Chapter 86: Philosophy of Survival

After eating a few pieces of bread with thick soup, the red lotus was already full. The three of them were ready to rest after eating, opened the sleeping bag, and Ye Yu lay in it half-bodyed, reading by the light of the wind lamp. Reading a book before going to bed, this is a habit he has developed, although in many cases, he can't sleep at all, insomnia still bothers him, and it is generally an all-nighter, but he still maintains this habit.

In the quiet study or in the regular library, he likes to read professional books such as developers, and in the field outside of tasks, he prefers to read biographies. The last thing he's been watching is Claude. Phil's Biography. He himself admired Claude very much. Phil's daring character.

Red Lotus sat by the bonfire, playing with the dagger in her hand, while looking at the bonfire in a quiet daze, not knowing what to think.

Lily put on her nightgown, lay in her sleeping bag, and was already asleep holding the rag doll. Only the crackling sound of the red lotus when she stirred the bonfire and added firewood still told the tranquility of the night, and in addition, the silent snowy night was silent.

There was nothing to say for a night, and the next day, Ye Yu decided the route he was about to take according to the map and the compass in his hand, and then the three of them hurriedly set on the road.

The snow is still falling, just a lot smaller. Just now, a hungry and faint snow rabbit came out to forage, but it just happened to hit the muzzle of the red lotus, adding a delicious rabbit meat to the breakfast of the three. It made them feel a lot better.

After walking a short distance, the snow gradually began to grow heavier again. Dark clouds covered the sky, and the temperature dropped to an unbearable distance. Red Lotus and Lily's bodies have also reached a limit. They just rely on inertia, step by step. Suddenly, Honglian's feet loosened, and the whole person fell into it in an instant, and without even his head coming out, he disappeared directly from the flat ground, and Lily beside him was caught off guard, and he didn't catch her, but the whole person slipped under his feet and was also taken down.

Ye Yu opened the way ahead. I heard a voice and turned my head to look. Only to find that the two companions had disappeared.

This should be a snow pit. This was Ye Yu's first judgment, and the pillars that supported the snow layer broke off, forming a small area of collapse. Red Lotus and Lily unfortunately fell into such a soft snow pit. He walked over just now and was fine, probably because the pressure wasn't enough. When Red Lotus and Lily walked over. Just the pressure is overloaded. The result was a chain reaction.

Ye Yu immediately took out the rope from the Tibetan ring and tied it to a big tree not far away, and tied it to himself on the other. Then he performed his light skills and ran quickly towards the snow pit. He knew that there was no time to waste now, and the longer the time was delayed, the more dangerous it would be, and the people below would either be crushed to death by the pressure of the snowdrift, suffocated, or even frozen to death. Therefore, he must immediately launch a rescue, and there is no time to delay.

Fortunately, the scope of the snow pit is not large, and outside the area of about 5 square meters that has collapsed, Ye Yu has not encountered any snow faults, which provides a lot of convenience for his rescue.

When he came to the edge of the collapse, Ye Yu found that the pit had already been filled with the snow that had slipped around, and Red Lotus and Lily had been completely buried in the snow at this time and had lost their traces.

Digging with a climbing shovel may hurt the people below, but Ye Yu can't worry so much now, it's better to be injured than to die. In order to improve the efficiency of the rescue, Ye Yu's willpower moved, and a brand-new mountaineering snow shovel instantly appeared in his hand.

Fortunately, the snow on it was relatively soft, so it was not difficult to dig, and it was not until he put down the shovel and picked up a handful of suspicious snow with his hands that he finally found the figure of Red Lotus. Her face was blue from the cold, facing her, and her weak eyes exuded a godless brilliance, and it was obvious that the whole person was on the verge of collapse.

Not far from her, Lily's figure was found again, and the two of them were dug out of the snow, and at this time Ye Yu realized that there was already a height difference between himself and the position where he came down before. With his current body, it's really not easy to go up with two people. After all, he is not a tireless machine, and in such harsh climatic conditions, such high-intensity physical labor also makes him extremely tired.

At this time, Lily had completely fainted, and although Honglian was still awake, she was also in a very weak state, and it was impossible for her to act independently.

