Chapter 390: Advancing Base (I)
When Wang Xingguo felt the vibration under his feet, he secretly shouted in his heart: "Oh no! ”
He jerked back to see the smoke rising in the distance speeding through the hillside.
In order to avoid the risk of being seen, Wang Xingguo left the open area and chose a new route that was cut diagonally down from the cliff area, he planned to run to the front of Dick, wait in the canyon, and then follow Dick down the mountain and move at a low altitude, so that when he left with Xia Ruobing, he would have many places to hide.
But at this time, Wang Xingguo had to save his life first, otherwise he would not have a chance to return to the low altitude at all - an unexpected avalanche was rumbling towards Wang Xingguo!
Wang Xingguo originally planned to make a protection station here, but now this plan has been interrupted by an avalanche! He dropped the half-done protection station, first buckled the safety rope for himself, half-knelt on the ground, stared at the avalanche that was quickly rushing towards him, kept tying a knot on the ice axe with his hands and feet, and smashed the ice axe into a stone crevice and stuck it, just after doing all this, the front of the avalanche had already pounced in front of him, Wang Xingguo held the safety rope and jumped off the cliff.
The rumbling rolling thunder swept from less than 5 meters overhead, and most of them flew off the cliff under the action of inertia, leaving a little room for Wang Xingguo to dodge, but some of the remaining snow still fell on Wang Xingguo like a flood, Wang Xingguo could only hope that the ice axe stuck in the stone crevice would not be washed out by the avalanche, otherwise he would fall into the abyss with the snow.
Wang Xingguo hung on the safety rope, was hit by the avalanche and spun, the safety rope used a power rope with good ductility, so that people can buffer when falling, but in the avalanche, the ductility of the power rope has become a shortcoming, the elastic force makes the rope more difficult to control, Wang Xingguo can not do anything else at this time, can only wait patiently for the avalanche to pass, and then think of a way.
The avalanche roared over Wang Xingguo's head like a herd of loose horses, a piece of ice rolled on the hillside, falling against the edge of the cliff, Wang Xingguo couldn't dodge it at all, when he felt something hit the helmet, he only felt that it was dark in front of him, and he didn't know anything......
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"Last night's avalanche was thrilling, right?" In the morning, Dick came out of the tent and smiled when he saw that everyone was up.
Chen Badai didn't speak, maybe it was because of the reduced altitude, his headache was relieved a lot, and now he was just a little dizzy, he took out the medicine bottle, hesitated, and put the medicine bottle into his pocket.
"Today's rations...... Don't be bitter, my dear, I'm also for everyone's safety......" Dick handed Xia Ruobing and Mr. Min a few compressed biscuits and chocolates.
Xia Ruobing had to admire Dick's cleverness, Dick searched all the food on himself and Mr. Min, and it was called centralized control, and even if they escaped without food, they couldn't go far.
"Dick, you're such a scheming scum." Xia Ruobing took the compressed biscuit and scolded.
"Hah...... I think you should save some effort to find Wang Ling. Dick didn't think there was any need to have a verbal dispute with Xia Ruobing at this time, if it went well today, he would be able to join the expedition team in the east in the afternoon, he divided the food, took out the satellite phone and looked at it—damn it! Still no signal.
Chen Badai lit the gas stove alone, grabbed a handful of snow to melt away, and poured the last bag of brewed milk tea, the fragrance of milk tea permeating the high mountains.
"Min, are you sure you're on the right route?" After leaving, Dick looked around, a little confused.
"Absolutely."
"I can tell you, we only have enough supplies for one day, if we can't join the expedition today...... Dick warned.
"I know that if something happens, you won't hesitate to leave us behind." Mr. Min smiled, but the smile was meaningful.
"This ...... It's good that you know. Dick choked back at Mr. Min's words, and said stupidly.
"Dick, if I didn't take you down the mountain, and if Xia Ruobing didn't determine the location of the royal tomb for you, how would you find it?" Mr. Min laughed again.
