My heart was racing, my left hand was grabbed by the German, and my right hand, which was still free, hastily went to pick up the gun. Before I could get into position, the German muttered something in his mouth, pulled me around, turned around and ran into that gorge, while at this time, the wolf pack behind us also got closer.
On both sides were towering ice walls, the road ahead was only one, and I didn't know where it led. I was being chased by the Germans, running out of breath, but my mind was gradually clearing up. This man was pretending to be crazy, he must have had an ulterior motive. We treated him like that on the way, and he still didn't hold a grudge? If he was waiting for an opportunity to retaliate, I wasn't afraid with guns on me. It's just that this man was too cunning, if he came at me quietly, I might not be able to defend myself.
Just as I was thinking of how to shake him off, I was thrown out, seemingly the German had given me a hard push.
It came too suddenly, and I didn't even see it clearly. The huge inertia sent me flying out, and the equipment on my body was already loose from the chaotic running, and this time it was thrown off completely.
I fell face down into the snow, and the powder filled my mouth. The wolf howls were getting closer and closer. Despite coughing violently, I scrambled to get up, but as soon as I stood up, I froze. The German was nowhere to be seen, and neither was my equipment. In the dark canyon, where could I even see a shadow of a person? That guy had obviously taken my gear and run off.
No equipment, separated from teammates, and a pack of wolves chasing behind. If it were in the past, I'm afraid I would have been frightened out of my wits, but somehow, thanks to the training over the years, as soon as I grasped the situation, I charged forward without hesitation, reacting so quickly that it was as if divine intervention had occurred, leaving me stunned myself.
As I ran further into the icy valley, the snow grew deeper. The original palm-thick layer of snow gradually overflowed my ankles and eventually reached my knees. I was running wildly in the snowy ground until finally I almost crawled step by step, and just at that moment, I found something was off.
The wolf pack's speed was extremely fast, at the pace I'm moving step by step now, they should have rushed up and torn me to shreds long ago, but I've managed to survive until now, what's going on? Did those wolves get tired from running just like me? This thought is obviously a bit far-fetched. In my haste, I subconsciously turned my head back for a look, and upon doing so, I was stunned - where were the wolf pack behind me?!
Those dark green eyes disappeared without a trace, at this moment, I only have the howling of the wind in my ears, that sound blows from the narrow ice valley, wandering between the cracks, like the ghost's wailing.
In the darkness, I couldn't see my surroundings clearly, only feeling that the snow was very deep and had already reached above my knees. I didn't know if there were any cavities under this layer of snow. If I accidentally stepped on empty space, with my current situation, it would be a desperate cry for help that no one could hear.
What about those wolf packs? Have they retreated with their tails between their legs? Have they abandoned the prey that's already in their mouths? In this icy and snowy land, there are hardly any animals to hunt, so surely we few 'plump morsels' won't be given up on so easily?
The more I think about it, the more I feel that something is off, and a sense of unease rises in my heart. But now isn't the time for me to be distracted by my own thoughts; I need to hurry up and meet up with Xiaohua and the others. I don't know if they've also entered this icy valley or not - they still don't know that the Germans have escaped, and it's dark and snowy everywhere... If those German devils catch up to Xiaohua and the others in a secluded spot and shoot them from behind, it's entirely possible.
Thinking of this, I quickly cheered up and moved forward step by step with difficulty.
In my blurry vision, the entrance of this valley is not too steep, but the glaciers on both sides are much higher, likely a trace of glacier movement in the fourth season. As a result, although the entrance is only about one or two meters below the ground level, the further I run inside, the higher the glaciers on both sides become. Now, even the weak moonlight is blocked out, and my field of vision is not pitch black, but it's also dark and unclear in all directions.
At this time, I can only follow the direction in the image and move my feet slowly. The snow is so deep that even if I want to run, I won't be able to. If those wolves catch up with me now, I'll definitely become their snack.
I don't know if it's because of the ice valley terrain, but after walking a dozen or so steps, my hand touched the cold ice layer. The ice layer didn't feel very cold to the touch, more like the feeling of stone. This ancient glacier, accumulated over millions of years, had its chill sealed inside the ice, and touching the outside wouldn't make you feel cold.
