The days are always exceptionally short in winter, and just after six o'clock, the sky is completely dark, and the night is long.

Eight o'clock in the evening.

In the office of the president of the Xia Group, a middle-aged man in a crisp gray suit tapped his ebony desk with his fingers with some anxiety.

The young and beautiful female secretary answered the phone, then stood in front of the desk and asked tentatively, "Mr. Xia, ...... dinner tonight?"

"Push it, just say I don't have time." Xia Lin's face was gloomy.

"But ......"

The secretary wanted to say something, but Xia Lin waved her hand impatiently, interrupting her speech.

"I have something to deal with, you go out first."

Seeing the secretary leave his office, Xia Lin immediately took out his mobile phone and dialed his daughter's mobile phone number again.

As with more than 20 previous times, this time the response was still the same polite female voice: "The phone you dialed is temporarily unreachable......"

Xia Lin dialed Zhao Nuo's phone again, and the result was the same.

Staring at the heavy snow blowing outside the window, as well as the snow-covered ground, a bad feeling arose from Xia Lin's heart.

――I did tell Xia Xiaoling about the "War Domain" before, and my daughter should have taken Zhao Nuo to the "War Domain" at noon. But......

When they arrived at the WARGAME venue on the outskirts of Beicheng District, they were silent as if they had evaporated from the world.

――What happened?

Xia Lin wasn't very worried at first, but when he saw the sudden outbreak of a snowstorm, he wanted to call his daughter and remind her to be careful.

After discovering that his daughter's phone could not be reached, he tried to call Zhao Nuo's phone again, but he was also "temporarily unreachable".

Until this time. He finally realized that something wasn't quite right.

He also thought about calling the police, but the two young men only left for eight hours. Only for such a short period of time, the police will not list them as "missing".

After pondering for a moment, Xia Lin dialed his son's phone. An indecent voice soon sounded in the earpiece:

"Daddy, what are you doing? I'm busy. ”

Xia Lin immediately spoke: "Call Xiao Zhang and them, let's go to the 'War Domain' in Beicheng District to have a look." ”

"What's the matter, are you old and want to play gunfight?" Xia Shiren teased.

"Don't talk nonsense, little bunny." Xia Lin was in no mood to joke with his son at all: "Your sister and Zhao Nuo went over there, and now I can't contact them, such a big snow...... I'm a little worried. ”

"They may think the snow is very atmospheric and they are 'fighting' in the field, don't worry." Xia Shiren was still smiling.

"Bunny. Want to die? Xia Lin finally couldn't help but scold.

"Don't take it seriously, it's just joking......" As if feeling his suppressed anger, Xia Shiren's voice on the other end of the phone finally became serious: "I'll see you downstairs in ten minutes, I'll drive you over." ”

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When eight black Land Cruisers tore the snow off the road and drove into the "Field of War" parking lot, the time was 8:45 p.m.

Xia Shiren and Xia Lin were the first to get out of the car, followed by more than a dozen members of Xia's real estate company. These guys can be regarded as the "cronies" of the Xia family, and each of them can be completely trusted.

Took a look in the parking lot. Without saying a word, Xia Lin came to the locked metal fence gate of the "War Field", in front of the guard's hut with the lights on. Raised his hand and knocked on the window.

"Who?"

An old voice sounded in the room, and then a wrinkled face was pressed against the windowpane, and the old man guarding the door stared at the middle-aged man outside the room with cloudy eyes.

"Hello, are there two young people visiting here this afternoon?" Xia Lin asked quickly.

After he asked, the old man's brow furrowed into a Sichuan character. After thinking about it, he shook his head slowly:

"No one is here today."

"If you think about it again, is there really no one coming?" Xia Lin asked again.

"I'm not stupid, no one is here today, boy." The old man's tone was a little unkind.

Xia Lin paused. Asked again, "Can I go in and have a look?" ”

"Who are you? No casual entry is allowed here, I'm going to call the police! The old man walked over to the bedside table and picked up the phone to dial the number.

“…… Then I won't bother you, thank you. ”

Xia Lin thanked him politely, and then turned around and left without looking back.

