In a hidden cave somewhere in the snowy region, the burning wood in the fire made a crackling sound from time to time, making the otherwise silent cave seem to be extraordinarily quiet.

Lao Bai lay down by the fire and fell asleep leisurely.

Fang Shi and Bai Qianqian sat quietly, or looked at the fire in a daze, or looked at the gray sky outside the cave, and the atmosphere seemed very quiet.

The coffin, Fang Shi withdrew his gaze from looking at the gray sky outside the cave, turned to Bai Qianqian, who was not far away, and hesitated slightly for a few seconds before asking, "Is the alliance ground command center far away from here?" ”

Bai Qianqian was slightly stunned, her eyes were quietly looking at Fang Shi, although she was almost not wary of Fang Shi now, but the content of the other party's question was related to the alliance's military secrets after all, but looking at Fang Shi's calm gaze, she finally replied slowly: "It's not too far, it's about twenty days if you walk on foot." ”

Fang Shi nodded slightly, a slight hint of surprise appeared on his face, it seemed that the area he was in now was not far from the Alliance Ground Command Center, and the twenty-day hike was only a short time for a fast mech. He didn't ask this way to find out the location of the alliance's ground command center, with his current situation, even if he knew the specific location, it would not be of any use, and the reason why he asked this situation was actually considering Bai Qianqian. The two of them just met unexpectedly, although they both belonged to different camps, but since he saved Bai Qianqian, from a certain point of view, he still hoped that she could return safely, but with Bai Qianqian's situation, it may be extremely difficult to think in this icy and snowy environment. From Bai Qianqian's words before, he also sensed that she didn't have the confidence to return to the ground command center of the Dao Alliance.

After a short silence, Fang Shi took a deep breath and said lightly: "When you recover, I will send you, but I will only send you to the area near the ground command of the Alliance." ”

Bai Qianqian's expression was slightly stunned, she didn't expect Fang Shi to be willing to take the initiative to send her back to the Alliance Command Center, which was really beyond her expectations, if there was an escort from the other party, I believe that it should not be easy to return to the Alliance Command Center, but she didn't understand why Fang Shi chose to send her. Although the relationship between the two is not in opposition now. But the identities of both parties cannot be changed after all. An Imperial soldier and an Alliance soldier eventually converge on opposing positions.

Looking at Fang Shi's calm expression, Bai Qianqian felt that she really couldn't see through the imperial man in front of her, what he did always seemed to be beyond her logic, making her unable to figure it out.

Bai Qianqian hesitated for a while. Only then did he ask, "Why?" ”

Fang Shi looked at Bai Qianqian. He replied very calmly, "I don't want you to die." This is indeed the true expression of his heart. He had just saved her, but he didn't want to send her to death again, since he could help the other party as much as he could. Then just be a good person to the end, although the other party is an alliance person, but it is also a life, and it will be left to fate in the future, as for himself, it will take several months to get out of the snow anyway, so delay it a little longer.

In a simple word, Fang Shi did not give any explanation.

Bai Qianqian's heart trembled slightly, and her eyes looked at Fang Shi with a complicated gaze, but she didn't say anything, just nodded slightly.

Inside the cave, it seems to be quiet again.

For the next two days or so, Fang Shi and Bai Qianqian continued to stay in the cave to rest. During this period, he and Lao Bai went out hunting twice, one of which was a little unlucky, wandering in the nearby woodland for three hours and finally finding nothing; However, another catch was good, and I was lucky enough to catch a few fish in an ice lake, one of which was not small, and I returned to the cave and cooked a delicious fish soup.

With sufficient food supplements, Bai Qianqian recovered quickly, in just two days, her body had almost recovered, and the injury in the shoulder position had also improved a lot, she knew that all this was because of Fang Shi's care. In addition, during this period of time, the dependence on Fang Shi in her heart seemed to have become more, whenever she saw Fang Shi leave the cave, she felt a little more worried in her heart, and she couldn't help but be happy when she saw that she was back in the cave, although everything did not show it, she still fully felt the strange throbbing in her heart, which made her feel contradictory from time to time.

When Bai Qianqian had almost recovered, Fang Shi took Lao Bai and left the cave. Before leaving, he and Bai Qianqian had already discussed the general route of travel, and the direction was due east, which was not too far from the southeast direction he had traveled before.

