Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Firelight
It is not for nothing that a house is made of snow to protect it from the cold, as is often done by the Eskimos in the Arctic.
Tesla's worries are not unreasonable, staying in this shelter is not a long-term solution, although the three of them have a lot of food, there will always be a day when they run out.
Suddenly it went dark outside, and the entire shelter was dark.
Wang Feng took out his lighter, and the dim light illuminated everything.
Henry Bacon's condition was getting worse and worse, his body was shaking incessantly, and he began to unconsciously pick at his clothes, and his mouth kept saying that it was hot.
Seeing this, the two people next to him quickly tied his hands and feet and lay on his body.
People who are frozen to death are almost unclothed, because when the human body temperature drops to 37 degrees to -27 degrees, the skin blood vessels will be in a state of paralysis, and at the same time, the skin blood vessels will also expand rapidly, and the blood flow of the blood vessels will suddenly increase, resulting in the temperature of the skin surface being higher than the internal temperature, and at this time the skin will transmit this signal to the body temperature center to regulate the hypothalamus, and this part will send out wrong instructions, so that the brain will produce a very warm illusion, so most of the people who are frozen to death will take off their clothes and smile.
It is said that the world is so big that there are no wonders, and when people find strange things or things around them, the most amazing thing is human beings themselves. Due to the relationship between the body mechanism, people react differently in different situations.
"If this continues, he will definitely die......" Tesla looked at Wang Feng anxiously.
Although Henry Bacon is now in an unconscious state, his strength is very great, and if he pushes the two out repeatedly and does not tie his hands and feet with ropes, Tesla and the two really have no way to catch him.
"If you don't take off your clothes now, there will be ...... If you take off your clothes, it's all over. ”
Now the temperature of the shelter is barely acceptable, and Henry Bacon has the effect of keeping warm when he wears clothes, and if he roasts his skin directly on the fire, he will suffer extensive damage.
"Gotta find some hot water......"
But where can there be hot water in this wilderness?
Tesla looked at Wang Feng and suddenly thought of a solution: "Can those fragments of yours be condensed into various things according to your thoughts." ”
"No, if in the realm of thought, these
The fragments are completely at my command, but they can get out of hand when they are manifested! ”
Seeing Henry Bacon's painful appearance, both of them were a little panicked, no one expected that the three of them would make trouble in this place.
Wang Feng put the lighter on the ground, then put the water with the iron kettle on the flame, and said to Tesla, "You hold him first." ”
Iron conducts heat quickly, and there is not much water in the iron kettle, so it heats up quickly.
"Give him a drink, warm up?"
Wang Feng took off his clothes, wrapped the iron kettle, and placed it under Henry Bacon's armpit.
"Now he's in a state of unconsciousness, and it's self-defeating if you feed him hot water, all we can do now is keep his body at a constant temperature."
"I see......"
Henry Bacon gradually did not move, and fell asleep.
Tesla and the others also breathed a sigh of relief, they collapsed on the ground, they were a little sleepy after being tossed like this, and they lay there and fell asleep in a daze.
When he woke up again, it was already dawn outside, and Wang Feng pushed open the snowdrift in front of the shelter and found that the snow had reached his waist.
He shivered subconsciously and looked into the distance, where a huge lighthouse appeared like a phantom.
"The snow has stopped...... Wang Feng quickly looked at Tesla in the shelter and asked again, "How is Henry Bacon?" ”
Tesla touched Henry Bacon's face: "It's much better than before, it's not so hot." ”
Both breathed a sigh of relief.
Tesla carried Henry Bacon on his back, Wang Feng held the backpack, and the three of them headed towards the lighthouse.
"Why is there such a thing as a lighthouse, shouldn't it be by the sea?"
Tesla looked at the lighthouse in the distance and felt a little strange, it stands to reason that the lighthouse has two basic functions, one is to guide the way, and the other is to remind the boat that there is a reef under my feet. Remind the lighthouse of the reef that it does not need to be tall, the lighthouse that guides the way needs to be tall, after all, stand high and see far... The sea is flat, so build a lighthouse high up on the seaside, and you can see it far away if you have good visibility at night, and there will be nothing in between. The desert terrain is undulating, and it is impossible to see the lighthouse in every position, and the effect is too great
Difference... So there will be no special lighthouses on land.
"Who knows?" Wang Feng was in no mood to think about anything else, he just wanted to hurry to the lighthouse to take a look at the surrounding environment.
And Henry Bacon couldn't stand any toss.
He looked at the white expanse and felt some discomfort in his eyes, most likely a slight snow blindness.
Snow blindness is known as solar ophthalmitis. Because the ground is covered with snow, the ability to absorb light is greatly reduced, which makes people feel very dazzling, especially in the sun. At this time, the reflection of ultraviolet rays in the snow can be increased by 5%-6%. A large amount of ultraviolet light is absorbed by the cornea and conjunctiva of the eye, causing damage to the eye similar to that of electro-optic ophthalmia. On sunny days, expose your eyes directly to the sun, in which case snow blindness can occur for too long.
The simple answer is that snow reflects light, and that light can overload the eyes.
Although protective glasses are worn, the effect is not as effective as expected, but it exacerbates the probability of snow blindness.
"I'm a little uncomfortable with my eyes right now...... Wang Feng looked at Tesla: "Do you feel this way?" ”
"I have it too, I think my eyes are overloaded...... If you continue like this, you will be blind. ”
Tesla nodded, just the two of them, and now it will take about a week for the eyes to recover from this scene.
Little did they know that their worst enemy would be nature.
"But this lighthouse looks very close, to be honest, a little far away!" Tesla looked at the lighthouse again, the two had been walking for a long time, but the distance didn't seem to be reduced by the two.
Wang Feng nodded: "It can't be a mirage, right?" ”
Tesla naturally didn't understand: "Isn't this thing a mirage that can only be seen in the desert?" ”
"Hallucinations occur only in places where there is an extreme lack of water, and this hallucination is a mirage."
Wang Feng shook his head and became dizzy, his legs were a little weak, and he fell into the snow.
Tesla quickly helped him up and asked, "Are you okay?" ”
He sat there rubbing his temples with a painful expression: "I feel a little dizzy...... Right now...... I don't have any strength in my body. ”