Chapter 76: Avalanche
The snow flying in the sky completely blocked the road into the mountain, and the knee-deep snow made it impossible for horses to run quickly, and it was all white.
The majestic Karbutt Great Snow Mountain, the top of which is no longer visible at this moment, is like a tall snow wall blocking the end of the world against the white background.
Gently stroking the white horse's cheeks, Terry reluctantly fed the white horse a handful of black beans again, and gently wiped the ice beads off the white horse's cheeks, and then untied the reins and let the white horse go freely.
The old horse has already fed the white horse, and Terry is not worried about the safety of the white horse, but then he can only rely on his own physical strength to walk the rest of the way.
Due to an error in his calculations, when Terry arrived at the remnants of the Snowy Mountains in Karb, the sky began to fall heavily, and the snow was getting thicker and thicker, and Hakuba could no longer run.
To reach that secret road, there are still dozens of kilometers of mountain roads to walk, and it is estimated that it will take a lot of time to lead the white horse, and in this situation where the snow is getting thicker and thicker, it is even more dangerous to take the white horse with you.
In desperation, Terry had no choice but to give up the white horse and began to rely on his physical strength to climb the remnants of the Snowy Mountains of the Khalbtars he passed by.
Although he knows the general direction, in this white snow-capped mountain, it is very easy to get lost without some auxiliary tools, after all, Terry is not really a brown, so a multi-functional compass is essential.
At this time, the skis also lost their effect, after all, they were climbing upwards, and Terry could only rely on his feet to climb up slowly.
The snow is getting thicker and thicker, making Terry's every step so difficult, although Terry's current physique is much better than the average person, but after two hours, he also feels that his lungs are getting heavier and heavier, and his steps are getting heavier and heavier.
He really wanted to stop and rest for a while, but the biting cold wind made him afraid to do so, although he was now wearing a down jacket that had been exchanged from the system, but he knew very well that the snow that had just accumulated was very soft, and no one knew if there would be an avalanche above his head when he was resting, so all Terry could do now was to try to spread his feet and climb to the top of the mountain as soon as possible.
Looking at the simple map in his hand and comparing the compass in his hand, Terry knew that as long as he climbed over this ridge, he should be close to the goal.
But sometimes the more you are afraid of something, the more you come! Seeing that the ridge was getting closer and closer to him, but at this moment, there was a sudden loud bang in the gloomy sky.
"Not good! Avalanche! ”
Hearing this rumbling roar, Terry's first thought was that there was an avalanche nearby, but unfortunately the heavy snow in the sky couldn't make Terry see too far, and he could only judge the direction of the avalanche by feeling.
It shouldn't have rolled down a ridge. This ridge is in the form of a herringbone line, which belongs to the ridge of a medium-sized snow-capped mountain, and Terry's current position is the lower right of the herringbone, and it can be discerned from the sound that this avalanche is rolling down from the top of that medium-sized snow-capped mountain, and his position is entirely likely to be the location of this avalanche.
"Your Excellency, all you need to do now is find a boulder with your back to the avalanche and take shelter."
At this critical moment, the system in Terry's mind gave him a hint, and then gave him a tutorial on how to save his life in an avalanche.
Since it was directly transmitted to his mind by the system, Terry immediately understood, and quickly looked around, and sure enough, he found a boulder with his back to the direction of the avalanche nearby.
Using all his strength, Terry quickly threw himself under the stone, and according to the method of the tutorial, he lay down under the stone, and immediately took out a towel to cover his mouth and nose, tightly protected his head with his hands, and supported his body with two elbows and knees, forming a limited space under his body.
By the time Terry had done all this, the roar had already fallen, and soon the snow flakes were falling from the sky.
This is a relatively solid snowflake avalanche, presumably because the snow this time crushed the old glacier that was about to collapse, causing a large amount of hard ice to tumble down from the top of the snow-capped mountain, driving a large amount of new snow along the way, forming this large area of avalanche.
Fortunately, there was a systematic reminder that Terry hid under this big rock, and the hard ice that tumbled down from it hit the top of the stone first, and the huge impact force made those hard ice blocks shatter into countless Xiaoice pieces and splash out, and not much really fell under the stone, so that Terry would not cause damage.
Then a large amount of loose snow tumbled down like a waterfall, sliding over large rocks, and soon completely covered Terry's entire body.
The height of the boulder was about five or six meters high, but the large amount of snow quickly buried the cliff into a smooth slope, which means that the buried Terry was at least five or six meters above the ground.
The avalanche came and went as fast as it came, and after a few minutes the whole ridge fell into silence, and it was in this silence that Terry, who was buried under the heavy snow, was very dangerous.
Five or six meters of snow weighed down on his body, and the weight was almost impossible for Terry to support on all fours, but Terry could only hold on, because as soon as he lay down, the snow on his body would completely fill up his space to move.
The avalanche had passed, and there was no need to worry about the flying snow foaming into his mouth and nose with his breath, so Terry quickly opened the towel with his hands.
At this time, the role of the system is highlighted, because the space reserved before still maintains a certain amount of air, so Terry is not in a hurry to exchange for oxygen supply equipment at the moment, but just takes out a sapper shovel from the space.
His limbs were still supporting his body, but he held the sapper shovel tightly with both hands, slowly pulling the snow in front of him into the space under his body, and then with this little movement, Terry's body kept moving upwards.
It's easy to say, but the pressure on his back and the thinner and thinner air make Terry feel less and less strong in his body.
After moving two or three meters with difficulty, the accumulated air gradually ran out, and Terry had to exchange it for an oxygen bag.
But at this time, Terry did not bring oxygen immediately, but opened his mouth and stuffed a few pieces of chocolate into his mouth, chewed a few times, and swallowed a small handful of snow and chocolate.
After two or three seconds, he felt that the chocolate had been swallowed completely, and Terry immediately put the oxygen mask on his nose, and the fresh oxygen quickly entered his lungs from his nostrils, which made Terry feel that his strength gradually recovered.
However, because it was digging diagonally upwards, and now the distance from the ground was at least two or three meters, Terry didn't dare to hesitate at all, and quickly repeated the previous action.
However, as the snow thickness became lower and lower, the snow around his body became softer and softer, and although the speed of digging was much faster, the continuous collapse of the snow made it more difficult for Terry to move, and it could even be said that it was difficult to move an inch.