Wang Xingguo looked at it suspiciously, wasn't that the high priest in the fortress? How did he end up in this snow?

"There are still people who need your protection...... The spirits of the dead are waiting for your release......" the High Priest said slowly, in a heavy tone.

"I ......" Wang Xingguo wanted to defend himself.

"Let fear be your guide...... Go......" The figure of the high priest became more and more blurred, only the scepter in his hand remained, and Wang Xingguo stretched out his hand hard, wanting to get the scepter.

"Let fear be your guide...... Follow it...... "The high priest disappeared, and Wang Xingguo's hand grasping the scepter caught it in the air.

"Huh?!" Wang Xingguo held his breath and rushed out of his lungs, he was unconscious just now, but he felt that he did see the high priest, he told himself to let fear become a guide, Wang Xingguo shook his head, so that his brain became more awake, and with a red gaze, he re-examined his situation.

Wang Xingguo tried to turn his left foot to try to free it from the rope, but once again failed, and his left foot did not respond at all to the instructions given by his brain.

"Jingle Bell...... "......The lock hanging from Wang Xingguo's waist was blown by the wind and clanked, like a string of wind chimes......

Wang Xingguo remembered that there was still a flat belt hanging from the object ring on his waist, and he should be on the right, and on the belt ring on the left, there was also a riser......

Wang Xingguo stretched out his right hand with difficulty, untied the self-help flat belt from the belt loop, the gloved hand was very inflexible, Wang Xingguo thought about it, took off the glove with his teeth, and touched the object on the belt loop by touch.

Cold is the metal protector and rock plug, Wang Xingguo groped with trembling hands, and he finally touched a nylon thing, a self-help flat belt that can be untied at once, and at this time, Wang Xingguo took a full 5 minutes to untie it from the belt loop.

Wang Xingguo needs to make a claw knot on the safety rope, the claw knot can slide freely on the rope when the force is not forced, once the force is deformed, it will firmly grasp the rope, with the grip of the rope, Wang Xingguo can turn his body, and then push the claw knot up one by one, until the posture is adjusted.

Wang Xingguo couldn't see the situation on the safety rope, but the knot technique could be skillfully completed even if he was in a semi-coma, but after Wang Xingguo completed the claw knot, he found a problem - the position of the claw knot was too low, and it was impossible to make enough distance for Wang Xingguo.

Wang Xingguo couldn't push the claw knot higher, he tried hard to support the claw knot with his hands, trying to make room, but still failed.

The claw knot must be tied to the rope wrapped around the left leg, otherwise no matter how hard he tries, Wang Xingguo can only spin in place, and his left leg will be tightened more and more.

Wang Xingguo untied the claw knot, his right hand without gloves was frozen red in the cold wind, and he lost consciousness, he finally untied the claw knot, bit the flat belt with his teeth, put his hand into his arms, and warmed it up a little.

He also needs a flat strap to make a risky move, Wang Xingguo untied a flat strap again, and shivered to untie the ascender, buckled the flat strap into the ascender, he wanted to use his wrapped right foot to make a fixed position on the rope, turn it back as much as possible, and buckle the ascender at the position above the winding, so that he had the opportunity to transfer the power to the rope wrapped around the legs, and relax the winding rope to turn his body.

Wang Xingguo raised his head hard, aimed at the left leg that was entangled, threw the flat strap up, hung it on his leg, and then pulled the flat belt loop with both hands, he felt that his body seemed to be a thousand pounds, and after exhausting his strength to feed, Wang Xingguo pulled his body up, his left foot was completely numb, and he didn't feel a trace of pain.

After doing all this, Wang Xingguo felt that his body had collapsed, and he finally partially solved the unfavorable situation of hanging upside down, the blood filled in his head flowed back and was redistributed by the heart, and Wang Xingguo's red eyes slowly disappeared.

There was not much time left for him, and the left leg that had been wrapped around was tightened with a flat band, it was completely numb, and the blood circulation was not smooth, Wang Xingguo pinched his calf hard, and it was unconscious! If it continues to develop, it is very likely that this leg will have to say goodbye to Wang Xingguo forever.

Wang Xingguo pulled the flat belt with his left hand, and tried to pull his body up a little more, he was close to the rope that was wound on it, but the rope was shaking, and it was not an easy thing to buckle the riser, and the frozen right hand did not obey the call at all, when Wang Xingguo was about to buckle the riser, the riser was a little crooked, and hit the rope, and as soon as the uncontrolled hand was released, the riser got out of his hand and smashed on Wang Xingguo's forehead......

This time the effort failed, Wang Xingguo hung on the flat belt, panting, and the fallen riser hung on the flat belt, hanging and shaking in the wind.

Wang Xingguo could only try again, he grabbed the flat belt and pulled the riser back, put it on his chest, his right hand was already frozen stiff and could not be bent, he put his hand to his mouth, and sighed several times, but his right hand showed no signs of relief.

