"Drive carefully. The situation outside is complicated now, and we need to be vigilant at all times," Shang Xue'er said faintly, putting away the slight unease in her heart.
Yang Tianlong was a bit embarrassed. He composed himself and focused on driving.
Fortunately, the tires had snow chains on them, otherwise, they would have definitely overturned just now.
Da Pao, who was driving the lead vehicle, pressed on with full throttle.
The road ahead was covered in snow, with some deeper areas nearly two meters thick.
It was fortunate that this vehicle had been modified into a snowplow; otherwise, if it were in its usual state, it would have been very difficult for the vehicle to pass through.
With such thick snow, the group had to constantly push it aside, and the tires were also equipped with anti-skid chains, which severely affected their driving speed.
Logically, for a distance of less than a hundred kilometers, under normal circumstances, at full speed, it would only take a little over an hour to arrive if they drove fast.
They had already been driving for over half an hour now, and looking at the distance, they had covered less than one-sixth of the journey.
Li Yu, in the vehicle, was a bit restless. They had been out for so long, but the progress was too slow.
The Unimog was equipped with air conditioning and an electric stove, and the air conditioning was kept on inside, so it was still warm.
When the vehicle was previously turned off, the wipers had to be retracted. In such conditions, once they froze and then the wipers were activated, they could easily get stuck, leading to short circuits and other issues.
The south is inherently humid, and when the temperature drops, it's like a simultaneous cold magical and physical attack.
11:00 AM.
Seeing that they had completed four-fifths of the journey, it seemed they should be able to reach the city before 12:00 PM.
Everyone was on edge throughout the journey.
The south is inherently mountainous and hilly. The roads they passed through were flanked by forests, and often, both sides of the road had small cliffs towering over ten meters high, which were created when the road was built by excavating the mountains.
"Yu Ge, it's snowing," Da Pao suddenly said, looking at the road ahead.
Li Yu was startled by the words. It was snowing!
He quickly rolled down the window, and sure enough, as soon as he did, he felt the cold wind blowing in, along with snowflakes.
However, the snowflakes were not large, just scattered here and there.
Snow falling from the sky was a very troublesome matter. Although the temperature would rise slightly when it snowed, it was still very cold.
Lao Xie, Lao Lü, and Xiao Hang, sitting in the back, also quickly rushed to the window to look.
"This snow is getting heavier and heavier," Lao Lü frowned slightly. He had always been a bit worried.
Li Yu looked at the truck still following behind him through the rearview mirror, then picked up the walkie-talkie and said, "Tianlong, Shang Xue'er, it's snowing now. You need to keep up and not get lost. Let me know if you have any problems, understand?"
"Understood."
"Understood."
The cargo box of the truck they were driving was enclosed, and it also contained items like engine oil. Just like the Unimog they were driving, keeping the air conditioning on constantly consumed a lot of energy, and the truck behind also had air conditioning installed, which also consumed energy.
The snow grew heavier and heavier, from light flurries to moderate snow, and then to heavy snow, all within just a few minutes.
As Da Pao drove, snowflakes constantly drifted down onto the car window. Due to the vehicle's vibration, these snowflakes would be shaken off.
The wipers constantly moved, scraping off the newly fallen snowflakes.
The snow grew heavier and heavier; a blizzard was coming.
Goose feather-like snowflakes drifted down from the sky, one after another.
They had experienced such blizzards before, but they were indoors. Now, seeing such heavy snow from inside the vehicle filled them with immense fear.
"Yu Ge, it's hard to see now, what should we do?" Da Pao asked.
In such a blizzard, the biggest problem was visibility, which was only a few meters. Snow was swirling, making it hard to see the road from inside the vehicle, but if they got out, they would also be so disoriented that they couldn't see each other face to face.
The blizzard descended suddenly, cold wind blew, drifting from high to low, filling valleys and drainage ditches.
The south already had many small ditches and channels with varying elevations, and now with such heavy snow.
They were already moving slowly, plowing through a seemingly uniform white road. Now that it was snowing, the road ahead became even harder to see.
"Keep driving, but even slower. Everyone, come look at the road together and try to remember the road ahead," Li Yu said.
Along this path, some areas they passed had trees lining both sides of the road, which at least provided some indication of the road's direction. Further down, some of these trees were gone, and they had just hit a guardrail, almost sliding off a bridge.
Although there was no water under the bridge now, if this vehicle were to slide down, given its weight, the scene would be like a person falling into water.
Jumping down would be like being submerged, disappearing without a trace.
Being extra careful, their speed was now extremely slow, maintaining the pace of a person walking briskly.
"Tianlong, you two keep up. It's a blizzard outside now, and it's hard to see," Li Yu shouted into the walkie-talkie.
"Alright, we got it."
In this situation, stopping would only lead to death, and they didn't know how long this snow would last. If the vehicle stopped here, it could easily stall, and once it stalled, that would be trouble.
Passing another cliff, Li Yu was now pressed against the car window, looking outside, trying to discern the road.
The cliffs on both sides were covered in snow, and the mountaintops on both sides were already piled high with snow. Now with more snowfall, there was a faint feeling of collapse.
Li Yu was somewhat worried, but not continuing to move and leave this place would also pose a great problem. In this temperature and situation, the city would be safer than the countryside.
Yang Tianlong and Shang Xue'er in the trailing truck were also very nervous. Snow was constantly drifting outside the car windows, making it very difficult for them to see ahead now.
Yang Tianlong followed the Unimog step by step, not daring to be distracted in the slightest.
Snowflakes rustled down onto the ground, onto their car windows, and onto the roof.
The areas they had just driven through were quickly buried again by snowflakes, and after a while, no trace could be seen.
Blizzard, the sky was very low.
The distant white, snowy land and the close-at-hand black sky intertwined, as if merging into one.
It gave people a strange sense of oppression.
In the blizzard, everyone felt the snowflakes hitting the car roof, the thumping sound never stopping.
Li Yu asked, "How much longer do we need to reach the city?"
Da Pao calculated briefly and said, "At our current driving speed, it will probably take another forty to fifty minutes."
"Hmm, it's not far actually. Everyone, hold on a little longer, we'll be there soon," Li Yu encouraged everyone.
When facing bad people, one might have courage, but when facing nature, humans always seem insignificant.
This snow truly made them uncomfortable. Now there was nowhere else to go, so they could only grit their teeth and push forward.