Bai Qianqian followed Fang Shi closely, holding the hand stick made of Fang Shi in her hand, walking step by step. The three figures shuttled unhurriedly through the vast snow-colored world, leaving only footprints behind them with no starting point in sight.

The biting cold wind still swept through from time to time, as if it would never stop.

In order to take care of Bai Qianqian, Fang Shi would stop for a while to rest every three hours or so, and occasionally replenish some food. He prepared food in the cave - pieces of roasted meat and fish, which were a little hard from the cold, but still tasted good when he was hungry.

Time flies.

Soon, Fang Shi walked for more than ten hours on foot, and when he saw Bai Qianqian showing fatigue, he found a suitable place to sleep and stopped.

The camping place was only a little shelter from the wind and snow, which was completely incomparable to the previous cave, and there were no plants in the nearby area that could be used as firewood, so they had to spend their time in the open snow.

The ashlar made a rough shelter from the snow, and the ground was covered with wolf skins, so that it would be better to sit or lie down.

"If you don't mind, we'd better be next to each other." Fang Shi said lightly, the sheltered harbor area is really a little small, and the two of them can be more secure next to each other, and they can also be warmer to each other.

Bai Qianqian looked at Fang Shi and hesitated slightly, but in the end she nodded lightly and took the initiative to get together with Fang Shi.

The gray-white sky was soon overtaken by a hazy night, and finally became pitch black.

The sky was hollow black, like a bottomless abyss.

Bai Qianqian leaned quietly beside Fang Shi, she never thought that she would be so close to an imperial man, and she did not have any intention of resisting, she could clearly hear every breath of the man next to her, which made her feel at ease in the endless night, it was a sense of security that she had never felt.

With the sound of rhythmic breathing, Bai Qianqian finally fell asleep peacefully, and when she opened her eyes again, the black night was gone, the sky had returned to grayish-white, and the eastern sky showed a faint flush.

"It's a nice day, the snow has stopped, and even the sun is showing some shadows, which is good news for us." Fang Shi saw Bai Qianqian wake up, with a slight smile, this is indeed a very good news for the two of them, although the sun on the horizon does not provide them with much heat, but the light is much better than before, and it also makes people see some hope and confidence.

Fang Shi, Bai Qianqian, and Lao Bai added some food, and set out on the journey again, and compared to yesterday, their pace seemed to speed up slightly.

In the following days, the road seemed quite quiet and smooth, although he heard a few cries of unknown beasts on the way, there was no shadow of the other party, and Fang Shi did not take the initiative to find any trouble.

It wasn't until the fifth day, when the food reserves were about to run out, that Fang Shi took the initiative to look for prey, and it has to be said that they were very lucky, and they caught a reindeer, although it was only a small reindeer underage, but it was enough for the three of them.

In the end, Fang Shi processed dozens of pieces of venison and made them into roast meat with a bonfire, which should be enough for about ten days of food needs, in fact, the reindeer could make more pieces of roast venison, but because the amount of it was too limited, it had to give up.

With plenty of food, Fang Shi and Bai Qianqian continued on foot.

On the ninth day, Fang Shi ushered in a journey crisis, and was targeted by a group of gray wolves while passing through a woodland, but fortunately the number of wolves was not large, only eleven, and finally the crisis was finally resolved after he killed six wolves in a row with an electric knife.

In the struggle, Fang Shi was not unharmed, his left hand was accidentally bitten by one of the wolves, fortunately he decapitated the wolf in time, only a little injury, but it was not a big deal.

Bai Qianqian was protected by Fang Shi all the time, but she was safe and sound, but when she saw Fang Shi's blood-dripping left arm, she couldn't help but show worry on her face, and there was a trace of panic in her heart.

After more than ten days of getting along, Bai Qianqian's dependence on Fang Shi continued to increase little by little, until the moment Fang Shi was injured, she suddenly realized that she cared so much about the imperial man next to her, looking at the wound, her heart hurt slightly, as if she was also bleeding.

Realizing that the increasingly strong feeling of dependence, Bai Qianqian felt a trace of fear in her heart, and wanted to try her best to suppress that special feeling, but it didn't seem to have much effect.

With Bai Qianqian's help, Fang Shi's wound on his left arm was successfully bandaged, and he soon embarked on the journey again.

Time flies by day after day.

In the blink of an eye, Fang Shi and Bai Qianqian had been leaving the cave for more than ten days, and they were getting closer and closer to the direction of the headquarters base of the alliance's ground command center. (To be continued......)