The old man sitting in the guard room stared out of the window with a frown, and after confirming that the people who had come to look for him just now had left, a strange smile suddenly appeared on his face that had experienced vicissitudes.

He slowly turned his head, his gaze resting on the double-barreled shotgun hidden in the shadows of the corner.

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In movies and anime, lonely men and widows are trapped in the wilderness because of a blizzard, and they can often develop some romantic plots, or directly "dry fire" and move in the direction of Lifan.

It wasn't until he really experienced this feeling that Zhao Nuo finally realized that fairy tales are all lies.

In this case, there is not even the slightest "romantic feeling" to develop, and all that remains is the coldness of the bones and the deepening despair.

In the pit more than two meters deep, he propped up his down jacket with tree branches and made a rudimentary "tent" to shelter most of the cold wind.

But despite this, this simple "defense" could not stop the cruel cold!

"It's so cold......" Xia Xiaoling, who had a big hole in her clothes, kept shivering.

Zhao Nuo didn't say anything, just hugged the girl who was trembling in his arms tighter.

Since he took off his down jacket, he is now also cold to death, and his face is starting to turn purple.

If the area of this pit is larger, maybe you can use firewood to make a fire, but with the actual size of this place, if you start a fire rashly, it will probably only turn the two of them into "large pieces of barbecue".

In addition, the entrance to the cave is blocked by the canopy, and if they accidentally set the canopy on fire, they will surely die!

"Lie down and don't move, I'll try again."

Zhao Nuo rubbed Xia Xiaoling's cold cheeks dotingly, and then stood up with an iron bar in his hand. Begin to try to continue digging the exit from the side of the canopy.

As soon as he stood up, a howling cold wind hit him in the face with snowflakes.

"Damn ......"

Zhao Nuo closed his mouth and let out a muffled grunt.

In this case, once you open your mouth, you will immediately enjoy the pleasure of "cooling through the heart".

Because his down jacket was left to Xia Xiaoling, only a sweater was left on his upper body at this moment. It's not too thin, but it's cold from a blizzard. It's still vulnerable!

The soil seemed to be frozen, and it was extremely laborious to dig up, and the loss of body caused by the cold wind made Zhao Nuo a little overwhelmed.

After five minutes of hard work in the snowstorm, I still couldn't dig a gap enough to make people feel good.

Before feeling that he was about to faint, Zhao Nuo bent down and got back into the temporary "tent" made of a black down jacket and lay down next to Xia Xiaoling.

"Zhao Nuo, what should we do......" Xia Xiaoling's voice was a little fearful.

Faced with such a desperate situation. This girl, who usually looks like a natural fool, finally began to be afraid.

At this moment, even Zhao Nuo, who had almost lost his "sense of terror", began to be afraid.

――What he was worried about was not his life and death, but Xia Xiaoling's safety.

This girl shouldn't accept such a cruel fate, and she can't just die in a "big pit" with grievances.

But. What the hell is going to do to get this guy out?

Before figuring out a way. It's better to appease the other party's feelings first:

"I'll ......"

Before Zhao Nuo's words of comfort were finished, Xia Xiaoling beside him had already leaned over again and hugged his cold arm.

"I ...... Like Zhao Nuo, from the first meeting ......"

Xia Xiaoling suddenly smirked, as if ignoring the snowstorm outside, and said slowly:

"At that time, I made "The Legend of the Great Three Kingdoms War" by myself. Looks silly now, right? But Zhao Nuo didn't directly sarcastically mock me, just pointed out the shortcomings of that game. I didn't know until Zhao Nuo said it, that game is really stupid......"

"No, I thought I had met a genius." Zhao Nuo said honestly.

- No matter how ridiculous Xia Xiaoling's game is, after all, she made it herself.

I can make the work of the degree of completion by myself. Undoubtedly a genius!

Hearing Zhao Nuo's praise, Xia Xiaoling laughed happily, and her body didn't seem to be so bad. She coughed and continued:

Later, Zhao Nuo has always supported me, helped me achieve my ideals, and tolerated my willfulness. I seem to ...... I haven't said thank you to Zhao Nuo...... I'm so sorry...... Ahem......"

