Chapter 70: Collapse
Under the morning sun, three people dressed in heavy red overalls, each carrying a rucksack, carefully walked through the glacier area. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ ο½ο½fo
Lu Zheng took the lead, Xiao Zhang was behind, and the one walking in the middle was a short man.
Next to them was a bottomless crack in the ice that was half a meter wide, exuding a cold and dark aura of danger to the outside.
The bodies of the three were held together by a rope as a simple protective measure.
The short man's figure was a little shaky, and he trembled three times, his eyes couldn't help but glance over the ice crack, his facial muscles tensed, and his face turned blue.
"Haozi, don't look down! Concentrate on your path! Xiao Zhang snorted in the back.
The teammate named Haozi shuddered and immediately looked straight ahead, but his expression looked more nervous.
Lu Zheng turned around and smiled at him, and said lightly: "Keep up, it's okay." β
Xiao Zhang muttered to himself: "...... Newcomers just have a lot to do. β
The sun is rising, and the sun is shining down on this glacial area of ravines.
When Haozi saw this area for the first time, one word popped into his mind: hideous.
It is like a sleeping alien beast, ready to wake up at any moment, baring its cold fangs at the intruder.
Coming to this so-called most dangerous area on his first mission, his mentality was a little broken.
Walking some distance along the ice crevice, Lu Zheng raised his hand to signal them to stop.
"Let's start here."
The crevasse was formed by recent glacial movements, and the purpose of their trip was to measure and take samples.
It doesn't sound like a heavy task, but as long as it involves the task of ice crevices, it is definitely not simple, which is the common sense of the scientific research station.
Originally, Xiao Zhang volunteered to go down to take samples, but Lu Zheng said that he would go down by himself and let him take care of Haozi on it.
"The most annoying newcomer!"
"Alright, you're not a newcomer yet."
Lu Zheng put on his equipment, one end of the rope was fastened to his body, and the other end was connected to a structure similar to a rock climbing buckle, stuck in a small ice crevice next to him.
Then a rope was tied, also tightened, double safe.
Standing in front of the ice and tugging hard a few times, after confirming that it was firm, Lu Zheng began to slowly fall backwards.
Haozi saw that his legs were straight and weak, and when he saw Lu Zheng's head disappear under the ice eaves, he felt a huge sense of fear rushing over him.
Once the rope breaks, he will fall into the depths of the ice, stuck by the cold ice walls on both sides, and with each breath, his body will slide down for a little more until his chest cavity is squeezed to the extreme, and the breathing amplitude is compressed to a minimum, and he slowly dies in coldness, loneliness and despair.
"Hey, what do you want!" Xiao Zhang shouted at him.
Haozi came back to his senses, and his face was ugly.
At this moment, a suppressed roar suddenly came from under his feet.
"What a sound!" Haozi looked at Xiao Zhang in a panic.
Xiao Zhang and Lu Zheng under him shouted almost at the same time: "Pull up!" β
The dull sound was a sign of glacier movement.
The ice sheet beneath his feet began to shake, and the sound of creaking and cracking filled the surroundings.
Haozi only felt a buzz in his head, and his brain went blank.
The ice crack is expanding, and the rock buckle stuck inside is also loosening and about to come out.
"Catch it!" Xiao Zhang shouted at Haozi.
Haozi's face was pale, and he couldn't react to what he said for a while, and glared at him in horror.
There was no time for him to react, and the two rock buckles jumped out almost at the same time.
Xiao Zhang grabbed one of the ropes, but Haozi didn't catch the other in time.
The force suddenly lost his balance, and Lu Zheng's body suddenly swung to the side.
The three of them are connected together, and as soon as they start their whole body, this swing will affect Haozi.
Haozi was unsuspectingly pulled into the ice crevasse.
Xiao Zhang's strength alone could pull the two people, and then he was also pulled over by a strong force, and his head slammed into a bulge on the edge of the ice crevice, blood flowed, and he lost consciousness in an instant.
