Chapter 55: The Wind Tunnel
When they wake up, they don't know how long they've been asleep. In this place of eternal daylight, you can only estimate the time by yourself. After they had eaten half of the roast, they set off again. When they can't help but eat the other half of the food, they must start the return journey. Otherwise, they will hunt the animals of the seashore. But they only brought pistols, and it was difficult to hunt with pistols.
They climbed the hill again, continuing along the edge of the third floor. After walking a short distance, they noticed that the ice beneath their feet was showing signs of melting. The more you walk on the ground, the wetter it gets, and the temperature feels warmer. They didn't dare to walk on the edge anymore, fearing that the edge would suddenly collapse because of the melting ice. And the white fog is getting closer and closer to them. After walking a little further, they saw the end of the ice field in the distance, and white mist emerged from the side of the mountain at the end of the ice field. They hurried to speed up their pace. The ice was getting wetter and slippery, so they put on their climbing paws and continued walking.
Soon after, they were at the end of the ice field. They saw that the end was like a large canyon about two kilometers wide, and the white fog they saw emerged from the end of the canyon, a horizontal hole at the foot of the iceberg that was more than a kilometer wide. And the temperature here is very high, and they are sweating in their ski suits. At this time, they found that the white mist coming out was a mixture of vapor and white smoke, and there was a faint black smoke in the vapor. And the iceberg walls on the ice cave also melted and dripped. The dripping water forms a small river at the bottom of the canyon that flows out to the sea. The two of them looked at the scene in front of them in shock, they had guessed that there might be an observatory here, but they saw this strange scene. Mia asked curiously, "What is this?" Active volcanoes? "Xingyu is also not sure, if it is on the mainland, this is probably a precursor to the eruption of an active volcano. But the crater should be at the top of the mountain, not at the bottom of the mountain! But at this time, Xingyu finally understood why there were so many icebergs outside the shore. Xingyu guessed that the place where they were standing now should have been ice inland. Because of this heat, the ice collapsed and flowed out of the sea. As a result, the collapsed ice formed dense Xiaoice mountains at sea.
Xingyu looked at the plain on the ice wall two kilometers away, and estimated that they would not be able to get through. And with only three and a half portions of food left, they couldn't afford to delay any longer. After Heungwoo and Mia hurriedly finished the remaining half of the barbecue, they immediately began their return journey. On the way back, the more I think about it, the more wrong it becomes. The heat warms the surroundings and the animals should live nearby. However, there were no animals around, and even the sea seze that I had seen before was gone. Animals have a talent for predicting natural disasters, and if there are no animals in a suitable place for animals, this is certainly not a good thing. Thinking of this, Xingyu pulled Miya to speed up his pace, wanting to walk back to the camp as soon as possible.
Antarctica is the most stormy place on Earth. They were only halfway through the journey back when the wind began to blow. Originally, they were just going to come out to check on for a day, and they didn't bring shelter gear. Xingyu regretted that he didn't even bring the plastic sheeting that he usually used to catch the rain. Now I can only look around for shelter from the wind, but I can't see a crack nearby. When the wind blows, staying at the edge of the ice sheet can be blown down the hillside by a storm, and it is not safe to go down the hill or at the bottom of the mountain. When the wind gets stronger, they can only go to the hollow in the middle of the ice field and lie down. The temperature around them was getting colder and colder, and they shivered in the hollows, and their faces felt like they were about to freeze. They regretted that they had set off too rashly, thinking that they had only been out for a day, and they had not brought their masks and goggles. At this time, Xingyu suddenly turned Miya over and climbed on top of Miya by himself. Mia, who was originally drowsy from the cold, immediately woke up in fright. Just when Mia thought that Xingyu was crazy, Xingyu pressed his forehead against Mia's forehead and pasted the two people's hoods together with his hands. Miya didn't understand what Xingyu was doing, but soon she felt that the heat exhaled by the two of them had not been lost, circulating in the hood, her face had begun to feel numb, and the feeling of freezing on her face had begun to ease. Xingyu understands that if they don't move on their stomachs like this, they will freeze sooner or later, so they must keep moving their bodies and raise their body temperature. Xingyu shouted to Miya to crawl with him, and Xingyu climbed in the headwind position, letting Miya crawl on the inside. When they first started crawling, they felt numb in their hands and feet. But I still tried to crawl forward, and slowly, the numbness in my hands and feet began to subside, and my spirit slowly recovered. Fortunately, it was eternal day, and if it was eternal night, I am afraid they would have frozen in the snow. Maybe 10,000 years later, there will be two more living fossils. And the two of them didn't continue to lie on their stomachs, and kept crawling and moving their bodies. It also saved themselves.
The storm finally passed, and Miya rolled over and lay down on the snow tiredly. Mia knew she couldn't lie down, she couldn't fall asleep, but she couldn't help it. Xingyu saw that Mia was asleep and immediately woke Miya up. Miya, who was woken up, was still in a daze, and Xingyu immediately pulled Miya up and pulled Miya to continue walking.
Xingyu took out the food as he walked, and the two ate as they walked. But Mia grabbed the food and didn't put it in her mouth. Mia walked and walked, not even noticing that the food in her hand had fallen. Xingyu knew that the two of them, who were already tired and close to hypothermia, could not rest, and if the two fell asleep together, they would never wake up. Xingyu held on to his spirit and pulled the staggering Miya forward. Not long after Miya continued walking, she fell and lay in the snow, completely unconscious, and Ren Xingyu couldn't wake up no matter how much she patted it. Xingyu wanted to carry Miya, but Xingyu, who was also exhausted, couldn't even pull Miya up. Xingyu had no choice but to grab one of Mia's feet with one hand and drag Mia Miya forward with both hands. Soon after, Heung-woo also fell into a blur. With the thought of "you must drag Mia back to the camp", he dragged Mia like a walking corpse.
When Mia wakes up, she finds herself lying in a lifeboat with a sleeping Heung-woo in her arms. Mia pulled Heung-woo's hand and sat up. Mia saw freshly extinguished smoke coming from the stove and one of the hatches of the lifeboat open. Mia can't remember what happened, and her last memory is being pulled by Heungwoo in the snow. It depends on the situation that Xingyu rescued her. When Xingyu woke up, he couldn't remember it either. Heungwoo only remembered that he dragged Mia on the snow, and then it broke off. As for how to get back to the lifeboat and how to start the fire, Xingyu can't remember at all. If it weren't for the two of them in the snow, Xingyu would have thought that someone had saved them. Heungwoo knew that it was his subconscious that supported his body to save them.
(Voice of the mystery: "Your subconscious is stupid!") Usually the plot at this time is that the hero and heroine are buried in the quilt to keep warm! ”)