"Smack-" The gun slipped from Cher's hand and fell straight down the sleigh's plank like a frozen crow. Cher stiffened and collapsed in a pool of blood. Eric scratched lightly at his face, and a few blood-red ice beads rolled into his hands. The weather on Island G is getting colder and colder, and the blood splattered from it freezes into ice beads in the blink of an eye.

Caitlyn breathed a sigh of relief, put away her gun, and still asked Eric with concern, "Are you okay?" The three sled dogs let out a low "whining" and seemed to feel a sense of relaxation for the rest of their lives.

"Of course, except for a bit of a bad smell of blood, everything was fine. Eric wanted to hide his horror in a humorous way. Cher's ability to unknowingly touch Chiko's pistol and skillfully open the safety with one hand along the sled edge was indeed unexpected.

"Yes, I'm sorry. Chiko, who had just recovered from her fright, said guiltily, still with tears in her eyes.

Eric patted her on the shoulder and said in a nonchalant tone, "Except for an extra puddle of blood and a corpse, we didn't suffer much loss or damage. ”

Catelyn didn't say anything to comfort her, she just looked at Chiko with a slightly gentle eye. In fact, Cher's behavior is completely beyond her estimates. For a 10-year-old child to be able to perform such a professional action in an instant, in addition to undergoing rigorous training, he must also have some physical talents.

"You seem to have noticed this child's anomaly a long time ago. Caitlin asked Eric.

Eric wrinkled his nose and said, "It's strange that a boy suddenly pops up in the snow. I noticed that there were no footprints or signs of a sled gliding in the snow near Cher, and the sled dog poked his head out of the snow to pull him out, indicating that he had been buried under the snow for some time. Even though bearskin clothes can alleviate body heat loss, and the Eskimos are resistant to cold, I can't believe that a child can really get away with the cold amulet. ”

Eric crouched down again and felt the pulse on Cher's neck, and continued, "When I first found this child, I checked his pulse in the same way. I noticed that his pulse was beating very slowly, and although this was a symptom of hypothermia, it was not showing signs of exhaustion from the beating of his pulse. ”

"Maybe you're misesting, because it's not very accurate to measure your heartbeat by your pulse. Caitlin asked.

"That's right, I looked at his pupils, and his pupils were visibly discolored and constricted, and I heard in his chest an incomplete cloudy rales in his lungs, typical of hypothermia. This convinced me that Cher was suffering from hypothermia. Chiko had stopped her tears, but she could hear that her voice was still a little choked.

"That's right, after taking the hypothermia medicine, you fed him another cup of oats. Eric confirmed to Chiko. Chiko nodded, this is to replenish the child's physical strength and improve the function of energy production in his body, which is the most common step in the treatment of hypothermia.

"Herein lies the problem, I noticed that Cher's face had recovered after drinking the oats. But the key is his breathing, which is still very slow, still maintaining the rhythm of hypothermia. This reminds me that when the sled dog found Cher, the snow was flat and flat, which meant that Cher was completely buried under the snow. You must know that being buried under the snow in addition to the threat of low temperature, lack of oxygen is another fatal talisman, according to the normal breathing rate, Xue'er should have suffocated to death. But if it is this low-frequency breathing rhythm, it may be possible to avoid suffocation. Eric still vividly remembers Cher's slow breathing.

On the other hand, if this low-frequency breathing is an instinctive stress response when Cher is buried under the snow. When the symptoms of hypothermia are gone, the breathing rhythm should return to normal. But this is not the case. So I suspect that the child was premeditated to bury himself under the snow and let himself suffer from hypothermia, but at the same time use this low-frequency breathing to avoid suffocating himself. When we rescue him, he can deal us a fatal blow. Eric continued to speculate.

"You mean, Cher deliberately uses slow breathing in the snow to lower her metabolism and her body's oxygen consumption?" Chiko couldn't believe that a 10-year-old could do this. Although low-frequency breathing has been used to control the body's metabolism and reduce oxygen consumption for a long time, and the folk masters of China and India have achieved an incredible degree in this regard, it requires physical talent and rigorous training.

"From the way he opened the pistol safety just now, it is clear that we cannot consider him by the standard of a normal 10-year-old. Remembering Cher holding up her gun at Eric, Caitlyn still had palpitations.