After quietly pranayama a few times, Ye Yu untied the rope on his body, tied it to Honglian's waist, and then climbed up first. Fortunately, his rope was long enough, and even if it was stretched like this, it would still be long enough. After climbing up, he took a little rest, and after recovering his body, he began to exert his strength to prepare to pull the rope up along with the red lotus. But he still underestimated the overdraft of his body and the smoothness of the snow, and in the absence of any support points, he almost pushed himself into it with the first force.

Red Lotus's weight is not heavy, but after the accumulation of snow surface is flattened and squeezed by him, the friction is surprisingly small, and the whole foot becomes smooth and abnormal, and there is nowhere to borrow strength, and a little inertia may make him unstable on his feet. The slippery snow rubbed a long trail from the friction of his spike boots. It wasn't until he used a thousand catties to stabilize his body that he finally didn't fall.

After several times, Ye Yu came up with a way to use a mountaineering pickaxe as a support point to fix his figure, and finally pulled the red lotus up. Then he went down again, tied the rope to Lily's body, and tried to pull him up the same way, but when he went down to look, he found that Lily's vital signs were very inconspicuous, that is, if he was not treated, he could die at any time.

It is obviously not appropriate to make a fire now, Ye Yu can feel that the structure under this piece of snow is actually unstable, even if it collapsed once just now, there is still the possibility of a second collapse. In such a situation, if it collapses twice, both him and Lily may be buried alive.

Of course, it's only possible. He could have gambled and made a choice between his own safety and Lily's life. Making a fire to keep warm could save Lily's life, but weighing the pros and cons, he still didn't do it, although he felt good about Lily, but this would never be a reason for him to sacrifice himself to save others, not to mention, if he died, Red Lotus would definitely not survive. So, instead of risking the death of all three, it is better to live 100% of the time. This seems to be more scientific, more sensible, and more cost-effective. It can be said that this is also his philosophy of survival within the Shadow Group.

Without the slightest hesitation, Ye Yu tied the rope to Lily, and then went up to pull it up in the same way as before. As for his life or death, it can only depend on his own will.

But just halfway through, he suddenly heard a "Kala", a crisp sound instantly filled his eardrums, and then before he had time to make any movement, the snow layer in the entire area collapsed instantly, his eyes, ears, mouth and nose were buried by snow in a blink of an eye, and a large amount of snow was piled up on his body, making the snow flakes that were originally as light as goose feathers seem to weigh a thousand pounds at this moment, although he struggled hard, but he couldn't move.

Ye Yu knew that he would definitely not be able to die, because his breathing at this time was still very smooth, which meant that pressure and air were not a problem, as for the severe cold, with his special physique, even if he removed all the clothes on his body, he would not feel too cold. It's just that the only problem now is that he can't move, his whole body is buried in snow, and he can't move. First, it is because his body is overdrawn and he has no extra strength. Another reason is that the snow that weighed on him was too heavy.

But only a minute or two later, a slight noise came, and then Ye Yu felt that his eyes lit up, and the whole person had been lifted from the snow in an instant.

Saved! Ye Yu knew that someone should have saved him, Red Lotus, Lily probably couldn't die. But in the primeval forests of the Hengduan Mountains, who will haunt here?

"Thank you for saving me! But can you let me go first? Ye Yu didn't suffer much damage, but being held by the collar like this made him feel very uncomfortable, as if his fate was in the hands of others, and he couldn't help but speak.

"Hey, you're all right, you can still talk!" At this time, a deep voice suddenly said in surprise. Obviously, he didn't understand Ye Yu's vigorous vitality, but he still let him go casually at his request.

At this time, Ye Yu saw the true face of the person who saved him. This man was extremely stout, about two meters and one or two meters tall, with knotted muscles all over his body and thick hair, like a small and strong brown bear. Although the moon was in the middle of winter, the snow was waist-deep, but he was only wearing a thin coat, but looking at his ruddy complexion, he didn't seem to feel cold at all. But the moment he saw this person's face, Ye Yu couldn't help but feel a shock in his heart, but he quickly regained his composure, and said with a face as usual: "Yes, I'm lucky, how are my companions?" (To be continued......)