The snowplow kept pushing aside the snow, which had already started to solidify and harden during this time.
Rumble~
Amidst the roaring of the vehicle, a seven to eight-meter high snowdrift collapsed, covering the front of the Unimog and its snowplow blade.
Da Pao reversed the vehicle, and the snow blocks fell down. Everyone didn't get disheartened; with the snow that had fallen, the snow's height was now reduced, making it much easier to drive the truck out later.
After a few more minutes of plowing like this, a passage was cleared through the accumulated snow in the middle.
Some more snow slid down from the highest point above, revealing the front of the truck.
However, the truck was tilted, with the left driver's side low and the right passenger's side high, and its tires were suspended in the air.
This time, Li Yu patted Da Pao, "Wait a moment before you do anything else. Let's get them out first."
Inside the truck, Yang Tianlong and Shang Xue'er's eyes lit up as the snow on the windshield slid off. They vaguely saw the Unimog's plow.
Li Yu, Lao Xie, Lao Lü, and Li Hang got out of the vehicle, each holding a snow shovel and wearing ski goggles and hats.
As soon as he got out, Li Yu stepped on the hard-packed snow. The snow under his feet had already become very hard and compacted.
"Dig! Xiao Hang, you watch our backs. If any snow collapses, remind us immediately," Li Yu said.
Without further ado, he rushed over and began digging from the left side of the truck. Lao Lü and Lao Xie also followed, helping to clear the snow.
After an avalanche, if more than 15 minutes pass, the snow will harden. At this point, the snow was already quite hard, making digging rather strenuous.
In a short while, they dug an opening around the left car window.
The three tried to open the door, asking Yang Tianlong inside to help push it open, but the lower part was still blocked by snow blocks, preventing it from opening.
"Dig it wider," Li Yu said.
The three continued digging around the car door, trying to clear away as much snow from the edges as possible.
Li Hang, who was seven or eight meters away, watched the snow above them with worry in his eyes. He wanted to go up and help, but he knew very well that he was needed to keep watch here. However, this feeling of anxious helplessness was too much for him.
After digging for about another minute, this time Yang Tianlong went directly to the car door, twisting the handle, and everyone pushed with all their might.
Bang!
The door was pushed open directly.
The moment the car door was pushed open, the vibration of the truck caused the snow above to vibrate.
Scattered snow rustled down.
Li Hang, who had been closely watching the snow above, whispered, "Hurry, the snow above is loosening."
Upon hearing this, Li Yu immediately pulled Yang Tianlong out with a tug of his hand.
After Yang Tianlong came out, he didn't leave but turned back and pulled Shang Xue'er, who was behind him, out.
Shang Xue'er and Yang Tianlong had just gotten to their feet.
"Are you okay?" Li Yu asked.
"We're fine." Yang Tianlong and Shang Xue'er took two steps forward, and Li Yu felt relieved.
Then everyone started to walk out.
But just at this moment, the snow above began to collapse. Seeing this, Li Hang quickly shouted, "It's collapsing! Come over!"
Li Yu heard him, saw that both of them were fine, and urged, "Hurry!"
Then he immediately ran outside, and Lao Lü and Lao Xie, who were in front of him, dared not delay. Everyone ran outwards.
The snow above fell very quickly. Li Yu, who was running, could feel the air current generated by the falling snow behind him.
"Ouch!" Shang Xue'er suddenly felt her legs go weak. She hadn't dared to move inside the car, her legs were suspended, the temperature was low, and blood circulation was poor. She had been fine walking two steps just now, but now, while running, her legs suddenly gave out.
Yang Tianlong, who was beside her, immediately helped her up, but just as he did so, the snow from behind surged onto his back, pushing him forward.
Yang Tianlong felt the snow on his head, squatted slightly, gripped Shang Xue'er's armpits with both hands, and pushed her forward with all his strength.
With this push, Shang Xue'er was directly propelled into the air, and then...
Thud.
She fell directly onto a snowdrift four or five meters away.
The immediately following snow directly buried Yang Tianlong. This snow was relatively hard, and one particularly solid snow block directly hit Yang Tianlong's head.
Thump!
Yang Tianlong instantly fell unconscious.
Although the fallen snow, after several previous collapses, was no longer very high, it still submerged him.
Li Yu and the others, who had escaped outside, happened to witness Yang Tianlong throwing Shang Xue'er out.
The snow rolling down from behind was very fast, directly burying Shang Xue'er as well, but she was already several meters away.
The snow barely covered Shang Xue'er. Li Hang and Li Yu quickly ran over and helped Shang Xue'er up.
Shang Xue'er stood up, looking bewildered. What happened?
She didn't know what happened, but she had flown. Just now, her legs went weak, and then Yang Tianlong helped her up.
That's right, where's Yang Tianlong? She looked around but didn't see him.
"Where's Yang Tianlong?" Thinking of this, Shang Xue'er quickly asked.
At this point, the collapsing snow had stopped, and the dust had settled.
Li Yu had no time to answer and ran directly towards where Yang Tianlong had been.