From hanging upside down to hanging semi-upside down, Wang Xingguo worked hard for almost an hour, he felt that the heat in his body was slowly dissipating, the sun still did not rise, and he could not give Wang Xingguo a little warmth, if Wang Xingguo could not buckle the riser to the rope wrapped around his left leg, he would just die from hanging upside down to dying half-upside down.

Wang Xingguo felt the fear spreading in his heart again, and slowly pinched his heart, making him give up resistance......

"Let fear be your guide......" the High Priest's voice echoed in his ears.

"Try again!" Wang Xingguo is exhausted, and if he doesn't succeed this time, he won't succeed again.

Wang Xingguo grabbed the flat belt again, his waist was also stretched, and he tried hard to lift his upper body, because of excessive force, the rope was trembling, Wang Xingguo clenched his teeth, his frozen right hand stretched out as much as possible, he felt that the black and white in front of him was for a while, and the shaking rope became more and more blurred......

Succeeded, Wang Xingguo's tense strength disappeared in an instant, he was half-hung in the flat belt ring, panting, dizzy for a while, and it took a while to ease up.

Wang Xingguo was still unconscious in his left foot when he climbed the cliff, he rubbed his foot vigorously with his hand, and after a while, the nerves in his left leg slowly felt some numbness.

The plan to insert diagonally in front of Dick has failed, Wang Xingguo checked the things on his body, except for the two pieces of chocolate he carried with him, the other food was carried down the mountain by the avalanche with the backpack, and there was not much other equipment left, the ice axe had no problem withstanding the test, but the rope was gone, and continuing to track Dick's traces became his only option.

Wang Xingguo used an ice axe to prop himself up from the snow slope, and his left foot was still half a beat slow to the brain instructions, Wang Xingguo knocked it with the ice axe, and it felt some pain, which proved that it had not lost its function.

“OK！ I still have a chance to catch up......" Wang Xingguo secretly cheered himself up.

Wang Xingguo limped down the snowy slope to retrace Dick's traces, and a few hours later, he found the place where Dick had camped last night, and the footprints they had walked on the snow were clearly visible.

Wang Xingguo grabbed a handful of snow and put it in his mouth, he wanted to use the snow to replenish himself with a little water.

Continue down and soon reach below the snow line, there is a canyon at a low altitude to block the wind, people will feel warmer, Wang Xingguo looked at the altitude on his wrist, it is expected that Dick has already crossed the snow line, if there is really an expedition, they should have already met.

"Let fear be your guide...... Wang Xingguo felt as if someone behind him was talking to him.

He turned his head, the snow was empty, but Wang Xingguo confirmed that there was indeed a voice talking to him just now, he looked away, at the end of the high slope of the snow, Wang Xingguo seemed to see a person standing there, Wang Xingguo stood up and wanted to see more clearly, only to see a flash of golden light......

"Let fear be your guide...... Wang Xingguo heard someone say to himself again, no...... This is not what others say to themselves, but what the high priest of the fortress says to himself in his heart......

……

When Dick saw the expedition coming from the opposite side, the heart that he had been carrying was finally relieved.

"Min! You're really a good guide! Dick picked up the kettle, and there was only one last sip of water left in the kettle, and his rescue was just around the corner.

The expedition from the east also saw Dick, waved at him, and after receiving Dick, they did not delay and turned back, and two hours later descended into the relatively warm valley below the snow line.

The tent had already been set up in the camp, and there was still hot water, and Dick enjoyed hot food and wine in the tent, sweeping away the fatigue of these days in the mountains.

Mr. Min stood in the camp stunned, this is his advance base 20 years ago, he clearly remembers that he and the expedition team set out from here that morning, and crawled back here five days later that evening, kneeling in the middle of the camp and begging the people to save his fiancée.

"Min, isn't it familiar, aha!" Dick nestled in his chair, rested his legs on the other chair, raised the brandy in his hand, and shouted at Mr. Min, who was standing stupidly outside the tent.

"How do you know about this place?" Mr. Min walked into the marquee and asked.

"Relax, Min...... Do you remember an expedition member named Kroll? Dick was a little smug and took a sip of the brandy.

Of course, Mr. Min remembered that 20 years ago, he was the person in charge of the advance base, and he begged him to save Shi Yingbing, and after the search and rescue failed, the expedition team was also disbanded. Since then, Mr. Min has not been in touch again, and Mr. Min thinks that no one will remember this place again, but now it seems that he was wrong.

"He's working for me right now." Dick added.

"I see."

"If you have money, you can do whatever you want, don't you?" Dick looked at Mr. Min playfully, he thought it was going to be dusty? But those who make a living from exploration, as long as they give enough money, they will always sell their secrets to themselves.

Mr. Min unceremoniously poured himself a glass of brandy and looked at the proud Dick: "Then how do you find Wang Ling next?" ”

"She'll always tell me." Dick raised his glass to Mr. Min and squinted at Xia Ruobing outside the tent.