Together, the three of them slid down deep into the ice.
The whole glacier seemed to come to life, letting out a terrifying roar, and the terrain changed at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if a wild beast had woken up and stretched its muscles.
Hundreds of kilometers away.
Zheng Guo broke a branch and tentatively stepped onto the ice lake.
The snow was not deep, about three or four inches thick, and beneath the snow was the frozen lake.
The terrain is flat, but it is much more dangerous than the mountains.
"The problem is that I don't know how thick the ice is under the snow and whether it can hold my weight. Falling into ice water at this temperature will feel very sour. β
Zheng Guo looked to both sides and continued, "This lake spans too long a distance, and it will take a long time to go around from both sides. The quickest way is obviously to cross the lake, which is estimated to be two or three kilometers long. If nothing else, you should be on the other side in an hour. All things considered, it's worth the risk. β
Zheng Guo set off.
The bun rises high into the air and takes a bird's-eye view of the area.
The snow on the lake is evenly distributed, almost mirror-like, and the cold wind blows, bringing up a powdery snow and ice.
In this vast ice and snow land, Zheng Guo's figure seemed lonely.
Zheng Guo used a branch to explore the way, and after more than half an hour, he had almost reached the middle of the lake.
"So far so good, the lake is freezing solid."
Zheng Guo stopped, holding the branches in both hands and looking around, his eyes were full of dazzling white.
It feels like you're walking in a white desert.
There are already more than 400,000 viewers watching the live broadcast room, and the barrage is as lively as ever.
"I'm wondering, if there is another snowstorm at this time, will Guo Ye be going to GG?"
"Then God did it. (βοΉβ)β
"You're enoughββ, Guo Ye's luck is a little worse, but it's not so unlucky. β(οΏ£ΠοΏ£)ββ
Muzi: "I always feel that this place is too dangerous, so let's hurry up and get out of here first." β
Aunt Lan Lan: "I feel the same way." β
"A woman's intuition?"
"Confess the two goddesses."
Lan Bing: "Don't be kidding. My brother said that danger is usually hidden under the ice, and you should never be careless when walking in such a place. β
Knock, knock, knock.
Suddenly, there was a regular crashing sound on the soles of the feet.
The sound was clear and continuous, and the audience heard it.
"What's going on? It's not going to crack! β
"It's not like the sound of ice cracking, it's like the sound of crashing."
"It's not a small thing to listen to."
"it, water monster?!"
Zheng Guo bent down and listened carefully for a while, but did not hear the sound of ice breaking.
"The ice here is thick enough that it's not a big problem." Zheng Guo knelt on the ground, straightened his upper body, and cleared the snow in front of him with a tree branch, "Even during the frozen period of the lake, there will still be various creatures moving in the water, so there is no need to make a fuss. β
Soon, a small patch of ice was revealed.
The ice here is at least 30 centimeters long, and the sun can't penetrate it, so you can't see below.
The crashing sound continued.
Zheng Guo was also a little confused in his heart, could it be that the sound of his own walking attracted the attention of a certain predator boss below?
But there's no need to hit it so desperately, what a hatred.
Knock knock......
Zheng Guo was stunned.
A series of crashing sounds rang out one after another, ranging from loud to small, as if many different kinds of creatures were colliding together.
Zheng Guo stood up and frowned: "The situation is not quite right......
Before he could finish speaking, the ice suddenly shook violently.
Click!
A crack appeared at the bottom of his foot, and it spread forward like lightning.
Immediately afterward, the sound of countless ice cubes breaking sounded at the same time.
Zheng Guo didn't have time to think about it, he jumped to the side with his light skills, and almost at the moment when his feet left the ice, the ice surface in that place shattered, and pieces of large and small ice floes rose and fell in the ice water, and the lake seemed to be boiling, splashing in all directions.
"Rub! It's an earthquake! β