Chapter Twenty-Seven: Trouble in the Hollow
On the helicopter, these people had already changed into prepared snow suits, but despite this, they could not resist the mountain wind blowing over, and the biting cold made people shiver. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
And by the time all the bodyguards came down, there were only nine of them. Li Xuyang looked at the bodyguards, and then asked in Chinese, "Why is there one less person?"
Ji Zhe translated to them, and one of them, like the leader of their team, stood up and said, "Mr. Li Xuyang, the other one needs to put the helicopter in a safe place, although the ten of us want to protect your safety, but the helicopter is also in our mission." β
"Oh. Li Xuyang nodded clearly, that is to say, the pilot at the beginning is responsible for driving the helicopter to a safe place, and then standby.
"Don't worry, we all have radio communication, we won't lose contact, and when we return, just tell him where we are, and he will come and pick us up. β
"Okay, then let's go!" Li Xuyang said, then looked at Karmai Snow Mountain, and walked towards the deep exit of Daxue Mountain.
A group of more than a dozen people walked towards the inside of Kalmai Snow Mountain. The further you go inside, the deeper you can feel the snow on the ground. At first, I just buried my feet, but after walking for a few hours, I was already at the knee level.
"If you go on like this, when will it be a head?" Jiang Botong looked at the endless snow in front of him, and then said.
"There's no way, we're going to have to search here next to each other. Li Xuyang pulled his leg out of the snow, then moved a small step forward and stepped into the snow again.
"Could it be that these of us are going to conduct a carpet search in this snowy mountain?" Tong Le was a little unhappy, when he came, he was very noisy, but after coming here, he wanted to give up halfway.
"Get up, don't get your clothes wet, or you'll get frostbite at night." Li Xuyang stretched out his hand and pulled Tong Le, who was lying on the snow mountain, up.
Originally, it was very difficult to walk in the snow, but now they are wearing heavier snow clothes, and it is even more difficult to move.
"Ahh
When Li Xuyang helped Tong Le up, he screamed miserably, and his shouting attracted everyone's attention.
"What's wrong?" Ji Zhe gasped, then looked at Tong Le and asked.
"It's fine, I just don't know what I was stabbed by. Tong Le got up from the snow a little unhappily, and after seeing that his hands were fine, he said.
"Maybe it's some kind of plant! Since it's all right, let's keep going! Make sure you find a place to rest before it gets dark. Li Xuyang said.
The nine bodyguards, on the other hand, were armed with guns in their hands, not afraid of the snow and cold, as if it was nothing to them. Just look around vigilantly one by one to prevent anything unexpected.
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Just as Li Xuyang and the others were walking forward, they heard the leader behind him shouting.
When they turned around, they saw that the bodyguards were already squatting on the ground, pointing their guns around, on high alert.
"What's wrong?" Ji Zhe looked at them, then asked in English.
"There is a condition. The leader said, coming to the place where Tong Le had just fallen, and in the snow, a very sharp white thing was exposed.
In this case, if you don't look closely, you won't be able to see where there's something on the surface. The leader took out his dagger and carefully picked up the snow near the white thing, and a white bone appeared in front of everyone.
"This is, human bones?" Li Xuyang said with some surprise as he looked at a piece of human rib in the leader's hand.
"Yes, it should be the explorers. The leader looked at the bones, and then continued, "There is no poisoning, only this rib, and the whole body is missing. β
His statement is undoubtedly telling everyone. This snow-capped mountain is not as calm as it seems, this explorer's ribs are broken, if it is not broken by some beast in the snowy mountain, it is that there is infighting between them.
"It seems that this trip is very dangerous, everyone should be cautious. Li Xuyang said to everyone, and then beckoned everyone to continue walking.
It will be dark in about two hours, and it will be even more dangerous if you don't look for the cave before dark. Because the difference between the temperature at night and the temperature during the day will change to a certain extent, it is best to stop moving forward at night to rest and recuperate, but find a place that is absolutely resistant to the wind, such as a cave or other shelter.
If they don't find it after dark, they can only keep moving forward, not stopping, and if they stop, they will be even more dangerous. Even if you have snow suits, you still can't withstand such a cold climate.
"There are footprints. β
The sun was about to set, and the afterglow was sprinkled on the entire snow-capped mountain, but it just blocked the sight of Li Xuyang and others. Even so, in the faint light, I could still see the chaotic footprints on the ground.