"I'll always have my way......" Dick felt humiliated in public, where he was the one who decided, and Mr. Min was challenging his authority!
"I have been chasing Loulan for 20 years, not to die on this snow-capped mountain in the end." Mr. Min's words seemed to be for Dick, more like talking to himself.
Anyway, Dick needs Mr. Min now, and Mr. Min takes advantage of him, and they are going to rely on each other on this snowy mountain......
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When Wang Xingguo woke up, it was already dawn, he was hanging on the safety rope, his posture became upside down, Wang Xingguo touched the helmet, the power of the ice cube roaring down from the hillside, after the helmet was broken, he was also crushed, and the fragments of the helmet hung on Wang Xingguo's neck, fluttering in the wind.
Wang Xingguo's head hurt very much, hanging upside down made the blood rush to his head, he unbuttoned the helmet with difficulty, and saw the helmet that was cracked into several pieces, Wang Xingguo smiled bitterly, and as soon as he let go, the helmet fell into the abyss.
The descending rope has been carried into the abyss by the avalanche, and at this time he doesn't know where he was pushed by the snow, Wang Xingguo's plan was shattered by this sudden avalanche, and he had to return to the cliff first.
Wang Xingguo twisted his body hard and adjusted his posture, it was not easy to turn around at low altitudes at this time, Wang Xingguo tried several times without success, the congestion of the brain, the cold, the wind and the elasticity of the safety cord were preventing him from completing this simple action.
Wang Xingguo felt that he needed to rest for a while, as long as he moved, there was a burst of red and black in front of him, the sequelae of hanging upside down for too long made his eyes blood-red, and his heart was trying to distribute the blood reasonably throughout the body, which was already overloaded, and the rapidly beating heart and thin air made Wang Xingguo more easily tired, and his left leg was wrapped around the rope, and he couldn't feel it anymore.
If Wang Xingguo couldn't adjust his posture and let the blood redistribute, his wrapped left leg would most likely die due to blood blockage, but at this time he was too tired to feel that he could not complete such a simple action.
The last avalanche, Wang Xingguo was also hanging under the cliff to hide, that time the situation was exactly the same as this time, the same upside down, the same left leg was entangled, he tried hard for half an hour but failed, but fortunately, his comrades found him in time.
"Wang Xingguo, you really don't agree with the Snow Mountain!" Wang Xingguo tried to fight the exhaustion, but the exhaustion was like a tide, drowning Wang Xingguo.
"Give up...... Give it up......" A voice in his head said to Wang Xingguo, "Snow Mountain is your nemesis......
Wang Xingguo felt the fear in his heart spreading, but he couldn't do anything, he tried to readjust his posture again, but as soon as he moved, exhaustion and fear tightly suppressed him, making him unable to move......
The hot sweat of hard work was blown by the cold wind, Wang Xingguo's face turned blue and purple because of congestion and cold, and the beads of sweat on his hair formed ice crystals. Wang Xingguo felt that he had no way to save himself, the last avalanche was discovered by his comrades in time and he was lucky to pick up a life, and this time there were no comrades to help him, Sherpa and Pandy were trying to get a chance for Tchaikov at this time, Dick didn't know that he was following him, and no one knew what happened to him......
Wang Xingguo felt that his head had been frozen, the cold had reduced his ability to think, as if his thinking had been frozen, and all his efforts had been blown to pieces by the cold wind, which was meaningless......
"I'm sorry...... Ruobing...... I'm sorry...... Ruobing ......" Wang Xingguo's mind echoed with this sentence.
Wang Xingguo finally struggled to raise his wrist and looked at the watch altimeter on his wrist, which was 4,671 meters above sea level, only one step away from the line of life and death......
Wang Xingguo felt that his consciousness was slowly drifting away, and as the cold wind was blown into the distance, his heavy eyelids slowly closed.
"Warriors through the smoke of gunpowder, you shouldn't ...... here" In a trance, Wang Xingguo saw a person standing on the snow, holding a golden scepter in his hand, and the red bloodstone on the scepter was shining in the sun.