Chapter 4: Sinister Places
It's thunder. When people were in the air, they encountered turbulence and people were blown to pieces. Some are relatively unlucky, blown away by themselves, and end up isolated. Some people are relatively lucky enough to find some companions nearby and are not completely isolated.
Thunder was relatively lucky, and when landing, it was immediately shouted with a regional horn. In the end, we managed to gather about 30 people, plus a dozen other nationalities, including Du Rongrong and Ye Qianqiu.
Zhang Tong and Lei Ming confirmed each other's coordinates.
The two sides were too far apart and eventually agreed to meet on the ice sheet.
"Old black, the coordinates are confirmed, hundreds of miles apart, because the mountains are surrounded, and there is snow and wind, the armored vehicles cannot be used, and they can only meet again on the glacier. Be careful on the road. There is a creature on the ice field that is good at ice magic. I didn't see it with my own eyes, but I don't rule out the possibility of an intelligent race. It's not much better than Camp Dawn. There are no legal restrictions. If there's a smart game, I don't know how far it will go. Absolute caution!"
The desperate icefields knew nothing about it and could only say the information they got first.
Mysterious merchants can't make phone calls in the wild. For sound transmission scrolling, one is smaller than the other. The two exchanged each other once and voluntarily severed contact.
Zhang Tong passed the news on to the others, and finally got this information. Lin Caiyan and Liu Shuiyan and others are together. The fat man joined Huang Tian and gathered about 20 people. As for the loss of the dog, the scorpion, and the cold rhyme, the situation is similar to Zhang Tong. At present, Lin Caiyan is in isolation and has not found a partner for the time being.
Recently, they are 20 or 30 miles apart. It's not easy to find them in the vast wilderness. We must move forward first, meet one after another on the road.
Zhang Tong has confidence in the soldiers. Even though the environment is a bit harsh, it doesn't freeze everyone to death.
The only thing to worry about is the wild monsters.
However, after walking for half a day, I did not find the shadow of a monster. Thunder and yellow weather are the same. The density of monsters on the Despair Ice Field is much lower than in the Plains of Dawn. These soldiers received special training and knew how to protect themselves. The problem shouldn't be too big.
In the wild and endless darkness, the flames of the cave burned slowly, surrounded by ice, blue, very beautiful, ice that had been frozen for at least a thousand years, hard as steel.
"It's getting colder!"
Zhang Tong tested it with an instrument. The ambient temperature is minus 58 degrees. When he urinated, he froze as soon as he hit the ground.
The fire melted some of the snow, and the water vapor floated into the air, which immediately froze into an ice mist, turning the cave white. Some of the water vapor adheres to the metal armor, and eventually the ice on the armor becomes thicker and thicker. Zhang Tong had to take off his helmet, cuirass and armor, take off most of his equipment, and stay in an environment close to minus 60 degrees, with thick snow under his buttocks and a cold ice wall in front and back of his head.
A normal person freezes into a popsicle in just over ten seconds.
Zhang Tong is similar.
I could only wrap my body in a cloak, eat bread in one sip, constantly digest the miraculous food, in which energy was gradually converted into heat, barely resisting the extreme cold, and occasionally taking a sip of spirits to keep my body warm and awake.
"The cake tasted good, half of it was good to restore strength. That's a good thing!"
Zhang Tong poured the liquor into his mouth and did not dare to sleep for fear of freezing while sleeping.
The chef was right. Bread is good food for survival. Not only is it portable, but it is also easy to eat.
Life is not zero, it does not die.
As long as you have enough stamina and calories to withstand the cold, you won't worry about your life. Zhang Tong has a strong physique, not to mention the fear of being killed by the cold. When he ate two pieces of flour and drank half a bottle of spirits. Even though the weather was still cold and unbearable, it was much warmer than before, curled up in a ball, staring at the dancing flames, and the minutes passed.
The ice caps are empty, and the nights are long.
The world has always been silent and desolate!
The sound of the wind and snow is like the wail of the owl people, and the creature is extinct, leaving only one man.
The next day.
The snow is falling and the wind is howling.
When the house leaks, it rains at night!
The blizzard happened unexpectedly. The outside is white. A blizzard raged and covered the sky. The visual distance is not more than 10 meters. Now the temperature is slightly warmer than at night. If you stand still for 30 seconds, the snow will cover you and you will instantly turn into a snowman!
I have never seen such a blizzard in my life. The snow on the ground was several feet deep. In some places, walking is not easy, and even more difficult in bad weather.
Zhang Tong had no choice but to pull up his cloak, stand in front of him, and strive forward.
After walking for two hours, Zhang Tong discovered a problem.
Strong winds and heavy snow consume too much physical strength, because after a long struggle with the cold, the body temperature is dropping, and the limbs are beginning to freeze again.
Can't go.
I had to find a place to rest and eat first.
Zhang Tong found a crack in the ice and immediately walked inside. He gasped. The air coming out of his nose and mouth was ice mist.
"What should I do?"
The wind and snow were so threatening that they refused to let Zhang Tong go and frantically poured into the ice crevices.
Zhang Tong was quickly buried in the snow, and it was difficult to take out a piece of bread, which was originally soft and steaming, was frozen as soon as he took it out, and Zhang Tong bit the whole piece into his stomach like eating a biscuit.
"The blizzard is endless!" Zhang Tong showed a sad face, "Even if you have a physique ten times that of an ordinary person and a hundred times that of an ordinary person, you can't carry it!" There will be more food, and sooner or later there will be time to finish it." ”
Because the wind and snow were blocked, the speed of progress was greatly affected, so from the beginning to the present, it was only about five miles.
