As it approached evening, the wind gradually subsided, and the snow finally stopped. The distant mountain peaks were shrouded in the afterglow of the setting sun, and everything around them seemed so pure, clean, so holy.

After a day and a half of battling the wind and snow, he gradually figured out some rules and skills for walking in the snow, and his afternoon march was significantly faster, but it was still far below his predetermined goal. He was walking in the gentle valley of a gravel valley, he was familiar with the formation, and knew that he had reached the vicinity of the river, which was supposed to be a river in which the snow melted or during the rainy season, and there were pebbles of various sizes under his feet, and although it was still difficult to walk, it was much better than the unknown depth of the snow.

In the second half of the night, I couldn't hold on, although I ate some things while walking, but it was a drop in the bucket compared to the physical energy consumed. At this time, his physical strength has also reached the limit, he found a leeward place, found some dry materials to light a bonfire, while warming up and cleaning up the prey caught during the day, fortunately, there is an emergency kit in the equipment this time, which not only contains some medical supplies, but also a small package of salt and some water purification tablets, these simple things are easy to carry, not only to maintain the safety of physical strength and drinking water, but also to avoid non-combat attrition and exposure behind enemy lines in wartime.

Neither tired, hungry and cold, he once again checked the map to determine his position, the general direction is correct, but at today's speed, it will not be able to arrive in five days, and there may be any weather in the future. The marked route is to make a large C-bend around the mountain in front of you, and it should be relatively easy to travel basically along this river. This river course is along the foot of the mountain until it turns to the back of the mountain before turning to another canyon, if you directly climb over this mountain, you can not only snatch back the lost time, but also reduce the road of nearly 100 kilometers, but this mountain has no road at all, can you really climb over?

Looking at the mountains in the distance, I can't help but feel a trace of awe in my heart.

Since ancient times, human beings have respected the mountains as gods, and people who live in the mountains all the year round will worship the mountain gods every time they cut down trees and open the mountains, praying for the protection and forgiveness of the mountain gods.

He remembered that there were more than a dozen people in a car with him, and it should be the same marching route, but he hadn't met any of them until now, except for the different places of getting off at the beginning, the routes would be slightly different, and almost all of them would converge on these small roads nearby, and the more they went to the end, the more concentrated the route should be, and there should have been some team members at that time, but today I didn't meet anyone for a day. Maybe it's just getting started, and the staff is still relatively scattered; Then there is that I am too far behind, and I am left behind by everyone.

Since you have been walking along this road as fast as possible, it is difficult for you to arrive within the specified time, so it is better to take a risk and climb over the mountain in front of you, even if you fail, the worst result is also to be late, do not risk doomed to failure, risk may be successful, at this moment, the psychology of gambling prevails.

Nor did he look at the mountain peaks in the distance, the bright moonlight sprinkled on the mountains and forests, and it was like day against the background of the snow, and even at night it could be seen far away. According to the annotation on the map, the altitude of this mountain is not too high, far lower than the altitude of the wolf's den and the location of the southern training base, there should not be any hypoxia and altitude sickness, the only difficulty is that the snow mountain road is slippery, I don't know what dangers are hidden under the snow cover, fortunately, the forest is dense here, and there should not be too much danger in walking through the woods. It's not about making up your mind and going over the mountain.

After eating two roasted squirrels and less than half a roast rabbit, he decided to set off immediately and try to reach the foot of the mountain before dawn.

As the saying goes, 'looking at the mountain and running a dead horse', looking not far away, it is not the case when you walk. Others rush forward, the mountain retreats, and it feels like it is right in front of you, but you can't always get closer. Here he didn't really understand what it meant to be silent, there was no sound around him, his heavy panting sound came far along the valley, in order to cheer himself up, he simply sang, there was nothing in tune, it was pure nonsense, sometimes he sang and sang, he was happy, and he felt like a person with abnormal nerves.

But this has the good advantage that before he knows it, he has rushed to the foot of the mountain.

At this moment, the sky was white, and in a hazy way, he could see the whole picture of the mountain, no wonder there was no road here.

It is overgrown with strange rocks, trees and weeds peeking out of the crevices of the rocks, thick invertebral ice cubes hanging in many places, and some waterfalls of ice and snow flowing from somewhere in the mountains, glittering in the morning light.

Shaking his head helplessly, he continued to walk along the river, trying to find a relatively gentle and easy place.

After walking a long way, the sun had fully risen, and a few stones in the middle of the river not far away caught Yifei's attention. He stepped forward and looked at it carefully, making sure that it was supposed to be an ornament, and that it should have been used to wade across the river in the summer, and he looked to both sides, and vaguely, even if it was covered with snow, he could still distinguish a very hidden path up the mountain.

It wasn't a moment of excitement, and after a closer look, this hidden path was not far into the mountains and could not be seen, but it did not waver in the slightest of its determination. He took off his backpack, sorted out his applications, took out the rope and tied it to the flying claws, and hung some of the components used for the rappelling around his waist, tied his whole body strongly, and began to march towards the mountain.

The start was smooth, but when there were steep spots, he climbed up with the help of his claws. It's not that I'm secretly glad that I made the right choice, at this speed, I can reach the other side of the mountain before dark.

Halfway up the mountain, the terrain was much calmer, so he took off his backpack and sat down to rest for a while, and by the way he had something to eat. Even if there was no wind, it was unusually cold in the mountains, so he lit a bonfire, draped his sleeping bag over his body, and ate most of the remaining half of the roasted rabbit, and when he felt that it was almost there, he extinguished the bonfire and went on.

This section of the road was relatively easier than the previous one, and the speed of Yifei was much faster, and suddenly, he was stunned, and the pile of ashes in front of him startled him, "Could it be that someone will also go up the mountain at this time?" ”

With doubts he stepped forward, and after a glance, he sat down on the ground, and the bones on the ground and the shoe prints around him proved that they were all left by himself, and he circled the place in a great circle, and then turned back.

He took out the compass on his arm wrapped in a towel, and compared the direction with the map coordinates, although this position was slightly deviated, but it was not a big problem.

This kind of thing of 'ghost hitting the wall' was not uncommon in their initial wilderness training, but today is different, this lap down means that they have lost nearly two hours of time in vain. He cursed himself in his heart, picked up his backpack and continued to move forward.

As soon as he walked out of every few steps, a gunshot in the distance startled him again, at first he thought it was a gun put by other students, but immediately felt that it was wrong, this time the team members did not carry guns, only a dagger and sleeping bags and other accessories were distributed, and some other things used on the road were also made by everyone on the spot, so where did this gunshot come from, and the sound of the flare gun was not like this.

"Bang!" Another shot rang out, and a huge echo could be heard far through the valley, and it was not concluded that it was the sound of a shotgun, but that it should be a local mountain folk who had gone up the mountain to hunt, and it seemed that it was not far from them, and it was not a hasty walk in the direction of the gun.

Since the start of the timer yesterday, he has not even seen a single figure, hunters who have lived in the mountains for many years should be very familiar with this mountain, at this moment, he wants to see such a villager and ask, this is much better than his own blind collision in the mountains.

Through a few mountain bends and cliffs, and another gunshot, I felt that I was already very close, and I did not speed up my pace.

"Stop" made Yifei start, he stopped, and slowly turned around.