Chapter 4: A Perilous Place
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It was a sound from the thunder, and when the people were airborne, they encountered turbulence, and the personnel were blown into chaos. Some were relatively unlucky, blown away alone, and Zuihou fell into isolation. Some people are relatively lucky to be able to find some companions nearby and not be completely isolated.
Lei Ming was relatively lucky, and when he landed, he immediately shouted with a regional horn. In the end, about 30 people were gathered around him, plus more than a dozen foreigners, including Du Rongrong and Ye Qianqiu.
Zhang Mu and Lei Ming confirm each other's coordinates.
The distance between the two sides is too far, and Zuihou agrees to rendezvous on the ice field.
"Lao Hei, the coordinates are confirmed, hundreds of miles apart, because of the surrounding mountains, and there is snow and strong winds, the armored vehicles cannot be used, and they can only meet again on the glacier. Be careful on the road, there is a creature on the ice field that is good at ice magic. I haven't seen it with my own eyes, but I don't rule out the possibility of an intelligent race. This is no better than the Dawn Camp, there is no law limit, if there is a smart race, I don't know how far it will grow, be careful! ”
Despair Icefield didn't know anything, so he could only tell the information he had gotten first.
The mysterious merchant cannot be summoned in the wild, and one of the transmission scrolls is missing, and the two of them transmit to each other once, consciously breaking off contact.
Zhang Mu transmitted the news to the others again, Zuihou got the situation, Lin Caiyan was with Liu Shuisha and others, the fat man met with Huang Tian, about 20 people gathered, as for the situation of the mourning dog, scorpion, and Leng Yun, it was similar to Zhang Mu, and he was currently in isolation, and he did not find a companion for the time being.
Recently, they are all twenty or thirty miles apart, and in the vast wilderness, it is not easy to find, so they can only move forward first, and meet one after another on the way.
Zhang Mu has confidence in the soldiers, although the environment is a little harsh, so that everyone will not freeze to death.
The only thing to worry about is the creeps.
However, after walking through for half a day, I didn't find a monster shadow, and the situation was the same as thunder and yellow sky. The density of monsters on the Despair Ice Field is far less than that of the Dawning Plains. These fighters have been specially trained and know how to protect themselves, so it should not be a big problem.
Wild and endlessly pitch black, the flames in the cave are burning slowly, and the surrounding ice walls are blue and very beautiful, the ice has been frozen for at least thousands of years, and it is as hard as steel.
"It's getting colder!"
Zhang Mu used an instrument to test, the ambient temperature was minus 58 degrees, and the bubble pee came out, and it became frozen the moment it landed.
The fire burned some of the snow, and the water vapor floated into the air, which was immediately condensed into ice mist by the ultra-low temperature, making it white. Some of the moisture adheres to the metal armor, and eventually the ice on the armor gets thicker and thicker. Zhang Mu had to take off his helmet, cuirass, and armor, take off most of his equipment, and stay almost naked in an environment close to minus 60 degrees, with thick snow under his buttocks, and cold ice walls behind his back and overhead.
A normal person will freeze into a popsicle in ten seconds.
Zhang Mu is similar.
He can only wrap his body in a cloak, eat the bread one bite at a time, and constantly digest the magic food, in which the energy is gradually converted into heat, barely resisting the extreme cold, and occasionally taking a sip of spirits to keep the body warm and awake.
"The taste of the cake is not bad, half a piece can restore strength, it's a good thing!"
Zhang Mu poured strong wine into his mouth, not daring to sleep, for fear of being frozen in his sleep.
The chef is right, dough is a good survival product, not only is it easy to carry, but it is also easy to eat.
If life is not zero, it will not die.
As long as you have enough physical strength and enough heat to fight the cold, then you don't have to worry about life. Zhang Mu has a very strong physique, and he doesn't have to worry about being colded to death, when he eats 2 pieces of bread and drinks half a bottle of spirits. Although it was still unbearable cold, it was much warmer than just now, curled up in a ball, staring at the beating fire, and the time passed minute by minute.
