About a kilometer or two away from the battleship, there was a "nominal" lake—perhaps it was a lake when it wasn't so cold, but now the whole lake was sealed up by a layer of perennial ice. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Pei Xingchen walked along the edge of the lake while crunching on the cattail rhizome in his mouth. From time to time, some of the herbaceous plants near the lake will be found some cattail that grows almost half a man's height, and the fibrous roots and stems of this cattail are edible under the examination of the slabs - although it has no taste, is not full, and is hard, but at least it provides a small amount of calories sufficient to maintain the body's functions.

Fortunately, these cattail grasses can be found almost everywhere by the lake, so Pei Xingchen has grabbed a large bundle in his hand now. But it's not a good long-term food -- even if you don't think about the bad taste and texture, the substance that the human body needs is not something that this measly starchy rhizome can provide.

As for other food, along the way, Pei Xingchen saw a lot of small animals, such as snow rats and rabbits. Although Pei Xingchen would not lose under the thermal imaging ability of the tablet, he couldn't catch up with those snow-white little things at his speed. As for doing traps...... Cattail grass is something that even rabbits don't like to eat.

Pei Xingchen was thinking about how to make himself eat some meat, while looking for the cattail grass around him. A big bundle may seem like a lot, but it can actually provide less than a bowl of energy.

While thinking about it, he subconsciously landed on his feet, and just when Pei Xingchen was about to lift his other foot, he suddenly felt a subtle touch coming from the soles of his feet.

He seemed to have stepped on something.

Pei Xingchen lowered his head and swept the snow with his hand a few times. After the new layer of snow was swept away, a pile of burning embers appeared in Pei Xingchen's field of vision.

"This is the ashes of the fir wood that is common here after it has been burned, sir." The tablet that has been turned into glasses plays its role perfectly.

Pei Xingchen stared blankly at the pile of ashes. Judging by the amount of snowfall and the depth at which the ashes were buried, this pile of ashes would not have been around for more than two days.

You're not alone! There are other people who are ...... Maybe you'll be able to get out of this hellish place!

"Do you know where the people here are going?" Pei Xingchen tapped his glasses with his fingers and asked in a low voice.

"Head northwest, eleven o'clock." Soon, the tablet gave an answer.

Turning in the snow without obstacles is pointless, so if the other person has a clear destination, it should be easy to find.

"Probabilistically speaking, this kind of behavior that is too low a probability is not recommended." The voice of the machine sounded in Pei Xingchen's ears.

"Is it possible to catch up?" Pei Xingchen said in a low voice.

"Yes. But this machine strongly recommends that you do not do this......"

"You have to listen to me, you won't leave yourself," Pei Xingchen pouted, "I'm the chief, you're just an AI." ”

As soon as Pei Xingchen finished speaking, the glasses flew up by themselves, and then quickly expanded and deformed in the air, returning to the form of a tablet: "No, sir, this time I will go." ”

“……”

"At night, when there is no sunlight, it will become extremely cold here, and if the commander does not find a heat source, he must rely on the heat generated by the burning of the battleship." The flat plane flew in the air, and a large amount of data was crackled on it, "Otherwise, according to the temperature of the night here, the chief will freeze to death." ”

Pei Xingchen glanced back, and the sky-high blue flame was faintly visible even here.

"If I could charge the void like you, or even photosynthesize, there wouldn't be so much of a thing." Pei Xingchen muttered.

"But you can't, sir."

"So why doesn't the headquarters give me a confidant sister-style AI, but you idiot......" Pei Xingchen took down the tablet, turned it into glasses again, and put it on, "When I go back, I will definitely send you to the waste recycling, and then replace it." ”

"As long as it's an intelligent AI, there is a possibility of mutiny, even if the chance is small, so it can't be used in the military, sir. Even if you change it, you can't change it. ”

"Okay, okay, I know......" Pei Xingchen rolled his eyes, "If there are no search results before four o'clock in the afternoon, I'll be back, okay?" ”

The tablet was silent for a moment, then a green light lit up on the side of his eyes: "The plan is feasible." ”

It's one o'clock in the afternoon and there are three hours left.

Pei Xingchen, who had already made up his mind, ran over in the direction indicated by the tablet.

About two hours later, a man lying in the snow appeared in Pei Xingchen's field of vision.

The man was carrying a backpack and wearing thick clothing with another layer of snow on his body, so it was impossible to tell whether it was a man or a woman. Beside him was a bonfire made of fir wood, with thin branches and hay in between, and in his hand a roll of newspaper with a slightly charred head—it looked like he had tried to light it, but had failed.

Pei Xingchen silently switched his gaze to thermal imaging - the color of the people in the picture is ice blue.

"It's been a while since I've been dead...... Pei Xingchen sighed, "I wanted to light this bonfire before I died, but it didn't work......

"It's very windy at night, and it's very likely that it's due to the cold wind." Tablet quickly gave a reason, "Besides, you're looting someone else's legacy, sir. ”

Pei Xingchen, who had already taken off the corpse's coat and put it on himself, and was now rummaging through the backpack on the corpse, raised his head: "I declare war on this intelligent planet in the name of the brigadier, okay, this is my personal trophy, it is completely legal." ”

"Native...... There is no opinion on this machine. ”

"I can force an emotionless AI to this, and I'm really full...... Pei Xingchen complained about his behavior while feeling a compass from the bottom of his backpack. There were some small packets of beef jerky in the backpack, fast food such as military compressed biscuits, and a bottle and a half of about a liter of water, a lighter, and the rest was this compass.

At eleven o'clock on the compass glass dial, an image of a crooked little house is engraved.

"Look, I'll just say I can find something," Pei Xingchen put his backpack on his back and threw the compass away.

There's a tablet, and he doesn't need it.

"The rest of the time is not very much, let's go back first," Pei Xingchen unscrewed the water bottle in his hand and took a big sip - the mouth that chewed cattail before was dry, "I'm ready to set off tomorrow." ”

"It's you going back, not the machine going back, and don't use 'we,' sir."

"So, you can cooperate a little bit and provide a little chat function...... Pei Xingchen switched the tablet to navigation mode, looked at the direction of the map on his eyes, and whispered, "It's ...... to stay in this environment alone." It's lonely......"

"Unfortunately, the machine can't be linked to the network, sir."

"That's not what I said...... Never mind. Pei Xingchen shook his head and walked in the direction of the wreckage of the battleship on the map.