"Is there anyone?" Li Xuyang looked at the footprints in the place, those footprints were in the direction of the front, but after the front, the footprints disappeared.
"No, it's not deep in the mountains, and if there are people, they can't block our view. Jiang Botong also came over, and then said.
"This footprint is ours. Ji Zhe looked at the footprints, then stood up and said.
"Ours?" the crowd was skeptical.
And Li Xuyang also lowered his head and looked at those footprints. The only thing that could clearly see the marks of the snow was a cotton military boot, and these military boots were only worn by the bodyguards behind them.
"It's ours, it looks like we're turning back. Li Xuyang let out a sigh of relief.
"Impossible! Haven't we been walking in the direction of the sun all the time? How can we get lost? Besides, there is no cover here, how can we not know if we are lost?" Tong Le said in disbelief.
"Yes, you have a point. Jiang Botong was noncommittal.
"But you forget that the sun is moving, and we are changing direction with the sun. Don't you think we've gone wrong when the sun is in the south at noon and the sun is in the west at night?"
"Even if you go wrong, you shouldn't walk back! Even if you change the direction, it should be getting farther and farther away! How can you turn back?" Wei Tu couldn't figure it out at this time.
Jiang Botong took out the compass, looked at it in the corresponding direction, and then put the compass away again. Li Xuyang looked at his actions and asked, "What's wrong?"
"The hands of the compass were beating all the time, and we couldn't tell where we were going, and the sun had set, and now we didn't know where to go. Jiang Botong's face changed slightly, and he originally knew the direction, but because of the delay in this matter, the sun had already set.
If you go in this direction, you will definitely turn back, and the compass is useless, and these people are in a predicament for a while.
The bodyguards didn't know what they were talking about, they just stood on guard, observing the situation around them.
"Turn around. Li Xuyang said to Tong Le.
"What's wrong?" Tong Le looked at him puzzled, and then turned around.
Li Xuyang came behind Tong Le, opened the bag of the quilt behind him, took out a glow stick from it, broke a light stick, and inserted it in the snow.
"Let's go. Li Xuyang walked ahead, and then continued to walk forward, continuing to walk according to the route he didn't know he had taken a few hours ago. He hadn't gone a long way before he would break a glow stick and stick it in the snow, so that from a distance, it would be a mark, and he wouldn't go around it after seeing a bright light.
After walking for about an hour, Li Xuyang inserted a lit glow stick into the snow, but the place illuminated by the glow stick was no longer the footprints from the beginning.
And when Li Xuyang looked back at the other glow sticks, he found that there was only bright light in the distance, but there was no light in the distance.
"Do you feel that this place doesn't seem to be so cold, and the wind is much lighter. β
After Jiang Botong's reminder, everyone found out that it was really as he said. It's really not that cold anymore, it's like finding a bunker.
"I see. Li Xuyang smiled and picked up the glow stick on the ground, and then threw it forward, under the bright light, what they saw was snow in addition to snow.
"What do you understand?" the others looked at Li Xuyang incomprehensibly, not knowing what he wanted to do.
"The place where we are is is a hollow, and it is precisely because of this hollow that we turn back, and it is also this depression that gives us the illusion. β
As the sun slowly moves towards the west, they are slowly turning back, and it is precisely because of this depression. From a distance, it is impossible to see that this is a depression, because there is snow everywhere, and the reason for the refraction of sunlight makes it seem like endless snow.
It was only when they walked into this depression that they could realize that this depression was more important than the others, because the slope of the slope was relatively large, and even if they walked down from it, they did not notice it.
"Let's do it, dig up all the snow here, and spend the night here for the time being!" Li Xuyang said, then bent down and began to pick up the snow under his feet with his hands, and then threw it not far away.
The temperature is cold now, the snow won't melt, and no shelter like a cave can be found to accommodate them. I had to do it myself, and I built it with snow.
The reason is very simple, that is, put all the snow around, and clear all the snow outside within the range that can accommodate a dozen of them. So that the mountain wind will block out and they will not be so cold.
After more than an hour, they dug out a large snow pit with a diameter of about five meters wide, and on top of the pit, a snow wall was almost half a meter high.
"What is this?" After digging up, while the others were eating, a patrolling bodyguard stepped on a metal object. After stomping on it a few times, there was a "knock knock" sound, and it turned out to be empty.