The day on the ice sheet is too short, about 8 hours.
If so, it would take at least two months for Zhang Tong to reach the ice field.
The chef gave 500 pieces of pastry and kept only 50 for himself, which happened to be a backpack. The remaining pastry is divided into other important portions. As for food materials, Zhang Tong brought some precious food materials, such as thousand-year-old demon mushroom meat. The number is certainly small, a very small part of the backpack.
Magic scrolls, potions, spare equipment, and other combat items make up the vast majority of backpacks and storage bags!
In normal circumstances, it is enough to eat 2-3 cakes a day, 50 cakes can last for 2 months, and other mercenaries also carry large quantities of food and ingredients, ranging from more than 10 days to more than 1 month. I thought there was no problem with the rations. After all, the team is small and the food is easy to solve.
Surprisingly, the outside world is completely different from what is imagined. Zhang Tong landed on the ice field for almost a day, and after walking for so long, he didn't even see half of a ghost, let alone fight. On the contrary, the consumption rate of food is far higher than expected. Earlier, I abandoned the messy scroll and turned it into food and cold items.
"I can't stay here or I'll be buried alive and have to leave. ”
Zhang Tong just went out, and the wind and blizzard paved the way, which was a bit unbearable. Zhang Tong did so, not to mention other mercenaries. Although no monsters were seen on the ice sheet, the harsh nature was enough to bury many people.
"Wood, wood, can you hear me?"
When Zhang Tong was thinking about countermeasures, he remembered a lovely female voice in his ear.
It's cold rhyme!
Leng Yun's voice can't penetrate the snow, there is only one possibility, she shouted with a horn. People within 50 to 60 miles can hear the sound of loudspeakers in common areas.
This indicates that Leng Yun is nearby.
Zhang Tong took out his long sword and stabbed it into the sky. The blue sword rose into the sky with a brilliant light. A few minutes later, Zhang Tong heard the sound of wings flapping. Leng Yun rode on green eyes, wrapped in a blue magic mask. She used her energy shield to resist the cold and strong winds, shivering and falling from the snow and landing in front of Zhang Tong.
"Wood, I can find you!"
Leng Yun jumped off the back of the pterosaur and was trapped in the snow, his neck left on it.
Zhang Tong hurriedly stepped forward and pulled her out: "Why are you here?"
Han Yun breathed a sigh of relief and shivered with cold, "After the phone call last night, I flew over with green eyes. I didn't expect the snow to be so heavy, and my green eyes were getting tired. At this time, Leng Yun took out a large piece of meat from his backpack. Greeneye ate it immediately, and then another beast crystal. "Thanks, go back to the card first. ”
Leng Yun sealed the green eyes.
"Don't call it an animal of war in this environment. It's too dangerous. ”
"It's okay, isn't there snow?"
When two people are together, there will always be concerns.
Zhang Tong said: "Don't stand, let's go!"
Zhang Tong opened the aura of the hero, and the two walked towards the ice. Leng Yun was wearing a cloth robe, but he was not warm. The mage's constitution is too weak for the energy shield to last. It is very difficult to fight against a cruel environment. The speed is not ideal.
It's dark again.
The two found a small snow cave of about 10 square meters, which was enough for them. Zhang Tong took out a huge shield and blocked the entrance to the snow cave first, so as not to continue to pour in the snow. The two men sat facing each other in the cave and used their magic to make a fire, which heated up a little.
The surrounding snow was washed away by the fire.
Leng Yun put the slats aside and kept rubbing his frozen hands. Two bright eyes stared at Zhang Tong and took off his breastplate. There were centipede-like wounds on the corpse, left by the wounds and stitches of the blood forest.
"I kind of miss the Plains of Dawn!"
"It's fine. Despite the harsh environment, survival is not impossible. We'll survive. Zhang Tong took out a fur wine bag and handed it to Leng Yun: "Drink some, it will be warmer!"
Leng Yun took a big sip, and the hot feeling came to his stomach, choking and almost throwing up, but through the momentum, it was really much warmer.
"Do you have the ingredients for meat?"
Leng Yun took out a large piece of fresh meat, which was golden beef, a DD-grade precious meat.
Zhang Tong used a kitchen knife to cut small pieces and boiled a pot of hot and delicious broth in a magic pot.
"How sweet!"
"Drink it hot, or it'll be cold."
These two men do not have bowls. They dug a piece of ice from the hard ice and used it. Ice is cold like steel and does not melt easily. The two of them drank the broth and ate a piece of flour cake, which immediately made them feel much more comfortable.
"It's so nice to be able to drink delicious broth in this harsh environment!" Leng Yun licked her lips, smiled and touched her belly, and said, "It's the right choice to go to you." ”
Zhang Tong couldn't laugh, "Our food consumption is too fast, so it's dangerous to survive." ”
"There's always a way. Leng Yun smiled and said, "We just arrived!"
"Well, let's meet at the glacier, gather forces as soon as possible and seize the airfield. People can communicate with the camp, and reinforcements and resources will pour in. ”
"Take your time, don't worry, it's so cold here......" Leng Yun suddenly leaned over and hugged Zhang Tong with both hands. "The weather will be a little warmer. ”
Zhang Tong didn't pretend to be a gentleman, he was too cold to do so. He immediately stretched out his hands and took the beautiful woman in his arms.
Zhang Tong did not wear armor, only a cloak, a soft and elastic body, leaning directly and calmly on the body, through the not thick cloth, tightly clinging to the body, the atmosphere between the two is a little ambiguous.
It's just that the current environment doesn't have the time and energy to think about this mess.