Chapter 8 Burying
Ansu lifted the snow above her head and got out of the snowdrift. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info glanced around, and soon saw a hand stretched out from the snow not far away, and then Simon also dug up the snowdrift and climbed out.
"Captain!" Simon shook the snow off his body as he walked towards Ansu with a deep foot and a shallow foot.
"Are you alright?"
"It's okay! But I didn't see any supplies. Simon looked left and right.
"Don't worry, we'll look around." Those supplies should have rolled down as well.
They immediately split up. It was too cold outside, and it was starting to snow again, even if he was covered in thick animal skins, he could feel the slightest chill constantly invading his skin and the pain of pinprick. His teeth chattered uncontrollably.
The two immediately split up and searched around.
The snow fluttered in the air, and the fierce wind blew on the face, like a knife, stabbing people from opening their eyes.
The black rafts are deep in the snow, but they still stand out on the white snow.
"Simon, here."
Simon immediately waded through the snow. The two men had no tools on them, so they had to dig with their bare hands.
Simon suspected that he was in the way with animal skin gloves on his hands, so he dragged them down, threw them to the ground, and dug with his bare hands.
"Put it on." Ansu frowned.
"It's faster." Simon shivered from the cold.
"If you don't want to do it, you can continue."
Simon scratched his head, but finally followed Ansu's advice. Although his body has been modified to be stronger, it is flesh and blood after all, and it will still be frostbitten.
It took a lot of effort for the two of them to dig out the wooden raft and find some supplies scattered around it, but unfortunately most of them were lost.
The snow was falling heavier and heavier, and there was no trace of the road all around. There were no markers or suns or stars to show the way, and Simon was momentarily confused.
"Captain, where are you going?"
Ansu pondered for a moment, and quickly stitched together a map in his mind, from the ice cave to the slope, the slope to --
Several physics formulas collided and twisted in my mind, and finally turned into a clear map.
"Go this way." Ansu pointed in one direction.
They trimmed the rafts and set off again.
Danas came out of the cave and looked at the snowflakes for a moment, and called his apprentice Suda.
"Ferro, don't they have any news yet?" The high priest's grim brow was filled with worry.
"Nope."
"I'm running out of time." Danas muttered and took a few steps to the right and left as he commanded, "Call Canaan." ”
The Canaan Guardian is the leader of the Deer Guardians, with slender legs, a square chin, and resolute eyes. Compared with the elegance of other deer people, he has a bit more fortitude on his body.
"Lord Priest." Canaan crossed his hands over his chest and bowed to the high priest.
"It's time to send more people to the west." The high priest said. There has been no news in the east, and they disdain to set foot in the barren and barren land in the west. The dust and yellow sand would stain their snow-white hair, and the heat would make them unbearable. The haughty deer people had neglected the land, and now, though there was only a glimmer of hope, they had to try.
"Yes!" Canaan had always been very faithful to the high priest's commands.
The high priest took out a piece of metal engraved with runes and handed it to Canaan: "You take this, as long as there is a reaction, it is an energy body." After a pause, the high priest accentuated his tone: "Whatever it is, you must find a way to bring it back!" ”
"Yes!"
As soon as the Canaan Guardian returned to the ground, one of the team members ran up to him and reported, "That hateful thief has reappeared!" ”
Canaan's eyes were cold, and he clenched the spear in his hand, that thief, who had been harassing them for so many years, just couldn't catch it! This is the greatest shame of the Guardians!
"Snowy Owl Squad Strikes!" Canaan raised the spear in his hand, the metal spearhead emitting a cold glow. A hint of hideousness flashed across his face, "I'll see how long he can escape!" ”
Simon looked at the large pile of snow in front of him in disbelief, turned his head stiffly, and asked, "Captain, this is the cave we lived in before?" ”
Ansu crouched down and dug through the snow, and saw a long log pressed against the rocks, and there were broken ropes on top of the log.
"Yes." Ansu sighed softly and stood up, "Buried." ”
"So what are we going to do?"
The home that had been managed so hard was gone, and Simon seemed a little depressed. There are still a lot of supplies in it, if you only rely on the leftovers, how can you spend the polar night in the past few months! Firewood alone was not enough, the cold kept attacking the limbs, and the muscles began to stiffen. Simon's strong body was also trembling slightly, and although his voice tried his best to hide it, it still carried a hint of tremor.
"Find a place where you can shelter from the wind and snow." Ansu said. The safe shelter that she had worked so hard to build was suddenly gone, and she felt like she was stuffed with ice and snow. It's just that what can be done, this one is gone, and you have to look for the next one. The urgent situation does not allow her to be sad. If they didn't make a fire to keep warm, she and Simon would have hypothermia.
"But it's so flat that there's no place to shelter it, except for the ...... on the hill."
"We can dig holes."
"Digging a hole? But the snow was too thick, and there were no tools. Simon shook his head.
"What we're going to dig is--" Ansu grinded a pit in the snow with her toes, "Ice Cave." ”
Ice caves are much simpler than igloos, just dig a hole in a place where the snow is thick, and people can lie down in it to protect themselves from the wind and snow. However, it may be at risk of collapsing. The igloo needs to be built up with ice bricks, and although the project is a bit cumbersome, it is more reliable.
Now the situation is urgent, so I have to dig an ice cave for the time being.
The ice cave doesn't need to be too big to fit a person into it. Ansu is in charge of lighting the fire, and Simon is in charge of digging the hole.
Building a fire in the snow and ice is not an easy task, as high winds and low temperatures can cause the flames to die. Luckily, Ann had a habit of carrying flint and steel with her, and they also found some firewood. Ansu picked up some stones in the snow and built a stone wall to keep out the wind, and surrounded it with stones. The circle of stones is first covered with a layer of coarse wood, then a thinner one, and the top is a fire starter scraped from the pine branches. The pine tree is rich in oil, and it's a good thing to use it to light a fire, especially with the resin that flows from it, which literally burns a little.
The two flints crackled as they slammed, and the splashed sparks were fleeting and swept away by the cold wind. Ansu brought the flint closer to the ignition and saw that the spark had flown into the ignition, but the fire still did not ignite.
Ansu put down the two flints, took off the animal skin gloves, sighed into his palm, rubbed them, and then moved his stiff fingers.
Miraculously, when she held two flints and flints with her bare hands and struck them, the fire actually started. It was faint at first, but as a wisp of smoke came out, it grew larger. (To be continued.) )