Chapter 358: Valley Wolves
We extinguished the campfire and marched forward under the scorching sun.
The snow on the ground is like a white leaf, sprinkled with a layer of solitude, and even the soles of your shoes can't be overlooked. The temperature has been rising, and the wind has become a gentle little sister.
She blew the thin layers of snow on the ground, which were slippery, revealing ugly patches of yellow earth. The yellow sand on the loess flies, and the white snow is entangled, and the yellow and white are overlapping and entangled, which can be called a wonder.
My T-shirt and jeans are now in tatters, like a beggar in a pile of rags. But fortunately, after a night of uninterrupted treatment of glutinous rice dumplings, the wounds on the body have basically healed.
Last night, the fat man and I were rested, and although we were still hungry and smoking, we still had the advantage of physical reserves. In addition, the snow under your feet has receded, so it is natural that there is no obstacle to progress.
We went all the way from noon to dusk, the power of the scorching sun gradually weakened, the night wind gradually rose, but the snow under our feet became less and less, and finally disappeared and was replaced by loess.
The once vast snowfield has completely disappeared.
We were reluctant to use the torch in our hands to light the fat man's flashlight and illuminate the road ahead.
The fat man's flashlight is from the group of dirt men who compress the clothes and mice, and it is of military quality, very durable and waterproof. But it doesn't take time in the end, and it becomes like the end of the force under constant repeated use.
At this moment, the halo of light it casts is diverging, and the irradiation range is becoming smaller and smaller with the naked eye. Finally, after holding out for less than thirty minutes, Didi two alarms sounded and went out completely.
At the moment when the flashlight disappeared, we suddenly noticed that there was a large depression in the flat ground in front of us, and it was a valley.
What's even more strange is that the snow that has disappeared for a long time has reappeared in this valley, and the temperature has begun to plummet!
As far as the eye can see, this valley is deep, sinking into the ground to a depth of seven or eight meters, among which the ravines and ravines and strange rocks are craggy, and they are covered with a thick layer of snow......
In the depths of the valley, there was a large field of daisies, and a tree that looked to be dead, and even a piece of body remained.
The tree was so dark that it was difficult to distinguish the species, it was four or five meters above the ground, and its body looked like the thickness of a bowl, like a towering piece of rotten wood.
I chuckled inwardly.
According to past experience, any obvious change in the scene undoubtedly means that danger is approaching. Without hesitation, he took out the lighter from his backpack and lit the two torches in his hand in turn.
The blazing fire instantly illuminates the dark sky, giving people a sense of security. The fat man and I held the torch and walked cautiously deeper into the valley.
The cold wind blew, like a knife, cutting on the face with a burning pain. It brought up countless flying snow, whirling and whistling, where there was still a little bit of the gentle appearance before, and in the blink of an eye, it changed from a gentle young lady to a vicious witch.
The snow was so heavy that it reached the ankles and creaked when you stepped on it.
We made our way into the valley, and before we had taken a few steps, we saw a flickering light in the distance, and a long cry sounded in our ears.
"Whew......"
Under the reflection of the two torches, I saw that the light flickering in front of me actually took on a dark green glow, flickering like a bean, like a large dark green flame, obviously the eyes of some kind of wild animal.
It is said that the eyeballs of animals, especially wild animals, contain a phosphor, and this phenomenon is very common.
This kind of phosphor is to say that there are many special crystal spots at the bottom of their eyes, which have a strong ability to reflect light, and can gather the weak, scattered light around them, aggregate them into bundles, and reflect them coarsely in a concentrated manner.
Animals with such eyes have been formed through tens of millions of years of evolution, and have a strong ability to move at night. They are able to distinguish objects by their tiny light, and to the outside world it appears as if their eyes are glowing.
Such characteristics are also reserved in common pet dogs.
This is a snow-covered valley, and those dark green points of light naturally cannot be the eyes of a dog, but a wolf! They're not one, they're a group!
I screamed in my heart that it was not good.
When people walk in the wilderness, especially at night, they are most afraid of encountering not lone beasts such as tigers and black bears, but wolves.
The wolf, in nature, is a very unique social creature. In terms of individual combat ability, it may not be the strongest, but its group combat effectiveness is the highest level, and it can be called a predator at the top of the food chain.
The wolves are highly disciplined and make detailed arrangements before each hunt, they are like well-trained soldiers in ancient warfare, not brainless rampage, but pay attention to offensive formations and rules, advance and retreat in an orderly manner, and strategize.
Generally speaking, by the time the prey is noticed, the encirclement of the wolves has already been quietly formed, and the appearance is just a clarion call for a general attack.
Looking back, sure enough, behind and around us, on the high slopes of those valleys, a large green light had already flashed silently, densely packed, like fireflies flying all over the mountains, far more numerous than in front of us.
At a cursory glance, there were more than dozens of them, and those dark green flames were beating, undulating in the dark night, such a huge number, the scalp of people who looked straight at it was tingling!
The terrible wolf howls began to rise and fall, and the dark green flames behind them gradually spread into the valley and pressed towards us.
The fat man and I were in a cold sweat, and we felt our hearts pounding, as if we were about to jump out of the cavity.
We held our torches and stepped back cautiously, our ears standing up like rabbits. The wolves in the rear didn't seem to be in a hurry, they were moving very slowly, forcing us backwards step by step.
My head spun quickly, and I knew that the wolves must have had their eyes on us, taking advantage of the darkness of the night and the terrain of the valley here to launch an ambush. In retrospect, the decision to venture into the valley was a mistake.
Now, our best bet is to find an opportunity to break out, and once we get back to the flat terrain above the valley, the threat to us from the wolves will be reduced.
I gave the fat man a look, and the two of them waved the torches in their hands as they broke through to the left, trying to get back up the valley.
The wolves on the left flank instantly became furious, roaring in their throats, and the sharp teeth in their mouths puffed out.
The connected rear detachment also began to rapidly replenish its forces towards the left flank, and in the blink of an eye the number grew from seven or eight to more than ten......