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  Fortunately, the lighter was not lost and it was a waterproof style with a cover, so it worked normally. After lighting the fire, I still couldn't feel any warmth, the wind and snow were raging outside, my body had already been frozen numb, and the current flame could hardly dispel the chill that had penetrated to the bone.

  I took a glance at passerby A, his lips were pale white, wearing only a pair of underwear, the short boots on his feet were nowhere to be seen, and his skin was frozen to a dark green color. I thought to myself, if we continue like this, both of us will freeze to death. Immediately, I got up and started jumping around the fire pit.

  This feeling is hard to describe, my body was both hungry and empty, aching all over, yet I couldn't rest. I endured the numbness and pain in my body, stomping around the fire pit, gradually warming up, but my consciousness grew increasingly fuzzy. I knew I wasn't far from my limit, passing out was only a matter of time, but this time, I didn't know if I would wake up again.

  My pants were stuck to my legs and felt cold, I jumped for a while, the upper body warmed up a bit, but the lower body was still numb, as if it was still frozen in the water. So I pulled down my pants and put them on the fire heap to roast.

  As I stomped my feet, I began to think about our current situation.

  First of all, let's take a look at our equipment, which is as follows:

  Passerby A: a pair of half-face mirrors with unknown function, one underwear, and a pair of black gold gloves.

  One pair of underwear, one pair of thermal pants, one pair of hiking pants, one pair of long boots, one dagger, and one lighter.

  There is a total of one handmade rope, about four to five meters long.

  Apart from this, we have nothing

  Our current location: A certain snow ditch, specific location unknown.

  Current crisis:

  Firstly, got separated from the team.

  Secondly, the body is injured and there is no medicine.

  Third, food and warmth

  I listed the current situation in my mind, and suddenly I felt like hitting the wall. What to do, what to do... My heart was racing with anxiety, but my head became more and more dizzy. In the end, I didn't know how I fainted, anyway, everything went black, and I knew nothing anymore.

  When I woke up again, I was surprised to find that the bigger wounds on my body had been bandaged. Upon closer inspection, they were strips of cloth in different colors, apparently made by unraveling that rope and reusing it.

  I immediately realized who did it, and with a glance, passerby A was nowhere to be seen.

  And my two trousers that were drying beside me have disappeared, at the same time, my dagger, long boots, lighter, all gone, now I am left with only one underpants.

  At the entrance of the cave, several long tree trunks were erected, covered with something like banana leaves, blocking the entrance tightly, leaving only a small gap on the side for ventilation, completely isolating the wind and snow outside. Inside the cave, the bonfire was burning brightly.

  When I found that all my things were gone, the first thought was that passerby A took them away, but looking at the current environment, it is estimated that even if passerby A took all my things, he couldn't get out of here, which means he shouldn't have gone far.

  At this time, the temperature inside the cave had risen a lot due to the long-time bonfire and the blocked entrance. Although it was still a bit cold, it wasn't enough to freeze someone to death. I got up and moved my limbs, and my body didn't feel as uncomfortable as before.

  This cave is very small, only about ten square meters in size, and the height is no more than two meters. Standing up and stretching my hand, I can touch the top of the cave. I walked to the entrance of the cave and looked outside through a narrow slit. All around was pitch black, and I didn't know how long I had been unconscious. But now it's obviously nighttime.

  Outside, the strong wind is still blowing fiercely. As soon as I stick my head out, it's freezing cold and my nostrils are dry and painful. It's so dark and there's such a heavy snowstorm. Where did Lu Renjia go? He wouldn't be stupid enough to really walk alone, would he?

  Just relying on two pairs of warm pants and a lighter?

  Just as I was thinking about it, a faint light suddenly appeared in the darkness. I squinted my eyes and looked for a while, and it turned out that passerby A had come back, with something seemingly in his hand.

  I hastily moved away the leaves from the entrance, revealing a gap just wide enough for one person. Passerby A extinguished the torch in his hand and tossed a snow-white animal to the ground. He sat down at the edge of the cave wall with a thud, his voice somewhat tired: "Wash, peel, roast." After that, he closed his mouth tightly, as if too exhausted to say another word.

  He brought back an animal the size of a fox, already dead, with several bloody holes in its neck, apparently killed by Roadman A's eagle claw. From childhood to adulthood, I haven't even killed a chicken, and just thinking about opening it up and scooping out the insides made me feel sick. Now, as soon as I saw this animal, my mouth started salivating, and all I could think of was golden, oily roasted meat - what sickness? I grabbed the animal in one hand and stretched out the other: "Give me a knife, I'll go wash it by the river."

  That snowy creek was just outside the cave, and passerby A threw a dagger at me. At this moment, my mind is full of roasted meat, I swallowed saliva while fumbling in the dark to the riverbank, quickly disemboweling it.

  The dagger was inserted into the neck of the prey, and then slid all the way down. A foul smell came, and a push made the slippery intestines flow out. If it were in the past, I would have vomited just by seeing it. But now I'm so hungry that my stomach is cramping, saliva is secreted uncontrollably, and my stomach keeps making gurgling sounds, as if it's like a wild beast, with only eating on my mind. After a few quick wipes to clean it up, I skinned it and took it back to the cave.