"And how did he know exactly that we were going to be here?" asked Chiko.

Eric took out a map of Island G and drew a black line from the east, west, and north to point to the small town of Sado. Chiko and Caitlin were surprised to find that since the town of Sado was located in a valley near the sea to the south of Island G, the rest of the east and west were blocked by terrain on the other three sides, and the only entrance was a top-down, north-south road to the north of the town. Therefore, no matter where they land and set off from, they will reach the junction of this road, and Cher appears near this junction.

"But, however, if we had chosen a normal flight or ferry and landed at the airport or pier south of Island G, wouldn't it be possible for the child to freeze to death. Chiko still didn't want to believe it.

Perhaps, this child was originally an outcast. Caitlyn said coldly. Remembering that Cher was recognized by Eric and revealed her original form, she did not flinch, but chose to kill recklessly, which is completely an act that only a dead man can do.

After listening to Caitlyn's explanation, Chiko lowered her head in silence. "Don't mind too much, we don't have any ......" Eric wanted to get close to Chiko to comfort her heart hurt by being deceived, but he didn't expect the soles of his feet to slip, and before he could finish his words, the whole person pounced on Chiko, and immediately knocked the unprepared Chiko to the ground.

When Eric saw Chiko's flushed cheeks and his mouth whining, he knew that he was in danger of being killed. Seeing this, Caitlyn smiled faintly, and turned her back and called the sled dog towards the town of Sado.

Galloping south from the north of the small town of Sado, the burden on the three sled dogs was obviously lightened by the downhill slope. The snowfield, which used to be a sparse wilderness, has gradually come to life, and even dots of green vegetation can be seen among the bald rocks next to the slope. The small town of Sado is a special town on Island G, hanging at the southern end of the island, due to the topography of the east, west and north, few people are willing to cross the mountains to come to this lonely town. But for some reason, this town has become the happiest town in the world in a few years.

Eric continued to browse the news stories about the small town of Sado, almost every one of them told a story of paradise. But in Eric's worldview, paradise has always been just a wild imagination. If someone told him that there really was such a place in the world, he would rather believe that he would be able to "fall in love" with Chiko in a sea-view suite tonight. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but raise his eyelids and glance at Qianzi.

Unfortunately, Chiko caught this unkind look. She responded with a threatening look warily: "What are you thinking!" Chiko chose to forgive Eric for the offense just now, but she now wondered if this rogue detective was suspicious.

"Well—nothing—just weird. Eric tried his best to disguise it, "Why is the fool hiding in this place, to be honest, this place is really not good. Thinking of the perennial cold and traffic jams, Eric has a hard time imagining how happy the happiest town in the world can be.

"We're almost there. Caitlin pulled out her binoculars and glanced ahead. Eric and Chiko also looked forward, and sure enough, there were now a few sparse houses and some wire nets.

Eric looked behind him again and asked, "How far is this from where we found Cher?" ”

"About 5 km. Caitlin had already estimated the distance. If this child is from the small town of Sado, it is hard to imagine that he can walk alone in the ice and snow for such a long distance.

"Will anyone help Cher? If that's the case, when we get to the town, we just have to ask who has been out of town with Cher recently, and that person is likely to be the fool, or at least an accomplice of the fool. Chiko speculated cautiously.

"Great idea. Eric didn't think it would be so easy, but he knew that what Chiko needed at this time was encouragement, even if it did her more harm than good. While on the way, Eric even wondered if he would turn a blind eye to the inexplicable child in the snow if he were the only one on the trip. Logically, this child could not have appeared. Rationally, choosing to turn a blind eye ensures maximum safety. Only from the damn emotional, the so-called humanitarianism, would choose to save a stranger who is extremely dangerous and appears unreasonably.

In the blink of an eye, the small town of Sado is close at hand. There are only a few figures in the empty central street, and a few sparse dog barks can be faintly heard, even if there is a neon color that dots a monotonous white, it still looks very gray, more like it exists to set off the white. At first glance, the town seems so peaceful in the snow, as if there is a calming atmosphere in the air that no matter how you think about it, it is difficult to associate it with the eerie smiling army.