Chapter 1: Dreams
"Husband, wake up!
On top of a misty ice field, a woman was kneeling beside a man, shouting hoarsely. Her body was covered with shabby cold things, as if they had been collected from a garbage heap.
"Husband, wake up! Don't leave me! I'm so scared ......."
The woman gently opened her arms and hugged the man's thick chest tightly, hoping to use her body temperature to wake up the unconscious man.
The cold wind howled, rolling up the floating snow on the surrounding surface and splashing it wantonly on the two of them.
In the clearing around the two of them, there were several corpses half-buried in the snow. A closer look reveals that the warm clothes on their bodies have long been stripped of by whom.
"Husband, I'm afraid! Woo...... Woo......"
The woman's gaze swept over the corpse not far away, and her body trembled unconsciously. She clenched her teeth and closed her eyes hard, but she couldn't stop the hot tears from spilling down her cheeks.
"Ahem...... Ahem......"
A dull cough came from the man's mouth, and as the sound sounded, his chest began to rise and fall violently.
"Husband, husband, I knew you wouldn't leave me alone!"
When the woman heard the man's voice, she burst into tears and laughed, and she gently lifted the man's neck and made him lie on top of her legs, just hoping that her lover would be a little more comfortable.
"Ahem...... Silly girl, how can I ...... Cough...... Will it leave you alone?"
The man who came back to his senses a little saw that his lover was as haggard as the rain hitting the pear blossoms, and a touch of pity inevitably rose in his heart.
"Husband, okay, why did you faint all of a sudden? You know what? I was almost scared to death!"
The woman reached out and stroked the man's cheek, carefully wiping the scattered snowflakes for him.
"Ahem...... I don't know what's wrong, but as I walked, my eyes went black and I didn't know anything...... Ahem......"
The man tried hard to recall everything before he fell into a coma, but he only vaguely remembered the scene where the two of them helped each other forward.
"Husband, are you feeling better now?"
The woman saw the man's face with a painful expression as he coughed, and hurriedly caressed his chest with her right hand, trying to soothe his chaotic breath and relieve the pain in his body.
"Help me up, we can't stay here and die!"
After adjusting the chaotic aura in his body slightly, the man struggled to stand up, he knew that if he delayed any longer, the lives of the two of them would probably be confessed to this ice and snow.
The woman was very obedient, and she struggled to put her arms around the man's shoulders. However, the man's physical strength was already very weak, and he stumbled and almost dragged the two of them down together.
"Be careful!"
The woman saw that the man had not fully recovered, and she was very unbearable, and she muttered softly, as if complaining about the man's stubbornness.
In this way, the two hard-working mandarin ducks, supporting each other, continued to stagger towards the hazy mountain shadow in the distance.
I don't know how long later, when the night began to gradually cover the earth, the man and the woman finally came to the shadow of the mountain.
"Look, husband, there's someone there!"
As it approached, the woman keenly spotted the light from above, and she couldn't help but shout excitedly.
"Yes, it's human! Let's go and have a look!"
The man also saw the light, which was clearly the light of the flames, and at this moment, he felt as if his tired body was full of strength again.
After climbing some distance along the icy rocks, the man and the woman finally came to an empty ice cave.
I saw that in the ice cave, there were about seven or eight people, all of whom were sitting around a tattered tin bucket, enjoying the warmth brought by the bonfire.
The people in the cave did not resist when they saw the arrival of the living, and they instinctively moved their bodies to make some room for the newcomers to warm up.
"Thank you!
Seeing the stranger's kind gesture, the two of them thanked each other as they moved closer to the campfire.
Sitting outside the campfire, enjoying the warmth, it didn't take long for the man to feel much more relaxed. Perhaps, his previous coma was precisely because his body couldn't withstand the biting chill, and instinctively made self-protection.
With the baking of the flames, the man's physical strength was also recovering rapidly, and when a refreshing feeling spread throughout his body, the man couldn't help but stretch his waist.
The man's movements seemed to have become a code. Seeing that the newcomer had recovered, the three men sitting around the bonfire got up very tacitly, and each of them picked up an iron rod from the corner of the ice cave, and walked towards the outside of the ice cave in unison.
The man saw what they were holding and understood their intentions. I saw that he gently attached a few words to the woman's ear, then got up and found an iron rod, followed the three people, and left the empty ice cave.
The flames in the tin bucket were still shaking wantonly, and only a few weak women remained. They looked worriedly out of the cave, it was already pitch black, and there was no sign of the men.
The man who entered the night did not know the direction at all, he just followed the three men, walking aimlessly ahead. However, he knew very well in his heart that these three people must be looking for food.
"Wow!
As the sound of the water grew louder and louder, the man knew that they were about to reach the junction of the ice field and the water see. Since there is water, there are definitely hungry fish caught there.
Reaching the edge of the water, the three men each found a strong foothold, and then they plunged their left hands into the water and stirred gently. At the same time, the iron rod in their right hand was also raised high. It seems that they are planning to use their left hand as bait to catch those fish who don't know what to do.
The man saw the actions of the three of them clearly, and instantly understood their thoughts. Later, he also found a stable ice and began to imitate the hunting methods of the three people.
"Poof!
After waiting for a long time, a fish finally took the bait, and with the sound of an iron rod piercing the fish's body, the four of them had already caught their own pieces.
"Buzz, buzz!"
However, at this moment, there was a roar of machinery above the water in the distance. As the voice approached, a bright light also fell on the four of them.
"Buzz!"
As the sound approached at great speed, a large splash of water was also slammed into the ice field.
The man stared and saw that under the bright light was a dilapidated yacht. And on the yacht, there were three strong men wearing different styles of military uniforms.
The three strong men glanced at the four hunters, and soon spotted the man's unfamiliar face. However, instead of asking, they turned around and picked up the objects on the yacht and threw them at the man's side.
"Bang dang!"
With the sound of metal clashing, the man looked sideways and saw that it was a worn tin oil drum. And then there's a big chunk of old things like blankets.
"Newcomer, this is your example!"
One of the strong men shouted at the man, and then, ignoring the man's puzzled eyes, the three strong men drove the yacht to turn quickly and disappeared into the vast water.
The three men who participated in the hunt seemed to be very familiar with the scene in front of them, they nodded silently at the man, then copied his share of the example, and turned to walk in the direction from which they came.
When the man saw this, he did not object at all. After all, my previous self was thanks to their generous assistance.
Soon, the four of them were back in the empty ice cave. After distributing the old items to the women in the cave, they began to process the fish they had caught in preparation for the rare supper.
"Whew, whew!"
At this point, the image stretches suddenly, and as the ice cave below is wrapped in a cloud of mist, all the scenes quickly dissipate like a movie. It's as if it never existed.
"Whew!"
"What's that? It's weird, why do I keep having this weird dream?"
In a dilapidated shack, a teenager suddenly woke up.
"Why is this dream so real? Is it somewhere on earth too? But how come I've never heard of it?"
The boy tried hard to think about what he had learned in his mind, but he found that in his cognition, there was no such thing as an ice field.
"What's wrong with me? Alas! I must have been nervous too much lately! Forget it, it's still early, let's go back to sleep!"
The boy saw through the gap in the shack and saw the darkness outside, so he had no intention of getting up. Then, he gently rolled over and continued to fall asleep.