  I put the thing on the fire to roast, my eyes fixed tightly on it, watching as the red meat slowly turned yellow, slowly dripping out oil and fat, slowly emitting a fragrance, my stomach growling even more fiercely. The pedestrian leaning against the wall suddenly sat up straight, looked at me and said: "Look at your lack of restraint." After speaking, he slowly flipped over the roasting rack, and we just quietly stared at the meat on the fire, our stomachs occasionally playing a symphony of hunger, until it was finally roasted to perfection. Then pedestrian A took down the meat, and I immediately stretched out my hand.

  As soon as I stretched out my hand, I regretted it and suddenly felt that my old face had nowhere to put it. Damn, the image was completely destroyed.

  Passerby A looked at me with a hint of a smile on his lips, then took out a dagger and first cut it in half from the middle, but then cut it into four pieces.

  Finally, he wrapped three of them in that piece of animal hide and divided the remaining one into two portions. He then took them in his hand to compare, and gave me the smallest portion.

  Before I could protest, he blurted out: "You've slept for two days and done nothing, it's already good that I'm feeding you." I was instantly speechless, gnawing fiercely on the meat chunk, saying: "And my pants are still mine."

  Passerby A didn't say a word, gnawing on the thigh meat in his hand, completely ignoring me.

  I clenched my teeth and bit into the piece of meat in my hand, but the taste was not as good as I had imagined. There was no salt or seasoning, it was dry and tasted fishy, but now that I was starving, I just stuffed it in without thinking about the taste anymore.

  I had just finished eating, when Passerby A leaned against the cave and lay down, saying: "You've been unconscious for two days. I scouted out the terrain a bit, and we should have already crossed over the Nimashan Snow Mountain. We didn't see any signs of people along the way either. I reckon Jiu Ye will realize we're gone and look for us in Nima. But they won't search for too long; probably within one or two days they'll leave this snow valley."

  I listened quietly for a moment, thought about it, and then said: "Although they will pass through this snowy valley, the specific path they take cannot be determined."

  Passerby A nodded and said: "So we should split into two groups."

  He spoke and thought too quickly, I didn't understand, and couldn't help but ask: "What does that mean?"

  "We're poorly equipped, we don't even have clothes, are you going to search for people in the icy snow wearing just your underwear?" Passerby A's voice was laced with disdain.

  I suddenly got angry, who wears underwear, damn it, the pants are mine, and you're the one wearing underwear. I stared at him for a while, only to see his glasses, completely unaware of what expression he had, not even knowing if his eyes were open or not.

  "What do you suggest we do then!" I said with a somewhat unpleasant tone.

  Passerby A said: "At night, you keep watch and I'll rest. The pants and other equipment will all belong to me. During the day, I'll go hunting and leave marks on the routes they might take." Although he was being unreasonable, what he said was true. Firstly, I wouldn't be able to hunt, and secondly, between the two of us, we only had two pairs of pants and one pair of shoes. In such a stormy weather, it was obviously unrealistic for both of us to go out.

  But I still think it's weird and feel like a small wife.

  Passerby A finished speaking and leaned against the wall to sleep, finally instructing: "Guard the night well, no sneaking food." I decided to learn the exclusive skills of the oil bottle, directly ignoring this sentence and this person, starting to stare blankly at the bonfire in front of me.

  The current situation is very bad, we can't move forward or backward now, there's no warm clothing, not enough food, the only hope is to wait for and reunite with Xiaohua and them.

  But this snow valley is very long, and after they pass through the Nyima Snow Mountain, no one knows where they will appear. Therefore, we must have someone patrolling in places where they may appear during the day, and this person should be physically strong and capable. So Lu Jian's decision was correct. If we miss the chance to meet Xiaohua, what awaits us might only be death.

  Even if I survive, I estimate that Road Person A and I will become modern versions of Robinson Crusoe, becoming wild people in the snowy mountains.

  As for passerby A, I don't know much about him at present, or perhaps I don't understand him at all.

  He looks very indifferent, and his actions are also very indifferent. In the tunnel, he abandoned me, but later risked his life to save me. He is a completely contradictory person. I don't know his name, I don't know where he comes from, nor do I know his identity. His purpose for entering Kunlun Mountain this time, everything about him is an enigma. I reckon that even if I ask him, he won't say anything.

  So now the only thing that can be confirmed is that I cannot afford to fall out with him, otherwise he will easily frame me to death and I will be wronged.

  Staring at the firelight for half a day, I feel my eyes are getting swollen. So I shift my gaze to the top of the cave and look for a while, only to find dust falling into my eyes again. Dammit, how did he manage to communicate with the ceiling all day? Just staring up for half an hour is unbearable for me.

  I had been sleeping for two days in a row, and at this moment I didn't feel sleepy at all. Passerby A was already breathing steadily, and I was lost in thought about recent events. In the quiet night, suddenly there were voices.

  Human voice?