional.
"I have to climb up!"
"I have to get into the helicopter!"
"Or else I'm dead!"
Mallory roared in his heart.
But the will to live alone was useless to climb into the helicopter.
The body can not move, everything is in vain.
His body functions have completely collapsed, trying to sit up only to make himself almost faint.
I don't know if it's because he waited too long, the helicopter didn't wait until Mallory climbed up himself, then put the rope ladder back, it seems to be ready to leave directly!
"Don't go!" Mallory wanted to shout, but could not shout out.
The helicopter didn't leave.
Instead, it lowered its altitude, lowering the cabin door to the same height as Mallory.
But even so, Mallory still couldn't get into the helicopter's cabin.
His body did not even have a trace of strength, the whole person completely rely on the will to hang on the last breath not to die.
After a while, a metal plate protruded from the cabin of the helicopter.
Two mechanical claws protruded from both sides of the hatch.
The two mechanical claws picked up Mallory's body like cargo, placed it on the metal plate, and then retrieved it into the cabin.
"I'm not being recycled as a corpse, am I? I'm still alive!"
Mallory felt that the situation was not very good.
The last time the jaded old woman's body was recycled this way, right?
Once it was recycled as a corpse, what was waiting for him was the end of being waxed sealed.
So, he can't die yet.
He had to wake up the moment he entered the film city and prove to them clearly that he was not dead yet.
Also, he had to tell them that his pockets contained something extremely important that had to be put into the treatment chamber along with his body.
Even though that thing already stinks.
After Mallory was recovered into the cabin by the mechanical arm and metal plate, the cabin door closed and the cabin became dark.
Mallory knew that there was a box next to him, which contained bread, cookies, drinks, etc. that could help him recover.
However, he could not get up to open the box to get them.
To keep himself from falling asleep and thus falling back into a coma, Mallory kept scratching himself with his fingernails.
Because of the fever, his pain was now much more muted, which made it difficult for him to stay awake.
His bladder was so swollen and painful that it was numb.
Mallory felt he was about to fall into a coma when he couldn't hold it any longer, and he tried hard to take a leak.
This action caused his wound to tear, a very clear pain, finally let Mallory consciousness.
His arm also had some strength as a result.
Mallory hurriedly raised his hand to feel the box of food and drinks in the cabin, which was next to his arm!
These food and drinks are high-tech products, Mallory has twice experienced their magic.
After eating and drinking them, he could restore his body from an extremely weak state to a near-normal level.
Although he doesn't know what the principle ... is, he doesn't need to understand what the principle is.
He just needed to get them now and figure out how to get them into his stomach.
His hand touched the lid of the box, but such a simple thing as lifting the lid and taking the food and drink out of it was beyond his ability to accomplish.
After a struggle, he raised his arm and fell down weakly.
For him now, the distance between the food and drink inside the box and him, is the distance between life and death.
If he wants to stay awake when he arrives in the film city and not let them think he is a corpse, it is now up to him to get the food and drink.
It was an unfortunate blessing that the helicopter came to pick him up today.
It was the equivalent of giving him a chance.
He had to take this chance to survive.
At a certain moment, Mallory suddenly thought of one thing.
It was the real meaning of the three knocks on his head by the sunglasses woman when we last parted.
He also guessed the reason why she did not let him ask her for the answer after he knew it.