It's said that when people are in the dark, even if they think they're walking in a straight line, when they finally open their eyes, they'll find that their path has already gone astray. I'm in this situation right now. I thought my route had gone off track, so I stuck my left hand to the ice wall and felt my way forward. As a result, after taking about three steps, my hand came into contact with another ice wall.
What's going on? The left side and front are all ice walls? Shouldn't be, right?
My heart skipped a beat, could it be that there's no road ahead?
I immediately abandoned the ice wall on my left and felt my way forward with both hands, starting to move in the direction of the ice wall. If there really was no road ahead, but an icy cliff, then if I continued like this, probably not far away, another ice wall would appear in front of me.
I carefully counted my steps, and just as I reached the tenth step, my outstretched hand indeed touched a cold, hard wall.
The end of this canyon is a U-shaped dead end.
I stood alone in the darkness, unsure whether to cry or laugh. What the hell is going on? Why do I always encounter such bad luck? I've been running for half the night, my heart aching terribly, as if something inside me has broken. Now, I'm stuck in this desperate situation, unable to move forward or backward. And to make matters worse, I don't have any equipment. Isn't this just pushing me towards death?
After standing still for over ten minutes, my confused thoughts gradually calmed down, and I found that things were far from being hopeless.
Firstly, the Germans disappeared.
There is only one road in this canyon, and at that time, there was a pack of wolves chasing us from behind. He pushed me away, so it's impossible to run back, can only move forward. Now I've walked to the end but haven't met any Germans, so there are only two possibilities: either there is another passageway in this icy canyon or this is not the end.
Secondly, it was Xiaohua and the others. Although they ran faster than me, that three-eyed wolf had obviously been waiting there for a long time. Xiaohua and the others probably made the same choice as I did, entering this snowy valley.
They also disappeared now.
So the only difference between me and them is that I don't have a spotlight.
In the process of fleeing in the dark, I may have missed other exits.
Since there is an exit, I just need to keep walking along the wall and I will definitely find it. The key is whether the exit is on the left or right? Do I have to touch both ice walls with my hands? Not to mention whether I can keep up physically, but just keeping my hands on the icy glacier is chilling enough.
It's almost dawn, and there are about two more hours to go. If the wolf pack doesn't catch up again within these two hours, my situation will be much better after dawn. The key is that I can't afford to be careless at all now. Taking a deep breath, I decide to start looking for an exit immediately. Right away, I begin to feel my way along the ice wall, carefully searching with both hands along the icy slope.
I stared into the darkness with my eyes wide open, my hands had frozen stiff and completely lost all sensation, only the frostbitten areas throbbed with pain. The wind in the icy valley howled fiercely, blowing through the ice cracks of various sizes, making strange and eerie sounds, sometimes like wolf howls, scaring me into thinking that a pack of wolves was chasing after me again.
As I stepped down, the snow swallowed my knees in an instant. My pants had long been soaked by the snow, but fortunately, my specially equipped knee-high boots were now playing their role, and the soles of my feet still retained a hint of warmth. With each step, they made a crunching sound, and I walked numbly in the darkness, listening to the wind and the footsteps.
My whole body was numb, my head was frozen and blurry, I didn't know how long I had been walking, my legs started to tremble, I really couldn't hold on, so I had to stop and catch my breath. As soon as my footsteps stopped, I felt something was wrong.
At first, I didn't react and couldn't figure out what was wrong.
But just for a moment, I felt my scalp numb, because I stopped, but the crunching sound of walking on the snowy ground didn't stop.
Isn't there anyone else here?
Who is he? Why has he been silent all along? How long has he been following me? My stiff neck, my gaze searching in the darkness, as expected, nothing can be seen in such darkness.
But just as I turned around, I saw half a face.
That person's face appeared on my right side, embedded in a huge ice crack. It only had the lower half of its face, with snow-white stiff lips, and everything else was unclear. My head buzzed loudly, my heart skipped a beat, and at that moment, that half-face actually moved, curling up into an eerie smile, slowly floating towards me.
Bad memories suddenly flashed in my mind, those Mi Luo Tuo hidden in the jade hairpin seemed to be walking towards me again. And what was in front of me was even more terrifying than Mi Luo Tuo - that half white face, ghastly pale in the eerie green glow.
Wait... Radiance?
What is glowing?