The ice fields are empty, and the nights are long.
Shijie is always dead and desolate!
The sound of the wind and snow was like the mournful cry of a night owl, and the living beings were extinct, leaving only a lonely person.
The next day.
The snow was falling and the wind was howling.
The house leak happened to rain overnight!
The blizzard met unexpectedly, the outside was white, the blizzard was raging, covering the sky and the sun, and the visible distance was no more than 10 meters. Now the temperature is slightly higher than at night, and if you stand still for 30 seconds, you will be covered in snow and instantly become a snowman!
I have never seen such a blizzard in my life, and the snow on the ground is several feet deep, reaching several feet in some places, which is not easy to walk, and it is even more difficult to encounter bad weather.
Zhang Mu had no choice, pulled up his cloak, blocked in front of him, and moved forward with difficulty.
After only walking for 2 hours, Zhang Mu found a problem.
The blizzard is too physically exerting, because the body temperature is constantly dropping due to the long struggle with the cold, and the limbs begin to freeze again.
Can't go.
I had to find a place to rest and eat first.
Zhang Mu found a crack in the ice, immediately got into it, gasped for breath, and the ice mist erupted from his mouth and nose.
"What should I do?"
The wind and snow were aggressive, refusing to let go of Zhang Mu, and frantically poured into the ice cracks.
Zhang Mu was soon buried in the snow, and took out a piece of dough with difficulty, the originally soft and steaming dough was frozen as soon as it was taken out, Zhang Mu was like eating a biscuit, biting the whole piece and swallowing it into his stomach.
"Blizzard is endless!" Zhang Mu showed a sad face, "Even if you have a physique that surpasses ordinary people ten times and a hundred times, you can't bear it!" No matter how much food you have, it will be eaten in the morning and evening. ”
Because of the obstruction of the wind and snow, the speed of progress was greatly affected, so from the time of departure to the present, it was only about five miles.
The daylight hours on the ice sheet are too short, about 8 hours.
In this way, it will take at least two months for Zhang Mu to walk to the ice field.
The chef gave 500 pieces of bread, leaving only 50 pieces for himself, which is exactly one compartment of the backpack, and the rest of the bread is divided among other important members. As for the ingredients, Zhang Mu brought some cherished ingredients such as thousand-year-old demon mushroom meat, the quantity is definitely not much, and the proportion of the backpack is very small.
Combat items such as magic scrolls, potions, and spare gear make up the vast majority of backpacks and storage bags!
If it is a normal environment, it is more than enough to eat 2-3 pieces of bread a day, 50 pieces of bread can last for 2 months, and other mercenaries also carry a lot of food ingredients, as little as ten days, as much as a month, I thought that there was no problem with rations, after all, the team is not big, and the food solution is easy.
Unexpectedly, the outside world was completely different from what he imagined, Zhang Mu landed on the ice field for almost a day, and walked on foot for so long, and he didn't see half a ghost, let alone fight. On the contrary, the speed of food consumption is far faster than expected, so I abandoned the messy scrolls and changed them all into food and cold-proof items!
"You can't stay here, or you'll be buried alive, and you have to go."
As soon as Zhang Mu walked out, a violent storm and snow came from the pavement, which was a little unbearable. Zhang Mu is still like this, not to mention the other mercenaries, although there is not a single monster on the ice field, but the harsh natural environment is enough for many people to die here.
"Wood, wood, can you hear me?"
When Zhang Mu was thinking about countermeasures, he recalled a moving and pleasant female voice in his ears.
It's a cold rhyme!
Leng Yun's voice is impossible to penetrate the wind and snow, there is only one possibility, she shouted with a loudspeaker. The range of the loudspeaker in the ordinary area can probably be heard by the Terrans within fifty or sixty miles.
This shows that Leng Yun is nearby.
