Chapter 12: Warmth

The deer people have lived in the snowy mountains for generations and are already familiar with how to walk these snow-covered mountain roads. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info their nature allows them to find convenient paths. But even so, they need to be careful about sudden earthquakes and avalanches.

"Boss, there's a cliff ahead, there's no road." Jill Guardian returned.

Canaan nodded slightly, and walked forward with his hooves, the cliff was on high ground, and he could observe the surrounding terrain. The other four guards glanced at each other and followed.

The wind on the cliff was even faster, howling and whistling, and the hair of the guardians was blown tossed to, and there was a little less cold breath. Canaan reached out and pressed his fluttering hair and looked into the distance.

As far as the eye could see, it was still white, and it even looked bleak than the scenery they had walked all the way, and there were noticeably fewer trees. Climbing over these hills, it should be the Western Wasteland. Thankfully, it was polar night, and the wasteland was covered with a thick layer of snow, so that the dust and dirt would not stain their white hair.

"Go down the steep slope to the right. There's cedar down there, and we'll just take a break there. Canaan said.

The eyes of several of the guardians lit up at the sight of the cedar, which they ate meat and other plants, such as cedar. They did not have the habit of carrying dry food, and foraged there wherever they went, because plants were found almost everywhere, and if they were not picky, they would hardly go hungry. But if they can eat well, of course they eat well, and cedar is one of their favorite plants.

Looking at those crystal clear leaves, their always cold faces couldn't help but show a hint of joy. After a day's walk, they were all starving to death.

Despite their hunger, they eat gracefully, not with their necks raised and gnawing with their teeth, as ordinary deer do, but by cutting off a branch with a delicately crafted knife and picking at those beautifully shaped leaves to eat.

Canaan was also chewing on pine needles, but some marks on the cedar caught his attention. Some of the branches were missing, and the incisions were unusually flat, and it was only with a sharp weapon like these knives they used to create such a smooth cross-section.

What is it exactly? Canaan fell into deep thought.

Finally, he vaguely saw the animal skin flag fluttering in the wind, and An Su's tense face relaxed slightly. From a distance, he saw a black dot moving in this direction, and the voice of the cold wind enveloping him came:

"Captain--"

Ansu involuntarily curled her lips, even though it would tear open the wound on her lips again.

"Here--"

After taking off his gloves and boots, Simon noticed that the captain's frostbite was even worse, his palms were red and swollen, and his feet were swollen and swollen. Like leavened bread. Simon inadvertently touched Ansu's hand as he took the firewood, which was as cold as ice.

Simon helped Ansu pat the snow off his body, and boiled some hot water from the husk of the coconut fruit to warm Ansu's hands and feet. Ansu's hands and feet were so frostbitten that she couldn't soak in hot water all at once. Simon added a few pieces of snow to the hot water, and the temperature of the hot water quickly cooled. Ansu can soak his hands and feet in warm water and massage his hands and feet at the same time to restore the flow of blood. The coconut husks are the size of a football, and Ansu's swollen feet can only be put in them, and his hands can only be dipped in some warm water. At this temperature, the warm water quickly cooled, so Simon boiled several other coconut husks and let Ansula soak them in turns.

Ansu's hands and feet slowly warmed up, although it was still itchy and painful, but it was good to be able to feel it, at least there was no necrosis.

"Thank you, Simon." Ansu said to Simon wrapped in animal skins, and there was moisture between her eyebrows after washing her face, which made her look like a sword in the sheath, a little less sharp.

"It's the captain who has worked hard." Simon touched his nose and said embarrassedly.

When Simon heated the barbecue again and tried to get Ansu up to eat, he found that she had fallen asleep against the ice wall.

Escaping from the avalanche consumed too much of Ansu's energy and physical energy, and once she relaxed, physical and mental exhaustion caused her to fall asleep.

Simon looked at Ansu's tired sleeping face and secretly made up his mind that next time he would never let anything hurt his esteemed captain.

"Chief, there's a bonfire here." Keith Guardian said.

"Alright, Guise, we see it." Gil Guardian said to his brother, turning to look at Canaan.

Canaan took two steps forward and kicked the coals with his hooves that had not yet burned out, then looked at the two collapsed shabby sheds, pondered for a moment, and said, "These things have been around for a while. He suddenly remembered that the cut in the branch seemed to be fresh, and it didn't match the time of the things here.

"Aside from us, when did there be a race in the Great Snow Mountain that could use fire?" Orin Guardian, another of the Guardians, asked.

"I know some black-capped snow monkeys that can use rocks to smash fruit." The Guardian of Katas said in a thick voice.

"Can use fire to keep warm, build a shed......," Canaan brushed his hand on the snow of one of the pillars of the shed, "is a highly intelligent creature." He came to a conclusion.

"What the hell is it?" Keith asked, puzzled.

"Maybe it's a native creature that hasn't been discovered yet, or maybe it's ......," Jill said, glancing at Canaan, "an outsider." "An outsider like that thief who suddenly appeared.

"Will find it." Canaan said with a gloomy face.

This is the first time since entering the polar night that Ansu has slept so deeply. When she woke up, she found that her frostbite was half better, the tiredness on her body was swept away, and she felt a lot more relaxed. She stood up and loosened her muscles, her joints crackling.

The skin curtain was lifted, and a cold wind blew, and Simon entered.

"Captain, you're awake!"

"Hmm." Ansu nodded, noticing what he had in his hand in a husk.

"Blood?"

"yes." Simon said as he put the husk on the ground, "I went and caught a long-legged rabbit. This time he didn't waste its blood, the animal's blood contains salt that replenishes their body's energy.

In an environment where the temperature is below zero, the blood turns into red ice as soon as it is released. They had to break up the ice cubes and eat them in their mouths. At this time, they all missed the days when they had salt to eat.

Ansu ate some barbecue first, otherwise her hungry stomach wouldn't be able to stand the cold. An Su thought while munching on the tasteless barbecue that although she broke some pine branches and came back to cook them, her vitamin intake was still far from enough. They can't just eat meat, especially rabbit meat, all the time. Rabbit meat has less fat and vitamins, and the human body has to use its own vitamins and minerals to digest rabbit meat, so that the vitamins and minerals in the body are lost. If you don't change the type of food, your body's functions will be out of balance.

You'll have to find some more plant-based and fatty foods. (To be continued.) )