I couldn't help but retreat, but my physical strength had reached its limit. As soon as I moved my legs, my muscles started cramping and I didn't even have the energy to cry.
At this time, the half face suddenly changed. It was getting closer and closer to me, and I could see more clearly that the upper half of the face was a pair of black full-frame sunglasses.
Damn it, passerby A!
That faint green glow is a nearly extinguished cold cigarette, the light is very dim, and it can only illuminate an area of about 20 centimeters when inserted into my chest. At this moment, I really don't even have the mood to curse, with such shocks and scares, how can my heart take it?
I couldn't utter a word, staring at the pedestrian in front of me who looked like a ghost. It was then that I realized he had emerged from the ice crevice to my right. The crevice was relatively large; if I had just kept going and felt around for a bit longer, I would have definitely discovered it.
Is this really the exit?
Neither of us spoke for a while, then passerby A said: "Are you alone?"
I was going to talk about the Germans, but now is not the time. So I nodded and said: "You? Run away?" Pedestrian A shook his head and said: "I'm here to find you."
"What?" I was taken aback for a moment, staring at him for half a day, with an urge to pull his face. This guy... wouldn't be another oil bottle actor, would he? In my impression, the only people who can come back to find me at this time are Fatso and Oil Bottle.
But the oil bottle is now in Changbai Mountain, whether it's dead or alive is unknown, and one is in the west and one is in the north, with a difference of 180,000 miles. I shook my head, shaking off my strange thoughts, and said, "What about Jiejiu and the others?"
Passerby A turned around and said, "In the front, Leng Yan Huo is gone, you hold onto me." If I really held his hand and walked, wouldn't I be laughed to death by Pangzi in the future? I quickly said, "Let's go, I'm fine." His attitude suddenly became so good, I wasn't used to it yet. Had this kid suffered some kind of stimulation during the escape process?
Then I followed behind passerby A in this ice crack.
This ice crack is very irregular in shape, wide at both ends and narrow in the middle. At first, I had to stretch out my hands to touch the surrounding area, but as I walked further in, it became narrower and narrower, until it was only a narrow slit that one person could pass through. I followed Mr. Lu in front of me, struggling to move forward, about 20 steps later, the road ahead widened again, just at this time, I saw lights in front of me.
The light flashed by and then came back, shining on me and passerby A.
At this time, I heard Xiu Xiu's voice, she shouted: "Wu Ye and others have returned."
In the strong light, I found that Xiaohua and others were leaning against the mountain wall to rest. I walked among them, no one spoke, only Sangba said: "Thank you for your safety, little brother, you are finally safe." Sangba was young after all, and on this road, there were only me and Yanyuse who were close to him, so he was very close to me. When I heard him call me little brother, I was a bit dazed for a moment.
Just then, Xiuxiu shook my arm and said, "Why are you alone?"
I'm already exhausted, leaning against the mountain wall to catch my breath. After resting for a while, I told them what happened later. Xiaohua's expression changed as she listened, "You've been outsmarted! Wu Xie, what do you have in your equipment pack?"
Thinking of this makes me want to knock my head against a wall.
We are a group of people with different thoughts, although Xiaohua didn't have the intention to harm me, but at critical moments, if I made any mistake, he wouldn't risk his life to save me like Pangzi did. That's why when we were choosing equipment earlier, I chose those with heavy firepower, now all these heavy firepower equipment are in the hands of the Germans.
I was a bit embarrassed, saying: "Uh... there's a small flashlight, food, wolf eyes, cigarettes, rope, sleeping bag, a small bullet, and..." Ma De-gui heard this and shouted: "And?" Then he said: "You son of a bitch, with equipment so complete, are you thinking of going solo at any time?!" I was pierced by his words, suddenly feeling a bit embarrassed, passerby A's mouth corner seemed to smile but not quite, staring at me for half a day, making me want to find a seam in the ground to drill into.
Xiao Hua didn't react much, her peach blossom eyes stared at me for a while, and she said: "He is fully equipped with food, I'm afraid he won't give up easily."
Xiuxiu furrowed her brow and thought: "Will he bring equipment back to that hole again?"
Passerby A said: "He has been enduring in silence, there must be a reason, let's be careful." His one sentence made it clear that the topic was over and had a bit of helping me out of the situation.