Listening to Xia Xiaoling say lines similar to last words, Zhao Nuo suddenly had an ominous premonition, and before he could speak, Xia Xiaoling had already spoken again:

"Zhao Nuo should go by himself, leave me alone, I will only drag you down......"

This girl, who is usually always very childish, actually said such a thing, Zhao Nuo felt that the wind and snow whistling in his ears seemed to have disappeared.

All that's left is complete silence and coldness.

――Do you really want to do this?

In fact, he knew very well that if he was the only one who fell into this trap, he would probably have escaped a long time ago.

――If you don't take off your down jacket to help Xia Xiaoling keep out the cold, you will have enough strength to use the iron bar to dig out an exit that is enough for people to pass through.

I've lost a lot of energy now, but if I try it, I might be able to do it.

If you escape first, and then go to the guard room to ask the old man who is guarding the door for help......

Zhao Nuo glanced at Xia Xiaoling, who was lying on the ground next to him.

--I've always had a bad deal with this girl since I met her, and this time it's the same.

Just looking at her pitiful appearance lying on the ground with a cold face and a snot constant, he completely gave up the idea of going out alone to ask for help.

Zhao Nuo raised his right hand, stroked the girl's long hair with a smile, and said in a slow but firm tone:

"How could I possibly throw you here? No kidding, I'm not a bad breed. ”

With that, he stood up again and began to try to use the iron bar in his hand to dig up from the cave wall next to the canopy.

"Whoa!"

Pry off a large chunk of dirt, and the originally small hole was finally widened.

Seeing a glimmer of hope, Zhao Nuo sped up again.

Then, in the midst of the howling storm, he heard heavy footsteps not far away, and at the same time the light of a flashlight came to him.

- Someone's coming!

Realizing that someone had arrived, Zhao Nuo immediately shouted loudly: "We are trapped!" Help us! ”

Heavy footsteps sounded from far and near, and soon a figure wrapped in a military coat appeared at the entrance of the cave, holding a flashlight in his hand.

Even if he hadn't seen the other party's face clearly, Zhao Nuo could recognize that this person was the old man who was the gatekeeper in the "War Field".

The old man slowly opened his mouth and made a hoarse voice: "You guys fell in?" ”

"Well, help us!" Zhao Nuo said loudly.

In a situation of near despair, he finally grabbed a life-saving straw, and his mood was also extremely excited at this moment.

However, the old man did not help, but just squatted down above the entrance of the cave, shook his head and said, "What a pity......

“……”

Looking at this person's abnormal behavior, Zhao Nuo suddenly felt that something was wrong. Then, when he saw what the old man was holding in his other hand, his heart suddenly cooled in half:

"You...... Is it ......?"

Hearing Zhao Nuo's question, the old man grinned and showed a strange smile, and his wrinkled cheeks looked particularly hideous.

"I'm a ...... Hunter, this is my ...... Pitfall. The old man with the shotgun said slowly.

"If you pull us up, I can act as if it didn't happen." Zhao Nuo's face was gloomy.

The old man did not listen to his advice, but continued to himself: "I originally came to hunt wolves, and there are wolves here in winter, coming down from the mountains. Now that you've fallen into my trap......"

"Aren't you a hunter? How can you kill someone? Zhao Nuo couldn't understand this person's thinking pattern at all.

Hearing his words, the old man laughed again: "Well, I can also be a 'hunter'." ”

Looking at the old man smiling happily at the entrance of the cave, Zhao Nuo suddenly became nervous:

- This man is a madman!

It is impossible for a normal hunter to see someone fall into a trap and remain indifferent, this old man is obviously not mentally normal!

In this way, the hope of himself and Xia Xiaoling leaving alive seems to have decreased by a few points, and it began to get infinitely close to zero.

But, despite this-

Staring at the muzzle of the black hole hole of the double-barreled shotgun in the old man's hand, Zhao Nuo took a deep breath and said loudly:

"If you kill us now, I promise you'll regret it."

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Anyway, there seems to be something wrong with Dian Niang this month? It's been feeling a little weird these days, and I'm finally getting some energy to continue writing...... (To be continued......)