Zhang Mu took out the long sword and stabbed it into the sky, and the cyan sword rose into the sky, the light was bright and dazzling. A few minutes later, Zhang Mu heard the sound of wings flapping, Leng Yun rode with blue eyes, shrouded in a cyan magic cover, she used a magic shield to resist the cold and wind, trembling from the wind and snow, and landed in front of Zhang Mu.
"Wood, I've found you!"
Leng Yun jumped off the back of the pterosaur and got stuck in the snow, leaving only his neck on it.
Zhang Mu hurriedly went up and pulled her out: "Why are you here?" ”
Leng Yun breathed a sigh of relief, shivering with cold, "After the call last night, I flew over on Qingyan, I didn't expect the snow to be so big, and Qingyan's strength was almost overdrawn." As he spoke, Leng Yun took out a large piece of meat from his backpack, Qingyan quickly ate it in one bite, and then ate another piece of beast crystal, "Xiexie, go back to the card first." ”
Leng Yun sealed the blue eyes.
"Don't summon war beasts easily in this environment, it's too dangerous."
"It's okay, isn't there blizzard cover?"
When the two are together, there is always a response.
Zhang Mu said: "Don't stand, let's go!" ”
Zhang Mu turned on the hero aura, and the two of them moved towards the ice, Leng Yun was wearing a cloth robe, but it was not warm, the mage's physique was too weak, and the magic shield could not be opened all the time, it was very difficult to fight against the cruel environment, and the speed was not ideal.
It's getting dark again.
The two found a small snow cave, about ten square meters, which was more than enough for the two of them. Zhang Mu took out a huge shield, first blocked the entrance of the snow cave, so as not to keep the wind and snow pouring in, the two sat down face to face in the cave, and used magic to raise a fire, roast the fire, and warm it a little.
The surrounding snow was painted crimson by the firelight.
Leng Yun put the staff aside, kept rubbing his frozen hands, and his two bright eyes stared at Zhang Mu as he took off his breastplate, there were centipede-like wounds on his body, which were left when he was injured and stitched up in the Blood Forest.
"I'm kind of nostalgic for the Plain of Dawn!"
"It's okay, although the environment is harsh, it won't be impossible to survive, and we'll get through it." Zhang Mu took out an animal skin wine bag and handed it to Leng Yun: "Drink some, it will be warmer!" ”
Leng Yun took a big sip, and the hot feeling flowed into the stomach, choking and almost throwing up, but after holding on to the strength, it was really warm.
"Do you have any ingredients with meat?"
Leng Yun took out a large piece of fresh meat, which was golden beef, a precious meat of DD grade.
Zhang Mu cut small pieces with a cooking knife and boiled a pot of hot, fragrant broth with a magic pot.
"It smells so good!"
"Drink it hot, or it will be cold"
The two of them didn't have a bowl, so they dug a piece of ice and used it, the ice was frozen like steel, and it didn't melt so easily, and the two drank the broth, ate a piece of bread, and immediately felt much more comfortable.
"In this harsh environment, you can also drink delicious broth! It's wonderful! Leng Yun licked her lips unsatisfied, touched her stomach and smiled, "It's really the right choice to go to you." ”
Zhang Mu couldn't laugh, "Our food is consumed too quickly, and it will be dangerous to survive like this." ”
"There's always a way." Leng Yun smiled and said, "We've just arrived!" ”
"Well, let's rendezvous at the glacier, gather Liliang as soon as possible, and seize an airport. Let the Terrans communicate with the camp, and reinforcements and resource supplies will continue to be injected! ”
"Take your time, don't rush! It's really cold here......" Leng Yun suddenly leaned over and hugged Zhang Mu with both hands, "This will be warmer." ”
Zhang Mu didn't pretend to be a gentleman, and he was so cold that he immediately stretched out his hands and hugged the beauty in his arms.
Zhang Mu didn't wear armor, only tied a cloak, the soft and elastic body, directly leaning on the body, especially the chest plump, through the not thick fabric, close to the body, the atmosphere between the two was a little ambiguous.
It's just that in the current environment, I don't have the time and energy to think about messy things.