This time, Yang Tianlong wasn't buried in the snow inside the car; he was directly buried by the snow itself.
Being directly buried by the snow, the biggest problem wasn't freezing to death, but the danger of suffocation.
Li Yu took the lead, ran to where Yang Tianlong had fallen, and began frantically digging away the snow. Li Hang, Lao Lü, and Lao Xie quickly came to help.
The four of them continuously dug around the spot.
Although the Unimog was highly efficient, it could also potentially injure Yang Tianlong.
Shang Xue'er saw Li Yu's actions and seemed to understand something. Just now, just now, Yang Tianlong had saved her. To save her, he himself was buried by the snow.
Thinking of how Yang Tianlong always smiled foolishly at her before, the ten-thousand-year-old snow mountain in her heart instantly melted.
Fool!
Her eyes reddened slightly, and Shang Xue'er quickly ran to Li Yu and the others, helping to push the snow away.
One minute.
Two minutes.
Still no sign of Yang Tianlong's body.
"Expand the search area," Li Yu said.
Everyone dug around the center.
After less than ten seconds of digging, they heard Li Hang shout, "He's here."
Li Yu and the others quickly ran over, digging with all their might.
Finally, Yang Tianlong's head emerged. Because he was in the car, he wasn't wearing a hat, and after being hit by the snow just now, a large bump had formed on the back of his head.
Yang Tianlong's entire face was purplish-black, covered in snowflakes.
"Tianlong. Wake up," Li Yu called out, seeing no movement from Yang Tianlong.
He took off his gloves and felt for Yang Tianlong's breath, then he relaxed.
Everyone continued to clear the snow, and finally, Yang Tianlong was dug out.
Shang Xue'er felt extremely guilty seeing Yang Tianlong in a coma.
"Come on, let's carry him into the car first," Li Yu said.
Then he and Lao Lü and a few others lifted Yang Tianlong.
Shang Xue'er limped behind. Lao Xie happened to see her and asked, "Are you okay?"
Shang Xue'er shook her head and said, "I'm fine."
Lao Xie didn't say much else and followed them into the car.
Inside the car, the heater was continuously on, and the interior temperature reached over ten degrees Celsius.
As soon as the door opened, a cold gust of wind made Da Pao shiver.
"Is Tianlong okay?" Da Pao asked, lending a hand to help lift Yang Tianlong in.
"He's unconscious. Let's get him into the car first," Li Yu said.
Inside the car, Yang Tianlong was still unconscious. Li Yu looked at the injury on the back of his head; it wasn't broken, just a very large bump.
He then checked his body and touched his arm.
"Hiss~" Yang Tianlong slowly woke up.
"Don't move there, it seems broken," Yang Tianlong quickly said. When he was knocked down by the snow just now, his body stumbled, and he braced himself with his arm, breaking it directly.
"By the way, where's Shang Xue'er?" Yang Tianlong asked.
...
Shang Xue'er, who was in the back, heard Yang Tianlong calling her, and her face instantly turned red.
Li Yu and Lao Lü exchanged glances, tsk, there's a story there.
Da Pao, meanwhile, was hooting and hollering from the side.
"Are you okay?" Shang Xue'er suppressed her shyness, walked forward, and sat by the bed, asking.
"Oh, it's nothing, just a simple broken arm," Yang Tianlong said, reaching out with his other uninjured hand to touch his head.
Hiss~
With that touch, he felt the half-egg-sized bump on the back of his head, which made him gasp in pain.
To cover his embarrassment, Yang Tianlong smiled and said, "There's also a bump, it's fine."
Seeing this, Shang Xue'er was both annoyed and amused. She told Yang Tianlong to lie down properly.
Li Yu and the others on the other side watched the two, stifling their laughter.
Li Yu simply said, "Shang Xue'er, you take care of him for now. We need to get that truck out quickly."
"Okay." Shang Xue'er felt that Li Yu seemed to want to help them, and she replied with a slight blush.
Li Yu withdrew his gaze and said to Da Pao:
"Keep digging. Dig that truck out. You saw it earlier, the truck is tilted at 30 degrees. Later, we'll mainly dig out the snow underneath the right side so the truck can stay balanced and not tip over."
"Understood."
The Unimog had not been turned off, so it plowed forward directly.
To be safe, no one got out of the car. As long as the surrounding snow wasn't cleared, everyone stayed inside to prevent being buried by snow again.
However, keeping the heater on at maximum setting like this consumed diesel fuel very quickly, especially now that they also had to constantly plow snow at full power.
The diesel consumption increased even more. The fuel tank was already down to half.
This was also why they had to dig out the truck; they had brought a lot of diesel in the truck's trunk.
This trip, they had brought a truck specifically because they anticipated high diesel consumption for heating.
Boom boom boom~
They watched as the snow under the left suspended tire of the truck was dug out, and the truck tilted slightly.
At the same time, the snow above the truck also swayed.
After nearly half an hour of digging, a quarter of the entire truck was dug out.
But three-quarters of it was still buried in the snowdrift.
